Lethbridge Music Club Fonds

Scope and Content: 19881031001 - Historical items including a brief history of the club, newspaper clippings, selected minutes and other material. 1932-1970. 19881031002 - 5 - Minutes of executive and Annual Meetings, concert information, and membership information 19881031006 - Constitution and bylaws, duties of off…

History Biographical: Lethbridge Music Club (1932-1939, 1951-1970).; The club was organized as the Lethbridge Women's Musical Club at a meeting held 26 September 1932. First elected officers were Mrs. W. J. Nelson, President; Mrs. Gladstone Virtue, Vice President; Miss Evelyn Shillington, Secretary; Mrs. G. W. G. O'Meara, Treasurer. The club's purpose was to stimulate interest in music, encourage students of music, give people a chance to hear visiting artists from outside Southern Alberta, and generally widen the appreciation of music in this region. Response to the club was poor however, and it discontinued functioning in April 1939. On 9 April 1951 the organization was revived as the Women's Musical Club of Lethbridge. This time, the club's emphasis was on the support and encouragement of southern Alberta musicians. Until it disbanded in May 1970, the club organized annual concert series and encouraged local artists such as pianist Dale Bartlett.

Scope and Content: 19881031001 - Historical items including a brief history of the club, newspaper clippings, selected minutes and other material. 1932-1970. 19881031002 - 5 - Minutes of executive and Annual Meetings, concert information, and membership information 19881031006 - Constitution and bylaws, duties of officers, and statement of purpose, c 1951. 19881031007- 8 - Annual Reports, including reports from individual committee, 1951-1952 to 1959-1960. 19881031009 - Reports of the membership and program committees. 1962-1963 to 1968-1969. 19881031010 - 12 - Membership and member / guest books, 1951-1969. 19881031013 - 16 - General correspondence dealing with a wide range of issues. 1951-1969. 19881031017 - 20 - Concert and season programs, 1951-1969. 19881031021 - 28 - Concert scrapabooks 1951-1952 to 1970. 19881031029 - 33 - Programs, clippings correspondence, scrapbook: Pianists Dale Bartlett and Irene Weiss, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and other artisits, 1953-1968. 19881031034 - Correspondence, Composers, Authors and Publishers Associaition of Canada. Re: Performancelicenses and copyright. 1954-1964. 19881031035 - Alberta Registered Music Teachers - Lethbridge, student recital programs.