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By Noah Lenstra
Collection Overview
Title: Edward A Brooks University of Illinois Marching Band Scrapbook and Sousa Band Concert Programs, 1925-1950
ID: 12/9/113
Primary Creator: Brooks, Edward A. (1926-2023)
Extent: 0.25 cubic feet
Arrangement: Arrangement of scrapbook done by Edward A. Brooks and maintained in its original order.
Date Acquired: 10/23/2009. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Alumni, Alumni Association, Band, Football, Marching bands, Marching Illini, Sousa, John Philip
Formats/Genres: Newspaper Clippings, Papers, Photographs
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Contains the Edward A. Brooks University of Illinois Marching Band Scrapbook, which consists of newspaper clippings, photographs and band formation routine guides, documenting the University of Illinois Marching Band during 1944-1950, with most material coming from the 1948 and 1949 football seasons. Also contains Sousa Band Willow Grove concert programs from 1925.
Biographical Note
Edward Albert Brooks (1926-2023) was born December 5, 1926 in Burlington, Iowa. He attended Stronghurst High School in Stronghurst, IL. He was admitted to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Civil Engineering at the start of WWII, but his freshman year was delayed after he enlisted in the Navy. He served on the USS Helena until the end of the war. He would go on to serve as a naval reserve officer, Civil Engineering Corps as a Lieutenant Commander. After returning to the University, he played baritone in the Illini Marching Band and both the First and Second Regimental Bands. He was also a student member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the editorial staff of the Technograph, a student publication of the College of Engineering. Brooks graduated with his bachelor's degree in 1950.
After graduating, he worked as a civil engineer in the Illinois Department of Transportation until retiring in 1987. He earned a M.A. in public administration from University of Illinois Springfield (then Sangamon State) in 1974.
Edward A. Brooks was a life member of the University of Illinois Alumni Association, serving as a President Council member from 1986 to 2023, and a member of the University of Illinois Foundation from 1997 to 2023. He won the Loyalty Award for Exceptional Alumni Service in 2002. During his free time, he performed in the Marching Illini Reunion Band, the Ansar Shriner Band, and Windjammers Unlimited, a circus music preservation band. He was also a Master Mason, serving the Masonic Temple for 75 years. Brooks died in Springfield Illinois on December 11, 2023.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals:
Concert programs acquired July 7, 2015.
Acquisition Source:
Edward A. Brooks
Acquisition Method:
Donation
Related Materials:
Everett D. Kisinger Papers, 1934-1976, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Box and Folder Listing
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Box 1],
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- Box 1
- Item 1: Scrapbook, 1944-1949
- Scrapbook Page 1: Routine sheet and newspaper clipping, Fall 1944
- Routine sheet, Iowa Game, Oct. 14, 1944; Routine sheet, Notre Dame Game, Oct. 28, 1944; Clipping, UIUC game, Sept. 16, 1944
- Scrapbook Page 2: University of Illinois Football Season, 1944
- Poster
- Scrapbook Page 3: Tryout information, hanbook for band members and lyrics for Illini songs, 1948-1949
- Scrapbook Page 4: Routine diagrams for Army Game and photographs of routines, 1948
- Scrapbook Page 5: Army game routine charts and newpaper clippings, October 1948
- Scrapbook Page 6: Army game clippings and photographs of routines, October 1948
- Scrapbook Page 7: Army game clippings and photographs of routines, October 1948
- Scrapbook Page 8: Minnesota game, 1948
- Routine diagrams, traveling menu and newspaper clippings
- Scrapbook Page 9: Purdue game, 1948
- Routine diagrams and newspaper clippings
- Scrapbook Page 10: Purdue game, 1948
- Routine digrams and newspaper clippings
- Scrapbook Page 11: Purdue game, October 1948
- Newspaper clippings and photographs
- Scrapbook Page 12: Purdue game, October 1948
- Routine photographs celebrating United Nations Day
- Scrapbook Page 13: Iowa game, 1948
- Routine diagrams and photographs
- Scrapbook Page 14: Iowa game, 1948
- Routine diagrams and newspaper clippings
- Scrapbook Page 15: Iowa game, 1948
- Photographs and newspaper clippings
- Scrapbook Page 16: Iowa game, 1948
- Photographs and newspaper clippings
- Scrapbook Page 17: Ohio game, 1948
- Routine diagrams and photographs
- Scrapbook Page 18: Ohio game, 1948
- Newspaper clippings
- Scrapbook Page 19: Homecoming weekend (Ohio game), October 13, 1948
- Newspaper clippings
- Scrapbook Page 20: Ohio game, October 13, 1948
- Routine diagrams, photographs and homecoming pin
- Scrapbook Page 21: Ohio game, October 13, 1948
- Newspaper clippings
- Scrapbook Page 22: Wisconsin game, 1949
- Routine diagrams, photographs and newspaper clipping
- Scrapbook Page 23: Wisconsin game, 1949
- Routine diagrams and newspaper clipping
- Scrapbook Page 24: Wisconsin game, 1949
- Newspaper clippings and photographs
- Scrapbook Page 25: Iowa game, 1949
- Routine diagrams, newspaper clippings and class absence approval
- Scrapbook Page 26: Missouri game, 1949
- Routine and photographs
- Scrapbook Page 27: Missouri game, 1949
- Routine diagrams, photograph and newspaper clipping
- Scrapbook Page 28: Missouri game, 1949
- Newspaper clippings and photographs
- Scrapbook Page 29: Michigan game, 1949
- Routine diagrams and newspaper clipping
- Scrapbook Page 30: Michigan game, 1949
- Photograph and newspaper clipping
- Scrapbook Page 31: Michigan game, 1949
- Newspaper clippings - Bob Zuppke celebratory routine
- Scrapbook Page 32: Michigan game, 1949
- Routine diagrams and newspaper clipping
- Scrapbook Page 33: Michigan game, 1949
- Photographs
- Scrapbook Page 34: Indiana game, 1949
- Routine diagrams and newspaper clippings
- Scrapbook Page 35: Indiana game, 1949
- Photographs
- Scrapbook Page 36: Indiana game, 1949
- Routine diagrams, photograph and newspaper clippings
- Scrapbook Page 37: Indiana game, 1949
- Photographs
- Scrapbook Page 38: Northwestern game, 1949
- Routine diagrams, photographs and newspaper clipping
- Scrapbook Page 39: Northwestern game, 1949
- Routine diagrams, newspaper clipping and homecoming pin
- Scrapbook Page 40: Northwestern game, 1949
- Newspaper clippings and photographs
- Scrapbook Page 41: Homecoming weekend (Northwestern game), 1949
- Newspaper clippings of parade and decorations
- Scrapbook Page 42: Edward A. Brooks, 1949
- Photographs in uniform in front of house, 701 W. Iowa Street, Urbana
- Scrapbook Page 43: Edward A. Brooks, 1949
- Photographs in uniform in front 111 S. Lincoln, Urbana, and photographs of routines
- Scrapbook Page 44: "Illini Bnad Practices Six Days Each Week", November 16, 1949
- Newspaper clipping from "The Quarterback"
- Scrapbook Page 45: First Regimental Band Clinic program, 1950
- Newspaper clippings for band award ceremonies
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