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Guide to the Music Teachers’ Association of California, Sacramento County Branch, collection
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Title: Music Teachers’ Association of California, Sacramento County Branch, collection
Dates: 1912-2013
Bulk Dates: 1920-2010
Collection number: MS0083
Creator:
Music Teachers' Association of California. Sacramento County Branch
Collection Size:
15.75 linear feet (14 boxes, oversize items)
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Abstract: The collection documents the activities of the Music Teachers’ Association of California, Sacramento County Branch, from 1912
to 2013, with the bulk of material dating from 1920 to 2010. Material includes administrative records; program, event, convention,
and recital records; photographs; and scrapbooks. The organization, founded in 1912, advocates for quality music education,
advances the music teacher profession, and holds student recitals and teacher education programs.
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], Music Teachers’ Association of California, Sacramento
County Branch, collection, MS0083, Center for Sacramento History.
The collection consists of several donations made to CSH by the Music Teachers’ Association of California, Sacramento County
Branch, in 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2017 (accession numbers 1983/193, 1987/067, 1988/042, 1990/025, 1998/074,
2002/013, 2003/096, 2017/060).
Processing and finding aid by Ruth Craft, 2015. Finding aid edited by Kim Hayden, 2020.
Biography / Administrative History
The Music Teachers’ Association of California, Sacramento County Branch, was founded in 1912. The organization is part of
the larger Music Teachers’ Association of California, which was founded in 1897 in San Francisco. The organization advocates
for quality music education, advances the music teacher profession, and holds student recitals and teacher education programs.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection documents the activities of the Music Teachers’ Association of California, Sacramento County Branch, from 1912
to 2013, with the bulk dating from 1920 to 2010. Material includes administrative records; program, event, convention, and
recital records; photographs; and scrapbooks.
The collection is arranged 3 into series:
- Series 1. Administrative records, 1917-2013
- Series 2. Photographs, 1949; 1978; 1997
- Series 3. Scrapbooks, 1949-2007
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Music Teachers' Association of California
Music Teachers' Association of California. Sacramento County Branch
Music teachers