National Panhellenic Conference Archives
Since its inception in 1902, the National Panhellenic Conference has been dedicated to bringing cooperation and cohesion to issues affecting the whole of its membership while supporting and even strengthening the autonomy, individuality, and diversity of each member sorority. From the very start it was agreed that all proposals brought before NPC must have unanimous approval of all members, allowing for individual prerogatives while striving for consensus. In tackling numerous issues, NPC has always emphasized that its members are "groups of friends." As stated in Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, "this principle has been scrupulously observed, and the historic record is a source of pride among Greekletter women."
NPC Archives
Because of NPC's outstanding accomplishments, and as the oldest interfraternity organization, its historical records are valuable source material for research into the American Greek-Letter organization movement and women's education. It is the purpose of the National Panhellenic Conference Archives, which is housed at the University of Illinois, to maintain historical records for research use. A list of holdings in the archives follows. Finding aids are available in the University Archives.
Finding Aids:
41/82/006 National Panhellenic Conference Subject File
41/82/007 Fraternity Organizations
41/82/009 Fraternity Affairs File
41/82/010 National Panhellenic Conference Proceedings
41/82/011 National Conference File
41/82/020 Chairman's File
41/82/050 Committee File
41/82/052 Field Consultant's Seminar File
41/82/090 Slide Shows, Photographs & Videos
41/82/800 Publications
41/82/801 Directories
41/82/802 Listings
41/82/809 Manuals of Information
41/82/810 Programs
41/82/811 Reports
41/82/812 Bulletins
41/82/813 National Panhellenic Review
Panhellenic Creed
We, the undergraduate members of women's fraternities, stand for good scholarship, for guarding of good health, for maintenance of fine standards, and for serving, to the best of our ability, our college community. Cooperation for furthering fraternity life in harmony with its best possibilities is the ideal that shall guide our fraternity activity.
We, as fraternity women, stand for service, through the developing of character inspired by the close contact and deep friendship of individual fraternity and Panhellenic life. The opportunity for wide and wise human service through mutual respect and helpfulness is the tenet by which we strive to live.
NPC Member Groups (2000)
| Name | Founded |
| Alpha Chi Omega | 1885 |
| Alpha Delta Pi | 1851 |
| Alpha Epsilon Phi | 1909 |
| Alpha Gamma Delta | 1904 |
| Alpha Omicron Pi | 1897 |
| Alpha Phi | 1872 |
| Alpha Sigma Alpha | 1901 |
| Alpha Sigma Tau | 1899 |
| Alpha Xi Delta | 1893 |
| Chi Omega | 1895 |
| Delta Delta Delta | 1888 |
| Delta Gamma | 1873 |
| Delta Phi Epsilon | 1917 |
| Delta Zeta | 1902 |
| Gamma Phi Beta | 1874 |
| Kappa Alpha Theta | 1870 |
| Kappa Delta | 1897 |
| Kappa Kappa Gamma | 1870 |
| Phi Mu | 1852 |
| Phi Sigma Sigma | 1913 |
| Pi Beta Phi | 1867 |
| Sigma Delta Tau | 1917 |
| Sigma Kappa. | 1874 |
| Sigma Sigma Sigma | 1898 |
| Theta Phi Alpha | 1912 |
| Zeta Tau Alpha | 1898 |
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