Correspondence [Massachusetts Special Commission Relating to the Selection of an Official Song for the Commonwealth]
Part of: Special Commission Relative to the Selection of an Official Song for the Commonwealth
Correspondence, 1958-1965.
6 file folders (partial document box)
Call no.: CO38/337X
Call no.: CO38/337X
Scope and Content: The special commission investigating the selection of an official state song was appointed in 1958 and reconstituted in 1961 and 1964. Headed by Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops Orchestra, the commission ultimately recommended “All hail to Massachusetts,” by Arthur J. Marsh, adopted as the state song by St 1966, c 644. Series was created to administer the commission’s activities, including corresponding with Marsh and others.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives by Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives, from the papers of Arthur Fielder, 1983
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