MacDowell Music Club scrapbooks, 1934-2007.

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MacDowell Music Club scrapbooks, 1934-2007.

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Eleven scrapbooks, 1936-2004, compiled by Green Bay members of a women's musical organization, named after Edward MacDowell, American composer and pianist, formed in 1934 by Cecelia Rosman and consisting of letters, brochures, photographs, news clippings, programs, member lists, awards, meeting minutes (1945-1995), and other miscellaneous material. The object of the MacDowell Club is to promote friendly association among musically interested persons, to encourage musical education, and to work for the advancement of music in America. The scrapbooks document the meetings and activities of the club which include annual sponsorship of National Music Week, an annual scholarship to the summer session of the music clinic at the University of Wisconsin, support for the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, Christmas caroling at local hospitals, and hosting foreign exchange students. Also documented are individual member's lives, the club's connection to the MacDowell Colony and Marian MacDowell, and their annual picnic and mother-daughter meeting.

3.2 c.f. (5 flat boxes and 1 archives box)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6842062

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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MacDowell (Peterborough, N.H.)

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