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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content

Organization

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Manuscripts

Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Alpha Phi Omega:

An Inventory of Its Records, 1938-2007, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library



Descriptive Summary

Creator Texas Tech University
Title: Alpha Phi Omega Records,
Dates: 1938-2007
Abstract: The collection pertains to the establishment and ongoing activities of the Texas Tech chapter of Alpha Phi Omega.
Collection # U 15.1
Quantity: 9 Boxes (10.0 linear feet)
Language English.
Repository: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

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."

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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.

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Organization

The collection is organized in alphabetical order. A later donation was added at the end of the collection.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

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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

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Related Material

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

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Alpha Phi Omega Records, 1938-2007, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Collection accession #(s):
1996-0277-B and 2006-02290-B

GiftS, 1996-2007 and undated

Processed by

Lynn Whitfield, 2007 and Anup Tavkar, 2009

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Collection Inventory

 

Manuscripts

box folder
1 1 Absentee letters, 1967-1973
2 Account Ledger Sheets, 1961-1975
3 Account Ledger Sheets, 1968-1975
4 Account Ledger Sheets, 1975-1976
5 Accounts and Miscellaneous papers, 1971-1990
6 Advisors, undated
7 Agendas, 1990
8 Application for membership, 1938-1944
9 Application for membership, 1954-1961
10 Application for membership, 1952-1964
11 Application for membership, 1965-1969
12 Application for membership, 1954-1970
13 Application for membership, 1969-1974
box folder
2 1 Application for membership, 1970-1975
2 Application for membership, 1976-1978
3 Application for membership, 1979-1980
4 Application for Pledgeship, 1981-1983
5 Awards, 1972-1981
6 Awards Committee, 1970-1982 and undated
7 Awards Committee, 1980-1990
8 Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters, 1961-1971
9 Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters, 1972-1975
10 Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters, 1976-1977
11 Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters, 1971-1980
12 Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters, 1984-1990
13 Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters: originals, 1986-1992
14 Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters, 1992-1993
15 Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters, 1991-1996
16 Beta Sigma Weekly Newsletters, 1996
17 Big Brothers/ L'il Brothers, 1959-1972
18 Blank forms, 1981-1982 and undated
19 By-Laws Committee, 1996
20 By-Laws: Revisions, 1984
21 By-Laws: Revisions, 1988 and undated
22 Calendars, 1992
23 Camporee, 1977
24 Camporee, 1978
25 Campus Security Committee, 1971-1973
26 Cards, 1977 and undated
27 Certificates and Forms, 1971-1991 and undated
28 Chapter By-Laws, 1990
box folder
3 1 Chapter Information: By-Laws, constitutions, etc., 1951-1971 and undated
2 Chapter Leader Kit, undated
3 Conference: Tri-sectional, 19619
4 Conferences/ Conventions, 1955, 1976-1978
5 Convention: Atlanta, 1976
6 Convention Newsletters, 1970-1976
7 Convention Reports, 1982
8 Correspondence, 1961-1975
9 Correspondence: Incoming, Spring 1981 - Fall 1982
10 Correspondence: Outgoing, Spring 1981 - Fall 1982
11 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Fall 1939
12 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Spring 1940
13 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Fall 1940
14 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1941
15 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Spring 1942
16 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Fall 1942
17 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Spring 1943
18 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Fall 1943
19 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Spring 1944
20 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Fall 1944
21 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1945
22 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1946
23 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Spring-Fall 1947
24 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Fall 1948 - Spring 1951
25 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Spring 1951 - Fall 1952
26 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Spring 1953 - Fall 1954
27 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1955-1957
28 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1959-1965
29 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1968-1971
box folder
4 1 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1971-1973
2 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1973-1976
3 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1977-1978
4 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1979-1981
5 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1983-1984
6 Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1991-1993
7 Dads Day, 1968-1978
8 Dads Day, 1975-1979
9 Dictionary: Shorthand, 1974
10 East Texas Sectional Conference, 1968
11 Elections, 1991-1992
12 Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes, 1956-1967
13 Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes, 1973-1977
14 Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes, 1978-1981
15 Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes, E1981-1983
16 Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes, 1983-1984
17 Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes, Fall 1990
18 Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes, Rosters, etc., 1991
19 Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes, 1992
20 Executive Committee: Meeting Notes, 1992-1993
21 Executive Council: Meeting Minutes, 1972-1974
22 Fact Sheets, undated
23 Guest Books, 1980
24 Handouts, Spring 1981
25 Handwritten Notes, 1941-1962 and undated
26 Handbooks, 1994-1996
box folder
5 1 History of Alpha Phi Omega: The Beta Sigma Chapter, 1993 and undated
2 Leadership Conference, 1977
3 Manuals of Administration, 1956-1960
4 Meeting Agendas, 1990
5 Meeting Minutes, Spring 1948
6 Meeting Minutes, 1939-1949
7 Meeting Minutes, 1949-1959
8 Meeting Minutes, 1959-1969
9 Meeting Minutes, 1939-1953
10 Meeting Minutes, Fall 1957 - Spring 1965
11 Meeting Minutes, 1965-1967
12 Meeting Minutes, 1968-1969
13 Meeting Minutes, 1969-1970
14 Meeting Minutes, 19970
15 Meeting Minutes, 1970
16 Meeting Minutes, 1971
17 Meeting Minutes, 1971
18 Meeting Minutes, January 17, 1972
19 EMeeting Minutes, 1972
20 Meeting Minutes, 1989
21 Meeting Minutes: Missing Minutes, undated
22 Membership Transfers, 1978-1979
23 National Bulletins, 1943-1948
24 National Bulletins, 1957
25 National Convention, 1958
26 National Convention, 1966-1968
27 National Convention, 1966-1970
box folder
6 1 National Convention, 1970
2 National Convention, 1972
3 National CPA Finance Reports, 1956-1974
4 National Endowment Fund, 1974 and undated
5 National Finance Reports, 1969-1974
6 News Clippings, 1990-1994
7 Newsletter, 1983
8 Newsletters, 1955-1978
9 Newsletters and Notices, 1990-1993
10 Officers, 1961-1971
11 Ordination and Procedures, undated
12 Outreach: Boy Scouts, undated
13 Pledge Class, Budget, etc., 1989
14 Pledge handbook, 1995
15 Pledge Manuals, 1965-1973
16 Pledge Materials, 1970-1981
17 Pledge tests, 1982
18 Presidents Meeting Notes, 1975
19 Presidents, undated
20 Programs: Miscellaneous, 1968-1991 and undated
21 Project Reports, 1941-1970
22 Project Survival, 1974-1976
23 Project Survival: Correspondence, 1971-1973
24 Promotional Pamphlets and Memorabilia, 1994 and undated
25 Publicity materials, 1983-1996
26 Purpose, Constitution and By-Laws, undated
27 Regional Newsletter, 1971-1978
28 Road Rally, 1969
29 Rosters, By-Laws, etc., 1987
30 Rosters and Forms, 1990
31 Rosters and miscellaneous lists, 1973-1976
32 Rosters and miscellaneous lists, 1991-1996
33 Rosters: District, undated
34 Rush, 1971-1972
35 Rush Materials, undated
36 Scholarship Fund Report, 1975-1976
37 Scrapbook, Spring 1972
38 Scrapbook: Cahill Pledge Class, Fall 1982
39 Scrapbook, 1987 and undated
40 Scrapbook, 1988
41 Scrapbook, Spring 1988
42 Scrapbook, Spring 1988
43 Scrapbook, Spring 1990
44 Scrapbook, Spring 1992
45 Scouting, 1961-1967 and undated
46 Scouting, Fall 1970
47 Scouting, 1975-1978
box folder
7 1 Scouting, 1977-1982
2 Scouting Committee, 1980
3 Scouting Surveys, undated
4 Scouting: Troop 461, 1961-1966
5 Scout-O-Rama Project, 1972-1977
6 Sectional Conference, 1957-1978
7 Service Projects, 1941-1971
8 Songs, undated
9 Songsheets, Pledges and Descriptions, undated
10 Southwest Sectional Conference, 1963
11 Student Senate, 1991-1992
12 Torch and Trefoil Newsletters, 1944-1970
13 Torch and Trefoil Newsletters, 1980 and 1992
14 Torch and Trefoil Newsletters, 1970-1994
15 Treasurer Reports, 1943-1979
16 Vouchers, 1976
17 Vouchers and Coupons, undated
18 Women's Service Organization, 1969-1984
19 Women's Service Organization: Addresses, 1969-1972
box folder
8 1 Women's Service Organization: Alumni Correspondence, 1969-1973
2 Women's Service Organization: Cards and Announcements, 1964-1977 and undated
3 Women's Service Organization: Minutes, 1979-1980
4 Women's Service Organization: Projects, 1969-1971
5 Women's Service Organization: Rosters, 1973-1976
6 Work Weekend, 1991
7 Awards, 1959-2002
8 Beta Sigma Roster (includes 1 loose print), undated
9 Member Profiles: Actives A-F (37 prints pasted to pages), 1993-1996
10 Member Profiles: Actives G-L (34 prints pasted to pages), 1995-1997
11 Member Profiles: Actives M-R (24 prints pasted to pages), 1995-1996
12 Member Profiles: Actives S-W (20 prints pasted to pages), 1993-1997
13 Member Profiles: Alumni A-N (31 prints pasted to pages), Fall 1995
14 Member Profiles: Alumni N-W (23 prints pasted to pages), 1993-1996
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

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