Box Communal Collections 60
Container
Contains 6 Collections and/or Records:
Building dedication materials, May 4, 1940
File — Box: Communal Collections 60, Placement: 13, Folder: 01
Identifier: UA 125, File 1
Scope and Contents
Invitation, program, and information booklet from the Dedication of the Hall of Music on May 4, 1940.
Dates:
May 4, 1940
Performance Programs, 1943 - 1946
File — Box: Communal Collections 60, Placement: 13, Folder: 02
Identifier: UA 125, File 2
Scope and Contents
Four programs from performances held at the Hall of Music: James Melton on June 25, 1943; Henry Scott on July 23, 1943; Ballet Theater on December 9, 1943; and Marjorie Lawrence and Frederick Jagel on March 24, 1946..
Dates:
1943 - 1946
Articles, 1943 - 1957
File — Box: Communal Collections 60, Placement: 13, Folder: 03
Identifier: UA 125, File 3
Scope and Contents
Five news clippings about the Hall of Music and one issue of the "Army Argus" newsletter of September 25, 1943, about the "Khaki on the Kampus" performance held that evening at the Hall of Music.
Dates:
1943 - 1957
Hall of Music Safety Plan, February 4, 1960
File — Box: Communal Collections 60, Placement: 13, Folder: 04
Identifier: UA 125, File 4
Scope and Contents
Twelve page safety code document for the Elliott Hall of Music.
Dates:
February 4, 1960
Elliott Hall of Music records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 125
Scope and Contents
The Elliott Hall of Music records contain information about the building dedication in 1940, past performances, brochures, and a safety plan for the building drafted in 1960. The collection also includes five large albums containing photos and autographs of the acts who performed at the Hall of Music between its dedication ceremony in 1940 and 1965; notable figures include Bob Hope, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Clement Attlee.
Dates:
1940 - 1990
Information booklets, 1990 and undated
File — Box: Communal Collections 60, Placement: 13, Folder: 05
Identifier: UA 125, File 5
Scope and Contents
Materials include an undated souvenir brochure of The Music Hall, three undated booklets about the Hall of Music from before and after its naming as Elliott Hall of Music, a booklet of the Purdue University Class of 1940 gift project about organs for the Elliot Hall of Music, and two "Purdue University Hall of Music Dedication Excerises" signed by Helen Jepson and Nino Martini, who performed on Elliott Hall of Music's opening night.
Dates:
1990 and undated