We are excited to bring our heritage to you in our digital archive library, made possible through the generosity of 4Culture, Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture, and private donations. We will be adding artifacts as they are scanned, so check here and the LMC’s news section for updates.
The LMC is proud of our long and rich history over the club’s 125+ year lifetime. In addition to being a club of incredible musicians, we have also been a club of meticulous record-keepers. As a result, the LMC has over 40 boxes of historical artifacts in MOHAI’s Sophie Frye Bass library as well as our own internal archive collection.
LMC Historical Photographs
Artist photographs were often given to LMC members by the performers or managers when they came to Seattle under the auspices of the LMC for its International Artist Concert Series.
Walter Damrosch 
Walter Damrosch 
Vladimir Horowirz 
Sigrid Onegin 
Rosa Ponselle 
Orville Harrold 
Olive Fremstad 
Moriz Rosenthal 
Mischa Elman 
Mischa Elman 
Maggie Teyte 
Lillian Nordica 
John McCormack 
John McCormack and Family 
John McCormack 
John McCormack 
John McCormack 
Jascha Heifetz 
Jascha Heifetz 
Jascha Heifetz 
Jascha Heifetz 
Francesca Peralta 
Frances Alda 
Flonzaley Quartet 
Flonzaley Quartet 
Emma Eames 
Emilio deGogorza 
Elisabeth Rethberg 
Elisabeth Rethberg 
Elisabeth Rethberg 
Elisabeth Rethberg in Madama Butterfly (1925) 
Elisabeth Rethberg in Fidelio (1925) 
Antonio Scotti 
Antonio Scotti 
Amelita Galli-Curci 
Alma Gluck 
Marilyn Horne 
Rudolph Ganz 
Roland Hayes 
Roland Hayes 
Roland Hayes 
Richard Tauber 
Riccardo Martin 
Orville Harrold 
Nelson Eddy 
Nellie Melba 
Myra Hess 
Mary Garden 
Marion Talley 
Marion Talley 
Marian Anderson 
Luisa Tetrazzini 
Lotte Lehmann 
Lawrence Tibbett 
Lawrence Tibbett 
Kirsten Flagstad 
Julia Bertha Culp 
John Charles Thomas 
Harold Bauer 
Grace Moore 
Geraldine Farrar 
Fritz Kreisler 
Fritz Kreisler 
Francesca Peralta The Scotti Grand Opera Company 
Feodor Chaliapin 
Feodor Chaliapin 
Ezio Pinza 
Ernestine Schumann-Heink 
Ernestine Schumann-Heink 
Emma Eames in 1905 
Efrem Zimbalist 
Efrem Zimbalist 
Efrem Zimbalist 
Caroll Glenn 
Anne Brown 
Anne Brown 
Tito Schipa 
Tito Schipa 
Tito Schipa 
Tito Schipa 
Vicente Escudero 
Yehudi Menuhin
Members’ Books
Members’ Books offer a snapshot of the LMC’s activities, musical programs, and members in a given season or seasons. Membership Books are listed in chronological order. Click on the image for access to the full members’ book.
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Historical LMC Bylaws
Bylaws were printed in Members’ Books but also printed separately at times.
Historical LMC Auxiliary Members’ Books
The LMC Auxiliary was formed in 1929 to “give young women music students an opportunity for greater self-expression in the Art and an opportunity for the realization of the joy of music as an activity in their lives through the aiding of one another in this accomplishment” (Constitution, Article II). Similar to the LMC Members’ Books, the Auxiliary Members’ Books capture the full activities of the Auxiliary, a list of members and officers, and musical programs. Earlier year books also provide a detailed history of the Ladies Musical Club Auxiliary.
1931-1932 LMC Auxiliary Members’ Book
1934-1935 LMC Auxiliary Members’ Book
1953-1954 LMC Auxiliary Members’ Book
Historical LMC Programs
The LMC provided many musical concerts for the Seattle public, both performed by members as well as performances by world-famous artists for the LMC’s Artist Concert Series (1900-1995). The LMC has record of the programs in both the Members’ Books as well as individual programs that were provided at the event.
Claudio Arrau Concert Program 1944 
Eleanor Steber Concert Program 1950 
Erica Morini Concert Program 1945 
George London Concert Program 1954 p1 
George London Concert Program 1954 p2 
Jan Peerce Concert Program 1945 
John Charles Thomas Concert Program 1943 
Marjorie Lawrence Concert Program 1939 
Eugene List Concert Program 1946 
Marian Anderson Concert Program 1940 p1 
Marian Anderson Concert Program 1940 p2 
Marian Anderson Concert Program 1940 p3 
Marian Anderson Concert Program 1940 p4 
Robert Casadesus Concert Program 1939 
LMC Concert Program 1893 p1 
LMC Concert Program 1893 p2 
LMC Concert Program 1893 p3 
LMC Concert Program 1891
Historical LMC Secretary’s Books
Secretary’s books reveal the meticulous inner workings of the LMC and give insight into the LMC’s various programs. Books from 1951 to 1970 are currently available with more forthcoming.
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