Historically Speaking

Kappa Kappa Gamma is proud of our heraldically correct coat-of-arms that was approved in 1912. Through the years, however, it has often been called the crest. Kay and Kylie attempt to explain why it's actually both! 

Kay and Kylie welcome special guest Dr. Mary Osborne, Director of the Stewart House Museum, to chat about the holiday traditions of the Victorians. Dr. Oz found lots of interesting examples of gifts exchanged by the different generations of the Stewart family. 

When Monmouth College's newspaper The College Courier announced the founding of Kappa Kappa Gamma on October 13, 1870, there was an article just below about another new group called Lambda Mu. Is the Monmouth Duo really the Monmouth Trio? 

Kylie and Kay try to figure out which of the National Panhellenic Conference organizations began first. Spoiler alert - it's not Kappa Kappa Gamma. The devil is in the details!

It's just a chat, between people who like history - particularly Kappa history.

We were asked how the Founders celebrated holidays, but we really only know about the very first Kappa social - a Halloween Party at Lou Stevenson's house, with a bonus trip to the cemetery, and stories about ghosts at Headquarters. Enter...the Pink Lady!

Kylie and Kay hit the highlights of Kappa's founding, using letters from the Founders and the newspaper article that announced the arrival of this new organization on October 13, 1870.

Kate Shelly saved a train full of passengers from imminent doom - all before she went to Simpson College and joined Kappa Kappa Gamma.