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Title: Phrateres Gamma Chapter Scrapbooks, 1930-1962

ID: MSS Phrateres

Primary Creator: Phrateres. Gamma Chapter (Oregon State University)

Extent: 2.0 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

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.

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.

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.

More Extent Information: 165 photographs; 4 oversize boxes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Related Materials: The Dean of Women's Office Records (RG 057) include records of the Oregon State chapter of Phrateres. The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings include collections documenting several organizations for Oregon State women students, including the Alpha Lambda Delta Records (MSS AlphaLambdaDelta), Associated Women Students Scrapbook (MSS AWS), Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Photographs (P 277), Mortar Board Scrapbooks (MSS MortarBoard), and the Talons Records (MSS Talons).

Preferred Citation: Phrateres Gamma Chapter Scrapbooks (MSS Phrateres), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.

Other URL: Preliminary container list available online. This list includes scrapbook numbers (C-025 and C-027 thru C-035) assigned previously.

Phrateres. Gamma Chapter (Oregon State University)

Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis.
Minority college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon Multicultural Archives
Oregon State College--Societies, etc.
Oregon State College--Students.
Oregon State University--Societies, etc.
Oregon State University--Students.
Phrateres. Gamma Chapter (Oregon State University)
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History
Women--Education (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Women--Oregon--Corvallis--Societies and clubs.

Photographic prints.
Scrapbooks.