Papers of Elliot Forbes

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Papers of Elliot Forbes

1958-1985 (inclusive)

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Papers primarily record Forbes' professional activities as director of the Harvard Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society, and as member of the Department of Music at Harvard. Includes programming papers, student recommendations, performance schedules, and extensive correspondence with past students and with conductors and composers of choral music. Also personal correspondence and papers relating to Asian tours (1961 and 1967) and a North American tour (1964) of the Glee Club and Choral Society, as well as some papers documenting Forbes' non-musical activities at Harvard, including Faculty Committee on Dramatics, Faculty Committee on Student Activities, Committee on General Education, and as associate of Quincy House and North House. Other material relates to Forbes' involvement in community cultural activities.

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