San Jose Music Study Club Minute Books
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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
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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
Open to the public by appointment
Please contact the Research Library & Archives for information on publication and reproduction.
San Jose Music Study Club Minute Books. History San Jose Research Library
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. βIt was formed for women to learn
more about all aspects of classical music and to help the community learn more about good music,β 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.