Descriptive Summary
Texas Tech University
Alpha Phi Omega Records,
1938-2007
The collection
pertains to the establishment and ongoing activities of the Texas Tech chapter
of Alpha Phi Omega.
U 15.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library,
Texas Tech University
9 Boxes (10.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Organized on the Texas Technological College campus as the Eagle Scout
Club in the fall of 1938, the club officially became the Beta Sigma Chapter on
April 30, 1939. A service organization, APO is a national service fraternity
affliated with the Boys Scouts of America. The chapter was recognized in 1942
for having the nation's largest pledging class. Service projects have included
placing benches across campus, helping conduct student elections and the Carol
of Lights events, planning homecoming activities, sponsoring a Cub Scout den
for handicapped students at Ballinger School, and establishing an endowment
fund through the sale of football games. In 1976, the organization became co-ed
and has been involved in community projects for the Lubbock State School, the
Adopt-a-City project, Habitat for Humanity, and the South Plains Food Bank.
It’s creed is "to provide service to all humanity."
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence, conventions packets, financial
material, newletters, meeting minutes, pamphlets, information on scouting, and
scrapbooks. The last box contains materials pertaining to another Texas Tech
sorority, the Women's Service Organization.
One box and oversized materials were added to the collection after its
initial processing. These materials are listed at the end of the inventory. The
award letters were removed from broken and dirty frames. The member profiles
were removed from metal ring binders and placed into acid-free folders. The
large wooden pledge scrapbook was placed in the oversized box.
Organization
The collection is organized in alphabetical order. A later donation
was added at the end of the collection.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Organizations)
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega--History
Texas Tech University--Students
Women's Service Organization
Subjects (Places)
Lubbock (Tex.)
United States--Intellectual life
Subjects
Education--Societies
Greek letter societies
Rites and ceremonies
Women--Texas--Societies and
clubs
Collection accession #(s):
1996-0277-B and 2006-02290-B
GiftS, 1996-2007 and undated
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Lynn Whitfield, 2007 and Anup Tavkar, 2009
Preferred Citation
Alpha Phi Omega Records, 1938-2007, Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Related Materials in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library:
Alpha Phi Omega Sound Recordings, 1966-1977
James G. Allen Records, 1925-1969
John Gillespie oral history interview [sound recording], 1991
Women's Service Organization, 1964-1998 and undated
Collection Inventory
Manuscripts
1
1
Absentee letters,
1967-1973
1
2
Account Ledger Sheets,
1961-1975
1
3
Account Ledger Sheets,
1968-1975
1
4
Account Ledger Sheets,
1975-1976
1
5
Accounts and Miscellaneous papers,
1971-1990
1
6
Advisors,
undated
1
7
Agendas,
1990
1
8
Application for membership,
1938-1944
1
9
Application for membership,
1954-1961
1
10
Application for membership,
1952-1964
1
11
Application for membership,
1965-1969
1
12
Application for membership,
1954-1970
1
13
Application for membership,
1969-1974
2
1
Application for membership,
1970-1975
2
2
Application for membership,
1976-1978
2
3
Application for membership,
1979-1980
2
4
Application for Pledgeship,
1981-1983
2
5
Awards,
1972-1981
2
6
Awards Committee,
1970-1982 and
undated
2
7
Awards Committee,
1980-1990
2
8
Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters,
1961-1971
2
9
Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters,
1972-1975
2
10
Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters,
1976-1977
2
11
Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters,
1971-1980
2
12
Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters,
1984-1990
2
13
Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters: originals,
1986-1992
2
14
Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters,
1992-1993
2
15
Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters,
1991-1996
2
16
Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters,
1996
2
17
Big Brothers/ L'il Brothers,
1959-1972
2
18
Blank forms,
1981-1982 and
undated
2
19
By-Laws Committee,
1996
2
20
By-Laws: Revisions,
1984
2
21
By-Laws: Revisions,
1988 and
undated
2
22
Calendars,
1992
2
23
Camporee,
1977
2
24
Camporee,
1978
2
25
Campus Security Committee,
1971-1973
2
26
Cards,
1977 and
undated
2
27
Certificates and Forms,
1971-1991 and
undated
2
28
Chapter By-Laws,
1990
3
1
Chapter Information: By-Laws, constitutions, etc.,
1951-1971 and
undated
3
2
Chapter Leader Kit,
undated
3
3
Conference: Tri-sectional,
19619
3
4
Conferences/ Conventions,
1955,
1976-1978
3
5
Convention: Atlanta,
1976
3
6
Convention Newsletters,
1970-1976
3
7
Convention Reports,
1982
3
8
Correspondence,
1961-1975
3
9
Correspondence: Incoming,
Spring 1981 - Fall 1982
3
10
Correspondence: Outgoing,
Spring 1981 - Fall 1982
3
11
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Fall 1939
3
12
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Spring 1940
3
13
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Fall 1940
3
14
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1941
3
15
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Spring 1942
3
16
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Fall 1942
3
17
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Spring 1943
3
18
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Fall 1943
3
19
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Spring 1944
3
20
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Fall 1944
3
21
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1945
3
22
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1946
3
23
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Spring-Fall 1947
3
24
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Fall 1948 - Spring 1951
3
25
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Spring 1951 - Fall 1952
3
26
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
Spring 1953 - Fall
1954
3
27
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1955-1957
3
28
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1959-1965
3
29
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1968-1971
4
1
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1971-1973
4
2
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1973-1976
4
3
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1977-1978
4
4
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1979-1981
4
5
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1983-1984
4
6
Correspondence and Miscellaneous,
1991-1993
4
7
Dads Day,
1968-1978
4
8
Dads Day,
1975-1979
4
9
Dictionary: Shorthand,
1974
4
10
East Texas Sectional Conference,
1968
4
11
Elections,
1991-1992
4
12
Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes,
1956-1967
4
13
Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes,
1973-1977
4
14
Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes,
1978-1981
4
15
Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes,
E1981-1983
4
16
Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes,
1983-1984
4
17
Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes,
Fall 1990
4
18
Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes, Rosters, etc.,
1991
4
19
Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes,
1992
4
20
Executive Committee: Meeting Notes,
1992-1993
4
21
Executive Council: Meeting Minutes,
1972-1974
4
22
Fact Sheets,
undated
4
23
Guest Books,
1980
4
24
Handouts,
Spring 1981
4
25
Handwritten Notes,
1941-1962 and
undated
4
26
Handbooks,
1994-1996
5
1
History of Alpha Phi Omega: The Beta Sigma Chapter,
1993 and
undated
5
2
Leadership Conference,
1977
5
3
Manuals of Administration,
1956-1960
5
4
Meeting Agendas,
1990
5
5
Meeting Minutes,
Spring 1948
5
6
Meeting Minutes,
1939-1949
5
7
Meeting Minutes,
1949-1959
5
8
Meeting Minutes,
1959-1969
5
9
Meeting Minutes,
1939-1953
5
10
Meeting Minutes,
Fall 1957 - Spring
1965
5
11
Meeting Minutes,
1965-1967
5
12
Meeting Minutes,
1968-1969
5
13
Meeting Minutes,
1969-1970
5
14
Meeting Minutes,
19970
5
15
Meeting Minutes,
1970
5
16
Meeting Minutes,
1971
5
17
Meeting Minutes,
1971
5
18
Meeting Minutes,
January 17,
1972
5
19
EMeeting Minutes,
1972
5
20
Meeting Minutes,
1989
5
21
Meeting Minutes: Missing Minutes,
undated
5
22
Membership Transfers,
1978-1979
5
23
National Bulletins,
1943-1948
5
24
National Bulletins,
1957
5
25
National Convention,
1958
5
26
National Convention,
1966-1968
5
27
National Convention,
1966-1970
6
1
National Convention,
1970
6
2
National Convention,
1972
6
3
National CPA Finance Reports,
1956-1974
6
4
National Endowment Fund,
1974 and
undated
6
5
National Finance Reports,
1969-1974
6
6
News Clippings,
1990-1994
6
7
Newsletter,
1983
6
8
Newsletters,
1955-1978
6
9
Newsletters and Notices,
1990-1993
6
10
Officers,
1961-1971
6
11
Ordination and Procedures,
undated
6
12
Outreach: Boy Scouts,
undated
6
13
Pledge Class, Budget, etc.,
1989
6
14
Pledge handbook,
1995
6
15
Pledge Manuals,
1965-1973
6
16
Pledge Materials,
1970-1981
6
17
Pledge tests,
1982
6
18
Presidents Meeting Notes,
1975
6
19
Presidents,
undated
6
20
Programs: Miscellaneous,
1968-1991 and
undated
6
21
Project Reports,
1941-1970
6
22
Project Survival,
1974-1976
6
23
Project Survival: Correspondence,
1971-1973
6
24
Promotional Pamphlets and Memorabilia,
1994 and
undated
6
25
Publicity materials,
1983-1996
6
26
Purpose, Constitution and By-Laws,
undated
6
27
Regional Newsletter,
1971-1978
6
28
Road Rally,
1969
6
29
Rosters, By-Laws, etc.,
1987
6
30
Rosters and Forms,
1990
6
31
Rosters and miscellaneous lists,
1973-1976
6
32
Rosters and miscellaneous lists,
1991-1996
6
33
Rosters: District,
undated
6
34
Rush,
1971-1972
6
35
Rush Materials,
undated
6
36
Scholarship Fund Report,
1975-1976
6
37
Scrapbook,
Spring 1972
6
38
Scrapbook: Cahill Pledge Class,
Fall 1982
6
39
Scrapbook,
1987 and
undated
6
40
Scrapbook,
1988
6
41
Scrapbook,
Spring 1988
6
42
Scrapbook,
Spring 1988
6
43
Scrapbook,
Spring 1990
6
44
Scrapbook,
Spring 1992
6
45
Scouting,
1961-1967 and
undated
6
46
Scouting,
Fall 1970
6
47
Scouting,
1975-1978
7
1
Scouting,
1977-1982
7
2
Scouting Committee,
1980
7
3
Scouting Surveys,
undated
7
4
Scouting: Troop 461,
1961-1966
7
5
Scout-O-Rama Project,
1972-1977
7
6
Sectional Conference,
1957-1978
7
7
Service Projects,
1941-1971
7
8
Songs,
undated
7
9
Songsheets, Pledges and Descriptions,
undated
7
10
Southwest Sectional Conference,
1963
7
11
Student Senate,
1991-1992
7
12
Torch and Trefoil Newsletters,
1944-1970
7
13
Torch and Trefoil Newsletters,
1980 and 1992
7
14
Torch and Trefoil Newsletters,
1970-1994
7
15
Treasurer Reports,
1943-1979
7
16
Vouchers,
1976
7
17
Vouchers and Coupons,
undated
7
18
Women's Service Organization,
1969-1984
7
19
Women's Service Organization: Addresses,
1969-1972
8
1
Women's Service Organization: Alumni Correspondence,
1969-1973
8
2
Women's Service Organization: Cards and Announcements,
1964-1977 and
undated
8
3
Women's Service Organization: Minutes,
1979-1980
8
4
Women's Service Organization: Projects,
1969-1971
8
5
Women's Service Organization: Rosters,
1973-1976
8
6
Work Weekend,
1991
8
7
Awards,
1959-2002
8
8
Beta Sigma Roster (includes 1 loose print),
undated
8
9
Member Profiles: Actives A-F (37 prints pasted to
pages),
1993-1996
8
10
Member Profiles: Actives G-L (34 prints pasted to
pages),
1995-1997
8
11
Member Profiles: Actives M-R (24 prints pasted to
pages),
1995-1996
8
12
Member Profiles: Actives S-W (20 prints pasted to
pages),
1993-1997
8
13
Member Profiles: Alumni A-N (31 prints pasted to pages),
Fall 1995
8
14
Member Profiles: Alumni N-W (23 prints pasted to pages),
1993-1996
8
15
Pledge/Active Meetings and Information,
Fall 2007
Plaques
Texas Boys Ranch,
1979
Trivia Contest 2nd Place,
undated
The Rollin T. Herald Scholarship Award - Beta Sigma
Chapter and Alpha Phi Omega,
1970-1979
Oversized
Blue and Gold banner for Alpha Phi Omega,
undated
Beta Sigma Chapter group portrait,
Fall 1979
Oversized wooden scrapbook - Pledge Class,
1992
wooden gavel signed by former pledge trainers back to
2002
Alpha Phi Omega class portraits,
1981
Alpha Phi Omega class portraits,
1982
Alpha Phi Omega class portraits (2 copies),
1983
Framed golden anniversary certificate (with cracked
glass covering),
April 30,
1989