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Musicians Protective Association, Local 537 (Boise, Idaho) records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0065

Summary

Minute book (1910-1915); cash book (1917-1922); one folder of correspondence, mostly circular letters from the national headquarters of the union (1928-1929); and miscellaneous records. Includes a draft of a letter explaining why Leon Smith and his Southern Syncopaters, a "colored" orchestra, were discouraged from joining the all-white Boise local.

Dates

  • Creation: 1910 - 1931

Extent

0.25 Cubic Feet (1 small document box)

Language of Materials

English

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Idaho State Archives Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2205 Old Penitentiary Road
Boise ID 83712
(208) 334-2620