Bands (Music) -- Massachusetts -- Boston

As early as 1914, Northeastern University offered musical activities for its students. Beginning with the Northeastern Symphony Orchestra, early musical activities included the Banjo Club, Dance Band, Pep Band, and wind ensemble. In 2011, there are nine different groups in the Band Association: concert band, jazz band, wind ensemble, pep band, and orchestra, as well as blues/rock, rock, fusion, and electronic ensembles.

The Bunker Hillbillies was a youth band for Boys’ Club of Boston Charlestown branch members. The band was founded by entertainer Bob Munstedt in 1941, and directed by him for nearly 40 years, until 1979. The collection documents the band through photographs, audiovisual recordings, songs, ephemera, and more. A few items document the revival of the group in 1986, and commemorations of Munstedt and the band in the 1980s and 1990s.