Finding Aid for Music and Performing Arts Library Small Special Collections, 1911-1981 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Noah Lenstra, Nolan Vallier, Jonas Kromer Yela, Sandy Kroeker

× Locations for this record series:

• Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street
• SACAM, Band Building, 1103 S. 6th Street

Service Location	Boxes
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 1-4
SACAM, Band Building, 1103 S. 6th Street	Box 5
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 6
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 7 & 9
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 8
SACAM, Band Building, 1103 S. 6th Street	Oversize Portfolio Case 2

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Biographical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Small Special Collections

Box 1

Folder 1: Dorothy Bowen newspaper clippings, 1926-1960

Folder 2: Dorothy Bowen concert programs, 1926-1960

Folder 3: Dorothy Bowen photographs, 1926-1960

Includes photographs of other performers signed and dedicated to Bowen.

Folder 4: John W. Hausserman biographical sketches, 1979-1981

Includes concert program for the Seventieth Birthday Recital of The Organ Works of John Haussermann, performed by Susan Summerfield, September 7, 1979, First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, as well as other biographical sketches and news paper clippings on the composer.

Folder 5: Marshall Howenstein collection - Maud Powell photograph, undated

Folder 6: Marshall Howenstein collection - Maud Powell newspaper clippings, undated

Folder 7: Marshall Howenstein collection - Maud Powell concert programs and advertisements, 1905-1907/1921/1994

Folder 8: Marshall Howenstein collection - correspondence and photocopy of "Caprice on Dixie" as played by Maud Powell, undated

Correspondence from Maud Powell's cousin Mabel Love to Howenstein

Folder 9: Marshall Howenstein collection - American String Teacher magazine, vol. 24, no. 4, 1974

Features Maud Powell on cover, 1974

Folder 10: Marshall Howenstein Collection - Maud Powell biographical information, undated

Folder 11: Gabriel Magyar collection, ca. 1900-1910

Includes a photograph of J. Mandel-Merei, an autographed portrait of the violinist Amely Heller, along with Mandel-Merei correspondence, including an autographed publication of A. Dvorak's Stabat Mater dedicated to Mandel-Merei.

Folder 12: Lew Williams collection - newspaper and magazine clippings, 1948-1989

Articles from New Yorker and other magazines on jazz

Folder 13: Lew Williams Collection - Star Course concert program with Duke Ellington, 1948

University of Illinois Star Course program, "Duke Ellington and his Orchestra" (Jan 23 and 24, 1948)

Folder 14: Lew Williams collection - Duke Ellington Biographical information and research file, 1950-1989

Includes undated copy of letter from Lew Williams to Crawford concerning loan of Ellington materials

Folder 15: Lew Williams collection - photographs of Duke Ellington and other jazz performers, undated

Folder 16: Lucille V. Wilkey music, 1930-1952

Contains Certificate of Copyright Registration for Wikley's "You'll Never Know;" an article entitled "Music In the Twenties" written by Wilkey; "Sentimental Songs: Words and Music by Lucille Wilkey"; and Wilkey's "Spring's Again in the Heart of Me."

Folder 17: Frank Scheibenreif Photographs, ca. 1930s-1950s

Folder 18: Lawrence King Photographs and autographed opera programs, undated

Folder 19: George Reeves newspaper clipping/photgraphs, 1949-1959

Includes newspaper clipping from 1959 with photo of Reeves and University of Illinois violinist Homer Schmitt and autographed photograph from Ruth Ball, January 25, 1949

Folder 20: Harriet B. Ward University of Illinois Concert Program Collection (Choral Society programs), 1910-1929

Programs of the Choral and Orchestral Society of the University of Illinois (formerly University of Illinois Choral Society) , J. Lawrence Erb, conductor

Folder 21: Harry Partch BMI Brochure, 1968

Folder 22: John Cage Newspaper Clippings, 1952-1973

Box 3

Folder 6: Carleton Smith Photograph and Clipping Collection, c. 1940-1990

Folder 8: Festival of Contemporary Arts Collection - Programs, brochures, and clippings, 1948-1959

Contents: Works performed on U of Ill. Festival, 1948-1956, inclusive; March 1948 Brochure; March 10-14, 1948 Program, 2 copies; February 24, 1949 Brochure; Spring 1949 Brochure; February-March 1949 Program; 1950 Music in Painting Brochure; "British Compose Hails U. of I. Music School" (Irving Sablosky, Chicago Daily News), 1951 article; March-April 1951 Program; "Modernism in Illinois" (VirgilThompson, New York Herald Tribune, April 4, 1951) article; 1952 Brochure; 1953 Brochure; 1954 Brochure; 1955 Brochure, 2 copies; 1959 Brochure; March 1, 1959 program for "The Rape of Lucretia"

Folder 9: Festival of Contemporary Arts Collection - Programs, brochures, and clippings, 1961-1973

Spring 1961 Collection of Concert Programs; 1961 Brochure; 1963 Music Programs and Notes; 1963 Brochure; Spring 1963 Collection of Concert Programs; 1965 Music Programs and Notes; 1965 Brochure; Phoenix 73, includes notes on visiting artists, 1973

Box 5

Folder 1: Stabat Mater fur Soli, Chor, und Orchester, Op. 58 -- Anton Dvorak, 1881

Full score.  Published by Simrock in Berlin, 1881.  Dedicated and autographed to Mandel-Merei by Antonin Dvorak on May 13, 188-.  Evaluation of the score and Dvorak's signature by Donald Krummel can be found in the MPAL Small Special Collections control file.  A copy has been placed with the score. Donated by Gabriel Magyar and part of the Gabriel Magyar Collection.

Box 6

Item 1: Frank Skinner Collection - "Music" by Dr. Bruno David Ussher, June 5, 1939

Newspaper article about music at Universal Studios that mentions Skinner.

Folder 2: Frank Skinner Collection - Variety Daily newsletters, undated, 1939-1954

Includes Variety newsletters of January 13, 1939, February 25, 1939, March 17, 1939, November 1, 1939, July 21, 1954, and an undated issue.

Folder 3: Frank Skinner Collection - The Orchestra World newsletter, 1937-1939

Includes The Orchestra World newsletters from October 1937, May 1938, September 1939, and December 1939.

Folder 4: Frank Skinner Collection - The Hollywood Reporter newsletters, 1939-1941

Includes The Hollywood Reporter from January 13, 1939, February 25, 1939, November 1, 1939, and October 23, 1941.

Folder 5: Frank Skinner Collection - Undated clippings, undated

Includes Variety Daily clippings and unknown clippings.

Folder 6: Frank Skinner Collection - Newsletter Clippings, 1939-1963

Includes Tempo from January 1939, Revue Studios Club News from March 1963, and Christian Science Sentinel from October 14, 1939.

Folder 7: Frank Sinner Collection - Mementos from Universal Studios, undated, 1940

Includes dinner program from Universal Pictures Press Preview Dinner of "It's a Date" (March 19th), Studio Club Cafe menu from June 20, 1940.

Folder 8: Frank Skinner Collection - Hollywood Spectator newsletters, 1939-1940

Includes Hollywood Spectator clippings from February 4, 1939, March 18, 1939, June 10, 1939, September 2, 1939, September 30, 1939, October 28, 1939, November 11, 1939, November 25, 1939, January 20, 1940, and March 1, 1940.

Item 9: Frank Skinner Collection - Music Manuscript sketch of "Old Timer", undated

Item 10: Frank Skinner Collection - Scrapbook, 1937-1941

Scrapbook of mostly newsclippings relating to Frank Skinner.  Includes a few photographic images of Skinner.  Also includes sheet music to "It Happened in Kaloha by Ralph Freed and Frank Skinner, a ticket stub to Gala World Premiere of "100 Men and a Girl" on September 10, 1937, and a Studio Cafe Menu.

Oversize Portfolio Case 2: Richard De Peaux collection -- Unisonics score and artwork, 1978

Portfolio of "Unisonics" for saxophone and piano by Curtis C. Smith, hand printed (serigraphy) score and two pages of artwork depicting the composer.  Number 22 of 40 limited edition copies.  Printed on 100% rag Stonehenge, deckled edge paper.  19 pages of score, 2 pages of artwork. Includes description of edition by De Peaux.  Recording can be found in the Music and Performing Arts Library.

Series 2: Lawrence Tibbett Music and Papers, 1919-1929

Consists of 90 items of music from Tibbett's personal library (75 published songs or other vocal works and 15 unpublished items in manuscript or various forms of photo-duplication). Many items have Tibbett's signature and/or performance annotations, with occasional indications of where or when they were performed. One item of sheet music has a handwritten inscription to Tibbett from the composer Deems Taylor. Of special note is a large photograph of Tibbett performing before an audience in San Francisco, as well as three copies of a flyer displaying Tibbett's photograph and excerpts from several frequently-performed songs.

Box 1

Folder 23: Beethoven "Ninth Symphony" for alto, 1943

Manuscript version in German and Spanish (from Cuba)

Folder 24: Frank Bridge (lyrics by Robert Bridges) "So Perverse", 1916

Folder 25: Tchaikovsky (English lyrics by Nathan Haskell Dole) "Tell me why" for mezzo-soprano or baritone, 1893

In English, French and German. With Tibbett's hand-written annotations

Folder 26: Liza Lehmann (English lyrics by Edward Fitzgerald) "Myself When Young", 1910

Folder 27: R. Leoncavallo (English lyrics by Henry Grafton Chapman) "Pagliacci: Prologue", 1906

With hand-written annotations

Folder 28: Egidio Romoaldo Duni (Harmony by Alfred Pochon; English lyrics by Alice Mattullath) "Trois Chansons Anciennes" for Soprano, 1922

In English and French

Folder 29: Chaliapine and Koeneman (English lyrics by H.M. Buck) "El Ukhnem: The Song of the Volga Boatmen" for bass or baritone, 1924

In Russian, English and French. With hand-written annotations

Folder 30: David W. Guion "All Day on the Prairie: Texas Cowboy Song", 1930

Folder 31: Gladys Rich "American Lullaby" for low voice, 1932

Folder 32: Jacques Wolfe (lyrics edited by Clement Wood) "Short'nin' Bread", 1928

with hand-written annotations

Folder 33: Howard D. McKinney (lyrics by Nancy Byrd Tuner) "The Bagpipe Man" for range d-g, 1920

Folder 34: Walter Damrosch (lyrics by Rudyard Kipling) "Danny Deever: Ballad" for Baritone and Male Chorus, 1897

Folder 35: Oley Speaks (lyrics by Rudyard Kipling) "On the Road to Mandalay", 1907

Also contains 1908 version for medium voice

Box 2

Folder 1: Schubert, Schuman and Oley Speaks, 1912 and 1914

Franz Schubert (English lyrics by Alice Mattullath) "Night and Dreams", 1912, In German and English; R. Schuman "Traumerei", undated, For piano only, no voice; Oley Speaks (lyrics by Clinton Scollard) "Sylvia", 1914

Folder 2: Handel and Guion, 1914-1930

G.F. Handel (edited by Max Heinrich) "Where'er you walk" for low voice, 1914; David W. Guion "Home on the Range: Texas Cowboy Song" for low voice, 1930; G.F. Handel (arr. Arthur Somervell) "Silent Worship" for a low voice, 1928, In English and Italian

Folder 3: Hughes, Wolfe and Hely-Hutchinson, 1920-1929

Rupert Hughes (lyrics by Berton Braley) "The Roustabout" for medium or high voice, 1920; Jacques Wolfe (lyrics by Clement Wood) "De Glory Road", 1928; Victor Hely-Hutchinson "Old Mother Hubbard", 1929

Folder 4: Weatherly, Handel and Aikin, 1911-1922

Fred E. Weatherly "Danny Boy : Eily Dear", 1918; Handel (lyrics by Theo Marzials) "Hear Me, Ye Winds and Waves!", 1922; W.A. Aikin (lyrics by Shakespeare) "Sigh No More", 1911

Folder 5: Wagner and Brahms, ca. 1915

R. Wagner "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" for bass voice, undated, In English and German; R. Wagner "Wotan's Abschied: Wotan's Farewell", 1915, In English and German; Johannes Brahms "Minnelied" opus 71, number 5, In German, English and French

Folder 6: Youmans, Schubert and Somervell, 1939 and 1904

Vincent Youmans (lyrics by William Rose and Edward Eliscu) "Without a Song", 1939, For voice, piano and ukulele; Franz Schubert (lyrics by Ludwig Rellstab; English lyrics by Arthur Westbrook) "Serenade: Standchen", 1904, Arthur Somervell (lyrics by Edgar Allen Poe) "A Kingdom by the Sea" "sung by Lawrence Tibbett,? Includes Tibbett's manuscript scoring

Folder 7: Robinson and Brahms, 1922 and 1937

Avery Robinson "Water Boy: A Negro Convict Song", 1922; Johannes Brahms "One Thing Befalleth the Beasts" for low voice, undated, In English and German; Johannes Brahms (edited by Max Spicker; English lyrics by Henry G. Chapman) "Wir Wandelten", 1937, In English and German

Folder 8: d'Hardelot, Kern and Guion, 1902-1933

Guy d'Hardelot (English lyrics by Edward Teschemacher) "Because", 1902, In English and French; Jerome Kern (lyrics by Otto Harbach) "When Your Heart's On Fire Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", 1933; David W. Guion "Home on the Range: Texas Cowboy Song" for low voice, 1930

Folder 9: Wolfe, Taylor, and Rachmaninoff, 1917-1933

Jacques Wolfe (lyrics by Elias Lieberman) "The Hand-Organ Man" for medium voice, 1933; Deems Taylor (lyrics by James Stephens) "A Song for Lovers" for medium voice, 1920; Sergei Rachmaninoff (lyrics by Fet; English lyrics by George Harris, Jr. and Deems Taylor) "In the Silence of Night", 1917, English lyrics only

Folder 10: Rachmaninoff, Kern, and Tchaikovsky, 1894-1927

Sergei Rachmaninoff (lyrics by Khomiakoff; English lyrics by Rosa Newmarch) "To the Children", undated, English lyrics only; Jerome Kern (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein) "Ol' Man River" for Joe and Male Chorus, 1927, Contains ukulele part; Tchaikovsky (lyrics by Fred J. Whishaw) "To the Forest", 1894

Folder 11: Campbell-Tipton, Schubert, and Brahms, 1901-1908

Campbell-Tipton "A Spirit Flower", 1908; Franz Schubert (lyrics by Beranger) "The Wanderer", undated, Lyrics in English, German and French; Johannes Brahms (lyrics by Hans Schmidt; English lyrics by Arthur Westbrook) "Sapphic Ode", 1901

Folder 12: Franz, Tchaikovsky, and Leoncavallo, 1902-1906

Robert Franz "Widmung: Dedication", undated, In English and German; Tchaikovsky (lyrics by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; English lyrics by Arthur Westbrook) "None but the Lonely Heart" 1902; R. Leoncavallo (English lyrics by Henry Grafton Chapman) "Pagliacci: Arioso", 1906

Folder 13: Moussorgsky, Messager, and Wille, 1901-1931

Moussorgsky (lyrics by Robert Godet; English lyrics by M.C.H. Collet) "Chanson de la Puce: Song of the Flea", 1922, In Russian, English and French; Andre Messager (lyrics by F.W. Weatherly and Adrian Ross) "Long Ago in Alcala", 1901; Negro spiritual arranged by Stewart Wille "Lord, I Want to Be", 1931, "Dedicated to Lawrence Tibbett"

Folder 14: Dvorak, Arlen, and Tibbett, ca. 1922

Anton Dvorak (lyrics by William Arms Fisher) "Goin' Home" for medium voice, 1922; Harold Arlen (lyrics by E.Y. Harburg) "Last Night When We Were Young, (From 20th Century Fox production of "Metropolitan)" Manuscript version, undated; Lawrence Tibbett and Hit Paraders "Lucky Strike: Drums in My Heart," Manuscript version, undated.

Folder 15: Charles and Brahms, undated

Ernest Charles "When I Have sung my Songs", undated, manuscript;  Johannes Brahms (English lyrics by Frank La Forge) "Treachery: Verrath", manuscript, undated

Folder 16: Lehar, Rodgers, and Tibbett, ca. 1945

Franz Lehar (lyrics by Clifford Grey) "The White Dove", undated, manuscript version; Richard Rodgers (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein) "You'll Never Walk Alone", 1945, manuscript; Lawrence Tibbett (G. Rossini) "Il Barbiere di Siviglia : Cavatina", undated, manuscript

Folder 17: Cavallo and Handel, undated

Leon Cavallo "Prologue to Papliacci", undated, manuscript; G.F. Handel "The Land of Dreams: S'ei non mi Vuol Amar", undated, manuscript in English and Italian

Folder 18: Tibbett advertisements and Photograph

Lawerence Tibbett "Concert and Radio Repertoire" advertisement, undated, Three copies; Performance candid, San Francisco, October 19, Black and white photograph

Box 3

Folder 1: Taylor and Brahms, ca. 1923-1938

Deems Taylor "The Colonel's Air (You ask in Vain) from Peter Ibbetson", 1938, Lyrics by Alfred de Musset; English lyrics by Deems Taylor. Contains autograph of Deems Taylor and hand-written dedication to "Larry Tibbett"; Deems Taylor "Le Depart de L'Ame (The Soul's Departure)", 1923, Text in French and English, with French lyrics by Francois Coppee; Johannes Brahms (English lyrics by Frank La Forge) "Treachery: Verrath", undated, manuscript version

Folder 2: Respighi, Giordano, and Hume, 1896-1927

Ottorino Respighi "Four Scotting Songs", 1925, In German and English. Songs include "When the kye come hame"; "Within a Mile of Edinburgh town"; "My Heart's in the Highlands"; "The Piper of Dundee"; Umberto Giordano "Andrea Chenier" for Baritone, 1896, It Italian and French; Tobias Hume "Tobacco", 1927

Folder 3: Aikin, Gershwin, and Strauss, 1896-1935

W.A. Aikin (lyrics by Shakespeare) "Sonnet XVIII", 1911; George Gershwin (lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward) "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", 1935; Richard Strauss (English lyrics by John Bernhoff) "Morgen! : To-morrow!" for a low voice, 1896/1897, In English and German

Folder 4: Handel, Porter, and Romberg, 1923-1944

G.F. Handel (English lyrics by Th. Baker) "Ombra mai fu", 1923; Cole Porter "Night and Day", 1932; Sigmund Romberg (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein) "Wanting You: Duet" for Soprano and Tenor, 1944

Folder 5: Youmans, Porter and Romberg, 1928-1935

Vincent Youmans (lyrics by Edward Heyman) "Drums in My Heart", 1931, For piano, voice and ukulele; Cole Porter "Begin the Beguine", 1935; Sigmund Romberg (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein) "Wanting You: Duet", 1928

Box 4

Folder 1: La Boheme, Musetta's Waltz, Undated

Folder 2: Sir Frog, Johnny Comes Marching Home,Katie My Southern Rose, Swanne River, Undated

Folder 3: Frederika, Undated

Folder 4: Gypsy Baron, Undated

Folder 5: Mignon, Connais-Tu le Pays, Undated

Folder 6: Faufare, Undated

Series 3: Jere C. Mickel Scrapbook and Opera Program Collection, 1920-1970

Consists of programs and newspaper clippings documenting Mickel's career as Speech Professor as a Theater director at Millikin University, and elsewhere. Also includes opera newspaper clippings and programs from Chicago and the Midwest during the 1920s and 1930s, some of which were given to Mickel from John Call. Of special note are clippings and programs related to Mickel's founding and directing of the Illinois Pioneer Heritage Center Theater at Millikin University.

Box 3

Folder 7: Illinois Pioneer Heritage Theatre clippings, 1967

Includes programs and scripts from productions at the Monticello theater

Box 4

Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1940-1960

Contains programs and clippings related to Jere C. Mickel's involvement with various theatrical productions at the college campuses where he taught. Also includes correspondence relating to a fellowship Mickel received from the University of Chicago.

Folder 2: Chicago and Midwest opera programs and clippings, 1920-1940

Folder 3: John Call Opera scrapbook (1 of 2), 1920-1950

Contains a listing of Midwestern opera performers and their repertoire. Also includes clippings and programs on related performances.

Folder 4: John Call Opera Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1920-1950

Series 4: Robert F. Delzell Program Scrapbook, 1940

Consists of 1 item: Robert F. Delzell's scrapbook of programs and playbills from 1940 arranged in no particular order.

Box 7

Item 1: Robert F. Delzell Program Scrapbook, 1940

Contains programs, Stagebills, dinner menus, promotional flyers and newsclippings from the Chicago area. Items of note include: a dinner menu from the College Inn Panther Room signed by Fats Waller; news clippings, promotional poster, and program for Life with Father at the Blackstone Theatre, starring Lillian Gish and Percy Waram; news clippings and program for Ladies in Retirement at the Harris Theatre, starring Flora Robson; nes clippings and program for musical revue Meet the People at the Grand Opera House, starring Fay McKenzie; news clippings and program for Ice Follies of 1941 musical revue on ice; Chicago Theatre of the Air program signed by Gladys Swarthout; a souvenir booklet from Tribune Tower; program for concert in honor of Irving Berlin by the Chicago Opera Orchestra and Grace Moore, with encores annotated; 2 programs of one-act plays from Northwestern University's Studio Theatre; program for The Knavery of Scapin at Northwestern University; clippings and progrm for Lady in Waiting at the Harris Theatre staring Gladys George; clippings and program for Pygmalion at the Selwyn Theater starring Ruth Chatterton; three booklets advertising the Chicago Opera Company's 1940 Season; flyer and program for Oscar Levant's first Chicago concert, performing Gershwin; program for Here Today at the Selwyn Theatre starring Ruth Gordon; programs and clippings for There Shall be No Night starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; program for Sonja Henie's Hollywood Ice Revue; program and clippings for Du Barry was a Lady, with lyrics and music by Cole Porter, at the Erlanger Theatre starring Bert Lahr; program for persormance by Angna Enters at the Civic Theatre.

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