Scope and Contents
The records consist of programs, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks, sheet music, posters, and press clippings documenting the activities of the Yale Glee Club. Also included is a notebook of signatures of Yale Glee Club associates who attended the 125th reunion in 1986.
Dates
- 1854-2010
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
While this collection as a whole is available for research, parts of it may be restricted due to law, university policy or fragility. Any restricted material will be noted as such.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The records were transferred from the Yale Glee Club, 1990-2008.
Arrangement
The records are arranged by accession.
Extent
149.5 Linear Feet (136 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The records consist of programs, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks, sheet music, posters, and press clippings documenting the activities of the Yale Glee Club. Also included is a notebook of signatures of Yale Glee Club associates who attended the 125th reunion in 1986.
Biographical / Historical
Formal singing at Yale was given impetus when Gustave Stoeckel was authorized to teach that subject in 1855. The Yale Glee Club was founded in 1860 and, by the late 1860s, class glee clubs (usually about a dozen men) were common.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 40 (YRG 40), Records of Yale clubs, societies, and organizations.
- College students -- Societies, etc.
- Students' songs
- Vocal groups
- Yale Glee Club
- Yale University -- Songs and music
- Yale University -- Societies, etc.
- Yale University -- Students
- Title
- Guide to the Yale Glee Club Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Daniel Hartwig
- Date
- December 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511