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Sororities--Social

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Elizabeth Feldwisch Bateman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.150
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection is made up of letters written by Elizabeth (Bobbi) Feldwisch to her parents in Hawaii while she was a student at the College of William and Mary. In most of the letters she is referred to as Bobbi. Some of the subjects include sorority and fraternity life, dances, the different classes Bobbi is taking, Williamsburg events and places, and the various places she visited while on break from the classes at William and Mary, including Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia,...
Dates: 1939-1941

Martha Carter Brent Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.102
Scope and Contents The collection of Martha Carter Brent includes her scrapbook from her time as a student at the College of William and Mary as well as student handbooks (1925, 1926) and other College publications. She was commonly known as Mattie Carter as a student. The scrapbook includes news clippings, dance cards, photographs, and similar items documenting campus activities including athletics, dances, her sorority Phi Mu, other campus activities, as well as information about family and friends including...
Dates: 1922-1930; Majority of material found in 1927-1928

Chi Omega (Omicron Beta) Centennial collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 421
Content Description

Collection includes photographs, printed materials, artifacts, and other materials related to the planning and celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first sorority chartered at William & Mary.

Dates: 2022 April 29-2022 May 1

Colonial Echo records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 8.001
Scope and Contents The collection includes photographs and artifacts created for use in the College of William and Mary yearbook, the Colonial Echo.  Note that many yearbook photographs may be part of the University Archives Photograph Collection due to the various copies made over time and the irregular accessioning of these photographs.Acc. 1987.036 is an album containing photographs used by EG Swem,Jr., as business manager, in the preparation of the 1931 Colonial Echo, Presented by EG Swem,Jr....
Dates: 1931-2004

Chiles T. A. Larson Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.079
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographic prints, negatives, and slides that were taken on various assignments by Chiles T. A. Larson as a photographic journalist. The photographs include images taken by Larsen while an undergraduate at William & Mary and include images of sports, Greek life, campus scenes, drama and television productions, and the Norfolk Division of William & Mary, today known as Old Dominion University. The Norfolk Division photographs supported an article published...
Dates: 1956-1995; Majority of material found in 1956-1960

Margaret Mitchell Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.070
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook, 1937-1941, kept by Margaret Mitchell, College of William and Mary class of 1941. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, sorority rush memorabilia, programs, photographs, invitations, and playbills. The scrapbook is 14" x 10" and green.

Dates: 1937-1941

Nu Kappa Epsilon (Alpha Chapter) photographs

 Collection
Identifier: UA 425
Content Description

This collection consists of multiple photographs documenting the members and activities of the Nu Kappa Epsilon (Alpha Chapter) at William & Mary.Photographs include those of members of the sorority in the years 2015-2016 and are identical, whiloe others include 4x6 pictures of the members. The collection primarily consists of composite photographs of members.

Dates: 2001-2016

Mary Mackey Sainsbury Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.077
Scope and Contents

The collection includes three scrapbooks Mary Mackey Sainsbury compiled during her years at the College of William and Mary. The scrapbooks include various material related to sororities and Greek life on campus, athletic tickets, postcards, news clippings, correspondence, photographs, and related material.

Dates: 1936-1940; Majority of material found in 1936-1940

Student Organizations collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 7.047
Scope and Contents

The Student Organizations collection contains fliers, announcements, and programs for various student organizations at William & Mary. The organizations include academic clubs, arts groups, Greek social organizations, religious organizations, student athletic associations, and other groups.

Electronic material received from student organizations can be found in the W & M Digital Archive.

Dates: 1888-2023

Eleanor Ramsdell Van Scherpe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.050
Scope and Contents

The papers of Eleanor Ramsdell Van Scherpe are primarily a scrapbook compiled during her first academic year at the College of William & Mary. It includes correspondence from her potential sorority Big Sisters and her roommate Viola "Vicki" Woodward; various programs; news clippings; sorority invitations; and other items.

The student's freshmen duc cap is housed in the University Archives Artifact Collection (UA 13).

Dates: 1940-1941

Virginia Nittoli Matish photographs

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.344
Content Description

The Virginia Nittoli Matish photographs contains photographs of Virginia Nittoli Matish and members of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Images include the Pi Phi house, as well as scenes of Virginia Beach and a William & Mary graduation taken place during the late 1960s and early 1970s. A description of names and locations have been provided by Matish and is included in the collection.

Dates: 1968-1970