Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center
University
Archives
121 The Valley
Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone:
541-737-2165
Email:
archives@oregonstate.edu
Web:
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
MSS
Phrateres
Phrateres. Gamma Chapter (Oregon State University)
Phrateres Gamma Chapter
Scrapbooks
1930-1962
2 cubic feet, including 165
photographs
4 oversize
boxes
The Phrateres Gamma Chapter Scrapbooks
were assembled by Oregon State chapter members and document the membership
and activities of the organization. The Gamma Chapter was founded at
Oregon State College in 1930 as an organization for women students who
were not members of a sorority.
Materials
in
English.
Historical Note:
Phrateres was founded at the University of California at Los Angeles in
1924 by Dean of Women Helen Mathewson Laughlin as a social and service
organization for independent women students who were not members of a
sorority; membership was soon extended to any female student who wanted to
join. The Gamma Chapter was established at Oregon State College in 1930
and hosted the Phrateres International convention in 1953. The Oregon
State Chapter became inactive in the 1960s.
The Phrateres Gamma Chapter Scrapbooks were assembled by Oregon State
chapter members and document the membership and activities of the
organization. The collection consists of 10 scrapbooks that include
clippings, constitutions, newsletters of the national organization,
ephemera, and photographs. Ephemera include dance cards, Christmas cards
from other chapters, materials from the annual convention, and
announcements of activities. The photographs include portrait photographs
of officers and members, including cultural minorities; group photographs
of members; and snapshots of members and activities, especially dances,
picnics, and outings to the Oregon coast.
Collection is open for research.
Phrateres Gamma Chapter Scrapbooks, Oregon State University Archives,
Corvallis, Oregon.
Preliminary
container list available online. This list includes scrapbook
numbers (C-025 and C-027 thru C-035) assigned previously.
This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.
The
Dean of
Women's Office Records (RG 057) include records of the Oregon
State chapter of Phrateres. The Archives' holdings include collections
documenting several organizations for Oregon State women students,
including the
Alpha
Lambda Delta Records,
Associated
Women Students Scrapbook,
Gamma Phi
Beta Sorority Photographs (P 277),
Mortar
Board Scrapbooks, and Talons Records.
Oregon State
College--Societies, etc.
Oregon State
College--Students.
Oregon State
University--Societies, etc.
Oregon State
University--Students.
Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis.
College
students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Minority college
students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Student
activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
Women--Education
(Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Women--Oregon--Corvallis--Societies and clubs.
Scrapbooks.
Photographic
prints.
Colleges and
Universities
Student Life
Women
Oregon
Corvallis
Photographs
Scrapbooks