The Student Insurgent is a democratically organized journalistic endeavor based at the University of Oregon in Eugene which provides a voice for under-represented students by maintaining a safe space in print and online for radical dissent, free expression and mutual encouragement. The collection includes correspondence, articles, meeting minutes, draft issues and mock-ups, financial records, bylaws, and subject files, Students for a Progressive agenda files, and submissions to the New Liberation News Services publication, 1991-1995.

UA 179

Guide to The Student Insurgent Records

Orchesis was a student athletic club of modern dance that was established in 1938. The collection includes a scrapbook.

UA 176

Guide to the Orchesis Records

Mu Phi Epsilon, Nu Chapter is a coeducational, professional music fraternity. The collection contains records that document the functions, activities, and people of this fraternity.

UA 168

Guide to Mu Phi Epsilon. Nu Chapter Records

University Friars is a University of Oregon campus organization that promotes campus leadership and volunteerism. The collection consists of Friars publications, directories, and rosters.

UA 154

Guide to the University Friars Records

The UO Center on Diversity and Community (CoDaC) is committed to advancing inclusive excellence through critical thinking and an ethic of care. The collection contains reports and VHS tapes on CoDaC projects concerning diversity and affirmative action.

UA 103

Guide to the Center on Diversity and Community Records

The Office of Greek Life at the University of Oregon handled administrative duties for sororities and fraternities on campus. The collection contains sorority and fraternity files, photographs, correspondence, minutes, and general school information.

UA 096

Guide to the Office of Greek Life records

Founded in 1899, the Oregon Daily Emerald (ODE) is a student-run independent daily campus newspaper at the University of Oregon. The collection contains photographs, negatives, and slides, assignment ledger, ODE issues, minutes, reports, correspondence, computer tape (HP 3000 system tape) and computer printouts, and office files.

UA 076

Guide to the Oregon Daily Emerald Records

Harry Stamper (1944-2012) was an Oregon longshoreman and a noted musician who combined messages of both labor and environmentalism in his songs. His song, “We Just Come to Work Here, We Don’t Come to Die” is considered a classic in labor and folk song circles, the anthem of the occupational health and safety movement, and is included in the Smithsonian Folkways album, Classic Labor Songs.

The Stamper collection arrived at SCUA recently, and is being processed by a Folklore student, Nathan Moore. SCUA has a close relationship with Folklore’s Mills Archive and the Oregon Folklife Network (OFN), which recently relocated to the UO campus.

Nathan brings more to this processing project than just his academic training. He’s a folk musician, part of the Low Tide Drifters, and he knew and played with Harry Stamper. It’s always fun to see a student get really excited about the collection he is processing!

Harry and Nathan

Nathan’s film about Stamper, We Just Come to Work Here: The Music of Harry Stamper, will be shown at a film festival in Canada this year. You can see the film on YouTube, and please check out the Remember Harry page (from which this great photo is borrowed). Stay tuned; we’ll post as soon as the Stamper collection is available for research.

Pi Mu Epsilon dedicates itself to the promotion of mathematics and recognition of students who successfully pursue mathematical understanding. The University of Oregon Chapter, Oregon Alpha, was established in 1931 but is now inactive. Collection includes correspondence, initiation material, and artifacts from this fraternity, 1925-1930′s.

Call number: UA 118

Guide to Pi Mu Epsilon. Oregon Alpha Chapter Records

The collection contains over 4800 photographic negative of University of Oregon faculty, students, buildings, organizations, and events, circa 1929 to 1973.

Call number: UA 149

Guide to UO Archives Negatives