ORU_UA099.xml Guide to the Alpha Delta Sigma. W.F.G. Thacher Chapter records 1942-1957 Alpha Delta Sigma. W.F.G. Thacher Chapter records Cassie Schmitt Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2011
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-12-23. Finding aid is written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
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Alpha Delta Sigma. W.F.G. Thacher Chapter records Alpha Delta Sigma. W. F. G. Thacher Chapter (University of Oregon) UA 099 0.75 linear feet 2 containers 1 half manuscript box, 1 manuscript box. 1942-1957 Alpha Delta Sigma (ADS), a national honor society sponsored by AAF, recognizes and encourages scholastic achievement in advertising studies. The collection includes chapter handbooks and scrapbooks, convention materials, photographs, financial records, correspondence, and membership information, 1942-1957. English . 1 2

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The University of Oregon chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma, known as the W.F.G. Thacher Chapter is named after the fraternity's faculty advisor. The fraternity was installed in 1924.

Alpha Delta Sigma (ADS), a national honor society sponsored by AAF, recognizes and encourages scholastic achievement in advertising studies. ADS is the only national, professional advertising honorary society in American higher education. The organization dates back to 1913 when the fraternity was founded at the University of Missouri. In 1969, ADS merged with Gamma Alpha Chi, a similar organization for women. Later, in 1973, ADS merged with the American Advertising Federation. ADS is the only national, professional advertising honorary society in American higher education. Each year hundreds of students from AAF college chapters are nominated and inducted into Alpha Delta Sigma.

[Source: Alpha Delta Sigma website, http://www.aaf.org/default.asp?id=142]

Material is organized by accession and includes the following material: (lists are not comprehensive)

Accession: 2005.42.A: scrapbook of Mr. W.F.G. Thacher chapter containing photographs of students, student signatures, correspondence of the advertising honorary society.

Accession: 10217.A: correspondence, chapter handbooks, national convention materials, and photographs.

Guide to the Alpha Delta Sigma. W.F.G. Thacher Chapter records

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