Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1901-1920, 1971 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
20 cm of textual records and other materials
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Frank Squire Welsman, conductor, pianist and teacher, was born in Toronto, December 20, 1873, and died in Muskoka, Ontario, July 2, 1952. After studies in Germany, he founded the Toronto Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, which in 1908 became the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs. F.S. Welsman
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of scrapbooks and signed photographs, predominantly relating to concerts by the Toronto Conservatory Symphony Orchestra (which became the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1908).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The Frank Welsman fonds is stored offsite at Downsview. To view items in this collection, please contact the Music Library at least 2 weeks prior to your visit.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Previously titled "Archives Collection 25 : Frank Welsman." Reference code (25) removed from the title of the collection July 30, 2019.