ALBUM, RECORD

Description: 1. DUST COVER - CARDBOARD. FRONT HAS THE PICTURE OF A LARGE CHOIR, AND READS "THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR'S GREATEST HITS RICHARD P. CONDIE, DIRECTOR THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA EUGENE ORMANDY, CONDUCTOR VOL. II". BACK OF COVER IS WHITE WITH BLACK PRINT; IT LISTS SONGS AND GIVES INFO. ON THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR, ETCETERA. 2. SLEEVE - PLAIN PAPER SLEEVE. HAS NO HOLE IN CENTER. PAPER IS YELLOWED. 3. RECORD - BLACK VINYL WITH A BROWN LABEL ON EACH SIDE. LABELS HAVE A BORDER OF THE WORD "COLUMBIA" IN ORANGE AROUND THEM. ETCHED INTO RECORD, BESIDE LABEL ON ONE SIDE IS "XXSM135206-3B" AND ON THE OTHER IS "XXSM135207-1B".

History: RECORDS AND 8-TRACKS IN COLLECTION WERE DONATED ALONG WITH A CABINET RECORD/8-TRACK PLAYER THAT WAS ACCEPTED BY MUSEUM AS AN EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION. COLLECTION BELONGED TO VERNA BROWN, WHO BOUGHT THE PLAYER IN 1971 IN TABER, SURROUNDING AREA. THE PLAYER WAS USED UNTIL VERNA MOVED TO A SENIORS LODGE JANUARY 2000. THE PLAYER WAS PURCHASED WITH FUNDS FROM VERNA'S MOTHERS ESTATE AFTER HER PASSING IN JANUARY 1971. MOTHER ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN 1915.