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| LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Series |
| No.: | PR0100.0002 |
| TITLE: | Scholarship Applications and Awards series |
| CREATOR: | Johann Strauss Foundation Scholarship Committee |
| DATE RANGE: | 1965-2004 |
| EXTENT: | 1.51 m of textual records. - 103 photographs. - 2 cinefilms |
| ADMINISTRATIVE |
| HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | The Johann Strauss Foundation obtains its scholarship funds from donations, grants, sponsorships and proceeds from various social events. Scholarships assist deserving Albertans in pursuing advanced music studies in Austria. |
| CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | Secretary of the Johann Strauss Foundation, Anny Leeb, had the records in her custody before she donated the records to the Provincial Archives of Alberta. |
| SCOPE AND CONTENT: | Series includes completed applications for Johann Strauss Foundation scholarships including resumes, photographs, and letters of reference, as well as notes, meeting minutes, and deliberations of the Committee. Also included are press releases about scholarship winners, programmes from recitals showcasing the scholarship winners, reports from past winners about their time in Austria, terms of agreement for accepting a scholarship, correspondence, posters, and application forms. |
| LANGUAGE NOTE: | Some correspondence, programmes and press releases are in German. |
| RELATED RECORDS: | See the Operational series for additional scholarship financial records. |
| GENERAL NOTE: | Information in the Administrative History sourced from the series. |
| RELATED FONDS: | PR0100 (Johann Strauss Foundation fonds)
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