The North Carolina Symphony was formedin 1932 under the direction of Pulitzer Traveling Fellow Lamar Stringfield. TheSymphony was a Works Progress Administration project in the 1930s; in the 1940s, itwas the first orchestra to receive state funding on a continuous basis. BenjaminSwalin and Maxine Swalin led the Symphony from 1939 to 1972. They promoted the ideaof taking the orchestra out to all parts of the state, a tradition that began in1943 when the North Carolina State Legislature passed what was referred to as the As of 2009, the Symphonyplays over 175 concerts in 30 to 40 counties in North Carolina per year. Horn Tootin' Bill. The collection consists of 211 audiotapes, primarily ofperformances of the North Carolina Symphony in various locations across the state ofNorth Carolina. Included are many children's concerts that have children singingwith the Symphony and a few concerts with high school choirs singing with theSymphony. Also included are clips from radio advertisements for the North CarolinaSymphony; recorded talks given by Benjamin Swalin; and music from a film about theNorth Carolina Symphony entitled The Addition of January 2010 consists of seven audiotapes withmiscellaneous recordings of the North Carolina Symphony and a folder withinformation about tape recordings of the Symphony made during the 1950s and suitablefor use on radio shows. A Symphony inJeopardy.
