Agnes B. Jardine Papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss 20-Mss 1521

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Agnes Jardine Papers document her involvement in musical affairs, both at the state and national level. The papers have been organized into two series, correspondence and subject files. In 2005 two scrapbooks were donated by Carolyn Nelson of Fargo that were found among the North Dakota Federation of Music Clubs but rightfully belong with the Jardine papers. The Correspondence Series covers the period 1922 to 1924 when Mrs. Jardine was president of the North Dakota Federation of Music Clubs. It consists of both incoming and outgoing correspondence and appears quite complete. It has been arranged alphabetically following her original order. Many of the 1etters are pasted together. The correspondence relates entirely to routine federation business such as programs, projects, and visits to clubs, etc. They do give a very good view of the operations of the federation during these years. The Subject Files Series material is also related mainly to the national and state music clubs. Included are convention programs (1926, 1938) for the North Dakota Federation of Music Clubs, a few executive board meeting minutes and various memberships, officer and club listings for the state federation, Mrs. Jardine's report for 1933-1935 to the national federation as its president as well as a historical article on the national federation. There are also copies of two newsletters sent to state members in 1923. The newspaper clippings on the National Federation deal mainly with several of its national conventions. The newspaper clippings on the North Dakota Federation deal with several state conventions and programs. The Miscellaneous File contains a certificate of completion from the Grammar Department of the Fargo Public Schools for John Alexander Jardine (1896), several poems, a resolution, and several financial reports of the state federation. The two scrapbooks, a 2005 addition, document the 1933 biennial convention of the National Federation of Music Clubs held at Minneapolis, Minnesota May 21-May 28, 1933. One scrapbook apparently was compiled by Mrs. Jardine and includes clippings of events for each day, including items about her with photographs of her published in the local newspapers. It was at this convention that she became president of the national federation. The other scrapbook contains an extensive collection of newspaper publicity on the convention that appeared in local newspapers and was compiled by the Convention Department of the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Association.

Dates

1920-1939.

Creator

Jardine, Agnes Bishop, 1883-1964. (Person)

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.

Copyrights

The Institute does not own the copyrights.

Biography

Agnes May Bishop was born May 2, 1883, at Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lee Bishop. The family moved to Aurora, Nebraska when she was a young girl. There she attended school and later attended Nebraska Wesleyan University. As a young woman, her family moved to Casselton and later to Fargo, N.D. On November 27, 1907 she married John Alexander Jardine of Fargo, who was head of the Jardine Bridge Company. Mrs. Jardine was active in the company for many years and following the death of Mr. Jardine on September 15, 1952, she was elected president and treasurer of the company with her son John B. Jardine as vice-president. Mrs. Jardine also was elected vice-president of the Concrete Sectional Culvert Company of which her son was president. Mrs. Jardine was very active in North Dakota and national music circles. She was one of the organizers of the North Dakota Federation of Music Clubs and also helped organize the Junior Fargo Music Club. She served as president for two terms of the National Federation of Music Clubs and later as its finance chairman. She also was an active member of the F-M Quota Club, Sigma Alpha Iota, and a founding member of the Fargo Moorhead Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. Jardine died November 22, 1964, in Fargo and is buried at Riverside Cemetery. She was a member of First Methodist Church.

Extent

0.8 Linear Feet (0.8 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

North Dakotan deeply involved in music clubs on the local and national levels and served as President of the National Federation of Music Clubs.

Provenance

Donated by Mrs. John A. Jardine, Fargo, N.D., 1958; and Carolyn Nelson, 2005. (Acc. 920 & 2759).

Separation Record

The following non-manuscript material has been removed from the Mrs. John A. Jardine Papers and sent to the section indicated. Newspapers (Institute newspaper collection)

State Record, September, 1925