Bangor Band records
Content Description
Business records, programs, histories, activity records, and correspondence; together with photographs and information relating to musicians and conductors including R. B. Hall and Adelbert Sprague.
Dates
- Creation: 1895 - 2009
Creator
- Bangor Band (Bangor, Me.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Historical Note
The Bangor Band was organized January 26, 1859 under the direction of William Standish. Originally billed as the Bangor Cornet Band, it was renamed the Bangor Band in 1877. During the Civil War, the band became a regimental band attached to first the Second Maine Infantry and later the Fourteenth Maine Regiment. The band maintained military connections until the end of World War I. As a civic organization the band has provided entertainment for the community and commemorated events such as building and monument dedications, dignitary visits, and holidays.
Full Extent
10 linear feet (in 11 half-size record cartons and 2 oversize boxes)
Subject
- Hall, Robert Browne, 1858-1907 (Person)
- Sprague, A. W. (Adelbert Wells) (Person)
- Bangor Band (Bangor, Me.) -- History (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2023: Entered into ArchivesSpace; Greta Schroeder
Repository Details
Part of the Bangor Public Library Special Collections Repository