The CFCR works to collect, preserve, and make accessible historical and cultural materials related to fraternal organizations and their membership, with an emphasis on organizations that are extinct or without stable historical repositories. We promote research into the history of fraternal organizations in service of the university’s teaching, research, and service mission. 

The center provides three types of scholarly support to IU students and faculty, non-IU scholars, and the public:

• Collecting and stewarding rare fraternal organization materials donated to Indiana University for the sake of scholarly research.
• Creating and supporting research related to fraternal studies at the student and faculty scholarly levels.
• Disseminating research and information related to fraternal studies via public events, academic symposia, exhibitions, media presentations, and publications.

Items donated to the CFCR are unique or rare due to their content, subject, and other special importance; therefore, they're considered special collections. Unfortunately, materials that are not protected with preventative measures will eventually deteriorate. It is our goal to save this history. 

Thank you for joining us in this effort!

Please note, the name and purpose of the fund displayed on this page constitute the authorized description of the fund by the Indiana University Foundation, Inc. Your gift supports the fund as described herein.