Whiffenpoofs, Yale University, records 1904-2009 (inclusive).

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Whiffenpoofs, Yale University, records 1904-2009 (inclusive).

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The records consist of song arrangements, sheet music, audio recordings, membership lists, advertisements, clippings, photographs, posters, scrapbooks, and other memorabilia of the Yale Whiffenpoofs.

28 linear feet (24 boxes)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8023458

Yale University Library

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Whiffenpoofs (Musical group)

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The Whiffenpoofs, a Yale student singing group, was founded in 1909 by four members of the University Quartet: George Pomeroy (1909), James M. Howard (1909), Meade Minnigerode (1910), Carl A. Lohmann (1910), and Denton Fowler (1909). The founders took their name from a fish story told by Joe Cawthorn, a popular comedian of the time. In a musical show called "Little Nemo," he described a fabulous creature which he caught by boring a hole in the lake and putting cheese around the hole. The Whiffen...

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