| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Sir Thomas Beecham Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Sir Thomas Beecham Society | | | | Dates: | 1919-2009 | | | | Abstract: | Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) was a highly regarded English conductor associated with the London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. The Sir Thomas Beecham Society (founded 1964) was a group of devotees of Beecham's work dedicated to the conductor's legacy. Jack Saul (1923-2009), president of the Sir Thomas Beecham Society for much of its existence, was a Cleveland, Ohio, area native who collected classical music recordings and related documents. The collection consists of radio broadcast notes for the society's radio show on WCLV, as well as addresses, essays, newsletters, correspondence, discographies, flyers, indexes, lists, memorabilia, pamphlets, programs, publications, surveys, and web pages. | | | | Call #: | MS 5337 | | | | Extent: | 2 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Music -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Singers' Club of Cleveland Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Singers' Club of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1880-2003 | | | | Abstract: | The Singers' Club of Cleveland, a male chorus in Cleveland, Ohio, was begun informally in 1891 at the Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) by Homer B. Hatch and Carroll B. Ellinwood. In 1893 the organization formally became known as the Singers' Club of Cleveland and is still active today (2015) under the direction of Dr. Melvin P. Unger. The collection consists of advertisements, agendas, agreements, applications, attendance records, audio reels, book chapter manuscripts, brochures, budgets, a calendar, cassette tapes, certificates, compact discs, contracts, correspondence, film reels, financial records, flyers, grant proposals, handbooks, historical sketches, indices, itineraries, journals, ledgers, lists, magazine articles, meeting announcements, memoranda, minutes, negatives, newsletter articles, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, personal memoirs/remembrances, photographs, posters, press releases, proclamations, program notes, programs, prospecti, public service announcements, reports, resolutions, rosters, scrapbooks, sheet music, sketches, and slides, and tickets. | | | | Call #: | MS 5352 | | | | Extent: | 17.41 linear feet (20 containers, 3 volumes and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Societies, etc. | Singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 8 | Title: | Lumir Hlahol Tyl Singing and Dramatic Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Lumir Hlahol Tyl Singing and Dramatic Society | | | | Dates: | 1868-1941 | | | | Abstract: | The Lumir Hlahol Tyle Singing and Dramatic Society Czech-American cultural club formed in 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger of three separate Czech groups. Lumir (est. 1867) and Hlahol (est. 1896) were choral societies which merged in 1918 as Lumir-Hlahol. They were joined by the Tyl dramatic society, which was founded in 1881 and called Budivoj until 1903. The collection consists of a constitution, minutes, correspondence, membership lists, a dues book, and sheet music. | | | | Call #: | MS 4064 | | | | Extent: | 6.80 linear feet (8 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lumir-Hlahol-Tyl Singing and Dramatic Society (Cleveland, Ohio) | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc | Choral societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Choirs (Music) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Societies, etc | Musical groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Choruses | Operas | Songs, Czech
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