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Concerts include: "Distinguished Actress, Miss Davenport" at the Walnut Street Theatre (1853), Parepa Rosa's Grand Concerts (1869), Clara Louise Kellogg's Grand Concerts (1871), and Grand Festival Concert at the Tabernacle (1877).

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and music career of the nineteenth-century Irish-American band leader, conductor, and cornetist P.S. Gilmore. It also highlights the activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society, founded by Michael Cummings in Boston in 1968 or 1969. Materials assembled by Michael Cummings include correspondence, concert programs, Gilmore's cornet, photographs, lithographs, audio and visual recordings, and newspaper and magazine articles. Much of the material pertains to two...

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Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

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Three illustrations: interior and exterior views of the Grand Coliseum and a scene entitled "Let Us Have Peace".

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Four copies of the same lithograph, with variations in the hand-coloring.

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This illustration appears to have been created to promote the event, as the text continues, "...to be held in Boston from June 17th - July 4th, 1872." Two copies, with slight variation in hand-coloring.

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Articles, book chapters, and notes, probably generated by Cummings.

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Collection is open for research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and music career of the nineteenth-century Irish-American band leader, conductor, and cornetist P.S. Gilmore. It also highlights the activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society, founded by Michael Cummings in Boston in 1968 or 1969. Materials assembled by Michael Cummings include correspondence, concert programs, Gilmore's cornet, photographs, lithographs, audio and visual recordings, and newspaper and magazine articles. Much of the material pertains to two...

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Collection is open for research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and music career of the nineteenth-century Irish-American band leader, conductor, and cornetist P.S. Gilmore. It also highlights the activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society, founded by Michael Cummings in Boston in 1968 or 1969. Materials assembled by Michael Cummings include correspondence, concert programs, Gilmore's cornet, photographs, lithographs, audio and visual recordings, and newspaper and magazine articles. Much of the material pertains to two...

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Collection is open for research.