MINNESOTA STATE BAND:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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| Creator: | Minnesota State
Band. |
| Title: | Minnesota State Band records. |
| Dates: | 1925-2010
(bulk 1963-1998). |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Mainly records compiled by Joseph G. Komro, an accountant with
the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and conductor and director of the band for most
of the years from its formal 1963 organization through 1998. The majority of the files
document the band's activities, including several European tours and the band's 100th
anniversary concert. |
| Quantity: | 6.0 cubic feet (6 boxes and 1 partial
box),
2 master video files: MOV (42.4 GB), 1 user video files: MP4 (64.6 MB). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Included in the records are bylaws and articles of incorporation, concert programs and
posters, fundraising materials, financial records, membership guides and rosters, board
and annual meeting minutes, historical materials, lobbyist registration forms,
newsclippings and news releases, newsletter, photographs and video recordings, and
correspondence. The latter includes details of event and practice schedules, trip
arrangements, recruitment, European tours, and Komro's communication with band
members.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota
State Band. Minnesota State Band Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 993-51; 2006-51; 2008-26; 2011-60; 2022-20
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of the video material are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original videocassettes were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into MOV files.
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a
Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission (NHPRC).
Digital video transferred from the master videocassettes by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes, (June, 2019).
Catalog ID number: 001728692
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 147.F.1.4F | | Association of Concert Bands, Inc., 1983-1999. |
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| | By-laws and articles of incorporation, 1979, 1984-1999, 2008. 2 folders. |
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| | Centennial Tour of Europe, 1998. |
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| 108.J.12.7B-2 | | Concert posters, 1988-1991. 10 posters. |
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| 147.F.1.4F | | Concert programs, 1979-1981, 1983, 1987-1988, 2003-2010. 5 folders. |
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| | Correspondence: |
| | | 1979-1987. 20 folders. |
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| 147.F.1.5B | | | 1987-1993. 27 folders. |
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| 147.F.1.6F | | | 1993-2004. 20 folders. |
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| | Discover Minnesota fundraising campaign, 1984-1985. 2 folders. |
| | | Campaign to raise money for the 1986 European goodwill tour promoting the State of Minnesota. The campaign was chaired by Rudy Perpich. |
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| 108.J.12.7B-2 | | European concert tour promotional book,
August 1986. 1 folder. |
| | | Book promoting the State of Minnesota; used by the band on it’s 1986 tour. Signed by all members of the band. |
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| 141.B.20.3B | | European tour,
1990. |
| | | Includes programs, correspondence, and photographs of the Band’s European concert
tour, as the Band represented the United States of America at the II Internacional Musica
de Festa and the Festes de la Magdalena held in Castello de la Plana, Spain, and the
Band’s concert in Perpignan, France. |
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| 147.F.1.6F | | Financial records: |
| | | Bank accounts records, 1994-1999. |
| | | Financial statements, 1963-1997. |
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| | History of the Minnesota State Band, 1985-1998. |
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| | Historical files: |
| | | Contains news clippings, concert programs, correspondence, and
photographs. |
| | | 1925, 1963-1972. 10 folders. |
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| 147.F.1.7B | | | 1933-1998. 7 folders. |
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| | Internal Revenue Service, 1970-1992. |
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| | Lobbyist registration forms, 1979-2000. |
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| | Membership: |
| | | Address book, August 1995. |
| | | Directories, 1994-1995. |
| | | Guides, 1997-2001. |
| | | Rosters, 1978-2003, 2005. |
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| | Minutes: |
| | | Annual meeting, 1994-2002. |
| | | Board of Directors, 1997-1999, 2007-2010. 2 folders. |
| | | Executive Committee, 1991-1993. 3 folders. |
| | | Membership, July 1992-June 1994. 4 folders. |
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| | Newspaper clippings: |
| | | 1979-1991. 13 folders. |
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| 141.B.20.3B | | | 1994. 1 folder. |
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| | News releases, 1979-1999. 2 folders. |
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| | Photographs, undated and 1939-1988. 13 folders. |
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| | Publicity and programs, 1988-1989, 1998. 2 folders. |
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| | State Band News, 1995-2003, 2005, 2009-2010. |
| | | Newsletter; scattered. |
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| | 100th anniversary of the Minnesota State Band, 1998. |
| | | Includes the 100th anniversary concert program (April 19, 1998) of the Band,
congratulatory letters, news clippings, lists of Band members, and photographs and
programs of earlier concerts and tours (1986-1995) of the Band.
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| | | [0.5 cubic feet empty, letter] |
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| Internet | | Video recordings: |
| | | Minnesota State Band demo, undated. 1 master video file (6 minutes, 56 seconds): MOV (3.1 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (64.6 MB). |
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Digital video
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| 141.B.20.3B | | | 100th Anniversary Concert, April 19, 1998. 1 master video file (1 hour, 28 minutes): MOV (39.3 GB) and 1 user video disc (DVD): 4 3/4 inches. |
| | | | Conductor and director of the band Joseph G. Komro, announcer Darrel Schenk, president of the state band John Miller, band vocalist Wayne Arrowood,
and with special guest conductor Kurt Eric Schmid of Bavaria, Germany. |
| | | | At the Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul. Filmed by the
SPNN Cable network. |
| | | | Songs performed: |
| | | | Hail Minnesota |
| | | | Colonel Borgadus March |
| | | | Water music |
| | | | War songs of the boys in blue |
| | | | The good old USA |
| | | | A Santa Cecelia march |
| | | | Die meistersinger |
| | | | Radetzky march |
| | | | Nearer my God to thee |
| | | | I love a sousa march |
| | | | The whistler and his dog |
| | | | A salute to Spike Jones |
| | | | The stars and stripes forever |
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Bands (Music) -- State supervision.
- Bands (Music) -- Minnesota. -- Photographs.
- Bands (Music) -- Minnesota. -- Video recordings.
- Concerts -- Europe.
- Concerts -- Minnesota -- Programs.
- Lobbyists -- Minnesota.
- Music festivals -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Komro, Joseph.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota State Band -- Centennials, etc.
-- Video recordings.
- Document Types:
- News releases.
- Programs.
- Photographs.
- Video recordings (physical artifacts).
- Posters.
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