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