Phi Alpha (Tau Chapter) Records, 1933/1941

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:

The 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 University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library

Preferred citation:

Phi Alpha (Tau Chapter) Records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Summary

Extent:
0.66 Linear Feet
Creator:
Phi Alpha. Tau Chapter (College of William and Mary)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Phi Alpha (Tau Chapter) Records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes one scrapbook containing newspaper clippings about the fraternity and its members, some correspondence, photographs of the fraternity house, and photographs of members, some of whom were in the movie "The Howards of Virginia." The collection also includes the certificate officially establishing the Tau Chapter at William & Mary.

Biographical / historical:

Fraternity founded at George Washington University in 1914; William and Mary chapter established in 1927.

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Acquisition information:
Acc. 1983.080 received 11/14/1983.