Gamma Phi Beta (Alpha Chi 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:

Collection is open to all researchers. 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 publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Gamma Phi Beta Alpha Chi Chapter records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet
Creator:
Sororities--Social--Gamma Phi Beta
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Gamma Phi Beta Alpha Chi Chapter records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes materials documenting the daily activities of Gamma Phi Beta (Alpha Chi Chapter). Materials include pages from a scrapbook that contain stereotypical caricatures of east Asian and Native American people as well as derogatory language regarding race, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. Collection also includes photographs of culturally insensitive events held in Sorority Court.

Biographical / historical:

Gamma Phi Beta is a soroity with the mission to build confident women of character who celebrate sisterhood and make a difference in the world around us. The sorority's vision is to inspire the highest type of womanhood.The Alpha Chi Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta was installed at William & Mary in 1934.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard