UXBRIDGE CHORAL SOCIETY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4422
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full 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 & 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.

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

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
June to August 2010.