Community Concert Association (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Records,
Scope and Contents
Records consist of a list of artists (1932-1975), programs and photographs of artists arranged alphabetically by artist's name, correspondence celebrating John G. Felton, Sr.'s 20 years of service to the Association (1951), some membership information including some ticket stubs (1938-1940; 1965-1966). Lastly a group of programs arranged alphabetically by artist's last name.
Dates
- 1932-1980
Creator
- Community Concerts, Inc. (Organization)
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for patron use.
Historical Note
The La Crosse Community Concert Association was founded by John G. Felton, Sr. (1885-1958) in 1932, and he remained the president of the organization through 1952.
Community Concerts was a concept developed by Ward French in the late 1920s to bring live classical music to smaller venues in the United States through subscription memberships. Mr. French helped Mr. Felton establish the La Crosse group, which was part of the larger Community Concert Association based in New York, New York.
By 1948 Community Concert Service was a division of Columbia Arts Management, Inc.
The La Crosse Community Concert Association held its last performance season from 1979-1980.
Extent
0.6 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The La Crosse Community Concert Association was founded by John G. Felton, Sr. (1885-1958) in 1932, and he remained the president of the organization through 1952.
The collection consists mainly of concert programs and artist's promotional photographs, many of which are autographed, of the performing artists, as well as correspondence, lists of artists, membership cards and ticket stubs. The La Crosse Community Concert Association's last season was 1979-1980.
Arrangement
Materials in the collection are arranged alphabetically by series
Acquisitions Information
(Accession no. 2006.068) Donated by Linda Schleiter, 2006
(Accession no. 2010.048) Donated by John C. Rooks, 2010
Physical Description
2 archives boxes
Processing Information
Processed by Peg Jerome, March 2013; finding aid written by Peg Jerome, March 2013; finding aid rewritten by Anita Taylor Doering, Feb. 2014
Creator
- Community Concerts, Inc. (Organization)
- Community Concert Association (La Crosse, Wis.) (Organization)
- Felton, John G., Sr. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Community Concert Association (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Records, 1932-1980
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Peg Jerome
- Date
- March 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the La Crosse Public Library Archives Repository