Alpha Tau Omega records, 1959-1985

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Shepard, Jack L.
Abstract:
Correspondence, newsletters, agenda, minutes, memoranda, and other items pertaining to the Stanford chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, including financial matters, relations with the University administration, and its plan to become a co-ed house in 1970. Of note are materials pertaining to its disenfranchisement by the national organization in 1961 over the issue of admitting Jewish members.
Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Alpha Tau Omega Records (SC0622). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, newsletters, agenda, minutes, memoranda, and other items pertaining to the Stanford chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, including financial matters, relations with the University administration, and its plan to become a co-ed house in 1970. Of note are materials pertaining to its disenfranchisement by the national organization in 1961 over the issue of admitting Jewish members.

Biographical / historical:

Jack L. Shepard earned three degrees at Stanford University: A.B. (1953) and A.M. (1955) in education and MBA at Stanford's Graduate School of Business in 1956. As a student he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and on the varsity baseball team. After his undergraduate degree, Shepard played baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates and in his first full season (1954) was named "Rookie of the Year." After leaving the Pirates, he joined the Stanford University fund-raising staff as an associate general secretary, a post he held for nine years.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Sonia Shepard, 1996.
Physical location:
Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

Alpha Tau Omega Records (SC0622). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022