Cornell University Chorus records, 1917-2016.
Collection Number: 14-20-3125

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell University Chorus records, 1917-2016.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-20-3125
Abstract:
Correspondence, sound and video recordings, miscellany documenting the Cornell University Chorus.
Creator:
Cornell University. Chorus
Quanitities:
4.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Cornell University Chorus records, #14-20-3125. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Scope and content

Collection includes correspondence, photographs, cassette tapes, broadsides and posters, programs, newsletters, video tapes, and awards of the Cornell University Chorus.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University -- : Students.
Subjects:
Singers.
Music.
Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Choirs.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Videotapes.
Broadsides.
Programs (documents)

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Performances
Box 1 tr-10129
Cassette: Cornell Trustee Weekend Choral Concert
1983
Box 1 tr-10130
Cassette: Cornell Fall Concert
1983
Box 1 tr-10131
Cassette: November, Music of Bohuslav Martinu
November 19, 1984
Box 1 tr-10132
Cassette: Verdi Requiem, March
March 3, 1985
Box 1 tr-10133
Cassette: April, Spring Concert
April 19, 1986
Box 1 tr-10134
Cassette: November, Fall Concert
November 15, 1986
Box 1 tr-10135
Cassette: November
November 13, 1987
Box 1 tr-10136
Cassette: Performance Selections
1988-89
Box 1 tr-10137
Cassette: April
April 8, 1988
Box 1 tr-10138
Cassette: Chorus Selections
1988-1989
Box 1 tr-10139
Cassette: November
November 18, 1988
Box 1 tr-10140
Cassette: CBS Radio Broadcast December
December 1988
Box 1 tr-10141
Cassette: CBS Cavalcade of Christmas Music
1989
Box 1 tr-10142
Cassette: April
April 22, 1989
Box 1 tr-10143
Cassette: October
October 21, 1989
Box 1 tr-10144
Cassette: Twilight Concert
November 3, 1990
Box 1 tr-10145
Cassette: Twilight Concert
November 3, 1990
Box 1 tr-10146
Cassette: November
November 2, 1991
Box 1 tr-10147
Cassette: November
November 2, 1991
Box 1 tr-10148
Cassette: November
November 2, 1991
Box 1 tr-10149
Cassette: Performance Selections
1991-1992
Box 1 tr-10150
Cassette: Chorus Tour
1993
Box 1 tr-10151
Cassette: Senior Week Concert
May 29, 1993
Box 1 tr-10152
Cassette: Twilight Fall Concert
November 4, 1995
Box 1 tr-10153
Digital Audio Tape: Star Spangled Banner
February 2, 1996
Box 1 tr-10154
Cassette: Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club present Brahm's ein deutches Requiem
February 4, 1996
Box 1 tr-10155
Cassette: The Cornell University Glee Club and Chorus, Senior Week Concert 1997
May 24, 1997
Box 1 tr-10156
Cassette: unmarked tape
n.d.
Box 1 V-7077
Video Tape: Chorus Rehearsal Sage Chapel
October 21, 1989
Box 1 V-7078
Video Tape: MacNeil/Lehrer Report: Susan Davenny-Wyner
n.d.
Box 1 V-7079
Video Tape: Lift the Chorus
n.d.
Box 1 tr-10126
Magnetic Tape: BRNO Choir at Cornell University
April 26, 1972
Box 1 tr-10127
Magnetic Tape: Cornell Chorus Fall Concert
November 13, 1982
Box 1 tr-10128
Magnetic Tape: Cornell Chorus
November 19, 1983
Box 4 Folder 1
Performance History: Dates and times of Chorus Performances
1960-1993
Series II. Tour information
Box 3 Folder 9
Tour Information: Singing Straight Breaks
1982
Box 3 Folder 9
Tour Information: Spring Tour
1982
Box 3 Folder 9
Tour Information: Harvard
1994
Box 3 Folder 9
Tour Information
1997
Series III. Photographs
Box 2 Folder 1
Photo: Student Chorus Group Picture
1943
Box 2 Folder 1
Photo: "The Town Hall" Pamphlet
1943
Box 2 Folder 1
Group photo
1953
Box 2 Folder 2
Group photos
1962
Box 2 Folder 3
Group photos
1981
Box 2 Folder 4
Group photos
1982-1987
Box 2 Folder 5
Group photos
1991-1992
Box 2 Folder 6
Group photos
1993
Box 2 Folder 7
Group photos
1994
Box 2 Folder 8
Group photos
1995
Box 2 Folder 9
Group photos
1996
Box 2 Folder 10
Group photos
1997
Box 2 Folder 11
Miscellaneous Negatives
n.d.
Box 2 Folder 12
Cornell University Chorus Picture Album: Misc. Photos through Phon-a-Thon, Spring 1999
n.d.-1999
Box 2 Folder 13
Singing Gram: Singing Strait Cookies
1981
Box 2 Folder 13
Singing Gram: Singing Valentines
1991
Box 2 Folder 13
Singing Gram: Cookie Break Music
n.d.
Box 5 Folder 18
Photographs
1969-2001
Series IV. Programs
Box 4 Folder 18
Chorus Programs
1959, 1979-1980
Box 3 Folder 8
Chorus Tour Programs
1990
Box 3 Folder 8
Chorus Tour Programs
1992
Box 3 Folder 8
Chorus Tour Programs
1993
Box 3 Folder 8
Chorus Tour Programs
1994
Box 3 Folder 8
Chorus Tour Programs
1997
Box 4 Folder 2
Chorus Programs
1995-1996
Box 4 Folder 3
Chorus Programs
1994-1995
Box 4 Folder 4
Chorus Programs
1993-1994
Box 4 Folder 5
Chorus Programs
1992-1993
Box 4 Folder 6
Chorus Programs
1991-1992
Box 4 Folder 7
Chorus Programs
1990-1991
Box 4 Folder 8
Chorus Programs
1989-1990
Box 4 Folder 9
Chorus Programs
1988-1989
Box 4 Folder 10
Chorus Programs
1987-1988
Box 4 Folder 11
Chorus Programs
1986-1987
Box 4 Folder 12
Chorus Programs
1985-1986
Box 4 Folder 13
Chorus Programs
1984-1985
Box 4 Folder 14
Chorus Programs
1983-1984
Box 4 Folder 15
Chorus Programs
1982-1983
Box 4 Folder 16
Chorus Programs
1981-1982
Box 4 Folder 17
Chorus Programs
1980-1981
Box 5 Folder 7
Programs
1986-1995
Box 5 Folder 8
Programs
1996-1999
Box 5 Folder 9
Programs
2000
Box 5 Folder 10
Programs
2001
Box 5 Folder 11
Programs
2002
Box 5 Folder 12
Programs
2003
Box 5 Folder 13
Tour
2003
Box 5 Folder 14
Programs
2004
Box 5 Folder 22
Programs
2005-2014
Box 5 Folder 23
Programs from China Tour
2008
Box 5 Folder 28
Programs
2016-2019
Series V. Publicity
Box 3 Folder 3
Publicity: Misc. Newspaper Clippings and Pamphlets
n.d.
Box 3 Folder 4
Publicity: information about the group
1989
Box 5 Folder 23
Cornell University Chorus leaflets
[1996]
Box 5 Folder 25
Clippings and Chronicles
1997-2007
Box 5 Folder 26
Posters [8.5"x11"]
2008, undated
Box 5 Folder 27
Posters [8.5"x14"]
2006, undated
Box 6
Tickets for events
2016
Mapcase Folder 1
Posters
1980-2019
Mapcase Folder 2
Posters
2014-2019
Box 3
Scarf Design
1993
Box 2 Folder 15
Social: Paperwork, invitations and information about social events
n.d.
Box 5 Folder 5
Book: Songs of Cornell
1988
Mapcase Folder 1
Oversize items
Scope and Contents
Includes 1917 group photograph, New York State Legislative Resolution signed by Steven M. Boggess, commending the Chorus on the occasion of its Sun-Kissed Tour.
Series VI. Newsletters
Box 2 Folder 17
Newsletters
1980-1996
Box 2 Folder 18
Newsletter Rewrites/Alternative Texts and Newsletter Articles
n.d.
Box 5 Folder 17
Newsletters
1992-2002
Box 5 Folder 21
Notes Spring 2001-Fall 2007 [scattered issues]
2001-2007
Series VII. Membership and alumni correspondence
Box 2 Folder 14
Alumni Correspondence: Alumnae Lists, Notes, Cards, Postcards
n.d.
Box 2 Folder 14
Alumnae Letters
1979-80
Box 3 Folder 2
Alumni Correspondence
1981-82
Box 5 Folder 19
Alumni address information
1980
Box 5 Folder 20
Alumni address information
1994
Box 2 Folder 16
Sokol's Intro Letter and Model Thank-you letter to alumni
1987
Box 2 Folder 16
Attendance Rosters
1980s-1990s
Box 2 Folder 16
Attendance Roster copies
1995
Box 3
Daily Log
1985-89
Box 3
Chorus Attendance Books
n.d.
Box 4 Folder 19
Membership Surveys
1996
Box 5 Folder 24
Chorus Bios (photos)
1999-2005
Box 2 Folder 16
Cornell Chorus Attendance policy
n.d.
Box 4 Folder 20
Misc. Chorus Documents 1: Sopranos
1950s
Box 4 Folder 21
Misc. Chorus Documents 2: Altos
1950s
Box 4 Folder 22
Misc. Chorus Documents: Miscellaneous Papers
1950-1960
Box 4 Folder 23
Misc. Chorus Documents 1: Miscellaneous Papers
1960s
Box 4 Folder 24
Misc. Chorus Documents 2: Miscellaneous Papers
1960s
Box 4 Folder 25
Misc. Chorus Documents 3: Business and Membership
1960s
Box 4 Folder 26
Misc. Chorus Documents: Roll-book and Papers
1970-1976
Box 5 Folder 2
Misc. Chorus Documents 3: Fall 79 Trip Correspondence, Letter to returning members, Letter to incoming Freshmen, Orientation
1977-1981
Box 3
Chorus Directories
1991-1998
Series VIII. Minutes, reports and business records
Box 2 Folder 19
Annual reports: Misc. Reports
1959-1996
Box 3 Folder 1
Managerial Forms and Correspondence
1960
Box 3 Folder 7
Chorus Minutes
1981-1982
Box 3 Folder 7
Chorus Minutes
1988
Box 3 Folder 7
Chorus Minutes
1991-1992
Box 3 Folder 7
Chorus Minutes
n.d.
Box 5 Folder 1
Misc. Chorus Documents 2: Sponsorship, Mahler 1980, Council Meeting minutes
1977-1981
Box 5 Folder 6
Constitution, by-Laws, annual reports
1979-1980
Box 5 Folder 15
Miscellaneous documents
1965-2003
Box 5
Advisory Council Meeting Minutes
June 2015
Box 5 Folder 3-4
Awards: For Participation in the 26th and 34th Annual Classic Intercollegiate Women's Glee Club Association Festival Competition
n.d.
Box 4 Folder 27
Misc. Chorus Documents 1: Publicity, Singing Strait Breaks, University Correspondence Senior Week
1977-1981
Box 5 Folder 16
Correspondence, schedules, elections
1980-2001
Series IX. Financial
Box 3 Folder 5
Financial: Misc. Financial and Donation Records
n.d.
Box 3 Folder 6
Financial Records
1979-early 80s
Box 1
Archives Guest Book
n.d.
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