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Delta-Psi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta Purchases History Books for Union’s Library

Nov 16, 2022 - In a special ceremony at Union University’s Library in the Logos on November 16, 2022, Union’s Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society presented 12 books that it purchased for the library’s history collection to Library Director Melissa Moore. The $250 spent for the books revives a tradition that started in 2003 when the chapter purchased history books for the library with prize money from a Phi Alpha Theta Best Chapter Award and ended after the chapter earned its 17th straight and last Best Chapter Award in 2019. The chapter paid for this year’s purchases with monies from new sources. Delta-Psi President Tad Binkley, Vice President Breanna Edmiston, and Faculty Advisor Dr. Stephen Carls represented the Delta-Psi chapter at the presentation ceremony.

The books that Union’s Phi Alpha Theta chapter bought for the library included:

  • A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty
  • Britain and Europe in a Troubled World by Vernon Bogdanor
  • Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden
  • The Contemporary Middle East in An Age of Upheaval by James L. Gelvin
  • Empire and Jihad: The Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920 by Neil Faulkner
  • Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland by Joshua D. Zimmerman
  • The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III by Andrew Roberts
  • The Last Revolutionaries: The Conspiracy Trial of Gracchus Babeuf and the Equals by Laura Mason
  • The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States by Brian Hochman
  • Mission France: The True Story of the Women of SOE by Kate Vigurs
  • The Perfect Fascist: A Story of Love, Power, and Morality in Mussolini’s Italy by Victoria de Grazia
  • Twelve Days That Made Modern Britain by Andrew Hindmoore.

Phi Alpha Theta President Tad Binkley (right) and Vice President Breanna Edmiston (second from right) join Library Director Melissa Moore (left) and Phi Alpha Theta Faculty Advisor Dr. Stephen Carls (second from left) at a Delta-Psi chapter book presentation ceremony on November 16, 2022.Phi Alpha Theta President Tad Binkley (right) and Vice President Breanna Edmiston (second from right) join Library Director Melissa Moore (left) and Phi Alpha Theta Faculty Advisor Dr. Stephen Carls (second from left) at a Delta-Psi chapter book presentation ceremony on November 16, 2022.

History books that the Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society purchased for Union's Library in the Logos are displayed during a book presentation ceremony in the library on November 16, 2022.History books that the Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society purchased for Union's Library in the Logos are displayed during a book presentation ceremony in the library on November 16, 2022.