Sorosis Society photograph collection

Sorosis Society photograph collection, 1899-1933

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Utah State Agricultural College. Sorosis Society.
Title: Sorosis Society photograph collection
Dates: 1899-1933 (inclusive)
18991933
Quantity: 2 boxes, (2 linear ft.)
Collection Number: UUS_P0139
Summary: Thirty-two black & white photographs documenting this USU sorority from the 1890s to the 1930s. The images include formal portraits, informal group shots, views of the interior and exterior of the sorority house, and snapshots of sorority activities. Most are silver gelatin developing-out papers with the exception of 1:07:01, which is a collodion or gelatin printing-out paper. They range in size from the smallest snapshot (5 cm. x 7 cm.) to oversize prints (30 cm. x 35 cm.). Some of the images were apparently removed from a scrapbook.
Repository: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions: Restrictions
Open to public research.
Languages: English.
Sponsor: Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Sorosis is the oldest continuing sorority on the Utah State University campus founded in 1899. The sorority later became nationally affiliated as Alpha Chi Omega in 1944. This collection was donated to Special Collections & Archives by Mrs. (Conrad) Ruth Layton Harrison.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Sorosis Society photograph collection consists of 32 black and white photographs documenting this USU sorority from the 1890s to the 1930s. The images include formal portraits, informal group shots, views of the interior and exterior of the sorority house, and snapshots of sorority activities.

The prints are all silver gelatin developing-out papers with the exception of 1:07:01, which is a collodion or gelatin printing-out paper. They range in size from the smallest snapshot (5cm.x7cm.) to oversize prints (30cm.x35cm.). Some of the images were apparently removed from a scrapbook.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Sorosis Society photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Sorosis Society photograph collection, 1899-1933. (P0139). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in numeric sequence according to Box, Folder, and Item

Acquisition Information

These photographs were removed from University Archives accession 23.18/2 in November of 1997.

Processing Note

Related Materials

Utah State Agricultural College. Sorosis Society. Records (record group 23.18/2)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Individual Portraits, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	1:01:01: Hazel Gray. Photograph by Torgeson Studios, Logan, Utah	1910-1919
1	2	1:02:01: Julia M. Sullivan Greene	1910-1919
1	3	1:03:01: Arminta Hogan	1920-1929
1	4	1:04:01: Elizabeth M. Nye	1910-1919
1	5	1:05:01: Thelma Pedersen	1920-1929
1	6	1:06:01: Unidentified. Photograph by Ford, Ogden	1910-1919

Group Portraits, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	7	1:07:01: Group at leisure including Abbie Groesbeck(?), Maughn Groesbeck(?), and Amanda Santchi	1895-1899
1	8	1:08:01 : Formal group portrait, includes Edith Hayball, Armania Maughan, Della Morrell, Blanch Cooper, Marie Eccles Caine, Anna Matheson, Mary Bennion Powell, and Jesse Eccles Quinney	1910-1919
1	9	1:09:01: Formal group portrait including Eva Farr Parry. Photograph by Odell, Logan, Utah	1910-1919

Snapshots, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	10	1:10:01-16: Various group snapshots including Logan Canyon canal and Hercules Power Company flume outtake at the mouth of Logan Canyon 1:10:02 1:10:09	1910-1929

House and Activities, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	11	1:11:01: Exterior, Sorosis house in Logan	1932-1933
1	11	1:11:02: Interior, living room of the Sorosis house	1932-1933
1	12	1:12:01: Sorosis members posed outside the house	1932-1933
1	12	1:12:02: Sorosis pledges posed outside the house	1932-1933
1	13	1:13:01: Sorosis members posed outside the house	1932

Oversize, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
2	2:01 : Formal portrait. Photograph by Odell, Logan, Utah. Includes Eva Farr	1910-1919
2	2:02: Portrait, faculty of Ogden High School posed outside the school. Photograph by Noggle, Ogden, Utah. Includes Eva Farr	1912

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