ORU_UA146.xml Guide to the Alpha Tau Omega. Oregon Gamma Phi Chapter records 1954-1966 Alpha Tau Omega. Oregon Gamma Phi Chapter records Tanya Parlet 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 2012
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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 Tau Omega. Oregon Gamma Phi Chapter records Alpha Tau Omega. Gamma Phi Chapter (University of Oregon) UA 146 0.5 linear feet 1 container 1 manuscript box 1954-1966 The social fraternity Alpha Tau Omega was founded in 1865 at the Virginia Military Institute, and the Oregon Gamma Phi chapter was founded in 1910 and was closed in 2000. The collection contains historical information, pledge song information, and issues of the chapter publication, The Bumper, 1954-1966. English . 1

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The social fraternity Alpha Tau Omega was founded in 1865 by Otis Allan Glazebrook at the Virginia Military Institute "for the purpose of making a fraternal organization of young men, of a national character and entirely free from partisan or sectional bias." Glazebrook was a Virginian who fought for the Confederacy and who dreamed of a fraternal organization where members would "know no North, no South, no East, no West."

The University of Oregon Gamma Phi chapter was founded in 1910 and was closed in 2000.

[Source: National alpha Tau Omega website: http://www.ato.org/AlphaTauOmega/atohistory/foundingstory.aspx]

[Source: Fraternity and Sorority life website: http://greeklife.uoregon.edu/upload/files/chapter_founding_information.pdf]

The collection contains records that document the functions and activities of this department.

Collection is organized by accession and includes the following material:

As of 2012 there is only one accession:

Accession 10656.A: Historical information, pledge song information, and issues of the Chapter publication, The Bumper, 1954-1966.

 Guide to the Alpha Tau Omega. Oregon Gamma Phi Chapter records

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