Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, publications, printed material, and other records relating to the evaluation of institutions applying for local chapters and other functions of the organization. Subjects include the American Scholar, the Key Reporter, liberal arts studies, collegiate athletics, history of Phi Beta Kappa, and role of honor societies in education. Individuals represented include Carl Billman, Christian Frederick Gauss, Edwin A. Grosvenor, William T. Hastings, Benno Lewinson, Marjorie Hope Nicholson, Clark Sutherland Northrup, William A. Shimer, Charles Franklin Thwing, and Oscar M. Voorhees.