Archives West Finding Aid

This association was an outgrowth of reading sessions and clinics held at the Northwest Division Music Educators Conferences. The organizational meetings were held in Bellingham, Washington, March 18 and 19, 1953. In April 1955 the draft of the constitution was given to a "constitutional committee" of the regional Music Educators National Conference for study and revision. The document was formally accepted at a meeting of choral directors on April 16, and the Northwest Association of College Choral Directors became an associated organization attached to the Music Educators National Association. Glen Lockery of the University of Idaho was elected as first president of the new organization.

Items in this series include drafts of the constitution, minutes of meetings held in 1953, 1956, 1957, and 1958, a history of the NACCD by Glen Lockery, and correspondence for the years 1949-1959. Several other items are "An evaluation of various seating plans used in choral singing," by Arthur Ray Lamson (1958); "Dissertations and theses of interest to choral directors" compiled by George E. Bower (1959); and "Twelfth song list--contemporary American and British composers" published by the American Academy of Teachers of Singing in 1959.

The majority of the material contained in this series spans the years 1947-1981, the years Glen Lockery directed the choir, although there are a few programs from earlier concerts. The material is arranged by year, and the file cards list the material found in each folder. Below is a general description of the types of material found in this series.

The items include programs for the Christmas and spring concerts, and occasionally for other concerts given by the choir, itineraries for the annual spring tour, lists of Vandaleer members, correspondence, much of it from appreciative listeners, newspaper clippings, audition evaluations, an internal music department memos.

In 1971 the Vandaleers spent three weeks in Europe and the folders for that year contain correspondence related to the planning and fundraising, maps, itineraries, programs, posters, and press releases relating to that trip.

January 1975 found the Vandaleers in Latin America, and among the more interesting items in the folders for that trip is a scrapbook kept by Audrey Aaron of the University of Idaho foreign language department which contains newspaper articles on the Vandaleers and their concerts.

Three miscellaneous folders contain material relating to Vandaleer recordings, photocopies of material from Wm. E. Jorgensen who was a member of the group from 1936-1938, and music, including Alma Mater (Idaho), Oh, Let us Sing of Idaho, Here We Have Idaho, and Go, Vandals, Go.

The material in this series is from the years 1960-1969. It includes concert programs, correspondence with booking agencies, and newspaper clippings. There is a great deal of material relative to the appearance of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in May 1967.

Material contained in this series includes newsletters, reports, policy statements, suggested programs, applications of the commission for grants for two programs, the Arts Survey and Cultural Inventory, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and newspaper clippings dating from 1966 and 1967.

This series is comprised of non-university related music programs, including some for the 1946 Berkshire Festival, several published articles on singing, official University of Idaho class lists for Vandaleers, 1932-1978, several final exams and book reports from 1959 and 1960, a few items of correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Some of the photographs in this archival group have been mounted and have the prefix A122. Others are arranged in folders. Listed below is a description of each mounted picture.

The posters in this series are too large to store in the archival boxes, and for this reason are filed in the oversize vertical file. There are 30 posters announcing Vandaleer concerts, 4 announcing other university musical events, one for Karin Hurdstrom's FPAC benefit concert, and two Idaho State College Choir posters (1955, 1956). There is also a framed poster announcing the 1930 Vandaleer concert in Payette High School, and a framed proclamation signed by Governor Cecil Andrus naming the Vandaleers "Ambassadors of Good Will Abroad" dated December 31, 1974.

The material in this series includes sheet music, correspondence, and background information for the University of Idaho Songbook. Sheet music includes Greek songs, songs about Idaho, fight songs, and alma mater songs.