urn:taro:ttu.sw.00006 Lubbock Symphony Orchestra: An Inventory of Its Records 1946-1988, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Texas Tech University MS 41041 Lubbock, Texas 79409 Phone: (806) 742-3749 Fax: (806) 742-0496 Webpage: http://swco.ttu.edu Contact Person: Reference Archivist
June 12, 2000 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 2000. Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 15:20:26 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.sw.00006 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Records, 1946-1988 A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, June 12, 2000 Descriptive Summary Lubbock Symphony Orchestra (Lubbock, Tex.) Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Records, 1946-1988 Records of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra from 1946-1988. S 616.2 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 4 boxes (4.0 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra first performed in 1946 under the direction of its founding conductor, William Harrod. It is now classified as a group VI orchestra and consists of 84 professionally trained musicians. It performs 12 classical concerts annually for the public and two concerts for elementary age school children of the area.

 Scope and Contents

These records document the performances and behind the scenes work of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and the associated Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Guild. Documents include concert programs, invitations and photographs, organizational bylaws and charters, and records of concert planning and funding activities. There are also several large scrapbooks containing documents, photographs and news clippings related to the Orchestra's and Guild's activities.

The records of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra are arranged in two series, Concert Activities (including photographs) and Scrapbooks.

 Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Persons) Harrod, William Subjects (Organizations) Lubbock Symphony Orchestra (Lubbock, Tex.) Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Guild (Lubbock, Tex.) Women's Association of Lubbock Places Lubbock (Tex.)--Social life and customs Subjects Concerts Music--Texas--Lubbock Music--Texas--Lubbock--Societies, etc. Symphony orchestras--Texas--Lubbock Acquisition

Collection accession #(s): 89-0260-B

Gift, 1989

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

A. Ramirez, June 12, 2000

 Preferred Citation

Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Records, 1946-1988, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

Webster, Madge Malone. Madge Malone Webster oral history interview [sound recording], 1983 Lubbock (Tex.) Music Collection, Records, 1925-1962 Leona Gelin Kent Papers, 1937-1971 Collection Inventory Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Concert Activities 1 1 1981 1 2 1982 1 3 1983 1 4 1984 1 5 1985 1 6 1986 1 7 1987-1988 1 8 Charter Copy and By-laws, 1946-1981 1 9 Photographs (6) and document, Conductors 1 10 Miscellaneous papers, 1950-1975 1 11 Miscellaneous photographs (5), undated 1 12 Miscellaneous photographs (65) and slides (4), undated 1 13 Photographs, (32), DeGaltano Concert, Reception, February, 1973 1 14 Article, Quality of Life in Lubbock, Texas by Jack Sheridan 1 15 Miscellaneous slides (107), 1971-1977 1 16 Thank you notes from elementary schools, 1988 Scrapbooks 2 Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Guild, Volumes 1-7, 1955-1979; (Texas Women's Association, -Symphonic Conference, Lubbock, Vol. 7) 3 Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Volumes 1-5, 1952-1979; 1 volume unnumbered, 1946-1973 4 Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Volumes 6-11, 1973-1985; Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Guild, Volumes 8-9, 1980-1983; (Texas Women's Association-Symphonic Orchestras Conference, Lubbock, Vol. 8)