"Glee is back at Hallie", 1972

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33

Identifier: 017.01.33.1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows:

Thirty-two years ago, a slim young graduate of Fisk University came to Hallie Q. Brown House to start a glee club among teenagers who made the community center a second home. Every Tuesday and Friday night 63 boys and girls met with Jon M. Whitaker, Hallie Q.'s muscial director, to learn to sing good music.
[...] From 1939 to 1950, Jon Whitaker and the Hallie Q. Glee Club were one of the area's best known entertainment combinations. They had more requests than they could fill--so many that Myrtle I. Carden, director of Hallie Q., worried about whether they could keep up the pace.
Since August, Jon Whitaker's "kids" in the Twin Cities have been meeting biweekly to rehearse with their director for the annual dinner meeting of the Hallie Q. board Nov. 2. Full scale sessions with those coming from other parts of the country are scheduled next Monday and Tuesday.

Dates

1972

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions regarding access to the physcial materials are in place due to COVID precautions.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Volumes (33 pages, front and back.) : his spineless scrapbook is bound together with a singular brown cord. The scrapbook has a white front and back cover with gold-color detailing. The front cover has the words "Scrap Book" printed in gold-color lettering in the lower right corner. There are three strips of adhesives located on the outside of the scrapbook, where a plastic covering was attached. The plastic cover has been removed, due to discoloration. The pages of the scrapbook are plain, thick construction-type paper. To this paper, photographs and other graphic materials have been attached through various methods, such as tape, glue, staples and clips. Photographs have some fading and discoloration, otherwise the condition is good. General condition of the scrapbook is good. There are 33 pages in total. ; Outer-most dimensions are approx. 12.25 inches x 12.25 inches x 1.25 inches.