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Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion
The entries in Baird's don't give information on when chapters went inactive, but the school listings in the front of Bairds give the year ranges for the chapters in the inactive section for the school. I hope to copy everything out of both the online baird's and my copies within the next couple of days.Naraht (talk) 23:50, 13 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
