Finding Aid for Anna Fay Herron Bush Papers, 1847-2019 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Anna Fay Herron Bush Papers, 1847-2019

ID: 12/9/158

Primary Creator: Anna Fay Herron Bush (1921-2016)

Extent: 14.25 cubic feet

Arrangement:

The materials are organized in seven series: Series 1, Education Materials and Professional Correspondence, 1890-1999; Series 2, Personal Papers, 1924-1961; Series 3, Bohumir Kryl Orchestra Correspondence and Digital Photographs, ca. 1945-1947; Series 4, Church Choir Library Scores and Flyers, 1895-1996; Series 5, Sheet Music Collection, 1895-1963; Series 6, Musical Instruments; and Series 7, Sarah Bush Randolf Personal and Instructional Materials. Series 2 contains two sub-series: Sub-series 1, Personal and Family Papers and Sub-series 2, College Education Materials and Music Study Scores. Series 5 is split into two sub-series: Sub-series 1, Original Acquisitions; and Subseries 2: Sheet Music Collection Additions.

Since there was no original order for the materials, order was imposed by the archivist and became more defined as more materials were acquired. Series 1 and Series 2 are arranged chronologically, with the exception of the music study scores in Sub-Series 2, which have been arranged alphabetically by score type and title of composition. Series 3 has been arranged alphabetically by subject, person, and location. Series 4 and 5 have been arranged alphabetically by title of composition. Series 7 is arranged chronologically.

Date Acquired: 08/10/2017. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Kryl, Bohumir, 1875-1961, Music - Instruction and study, Musical Instrument Makers, Music teachers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of music instrument catalogs; lists of sheet music for schools and bands; teacher's instructional notes, music programs, newsletters, and correspondence documenting Anna Fay Herron Bush's career as a public school music teacher in rural southern Illinois (ca. 1950s-1970s) and performance career as an oboist in the Kryl Women's Symphony Orchestra in 1945; and photographs, concert programs, correspondence, certificates, newspapers, music books and journals, documenting Herron's daughter Sarah's career working with the Selmaville Ambassadors and Music Department. Of particular interest are a series of postcards and photos describing her time spent touring with the Kryl Women's Symphony Orchestra, including postcards describing her lessons with oboist Frances Napolilli, funded by Kryl.

Biographical Note

Anna Fay Herron Bush was born in Windsor, IL on September 12, 1921. Her father and mother were both school teachers. She attended high school in Windsor, IL and graduated in 1939. She received a teaching certificate from Eastern Illinois in 1946, a Bachelors of Music degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1947, and a Master of Science in Education (Administration) degree from Eastern Illinois University in 1971. She taught for over 33 years in grade and high schools in Clay, Jasper, Crawford and Clark Counties in Illinois. Before she was married, Anna Fay Herron played professionally with Bohumir Kyrl's Women's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago on the orchestra's 1945 tour. After the tour, she became a member of several national music and education associations. As an active church choir director, she led worship activites at her local church in Oblong, Illinois as well as other church choirs near Effingham, Illinois. Anna Fay Herron Bush passed away on March 31, 2016.

Subject/Index Terms

Kryl, Bohumir, 1875-1961
Music - Instruction and study
Musical Instrument Makers
Music teachers

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals: Additional accruals were made on July 24, 2018; September 1, 2018; June 6, 2019; July 22, 2019; July 7, 2023; and October 25, 2023.

Acquisition Source: Sarah Randolph, Joliet, Illinois

Acquisition Method: Gift

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Education Materials and Professional Correspondence, 1890-1999],
[Series 2: Personal Papers and Objects, 1879-1993],
[Series 3: Bohumir Kryl Women's Symphony Orchestra Correspondence, Ephemera, Photographs, 1943-1947],
[Series 4: Church Choir Library Scores and Flyers, 1895-1996],
[Series 5: Sheet Music Collection, 1863-1963],
[Series 6: Musical Instruments, undated],
[Series 7: Sarah Bush Randolf Personal and Instructional Materials, 1973-2019],
[All]

Series 2: Personal Papers and Objects, 1879-1993

Consists of school notes and grades, concert programs, photographs, alumni newsletters, family photographs, family cookbooks, dress patterns, travel documents, church programs, and family papers documenting Herron Bush's education and family. The materials in this series are arranged chronologically.

Sub-Series 1: Personal and Family Papers

Consists of family photographs; cookbooks; dress patterns; political pamphlets, posters, and pins; address books; and materials collected by family members documenting their careers.

Box 3

Folder 1: Choir Herald Magazine, 1924-1927
Folder 3: Address book, 1930
Folder 4: Diego Rivera booklet from Detroit Public Institute of Arts (photocopy), 1934
Folder 13: Detroit Public Library Promotional Booklet (photocopy), 1940
Folder 16: Presidential Election Booklet, 1948
Folder 17: American Association of University Women branch report and surveys, 1949-1950
Folder 18: American Association of University Women agendas and correspondence, 1949-1950
Folder 19: American Association of University Women Bulletins and Directors Letters, 1949-1950
Folder 20: American Association of University Women related newspaper clippings, 1950
Folder 21: Cancer metal pins, ca. 1950s
Folder 22: Worship services program & Christmas cards, 1952
Folder 23: Community Concert Association Programs, 1952-1961
Folder 24: Photographs, undated

Box 6

Folder 1: Photo album with student photos, school district related papers, and correspondence, 1939-1945

Box 14

Folder 4: Concert Programs, 1940-1967
Folder 6: Personal Correspondence, 1942-1993
Folder 7: Spring Concert News clippings, 1945
Folder 8: First Christian Church, Oblong, Il. Service Programs, 1945-1977
Folder 10: Personal Photographs, ca. 1950-1953
Folder 11: Evansville Musicians Club Community Concert Programs, 1954-1971

Box 17

Folder 5: Personal Photographs, ca. 1940s

Item 1: Sarah Kuhl Wallace, Anna Fay's Aunt, ca. 1940s: Digital copy only.
Item 2: Anna Fay Herron and Sarah Kuhl Wallace, 1945: Digital copy only.

Box 18

Folder 11: Cookbook: Relatives' Cookbook, ca. 1890

Handwritten.

Folder 12: Cookbook: First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1898

Printed wiith handwritten notes.

Folder 13: Sarah Kuhl Wallace Women's Suffraage Movement, 1909-1929

Folder 14: Personal Letters, 1944-1959

Folder 15: Concert Programs Attended, 1946-2001

Folder 16: Cookbook: Kum Join Us Circle, 1954

Oblong, Illinois club. Typewritten recipes. Handwritten notes.

Folder 17: Mexico Trip, 1961

Brochures and printed materials.

Folder 18: Community Concert Programs (1 of 2), 1961-1966

Folder 19: Community Concert Programs (2 of 2), 1961-1966

Folder 20: Dorothy Hekegel Benefit Concert Programs and Photos, 1962

Folder 21: News Clippings, 1963

Folder 22: Cookbook: Koffee Klub Kookbook, 1980

Typewritten recipes in half-size looseleef notebook.

Folder 23: Retirement Mementos, Class Reunion Program, and Obituary Program, 1980-2016

Folder 24: Cookbook: Handwritten, undated

Folder 25: Cookbook: Handwritten Recipes (1 of 5), undated

Folder 26: Cookbook: Handwritten Recipes (2 of 5), undated

Folder 27: Cookbook: Handwriten Recipes (3 of 5), undated

Folder 28: Cookbook: Handwritten Recipes (4 of 5), undated

Some handwritten, some from clippings.

Folder 29: Cookbook: Handwritten Recipes (5 of 5), undated

Folder 30: Cookbooks and Recipes, undated

Folder 31: Dress Patterns, undated

Folder 35: Election Buttons and Card, 1932

Election buttons and card

Item 1: Roosevelt Election Button, 1932: 2019.1209158.01
Item 2: Democratic Election Button, 1932: 2019.1209158.02
Item 3: Democratic Election Card, 1932: 2019.1209158.03

Box 19

Folder 1: Concerts Attended: Programs, 1925-1952
Folder 2: William David Herron Teaching Materals: Plays, Dramas, and Recitations, ca. 1879-1918
Folder 3: William David Herron Teaching Materials: Lesson Plans, ca. 1890s

Box 25

Folder 1: Sarah Kuhl Wallace Campaign Posters, Newspaper, and Ballot for 1932 Election, 1932

Box 26

Folder 1: Daily Bible Readings, 1849

Smith, James, Daily Bible Readings. Philadelphia, PA: American Baptist Publication Society, 1849.

Folder 2: Constitution of Indiana Newspaper Clipping Book, ca. 1880s

A collection of newspaper clippings pasted into leather-bound Constitution of Indiana. The clippings are primarily poetry, short stories, moral tales, and housekeeping advice, but also include illustrations and articles on James Garfield's presidential nomination, election, inaugeration, and assasination.

Folder 3: Joyful Lays, 1884

Lowry, Robert and W. Howard Doane, Joyful Lays. New York: Biglow & Main, 1884.

Folder 4: Normal Organ Method, 1890

Dungan, J.M., Normal Organ Method. Lafayette, Indiana: The Echo Music Co., 1890.

Folder 5: Political Ribbons, 1896

Two ribbons, one for William J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall's 1896 presidential campaign, the other for a 1896 reception committee.

Folder 6: All About Hawaii, 1943

Billam-Walker, Donald. Thrum's 69th Year Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide, All About Hawaii. Honolulu, HI: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd., 1943.

Folder 7: Brochures to Walker Art Center in Minnesota, June 11-July 7, 1946

Folder 8: "Americans All" and "American History on Record", 1953

Folder 9: Violin-Making as it was, and is, 1978

Heron-Allen, Ed. Violin-Making as it was, and is. London: Ward Lock Ltd., 1978.

Folder 10: Pocket Hymnals, 1977-1874

Sing Praises to Jehovah (New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, 1984); Ecumenical Praise (Carol Stream, IL: Agape, 1977).

Folder 11: Menu for Sing-A-Long Restaurant, undated

Folder 20: Photographs (1 of 2), ca. 1940s

Item 1: Anna Fay with two unidentified men, ca. 1940s
Item 2: Anna Fay with an unidentified man, ca. 1940s
Item 3: Unidentified woman and man in front of a tree, ca. 1940s
Item 4: Sarah Kuhl Wallace, ca. 1940s
Item 5: Sarah Kuhl Wallace, ca. 1940s
Item 6: Unidentified man and woman in fur coat, ca. 1940s
Item 7: Unidentified man and woman in fur coat, ca. 1940s
Item 8: Waterfall and bridge, ca. 1940s
Item 9: Snowy trees, ca. 1940s
Item 10: Waterfall, ca. 1940s
Item 11: Unidentified building with rotunda, ca. 1940s
Item 12: Two unidentified men on a car, ca. 1940s
Item 13: Anna Fay as a young child, ca.1920s
Item 14: Anna Fay as a young child, ca. 1920s
Item 15: Portrait of unidentified woman, ca. 1940s
Item 16: Portrait of unidentified woman, ca. 1940s
Item 17: Unidentified man in military uniform, ca. 1940s
Item 18: Unidentified man, ca. 1940s
Item 19: Unidentified man, ca. 1940s
Item 20: Unidentified man in military uniform, ca. 1940s
Item 21: Unidentified woman at a park, ca. 1940s
Item 22: Unidentified man at a park, ca. 1940s
Item 23: Stanley "Sherlock" Holmes, Robinson, IL, ca. 1940s
Item 24: Anna Fay with unidentified man at a park, ca. 1940s
Item 25: Anna Fay with unidentified man, ca. 1940s
Item 26: Unidentified woman in front of a tree, ca. 1940s
Item 27: Unidentified man, autographed to Anna Fay, March 18, 1943
Item 28: Unidentified group goofing around, ca. 1940s
Item 29: Anna Fay with a group of women, ca. 1940s
Item 30: Anna Fay with a group of women, ca. 1940s
Item 31: Anna Fay with a group of women, ca. 1940s
Item 32: Unidentified women on a boat, ca. 1940s
Item 33: Unidentified wedding party, ca. 1940s
Item 34: Anna Fay Herron Bush, ca. 1940s
Item 35: Anna Fay with Sarah Kuhl Wallace, ca. 1940s
Item 36: Sarah Kuhl Wallace, ca. 1940s

Folder 21: Photographs (2 of 2), ca. 1940s

Item 1: Anna Fay's father with two other men, ca. 1940s
Item 2: Portrait of unidentified man, ca. 1940s
Item 3: Unidentified man in military uniform at Russell and Ruth's house, Oct. 29, 1944
Item 4: Family at a meal, ca. 1940s
Item 5: Two unidentified girls, ca. 1940s
Item 6: Anna Fay Herron, April 11, 1942
Item 7: Unidentified man in military uniform, Dec. 1943
Item 8: Portrait of unidentfied man, 1939
Item 9: Uncle Emerson with Gayle and Warren Guyer, May 16, 1943
Item 10: Unidentified man and woman in formal clothes, ca. 1940s
Item 11: Unidentified man and woman in formal clothes, ca. 1940s
Item 12: Unidentified hills, ca. 1940s
Item 13: Unidentified hills, ca. 1940s
Item 14: Anna Fay with a group, dressed formally, ca. 1940s
Item 16: Unidentified group of women in formal clothes, ca. 1940s
Item 15: Unidentified older man and woman in formal clothes, ca. 1940s
Item 17: Unidentified group wearing formal clothes, ca. 1940s

Item 4: Travel Trunk, 1943-1947

Metal suitcase used for travel, mostly while with Bohumir Kryl Women's Orchestra. Stickers from places visited are attached to the lid and back.

2019.1209158.04

Box 27

Item 5: Scrapbook, undated

Scrapbook of photos from childhood, college, travel, and of friends.

2019.1209158.05

Folder 1: Commerical recordings on 78s, ca. 1940s

Gene Autry and Jimmy Long, "Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" and "Mississippi Valley Blues" (New York: Banner). The Delivery Boys, "When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver" and "My Missouri Home" (U.S.: Melotone). Johnny Frank with Orchestra, "Rambling Rose" and "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" (Meriden, CT: Varsity Records). Pee Wee Hunt and his orchestra, "Somebody Else, Not Me" and "Twelfth Street Rag" (Los Angeles, CA: Capitol Records).

Folder 2: "Together We Sing" educational recording, ca. 1950s

"Together We Sing" (Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, ca. 1950s).

Folder 3: Meolody and Educational Music Magazines, 1935-1952

Folder 4: Vienna Choir Boys Program and Promotional Book and Allerton Park Coffee Table Book, 1951-1961

University of Illinois: Robert Allerton Park,1951, includes annotations from 1952.

Box 28

Folder 1: Photograph of Anna Fay Herron, undated: Color tinted photograph in original glass frame.

Box 32

Folder 12: Musician's Club of Evansville- Philharmonia Hungarica Program, 1966

Sub-Series 2: College Education Materials and Music Study Scores

Consists of class notes, educational magazines, and papers written by Anna Fay as well as music she performed while a music education major at Illinois Wesleyan including: piano etude and method books, piano solos and duets, organ etude and method books, organ solos, and guitar and Hawaiian slide guitar method books.

Box 1

Folder 15: Alumni Newsletters, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1949-1950: Illinois Wesleyan University Bulletin; Illinois Wesleyan Newsletter.

Box 2

Folder 13: Art Club Kappa Pi Newsletters, 1943
Folder 16: Eastern Teachers News (photocopy), 1945

Box 3

Folder 2: Theodore Niemenn Method book for the Oboe, 1927
Folder 5: Biology Workbook, 1936
Folder 6: English 1 Notes, 1937
Folder 7: Progress Reports, Report Cards, 1937-1938
Folder 8: Diseases of the Eye Paper, ca. 1938
Folder 9: General Sciences and Algebra Notes, 1938
Folder 10: Art 238 Notes, ca. 1939
Folder 11: Hygiene 120 Notes, ca. 1939
Folder 12: English Grammar Notes, 1939
Folder 14: English, Social Sciences, and German Notes, 1940-1941
Folder 15: Oboe practice notes, 1945

Box 14

Folder 3: Eastern Illinois and Muskingum College Bulletins, 1939 and 1944
Folder 5: Illinois Wesleyan and Eastern Illinois Concert Programs, 1942-1945
Folder 9: Eastern Illinois Palette Patter Art Club Newsletter, 1946
Folder 12: Music History Notes, undated

Box 18

Folder 32: Eastern Illinois Bulletins, 1941-1943: From Eastern Illinois State Teachers College
Folder 33: Eastern Illinois Concert Programs, 1962: Faculty recital.

Box 19

Folder 4: Guitar and Hawaiian Slide Guitar Method Books, 1903-1930: Chords and Accompaniments for Hawaiian Guitar, William J. Smith, 1926. The Nick Lucas Guitar Method, Nick Lucas, 1930. Kamiki Hawaiian Guitar Method, William J. Smith & Co., 1926. Smith's Songs for Hawaiian Guitar, William J. Smith Music Co., 1924. UTD Method for the Guitar, M.B. Eaton, 1903.

Box 20

Folder 1: March and Dance Folios for Piano, 1910-1936: School and Gymnasium Marches, ed. Norton Holbrook, ca. 1910. Star Dance Filio, No. 26, ed. George Botsford., 1924. Star Dance Portfolio, No. 11, arr. J. Bodewalt Lampe, ca. 1910.
Folder 2: Organ Solos, 1904-1940: "At Dawning," Charles Wakefield Cadman, 1906. "Berceuse," Clarence Dickinson, 1908. "Galilee," J. Sebastian Matthews, 1929. "Holy City, The," Stephen Adams, arr. Myles B. Foster. "Prayer," Edward M. Read, 1905. "Prelude and Fugue in E Minor," Johann Sebastian Bach, ed. Charles-Marie Wider and Albert Schweitzer, 1940.
Folder 3: Organ Method Books and Scale Studios, 1903-1960: Beckwith Organ Instructor, The, Homan Publishing House, 1903. Choice Selections for the Hammond Chord Organ. arr. Elmer A. Ihrke, 1960. Song Hits of the Roaring 20's, Book 2, J.M. Hanert, 1959. Master-Studies for the Organ, ed. William C. Carl, 1938.
Folder 4: Piano Duets, 1917: "Witches' Flight, The," H.M. Russell, 1917.
Folder 5: Piano Solos, A - F Titles, 1888-1934: Pieces included: "Ah, Not With God's Thunder," Modest Moussorgsky, 1919. "Andante Finale" from Lucia di Lammermoor," G. Donizetti, 1934. "Anna Belle Yorke-Redowa," Theodore C. Ernst, 1895. "At Sunset," F. Marcus, 1893. "Awakening, The," Hilda Zelner, 1917. "Bells at Twilight," Erwin Schneider, 1907. "Berceuse," from Jocelyn, trans. Alfred Kleinpaul, undated. "Black Key Polka Mazurka, The," A. Herzog, arr. George Thorne, undated. "Blinking Moon," W.C. Powell, 1908. "Bohemian Girl," Eugene Ketterer, undated. "Breakers, The," 1905. "Busy Clock, The," C.W. Krogmann, 1921. "Cavalry Trot," Carl Wilhelm Kern, 1909. "Dance of the Daisies," Earl La Farge, 1904. "Dance of the Demon," Eduard Holst, 1888. "Dance of the Mice," Ed. Poldini, 1906. "Dancing in the Sunbeams," M.W. Butler, 1926. "Dying Poet, The," Louis Moreau Gottschalk, undated. "Edelweiss Glide Waltz," F. E.Vanderbeck, 1922. "Ellington Teo-Step," E.K. Bennett, 1898. "Fairy Gambols," Carl Wilkhelm Kern, 1906. "Flowers of Love," Earl K. Smith, arr. Charles Miller, 1912. "Flowers of Spring," Earl La Farge, 1906. "Fluttering Leaves," Carl Kolling, 1922. "Fountain, The," C. Bohm, undated. "In Measured Tread," Edmund Parlow, 1903.
Folder 6: Piano Solos, G - L Titles, 1895-1945: Pieces include: "Glissando Mazurka," Carl Bohm, 1940. "Golden Harvest Waltz," Wallace Field, 1917. "Grande Valse Caprice, " H. Engelmann, 1933. "Gypsy Dance," R. Goerdeler, 1895. "Hearts Courageous," H.B. Blake,, arr. Chauncey Haines, 1902. "Holly Hocks," L.E. Orth, 1899. "Hovering Butterflies," Jessie L. Gaynor, 1909. "Il Corricolo," Durand de Grau, 1917. "Impromptu," Hugo Reinhold, 1904. "In a Rose Garden," Tobia Acciani, 1922. "In Hanging Gardens," Evan Daives, 1921."In the Boat," Max Franke, 1904. "L'Argentine," E. Ketterer, undated. "Lark, The," Michael Glinka, 1910. "Lento" from Two 'Pierrot' Pieces, 1904. "Light and Shadow," arr. from C. Gurlitt, 1899. "Little Masqueeraders," Paul Ducelle, 1902. "Little Sailor March," 1914. "London Fantasia," Clive Richardson, 1945.

Box 21

Folder 1: Piano Solos, M - R Titles, 1879-1935: Pieces include: "Mandolin Serenade," F.A. Franklin, 1902. "March of the Fauns," Harold Wansborough, 1932. "Menuet a l'Antique," I.J. Paderewski, undated. " Minerva," Robert Goldbeck, 1879. "Morning Prayer," L. Streabbog, undated. "Narcissius," Ethelbert Nevin, arr. L. Leslie Loth, 1899. "Old Black Joe," M.W. Butler, 1906. "Peri Waltzes," Charles D'Albert, undated. "President Arthur's Grand March," C. Calberg, 1881. "Red Bird Waltz, Hofmann, 1912. "Rigoletto," Franz Liszt, 1906. "Robin's Return, The," Leander Fisher, 1935. "Romance," Frank La Forge, 1911. "Rustle of Spring," Christian Sinding, 1931.
Folder 2: Piano Solos, S - Z Titles, 1893-1943: Pieces include: "Santa Claus March," H. Nurnberg, 1893. "Song of the Mountie," John W. Schaum,1941. "Thine Own," Gustav Lange, undated. "Through the Looking Glass," Frank Lynes, 1908. "Through the Silent Night," Serge Rachmaninoff, 1927. "Valse in Eb," Aug. Durand, undated. "Valse Lucille," Rudolf Friml, 1916. "Viennese Echoes," Stanford King, 1943. "Waltz of the Flower Fairies," Marie Crosby, 1909. "Where Blue Bells Bloom," H. Wildermere, 1916. "White City March, The," Fred A. Fillmore, 1893.
Folder 3: Piano Method Books and Scale Studies, 1904-1945: J.B. Cramer Fifty Studies for the Piano, Hans von Bulow, 1904. John W. Schaum Piano Course G, Belwin, Inc., 1945. The Robyn - Gurlitt Eight-Five Etudes, Louise Robyn, 1933. Sonatinas for Piano, Vol. 1, Fr. Kuhlau, undated.
Folder 4: Piano Method Books and Scale Studies, 1892-1949: The School of Velocity, Book 1, C. Czerny, 1893. John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano, Second Grade Book, 1937. First Steps in Harmonzing Melodies, George A. Gibbs, Jr., 1949. Herz Scales, Henri Herz, 1894. Standard Graded Course of Studies for the Piano Forte, Vol. II. ed. W.S.B. Mathews, 1892. Popular Home Collection, Theo. Presser, 1912.