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Alpha Omicron Pi, Bangor Alumnae Chapter Minutes

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1471-sc

Scope and Contents

A volume containing minutes of meetings, 1915-1930, of the Bangor, Maine, alumnae chapter of the sorority Alpha Omicron Pi. The chapter consisted of members from within a twenty-five mile radius of Bangor. The minutes record activities such as fund raising for the new Alpha Omicron Pi house on the University of Maine campus, establishing a scholarship at the university in 1921, and various philanthropic activities, as well as Founders' Day parties to celebrate the founding of the sorority in 1897, and baby party picnics to which alumnae brought their children. A few newspaper clippings and a booklet of amendments to the sorority constitution accompany the volume.

Dates

  • Creation: 1915-1930

Creator

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Historical Note

The Alpha Omicron Pi sorority was founded at Barnard College in 1897. The Gamma chapter was founded at the University of Maine in 1908.

Extent

1 volume (26 cm)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

A volume containing minutes of meetings, 1915-1930, of the Bangor, Maine, alumnae chapter of the sorority Alpha Omicron Pi. The chapter consisted of members from within a twenty-five mile radius of Bangor. The minutes record activities such as fund raising for the new Alpha Omicron Pi house on the University of Maine campus, establishing a scholarship at the university in 1921, and various philanthropic activities, as well as Founders' Day parties to celebrate the founding of the sorority in 1897, and baby party picnics to which alumnae brought their children. A few newspaper clippings and a booklet of amendments to the sorority constitution accompany the volume.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Bess Cutler Gallery, Sebec, Maine in January 2007.

General

No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.

Subject

Title
Guide to the Alpha Omicron Pi, Bangor Alumnae Chapter Minutes
Status
No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
Date
2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English.

Repository Details

Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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University of Maine
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