On November 27, 1935, the District of Columbia State Organization began as Nu State of the District of Columbia - - formally established as the thirteenth state organization of Delta Kappa Gamma Society.  According to a report written by Annie Webb Blanton, the “initiation and installation of [our] State Founders took place on the eve of Thanksgiving Day after a banquet held at the Hays Adams House in Washington.  Separate rooms were arranged for the banquet and the initiation, and these were decorated with the fraternity colors of crimson and gold.  The ceremonies were conducted by Annie Webb Blanton, Executive Secretary of the National Organization.  All of the Founders were present for the initiation with the exception of Miss Charl Williams, Honorary State Founder . . . Miss Williams was, however, initiated at the National Convention of Delta Kappa Gamma held in Birmingham [April 1936].”  There were fourteen (14) District of Columbia State Organization Founders.

For the next 3½ years, members of DCSO were members at the national and state levels only; there were no chapters.  When the number of members exceeded 100, the state organization established two chapters: Alpha and Beta on May 11, 1939.  According to the minutes of the meetings for 1940-1957, the two chapters continued to meet together on a monthly basis (October - May/June) until 1957.  At these joint meetings of the two chapters (over which the DC State President presided), the members would eat dinner, have a business meeting and/or listen to a presentation made by an invited guest or a member.  Occasionally, after the presentation, Alpha and Beta members would have separate chapter meetings.
 
According to the minutes of the DC State Executive Board meeting on May 25, 1957, at the home of Dorothy Johnson, state president, the months for chapter and state meetings were established.  Separate chapter meetings would be held in November, February, March and April.  State meetings would be held in October, December and May.  This marked the beginning of separate DC State, Alpha Chapter and Beta Chapter meetings.  The committee that worked on this reorganization was chaired by Evelyn Bull.
 
In the years that followed, four additional chapters became a part of DC State Organization: Gamma Chapter was founded in 1963 and dissolved in 2002; Delta Chapter was founded October 3, 1964 and continues today; Epsilon Chapter was founded May 11, 1967 and dissolved in 1974; and Zeta Chapter was founded May 5, 1979 and became Nu Zeta Chapter on November 17, 2011.

​Notes compiled from Archives and Minutes of the
DCSO Executive Board by Sondra Legall, Alpha Chapter