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FINDING AID

American Union of Swedish Singers records, 1892-

COLLECTION SUMMARY

Collection Title: American Union of Swedish Singers records

Collection Number: I/O:61

Dates: 1892- and undated

Size: 83 boxes (36 linear feet) plus 7 oversized boxes

Language: English (bulk), Swedish

Creator/Collector: American Union of Swedish Singers

Ahlm, Martin, 1909-2002

Subject Headings: Swedish American choral societies.

Swedish Americans--Music.

Concert programs.

Sheet music.

Musicians--America.

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 :

Chicago, Ill.)

Repository: Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana

College, Rock Island, Illinois

Abstract:

The American Union of Swedish Singers (AUSS) was organized in 1892 to serve as a national

umbrella organization for individual Swedish choirs in the United States. The Union’s first

festival was during the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Over the years, the

Union has performed for kings and presidents and sung in significant performance halls.

These records include minutes and reports from 1896-2000s; Musiktidning journal and

newsletter; correspondence; records from individual choruses; records from the Divisions; scores

of music performed; photographs; and some sound recordings.

I/O:61 American Union of Swedish Singers records | 2

RIGHTS AND ACCESS

Conditions Governing

Access: Collection is open for research.

Technical Access: The Swenson Center does not own playback equipment required

for use of some of the audio and video recordings in this

collection.

Reproduction and Use: Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission

to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the

Swenson Center and the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation: [item identification], in I/O:61 American Union of Swedish

Singers records, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research

Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

ACQUISITION AND RELATED MATERIALS

Provenance: Some materials donated by Robert Ekstrom, Chicago, Illinois,

1986. Other materials of unknown provenance. Additional

accruals via Don Ahlm of items stored in the AUSS room at the

Rockford Midway Village Museum.

Accruals: Further accruals are expected. Future publications of

Musiktidning are added to the collection as they are printed.

Location of Copies: Digital reproductions of Musiktidning are available electronically at

http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/aug_si

ngers.

Publication Note: A Century of Song. American Union of Swedish Singers, 1892-

1992 by Lilly Setterdahl, 1992.

Search our library catalog for more AUSS publications,

including many concert programs and songbooks.

Related Materials: I/O:65 Henry Granat (President, American Union of Swedish

Singers) records

MSS P:338 John and Lilly Werner papers, 1906-1995

MSS P:349 Bernard Bishop collection on Sveas Söner Singing

Society (Rockford, Illinois)

Microfilm E-6254-1 American Union of Swedish Singers

Midwest Division records

Notes: The Swenson Center is missing some issues of Musiktidning.

Please contact us if you wish to donate issues of Musiktidning.


Processed By: Christina Persson in November 2004 with updates in 2010 by

Christina Johansson, Swenson Center. Revised by Lisa Huntsha

in December, 2017 to follow DACS description convention.

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

Administrative/Biographical

History:

The American Union of Swedish Singers (AUSS) (Svenska Sångarförbundet i America in

Swedish) was organized in 1892 to serve as a national umbrella organization for individual

Swedish choirs in the United States. “The objectives of the A.U.S.S. are to promote and

perpetuate Swedish chorus singing and knowledge of Swedish songs, cultivate an appreciation of

Swedish music, and work for unity and cooperation between Swedish choruses in the United

States and Canada” (from website).

The Union’s first festival was during the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Over

the years, the Union has performed for kings and presidents and sung in significant performance

halls, including Carnegie Hall and the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City.

The Union has arranged national singing conventions nearly every 4 years where a number of

individual choirs, well-known soloists, and guest conductors from Sweden are invited to

participate. The purpose of the national convention is to give individual choirs the opportunity to

perform and sing together in a Grand Concert. In 1938, a convention was held in Philadelphia in

conjunction with the 300th anniversary of the Delaware Swedish settlement. Conventions were

not held during WWII. Regional divisions (Eastern, Central, and Western) also host conventions

during off years of national conventions.

In the early years, most songs were sung in Swedish. More recently, the repertoire of most

choruses is divided between Swedish and English. In 2010, the AUSS had 28 member choruses

and approximately 600 members.

The AUSS Cultural Heritage Foundation was founded in 1979 to preserve the history of AUSS.

The organization maintains a room at the Midway Village Museum in Rockford, Illinois. The

Heritage Foundation promotes that growth of the AUSS and offers financial assistance to new

choirs.

Scope and Content:

The AUSS records include minutes and reports from 1896-2000s; constitution and by-laws;

Musiktidning journal and newsletter; presidential records and correspondence; records from

individual choruses; records from the Divisions; scores of music performed; photographs; and

some sound recordings.

System of Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into the following series. Collection is arranged by subject first, and

then chronologically within series, as feasible.


I. History, By-Laws and Minutes

II. Musiktidning and Correspondence Relating to Subscriptions

III. Presidents’ Correspondence

IV. Secretaries’ Correspondence

V. Conventions, Tours, Singing Festivals, and Concerts

VI. Financial Records

VII. AUSS Cultural Heritage Foundation

VIII. Divisions

IX. Individual Choruses

X. Photographs

XI. Sheet Music

XII. Realia (objects)

XIII. Sound Recordings

Collection Inventory:

I. History, By-Laws and Minutes

Box 1

“The Origin of the American Union of Swedish Singers”, manuscript in Swedish,

handwritten English translation [1917]

By-laws of AUSS 1910, 1920, and undated in Swedish, 1954, 1978, 1990, 1996, and

undated in English

By-laws with proposed changes, 1938 in Swedish, 1974, 1977-1978, 1990, 1992, 1996 in

English

Certificates of incorporation in Illinois, 1894 and 1955-1956 in English

Letter from Svenska Sångarförbundet in Sweden to Svenska Sångarförbundet i Amerika

regarding membership in the American chapter, 1925 in Swedish

Certificate to claim copyright of “Lyft din röst” 1958 in English

National directory of individual members 2005 in English

Letterhead (blank)

Joel Söderlund, “History of the AUSS” (Swedish), reports and photographs, 1933, 1954,

undated

Box 2

Minutes, bound volume, 1896-1950 in Swedish, 1954-1974 in English (missing years

1951-1953)

Minutes, bound volume, 1910, 1915; 1926-1935 in Swedish

Minutes of Delegates meetings and Executive Board meetings, 1938 in Swedish, 1958-

1986 in English

National Convention Reports from President and Secretary, 1924-1938 in Swedish, 1954-

1970 and undated in English

Minutes 1892-1950, translated into English by Lilly Setterdahl in 1989

II. Musiktidning and Correspondence Relating to Subscriptions

Box 1

Correspondence relating to Musiktidning subscriptions

Chorus subscriptions, 1973-1975


Chorus subscriptions, 1976











Box 2

Correspondence relating to Musiktidning subscriptions



Walter G. Johnson, 1957-1958

Gunnar Bloom, 1956-1982

Dan Olch, 1976-1986

Dan Olch, 1987-1993

Ralph and Elaine Hogstrom,1983-1989

Ralph and Elaine Hogstrom, 1990-1998

Oscar A. Anderson (AUSS Secretary), 1992

Martin Ahlm’s articles, 1973, 1988, 1993

Lilly Setterdahl’s collection of obituaries from Musiktidning, 1991

Box 3

Musiktidning, bound, 1906-1909

Musiktidning, bound, 1916




Musiktidning, 1921




Box 4









Musiktidning, 1936-1937

Box 5

Musiktidning, 1938

Musiktidning, 1939

Musiktidning, 1940


Musiktidning, 1941

Musiktidning, 1942

Musiktidning, 1943

Musiktidning, 1944

Musiktidning, 1945

Musiktidning, 1946

Musiktidning, 1947

Musiktidning, 1948

Musiktidning, 1949

Musiktidning, 1950

Musiktidning, 1951

Musiktidning, 1952

Musiktidning, 1953

Musiktidning, 1954

Musiktidning, 1955

Musiktidning, 1956

Box 6

Musiktidning, 1957

Musiktidning, 1958

Musiktidning, 1959

Musiktidning, 1960

Musiktidning, 1961

Musiktidning, 1962

Musiktidning, 1963

Musiktidning, 1964

Musiktidning, 1965

Musiktidning, 1966

Musiktidning, 1967

Musiktidning, 1968

Musiktidning, 1969

Musiktidning, 1970

Musiktidning, 1971

Musiktidning, 1972

Musiktidning, 1973

Box 7

Musiktidning, 1974

Musiktidning, 1975

Musiktidning, 1976

Musiktidning, 1977

Musiktidning, 1978

Musiktidning, 1979

Musiktidning, 1980

Musiktidning, 1981

Musiktidning, 1982

Musiktidning, 1983

Musiktidning, 1984

Musiktidning, 1985

Musiktidning, 1986

Musiktidning, 1987

Musiktidning, 1988


Musiktidning, 1989

Box 8

Musiktidning, 1990

Musiktidning, 1991

Musiktidning, 1992

Musiktidning, 1993

Musiktidning, 1994

Musiktidning, 1995

Musiktidning, 1996

Musiktidning, 1997

Oversized:

Musiktidning, 1997

Musiktidning, 1998

Musiktidning, 1999

Musiktidning, 2000

Musiktidning, 2001

Musiktidning, 2002

Musiktidning, 2003

Musiktidning, 2004

Musiktidning, 2005

Box 9

Musiktidning, 2006

Musiktidning, 2007

Musiktidning, 2008

Musiktidning, 2009

Musiktidning, 2010

Musiktidning, 2011

Musiktidning, 2012

Musiktidning, 2013

Musiktidning, 2014

Musiktidning, 2015

Musiktidning, 2016

III. Presidents’ Correspondence

Box 1

Gustav Rickan, President (1954-1962); correspondence 1956-1973

General correspondence, 1956

General correspondence, 1957

General Correspondence, 1958

Paul Haglund, 1955-1958

Carl V. Larson, 1955-1958

National Convention Salt Lake City, 1954-1958

Nels Nelson, financial secretary, 1955-1958

Berndt Petterson, 1955-1958

Box 2

General Correspondence, 1952-1973

Rickan’s speeches, 1938-1954, and undated


Miscellaneous (concert program, etc.)

Erland Levine, President (1962-1966); correspondence 1962-1972

General correspondence, 1962-1966

AUSS general, 1962-1974

Convention 1962, Providence, Rhode Island

Convention 1964, Jamestown, New York

Convention 1966, Chicago, Illinois

Central Division, 1963-1966

Eastern Division, 1962-1967, 1972

Western Division, 1963-1967

Martin Ahlm, 1965-1972

Karl A Anderson, 1962-1964

Box 3

Erland Levine, President (1962-1966); correspondence 1962-1972 [continued]

Philip Anderson, 1962-1966

Anson Incorporated, Jewelry for men, 1963-1966

Gunnar Bloom, 1962-1968, 1978

Knute Borg, 1962-1966

Robert Ekström, 1962-1965

Eskilstuna YMCA Chorus/ Eskilstuna KFUM-kör, 1962-1965

Knute Hanson, 1964-1966


Victor Hedgren, 1962-1966

George Johnson, 1962-1964

Nels Nelson, 1962-1967

Gustav Rickan, 1962-1965

Lars Sundman, 1962-1965

Swedish American Line, 1962-1965

Swedish Embassy (Lund University Singers), 1963-1965

Miscellaneous letters to Erland Levine, 1969-1978

Veteran’ Sweden trip, 1965-1967

Box 4

Martin Ahlm, President (1966-1970); correspondence 1962-2001

Treasurer Paul F. Haglund, 1991-1985





Erland Levine, 1999-1992





Box 5

Martin Ahlm, President (1966-1970); correspondence 1962-2001 [continued]



General Correspondence Eastern Division, 1962-1968 and undated


General Correspondence Western Division-Henry Granat, 1963-1993

Executive Board Minutes, October 1966

AUSS Board of Director Meeting, November 2, 1968

AUSS Chicago 1954-1970s, miscellaneous

Bishop printing, Rockford, Illinois, 1969-1974

Swedish Glee Club, Chicago, Illinois, 1969-1974

Eric Eliasson, 1967-1968

Einar Engdahl, 1966-1974

Box 6


Ernest W. Gunnarsson, 1964-1988

Seth Hokanson, 1968-1975

Seth Hokanson birthday greetings from President Bill Clinton, 1994

Illinois Centennial Awards Program, 1999

Lyran Chorus, Rockford, Illinois, 1971 program

C.B. Noreen, 1970

Einar B. Olson, 1968-1970

Skara manskör, 1976-1987

Lars Sundman, 1962-1986

Svenska Sångarförbundet (Sångartidningen), 1966-1975

Bernhardt D. Westlund, publicity director for AUSS, 1974-1997

Waukegan Glee Club, Waukegan, Illinois, 1966-1967

Richard Young, president of AUSS, 2000-2001

Helmer Örtengren, 1971-1975

Convention Badge orders, 1964-1966

Correspondence regarding certificates for members, 1967

AUSS membership cards, 1967-1970

Erland Levine & Arthur Samuelson awards, 1968-1991

AUSS medals, tie clips, plaque, 1962-1980

AUSS Duluth convention 1964

Detroit Convention, July 10-13, 1968

Salt Lake City convention, Knute Borg, 1969

Box 7


San Francisco convention, 1969-1970

San Francisco convention correspondence regarding photographs, 1970

Waukegan convention 1972

Minutes from 1974 music committee convention

Seattle convention, 1975

St. Paul convention, 1980

Seattle convention, 1982

Central Division convention, 1984

Chicago convention, 1986

AUSS Sweden Tour, 1988-1989

John O. Werner Estate, 1994-1976

Carl E. Anderson, President (1970-1973); correspondence 1970-1978

Carl E. Anderson, 1970-1973




Box 8



Lars Sundman, President (1978-1982); correspondence 1974-1999

Correspondence, 1999-1982

Correspondence, 1980




Box 9


Carl-Erik Westberg, President (1996-2000); correspondence 1987, 1998-2000

Carl-Erik Westberg correspondence, Linköping University Choir visit, 1987

Carl-Erik Westberg correspondence, 1998


Carl-Erik Westberg correspondence with Svea Söner, 1999





IV. Secretaries’ Correspondence

Box 1

Einar Olsson Correspondence, Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Records, 1960 – 1973,

and undated

Einar Olsson Correspondence and misc. records, 1968 – 1975, and undated

Einar Olsson Manuscripts (Articles), 1972 – 1980, and undated

Arne M.S. Eriksson, 1958-1961



Paul Haglund correspondence with Carl Anderson, 1977-1981

Paul Haglund correspondence with Gunnar Nordstrom, 1977-1982

Paul Haglund correspondence with Lars Sundman, 1974, 1978-1982

V. Conventions, Tours, Singing Festivals, and Concerts

Box 1

National Conventions

National Convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1946

National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 1954

National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 1954, ticket sales

National Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1958

National Convention, Providence, Rhode Island, 1962

National Convention, Chicago, 1966

National Convention, Chicago, 1966, correspondence, etc.

National Convention, San Francisco, California, 1970

National Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1974


Box 2

National Convention, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1948

National Convention, Seattle, Washington, 1982

National Convention, Seattle, Washington, 1982, music scores

National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 1986

National Convention, Portland, Oregon, 1990

National Convention, Stratton, Vermont, 1996

National Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2000

Division Conventions

Midwest Division Singing Festival, Des Moines, Iowa, 1931

Midwest Division Convention, Fox Valley, Illinois, 1935

Midwest Division Convention, Sioux City, Iowa, 1937

Midwest Division Convention, Detroit, Michigan, 1940

Northwest Division Convention, Winnipeg, Canada, 1940

Midwest Division Convention, Waukegan, Illinois, 1948

Midwest Division Convention, Rockford, Illinois, 1952

Central Division Singing Festival, Winnipeg, Canada, 1956

Box 3

Central Division Convention, Des Moines, Iowa, 1960

Western Division Convention, Portland, Oregon, 1963

Central Division Convention, Duluth, Minnesota, 1964

Western Division Convention, Seattle, Washington, 1965

Central Division Festival, Detroit, Michigan, 1968

Central Division Convention, Waukegan, Illinois, 1972

Central Division Convention, Rockford, Illinois, 1976

Central Division Convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1980

Central Division Convention, Clearwater, Florida, 1984

Central Division Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1988

Eastern Division Convention, Providence, Rhode Island, 1994

Western Division Convention, Seattle, Washington, 1994

Central Division Convention, Novi, Michigan, 1994

Sweden Tours

Veteran Choir’s Tour in Sweden, 1957

Trip to Sweden, 1959, reservation requests

Trip to Sweden, 1959, photograph

Trip to Sweden, 1959, correspondence, etc.

Trip to Sweden, 1959, newspaper clippings

Box 4

Veteran Good Will Tour to Sweden, 1967

Veteran Good Will Tour to Sweden, 1967, scrapbook


Other concerts

“A Century of Progress” concert, Chicago World’s Fair, 1933

Memorial Concert in honor of Hjalmar Nilson, Chicago, Illinois, 1960

Booklet “Souvenir of the Swedish Singing Festivals, Worcester, Boston, June 23-27,

1920”

Program books, undated

Box 5

Newspaper clippings, 1937-1994 and undated

VI. Financial Records

Box 1

Financial cash ledger, 1920-1982

Annual Reports, certificate of change of registered agent correspondence, 1962-1992

IRS Return of Private Foundation, 1996-1998

Alenius Memorial Fund, 1969

Treasurer Reports, National Conventions, 1950, 1978-1982

Financial records for Musiktidning

Financial ledger for Musiktidning, 1920-1962

Financial statements for Musiktidning, 1920s-1990 (not complete)

Lists of subscriptions and donations 1989-1992

Uptown National Bank account, statements and deposit records, 1970-1993

Mailing costs, 1986 – 1992

Advertisements, quotations of cost, 1978 – 1988

VII. AUSS Cultural Heritage Foundation

Box 1

Treasurer’s report, 1978-1990

Financial, Martin Ahlm, 1996-1994

Financial, Martin Ahlm, 1993-1978

Treasurer, LeRoy Smith, 2000

Treasurer’s reports (checks, statements, receipts, etc.), 1989-1990

Treasurer’s reports, Carl E. Carlson, 1990-1992

Expenses & invoices, 1991-1985

Box 2

Hokanson Scholarship applications and awards (not complete), 2003-1985

Donations 1998-1993

Board of Director Minutes 2006

Donations to Archives and Foundation, 1987-1994

Annual dues, 1985-1991

Office space, 1995

A Century of Song, printing costs, and book orders

Bank paperwork

South Holland Bank agency trust agreement, 1996-1995

Charitable trust, legal 1980-1981

IRS, 2001-1989

Statements and misc., 1985

Return on Private Foundation (IRS), 1983-1992


Foundation, 1996

VIII. Divisions

Box 1

Central Division

Minutes, 1956-1981

Constitution and By-laws Central Division, 1956

Correspondence, Ernest W Gunnarsson, 1956, 1959-1963

Financial Records, Treasurer’s File, 1976-1984

Financial Records, Treasurer’s File, 1984-1998

Membership Records, Cards, undated

List of members 1953, and constitution and by-laws 1954

Correspondence, 1963-1980, 1995

Robert Ekstrom: Manuscript (articles), for Musiktidning, photographs, history of the

AUSS and newspaper clippings

Box 2

Eastern Division

General Correspondence, 1952-1962

General Correspondence, 1950-1960 , 1972

General Correspondence, 1952-1974, 1978

Philip T. Andersson correspondence 1956-1962

Connecticut Union of Swedish Singers, 1946-1960

Arthur Crusberg correspondence, 1958-1961

Victor Hedgren, 1958-1962

KFUM Chorus/YMCA correspondence, 1955-1965, 1973

Correspondence 1962-1979

Box 3

Eastern Division and Eastern Division Veteran Chorus

Correspondence regarding Musiktidning, 1953-1974

Gustav Rickan correspondence 1958

Scandinavian Airlines correspondence, 1959

AUSS Eastern Convention 1972, correspondence, minutes and financial reports, 1970-

1972

Financial reports, by-laws, minutes, etc. 1952-1978

Veteran Chorus: Minutes from picnic committee, 1940

Veteran Chorus: Constitution, by-laws (translated), Concert program 1955

Minutes, by-laws etc. 1977-1988

Financial records 1960s and 1970s

Eastern Division 1988 songbooks

Midwest Division, Midwest Division Veteran Chorus and Northwestern Division

Constitution, and by-laws

List of members, 1952

Northwestern Division

Minutes, 1917-1925, in Swedish

Minutes, bound volume, in Swedish 1927-1950

Box 4


Correspondence, 1918-1925; 1939-1953

Financial Reports, 1920-21, 1924-25, 1927

Newspaper Clippings, 1922 and undated

Western Division

Minutes, 1950-1956; 1986-1988

Minutes and secretary Records, 1969-1979

By-laws Pacific Division 1954, Presidents Report 1956

Secretary Josef Oscarsson correspondence, 1959-1963

Secretary David MacMillan correspondence, 1963-1965

Correspondence regarding the newsletter, Alvin A Eriksson, 1969-1970

Circular letter to members, 1980-1983

Correspondence regarding the Newsletter “Sharps and Flats,” 1970-1975

Box 5

Newsletter, 1961

Western Division correspondence, 1962-1996

IX. Individual Choruses

Apollo Singing Society, New Haven, Connecticut (Apollo Sångarförening)

Apollo was organized in 1905 by former members of the Skandia and Orpheus choruses.

Box 1

Skandia, Minutes 1893-1896

Apollo Singing Club, Minutes 1907-1914

Apollo Singing Club, Minutes 1920-1946

Minutes (bound), 1963-1969

Business meeting minutes, 1961-1963

Bound copy of AUSS 25th Jubilee Number of Musiktidning, December 1917

Lilly Setterdahl’s AUSS 25th Jubilee Number of Musiktidning, December 1917, English

translation

Membership applications, 1961-1964

Box 2

Operating statements, 1960s and correspondence, 1960s.

Income and expense book, 1936-1949

Oversized

Income and expense book, 1958-1969 (oversized)

Box 2

Income and expense book, 1961-1979

Minutes (bound), 1919-1932 (Swedish)

Concert programs, 1970s

100th Anniversary Banquet Program, 2004

Scrapbook, history of the Connecticut Union of Swedish Singers (Historik över den

svenska sången i New Haven, CT) 1888–1947. Handwritten text, inserted photographs,

concert programs and clippings from Musiktidning.

The Connecticut Union of Swedish Singers minutes 1939, by-laws 1937

The Connecticut Union of Swedish Singers correspondence 1940-1941, 1948-1951, and

undated


Ladies Auxiliary, Apollo Singing Society, New Haven, Connecticut (Apollo Sångarförening)

Box 3

Minutes, 1940-1966 (bound volume)

Minutes, 1960-1965

Reports, annual 1966-1972

Correspondence

Arpi Swedish Male Chorus of Detroit, Michigan

Minutes, 1953-1963

Directory of members, 1957, 1976

Photographs

Newspaper clippings, 1946-1964 and undated

Notes and financial statements records and miscellaneous, 1946-1972

Concert postcards, 1941-1973 (not complete)

Pages from a scrapbook, 1940s

Box 4

Concert programs, 1937-1959


Miscellaneous programs 1900-1971

Central Swedish Committee of the Chicago Area

Royal Visit, 1976

Chicagoland Swedish Veteran Chorus, Illinois (Svenska Sångarnes Veteran Förbund i

Chicago)

Minutes, bound volume, 1925-1959, in Swedish

Minutes, bound volume, 1959-1970, in Swedish until 1969

Minutes, bound volume, 1971-1978

Box 5

Minutes, with list of members (loose pages) undated, bound volume, 1978-1981


Constitution and by-laws, 1927

List of officials, 1910-1960, membership directory, 1980-1981

Attendance lists 1969, 1975-1992

Letters to members, 1951-1952, concert program, 1956

Martin Ahlm correspondence, list of members and misc. records, 1972-1990

Financial Ledger, 1962-1996

Nordic Glee Club, New York

Programs, Photograph, Newspaper clippings, 1967-1989

Nordstjernan Singing Society of Chicago, Illinois

Minutes, 1886-1900

Box 6

Minutes, 1901-March 1911

Minutes, April 1911-1921; includes membership records from 1920

Minutes, 1922-1942; includes membership records from 1922

Financial Ledger, Cash, 1919-1925


Tour to Sweden 1926, with concert program and songs

Translated minutes 1886-1900

Nordstjernan Women Auxiliary (Nordstjernan Damförening) of Chicago, Illinois

Box 7

Minutes with treasurer reports, bound, 1924-1931

Minutes with treasurer reports, bound, 1932-1935

Minutes with treasurer reports, bound, 1942-1949, also includes list of members, 1942-

1949, 1951

Correspondence and reports, 1925-1956

North Star Singers

Membership, 1978

Orphei Drangar (Orphei Drängar) Male Chorus of Springfield, Massachusetts

Box 8

By-laws, 1915, 1927, 1960

Correspondence, 1930-1939, 1953, Concert programs, 1938-1953

Orphei Singing Club (Orphei Sångarklubb) of Chicago, Illinois

Concert programs, 1946, 1965

Ledger membership fees and cash, 1908-1912

Ledger membership fees, 1914-1923

Ledger membership fees, 1924-1935

Box 9

Financial ledger, Cash, 1906

Financial ledger, Cash, 1907-1913

Financial ledger, Cash, 1923-1930

Scandia Glee Club, Quincy, Massachusetts

Minutes, bound volume, missing pages, 1915-1923


Membership (bound volume) 1921-1929; Income and Expense 1921-1926

Treasury reports (bound volume), 1924-1938

Membership dues (bound volume), 1917-1921

Singing Society Norden, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Tercentenary Jubilee Chorus of Sweden Concert, 1938

Svea Söner Ladies Auxiliary of Rockford, Illinois

Oversized

Scrapbook concerning the male chorus Svea Söner Singing Society of Rockford, Illinois,

1937-1956

Scrapbook concerning the male chorus Svea Söner Singing Society of Rockford, Illinois,

1957-1962

Svithiod Male Chorus of Rockford, Illinois (and William Johnson collection)

Box 10

Minutes, bound, in Swedish 1932-1933, in English 1934-1949

Minutes, bound, 1949-1969


Scrapbook with copies of Concert Programs and newspaper clippings, 1932-1962

Svithiod Singing Club, Chicago, Illinois

Constitution and by-laws, 1923, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1970

Box 11

12 small size notebooks with annotations from meetings 1939-April 1950 (no records

May-Nov. 1946 and Sept. 1948-Oct. 1949); 1 notebook contains attendance records for

rehearsals and business meetings 1935; 1 notebook contains member information 1940-

1941, and 4 cash books May 1942-1946, 1948.

Printed Address List of members 1940; and printed Directory and Year Book of the

Ladies Auxiliary 1944-1945, Ladies Auxiliary By-laws 1943, AUSS By-laws 1954

Letters and documents 1943-1960, and undated

Concert programs, 1957, 1968-1970


Two photographs of Jussi Björling, undated

Reports and minutes, 1980-1987

Financial correspondence and by-laws, 1980s

Box 12

Attendance Records, bound, 1st bass, 1961-1969

Attendance Records, bound, 2nd bass, 1961-1969

Attendance Records, bound, 1st tenor, 1961-1969

Attendance Records, bound, 2nd tenor, 1961-1969

Attendance Records, 1st bass, Oct. 1977-April 1980

Attendance Records, 2nd bass, Oct. 1977-April 1980

Attendance Records 1st tenor, Oct. 1977-April 1980

Attendance Records 2nd tenor, Oct. 1977-April 1980

Attendance Records by name, 1963-1964

Guestbook, 1948-1965

Correspondence, agendas, 1980s

Box 13

Correspondence, agendas, 1980s

House committee reports, 1963-1964

Membership applications, 1963-1968

Reports on decorations and repairs, 1963-1964

Membership, 1963-1964, 1980s

Music committee reports, 1963-1964

Svithiod Journal (scattered issues): Svithiod Life and News and Views, 1945-1946, 1963-

1964, 1980

Clippings from Swedish Newspapers of 1947 concert tour


Correspondence, 1962-1963, 1969, 1987-1989, 1992-1993, and undated


Ballots, correspondence, reports

Annual meetings, 1979-1980

Box 14

Scrapbook with photographs from concert tour to Sweden, vol. 1, 1947




Box 15

Board of Directors, 1981-1983

Board of Directors, 1978-1980

Tour to Sweden itinerary, 1947

Photographs, tour of Sweden, 1999?

Swedish Apollo Club of Boston, Massachusetts (Svenska Apolloklubben)

Minutes, bound, 1932-1934, in Swedish

Correspondence, 1922-1933, in Swedish and English

Circular letters and correspondence, 1927-1933, in Swedish

Annual reports 1926-1931, newspaper clipping “Historik uppläst vid Sv. Apolloklubbens

20:de årsfest den 24 nov. 1928” (The history of the Apollo Club), 1928

The Swedish Charitable Society of Greater Boston

75th Anniversary, 1987

Swedish Glee Club of Brooklyn, New York

80th Anniversary, 1960

Swedish Glee Club, Chicago, Illinois (Svenska Gleeklubben)

History, undated

Box 16


Minutes, bound, 1922-1951 (in Swedish 1922-1930)


Minutes with annual reports, 1965-1968

Minutes, 1970-1973 (missing November 1970-May 1971)

Minutes, 1973-1975

List of members, 1970s

Box 17

Minutes, 1975-1978

Minutes, 1978-1980

Minutes, 1980-1982

Minutes, 1983-1984

Minutes, 1984-1986

Box 18

Minutes, 1987-1988

By-laws, printed 1920s-1990s

Membership Directory, 1925-1963

Membership Directory, 1938-1986

Membership application forms, 1975-1976

Questionnaire to members, undated

Application for membership, 1922-1952

Glee Club Newsletter: The Second Hundred Years, June 1970-May 1973




Photographs, undated

Certificate of Incorporation, copies, 1936


Listing of Glee Club Archives (old), 1971-1981 and undated

Box 19

Don Lamont papers, correspondence, membership

Don Lamont, concert programs, 1947, 1955-1969

Don Lamont papers, correspondence, records, 1970-1978

Don Lamont, Cartoons for newsletter by Jim Marine, 1970s

Don Lamont papers, correspondence, records and concert programs, 1970-1978



Don Lamont papers, correspondence, records and concert programs, 1988-1989, and

undated

Box 20

General Correspondence, 1960, 1969-1973

Publicity agent Richard Carlson Papers, Correspondence, concert programs, manuscripts

(articles), 1964-1968

Evert and Edith Werner papers, correspondence and records, 1967-1977

Scrapbook, concert programs, tickets and newspaper clippings, 1937-1938

Scrapbook, concert programs, tickets and newspaper clippings, 1938-1941

Printed programs, 1903-1989

Box 21

Tour to Sweden, 1953

Scrapbook, tour to Sweden 1953, vol. 1




Scrapbook, Texas and Oklahoma Tour, 1955

Box 22

Minutes, agendas, correspondence and concert programs, 1994, 1993, 1989

Minutes, agendas, correspondence and concert programs, 1995




Minutes, agendas, correspondence and concert programs, 1998-1999





Box 23




Handwritten songbooks, 1st tenor, Freja, various songs, undated

Handwritten songbooks, 2nd tenor, Freja, various songs, undated

Handwritten songbooks, 2nd tenor, Freja, various songs, undated

Handwritten songbooks, 1st base, Freja, various songs, undated

Handwritten songbooks, 2nd base, Freja, various songs, undated

Handwritten songbooks, 1st tenor, Freja Quartett, various songs, undated


Handwritten songbooks, 1st base, Freja Quartett, various songs, undated

Box 24

Handwritten songbooks, 1st tenor, Freja, various songs, undated

Handwritten songbooks 2nd base, Freja, various songs undated

Handwritten songbooks 2nd base, various songs, undated

Handwritten songbooks 1st base, various songs, undated

Handwritten songbooks 2nd base, various songs, undated

Handwritten songbooks 1st tenor, various songs, undated

Handwritten songbooks 1st base, Freja, various songs, undated


Handwritten songbooks 2nd tenor, Freja Quartett, various songs, undated

Box 25

Handwritten songbooks 1st tenor, Freja, various songs, undated


Svenska sångsällskapet, Chicago sångregister, undated

Treasurer’s Account Book (bound), 1920-1930

Treasurer’s Account Book (bound), 1950-1971

Treasurer’s Account Book, loose-leaf, 195

Annual Treasurer’s reports, 1943-1982

Box 26

Account book for Sweden tour 1923

Tour to Scandinavia 1975-1977

Records from tour cancellation at President Johnson’s request, 1967-1968

Newspaper clippings, 1956-1985

Letterhead and insignia

Concert programs, 1990s

AUSS Cultural Heritage Foundation, 1997-2002

Membership 1996-2003

Financial records, 1996-2003

The Swedish Club Foundation, 1998-2001

Corporate filings, 1998-2003

Correspondence and reports, 2000-2002

Oversized

Scrapbook, concert programs, photographs, newspaper articles, 1893-1953



Scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs from visit to Sweden, 1953

Scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs from visit to Sweden, 1953

Scrapbook, Scandinavia tour, 1977

Swedish Singers Union of Chicago, Illinois (Svenska Sångarförbundet i Chicago)

Box 27


By-laws 1912, 1935

Svea Male Chorus of Seattle

Newsletter “Keynotes” 1979-1981


Verandi Male Chorus, Providence, Rhode Island

Christmas concert, 1987

Vega Singing Society, Boston, Massachusetts

Constitution and by- laws, 1881

Viking Male Chorus Chicago, Illinois (and The South Side Swedish Club Male Chorus)

Minutes, bound, included are also Iduna Singing Club 1926-1927

Minutes, bound, May 1939-1964, in Swedish until Sep. 1947

Minutes, bound, 1965-January 1972

List of members and board members, 1939, 1968

Box 28

Correspondence with South Side Swedish Male Chorus, 1954-May 1964

Correspondence, May 1964-1969

Treasurers Reports, 1960, 1961-1967

Financial Ledger, bound, 1939-1970

Waukegan Swedish Glee Club, Illinois

Eskil Janson scrapbook page, 1978-1979; AUSS Central Division Convention planning,

2002; Einar Hellman, Eskil Janson, Richard Rinaldo clipping, undated

Wennerberg Male Chorus, New Britain, Connecticut

Concert programs, 1924, 1928-1938

Concert programs, 1940-1942, 1946-1951, 1953 and newspaper clipping, undated

Newspaper clippings, 1950, 1974, undated

X. Photographs

Box 1

Glass plate negatives

Box 2-4

Photographs

Also see oversized boxes

XI. Sheet Music

19 boxes of sheet music used by AUSS choruses. Boxes 1-15 are the Bob Voedisch music

collection. See inventory of sheet music: https://goo.gl/CVzBfe.

XII. Realia

Oversized

AUSS stationary printing blocks

Wennerberg Male Chorus insignia printing block

8 Commemorative medals, including: United Scandinavian Singers of America, 1889;

Northwestern Scandinavian Singers Association, 1906, Normaendenes Sangforening

Chicago, 1908; Eidsvold Norge/United States of American May 17, 1914; Norwegian

Sangerfest Chicago, 1914; Norwegian Singers Association of America, 1926.

https://goo.gl/CVzBfe


Box of commemorative medals

XIII. Sound Recordings

Items stored in Center’s Media collection.

C-IO061/1

Minutes of the Western Division meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, August 1979

C-IO061/2


C-IO061/3


C-IO061/4

1990 Portland

C-IO061/5

1990 Portland

CD-IO061/1

American Union of Swedish Singers Concert September 18, 2010

LP-IO061/1

Grand Concert, American Union of Swedish Singers, Chicago, 1966

LP-IO061/2

A.U. of S.S. Convention, Des Moines, Iowa, 1960, disc 1

LP-IO061/3

A.U. of S.S. Convention, Des Moines, Iowa, 1960, disc 2

LP-IO061/4

70th Anniversary American Union of Swedish Singers, Grand Concert, Providence, Rhode

Island, 1962

LP-IO061/5

Memories From Sweden, Svensk-Amerikanska Emigrant Körens Konsertturné i Sverige,

1973

LP-IO061/6

Bicentennial ethnic song festival of Seattle, 1976

VT-IO061/1

Sveas Söner 100th Annual Spring Concert, 1990

VT-IO061/2

Sveas Söner 99th Annual Spring Concert, 1989


VT-IO061/3

Sveas Söner 101st Annual Spring Concert, 1991

VT-IO061/4

AUSS Grand Concert, Dearborn, Michigan, June 25, 2004

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