Music Department Records
Scope and Contents
The Music Department Records include materials documenting the history and administration of the department. The collection includes annual reports and subject files as well as programs from performances by student and and faculty choirs and musical groups. It also includes documentation on the construction on the Kney organ in the St. Thomas Chapel and subsequent guest performers on the instrument. The series relating to the Graduate Programs in Music includes not only administrative and publicity materials relating to the program, but also documentation of Orff Workshops offered in the Twin Cities prior to the establishment of the graduate program at St. Thomas.
Dates
- created: 1930-2019
Creator
- University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, Minn.). Music Department (Organization)
- College of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, Minn.). Music Department (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of the collection for research purposes.
Conditions Governing Use
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property and libel laws as they apply.
Biographical or Historical Information
The University of St. Thomas has offered courses in music since its opening in 1885. The Department of Music was first organized in 1915. The undergraduate music major was developed in 1929. The Graduate Programs in Music Education were intitated in 1991.
Extent
7.92 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Physical Access Requirements
Playback equipment for audio audio and video recordings may not be available in the University Archives.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by departmental staff in 2010 with additions in 2012 and 2013.
Subject
- College of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, Minn.). Music Department (Organization)
- University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, Minn.). Music Department (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the University of St. Thomas Archives & Manuscript Collections Repository
Department of Special Collections, LL09 O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul MN 55105-1096 US
651-962-5467
uarchives@stthomas.edu