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Title: Junior Music Sponsors records
Dates: 1954-2001
Bulk Dates: 1960-1997
Collection number: MS0072
Creator:
Junior Music Sponsors
Collection Size:
1.21 linear feet (2 boxes)
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Abstract: The collection documents the Junior Music Sponsors’ activities from 1954 to 2001, with the bulk of the collection dating from
1960 to 1997. Material includes photographs, scrapbooks, administrative and financial records, and lists of awarded scholarships.
Started in 1954 by music teacher Irene James and student Jean Kaufman, the group offered full and partial scholarships to
music camp for the most promising students. They also held summer music workshops at Arden school, and by 1957 formed a youth
symphony. In 1997, the Junior Music Sponsors merged with the Sacramento Youth Symphony. The Junior Music Sponsors dissolved
in 2001.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research use.
All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted
in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron.
No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Junior Music Sponsors records, MS0072, Center for Sacramento
History.
Acquired from Bobbin Gay Crabbe, the last Junior Music Sponsors president, in 2003 (accession number 2003/035).
Biography / Administrative History
The Junior Music Sponsors were founded in 1954 by music teacher Irene James and student Jean Kauffman. Through various fundraising
activities, the group offered full and partial scholarships to music camp for the most promising students. In 1957, the group
organized the Junior Music Orchestra. The Junior Music Sponsors merged with the Sacramento Youth Symphony in 1997, and the
Junior Music Sponsors dissolved in 2001.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection documents the Junior Music Sponsors’ activities from 1954 to 2001, with the bulk of the collection dating from
1960 to 1997. Material includes photographs; scrapbooks; lists of awarded scholarships; correspondence; administrative and
financial records; rosters of members, presidents, and students; meeting minutes; promotional material and newsletters; grant
applications; concert programs and other ephemera; material on the Coalition for Music Education in the San Juan Unified School
District; and material on the Sacramento Youth Symphony.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Sacramento (Calif.)
Music education
San Juan Unified School District (Sacramento County, Calif.)
Junior Music Sponsors
Sacramento Youth Orchestra