Arthur I. Launder scrapbook, 1923-1942.

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Arthur I. Launder scrapbook, 1923-1942.

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The Arthur I. Launder scrapbook mainly contains newspaper clippings relating to Launder, his employer (Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company), as well as some of the professional and musical organizations with which he was associated from the late 1920s through the early 1940s. Notable among these groups was the Amphion Society (or Seattle Male Chorus), of which Launder was president (1931) and the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra; in addition to numerous clippings about both organizations, the scrapbook includes a few Amphion Society programs. Other items of interest are: sets of obituaries for Ralph H. Ober (Launder's immediate predecessor as president of the Engineers Club and designer of the Aurora Bridge) and composer Edouard Potjes, as well as a 1925 program for a special recital held at the Cornish School for the Visiting Ladies of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

1 v. ; 29 centimeters.

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Launder, Arthur I.

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Arthur Irwin Launder (1895-1977) was a prominent Seattle engineer and patron of the arts who also was very active in promoting the development of the local classical music scene. A graduate of Stanford University, Launder worked for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company as a traffic facilities supervisor during the 1920s. In a professional capacity, he served as president of the Seattle Engineers Club and was a member of the American Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Among ...

Engineers Club (Seattle, Wash.)

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Amphion Society of Seattle.

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Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company

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Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra

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