Amateur Musical and Dramatic Society constitution and minute book, 1878-1879

Summary

Creator:

Amateur Musical and Dramatic Society

Abstract:

This volume contains the constitution and meeting minutes of the Amateur Musical and Dramatic Society (A.M.D. Society) of East Providence, Rhode Island, as well as apparently unrelated financial accounts.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Bossio, March 2023

Background

Scope and Content:

This volume contains the constitution and meeting minutes of the Amateur Musical and Dramatic Society (A.M.D. Society) of East Providence, Rhode Island, as well as apparently unrelated financial accounts.

The volume begins with the miscellaneous financial accounting before the content switches to that of the Amateur Musical and Dramatic Society. The A.M.D. Society was created to raise funds to purchase books for the Union Grammar School; additional content includes a copy of the Society's constitution, by-laws, and meeting minutes, as well as the names of the elected President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Society.

Also present within the volume is a blank manuscript form for a last will and testament.

Biographical / Historical:

The Amateur Musical and Dramatic Society was created to raise funds to purchase books for the Union Grammar School in Providence, Rhode Island.

Acquisition Information:

2022. M-7734 .

Arrangement:

The collection is a single bound volume.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Drama.
Education--United States.
Fund raising.
Musical theater.

Formats:

Account books.
Blank forms.
Bylaws (administrative records)
Constitutions.
Minutes.
Notebooks.

Places:

East Providence (R.I.)