6Q. Performing Arts

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This collection includes financial records, programs, music, and correspondence related to the Wellesley College Guild of Carillonneurs from 1905 to 2014.

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This collection contains the records of the Wellesley College Widows acapella group dating from 1949 to 2024. This collection includes correspondence, sheet music, posters, programs, and audiovisual recordings.

Scope and Contents Collection consists of records of the Wellesley College Choir, dating from 1877-1985. Collection is arranged into two series. Series I. Record Books and administrative records, 1900-1976, includes financial records, news clippings about the group, meeting minutes, Record Books (containing a record of Choir activities and information on former members, published every five years), and Registers (with lists of members, services, and rehearsals). Series II. Event programs, 1902-1985 consists...

Scope and Contents Series I. Production materials, 1936-2007, consists of records of Junior Show productions from the Class of 1938 through the Class of 2009 (missing the Classes of 1954, 1991-1992, 1995-1997, 2000-2002, 2005, 2006, and 2008). Includes planning documents, scripts, songbooks, correspondence, reports, and programs. Series II. Audiovisual recordings, 1941-2003, consists of audiovisual materials including VHS videocassettes, video tape reels, album records, as well as one optical disc and a 3M...

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Series IV. Operetta scores (1908-1925) includes musical scores for operettas performed by Wellesley College students. Most of these operettas were performed by the dramatics society, the Barnswallows, but the series also includes an operetta performed by the Class of 1911, an all-college performance, and a "Tech Show" musical comedy hosted by MIT.

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The Music Organizations collection (1909-1984) consists of the records of music organizations at Wellesley College including the Chamber Orchestra, the Collegium Musicum Wellesliensis chamber choir, the Madrigals, the Musical Club, the Music Lovers' Club, and the Tupelos. Records include concert programs, news releases, fliers, correspondence, membership lists, checks, and meeting minutes.

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Collection consists of the records of the Chamber Music Society, dating from 1958 to 1989. Includes correspondence, programs, publicity, lists, schedules, and budgets. Concerns the membership, financing, and performances of the Chamber Music Society.

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Collection consists of the records of the Wellesley College Orchestra, dating from 1908-1959, including news clippings about Orchestra activities, event programs, a general file on the Orchestra, multiple files of the President's Book, and Class Books from the 1950s.