Programs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Kalamazoo Oratorio Society
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3988
Scope and Contents
The Kalamazoo Oratorio Society was founded in 1955 by a group of individuals who were interested in bringing the message of Christmas to life through an inspiring oratorio performance of George Frederick Handel’s Messiah. The Society’s annual performance began a tradition that would grow to become one of the area’s largest non-professional arts organizations. In the 1960s, the Society added a spring performance of other major oratorios that steadily developed its national and international...
Dates:
1977-2012
Kalamazoo Philharmonic Concerts
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-74
Abstract
This collection is composed of programs from the Kalamazoo Philharmonic Concert series that were held in Kalamazoo beginning in 1923 and into 1930.
Dates:
1923-1930
Kalamazoo Robert Burns Society
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3372
Abstract
The collection is composed of eleven programs from the Kalamazoo Robert Burns Society and date from 1914 to 1927. The programs are from the annual dinner held in January.
Dates:
1914-1927
Lincoln Republican Club of Kalamazoo County Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4029
Scope and Contents
These two programs were for the 13th (1907) and the 14th (1908) annual banquets of the Lincoln Republican Club of Kalamazoo County both held at the AUV Auditorium on Portage Street. The programs contain a list of officers, music, menu, program and committee members for the event including the Reception Committee. There also are the words for the song, "America." Each year there would be an outside speaker in addition to addresses by the President, vocal selections and shorter speeches from...
Dates:
1907-1908
Mary F. Higbee Recital Program Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3893
Scope and Contents
The piano recital took place in the evening on Tuesday, October 27, 1885, in Schoolcraft, MI. It featured performances by Miss M.F. Higbee, who was born in 1863 and would’ve been about 22 years old at the time of the recital; Mrs. J.H. Sanborn, the wife of John H. Sanborn, who lived at 716 Kalamazoo Ave. in 1885; and Walter Smith, of Schoolcraft, who played in the United States Marine Band under John Phillip Sousa. Smith was eventually named the Marine Band’s second leader, then acting...
Dates:
October 27, 1885
Pagan Players Programs
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4379
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of nine programs from 1933 and 1934 shows for the dramatic group Pagan Players, based in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Dates:
1933-1934
Regent Theatre Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4307
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of twenty programs from the Regent Theater in Kalamazoo ranging from 1919 to 1930.
Dates:
1919-1930
South Haven Public School Program
Item — Folder 1 of 1: [Barcode: 31141024409034]
Identifier: RH-A-4359
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of one horizontally folded program for the graduation ceremony (called “promotional exercises”) of the eighth-grade class at South Haven Public School, held on June 12, 1895, in South Haven, Michigan.A decent number of graduates relative to the time and place are listed, with 31 names given. Ceremony events included mostly speeches with some music breaks in between. Most of the speeches seem to have been given by the graduates themselves. It is...
Dates:
June 12, 1895
Wayland High School Programs
File — Folder 1 of 1: [Barcode: 31141024409018]
Identifier: RH-A-4358
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of four programs for Wayland High School located in Wayland, Michigan, from the years 1886-1888 and 1890. Three are for graduation ceremonies, and the fourth – the year 1888 – is for a class reunion.Ceremony events began at 7:30 PM for 1886 and 1887, then 8:00 PM in 1888 and 1890. Listed on each program are planned music performances and speeches, except the program for 1890, on which there are none. The reunion of 1888 was held at the residence of...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1886-1888, 1890
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Card
Item
Identifier: RH-A-4313
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of one program card from the Cooper, Michigan chapter of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union dating from 1914-1915.The front of the program bears the title “Woman’s Christian Temperance Union” in a gothic font, which “Cooper, Michigan” below it in a smaller typeface. Additionally, the program year (1914-1915) is stated. The statement “Friends and neighbors, you are welcome to our meetings one and all; We need you in our struggle Against King...
Dates:
1914-1915