Omega Beta Photograph Album

Omega Beta Photograph Album, 1916-1923

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Omega Beta
Title: Omega Beta Photograph Album
Dates: 1916-1923
19161923
Quantity: 1 volume
Collection Number: Collection 2561, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The Omega Beta Photograph Album consists of photographs taken between 1916 and 1923. Snapshots show members engaged in campus activities, picnics, involvement with other organizations such as the Les Buffons club and the MSC football, basketball, and baseball teams. Formal portraits of some individual members of the fraternity, as well as group portraits, are also included. Selected buildings on the MSC campus, and in the city of Bozeman, are present.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

The Omega Beta fraternity was founded at Montana State College, Bozeman, Montana on May 14, 1915 as the Anatnom Club. It was the third such organization founded at the college, and changed its name to Omega Beta in the fall of 1915 after the faculty lifted a ban on Greek letter organizations. The Omegas eventually owned their fraternity house on 302 South Wilson. As early as 1932, the Omega Betas petitioned for a charter as a local chapter of the national Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, but the process was not complete until 1939 when the organization became the Zeta Triton chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The scrapbook contains 62 pages of photographs, many captioned by the nicknames or given names of the members and their friends, taken between 1916 and 1923. Snapshots show members engaged in campus activities, picnics, involvement with other organizations such as the Les Buffons club and the MSC football, basketball, and baseball teams. Formal portraits of some individual members of the fraternity, as well as group portraits, are also included. Some members serving with the United States Army during World War I submitted photographs for inclusion as well. Selected buildings on the MSC campus, and in the city of Bozeman, are present. The photographs were not placed in chronological order within the album, with images from several different years appearing on selected pages.

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Acquisition Information

A photograph album created by members of the Omega Beta fraternity of Bozeman, Montana was donated to Montana State University by Rick Clark of Lakeside, Montana on July 9, 2012.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2013 October 29

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Photograph Album

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