Materials are open to research without restriction except for portions designated as restricted, confidential, or sealed. For the latter material, prior permission in writing from the President of the Minnesota Orchestral Association is required.
Permission to examine this collection will be granted to any qualified researcher upon completion of an application form. The original documents do not circulate and may only be used in the Reading Room of the Manuscripts Division.
Photoreproduction and audio reproduction of any materials in which the Minnesota Orchestral Association holds copyright, shall be performed only with the written permission of the MOA except for photoreproduction of any published materials of the Association in the public domain.
President's Records: David Hyslop (PA 12, Series 2.3), Minnesota Orchestra Archives, Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Transferred to the archives from 1990 to 2000; accretions in 2002 and 2003.
The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Leslie Czechowski in July 2002.
The collection is organized into three series:
Researchers may find the following box listing to be useful:
David Hyslop became President of the Minnesota Orchestral Association in 1991. He had previously served in the same capacity at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Oregon Symphony. Early in his career he worked with the Minnesota Orchestra from 1966 to 1972 as Administrative Assistant and Assistant Managing Director.
These papers also cover the years when
This collection contains office records from the tenures of Presidents Cisek, Borda, McBurney, and Hyslop due to the ongoing and overlapping nature of the work of the President. They document the extensive range of activities and responsibilities of the Orchestra President. S/he is involved with all activities relating to the Board of Directors, initial planning for tours and major events, long-range and financial planning, development activities, community relationships, and interactions with the Music Director, musicians, and Orchestra staff.
Items discarded include routine correspondence and memos, duplicates, and materials that are replicated in files from the office of origin (Development, Marketing, Artistic, etc.)
See also materials in Series 1 for Board of Directors correspondence and committee files. See also files from Cisek’s tenure as President in Series 2.2.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
The following contains a detailed list of materials in the collection.
11 folders; include questionnaires, analyses of ASOL data; "Participation of Black, Hispanic…Americans in American
2 folders
8 folders
3 folders
4 folders
Coleman Foundation
2 folders
Please note that personnel files (Box 10) and Labor Negotiations'
files (Box 14) are
from 1993 Board Retreat
2 folders; include correspondence to and from Nicky Carpenter and notes of meetings between her and Hyslop
5 folders
3 folders; include correspondence and meeting notes with Hyslop
Includes "Governance is Governance" by Dayton
Includes Oakleaf Associates
3 folders
2 folders
2 folders
2 folders
Includes List of Commissioned Works
Personnel file
deWaart's manager
Personnel file
2 folders
Includes complete list of Symphony for the Cities programs, 1976-92
Includes Minnesota Orchestra discography (through 1994)
Personnel file
5 folders; includes copy of Bush Foundation proposal, 1995
Confidential; contains donor information
Confidential; contains donor information
2 folders
3 folders
6 folders
"Weekender Pops: Audience Preferences"
4 folders; CONFIDENTIAL
4 folders; also called Operating Committee
Includes statistical reports from 1990-92 and other analytical
Development activities
Possible tour
3 folders; tour was cancelled
3 folders; includes print-outs from Virtual Tour web site)
2 folders; includes report "Outdoor Amphitheater Possible Sites"
11 folders
3 folders
By the Kuester Group
2 folders
These materials are
Restricting access to collection until 2008
3 folders
4 folders
3 folders
by Eberhardt Commercial Real Estate
2 folders
2 folders
2 folders
3 folders; includes Project Construction and Management Agreement"
2 folders
3 folders; includes publication about the Brooklyn Park Performing Arts Center
by The Magellan Group
2 folders; incl. Project Construction and Management Agreement with Universal Concerts and Jam Prod.
may duplicate other files
These materials are temporarily located in this group in expectation of further accruals from Hyslop's office.
Includes minutes from Pension Negotiations meetings
2 folders
2 folders; includes information from both the Minnesota Orchestra labor relations and those of other symphony orchestras
Includes report: "Life and Work in Symphony Orchestra: An Interim Report of Research Findings"
2 folders
from the National Endowment for the Arts