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By Caitlin Cakora, Elizabeth DiVincenzo, Deana Greenfield
Collection Overview
Title: Mary E Hoffman Papers, 1948-1995
ID: 12/5/57
Primary Creator: Hoffman, Mary E. (1926-1997)
Extent: 2.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: The papers are organized in three series: Series 1, Instructional Papers and Professional Presentations, 1957-1995; Series 2, Research and Publications, 1964-1993; and Series 3, Hoffman's Undergraduate and Graduate School Student Notes and Papers, 1948 and 1969-1973. Folders are arranged chronologically within each series.
Date Acquired: 01/15/2010
Subjects: Columbia University, Compositions-Music, Faculty, Faculty Papers, Music, School of, Music Educators National Conference, Music instruction, Music teachers, Music teachers - Training of, University of Illinois
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of lesson plans, lecture notes, and handouts produced for music education and music history classes; workshops, research papers, and articles; and choral arrangements composed by Mary Hoffman, documenting her career as a music educator and contributor to the scholarly field of music education. In addition, the collection includes Hoffman's student papers and correspondence produced while at Lebanon Valley College and the Teachers College at Columbia University.
Biographical Note
Mary E. Hoffman (1926-1997) was known for her work as an elementary and junior high school music teacher, professor of music education, author of music textbooks and arranger of choral music. She was born on October 18, 1926 in Reading, PA, and received a B.S. in Music and Music Education from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA in 1948. She received her master's degree from Teachers College at Columbia University in 1951 and later pursued doctoral studies at Northwestern University.
During her early career as a music educator, she taught choral, instrumental and general music for ten years in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Connecticut public schools. She subsequently served as the elementary vocal music supervisor for the Philadelphia Public School System for five years, and later served as the junior high school music supervisor in Milwaukee, WI.
Hoffman joined the faculty of the University of Illinois' School of Music at Urbana-Champaign in 1972, where she remained until her retirement in May of 1996. She served as president of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) from 1980-1982, and was renowned internationally as a leader in the field of education, specifically middle school music education. She authored five editions of the public school textbooks, World of Music and The Music Connection (Silver Burdett Co.) and several publications about music education including Teacher Competence and the Balanced Music Curriculum (MENC, 1985), and Teaching Music, What, How, Why (1973) which she co-authored with Alice S. Beer. She also wrote arrangements of choral music for junior high school students, and served as a guest conductor, speaker and clinician at nationwide and international engagements.
Hoffman received recognition for her contributions to music education through alumna citations from Lebanon Valley College and Teachers College, and the Distinguished Service Award from MENC. Hoffman died on March 18, 1997, and was inducted posthumously into the Music Educator's Hall of Fame during the annual meeting of the Music Educator's National Conference in 1998.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
School of Music
Acquisition Method:
Transfer
Related Materials:
Mary E. Hoffman Papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries. For more information please see http://lib.umd.edu/archivesum/actions.DisplayEADDoc.do;jsessionid=B39C4072F59C605643EAB623EEE7D9F9?source=MdU.ead.scpa.0053.xml&style=ead.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Instructional Papers and Professional Presentations, 1957-1995],
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Series 2: Research and Publications, 1964-1993],
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Series 3: Hoffman's Undergraduate and Graduate School Student Notes and Papers, 1948 and 1969-1973],
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- Series 1: Instructional Papers and Professional Presentations, 1957-1995
- Consists of presentation speeches and notes; workshop/clinic handouts, notes, and correspondence; and student papers and course curriculae. In addition there are reports for Hoffman's two sabbaticals, vitae, and student doctoral proposals. These materials were produced and/or accumulated by Hoffman throughout her professional career as a school music teacher, professor of music education, and contributor to the development of music educational standards for public schools.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Elementary School Workshop Research (1 of 2), 1957-1980
- Folder 2: Elementary School Workshop Research (2 of 2), 1968-1972
- Folder 3: High School Workshop Research (1 of 2), 1959-1974
- Folder 4: High School Workshop Research (2 of 2), 1969-1978
- Folder 5: "Teaching Concepts through Music" Workshop Notes, 1964-1980
- Folder 6: Concert Program Notes and Papers (Milwaukee, WI), ca. 1965-1967
- Folder 7: "What is so General about Music" Workshop Notes, 1967-1980
- Folder 8: "Teaching Music: What, How and Why" Speech Notes, 1969
- Folder 9: Aesthetic Education Workshop, 1969-1982
- Folder 10: Music of the Classical Period - History of Opera Curriculum, 1971-1972
- Folder 11: University of Illinois Faculty Load Forms, 1971-1994
- Folder 12: Illinois Office of Education Certification Requirements, 1972
- Folder 13: "Conceptual Education" Workshop Notes, 1974-1978
- Folder 14: University of Illinois Capricious Grading Committee, 1975-1983
- Folder 15: "Generating Excitement in Junior High School General Music" Workshop Notes, 1976-1982
- Folder 16: "Aesthetic Education in Action" Workshop Notes, 1977-1979
- Folder 17: "Some thoughts on Methods Teaching" Speech, 1978
- Folder 18: Carl Orff Symposium in Salzburg Program, 1980
- Folder 19: "Perspectives on Music for the General Student in the 1990s" Research, ca. 1990
- Folder 20: Review of Masters of Arts in Education Program at University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1983
- Folder 21: Society for General Music In-Service Eastern Division Correspondence, 1984
- Folder 22: "Recent Research on Young Children" Speech, 1984
- Folder 23: Sabbatical Leave Reports, 1984 and 1992
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Charles Leonhard's Speeches, 1984-1994
- Folder 2: Virginia Stateboard Presentation and "Teacher Competence and the Balanced Music Curriculum" Speech, 1985, 1990
- Folder 3: Dee Justice Doctoral Proposal, 1986
- Folder 4: Elizabeth Ann Bedsole Doctoral Thesis, 1986
- Folder 5: "Climate Illinois Music Education" Speech, 1986
- Folder 6: Illinois Music Educators Association Conference Programs and Notes, 1986-1987
- Folder 7: "Advocacy and the Arts" Speech, 1987
- Folder 8: University of Illinois School of Music Commencement Speech, 1987
- Folder 9: Eastern Division MENC Workshop Notes, 1987
- Folder 10: "World of Music" One Day Workshop, 1987
- Folder 11: Letters to Steve Katz, 1989
- Folder 12: Vita, ca. 1990
- Folder 13: Claudia Woll's Teaching Assistant Letter, 1990
- Folder 14: "The Potential for MENC as a Leader in Arts Education Policy" Speech and Committee on Institutional Cooperation Conference Notes, 1990
- Folder 15: Post-Sabbatical Survey and Music 4XX Course Outline, 1991-1992
- Folder 16: "Literature for Children" Workshop Notes, 1992
- Folder 17: Lebanon Valley College Alumni Award Speech, 1992
- Folder 18: Leadership Doctoral Seminar Research, 1993
- Folder 19: Correspondence with David Pearson, Dean, College of Education, 1993
- Folder 20: "General Music in the Middle School" Curriculum, 1995
- Folder 21: "The Inaccurate or Out-of-Tune Singer" Workshop Notes, undated
- Folder 22: "Learning in Music" Workshop Notes, undated
- Folder 23: Course for Non-Music Majors Notes, undated
- Folder 24: Silver Summer Junior High School Workshop Notes, undated
- Folder 25: "What is so General about Music?" Workshop Outline, undated
- Folder 26: Elementary School Instruction Handouts, undated
- Folder 27: Integrated Arts Workshop Notes, undated
- Folder 28: Music 240 Course Notes, undated
- Folder 29: "On Being a Music Educator" Speech, undated
- Folder 30: "A Pragmatic View of the General Music Curriculum" Speech, undated
- Folder 31: "Generalized Aural Processing" Workshop Notes, undated
- Folder 32: "Why a Joint Convention?" Nebraska Presentation, undated
- Folder 33: "Legislation in the Arts" Speech, undated
- Folder 34: Missouri Music Edcators Conference 50th Anniversary Keynote Speech Outline, undated
- Folder 35: "Who say we ain't got class" Speech, undated
- Folder 36: Maine Music Educators Association Speech Outline, undated
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[Series 1: Instructional Papers and Professional Presentations, 1957-1995],
[
Series 2: Research and Publications, 1964-1993],
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Series 3: Hoffman's Undergraduate and Graduate School Student Notes and Papers, 1948 and 1969-1973],
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