Something Borrowed Something Blue records, 1997-2014
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Summary
- Creator:
- Something Borrowed Something Blue
- Abstract:
- Something Borrowed Something Blue is a co-ed Christian a cappella group at Duke University. The Something Borrowed Something Blue records include materials documenting the group's activities, beliefs, and music selection and performance. Also included are copies of several albums released by SBSB, and captures of the group's website from 2010-2012.
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- UA.31.07.0014
- University Archives Record Group:
- 31 -- Student/Campus Life
31 -- Student/Campus Life > 07 -- Student Organizations – Music, Theatre, and Performance
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Something Borrowed Something Blue records consist of materials related to the activities, performances, album recording and releases, and music selection of the a cappella group Something Borrowed Something Blue. Included in the collection are audition sheets, song licensing information, fundraising proposals, member comments, publicity photographs, and a number of copies of music selections, some with notes, for the group's performances, among other materials. Also included are several albums released by the group, including two from the Jesus Christ Power and Light Company and several from SBSB, and captures of the group's website from 2010-2012.
- Biographical / historical:
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Something Borrowed Something Blue is a co-ed Christian a cappella group at Duke University. Originally founded in 1969 as the Jesus Christ Power and Light Company, the group changed their name in 1998 to Something Borrowed and Something Blue, and is called both Borrowed and Blue and SBSB.
SBSB has a purpose "to glorify God, primarily through music," as stated in the group's constitution. It takes its name from the traditional poem of having a bride wear something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue on her wedding day, and refers to the depiction of the church as the bride of Christ throughout the New Testament of the Bible. The group consists mostly of undergraduate men and women, gives several performances throughout the academic year, and engages in social and outreach activities, including an annual spring break service trip. The group has also released several albums.
- Acquisition information:
- The Something Borrowed Something Blue records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2015.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Tracy M. Jackson, December 2015.
Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2015-0056
- Arrangement:
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Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], Something Borrowed Something Blue records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.