As of 2012, Sigma Pi Phi had over 5,000 members in 129 "chapters", known as member Boulés, throughout the United States, the United Kingdom and the Bahamas. Its members are called Archons and their wives are Archousia. Founded in Philadelphia on May 15, 1904, the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity is referred to as the Boulé which is Greek for a council of noblemen. Sigma Pi Phi, Beta Psi Boulé is the Capital District's chapter of the nation's oldest Greek-letter organization comprised of college-educated and professional African American men. There is a nearly complete run of the publication The Boulé Journal. The collection covers the years of existence of the Beta Psi Boulé, from 1984 onward. ![]() The collection also includes records of Beta Psi community involvement and contributions to the Capital Region, member achievements and recognition, annual events, and articles of memorabilia. The collection contains Sigma Pi Phi, Beta Psi charter certificates, administrative records including meeting agendas and minutes, notices, correspondences and financial reports, the Northeast Regional and Grand Boulé conference materials, photographs, subject files, executive committee records, and Sigma Pi Phi's official publication The Boulé Journal. The Sigma Pi Phi, Beta Psi Boulé Records document the history of the Capital District's chapter of the nation's oldest Greek-letter organization comprised of college-educated and professional African American men.
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