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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Alpha Beta Omega Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: 717

Content Description

The Alpha Kappa Alpha – Alpha Beta Omega Chapter records consists of materials donated by various members of the chapter and document the chapter's activities, as well as those of the sorority on the regional and national level. The collection contains correspondence, programs, regional and national conference materials, photographs, certificates, membership rosters, constitutions and by-laws, minutes and agendas, financial records, scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials. While the materials date from circa 1935 to 2012, the predominant dates for the collection are the 1980s through the early 2000s. While the chapter was chartered in 1927, the earliest materials date from the 1930s-1940s, and include programs regarding the sorority's Mississippi Health Project (1937) and Founders Day (1940), as well as a scrapbook (circa 1935-1943) which includes information on the Health Project, dances, theatrical performances, and other chapter activities. Apart from the early records, of note within the collection are a series of bound volumes contains minutes and chapter records kept by chapter president Conchetta White Fulton from 1986-2001, materials on the Epsilon Tau undergraduate chapter (circa 1980s) at Xavier University of Louisiana kept by graduate advisor Louise Metoyer Bouise, as well as an audiocassette and transcript of an interview with Ms. Bouise. Additionally, the records also include material related to the national activities of the sorority, particularly its centennial celebration, but is not specific to the ABO Chapter. A run of the sorority's national magazine, The Ivy Leaf, has been removed to the periodicals collection.

Dates

  • Other: 1935-2012

Creator

Extent

8.34 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Title
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Alpha Beta Omega Chapter records
Status
Unprocessed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Amistad Research Center Repository

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