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Upsala EventsEntry/Object ID
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Upsala Events:
Contract signed between Academy of Vocal Arts and The Upsala Foundation concerning the "An Evening in Vienna" program they will have on April 5, 1986. Also included is the program for the event.
Newspaper articles in Chestnut Hill Local, March 13, 1986, "Upsala Sets Vienna Evening" and March 20, 1986 "Vienna Evening Features Soprano". Mary McDonald, soprano, Roy A. Wilbur, tenor, Robert Mattern, baritone.
Letter, April 15, 1986 to Eleanor Pfingst from Anna Marie Kelly, Germantown Historical Society about rates for the tours at Upsala House.
Letter to Upsala Foundation January 27, 1986 concerning details and planning for "Night in Vienna" program.
Letter, March 24, 1986 from Janet C. Parkinson, Germantown Savings Bank to Alfred Test, Upsala Foundation indicating that GSB will not be able to participate in the "Night in Vienna" program.
Letter from Germantown Historical Society, March 5, 1986 to Cliveden, Stenton, Loudoun, Upsala about Philadelphia Open House Tours. Included are menus for luncheon, suggested guidelines for affair and 1986 schedule.
Jack Francis Catering Services menu for Upsala dinner June 12, 1986.
Upsala Update, April 18, 1986, press release from Sally Kelly, "Mrs. Lincoln Reappraised at Upsala". Mrs. Carl Anderson will speak at lecture-luncheon about Mary Todd Lincoln as misunderstood woman. Media list for event included.
Music Contract between Upsala and Jimmy Ray Orchestra for December 12, 1986 program.
A letter to Mr. Wiggins of the Vocal Academy Arts program from Alfred L Lestt , trustee of Upsala Foundation, confirming his accompaniment to Ms. Martinelli in her performance of "Lucretia" for a fund raiser on November 12, 1985.
Upsala Update: Press release from Sally Kelly, November 28, 1986 about Upsala's Annual Christmas Cocktail Party and the Philadelphia Tours of Historic Germantown Houses. Media list included.
Formal invitation from the Trustees and the Women's Committee of Upsala to the Annual Cocktail Party, December 11, 1987.Included is contract with Jimmy Ray Orchestra and a list of the party reservations.
"A Special Invitation" to attend the Toast the Restored Stairway on April 22, 1987 at Upsala House.
Upsala Update: Press release from Sally Kelly, April 16, 1987 for "Spectrum Tea-Card Party- Fashion Show" on May 7, 1987, at Upsala Mansion. Included is media list for the affair.
"The American Side of the Street". A write-up on the $16,000 that had been raised to complete the stairway project at Upsala Mansion.
Newspaper clippings, Chestnut Hill Local, photos of Rita Clarke, Deborah C. Ritter, Phylis McGusty and Sally Hagesheimer, members of Upsala women's committee, wearing costumes of significant eras at fashion show. Chestnut Hill Local, July 9, 1987, photos of supporters of Upsala stairway project "The American Side of the Street"; Eleanor Pfingst, Don Putney, Dorothy Putney, Jean Sheperd, Todd Valentine, Maude Littleton, Norman Reeves , the contractor and Liz Hock.
Invitation to and flyer announcing Spectrum Tea-Card Party- Fashion Show on May 7, 1987 at Upsala.
Letter, May 15, 1987 concerning meeting on June 10, 1987 with Willard Rouse , Portia Sperr and Hobart G. Cawood about the "We the People" 200th anniversary of the U.S. constitution. Program included.
Invitation from The Fox Chase Chapter of the Board of Associates Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center to a cocktail/buffet fund raiser at Upsala on the Site of the "Battle of Germantown", May 17, 1987.
Flyer/invitation form women's committee of Upsala to a lecture/luncheon featuring audio-visual tour of "San Simeon", William Randolph Hearst's California Castle by Ann Madden on January 14, 1988.
Upsala Update: Press release from Sally Kelly, September 15, 1988 on "Focus on Cheese at Upsala" for September 26, 1988. Media list and formal invitation included.
Upsala Updates: Sally Kelly Press release, September 22, 1988 "Flag Dedication at Upsala" with tribute to those who lost their lives at Battle of Germantown. Press release from Sally Kelly, September 15, 1988, "Chestnut Hill Remembered at coming Upsala Lecture and Luncheon".
Sally Kelly press release, September 22, 1988 about tour of Baltimore historic houses, Homewood and Mount Clare and the inner harbor aquarium. Press release from Sally Kelly, November 25, 1988 about Christmas Tours of Historic Houses of Germantown. Media list included.
Sheet of Rules and Regulations for the Use of Upsala.
Invitation card to Upsala for Cocktails, Music and Light Repast on November 21, 1988.Collection
UpsalaArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1986 - 1989Archive Notes
Upsala Events, 1981-1985Archive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1986 - 1989