Kalamazoo Choral Club Collection
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of three items from the Kalamazoo Choral Club. One membership ticket for Ellen Pratt, a ticket order advertisement, and a show program. All items are approximately December 1931.
Dates
- Creation: approximately Dec. 1931
Creator
- Kalamazoo Choral Club (Kalamazoo, Mich.) (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
The Kalamazoo Choral Club, also known as the Civic Choral Club was formed in October 1931. The club operated for approximately 18 years and was composed of local musical directors and their choirs, with an invitation to join also extended to singers not currently involved with a choral group. The club was set to be discontinued after a recreation budget cut in 1941. Operations continued until roughly 1949.
Extent
.10 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from Starring endowment.
Physical Description
All items are made from heavy paper. The membership ticket and the advertisement are off white with black ink and the program is light yellow-green with darker green ink. There is some writing in pencil on the membership ticket that is slightly faded. All items are in good condition.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Kalamazoo Choral Club Collection finding aid
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Stephanie Chapman
- Date
- 2022-11-29
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections Repository
Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
arch-collect@wmich.edu