A ticket stub from the famous John Philip Sousa concert at the Interlochen Bowl in 1931. Note the name had not yet become “National Music Camp”.

Students arrive at the Bowl Hotel to begin the 1945 camp season. The war in Europe had just ended, but the war in the Pacific was still raging.

Groundbreaking for the new Interlochen Arts Academy in 1961. The nation’s first fine arts boarding high school would open the following autumn.

Ballet dancers are greeted by JFK on the south lawn of the White House. The newly formed Interlochen Arts Academy was performing in Washington with dancers and orchestra.

The newly built Corson Auditorium in 1975. The main performance venue of the Academy opened with a series of concerts in May of that year.