Scope and Contents
The National School Orchestra Association records covers the period from 1958 to 1998; the bulk of the materials date from 1980 to 1995. The collection consists of professional papers including correspondence, newsletters and bulletins, reports, memos, meeting minutes and agendas, membership lists, surveys, programs, musical scores, videotapes, photographs, ledgers, and published articles related to the administration of the Association, NSOA conferences (including multiple joint conferences), the NSOA Composition Contest, and the papers of numerous NSOA officers, including Presidents Malvin N. Artley (1971–73), Robert S. Frost (1987–89), Arlene G. Witte (1991–93), Peter Miller (1995–97), and Doris Gazda (1997–98). There are also numerous organizations with which the NSOA frequently collaborated represented in the collection, including ASTA (in particular the Michigan chapter, or MASTA), MENC, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), the National High School Honors Orchestra (NHSHO), the International Society for Music Education (ISME), various State Music Educators Associations (MEAs), the Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA), and the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference (MWIBOC).