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Seattle Women's Ensemble Records, 1982-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle Women's Ensemble
Title
Seattle Women's Ensemble Records
Dates
1982-1999 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.75 cubic ft.
2 videocassettes : sound, col. ; 1/2 in.
5 sound cassettes : analog
3 sound discs : analog, 45 rpm, mono ; 7 in.
Collection Number
(Accession No. 5257-001)
Summary
Records of a Seattle-based women's chorus.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

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Additional Reference Guides

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Seattle Women's Ensemble, a feminist choral group that was broadly supported by the Seattle area women's community of the 1980s and '90s, performed culturally diverse music that often focused on women's issues. Through its performances, the Seattle Women's Ensemble supported other organizations that shared its goals. Management issues were important to the group, with its feminist consciousness and culture. The Seattle Women's Ensemble disbanded in 2000.

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Content Description

Minutes, agendas, notes, and other board materials; programs, clippings, ephemera, posters, audio and video cassette recordings of performances, photographs, and other materials, ca. 1982-ca. 1999.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Some restrictions exist on duplication, quotation, or publication. Contact the repository for details.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Seattle Women's Ensemble records were donated to the Libraries in 2001 by Barbara Glenn.

Processing Note

The records were processed in 2001-2002.

Photographs were relocated to the Seattle Women's Ensemble Photograph Collection, PH Coll. 626, in the repository in 2003.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Description: Organizational Features
    Dates: 1982, 1994, n.d.
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1
  • Description: General Correspondence
    Dates: 1988-1994, n.d.
    Container: Box/Folder 1/2
  • Description: Intraorganizational Correspondence
    Dates: 1991
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3
  • Description: Minutes - Business Meetings
    Dates: 1990-1991
    Container: Box/Folder 1/4
  • Description: Financial Records
    Dates: 1989-1994, n.d.
    Container: Box/Folder 1/5

  • Committee Files

    • Description: Board Nominating Committee
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Committee Files
    • Description: Development Committee
      Dates: 1990-1994
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Committee Files
    • Description: Fundraising Committee
      Dates: 1989-1990
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Committee Files
    • Description: Membership Committee
      Dates: 1989-1993
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Committee Files
    • Description: Music Committee
      Dates: 1992, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Committee Files
    • Description: Outreach Committee
      Dates: 1989-1990
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      Location: Committee Files
    • Description: Process Committee
      Dates: 1983, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Committee Files
    • Description: Production Committee
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13
      Location: Committee Files
    • Description: Promotions Committee
      Dates: 1992-1993
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14
      Location: Committee Files

  • Event Files

    • Description: Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Series (Fundraiser)
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box/Folder 1/15
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Concert for Shelter"
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Conversations in the Garden"
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Enchanted Grove"
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box/Folder 1/18
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "The Feminine Mystaque"
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box/Folder 1/19
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses Festival III
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box/Folder 1/20
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: International Women's Day
      Dates: 1989-1990, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Jamboree"
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box/Folder 1/22
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Jubilant Song"
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/23
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Many Hands Make Light"
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box/Folder 1/24
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: Pride Concert
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box/Folder 1/25
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Seattle's Lesbian/Gay Pride Parade March"
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 1/26
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Sisters Are Doin' It"
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box/Folder 1/27
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Tapestry"
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box/Folder 1/28
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Two Too Much"
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Under One Sky" - Pacific Northwest Women's Choral Tour
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box/Folder 1/30
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: "Winter Light" (annual)
      Dates: 1990-1997, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/31
      Location: Event Files
    • Description: Miscellaneous Seattle Women's Ensemble Concerts
      Dates: 1990, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/32
      Location: Event Files

  • Speeches and Writings

    • Description: Drafts of Seattle Women's Ensemble Informational Brochures
      Dates: 1985, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/33
      Location: Speeches and Writings
    • Description: "Survival Guide for New SWE Members"
      Dates: 1991-1994, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/34
      Location: Speeches and Writings
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/35
      Location: Speeches and Writings

  • Subject Series

    • Description: Retreats
      Dates: 1983-1985, 1990, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/36
      Location: Subject Series
    • Description: Sister Singers Network
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box/Folder 1/37
      Location: Subject Series
    • Description: Vocal Notes and Exercises
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/38
      Location: Subject Series
    • Description: Volunteers
      Dates: 1990-1995
      Container: Box/Folder 1/39
      Location: Subject Series
  • Description: Contracts
    Dates: n.d.
    Container: Box/Folder 1/40
  • Description: Calendars and Schedules
    Dates: 1989-1996, n.d.
    Container: Box/Folder 1/41

  • Lists

    • Description: Repertories
      Dates: 1982, 1999, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/42
      Location: Lists
    • Description: Membership Rosters
      Dates: 1983, 1998, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/43
      Location: Lists
  • Description: Notes
    Dates: n.d.
    Container: Box/Folder 1/44
  • Description: Ephemera
    Dates: 1984-1993, n.d.
    Container: Box/Folder 1/45
  • Description: Posters
    Dates: 1986-1994, n.d.
    Container: Box:oversize 2, 3

  • Sound Recordings

    • Audiocassettes

      • Description: "Kane Hall - SWE and Derivative Duo - 6/13/87"
        Dates: 1987
        Container: Box/Folder 1/46
        Location: Sound Recordings / Audiocassettes
      • Description: "SWE - Kane Hall - June 4 1988"
        Dates: 1988
        Container: Box/Folder 1/46
        Location: Sound Recordings / Audiocassettes
      • Description: "Seattle Women's Ensemble with Susan Osborn 'Jubilant Song'" (2 copies)
        Dates: 1990
        Container: Box/Folder 1/46
        Location: Sound Recordings / Audiocassettes
      • Description: "Pride Concerts" (Seattle Women's Ensemble and Seattle Men's Chorus)
        Dates: 1989
        Container: Box/Folder 1/46
        Location: Sound Recordings / Audiocassettes
    • Description: Sound discs of commercially released Latin music

      3 45 rpm discs (not produced by the Seattle Women's Ensemble).

      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1/47
      Location: Sound Recordings

  • Video Recordings

    2 1/2-inch, VHS, color videocassettes.

    • Description: "Seattle Women's Ensemble - 10th Anniversary Concert"
      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box/Folder 1/48
      Location: Video Recordings
    • Description: "S.W.E. at Kane Hall"
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box/Folder 1/48
      Location: Video Recordings
  • Description: Photographs

    Photocopies, one original B&W print. Originals transferred to the repository's photograph collections.

    Dates: 1988-1989, n.d.
    Container: Box/Folder 1/49
  • Description: Clippings
    Dates: 1989
    Container: Box/Folder 1/50
  • Description: Miscellany
    Dates: n.d.
    Container: Box/Folder 1/51

  • Seattle Women's Ensemble Board of Directors

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Subject Terms

  • Choirs (Music)--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
  • Lesbian musicians--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Women singers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
  • Women's music

Corporate Names

  • Seattle Women's Ensemble--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Sound recordings
  • Videocassettes

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)


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