Slides
Scope and Contents
The collection includes annual reports, band rehearsal attendance, marching band formation charts, news clippings, magazines, and marching band halftime programs. The Music Department information includes correspondence, reports, and pamphlets. There are also Michigan State Institute of Music and Allied Arts materials that includes music programs and press releases. The collection also includes scrapbooks containing concert programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and service bulletins including some from World War II. Also included in the collection are music scores that were used as part of the Michigan Music Project, a Works Progress Administration initiative. Photographs in the collection includes images of the cadet band, the marching band, the concert band, performance groups, the Swartz Creek Band, music camps, music extension, the fine arts festival, band day, and people. There are also slides of the demolition of the old music practice building in 1967, construction of the new music practice building in 1968, and images of the finished music building in 1969.
Dates
- Creation: 1870 - 2007
Creator
- From the Record Group: Michigan State University. School of Music (Organization)
- From the Record Group: Michigan State University. Department of Music (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Box 698, folders 1-45 are Restricted (Band Rehearsal Attendance records.)
Extent
From the Record Group: 20 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Historical Collections Repository
Conrad Hall
943 Conrad Road, Room 101
East Lansing MI 48824 US
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu