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Virginia Music Teachers Association records

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Identifier: MSS 15772

Scope and Contents Note

Virginia Music Teachers Association records (1940-2018; 11 cubic feet) contain financial papers, agendas, contests, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, chapter reports and officer's reports totaling 11 cubic feet. There are also music performances and software programs on compact discs, floppy disk and audiocassette. Some areas of the collection are missing years from 1980 to 1990. The records are created by musicians and teachers in Virginia whose shared vision is furthering the art of music and promoting the growth and professional development of its members. It provides programs that encourage and support teaching, performance, composition, research, and students. Some of the Virginia chapters include Roanoke, Shenandoah, Piedmont, Richmond, Tidewater, Peninsula, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Northern Virginia, Highlands, and many state and private colleges.

The Virginia Music Teachers Association (VMTA) is a non-profit organization of over 750 independent music teachers, as well as teachers in academic institutions, students, and concert artists throughout the Commonwealth. The collection also includes the records for the Music Teachers National Association which closely supports the VMTA. There are a lot of yearbooks and scrapbooks for the Roanoke Valley Music Teachers Association (1940-2018), and a booklet with their history up to 1984. There is also a floppy disk titled music-usa.org.site and 2 compact disks and 1 audio-cassette of some performances (John Winsor). Based on this source: https://www.music-usa.org/vmta/

Dates

  • Creation: 1940-2018

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Some forms in the collection may contain social security numbers that require 72 hours for didacting. One folder is restricted due to personal information.

Historical Note

Organized in 1964, The Virginia Music Teacher's Association is an affiliate of the Music Teachers National Association. MTNA was founded in 1874 by Theodore Presser and is the oldest professional music teachers’ organization in the United States. MTNA currently serves 20,000-plus music teachers in the pursuit of excellence in music teaching.

https://www.music-usa.org/vmta/

Extent

11 Cubic Feet (7.5 document boxes, 6 cubics (scrapbooks), 6 scrapbooks in separate housing and 3 oversize posters,) : 1 plaque, 1 floppy disk, 2 compact disks, and 1 audio-cassette.

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in 3 series: Series 1. Records, Series 2. Handbooks, yearbooks, and scrapbooks, Series 3. Oversize items and multi-media. The records contain financial papers, agendas, contests, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, chapter reports and officer's reports. These subjects can be found in multiple places. For example chapter reports can also be found in officer's reports and concerts and contests can be found in officer reports and also under their own folder. Theory and sight readings, auditions, grants and additional financial information can be found in officer's reports. Music Teacher's National Association records are mixed in with Virginia Music Teacher's Association records and many other music subject headings, as well as in folders by their own heading. The records came to us in this order. Some areas of the collection seems to have a gap in the 1980's.

Provenance

Accession 15772 donated by Michele Carragan, 22 July and 28 August 2014; Accession 2018-0029 donated by Michele Carragan, 12 December 2017; Accession 2019-0228 donated by Michele Carragen, July 2019; Accession 2020-0008 donated by Michele Carragan, 19 December 2019.

Title
Virginia Music Teachers Association records
Author
Ellen Welch
Date
20 February 2020
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States