Chi Omega (Omicron Beta Chapter) Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

The collection is open to all researchers, though some items might be restricted. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Summary

Extent:
10.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Chi Omega Sorority. Omicron Beta Chapter (College of William and Mary).
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes photograph albums/scrapbooks, photographs, a roll book, pledge books, and meeting minutes. Portions of this collection may be restricted.

Access to material in this box may be restricted. Please consult the University Archivist. Chapter Convention Notebooks covering the 1930s-1970s; pledge records covering 1949-1954, 1976-1981; signed pledges covering 1974-1981; house visitation registers, circa 1993, 1997, undated; Roll book covering class of 1921-class of 2009; Meeting Minutes covering 1940s, 1960s.

Access to material in this box may be restricted. Please consult the University Archivist. Meeting Minutes covering 1970s, early 1980s, 1990s-2007; Portraits of Sisterhood: A History of Chi Omega Fraternity, 1895-1995, Chi Omega Fraternity Membership Notebook 2006 June

Photograph Albums/Scrapbooks: 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978

Photograph Albums/Scrapbooks: 1938-1940, 1940-1942, 1942-1945, 1947-1952, 1956, 1969-1972, 1976

Photograph Albums/Scrapbooks: 1946, 1980, 1981-1982, 1982-1983, 1994, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2011-2012

Photograph Albums/Scrapbooks: circa 1938-1939, circa early 1960s, circa mid-1980s, 1985-1986, 1993-1994, circa 2000s, 2003

Photograph Albums/Scrapbooks: 1981-1982, 1982, 1984-1985, 1988; Loose group and composite photographs covering various years

Photograph Album/Scrapbook: 1921-1934, Loose oversize photograph of Bid Day 2008

Photograph Album/Scrapbook: 1934-1938, Loose oversize photographs, various years

Biographical / historical:

The Omicron Beta Chapter of Chi Omega was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1921.

Acquisition information:
Transfer, Accession 2016.148