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Programs, Jan.-Mar. 1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

This collection features Dayton area church choir records, music and ephemera used by William Alfred Gray and Charlotte Gray during their respective careers as Choir Director and Organist for the Third Street Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio. This collection also contains William Alfred Gray's pamphlets; books used during his employment at Delco and involvement with Local 755 International Union Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO-CLC.

Series I: Dayton Area Choirs, is divided into three subseries:

Subseries IA: Third Street Baptist Church, includes church programs, schedules, correspondence, choir attendance records and membership rosters and related choir ephemera from 1962-1967. This subseries includes schedules and music from the choirs' trip to Tar Hollow in 1963. This subseries contains the collectionss only photograph- a gelatin print of a group picture of the choir at Tar Hollow-a church camp located near Chillicothe. Also of interest is the transcript of the choirs' televised performance on "The Church by the Side of the Road".

Subseries IB: St. Luke's Church, includes correspondence from Charles Sorrell of David's United Church of Christ, church programs from St. Luke's and other churches, choir sheet music, choir music schedules, and handwritten notes from 1960-1961.

Subseries IC: Choral Music, includes a collection of choir sheet music, books, catalogues, and song cards. Items of note include The Chapbook, Harold Flammer sample music and American Baptist Assembly Song Cards.

Series II: Delco/ Local 755 International Union Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO-CLC, includes Labor Union Agreements and Demand Books, The General Motors-Dayton Division Telephone Directory from 1971 and 1972, General Motors Employee Salaried Benefits and Policies from 1966. In addition the books, The New Industrial State by John K. Galbraith and the Industrial Relations Handbook, 2nd edition are also in this subseries. The union agreement and demand books have been divided into separate folders labeled Part A, B, C, etc. to reduce bulk.

Dates

  • Creation: Jan.-Mar. 1966

Creator

Restrictions on Access

There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 2.00 linear feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092