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Minnesota Orchestra

 Organization

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Brian Newhouse Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PA012P
Abstract

Compact discs from Newhouse's one-hour MPR program: A Century in Sound. The Minnesota Orchestra Turns 100. Included are recorded interviews and other source materials for the broadcast.

Dates: 2003

Dorothy Cummings photograph collection and scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: PA012M
Abstract

The collection includes photographs of famous performers autographed to Dorothy and a scrapbook compiled for her retirement.

Dates: 1949-1986

Dottie Carpenter photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PA012B
Abstract

The collection contains photographs from guest artists and people associated with the Minnesota Orchestra.

Dates: undated: ca. 1970-90

Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra records

 Collection
Identifier: PA067
Abstract

Collection contains administrative records, press and publicity for events and programs, and a small collection of A/V materials.

Dates: 1949-2013

Harry D. Maddy and Rhadames John Angelucci Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PA012H
Abstract

The collection contains memorabilia collected by Harry D. Maddy and Rhadames John Angelucci during almost sixty years in the Minnesota Orchestra. It documents Angelucci’s career and those experiences that he and his father-in-law found most significant in their tenures with the Orchestra.

Dates: 1914-93

Henry Denecke, Jr. interview recordings and transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: PA012L
Abstract

This collection includes audio cassette tapes and transcriptions of an interview of former Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra timpanist by current Minnesota Orchestra timpanist, Peter Kogan.

Dates: May 1993

Jon Butler collection of Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra recordings

 Collection
Identifier: PA012S
Abstract

This collection comprises 159 long playing (LP) and six 78rpm recordings of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra between the late 1940s and 1968. Included are all known U.S. LP records issued under the name “Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra” by Mercury Records, RCA Victor, Columbia, plus some variants.

Dates: 1940s-1970s

Minnesota Orchestra Series 1: Board of Directors Records

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 1
Abstract

Contains annual reports and materials from annual meetings, minutes from meetings of the Board and of the Executive Committee, various committee minutes and reports, and the confidential files of search committees for Music Directors.

Dates: 1945-2005

Minnesota Orchestra Series 2: President's Office Records

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 2
Abstract

This collection contains office records from the president of the Minnesota Orchestral Association.

Dates: 1953-ongoing

Minnesota Orchestra Series 4: General Manager Records

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 4
Abstract

The general manager manages many activities of the organization, notably the artistic events. These records include personnel records, administrative files, and programming files from the offices of the general manager from the tenure of Boris Sokoloff through that of Robert Neu.

Dates: 1907-2011 (bulk 1965-2011)

Minnesota Orchestra Series 5: Departments

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 5
Abstract

Collection includes records from individual departments at the Minnesota Orchestra.

Dates: 1927-ongoing

Minnesota Orchestra Series 6: Special Events and Projects

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 6
Abstract

Collection contains records created for Minnesota Orchestra projects and special events.

Dates: 1944 -

Minnesota Orchestra Series 7 Buildings and Related Materials

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 7
Abstract

Includes information about the Northrop Auditorium Shell and extensive documentation regarding the construction of Orchestra Hall which was dedicated in October 1974.

Dates: 1956-80

Minnesota Orchestra Series 8 WAMSO Files

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 8
Abstract

These are not the official records of WAMSO. They contain office files from Orchestra staff relating to WAMSO activities.

Dates: 1959-85

Minnesota Orchestra Series 9 Scrapbooks and Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 9
Abstract

Collection includes scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and press releases.

Dates: 1908 - ongoing

Minnesota Orchestra Series 10: Publications

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 10
Abstract

Includes programs for orchestra concerts from 1903 to the present (both bound and unbound) and other publications.

Dates: 1903-present

Minnesota Orchestra Series 11: Photographs, Slides and Negatives

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 11
Abstract

The collection includes photographs, negatives, slides, and transparencies of Minnesota Orchestra music directors, musicians and staff, Orchestra Hall and other venues, and concerts, tours, and other events.

Dates: ca. 1910-ongoing

Minnesota Orchestra Series 12 Audio and Video Recordings

 Collection
Identifier: PA012.Series 12
Abstract

The collection includes audio and video recordings of the Minnesota Orchestra in a variety of formats, as well as a collection of slide-tape shows.

Dates: 1953-2001

Minnesota Orchestra Series 13 Posters and Realia

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 13
Abstract

The posters in this collection represent over thirty years of promotional activity of the Minnesota Orchestra. It is a sample of posters created for the Orchestra, not a complete collection.

Dates: 1949-2000 (bulk 1970-2000)

Minnesota Orchestra Series 14 Historical Materials

 Collection
Identifier: PA012-Series 14
Abstract

These materials include letters, newspapers, publications, etc. that were collected at various times by various people and constitute an historical archive of the Orchestra. They include items created by or about people associated with the Orchestra.

Dates: 1892-2004

Ray Fitch Memoirs

 Collection
Identifier: PA012I
Abstract

These memoirs, written by Ray Fitch's son, document Fitch's career as a bass player with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra/Minnesota Orchestra from 1925 to 1972.

Dates: undated: ca. 1925-1972

Robert Aupperle scrapbook and clippings

 Collection
Identifier: PA012N
Abstract

A collection of programs and newspaper clippings from various periods in the history of the Minnesota Orchestra.

Dates: 1906-1908, 1944-1949, 1986-1997

Steve Zellmer Collection of Minnesota Orchestra

 Collection
Identifier: PA012C
Abstract

The collection includes scrapbooks, personal files, and memorabilia from a musician who was the principal trombone player for the Minnesota Orchestra for over forty years.

Dates: 1942-95

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