Haverford College Glee Club collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scrapbooks, sheet music, organizational documents and other materials pertaining to the Haverford College Glee Club.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-2006
Creator
- Haverford College. Glee Club (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)
Biographical / Historical
The Haverford College Glee Club was founded in the fall of 1887 by students under the tutelage of Professor Frank Morley, the group's first instructor. Like other musical groups during Haverford's early years, the club received a cold reception from the Board of Managers which sustained the anti-aesthetic bias of the school's Quaker founders, whose opinion on music, that it was a frivolous pursuit and a distraction from a life of moral rectitude, differed significantly from their otherwise liberal social views. In spite of resistance from adminstration (during those early years members were prohibited from practicing on campus) the Glee Club cemented its presence on campus thanks to the success of its performances.
Extent
0.42 linear ft. (1 volume and 1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of scrapbooks, sheet music, organizational documents and other materials pertaining to the Haverford College Glee Club.
Arrangement
Arranged thematically and chronologically
Processing Information
Processed by Phillip Norman, completed February 2018; additional processing by Rachel McQueen and Elizabeth Jones-Minsinger, completed August 2023.
Subject
- Haverford College. Glee Club (Organization)
- Reese, William Heartt (Person)
- Title
- Haverford College Glee Club collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Philip Norman, Rachel McQueen, and Elizabeth Jones-Minsinger
- Date
- February 2018 ; updated August, 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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