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Accession: SC1998.11
Location: M2A 3,2
Size: .25 feet
Biography: Compiler unknown
Provenance: Unknown.
Scope and Content: The scrapbook covers the years ca1900-1915 and includes programs and newspaper clippings relating to musical events predominantly in Rochester but also in New York, Boston, and Chicago.
Associations: Watanabe Special Collections holds several scrapbooks relevant to local history and also maintains a file of ephemera relating to musical events in Rochester from ca1850.
Restrictions: none
Series: 1
Series Name: Ephemera
Series Description: The series and collection contains one large scrapbook of items relating to musical events in Rochester, New York, Boston, and Chicago. The scrapbook is retained in its original condition and order. A significant number of items relate to the Schenck and Dossenbach orchestras active in Rochester during the early 20th century.