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By Noah Lenstra, Nolan Vallier, Jonas Kromer Yela, Sandy Kroeker
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Collection Overview
Title: Music and Performing Arts Library Small Special Collections, 1911-1981
ID: 35/3/81
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Music and Performing Arts Library (1944-)
Other Creators: Bowen, Dorothy (ca. 1900-1980), Haussermann, John (1909-1986), Howenstein, Marshall (1901-2001), Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960), Lew Williams (1934 -), Magyar, Gabriel (1914-2011), Mickel, Jere C. (1905-1985), Skinner, Frank (1897-1968), Ward, Harriet B. (ca. 1890-1950), Wilkey, Lucille V.
Extent: 4.75 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in five series: Series 1, Small Special Collections, Series 2, Lawrence Tibbett Music and Papers, 1919-1929, and Series 3, Jere C. Mickel Scrapbook and Opera Program Collection, 1920-1970. Content of each series is arranged alphabetically. Series 4 is a single item, Robert Delzell's scrapbook, and contains programs from 1940 arranged in no particular order. Series 5 is arranged into 3 subseries: Champaign-Urbana and the University of Illinois, Chicago Metropolitan Area, and Other Cities. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically by producing organization and chronologically within each organizational grouping.
Date Acquired: 02/23/2010. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Band Concerts, Band Musicians, Bands (Music), Biography, Cage, John, film music, Films, Jazz, Military Bands, Music, School of, Opera, Orchestra, Photographs, Radio Broadcasting, Sousa, John Philip, Symphony Orchestras, Theater orchestra music
Formats/Genres: Newspaper Clippings, Sheet music
Languages: English, French, Hungarian
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of small collections of newspaper clippings, sheet music, correspondence, concert programs, biographical sketches, photographs, and radio show scripts documenting music performances by School of Music student ensembles and other nineteenth- and twentieth-century performers and composers. Of particular significance is an original published piano-vocal score of A. Dvorak's Stabat Mater with his hand-written dedication to J. Mandel-Merei.
Biographical Note
The University of Illinois Music and Performing Arts Library was initially founded in the memorial room of Smith Hall in 1943. The school's first music librarian was Jay Allen (1943-1960) and his assistant was Virginia Shirley. In 1963, the University of Illinois received a generous gift from Ellnora Krannert (class of 1912). However, the grant arrived just as the School of Music was planning to construct a new educational building for music on campus. Since Krannert's grant was so substantial, the State of Illinois dropped the budget it had planned for two construction projects: a new library (conceived to alleviate the overcrowded music library in Smith) as well as an addition to Smith Hall. At the time, the library was under the direction of Thor E. Wood (1960-1965). While the new Krannert Center (opened in 1969) contained numerous performance spaces, it did not have space to accomodate the vast library of music books and recordings that had been collected by the School of Music. Funding eventually came in the early 1970s and the School of Music moved into its current location in the Music Building 1114 W. Nevada Street in 1972. The library soon followed, opening in 1974. Head librarian William McClellan (1965-1997) resided over the new library space and quickly began expanding the library's holdings to include not only books and audio recordings but also special collections. Wilma Jean Geil (assistant librarian 1965-1996) collected and processed many of the small special collections. In most cases, if a collection contained published music, LPs, or tape cassettes the items were ingested, cataloged, and dispersed among the circulating library collection. Many of the paper records within special collections acquired by the library remained unprocessed until 2015 when the majority of the special collections were transferred to the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals:
Ca. 1970 - Dorothy Bowen papers acquired; Ca. 1985 - Hausserman papers acquired from John W. Hausserman, Jr.; 1990 - Marhall Howenstein collection acquired; Ca. 1977 - Gabriel Magyar collection acquired; Ca. 1965 - Songs of France records acquired; Ca. 1980 - Harriet Ward programs acquired; Ca. 1960 - Lucille V. Wilkey music acquired; Ca. 1970 - Lew Williams Jazz Collection acquired. March 20, 2015 - The dePeaux collection (Unisonics score) acquired from Music and Performing Arts Library. May 13, 2015 - The Festival of Contemporary Arts Collection of programs, brochures, and clippings was acquired from the Music and Performing Arts Library.
On July 7, 2019, additional materials were found for the Kitty Cheatham Collection (formerly called the Yolande Oglesby Collection) and one folder was removed from Series 1 to be included within the Kitty Cheatham Collection in order to maintain the provenance of the original body of material.
Access Restrictions:
None
Use Restrictions:
None
Physical Access Note:
None
Technical Access Note:
None
Acquisition Source:
Music and Performing Arts Library
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Related Materials:
The Music Library Administrative Records (35/3/68) contains many of the control files for these small collections.
University of Illinois Festival of Contemporary Arts Music and Sound Recordings (12/5/818) and the School of Music Audio Department Sound Recordings, Series 4 Festival of Contemporary Arts (12/5/64) both contain material related to the Festival of Contemporary Arts.
The Gabriel Magyar Papers (12/5/23) contain materials related to the Magyar collection.
Materials from Series 4 and 5 were acquired interfiled with the Allen S. Weller Program Collection (12/1/21) and the materials from Box 1, Folder 5 of the Hunleth Music Store Sheet Music and Photograph Collection (12/9/123).
Processing Information:
Based on documents from MPAL's administrative records, the loose programs represented in Series 5 derived from 6 separate collections originally acquired by MPAL: the Harrison Edward Cunningham "Candy Box" Collection, the Hattie F Kaufman Collection, an unnamed collection identified only as "Two Boxes of Photographs," the Radcliffe Collection, the Frank Johnson Collection, and the Prehn Collection. These collections were all interfiled together. It was not possible to separate the programs into their original collections based on the descriptions in MPAL's administrative records.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Small Special Collections],
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Series 2: Lawrence Tibbett Music and Papers, 1919-1929],
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Series 3: Jere C. Mickel Scrapbook and Opera Program Collection, 1920-1970],
[
Series 4: Robert F. Delzell Program Scrapbook, 1940],
[Series
5: MPAL Program and Playbill Collection, 1883-1974],
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All]
- Series 5: MPAL Program and Playbill Collection, 1883-1974
- Consists of programs and playbills for performances in Champaign-Urbana and the University of Illinois, the Chicago Metropolitan Area, and Other Cities from 1883 to 1974. Arranged into 3 subseries based on location.
- Sub-Series 1: Champaign, Urbana, and the University of Illinois, 1891-1974
- Consists of programs from Champaign, Urbana, and the University of Illinois from 1891 to 1974. Arranged alphabetically by producing organization and chronologically within each organizational grouping.
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Zeta Psi, 1952
- Folder 2: American Association of University Women, 1928
- Folder 3: Armenian and Syrian Relief Committee, 1918
- Folder 4: Banquet in Appreciation of Dr. and Mrs. W.L. Burlison, 1951
- Folder 5: Belvoir Theatre, 1917
- Folder 6: Ben Greet Woodland Players, The, 1912
- Folder 7: Big Twelve Music Festival, 1940
- Folder 8: Business Office, 1948
- Folder 9: Central Illinois Music Festival, 1948
- Folder 10: Champaign Urbana Symphony, 1967-1969
- Folder 11: China Aid Committee of Champaign-Urbana, 1940
- Folder 12: Coburn Players, The, 1916
- Folder 13: Coffer Miller Players, The, undated
- Folder 14: College of Fine and Applied Arts, 1935-1944
- Folder 15: Convocation Programs, 1918-1957
- Folder 16: Department of English, 1921-1964
- Folder 17: Festival of Contemporary Arts, 1948-1951
- Folder 18: First Presbyterian Church, 1942
- Folder 19: Girls' Annual Stunt Show, 1918-1919
- Folder 20: Hillel Players, 1930-1931
- Folder 21: Illinois All-State High School Orchestra and Chorus, 1940
- Folder 22: Illinois Federation of Music Clubs, 1940
- Folder 23: Illinois Theatre, 1912-1920
- Folder 24: Illinois Union Dramatic Club, 1912-1916
- Folder 25: Illini Theatre Guild, 1923-1952
- Folder 26: Illini Union, 1930-1963
- Folder 27: Inaugural James G. Randall Lecture Series, 1974
- Folder 28: Interscholastic Circus, 1919
- Folder 29: Lincoln Hall Theater, 1913-1934
- Folder 30: Lorado Taft Lectureship, 1943
- Folder 31: Mask and Bauble, 1914-1946
- Folder 32: May Day, 1914-1921
- Folder 33: Music Study Club, 1929-1931
- Folder 34: Orpheum Theatre, 1949
- Folder 35: Philomathean and Alethenai Literary Societies, 1915
- Folder 36: Pierrots, 1922-1933
- Folder 37: Players Club, The, 1911-1959
- Folder 38: Professional Societies, 1925-1952
- Folder 39: Ravinia Festival, 1971
- Folder 40: Rialto Theatre, 1919-1921
- Folder 41: School of Music, 1914-1951
- Folder 42: Service League of Champaign-Urbana, 1953
- Folder 43: Sigma Delta Phi, 1929-1930
- Folder 44: Star Course, undated
- Folder 45: Star Course, 1912-1922
- Folder 46: Star Course, 1923-1929
- Folder 47: Star Course, 1930-1939
- Folder 48: Star Course, 1940-1950
- Folder 49: Star Course, 1950-1962
- Folder 50: Symphony Concert Course, 1915-1924
- Folder 51: Tuesday Morning Musical Club, 1929-1953
- Folder 52: United States Marine Band, The, 1920
- Folder 53: University Auditorium, 1912-1947
- Folder 54: University Club, 1916-1918
- Folder 55: University Choral Society, 1903-1929
- Folder 56: University Concert and Entertainment Board, 1931-1955
- Folder 57: Univesrity Concert Course, 1917-1919
- Folder 58: University Presbyterian Church, 1942-1943
- Folder 59: University Theatre, 1954-1963
- Folder 60: University of Illinois Agricultural Club, 1924
- Folder 61: University of Illinois Annual Maypole, 1912-1913
- Folder 62: University of Illinois Concert Band, 1931-1938
- Folder 63: University of Illinois German Club, 1948
- Folder 64: University of Illinois Glee Clubs, 1923-1941
- Folder 65: University of Illinois Orchestral Concerts, 1913-1915
- Folder 66: University of Illinois Summer Session, 1918-1921
- Folder 67: University of Illinois Symphony Series, 1940-1941
- Folder 68: University of Illinois Women's Club, 1921-1931
- Folder 69: Walker Opera House, 1897-1913
- Folder 70: Women's Group System, 1942-1947
- Folder 71: Woman's League, 1920-1937
- Folder 72: Woman's Relief Corps, 1891
- Folder 73: Virginia Theatre, 1921-1960
- Sub-Series 2: Chicago Metropolitan Area, 1883-1972
- Consists of programs from the Chicago Metropolitan Area from 1883 to 1972. Arranged alphabetically by producing organization and chronologically within each organizational grouping.
- Box 8
- Folder 74: Auditorium Theatre, 1895-1940, undated
- Folder 75: Ben Greet Players, The, undated
- Folder 76: Bertha Ott Concert Management, 1942
- Folder 77: Biography of Henry Irving, 1883
- Folder 78: Blackstone Theatre, 1940
- Folder 79: Chicago Civic Opera House, 1944
- Folder 80: Chicago Musical College, 1900
- Folder 81: Chicago Stagebill, 1936-1952
- Box 9
- Folder 1: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1902-1935
- Folder 2: Chicago Theater of the Air, 1942-1944
- Folder 3: Cort Theatre Chicago, 1906
- Folder 4: Fourth Presbyterian Church, 1915
- Folder 5: Goodman Theatre, undated
- Folder 6: Horticultural Society of Chicago, 1904
- Folder 7: Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1954-1972
- Folder 8: National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1893
- Folder 9: Orson Welles' "Julius Caesar", 1938
- Folder 10: Press Club Entertainers, 1897
- Folder 11: Rothschild and Company, 1904
- Folder 12: Royal English Circus, The, undated
- Folder 13: Selwyn Theatre, undated
- Folder 14: Sherwood Music School, 1903-1904
- Folder 15: Slayton Lyceum Bureau, undated
- Folder 16: University of Illinois Commencement Program, 1946
- Sub-Series 3: Other Cities, 1889-1962
- Consists of programs from cities other than Champaign-Urbana and Chicago from 1889 to 1962. Arranged alphabetically by producing organization and chronologically within each organizational grouping.
- Box 9
- Folder 17: Aeolian Hall, New York, ca. 1912-1914
- Folder 18: Amateur Musical Club, 1948
- Folder 19: American Bandmasters' Association, 1936
- Folder 20: American Theatre St. Louis, 1950
- Folder 21: Arion Musical Club, 1889
- Folder 22: Central High School, Madison, WI, undated
- Folder 23: College Smoker Committee, The, 1920
- Folder 24: Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, undated
- Folder 25: Illinois Music Teachers' Association, The, 1921
- Folder 26: Lambs, The, 1898
- Folder 27: London Symphony Orchestra, 1962
- Folder 28: Lyric Theatre London, 1962
- Folder 29: Municipal Opera St. Louis, 1945
- Folder 30: Phinney's United States Band, 1899
- Folder 31: Sousa Band, ca. 1920
- Folder 32: St. Olaf Lutheran Choir, 1927
- Folder 33: Town Hall New York, The, 1925
- Folder 34: Whitney Museum of American Art, undated
- Folder 35: William Gillette's "Secret Service", 1897-1898
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Small Special Collections],
[
Series 2: Lawrence Tibbett Music and Papers, 1919-1929],
[
Series 3: Jere C. Mickel Scrapbook and Opera Program Collection, 1920-1970],
[
Series 4: Robert F. Delzell Program Scrapbook, 1940],
[Series
5: MPAL Program and Playbill Collection, 1883-1974],
[
All]