Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Friends of Music at Stanford records
- Dates:
- 1940-1959
- Creators:
- Friends of Music at Stanford.
- Abstract:
- Minutes of annual meetings, board of directors, and executive committee meetings; financial records; and miscellaneous informational papers including a history of the Friends of Music by Susan L. Dyer.
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Friends of Music at Stanford Records (SC0385). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Minutes of annual meetings, board of directors, and executive committee meetings; financial records; and miscellaneous informational papers including a history of the Friends of Music by Susan L. Dyer.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Friends were officially organized in 1940 to promote musical education at Stanford University by sponsoring concerts, lectures, and scholarships. Lou Henry Hoover and Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge played leading roles in its development.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Susan L. Dyer, 1959.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-13 14:06:31 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are 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:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Friends of Music at Stanford Records (SC0385). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022