IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4422
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: UXBRIDGE CHORAL SOCIETY
Date(s): 1925-1992
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.72 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Uxbridge and District United Choirs x Uxbridge and District Choral Society x Uxbridge Choral Society
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
In 1939 J R Thonger was asked to arrange a concert in aid of the Uxbridge and District Supply Depot of the British Red Cross. He approached choirmasters and organists of local churches, and gathered support from six of the churches. Although there was not a large audience for this concert, the singers were all very enthusiastic and met again the following January to prepare for an Easter concert. The first general meeting of the Uxbridge and District United Choirs was held in April 1940 and from that point concerts were held frequently, always in aid of charity.
In 1946 the society's name was changed to the Uxbridge and District Choral Society and again in 1978 to the Uxbridge Choral Society.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Uxbridge Choral Society. The collection consists of minutes, general and concert administration, finance, printed material including programmes and posters and some photographs of rehearsals.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
LMA/4422/01: Minutes;
LMA/4422/02: General Administration;
LMA/4422/03: Concert Administration;
LMA/4422/04: Finance;
LMA/4422/05: Membership;
LMA/4422/06: Printed Material;
LMA/4422/07: Photographs;
LMA/4422/08: Related bodies.
Conditions governing access:
All records less than twenty years old are closed to public inspection.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in August 2002.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.