Records of the Choir Benevolent Fund including: minutes of the society, annual reports, account records, records relating to property owned by the Choir Benevolent Fund, rules of the society, admission records, correspondence and records relating to the Friendly Society Act.
Choir Benevolent Fund
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- ReferenceGB 109 TCBF
- Dates of Creation1850-1970
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description190 files
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Choir Benevolent Fund, a friendly society, was founded in 1851 for organists and lay clerks connected with cathedral and collegiate choirs, and for the relief of their widows and orphans. The fund received subscriptions from members, but they also appealed for support to all with an interest in choral worship. During the nineteenth century the Fund ran festival concerts for musical entertainment and fund raising purposes and a prominent concert was held at St. Paul's Cathedral in 1877.
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Acquisition Information
Transferred from Westminster Abbey Library, 1997, as gift from the Fund.
Custodial History
Originally referenced as CBF but revised to TCBF.