University Choral and Orchestral Society Records, 1898-1927 | University of Illinois Archives

Records of the University Choral and Orchestral Society, including account books (1898-1912), cancelled checks (1911-1912), a Board of Directors list of minutes (1912-1913), and programs (1915-1927).

The series also includes a Scrapbook of the Choral Society (1898-1912), called the Choral and Orchestral Society beginning in 1909, containing programs for performances sponsored by the Oratorio Society (1898-1899) and the Choral Society, including the annual May Festival (1898-1912) and Christmas Concert (1903-1911), with lists of Society members, members of the Society's Board of Governors and its guarantors, words of songs and biographical information about performers; news announcements and publicity brochures; newspaper clippings (1898-1907) of news articles, photographs and reviews of performances and copies of correspondence by the Society's secretary and treasurer to local newspapers thanking them for their courtesy and to a patron inviting her support.