Seattle Women's Ensemble Records

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)
19821999
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: Open to all users.
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.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

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.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Organizational Features, 1982, 1994, n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/1

General Correspondence, 1988-1994, n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/2

Intraorganizational Correspondence, 1991Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/3

Minutes - Business Meetings, 1990-1991Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/4

Financial Records, 1989-1994, n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/5

Committee FilesReturn to Top

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

Event FilesReturn to Top

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

Speeches and WritingsReturn to Top

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

Subject SeriesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/36	Retreats	1983-1985, 1990, n.d.
1/37	Sister Singers Network	1989
1/38	Vocal Notes and Exercises	n.d.
1/39	Volunteers	1990-1995

Contracts, n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/40

Calendars and Schedules, 1989-1996, n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/41

ListsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/42	Repertories	1982, 1999, n.d.
1/43	Membership Rosters	1983, 1998, n.d.

Notes, n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/44

Ephemera, 1984-1993, n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/45

Posters, 1986-1994, n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 2, 3

Sound RecordingsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Audiocassettes
Box/Folder
1/46	"Kane Hall - SWE and Derivative Duo - 6/13/87"	1987
1/46	"SWE - Kane Hall - June 4 1988"	1988
1/46	"Seattle Women's Ensemble with Susan Osborn 'Jubilant Song'" (2 copies)	1990
1/46	"Pride Concerts" (Seattle Women's Ensemble and Seattle Men's Chorus)	1989
Box/Folder
1/47	Sound discs of commercially released Latin music 3 45 rpm discs (not produced by the Seattle Women's Ensemble).	n.d.

Video RecordingsReturn to Top

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

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/48	"Seattle Women's Ensemble - 10th Anniversary Concert"	1991
1/48	"S.W.E. at Kane Hall"	1987

Photographs, 1988-1989, n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/49

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

Clippings, 1989Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/50

Miscellany, n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/51

Seattle Women's Ensemble Board of DirectorsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/52	General Correspondence	1990
1/53-1/55	Minutes	1989-1990
1/56	Proposals	1990, n.d.
	Subject Series
Box/Folder
1/57	GALA Conference	1990
1/58	Retreats	1989-1990

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