Title: La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Records
Bulk Dates: 1947-1994
Inclusive Dates: 1898-1996

Creator:

• La Crosse Symphony Orchestra.

Unique Identifier: MSS 032

Quantity: 5.6 cubic feet

Physical Description: 12 archives boxes, 1 large flat box

Repository:

La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:

La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the La Crosse (Wisconsin) Symphony Orchestra, Inc., that include concert programs, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes of the Board and various committees, and photographic images.

Before 1947, many attempts at starting a community orchestra in La Crosse had failed, but the current La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Inc., has continually operated since the dissolution of the La Crosse Vocational Civic Symphony Orchestra in 1947.

Some information on other predecessor orchestras is also included in the collection; namely the Cathedral Orchestra, La Crosse Philharmonic Orchestra, La Crosse Vocational Civic Symphony Orchestra, and La Crosse Symphony Orchestra.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-mss032

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(Accession No. 1997.003) Some programs donated by Linda Sherwood of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and photographs of Rudolph Kreutz donated by Barbara Schutter of Richmond, Indiana, via Charles E. Haas, Jan. 1997.

(Accession No. 1997.008) Donated by the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Inc., via Charles E. Haas, March 1997.

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

[Identification of item], La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Records, MSS 032, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

Processed by Anita Taylor Doering, with assistance from Jaime Dechant and Bill Petersen, May 1997.

Arranged in four series:

• Administrative Files
• Concert Season Files
• Photographic Images & Sound Recordings
• Related Organizations

The Administrative Files include by-laws (1947-1992), financial materials (1966-1994), historical background, season ticket holders (1964-1982; 1990), copies of contracts with the local musicians' union (1964-1985), and some newsletters (1980-1981; 1990; 1994-1996).

The second series, Concert Seasons Files, includes newspaper articles, programs, board and committee minutes, board correspondence, and other documents, arranged by season. The season ran from July-June each year. These files also include documents generated by the search process when hiring replacement conductors, and occasionally conductor contracts will also be included in these files. Box 13 includes some oversize posters and newspaper pages.

Photographic Images & Sound Recordings basically include promotion photographs of guest artists, but also include photographs of a few board members, conductors, and symphony members. A few oversize group portraits are also included here. A few newspaper clippings are also interspersed here.

Lastly, the Related Organizations series consists of newspaper clippings, programs, and other miscellaneous items relating to predecessor musical groups in La Crosse. The most prominent include the Cathedral Orchestra, La Crosse Philharmonic Orchestra, La Crosse Vocational Civic Symphony Orchestra, and La Crosse Symphony Orchestra (pre 1947).

The La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Inc., was incorporated on May 1, 1947, and was a direct descendant of the La Crosse Vocational Civic Symphony Orchestra. Other predecessor orchestras used the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra name and these existed at least in 1898, 1932, and 1938.

(784.2 H111H 1997)

Charles E. Haas, A History of the Development of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, 1898 to 1993 (La Crosse, WI : C.E. Haas), 1997.

(Local publications)

Musical Times: A Publication of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra

(Local publications)

LSO Notes newsletter

(Local publications)

La Crosse Symphony Orchestra Newsletter

(MSS 050)

La Crosse Musicians' Association, Local 201 Records

• La Crosse Symphony Orchestra.
• Music--Wisconsin--La Crosse--Societies, etc.
• Symphony orchestras--Wisconsin--La Crosse

(Series 1)	Series: Administrative Files
Box 1   Folder 1	Bylaws, 1947-1992
	Financial materials
Box 1   Folder 2	Audits, 1966-1991
Box 1   Folder 3-4	Statements, 1963-1994
Box 1   Folder 5	Ticket sales, 1979-1987
Box 2   Folder 1	Historical background, undated
Box 2   Folder 2-3	Membership lists of ticket holders, 1964-1990
Box 2   Folder 4	Musicians Union contracts, 1964-1985
Box 2   Folder 4A	Newsletters, 1980-1996
(Series 2)	Series: Concert Seasons Files	⇧
Box 2   Folder 5-14	1947-1948 to 1956-1957
Box 3   Folder 1-17	1957-1958 to 1973-1974
Box 4   Folder 1-6	1974-1975 to 1979-1980
Box 5   Folder 1-4	1980-1981 to 1981-1982
Box 6   Folder 1-6	1982-1983 to 1984-1985
Box 7   Folder 1-13	1985-1986 to 1991-1992
Box 8   Folder 1-7	1992-1993 to 1996-1997
(Series 3)	Series: Photographic Images & Sound Recordings	⇧
Box 8   Folder 8	Audio promotion, 1979 February Physical Description: 1 reel-to-reel tape; runtime unknown
	Board members
Box 8   Folder 9	Goli, Everett (with Mayor Patrick Zielke)
Box 8   Folder 10	Huber, Russell
Box 8   Folder 11	Poehling, Robert
	Conductors
Box 8   Folder 12	Bjorklund, Terry
Box 8   Folder 13	Dowdy, Paul
Box 8   Folder 14	Elder, Leigh
Box 8   Folder 15	Greenwood, Marcellus
Box 8   Folder 16	Huss, Hugo Jan
Box 9   Folder 11	Italiano, Frank
Box 9   Folder 2	Kreutz, Rudolph
Box 9   Folder 3	Lanqstadt, Moritz
Box 9   Folder 4	Michelsen, Peter
Box 9   Folder 5	Roemheld, Edgar
Box 9   Folder 6	Schee, Eric
Box 9   Folder 7	Performances, 1990-1991 Physical Description: 2 VHS cassettes; color; sound; runtime unknown
	Performers
Box 9   Folder 8	Abel, David
Box 9   Folder 9	Accoardo, Salvatore
Box 9   Folder 10	Alarie/Simoneau
Box 9   Folder 11	Armstrong, Karen
Box 9   Folder 12	Barrett, Nerine
Box 9   Folder 13	Blaha, Bernadene
Box 9   Folder 14	Borge, Victor
Box 9   Folder 15	Brion, Keith
Box 9   Folder 16	Browning, John
Box 9   Folder 17	Buswell, James Oliver IV
Box 9   Folder 18	Chase, Stephanie
Box 9   Folder 19	Chilton, Carroll
Box 9   Folder 20	Cliburn, Van (did not appear)
Box 9   Folder 21	Crain, Jon
Box 9   Folder 22	Cross, Richard
Box 9   Folder 23	Da Rimini, Rosina
Box 9   Folder 24	Davis, Ivan
Box 9   Folder 25	Dick, James
Box 9   Folder 26	Dussut, Therese
Box 10   Folder 1	Entremont, Philippe
Box 10   Folder 2	Farrell, Eileen
Box 10   Folder 3	Ferras, Christian
Box 10   Folder 4	Fleisher, Leon
Box 10   Folder 5	Fossum, Johannes
Box 10   Folder 6	Foster, Lawrence
Box 10   Folder 7	Friedman, Erick
Box 10   Folder 8	Fodor, Eugene
Box 10   Folder 9	Ghiglia, Oscar
Box 10   Folder 10	Goodman, Gerald
Box 10   Folder 11	Graffman, Gary
Box 10   Folder 12	Gregor, Richard
Box 10   Folder 13	Hamilton, Jerald (did not appear)
Box 10   Folder 14	Hassman, Inez
Box 10   Folder 15	Henkel, Christoph
Box 10   Folder 16	Hill, Douglas
Box 10   Folder 17	Hollander, Lorin
Box 10   Folder 18	Holmes, Eugene
Box 10   Folder 19	Imai, Nobuko
Box 10   Folder 20	Johnson, Daniel Wilmot
Box 10   Folder 21	Kantorow, Jean-Jacques
Box 10   Folder 22	Kailer, Lucille
Box 10   Folder 23	Karasik, Gita
Box 10   Folder 24	Karr, Gary
Box 10   Folder 25	Kuerti, Anton
Box 10   Folder 26	Lawson, Charles Edwin
Box 10   Folder 27	Levant, Oscar
Box 10   Folder 28	Liivak, Evi
Box 10   Folder 29	Luca, Sergiu
Box 10   Folder 30	Luvisi, Lee
Box 10   Folder 31	Mandac, Evelyn
Box 10   Folder 32	Marcovici, Silvia
Box 10   Folder 33	Mathis, James
Box 10   Folder 34	McCoy, Seth
Box 10   Folder 35	McDowell, Robert
Box 10   Folder 36	McMurray, Mary
Box 10   Folder 37	Melton, James
Box 10   Folder 38	Merrill, Robert
Box 10   Folder 39	Messina, Lillian
Box 10   Folder 40	Miltropoulos, Dimitri
Box 10   Folder 41	Morgenstern, Gil
Box 10   Folder 42	Moynagh, Jean Marie
Box 10   Folder 43	Nelson, Daniel
Box 10   Folder 44	Orloff, Vladmir
Box 10   Folder 45	Pennario, Leonard
Box 10   Folder 46	Perlman, Itzhak
Box 10   Folder 47	Peters, Roberta
Box 10   Folder 48	Pittel, Harvey
Box 10   Folder 49	Pons, Lilly
Box 10   Folder 50	Price, Leontyne
Box 10   Folder 51	Rabin, Michael
Box 10   Folder 52	Rex, Charles
Box 10   Folder 53	Rhodus, Dean
Box 10   Folder 54	Robinson, Gail
Box 10   Folder 55	Rondolier Male Trio
Box 11   Folder 1	Rose, Leonard
Box 11   Folder 2	Rosenberger, Carol
Box 11   Folder 3	Rowley, Eugene
Box 11   Folder 4	Rubinstein, Artur
Box 11   Folder 5	Ruskin, Abbott
Box 11   Folder 6	Scovotti, Jeanette
Box 11   Folder 7	Schulte, Rolf
Box 11   Folder 8	Smith, Carol
Box 11   Folder 9	Smith, Kenneth
Box 11   Folder 10	Sopher, Joseph
Box 11   Folder 11	Swartout, Gladys
Box 11   Folder 12	Sylvester, Paula
Box 11   Folder 13	Szigeti, Joseph
Box 11   Folder 14	Tachibana, Sahomi
Box 11   Folder 15	Templeton, Alec
Box 11   Folder 16	Tippman, Isidor
Box 11   Folder 17	Traubel, Helen
Box 11   Folder 18	Tozzi, Giorgio
Box 11   Folder 19	Tsumura, Mari
Box 11   Folder 20	Tuckwell, Barry
Box 11   Folder 21	Udvary, Alex
Box 11   Folder 22	Verrett, Shirley
Box 11   Folder 23	Warfield, William
Box 11   Folder 24	Webster, Michael
Box 11   Folder 25	Weekley & Arganbright
Box 11   Folder 26	Yajima, Hiroko
Box 11   Folder 27	Yi-Kwei, Sze
Box 11   Folder 28	Zgodava, Richard
Box 11   Folder 29	Unidentified
Box 11   Folder 30	Symphony members
Box 13	Symphony group portrait, circa 1980s
(Series 4)	Series: Related Organizations	⇧
Box 12   Folder 1	Cathedral Orchestra, 1927-1938
Box 12   Folder 2	Community Concert Association, 1943-1978
	Friends of the Symphony Orchestra
Box 12   Folder 3	Minutes, 1980-1993
Box 12   Folder 4	Newsletters, 1982-1985
Box 12   Folder 5	Great River Festival of Arts
Box 12   Folder 6	La Crosse Concert Band
Box 12   Folder 7	La Crosse Music Study Group, 1925-1932
Box 12   Folder 8	La Crosse Philharmonic Orchestra, 1914-1916; 1928
Box 12   Folder 9	La Crosse Symphony Orchestras, 1898; 1932-1933; 1938-1939
Box 12   Folder 10	La Crosse Vocational Civic Choir, 1943-1954
Box 12   Folder 11	La Crosse Vocational Civic Symphony Orchestra, 1938-1947
Box 12   Folder 12	La Crosse Youth Symphony, 1968-1970
Box 12   Folder 13	Langstadt's Orchestra, undated
Box 12   Folder 14	United Funds for the Arts, 1980?
Box 12   Folder 15	Western Wisconsin Regional Arts, undated