San Jose Music Study Club Minute Books

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2021


Descriptive Summary

Title: San Jose Music Study Club Minute Books
Dates: 1921-1927
Collection Number: 1986-41
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2 notebooks; 10" x 7.75" x .5" each
Online items available
Repository: History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Two volumes of minutes of the meetings of the San Jose Music Study Club for 1921 to 1927. Includes membership lists and several programs.
Language of Material: English

Access

Open to the public by appointment

Publication Rights

Please contact the Research Library & Archives for information on publication and reproduction.

Preferred Citation

San Jose Music Study Club Minute Books. History San Jose Research Library

Acquisition Information

Donated to the San Jose Historical Museum in 1986 by Marshall Freeman, whose wife Jeanne Bronson may have been a member of the club in the 1930s.

Biography/Administrative History

According to an article in the San Jose Mercury News, published April 12, 2010, the San Jose Music Study Club was founded in 1918 by a group of residents who included a singer, choir director and instrumentalists. β€œIt was formed for women to learn more about all aspects of classical music and to help the community learn more about good music,” according to a member quoted in the article. The club originally required that two-thirds of its members be performing musicians, but later relaxed that rule.

Scope and Content of Collection

Two volumes of minutes of the meetings of the San Jose Music Study Club for 1921 to 1927. Includes membership lists and several programs.