Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Phrateres International. Rho Chapter
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of a scrapbook from the sorority Phrateres, Rho Chapter, at the University of Southern California.
- Extent:
- 1.25 Linear Feet 1 box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Phrateres, Rho Chapter, scrapbook, Collection no. 5207, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of a scrapbook from the sorority Phrateres, Rho Chapter, at the University of Southern California. This scrapbook includes telegrams, invitations, ephemera, clippings, photographs, a journal publication, drawings, and correspondence.
- Biographical / historical:
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Phrateres is a college sorority that was formed in 1924 as a social club for women students who lived off campus and were not part of the sorority system. Widespread interest in the group led to expansion into many chapters focused on the western coast of the United States and in Canada.The Rho chapter of the group was formed in 1942.
- Processing information:
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This collection is unprocessed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Greek letter societies -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Archival resources
Universities and colleges -- Students -- Archival resources
Scrapbooks
Telegrams
Correspondence
Invitations
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Admission tickets
Journals (periodicals)
Printed ephemera
Drawings
Photographs - Names:
- Phrateres International. Rho Chapter -- Archives
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Phrateres, Rho Chapter, scrapbook, Collection no. 5207, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-2587