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Alpha Epsilon Phi (Omicron Chapter) Records

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/12

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

This series consists of three and one-half boxes and five oversized scrapbooks containing mainly photographs but also including clippings, ephemera, and some correspondence pertaining to the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority. These materials span the years from 1929 to 1968 but are scattered and mainly represent the chapter's membership, house activities, and social events during the 1950s and 1960s.

All records of this series had been contained originally within scrapbooks but most of these have been disassembled for purposes of preservation. Materials from separate scrapbooks have been neither combined nor interfiled. Photographs, when possible, have been identified and placed in separate folders, apart from clippings and other print or paper materials. Photographs, clippings, and other related materials, when dated, are arranged chronologically within their folders. Scrapbooks that could not be disassembled without damage to their contents have not been altered significantly.

Dates

  • 1929-1968

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is stored off-site and requires two business days advance notice for retrieval. Please contact the McCormick Library at specialcollections@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3635 for more information or to schedule an appointment to view the collection.

Extent

4.00 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Omicron (Northwestern University) chapter of Alpha Epsilon Phi opened on April 2, 1921, the first Midwest outpost of the sorority. This collection consists of three and one-half boxes and five oversized scrapbooks containing mainly photographs, but also including clippings, ephemera, and some correspondence pertaining to the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority. These materials span the years from 1929 to 1968 but are scattered and mainly represent the chapter's membership, house activities, and social events during the 1950s and 1960s.

Arrangement

The records of the Omicron chapter of Alpha Epsilon Phi are organized into: clippings; photographs; scrapbooks. Each group is arranged by date.

Method of Acquisition

These records were donated to the University Archives by Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority on September 17, 1981 (Accession #81-220).

Separated Materials

About one linear inch of official University publications including programs from Homecoming events, the Waa-Mu show, and May Week as well as scattered editions of Alpha Epsilon Phi's Omicronicle and Omicron Omnibus have been removed to the University Archives General Reference Files. One oversized poster dated October 21, 1960 has been removed to the Poster Collection. One 1965-1966 composite photograph has been removed to the Oversize Photograph Collection (OSP#698). Covers from two disassembled scrapbooks have been retained as artifacts and removed to the Artifacts Collection.

Processing Information

Alenka Giese; 10/27/1981.

Title
Guide to the Alpha Epsilon Phi (Omicron Chapter) Records
Author
Alenka Giese
Date
03/10/1983
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Library Details

Part of the Northwestern University Archives Repository

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