Alpha Epsilon Phi collection

Collection

Identifier: umja0172

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of various materials including song sheets and songbooks, rush manuals, house contracts, scrapbook pages, and photographs.

Dates

1909-2004

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.

Copyright

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

Alpha Epsilon Phi began in 1909 at Barnard College in New York and was founded by seven Jewish women. The Minnesota chapter, the Alpha Iota Chapter, began in 1938, closed in 1978, and then was reestablished in 2008.

[Taken from "A Brief History of Alpha Epsilon Phi" in Box 1, Folder 3, as well as aephimn.wordpress.com/about]

Extent

0.80 Cubic Feet (1 oversize box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of administrative and rush materials related to the historically Jewish sorority Alpha Epsilon Phi at the University of Minnesota.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Collection donated in part by Donna Tilson in June 2021. Collection donated in part by Shirleymae Lane to the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest. Collection donated in part by Muriel Caplan to the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest.

Subjects

Greek letter societies Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Greek letter societies -- Minnesota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Jews -- Minnesota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
University of Minnesota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings