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Republican Glee Club group portrait
No full textDated March 1929, this photograph shows members of the Republican Glee Club of Columbus, Ohio, outside the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Arizona. The Glee Club performed there as part of the inaugural celebrations for President Herbert Hoover. The Republican Glee Club formed in Columbus when a group of men who enjoyed singing formed a group to campaign for presidential candidate Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 presidential election against Horace Greeley. The group of singers originally called themselves the Grant and Wilson Glee Club, always changing their name to support the candidate the group was endorsing. By 1885, the Glee Club supported state and local races too, and in 1895 permanently changed the club's name to the Republican Glee Club. The Republican Glee Club Collection includes sheet music and songbooks, organizational records, historical information, event programs, and photographs
President Taft letter to the Republican Glee Club
No full textThis letter addressed to Mr. Charles H. Orr, President of the Republican Glee Club of Columbus, confirms President William Taft's acceptance of their invitation to the Fifteenth Annual Banquet on January 30, 1912. The Republican Glee Club formed in Columbus, Ohio, when a group of men who enjoyed singing formed a group to campaign for presidential candidate Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 presidential election against Horace Greeley. The group of singers originally called themselves the Grant and Wilson Glee Club, always changing their name to support the candidate the group was endorsing. By 1885, the Glee Club supported state and local races too, and in 1895 permanently changed the club's name to the Republican Glee Club. The Republican Glee Club Collection includes sheet music and songbooks, organizational records, historical information, event programs, and photographs
Karl Hoenig and the Republican Glee Club cartoon
No full textDated June 30, 1912, this Billy Ireland cartoon page from the Columbus Dispatch advertises and praises the Republican Glee Club of Columbus, Ohio. The large caricature featured is that of Glee Club Director Karl Hoenig. The scene in the lower right corner highlights prominent individuals of the time who would be amazed by the Club's performance, such as Simon Guggenheim, Princess Alice, and Richard Harding Davis. The Republican Glee Club formed in Columbus, Ohio, when a group of men who enjoyed singing formed a group to campaign for presidential candidate Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 presidential election against Horace Greeley. The group of singers originally called themselves the Grant and Wilson Glee Club, always changing their name to support the candidate the group was endorsing. By 1885, the Glee Club supported state and local races too, and in 1895 permanently changed the club's name to the Republican Glee Club. The Republican Glee Club Collection includes sheet music and songbooks, organizational records, historical information, event programs, and photographs
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