Alpha Tau Omega fraternity photographs
Scope and Contents
The Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity Photographs contain four photographs of the Gamma Lambda chapter house at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue in Boulder, Colorado as well as members of the fraternity posing on the house’s porch in 1926.
Dates
- Creation: 1926
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for access.
Conditions Governing Use
Limited duplication of materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Biographical / Historical
Otis Allen Glazebrook founded Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) on September 11, 1865 in Richmond, Virginia at the Virginia Military Institute. The Gamma Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity was chartered at the University of Colorado on April 19, 1901. In 1926, the University of Colorado chapter of the fraternity moved into a house at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue. ATO occupied the house until 1941, when they moved to another address on University Hill. The Gamma Lambda Chapter of ATO continued to operate at the new address until 2002, when the national organization revoked its charter.
Extent
.25 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Gamma Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity was installed at the University of Colorado in 1901. The Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity Photographs contain four photographs, dated 1926, of members of the fraternity as well as the fraternity’s house at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue in Boulder, Colorado.
Arrangement
Owing to the small number of photographs, original order has been maintained.
- Author
- Jenna McCampbell; ArchivesSpace entry by Jennifer Sanchez 2018
- Date
- 2016 June
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, Rare and Distinctive Collections Repository
