Title: Thursday Music Club (Bismarck-Mandan, ND)
Dates: 1945-2005
Collection Number: MSS 11215
Quantity: 1.25 feet
Abstract: Consists of minutes, by-laws and constitution, membership information, officer and committee information, correspondence, subject files (including activities, awards, elections, events, festivals. programming, music, National Music Week), legal documents, reports, the club newsletter Con Brio, a photograph, and audio visual material. The objective of The Bismarck-Mandan Thursday Music Club is to aid and encourage musical appreciation, education, and develop and maintain high music standards.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Arlene E. Gray on March 10, 2014.
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Related Collections: MSS 10927 North Dakota Federation of Music Clubs
BOX / FOLDER INVENTORY
Box 1:
1 Minutes (and agenda), 1987-2005
2 Executive board minutes, 1989-1992
3 By-laws and constitution, 1961-1998
4 Membership, 1967-1997
5 Membership/programming booklet, 2001-2002
6 Officers and committees, 1993
7 Correspondence, 1990-2002
8 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers), 1991
9 “arTView” program, 2005
10 Awards, 1990s
11 Ballots (whether to dissolve the club), ca. 1990
12 Biennial Convention planning, 2003
13 Bismarck Public Library piano, 1990
14 Choir festivals, 1958-1967
15 Dakota West Arts Council (grant and membership), 1994-2002
16 Evaluation of club/ratings, 1955-1989
17 Events (lists) and programs, 1989-1995
18 International Music Relations, 1991-1993
19 Junior Music Festivals, 1992-1995
20 Luncheons and banquets, 1989-1993
21 Music (club rituals), 1945
22 Musical family of the year, 1991-1992
23 National Music Week, 1961-1968
24 National Music Week, 1969-1974
25 National Music Week, 1980-1984
26 National Music Week, 1985
27 National Music Week, 1986-1988
28 National Music Week, 1990-1993
29 Past Presidents’ Assembly, ca. 1991
30 Piano (9’ Baldwin), 1958-1978
31 Scholarships (including International Music Camp), 1989-2002
32 Vita cards, 1991-2000
33 Legal documents, 1989
34 Reports, 1963-2000
35 Con Brio (newsletter), 1991-1993
36 Photograph, ca. 1990
Box 2:
Reel-to-Reel: National Music Week performances, n.d.
VHS: “arTView” program: Bismarck-Mandan Thursday Music Club, 2005
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