MTV Fraternity and Sorority Life collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 29 VHS tapes and 9 DVDs with recordings of episodes from MTV's "Fraternity Life" and "Sorority Life," which aired from 2002-2003. 14 tapes contain episodes from the first season of "Fraternity Life," which featured UB fraternity Sigma Chi Omega. Also included are 4 DVDs of "Fraternity Life" episodes." 15 tapes contain episodes from "Sorority Life," 4 of which are from the show's first season, and 11 of which are from the show's second season, "Sorority Life II." Also included are 5 DVDs of "Sorority Life" episodes. UB's sorority Delta Xi Omega was featured in "Sorority Life II."
Dates
- 2002-2003
Creator
- MTV Networks (Organization)
Terms of Access
The MTV Fraternity and Sorority Life collection, 2002-2003 is open for research. Digital files may only be accessed onsite within the library at this time.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Historical Note
In 2003, UB Greek organizations were featured on the first season of "Fraternity Life" and the second season of "Sorority Life," two shows produced by MTV. "Fraternity Life" focused on the Sigma Chi Omega fraternity and "Sorority Life 2" focused on the Delta Xi Omega sorority. The story lines of each show primarily followed the lives of six pledges from each organization who lived in Buffalo pledge houses. UB was not affiliated with this project.
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes)
18 Gigabytes (18 ISO disk image files)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection is comprised of VHS tapes and DVDs containing recordings of episodes from MTV's "Fraternity Life" and "Sorority Life," shows in which UB Greek organizations were featured.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series: I. Fraternity Life, and II. Sorority Life. Born-digital materials are integrated into their corresponding series based on content. The original order of the files has been retained.
Acquisition Information
Collection was transferred the the University Archives from the Office of Student Life in 2018.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Grace Trimper, May 2018. Digital materials processed by Sarah Pinard, June 2018.
This collection was processed in accordance with the University Archives processing guidelines/policies. For more information, see https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/digitalpreservation/processing. Video files are saved as single ISO disk image files.
Source
- State University of New York at Buffalo. Office of Student Life (Donor, Organization)
- University Archives (Repository, Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the MTV Fraternity and Sorority Life collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Grace Trimper.
- Date
- May 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
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