Women's Philharmonic records, 1981-2004

Summary

Title:

Records of the Women's Philharmonic,

Dates:

1981-2004

Creators:

Women's Philharmonic and Women's Philharmonic

Abstract:

The Women's Philharmonic was a professional orchestra dedicated to the promotion of women composers and performers. The collections contains files related to all aspects of the organization including programs, business records, music library materials, correspondence, and more.

Extent:

210 Linear Feet and 174 box(es)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Women's Philharmonic records (M1470). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

The Women's Philharmonic collection consists of mixed materials reflecting this organization's administrative and artistic lifespan which ranged from 1981 to 2004. A brief overview of this collection's contents includes: programs; photographs; biographical materials of composers, conductors and guest artists; orchestra personnel rosters; financial and grant records; fund raising activities; audience surveys and marketing efforts; concert production notes; correspondence which ranges from office memoranda to letters from Nan Washburn, Elizabeth Min, Miriam Abrams, JoAnn Falletta, Apo Hsu and others ; music library materials and catalogs; female composer and conductor initiative materials such as the National Women's Composer Resource Center as well as press and reviews collected during its twenty-four year history.

Acquisition information:

Gift of the Women's Philharmonic, 2005, accessions 2005-122 and 2005-209. Additional material transferred from the Music Library, 2007, accession 2007-020.

Processing information:

Funded in part by the Women's Studies Department at Stanford University.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Music by women composers
Music -- Performance -- California -- San Francisco

Names:

Women's Philharmonic
Women's Philharmonic
Women's Philharmonic

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Jayne Pettingill

Sponsor:

Women's Studies Department, Stanford University

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2015-10-05 11:52:19 -0700 .

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Women's Philharmonic records (M1470). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, Manuscripts Division

Department of Special Collections, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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