This collection contains papers associated with the Lawrence Friends of Music and their sponsored organization, the Lawrence Youth Symphony. The papers include organization and member information, records from meetings, correspondence, records of scholarships and awards awarded, posters and programs from the Lawrence Youth Symphony, and a scrapbook.

This collection includes meeting records, treasurer's reports, roll calls, constitutions, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Lawrence Minervian Club. It also includes death notices, song books, photo albums, negatives, and individual photos. The literature appreciation club was founded in 1900 by a group of Lawrence, Kansas women.

The Lawrence Symphony Orchestra (LSO) of Lawrence, Kansas, has been active as either the LSO or the Lawrence Symphony since the 1970s. This collection of their records includes concert programs, posters, meeting minutes, and financial records.

Mu Phi Epsilon is a professional music fraternity which is composed of collegiate chapters, alumni chapters, and allied members. This collection is for the Lawrence, Kansas alumni chapter and consists of meeting minutes, scrapbooks, yearbooks, photographs, and other related materials.

The Lawrence Music Club was organized in 1892, with the purpose of promoting performance and the arts in the Lawrence, Kansas community. The collection includes secretaries' minutes, yearbooks, scrapbooks, treasurers' information, photographs, and club histories, in addition to other related records.