Stewart S. Howe Collection | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Collection of Stewart S. Howe '28 (1905-1973), publicist specializing in collegiate alumni and public relations and fund raising and president of the Stewart Howe Alumni Service (1930-1973) and related corporations, including books, journals, newsletters, clippings, photocopies, correspondence, photographs and other documentation on student life and organizations; fraternity and sorority issuances on management, fund raising, rushing, pledging, scholarship and history; public relations work; fund raising for educational institutions (1949-1972); Kappa Sigma; Interfraternity organizations; American, Illinois and Chicago History; higher education; colleges and universities in the U.S.; travel and entertainment; popular culture; contemporary political and social trends (1963-1972); and personal papers. The collection includes 180 volumes of college and university histories, 141 volumes on higher education and 53 volumes on fraternities and fund raising.