Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Iron Arrow Honor Society records
Date(s)
- circa 1930s-2004 (Creation)
Extent
17.5 linear feet (13 boxes)
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Iron Arrow Honor Society, founded in 1926, is a highly selective honor society for students, faculty, staff, and alumni at the University of Miami. Historically, the Society was male-only, founded as the "The Highest Honor Attained by Men." After several years of social and legal pressure, the all-male membership voted to admit women in 1985. Criteria for membership include scholarship, leadership, character, humility, and love of alma mater. Membership in the Society is the highest honor bestowed by the University.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The University of Miami Iron Arrow Honor Society collection contains the official records of the Society dating from 1926 to the present. Items in the collection include organizational records, member directories, programs, bulletins, event ephemera, resumes, periodicals, awards, correspondence, financial records, press releases, photographs, photograph albums, flags, clippings, and jackets worn by the members.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research, except for Box 2 (folders 62, 65, and 88).
Physical access
This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact the University Archivist, Nick Iwanicki, at ngi5@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to ngi5@miami.edu.
Languages of the material
- English
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Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
C. Rhea Warren, former Chief of the Iron Arrow Honor Society, donated his collection of organizational records and scrapbooks to the Archives and Special Collections in March 2004.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Iron Arrow: a history by Randolph H. Femmer, University of Miami, 1976
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Sources used
Archivist's note
Processed by Archives Technician, Marcia Heath, 12-05-22; finding aid edited by Processing Archivist, Yvette Yurubi, 01-09-23.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Iron Arrow Honor Society -- History (Subject)
- University of Miami -- Societies, etc. (Subject)