Overview of the Collection
Historical NoteThe Bellingham Woman’s Music Club was organized February 22, 1916. It provided a forum for its members to perform musical selections and it organized performances by its members and professionals from elsewhere for the benefit of the public. The club was composed of both active members, who performed, and associate members, who were permitted to attend the meetings. By 1924 it was federated with the Washington State Federation of Music Clubs and the National Federation of Music Clubs. The club endeavored to involve itself in the community. Some of these efforts included providing concerts, offering scholarships for membership, and a large donation of record albums to the public library with station KVOS and Western Washington College of Education. Content DescriptionThe records of the Bellingham Woman’s Music Club, spanning 1917-1972, document its members’ contribution to Bellingham’s cultural development. The collection includes minute books, yearbooks, scrapbooks, and the club’s constitution. Minute books contain summaries of meetings, musical selections performed by the active members at the meetings, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and printed programs of the performances and activities the club sponsored. The minute books begin in 1917 and end in 1968. The yearbooks record the officers of the club and include the events planned for the year. Some of the yearbooks are missing, but can be found pasted into either the minute books or the scrapbooks. The scrapbooks include printed programs of musical performances and social activities, photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The scrapbooks date from 1941 to 1972; however, the scrapbook that covers the 1950s was never organized. Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
The collection is open to the public. Preferred Citation :Bellingham Woman's Music Club records, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University Bellingham WA 98225-9123 Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The Bellingham Woman's Music Club records are organized in accordance with the following series and subseries arrangement:
Detailed Description of the CollectionThe following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
SubjectsThis collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
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