UT Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Collection, 1922-2005

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UT Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Collection, 1922-2005

A scrapbook, correspondence, and printed material compose the UT Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Collection, 1922-2005, which documents the social life and accomplishments of sorority members and administration of the University of Texas at Austin's Alpha Zeta Chapter of the Gamma Phi Beta International Sorority.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8203397

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Gamma Phi Beta. Alpha Zeta Chapter (University of Texas at Austin).

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In 1921, several female University of Texas at Austin students met at the home of Viola Baker to organize a social club, which the women called the Sigma Club. After petitioning the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, the club became the sorority’s Alpha Zeta Chapter in 1922. The national organization was founded in 1874 at Syracuse University, and the first international chapter began in 1919 at the University of Toronto. Furthermore, the group began publishing its magazine, The Crescent, in 1900. ...

University of Texas at Austin.

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The University of Texas at Austin (UT) opened in 1883 with eight professors, four assistants, a proctor, and 221 male and female students. The first set of graduates, consisting of thirteen law students, attended UT commencement on June 14, 1884. By World War I, enrollment rose to 2,254 and by World War II to over 11,000. African Americans were admitted in 1950, and by 1966, there were 27,345 students. Over the next 40 years, the university continued to expand. In 2009 e...

Gamma Phi Beta

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Gamma Phi Beta sorority started as Sigma Theta sorority in 1908 at Fargo College. When Fargo College closed in 1922, two graduates from the sorority enrolled at North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC) and transferred the organization there. The group grew, and within 21 years had initiated 155 girls into sisterhood. In 1929 they petitioned for membership to the Gamma Phi Beta national sorority. In 1930 they were initiated into the Gamma Phi Beta national organization. The alumnae chapter was ma...