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Record Group 24 - Programs and Lectures
Record Group 24 contains materials pertaining to the programs and lectures which were held in the old Mercantile Library Hall through the 1880s, and the more recent lectures that have been held at the Library since the Lunch and Lecture series began in 1983.
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- Beecher Lectures on Manhood, Money, and Compulsory Education
- This is an advertisement for two lectures given by the reverend Henry Ward Beecher in February of 1873. The lecture on Tuesday the 25th was on the subject of "Manhood and Money" while the lecture on Wednesday the 26th was on the subject of "Compulsory Education."
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- Concert for the Benefit of Sick & Wounded Soldiers
- This is a program for a 1862 benefit concert held in the Mercantile Library Hall by the Young Ladies Union Aid Society. It was held to benefit sick and wounded soldiers.
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- Grand Complimentary Concert Tendered to Professor A. F. Herwig by the Citizens of St. Louis
- This is a program for a concert performed in the St. Louis Mercantile Library Hall on January 10th, 1878 for one professor A. F. Herwig. It was directed by Hans Balatka.
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- Grand Concert of 1876
- This is a program for the Grand Concert held on the 28th of December 1876 in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association by the St. Louis Oratorio Society and the Kellogg Opera Company. They performed Handel's "The Messiah." It was directed by Hans Balatka.
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- Grand Entertainment Amateur Theatricals for the Benefit of the French Orphans
- This is a program for an event held at the Mercantile Library Hall for the benefit of French Orphans and the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association. It was held on December 11, 1874.
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- Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert of the Combined Vocal Societies...
- This is a program for a concert held in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association in December of 1874. It was put on by the combined vocal societies of the Arion des Westens, Germania Saengerbund, Orpheus, and St. Louis Saengerbund. It was directed by Carl Froehlich.
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- Greate Concerte of 1874
- This is a program for a concert held in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association in 1874. It was held as a benefit for St. Luke's Hospital. The music featured are pieces from 1774.
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- Handel's Oratorio Samson January 5 1875
- This is a concert program for a performance of Handel's Samson performed by the St. Louis Oratorio Society on January 5, 1875 in the hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association.
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- Haydn Orchestra First Concert, Fourth Series, Season of 1874-75
- This is a program for a concert performed by the Haydn Orchestra in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Hall on Thursday, November 5th, 1874. It was directed by S.R. Sauter.
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- Haydn Orchestra First Concert, Third Series, Season of 1873-4
- This document is a program for a Haydn Orchestra concert held in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association in November of 1873. S. R. Sauter was the director.
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- Haydn Orchestra, Fourth Concert, Third Series, Season of 1873-74
- This is a program for a concert performed by the Haydn Orchestra on April 16th 1874 in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library. It was conducted by S. R. Saunter.
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- Haydn Orchestra, Third Concert, Third Series, Season of 1873-4.
- This is a program for a concert held by the Haydn Orchestra on February 13th, 1874 in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association. It was directed by S. R. Sauter. It is bound with a program for a concert of the Caledonian Society and the Orpheus Quartette Club held on March 3rd.
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- Miss Neilson to Give One Dramatic Reading
- This document is a program of an event held at the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association on April 29, 1873. The reading was done by a Miss Neilson and Professor H. Lawitzky accompanied on piano.
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- New York Philharmonic Society Third Season Second Concert
- This is a program from an 1845 performance of the New York Philharmonic Society in the Apollo Rooms on January 11th. They played works by Haydn, C.M. Weber, L. Spohr, Mozart, Beethoven, and H. Marschner.
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- New York Philharmonic Society Third Season Second Concert
- This is a program from an 1845 performance of the New York Philharmonic Society in the Apollo Rooms on January 11th. They played works by Haydn, C.M. Weber, L. Spohr, Mozart, Beethoven, and H. Marschner.
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- Programme Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Foundation of the Saint Louis Mercantile Library Association
- This is the program for the 25th anniversary celebration of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association. It was held on January 13th, 1871 in the Mercantile Library Hall.
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- Second Season Second Concert of the St. Louis Philharmonic Society
- This is a program from the second concert of the St. Louis Philharmonic Society's second season in 1861. E. Sobolewski conducted.
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- Second Season Third Concert of the St. Louis Philharmonic Society
- This is a program from the third concert of the St. Louis Philharmonic Society's second season. It was conducted by E. Sobolewski in the St. Louis Mercantile Library Hall.
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- Star Lecture Course
- This is a program for the Star Lecture Course's eigth night on Friday February 6th, 1874. Mrs. Scott Siddons read several selections and the English pianist Henry S. Walker performed on a Decker Brother's Grand Piano.
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- Testimonial Benefit to Ed. I. McDowell
- This is a program for a benefit concert held in the St. Louis Mercantile Library Hall on February 21, 1876 for Ed. I. McDowell.
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- Theodore Thomas' Last Grand Concerts, Fourth Season (1872-73)
- This is a program for Theodore Thomas' Grand Cercerts performed in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association on March 10th and 11th, 1873. J. Gosche was the manager.
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- Theodore Thomas' Series of Six Grand Symphony and Popular Concerts
- This document is a program for a series of seven concerts held in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association in November of 1870. The concerts were conducted by Theodore Thomas. It seems that the seventh concert was announced later and a special program was printed for it. In the Mercantile's archive, the two programs were bound as one document.
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- Theodore Thomas' Unrivaled Concerts Fourth Season, 1872-73
- This is a concert program for an event held in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association on October 15 of 1872. It was conducted by Theodore Thomas. J. Gosche was the manager.
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- Theodore Thomas' Unrivaled Concerts Last Season (1873-74)
- First part of a set of two programs for a Theodore Thomas concert series held in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association in October of 1873. J. Gosche was manager. One program is for the entire series and the other for only Tuesday and Friday.
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- Theodore Thomas' Unrivaled Concerts Last Season (1873-74)
- The second of two programs for a Theodore Thomas concert series held in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association in October of 1873. J. Gosche was manager. This one is for Tuesday and Friday.
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- Third Series Fourth Concert of the St. Louis Philharmonic Society
- This is a program from the fourth concert of the St. Louis Philharmonic Society's third series in 1862 conducted by E. Sobolewski.
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- Third Series Second Concert St. Louis Philharmonic Society
- This program for the second concert of the St. Louis Philharmonic Society's third series contains a translation of the Pilgrimage of the Rose. It was conducted by E. Sobolewski with music by Robert Schumann.
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- Third Series Third Concert St. Louis Philharmonic Society
- This is a program for the third concert of the St. Louis Philharmonic Society's third series. It was conducted in 1863 by E. Sobolewski.
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