Creative Arts Trio/Music School, 1964 – 1997 

This collection contains material pertaining to violinist Betty Ferguson Stewart (1923 – 2016). The Audition sheets are from Ferguson’s audition for the 1941 Junior Musician Competition put on by the National Federation of Music Clubs. The Certificates include various certificates awarded to Ferguson including life insurance certification, certificates acknowledging performances, and her Over the Hill Club certificate. The Creative Arts Studio folder contains newspaper clippings, programs, promotional materials and contracts specific to Ferguson’s Creative Arts Program, Trio, and music school. The Musical Association Applications are applications Ferguson filled out for membership to various musical associations. The Newspaper Articles folder contains various articles Ferguson collected concerning her musical career and the many musicians she worked with, including Benjamin Britten, Alexander Thiede, Serge Koussevitzky, and Leonard Bernstein. The collection includes several professional and personal photographs of Ferguson including portraits, group photos with her musical groups, and one of her beloved cats, Cinderella. Promotional/Biographical material includes a name tag, business card, hand-written resume and promotional printed matter. There are programs of her performances at several venues with many musical groups, including performances at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and performances with the Women’s Symphony of Boston and the Nashua Chamber Orchestra. The Rivier College teaching folder contains a salary agreement and a class syllabus for the 1981 Fall Semester. Tanglewood material includes photos, newspaper clippings, programs, and promotional material Ferguson collected during her time as a student at Tanglewood.