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Title: Alpha Rho Tau (Art Club) Records, 1935-1950

Creator: Alpha Rho Tau. Eastern Kentucky University Chapter (1939-1950)

Extent: 2.0 Folders

Arrangement: Chronological.

Date Acquired: 11/02/1987

Languages: English [eng]

This collection consists almost entirely of club meeting minutes, 1935-1950. The meeting minutes discuss various club activities, events, and fund-raising efforts. Meetings usually consisted of a program of some sort such as slide lectures, films or music. Minutes include membership lists, officer lists, reports from the treasurer and business meeting reports.

The Eastern Art Club was founded in 1935. The organization's name was changed in 1939 at the recommendation of Dr. Frederic P. Giles, an Art Department faculty member, who suggested that the club take a more distinctive name using the Greek letters Alpha Rho Tau, or ART. In early 1950 Alpha Rho Tau decided to affiliate with the national organization, Kappa Pi. At a banquet held in the Student Union Building on March 24, 1950 a representative of Kappa Pi officially installed the club as the Alpha Alpha Psi chapter, one of 96 chapters in the U.S. The purpose of the club was to bring together students with an interest in art so that they could enjoy and participate in art activities in addition to those offered in the classroom.

Physical Access Note:

Folder 1 contains preservation copies of the original documents and are for use.

Folder 2 contains the originals.

Acquisition Source: Shindlebower, Daniel

Finding Aid Revision History: Revised by Margaret Foote.