Schlesinger, Arthur M. (October 1944). "Biography of a Nation of Joiners". American Historical Review. L (1). Washington, D.C.: American Historical Association: 1–25. doi:10.2307/1843565. JSTOR1843565.
Summarized from the introductory chapter of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, a resource that has, for 20 successive editions, traced development of these societies; the resource is continued in an online archive, notably enlarged with a list of the more recent formation of new fraternities along ethnic or multi-cultural lines. Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. I-10, I-13, I-20, VI-128–132. ISBN978-0963715906.. Baird's Manual is also available online here: The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
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Schlesinger, Arthur M. (October 1944). "Biography of a Nation of Joiners". American Historical Review. L (1). Washington, D.C.: American Historical Association: 1–25. doi:10.2307/1843565. JSTOR1843565.