Year
|
Number
|
Dates
|
Hostess
|
Location
|
Building/Hotel
|
Marshal
|
Presiding Officer
|
1871
|
1
|
Convention determined to be a myth
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
1876
|
2
|
October 14-16, 1876
|
Iota Chapter
|
Greencastle, Indiana
|
Home of Ida Anderson Donan
|
NA
|
Anna Buskirk Hill, Indiana, and Agnes Haskell Noyes, Wisconsin.
|
1878
|
3
|
October 15-16, 1878
|
Epsilon Chapter
|
Bloomington, Illinois
|
Munsellian Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University
|
NA
|
Kate McCalla Hight, Indiana
|
1880
|
4
|
Convention never took place
|
Eta Chapter
|
Madison, Wisconsin
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
1881
|
5
|
September 29-30, 1881
|
Delta Chapter
|
Bloomington, Indiana
|
The home of Fannie Allen Palmer, Indiana
|
NA
|
Lillie Adams Telfer, Indiana
|
1882
|
6
|
August 30-September 1, 1882
|
Eta Chapter
|
Madison, Wisconsin
|
Unitarian Church
|
NA
|
Tade Hartsuff Kuhns, Butler
|
1884
|
7
|
August 27-29, 1884
|
Beta Beta Chapter
|
Canton, New York
|
Memorial Hall, St. Lawrence University
|
NA
|
Tade Hartsuff Kuhns, Butler
|
1886
|
8
|
August 6-8, 1886
|
Lambda Chapter
|
Akron, Ohio
|
Delta Tau Delta Hall, Buchtel College
|
NA
|
Charlotte C. Barrell Ware, Boston
|
1888
|
9
|
August 22-24, 1888
|
Chi Chapter
|
Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Students' Christian Association Building, University of Minnesota
|
NA
|
Charlotte C. Barrell Ware, Boston
|
1890
|
10
|
August 27-29, 1890
|
Epsilon Chapter
|
Bloomington, Illinois
|
Adelphic Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University
|
NA
|
Kate Bird Cross Shenehon, Minnesota
|
1892
|
11
|
August 24-26, 1892
|
Delta, Iota, and Mu Chapters
|
Indianapolis, Indiana
|
Hall of the House of Representatives, Indiana Statehouse
|
Kate Handley Buchanan, Butler
|
Lucy Evelyn Wight Allan, St. Lawrence
|
1894
|
12
|
August 22-24, 1894
|
Psi Chapter
|
Ithaca, New York
|
Barnes Hall, Cornell University
|
NA
|
Emily Bright Burnham, Boston
|
1896
|
13
|
August 26-September 1, 1896
|
Upsilon Chapter
|
Evanston, Illinois
|
Lunt Library, Northwestern University
|
Dianthia Faerie Bartlett Wilcoxson, Northwestern
|
Katharine Lucinda Sharp, Northwestern
|
1898
|
14
|
August 24-30, 1898
|
Sigma Chapter
|
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
University Hall chapel, University of Nebraska
|
Laura B. Houtz Rankin, Nebraska
|
Bertha Richmond Chevalier, Boston
|
1900
|
15
|
August 22-27, 1900
|
Beta Nu Chapter
|
Columbus, Ohio
|
University Hall Chapel, Ohio State University
|
Mary Bole Scott Martin, Ohio State
|
Bertha Richmond Chevalier, Boston
|
1902
|
16
|
August 27-September 2, 1902
|
Beta Delta Chapter
|
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
Barbour Gymnasium Auditorium, University of Michigan
|
Pearl B. Taylor Fitch, Michigan
|
Eliza Jean Nelson Penfield, DePauw
|
1904
|
17
|
August 23-29, 1904
|
Theta Chapter
|
Columbia, Missouri
|
Christian College
|
Ida E. Howard, Missouri
|
May Cynthia Whiting Westermann, Nebraska
|
1906
|
18
|
August 21-27, 1906
|
Eta Chapter
|
Madison, Wisconsin
|
University of Wisconsin
|
Mary Swenson, Wisconsin
|
(Lydia) Elmie Warner Mallory, Akron
|
1908
|
19
|
August 25-31, 1908
|
Gamma Rho Chapter
|
Meadville, Pennsylvania
|
Allegheny College
|
|
Mary Griffith Canby, Pennsylvania
|
1910
|
20
|
August 23-30, 1910
|
Delta Chapter
|
Bloomington, Indiana
|
Indiana University
|
Margaret Laughlin, Indiana
|
Edith Stoner Robinson, Missouri
|
1912
|
21
|
August 27-September 2, 1912
|
Upsilon Chapter
|
Evanston, Illinois
|
Northwestern University
|
Margaret Raymond, Northwestern
|
Florence Burton Roth, Michigan
|
1914
|
22
|
August 25-September 1, 1914
|
Beta Mu Chapter
|
Estes Park, Colorado
|
Hotel Stanley, Estes Park, Colorado
|
Estelle Kyle, Colorado
|
Eva Powell, UC Berkeley
|
1916
|
23
|
June 26-July 1, 1916
|
Psi Chapter
|
Ithaca, New York
|
Cornell University
|
Evelyn Thorp, Cornell
|
Eva Powell, UC Berkeley
|
1918
|
Convention omitted because of World War I
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
Lydia Voris Kolbe, Akron
|
1920
|
24
|
July 1-6, 1920
|
Beta Delta, Kappa, and Xi Chapters
|
Mackinac Island, Michigan
|
Grand Hotel at Mackinac
|
Marion V. Ackley, Michigan
|
Lydia Voris Kolbe, Akron
|
1922
|
25
|
July 10-15, 1922
|
Beta Phi Chapter
|
Glacier National Park, Montana
|
Many Glaciers Hotel, Glacier Park, Montana
|
Dorothy Sterling, Montana
|
Sarah Harris Rowe, Northwestern
|
1924
|
26
|
June 24-July 2, 1924
|
Beta Psi Chapter
|
Lake of Bays, Ontario, Canada
|
Bigwin Inn, Lake of Bays, Canada
|
Mary Deeves, Toronto
|
May Cynthia Whiting Westermann, Nebraska
|
1926
|
27
|
July 28-August 4, 1926
|
Beta Eta and Pi Chapters
|
Oakland, California
|
Mills College, California
|
Anne Jennings Kluegel, Berkeley
|
May Cynthia Whiting Westermann, Nebraska
|
1928
|
28
|
June 25-July 3, 1928
|
Chi Chapter
|
Breezy Point, Minnesota
|
Breezy Point Lodge, Breezy Point, Minnesota
|
Florence R. Westlake, Minnesota
|
Georgia Hayden Lloyd-Jones, Wisconsin
|
1930
|
29
|
July 18-25, 1930
|
Upsilon Chapter
|
Mackinac Island, Michigan
|
Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan
|
Margaret D. Falley, Northwestern
|
Georgia Hayden Lloyd-Jones, Wisconsin,
|
1932
|
30
|
June 21-28, 1932
|
Psi Chapter
|
Swampscott, Massachusetts
|
New Ocean House, Swampscott, Massachusetts
|
Florence R. Westlake, Minnesota
|
Alice Tillotson Barney, Minnesota
|
1934
|
31
|
July 3-10, 1934
|
NA
|
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
|
Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
|
Florence R. Westlake, Minnesota
|
Eleanor V.V. Bennet, U.C. Berkeley
|
1936
|
32
|
June 23-30, 1936
|
NA
|
Montebello, Quebec
|
Seigniory Club, Montebello, Quebec
|
Della Lawrence Burt, Texas
|
Helen Snyder Andres Steiner, Washington
|
1938
|
33
|
July 1-7, 1938
|
NA
|
Hot Springs, Virginia
|
The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia
|
Della Lawrence Burt, Texas
|
Rheva Ott Shryock, Pennsylvania
|
1940
|
34
|
July 2-9, 1940
|
NA
|
Sun Valley, Idaho
|
Sun Valley Lodge, Sun Valley, Idaho
|
Della Lawrence Burt, Texas
|
Rheva Ott Shryock, Pennsylvania
|
1942
|
35
|
June 25-July 1, 1942
|
NA
|
Montebello, Quebec
|
Seigniory Club, Montebello, Quebec
|
Marian S. Handy, William and Mary
|
Elizabeth Bogert Schofield, Butler
|
1944
|
Convention omitted because of World War II; Officers Conference
|
NA
|
NA
|
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
NA
|
NA
|
Elizabeth Bogert Schofield, Butler
|
1946
|
36
|
July 1-6, 1946
|
NA
|
Mackinac Island, Michigan
|
Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan
|
Isabel Hatton Simons, Ohio State (Convention Committee Chairman)
|
Ruth Kadel Seacrest, Nebraska
|
1948
|
37
|
June 23-30, 1948
|
NA
|
Sun Valley, Idaho
|
Sun Valley Lodge, Sun Valley, Idaho
|
Isabel Hatton Simons, Ohio State (Convention Committee Chairman)
|
Ruth Kadel Seacrest, Nebraska
|
1950
|
38
|
June 24-July 1, 1950
|
NA
|
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
|
Manoir Richelieu, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
|
Virginia Alexander McMillan, William and Mary (Convention Committee Chairman)
|
Helena Flinn Ege, Pittsburgh
|
1952
|
39
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1954
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1956
|
41
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1958
|
42
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960
|
43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1962
|
44
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1964
|
45
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1966
|
46
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1968
|
47
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1970
|
48
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1972
|
49
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1974
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|