mo-04.1 Office Files from Early Orchestra Managers Finding aid created by Leslie Czechowski University of Minnesota Libraries 22 August 2003

University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455

EAD encoding by Leslie Czechowski, 22 August 2003 English Minnesota Orchestra Managers Office Files from Early Orchestra Managers 1965-81 University of Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archives, Manuscripts Division [paa] 7 boxes (2.3 linear feet) The collection includes general correspondence, minutes of staff meetings, reports and speeches, and correspondence and publications from the American Symphony Orchestra League. PA 12, Series 4.1 English Mezzanine Restrictions on Access

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.

Restrictions on Use

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.

Preferred Citation

Office Files from Early Orchestra Managers (PA 12, Series 4.1), Minnesota Orchestra Archives, Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

Acquisition

Transferred to the archives in the 1970s and 1980s.

Processing Information

The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Leslie Czechowski in 2001.

Organization of the Collection

The collection is organized by manager and by subject.

Historical Note

These files are from the offices of:

Boris Sokoloff, 1953-60? Charles Fullmer, Asst. Manager, 1965-72? David Hyslop, Asst. Manager, 1966-72? Richard Bass, Managing Director, 1978-80? Robert Jones, General Manager, 1980-83

Richard Cisek was General Manager from 1966 to 1978 (when he became President). The files from his time as General Manager are included in his President’s files and may be found in Series 2.2.

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes general correspondence, minutes of staff meetings, some reports and speeches, and correspondence andamp; publications from the American Symphony Orchestra League (ASOL). Files from many of these managers are also interspersed in other series, notably Series 5.

Boxes 1A and 1B contain correspondence and office files of Sokoloff, Fullmer, Bass, and Jones.

Boxes 2-6 contain statistical reports and narrative evaluations of the Minnesota Orchestra (alone and in comparison with other major orchestras) and other descriptive information regarding the Orchestra’s activities and events.

Materials discarded included most copies of letters to people applying for positions with the Orchestra; copies of letters from patrons complaining about their seating, the concerts, and the facilities; and publications from other Orchestras and the ASOL.

Related Material

See Series 2.3 for additional comparative statistical reports.

Index Terms

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.

Sokoloff, Boris Fullmer, Charles Hyslop, David Bass, Richard Jones, Robert American Symphony Orchestra League Minnesota Orchestra Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Symphony orchestras--Management Detailed Contents

The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection.

Boris Sokoloff's files 1A Boris Sokoloff's files: Young People's concerts 1960-63

Incl. programs of Young People's concerts and correspondence of Frederick Fennell, conductor

1A Boris Sokoloff's files: Young People's concerts 1963-67

Incl. information about Symphony Art Project and correspondence of Charles Fullmer

Charles Fullmer's files 1A Charles Fullmer files 1965-72

1A Charles Fullmer files: Project report 1969

"Educational Projects in…Schools…, 1968-69"

1A Charles Fullmer files: Young People's concerts 1968-74 Richard Bass'files 1B Richard Bass files May 1980

1B Richard Bass: "A Study of Potential Data Processing Applications" June 1979

1B Richard Bass: Advertising 1978-79

1B Richard Bass: Biographical and position description 1979-80

1B Richard Bass: Community events 1979

1B Richard Bass: Correspondence 1978-80

1B Richard Bass: Correspondence with Gladstone House, Inc. 1979-80

1B Richard Bass: Educational Services Coordinator 1978-80

1B Richard Bass: Engle Arts Management 1978

1B Richard Bass: Expense reports 1978-80

1B Richard Bass: General manager 1980

1B Richard Bass: Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies 1978-79

1B Richard Bass: Group sales 1978-79

1B Richard Bass: Management Staff minutes 1978-80

1B Richard Bass: Managing Director's reports 1979-80

1B Richard Bass: Music Director 1977-79

Incl. "Guidelines for Selection of a Music Director" by D.L. Engle

1B Richard Bass: Speeches [n.d.] Robert C. Jones' files 1B Robert C. Jones files 1980

1B Robert C. Jones: Artistic staff meetings 1980-84

1B Robert C. Jones: Correspondence 1977-83

3 folders

1B Robert C. Jones: Management Information System for M.O.A. 1981

1B Robert C. Jones: Management Staff meeting minutes 1980-81

1B Robert C. Jones: Meeting minutes 1979-82

Incl. meetings of Management/Artistic/Production staffs

1B Robert C. Jones: Production meeting minutes 1982-83 Subject files 2 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 1968-77

2 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 1975-76

2 Boston Symphony Orchestra 1975-77

2 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra 1975-77

2 Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1968-77

2 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 1969-77

2 Cleveland Orchestra 1969-76

2 Dallas Symphony Orchestra 1977-80

2 Denver Symphony Orchestra 1971-77

2 Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1975-80

2 Duluth Symphony Orchestra 1968-77

2 English National Orchestra 1975

2 Houston Symphony 1969-74

2 Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 1974-80

2 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 1974-79

2 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 1966-80

2 Nashville Symphony Association 1977

2 National Symphony Orchestra 1976-77

2 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra 1974-80

2 New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra 1973

2 New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1969-80

2 Oregon Symphony Orchestra 1972-76

2 Philadelphia Orchestra 1964-78

2 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 1968-75

2 Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra 1972-80

2 San Francisco Symphony Association 1968-76

2 Seattle Symphony Orchestra 1968-77

2 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra 1969-80

2 St. Paul Chamber Orchestra 1965-77

2 Tucson Symphony 1977

2 Utah Symphony 1974-77

3 Association of Canadian Orchestras 1972

3 Boston Symphony Orchestra 1968-72

3 Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra 1968-72

3 Dallas Symphony Orchestra 1970-72

3 Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1963-72

3 Major orchestras 1979-80

3 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 1976

3 National Chamber Orchestra Institute 1967

3 Other orchestras--General managers 1978-80

3 Other orchestras--Misc. 1976-80

3 Peruvian National Symphony Orchestra project 1965

4 ASOL Workshop 1976

4 ASOL Workshop 1980

At Orchestra Hall

4 ASOL--Brochures, etc. 1967-68

4 ASOL--Challenge Fund 1979-80

4 ASOL--Charts, etc. 1966-72

4 ASOL--Correspondence, etc. 1964-86

10 folders

4 ASOL--Subscription survey 1984

5 "The Symphony World and The League" 1966

5 20th Century Fund 1963-64

5 Conferences on Boards of Directors of Symphony Orchestras 1975-76

5 Educational Projects of Symphony Orchestras 1972-73

5 ICSOM/Senza Sordino 1968-69

5 Major orchestras' managers' meetings and conferences 1964-81

6 folders

5 Major symphony orchestras--Subscriptions Weeks and Conductors

5 Symphony News 1975

Article about Orchestra Hall

5 The Ten 1977-83

3 folders

6 Major Symphony Orchestras' comparative reports 1973-87

7 reports