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Nu Gamma Phi Scrapbooks

An inventory of its collection at the Syracuse University Archives


Finding aid created by: Anna E. Shuff
Date: 2025

Historical Note

Nu Gamma Phi was a physical education honorary fraternity founded at Syracuse University. It was established in 1921 and later disbanded. There is no documentation of the fraternity after 1939.

Scope and Content Note

The Nu Gamma Phi Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings pertaining to Syracuse University athletics and the physical education honor society Nu Gamma Phi. These clippings come from local and national newspapers, including the New York Times, the New York Herald-Tribune, World Telegram, the Syracuse Post-Standard and the Syracuse Journal-Telegram. The larger of the two scrapbooks contains information about football from Colgate University and Cornell University as well as Syracuse University. The smaller of the two contains information on a wider variety of men's sports, including basketball, soccer, football, track and field, hockey, lacrosse, and wrestling. Also included is a program from the 1926 Block S Dinner, an honorary event for student athletes.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Related Material

More information on Nu Gamma Phi and its members can be found in the Syracuse University Yearbook Collection.

Selected Search Terms

Names

Nu Gamma Phi.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.

Subjects

Baseball.
Basketball.
Boxing.
College sports.
Fencing.
Football.
Greek letter societies.
Hockey.
Lacrosse.
Rowing.
Soccer.
Track and field.
Wrestling.
College athletes.
College students.
Higher education.

Types of Material

Clippings (information artifacts)
Programs (documents)
Scrapbooks.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Nu Gamma Phi Scrapbooks,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of David Silverman in 2025.

Processing Information

Materials were placed in an acid-free box.

Arrangement

Materials are presented in chronological order.

Table of Contents

Scrapbooks

Inventory