Smith, Portia

COLLECTION: Portia Smith donation of songbooks and other music materials.

LOCATION AS OF 2001: Dispersed among holdings in the Music Library and/or in storage.

PROVENANCE: Personal collection of donor.

WHEN ACQUIRED: August 20, 1991.

DESCRIPTION: Donation included 10 hymnals and other song collections with imprints dating from the period 1849-1945; six books, largely from the turn of the last century; and 13 concert programs from the 1870s - 1920s (mainly University of Illinois Military Band), also including the dedication of Smith Memorial Hall in April, 1922.

ARRANGEMENT: Dispersed.

ACCESS/FINDING AIDS/BIBLIOGRAPHY: List of donated items is filed in Collections File ("Portia Smith").

INDEX TERMS: Smith, Portia; University of Illinois: Smith Memorial Hall

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