Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1912-2013 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
17 boxes, 1 parcel
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The University of Queensland began teaching in 1911 with 83 students and 4 professors. In that first year the need for a “Glee Club” was proposed in the first 'Queensland University Magazine' in October 1911 by one of the editors, Mr H.W. Dinning. The first public appearance of the Musical Society, conjointly with the Dramatic Society, was at the end of second term in 1912. With the formation of the University Union in 1912, all social clubs, including the Musical Society, were under the control of the Union. In its 1934 constitution, it called itself the University of Queensland Union Musical Society but more often it was called the University of Queensland Musical Society. From 1952 it also started to call itself the Queensland University Musical Society. Today the society refers to itself as QUMS (pronounced kwums). It is one of the few non-auditioned choirs in Brisbane. QUMS was participated in all but the first two Intervarsity Choral Festivals. They also performed at University of Queensland functions (including the opening of Mayne Hall, Parents Day and Orientation Week activities), MiniFests, Queensland Day functions, World Expo 88, joint performances with the Queensland Youth Choir, and private functions such as weddings. Regarded as the oldest society at UQ, the group has had as their conductors such people as Hugh Brandon, Gordon Spearritt, Colin Brumby, Robert Boughen, John Villaume, David McFarlane and Chris Andrews.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Records, 1912-2013
Collection alternatively titled as: Queensland University Musical Society Collection / QUMS collection
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, photographs, newsletters, newspaper cuttings, songbooks, reports, membership lists, financial records, posters, minutes, and performance programs.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
VHS, Video 8, audiocassettes, compact discs, photographs
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material in this collection has been cited in:
Roennfeldt P (2023) A Hall for All : Celebrating The University of Queensland's Mayne Hall, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Queensland University Musical Society (Subject)
- University of Queensland Mayne Hall (Subject)
- University of Queensland Union (Subject)
- University of Queensland (Subject)
- Inter-Varsity Choral Festival (Subject)
- Australian Intervaristy Choral Association (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 29-Apr-2024. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.