Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925

Name: Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925
Author: Wister, Frances Anne

Wister, Frances Anne

Philadelphia Orchestra

The subscribers hereto, all of whom are citizens of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, have associated themselves together for the purpose
herein below set forth and being desirous of becoming incorporated
agreeably to the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled, “An Act to provide for the
incorporation and regulation of certain corporations,” approved the
twenty-ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four, and the supplements thereto, do hereby
declare, set forth and certify that the following are the purposes,
objects, articles and conditions of their said Association for and upon
which they desire to be incorporated.

ARTICLE 1.—The name of the corporation shall be The Philadelphia
Orchestra Association.

ARTICLE 2.—Its object is to encourage the performance of first-class
orchestral music in the City of Philadelphia and for that purpose to
establish and maintain The Philadelphia Orchestra.

ARTICLE 3.—The place in which the business of the said corporation is
to be transacted is the City of Philadelphia.

ARTICLE 4.—The said corporation is to exist perpetually.

ARTICLE 5.—The said corporation shall have no capital stock.

ARTICLE 6.—The number of Directors of the said corporation shall be
twenty-four, and the names and residences of those who are chosen for
the first year are as follows:

             Name                           Residence

    GEORGE BURNHAM, JR.                Philadelphia, Pa.
    A. J. CASSATT                      Philadelphia, Pa.
    JOHN H. CONVERSE                   Philadelphia, Pa.
    ECKLEY B. COXE, JR.                Philadelphia, Pa.
    WILLIAM L. ELKINS                        Elkins, Pa.
    MISS MARY K. GIBSON                Philadelphia, Pa.
    CLEMENT A. GRISCOM                 Philadelphia, Pa.
    MRS. ALFRED C. HARRISON            Philadelphia, Pa.
    JOHN H. INGHAM                     Philadelphia, Pa.
    OLIVER B. JUDSON                   Philadelphia, Pa.
    EDWARD I. KEFFER                   Philadelphia, Pa.
    C. HARTMAN KUHN                    Philadelphia, Pa.
    EDWARD G. MCCOLLIN                 Philadelphia, Pa.
    THOMAS MCKEAN                      Philadelphia, Pa.
    CLEMENT B. NEWBOLD                 Philadelphia, Pa.
    JAMES W. PAUL, JR.                 Philadelphia, Pa.
    MRS. FRANK H. ROSENGARTEN          Philadelphia, Pa.
    RICHARD ROSSMÄSSLER                Philadelphia, Pa.
    EDGAR SCOTT                        Philadelphia, Pa.
    SIMON A. STERN                     Philadelphia, Pa.
    MISS ANNE THOMSON                        Merion, Pa.
    ALEXANDER VAN RENSSELAER           Philadelphia, Pa.
    HENRY WHELEN, JR.                  Philadelphia, Pa.
    P. A. B. WIDENER                      Ashbourne, Pa.

_Witness_ the hands and seals of the subscribers this first day of
November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two
(1902):

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Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925

Wister, Frances Anne

Philadelphia Orchestra

The subscribers hereto, all of whom are citizens of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, have associated themselves together for the purpose
herein below set forth and being desirous of becoming incorporated
agreeably to the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled, “An Act to provide for the
incorporation and regulation of certain corporations,” approved the
twenty-ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four, and the supplements thereto, do hereby
declare, set forth and certify that the following are the purposes,
objects, articles and conditions of their said Association for and upon
which they desire to be incorporated.

ARTICLE 1.—The name of the corporation shall be The Philadelphia
Orchestra Association.

ARTICLE 2.—Its object is to encourage the performance of first-class
orchestral music in the City of Philadelphia and for that purpose to
establish and maintain The Philadelphia Orchestra.

ARTICLE 3.—The place in which the business of the said corporation is
to be transacted is the City of Philadelphia.

ARTICLE 4.—The said corporation is to exist perpetually.

ARTICLE 5.—The said corporation shall have no capital stock.

ARTICLE 6.—The number of Directors of the said corporation shall be
twenty-four, and the names and residences of those who are chosen for
the first year are as follows:

             Name                           Residence

    GEORGE BURNHAM, JR.                Philadelphia, Pa.
    A. J. CASSATT                      Philadelphia, Pa.
    JOHN H. CONVERSE                   Philadelphia, Pa.
    ECKLEY B. COXE, JR.                Philadelphia, Pa.
    WILLIAM L. ELKINS                        Elkins, Pa.
    MISS MARY K. GIBSON                Philadelphia, Pa.
    CLEMENT A. GRISCOM                 Philadelphia, Pa.
    MRS. ALFRED C. HARRISON            Philadelphia, Pa.
    JOHN H. INGHAM                     Philadelphia, Pa.
    OLIVER B. JUDSON                   Philadelphia, Pa.
    EDWARD I. KEFFER                   Philadelphia, Pa.
    C. HARTMAN KUHN                    Philadelphia, Pa.
    EDWARD G. MCCOLLIN                 Philadelphia, Pa.
    THOMAS MCKEAN                      Philadelphia, Pa.
    CLEMENT B. NEWBOLD                 Philadelphia, Pa.
    JAMES W. PAUL, JR.                 Philadelphia, Pa.
    MRS. FRANK H. ROSENGARTEN          Philadelphia, Pa.
    RICHARD ROSSMÄSSLER                Philadelphia, Pa.
    EDGAR SCOTT                        Philadelphia, Pa.
    SIMON A. STERN                     Philadelphia, Pa.
    MISS ANNE THOMSON                        Merion, Pa.
    ALEXANDER VAN RENSSELAER           Philadelphia, Pa.
    HENRY WHELEN, JR.                  Philadelphia, Pa.
    P. A. B. WIDENER                      Ashbourne, Pa.

_Witness_ the hands and seals of the subscribers this first day of
November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two
(1902):

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Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925

Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925

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