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Women’s Philharmonic Association collection (PA 32), Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
The Women's Philharmonic Association (WPA) was incorporated as a non-profit group in May 1968 to "engage in promotional activities to assist and cooperate with the St. Paul Philharmonic Society in support of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the St. Paul Civic symphony, and other related community music projects, which will aid the musical development of youth and adult citizens of the metropolitan area." The actions of the WPA were educational and social. Events supported by the WPA included social gatherings to increase membership and publicize the activities of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and fund-raising drives.
The collection includes St. Paul Civic Philharmonic (SPCP) Board of Directors’ minutes, a record of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's (SPCO) early history and an extensive clippings file, and Friends materials. Women’s Philharmonic Association (WPA) materials include articles of incorporation and by-laws, correspondence, budgets, minutes, membership lists and clippings. There are extensive WPA special committee reports and activity files. SPCO materials include scrapbooks, publications, development reports, and generally continue the pattern of the SPCP documentation.
An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.
See also the Friends of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra papers (PA 42), Performing Arts Archives, Univeristy of Minnesota.
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