Information Sheet

 

 

R         Springfield Kiwanis Club (Springfield, Mo.).

954                  Minstrel show programs, 1946-1952.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

These are program booklets for minstrel shows presented by the Spring­field Kiwanis Club at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri, on 22 February 1946, 24-25 February 1950, and 22-23 February 1952.  The fund-raising performances were staged at Springfield’s Shrine Mosque auditorium, with net proceeds going to children’s charities.

 

The first Kiwanis minstrel in Springfield was held in October 1924.  The “twenty-second” annual event was presented on Friday evening, 22 February 1946.  The 1950 show was billed as the “twenty-seventh annual,” while that of 1952 was styled as the “twenty-ninth annual.”  These booklets served as programs for the show.  Included are the names of the participants, titles of in­dividual numbers and names of soloists, and many advertisements for area businesses.

 

 

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