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By Maia Perez
Collection Overview
Title: School of Music Administrative Records, 1971-2016

ID: 12/5/2
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. School of Music
Extent: 4.7 cubic feet
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically within grouping.
Date Acquired: 04/10/2018. More info below under Accruals.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of administrative documents and correspondence related to the School of Music Centennial Festival Program, Summer Opera, and the Summer Music Festival; and budget information, membership records, and correspondence related to the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.
Collection Historical Note
The School of Music (SOM) opened in 1895 and pianist Charlotte Patchin was the first music instructor hired, with two voice teachers soon joining her. By 1893 the all-male Military Band of some 60 members represented the University at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The next year, wanting to attract more female students, University President Andrew Draper proposed adding a School of Music. Illinois's flagship musical institution began with about 45 students, and a Ladies' Glee Club was among its eight active ensembles. From the beginning the intent was to balance "first-class courses" with performance.
By 1902-03, the School of Music was already providing leadership in teacher training, initiating a progressive course in Public School Methods. The remarkable Albert Austin Harding, student in the College of Engineering and first-chair cornet in the band, became band director in 1902 during his junior year. Harding introduced open-air band concerts on the Quad as well as the "Block I" marching band formation, and he made about 150 of his own transcriptions from operatic and orchestral scores. Under Harding the band grew from 30 members to 215 by 1918. John Philip Sousa was Harding's friend and admirer; visiting the campus in 1930 he called Harding's ensemble "The world's greatest college band" and donated his music library to the school.
The first SOM building is now a registered historic landmark. In 1916 Captain Thomas J. Smith donated land and money for this building (now called Smith Music Hall), as well as four scholarships, in memory of his wife. The school's director, Frederic Stiven, then wrote "To Illinois belongs the honor of being the first state to put its School of Music on the same basis as the other colleges of its great University." He set the tone for the SOM to give both specialized professional training and an appreciative understanding of music through "zealous teaching."
At the forefront of education, generations of music faculty here have been innovative. In the 1930s pianist and educator Velma Wilson led a music appreciation course with 171 students and used radio and movies as new media to teach it, helped establish the music education curriculum, and helped organize All-State Music Festivals on campus. Theorist Hubert Kessler, a student of Heinrich Schenker, brought Schenkerian analysis to courses as early as 1930.
After WWII Ludwig and Laura Zirner introduced ever more operas to the campus in a sustained, imaginative, and serious way. Old and modern, minor and major, standard and unusual operas have been presented in annual workshops and performances ever since. Along with outstanding faculty, these productions have attracted some extraordinary vocal talents to the campus. Also in the late 1940s concert violinist Paul Rolland led the first Illinois Stringed Instrument Clinic and helped organize the American String Teachers Association. In the 1960s, with a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Education, he developed a string pedagogy course and a new method that he called the "teaching of action in string playing," now used worldwide. Among the University Orchestra's credits are an extensive tour of South America and concerts under such guest conductors as Sir Thomas Beecham, Margaret Hillis, Paul Hindemith, Rafael Kubelik, and Leopold Stokowski. The Walden String Quartet was the first such ensemble in residence full-time at an American university. At the University of Illinois and throughout the United States it specialized in contemporary music. The Pacifica Quartet built upon that tradition as quartet in residence from 2003 until 2012.
George Hunter established a Collegium Musicum here in 1950, and early music groups have developed since, using period instruments and replicas of them. New music composition and performance has brought still more acclaim to the SOM. For decades the school held Festivals of Contemporary Arts, drawing such composers as Igor Stravinsky and Aaron Copland, John Cage and Harry Partch, Benjamin Britten and Elliot Carter. Professor Lejaren Hiller helped establish computer- and electronic-generated experimental music studios that were the first of their kind in the Western hemisphere. In Urbana, the legendary home of Hal in Kubrick's "Space Odyssey," music students not surprisingly could use PLATO by the 1970s to help learn theory and aural skills. By the mid-1980s ChoraLearn, a computer program designed here, imitated and analyzed Bach chorales. University of Illinois theorists and composers have continued to design innovative computer programs building on those roots.
The SOM began an outreach, or "extension," program in 1948 and the Illinois Summer Youth Music programs in 1949, hosting numerous young people and teachers from throughout the state in the years since. At the other end of the spectrum, the SOM's at times explosive growth in library research facilities, its stellar faculty members in musicology, composition, and education, and its early establishment of four doctoral programs have drawn serious young professional scholars, composers, teachers, and performers to the campus for graduate work that has taken the school's influence to all parts of the globe. From all these remarkable and strong roots our school's faculty and students continue to develop.
For those interested in more in depth information on the history of the University of Illinois School of Music, we recommend "A Sympathy with Sounds: A Brief History of the University of Illinois School of Music to Celebrate Its Centennial" 1995 by Ann L. Silverberg.
(History taken from the School of Music's website: https://music.illinois.edu/our-history)
Biographical Note
After five years of study and discussion on the subject, the Board of Trustees organized the School of Music on June 9, 1897, to offer courses in musical instruction.1 Initially the courses of study included vocal and instrumental training as well as work in the history of music.2 In 1922 the curriculum of Music Education was added in cooperation with the College of Education.3 When the College of Fine and Applied Arts was organized on March 12, 1931, the school of Music was included in the new college.4 The School started to offer courses leading to the degree of Master of Music in 1940, and, in 1953, it began to offer courses leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology.5 Both graduate and undergraduate curricula expanded until in 1974 the School of Music offered courses in the fields of theory, history, and applied music. Degrees offered include the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Music, Master of Science in Music Education, Doctor of Education in Music Education, Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, and Doctor of Musical Arts.6 Musical groups often associated with the School such as the University Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestras, Wind Ensemble, and Contemporary Chamber Players are open to qualified students from any college.7
This unit covers:
--Music Education, Council for Research in (1974)
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1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 16th Report, March 8, 1892, p. 205; 18th Report, March 12, 1895, pp. 73, 77; June 11, 1895, pp. 95-96, 102; 19th Report, June 9, 1897, pp. 124-25.
2. Catalogs and Registers, 1897-98, pp. 135-37.
3. Ibid., 1922-23, p. 116.
4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 36th Report, March 12, 1931, p. 186-87.
5. Catalogs and Registers, 1940-41, p. 167; Undergraduate Study Catalog, 1953-54, p. 130.
6. Undergraduate Study Catalog, 1973-75, p. 259.
7. Ibid., 1973-75, p. 259.
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals:
Additional 3 cubic feet of records transferred from the School of Music Administrative Office on September 19, 2018.
Two scrapbooks given by Linda Moorehouse on June 26, 2023.
Acquisition Source:
Transferred to the Sousa Archives by Joseph Baldwin and David Allen of the School of Music's Development Office
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Administrative and Business Records, 1974-2012],
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Series 2: National Association of Schools of Music Surveys, 1971-1991],
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Series 3: Concert and Event Programs, 1994-2016],
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Series 4: Young People's Concert Administrative Records, 1996-2002],
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Series 5: Piano Laboratory Program Student and Staff Records, 1996-2005],
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Series 6: Scrapbooks and Newspaper Clippings, 1946-2011],
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Series 7: Photos, 1959-1997],
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Series 8: Recordings, 1990-2004],
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Series 9: Posters and Advertising, 1968-2014],
[All]
- Series 1: Administrative and Business Records, 1974-2012

- Consists of administrative and business records from the University of Illinois' School of Music, including meeting minutes, handbooks and directories, festival records, and the annual awards luncheon programming, budget, and selection records.
- Box 1

- Folder 1: Nicholas Di Virgilio correspondence, 1985-2000

- Folder 5: Summer Opera materials, 1997

- Folder 6: Pi Kappa Lambda membership registration receipts, 1994-2002

- Folder 7: Pi Kappa Lambda membership forms and correspondence, 2003

- Folder 8: Pi Kappa Lambda registration forms and member addresses, 2003

- Folder 9: Pi Kappa Lambda correspondence, 2004-2007

- Folder 10: Pi Kappa Lambda correspondence, 2007-2008

- Folder 11: Pi Kappa Lambda handbook, 2008

- Folder 24: Budget correspondence, 2009

- Folder 12: Summer Music Festival materials, 1993

- Folder 13: Summer Music Festival materials, 1994

- Folder 14: Summer Music Festival materials, 1995

- Folder 15: Summer Music Festival materials, 1996

- Folder 16: Summer Music Festival materials, 1997

- Folder 17: Summer Music Festival materials, 1998

- Folder 18: Summer Music Festival materials, 1999

- Folder 19: Summer Music Festival materials, 2000

- Folder 20: Summer Music Festival materials, 2001

- Folder 21: Summer Music Festival materials, 2002

- Folder 22: Summer Music Festival materials, 2003

- Folder 23: Summer Music Festival materials, 2004

- Box 5

- Folder 4: School of Music faculty meeting minutes, 1974-1986

- Folder 5: School of Music Executive Committee meeting minutes, 1981-1985

- Folder 6: School of Music Advisory Committee meeting minutes, 1981-1985

- Folder 7: Faculty handbook and bylaws, 1991

- Folder 8: Tour and trip travel itineraries, 1992-1996

- Folder 9: Marching Band Festival employment records and scorecards, 1994

- Folder 10: School of Music faculty handbook, 2000-2001

- Folder 11: School of Music faculty and staff directories, 2002-2005

- Folder 12: Handbook for graduate students in music, 2002-2005

- Folder 13: Graduate students in music education handbooks, 2003-2006

- Folder 14: Handbook for undergraduate music majors, 2004-2005

- Folder 15: School of Music undergraduate directories, 2005-2006

- Folder 16: School of Music undergraduate office procedure manual, 2006

- Folder 17: School of Music Convocation organizational records, 2006

- Folder 18: Jupiter String Quartet residency records and evaluations, 2012

- Folder 19: Parker String Quartet residency records and evaluations, 2012

- Folder 20: Jasper String Quartet residency records and evaluations, 2012

- Sub-Series 1: Awards Luncheon, 1988-2004

- Administrative records from the School of Music relating to the annual awards luncheon organizing and programming. Arranged chronologically.
- Box 6

- Folder 1: Awards Luncheon records location, 1988

- Folder 2: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 1989

- Folder 3: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 1990

- Folder 4: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 1991

- Folder 5: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 1992

- Folder 6: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 1993

- Folder 7: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 1994

- Folder 8: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 1995

- Folder 9: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 1996

- Folder 10: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 1997

- Folder 11: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 1998

- Folder 12: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 1999

- Folder 13: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 2000

- Folder 14: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 2001

- Folder 15: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 2002

- Folder 16: Awards Luncheon organizing records (1 of 2), 2003

- Folder 17: Awards Luncheon organizing records (2 of 2), 2003

- Folder 18: Awards Luncheon organizing records, 2004

- Sub-Series 2: Administrative Computer Files

- Administrative and personnel files on floppy disks, arranged alphabetically.
- Box 7

- Disk 101: Backup (1 of 12), 1992

- Disk 102: Backup (2 of 12), 1992

- Disk 103: Backup (3 of 12), Dec. 2, 1992

- Disk 104: Backup (4 of 12), 1992

- Disk 105: Backup (5 of 12), 1992

- Disk 106: Backup (6 of 12), 1992

- Disk 107: Backup (7 of 12), 1992

- Disk 108: Backup (8 of 12), 1992

- Disk 109: Backup (9 of 12), 1992

- Disk 110: Backup (10 of 12), Mar., 1992

- Disk 111: Backup (11 of 12), Mar., 1992

- Disk 112: Backup (12 of 12), Oct., 1993

- Disk 113: Barry's Disk (7.0), undated

- Disk 114: Barry Hearn (6.0), undated

- Disk 115: Calendar (CCPlus), undated

- Disk 116: CCPlus Calendars, undated

- Disk 117: Conductors' Meetings, undated

- Disk 118: Ensemble Committee, Feb. 4, 1992

- Disk 119: Files from C:\ (root), #1, copies, undated

- Disk 120: Files from C:\ (root), #2, copies, undated

- Disk 121: Graphics (5.0), undated

- Disk 122: High School Band List, undated

- Disk 123: Highschool List, Vocal Info, undated

- Disk 124: Jerry, Jan. 17, 1995

- Disk 125: Jerry, undated

- Disk 126: JM ACCT2, Staff 95, Week 1, 1995

- Disk 127: Joe Grant, Dec., 1992

- Disk 128: Joe, Jan. 17, 1995

- Disk 129: Mailing Form, undated

- Disk 130: Mailing List Junior Colleges & Universities (IL), undated

- Disk 131: Miscellaneous Disk ("5.0" Version"), Sept., 1989

- Disk 132: Misc. files, Jan. 17, 1995

- Disk 133: Monthly Calendar Info, undated

- Disk 134: Nina, Dec. 4, 1992

- Disk 135: Orch. Daily Schedules, Audition Schedules, undated

- Disk 136: Pages for Booklets used for all programs, undated

- Disk 137: Recital Prog. statement examples, undated

- Disk 138: Ruth's information, undated

- Disk 139: School of Music Classes, undated

- Disk 140: School of Music info - 6.1 and DOS, undated

- Disk 141: School of Music Posters (backup), undated

- Disk 142: Stacey's, April 12, 1995

- Disk 143: Student recital format, undated

- Disk 144: Tom Birkner, undated

- Disk 145: Touring Groups (5.0), undated

- Series 2: National Association of Schools of Music Surveys, 1971-1991

- Consists of self survery reports and appendixes done at the behest of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) by the University of Illinios' School of Music. Arranged chronologically.
- Box 5

- Folder 21: NASM self survey report, 1971

- Folder 22: NASM self survey report appendices (1 of 3), 1981

- Folder 23: NASM self survey report appendices (2 of 3), 1981

- Folder 24: NASM self survey report appendices (3 of 3), 1981

- Folder 25: NASM self survey report appendices (1 of 3), 1991

- Folder 26: NASM self survey report appedices (2 of 3), 1991

- Folder 27: NASM self survey report appendices (3 of 3), 1991

- Series 3: Concert and Event Programs, 1994-2016

- Consists of School of Music concert and event programs, printed and on floppy disks. Arranged chronologically.
- Box 5

- Folder 28: Piano department faculty recital programs and survey, 1994-1996

- Folder 29: Piano department student recital programs and survey, 1994-1996

- Folder 30: School of Music 100 Year Celebration program, 1995

- Folder 31: School of Music Programs, 1998

- Folder 32: Marching Band Festival souvenir program, 2007

- Folder 33: Jerry Hadley Memorial Concert program, 2008

- Folder 34: School of Music Awards Luncheon program, 2016

- Box 7

- Disk 1: Student Recital Programs, 1990

- Disk 2: Student Recital Programs, 1990

- Disk 3: School of Music Recital Programs, 1990

- Disk 4: Student Recital Programs, Jan. 1991

- Disk 5: Student Recital Programs, Mar. 6, 1991

- Disk 6: Recital Programs, Apr. 5, 1991

- Disk 7: Recitals, Apr. 22, 1991

- Disk 8: Recital Programs, Sept. 23, 1991

- Disk 9: Recital Programs, Oct. 15, 1991

- Disk 10: Student Recital Programs, Jan. 1992-Nov. 1994

- Disk 11: Recital Programs, Jan.-Mar., 1993

- Disk 12: Student Recital Programs, Mar.-Sept., 1993

- Disk 13: Student Recital Programs, Apr. 28-July 30, 1993

- Disk 14: Student Recital Programs, June-Nov., 1993

- Disk 15: Student Recital Programs #1, Dec. 31, 1993-Jan. 9, 1995

- Disk 16: Student Programs #2, Dec. 31, 1993-Jan. 9, 1995

- Disk 17: Student Recital Programs, June 1, 1994-Jan. 10, 1995

- Disk 18: Student Recital Programs, Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1995

- Disk 19: Student Programs, 1995

- Disk 20: Student Programs #1, Jan. 1995

- Disk 21: Student Programs #3, Mar. 1992-Jan. 1995

- Disk 22: Student Recital Programs #2, June 24-Jan. 10, 1997

- Disk 23: Student Recital Programs, Sept.-Mar., 1997

- Disk 24: Student Recital Programs, 1997-1998

- Disk 25: Faculty Programs, 1997-1998

- Disk 26: Faculty Recitals #2, 1997-1998

- Disk 27: Faculty Recital Programs, email versions, 1998-1999

- Disk 28: Piano Duet Festival and Vandall Piano Festival, 1989 and 1990

- Disk 29: ISMTA, 1990

- Disk 30: ENS. Concerts, Mar. 1-May 16, 1992

- Disk 31: Choral Consortium, Dec. 1992

- Disk 32: Choral Master Class, Sept. 1993

- Disk 33: Jazz 1, Oct. 1993

- Disk 34: Jazz, Oct. 1993

- Disk 35: Choral Master Class, Oct. 1993

- Disk 36: Wind Chamber, Oct. 1993

- Disk 37: Choral Con., Oct. 1993

- Disk 38: Vocal, Oct. 1993

- Disk 39: SOC, Oct., 1993

- Disk 40: Vocal, Jan. 1, 1995

- Disk 41: Horn #2, Jan. 17, 1995

- Disk 42: Horn, Jan. 17, 1995

- Disk 43: Horn #3, Jan. 17, 1995

- Disk 44: String + Orch., Jan. 17, 1995

- Disk 45: String Chamber, Jan. 17, 1995

- Disk 46: Master Class, Jan. 17, 1995

- Disk 47: Jazz #1, Jan., 1995

- Disk 48: Jazz #2, Jan., 1995

- Disk 49: Choral Con., Jan., 1995

- Disk 50: IHTC, 1996

- Disk 51: Barbara Zachow Graduate Recital, May 3, 1997

- Disk 52: UI Symphonic Band, Oct. 9, 1997

- Disk 53: Summer Music Festival, 1997

- Disk 54: Symphonic Band I printed program, Nov., 1997

- Disk 55: Wind Pro., Vocal Pro., S + O. Pro., 1997

- Disk 56: UI Wind Symphony program, Feb. 25, 1998

- Disk 57: Brass Band and Concert Band printed program, Apr. 30, 1998

- Disk 58: Black Chorus, 1998

- Disk 59: IJTS Programs (Pete Madsen), 1998

- Disk 60: Horn, 1999

- Disk 61: Programs, undated

- Disk 62: Martirano Program, undated

- Disk 63: #4 Music 8, undated

- Disk 64: Programs from JT, undated

- Disk 65: Wind, undated

- Disk 67: Chorale, Oct., undated

- Disk 66: Choral Concert, Nov., undated

- Disk 68: University Chorus, undated

- Disk 69: University Chours and Illini Women, undated

- Disk 70: Oratorio, undated

- Disk 71: Choral Con., undated

- Disk 72: Wind Chamber Program, undated

- Disk 73: Illini Symphony, Oct. 11, undated

- Disk 74: CEPS in Music, undated

- Disk 75: CEPS in Music, undated

- Disk 76: Illini Lab Band, undated

- Disk 77: Rick Wyman Illini Jazz, undated

- Disk 78: Wind Symphony, undated

- Disk 79: IMBF Program changes, 1991

- Disk 80: IMBF, 1992

- Disk 81: IMBF Program Book, 1992

- Disk 82: IMBF #1, Jan., 1995

- Disk 83: IMBF #2, Jan., 1995

- Disk 84: IMBF #3, Jan., 1995

- Disk 85: IMBF Program, undated

- Disk 86: Illini Marching Band Festival, undated

- Disk 87: Jazz Festival 1, Dec., 1992

- Disk 88: Jazz Festival, Superstate Contest, undated

- Disk 89: Superstate, Dec., 1992

- Disk 90: Superstate, Oct., 1993

- Disk 91: Superstate, 1995

- Disk 92: Superstate, 1995

- Disk 93: Superstate #2, Jan. 17, 1995

- Disk 94: Superstate, Jan. 17, 1995

- Series 4: Young People's Concert Administrative Records, 1996-2002

- The Young People's Concerts were organized by the University of Illinois' School of Music in conjunction with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony, and performed for local students. This series consists of administrative correspondence, lists of schools who attended, organizational records, and concert programs. Arranged chronologically.
- Box 6

- Folder 19: Young People's Concert administrative records, 1996

- Folder 20: Young People's Concert administrative records, 1997

- Folder 21: Young People's Concert administrative records, 1998

- Folder 22: Young People's Concert administrative records, 2001

- Folder 23: Young People's Concert administrative records, 2002

- Folder 24: Young People's Concert administrative records, 2003

- Folder 25: Young People's Concert administrative records, 2004

- Folder 26: Young People's Concert administrative records, 2005

- Folder 27: Young People's Concert administrative records, 2006

- Folder 28: Young People's Concert administrative records, 2007

- Folder 29: Young People's Concert administrative records, 2008

- Folder 30: Young People's Concert administrative records, 2009

- Box 7

- Disk 95: Youth Concert, Oct., 1993

- Disk 96: Youth con., Jan. 17, 1995

- Disk 97: YPC, 1995-1997

- Series 5: Piano Laboratory Program Student and Staff Records, 1996-2005

- The Piano Laboratory Program (PLP) is run by the University of Illinois' School of Music and provides private piano instruction to the Champaign-Urbana community. This series consists of administrative correspondence, and student and staff records. Arranged chronologically.
- Box 6

- Folder 31: Piano Lab Program records, 1996-1997

- Folder 32: Piano Lab Program records, 2001-2002

- Folder 33: Piano Lab Program records, 2002-2003

- Folder 34: Piano Lab Program records, 2003-2004

- Folder 35: Piano Lab Program records, 2004-2005

- Box 7

- Disk 98: Piano Laboratory Program, Dec., 1992

- Smith Music Hall; James Lyke, Coordinator
- Disk 99: PLP, Sept., 1993

- Disk 100: Piano Lab, Jan. 17, 1995

- Series 6: Scrapbooks and Newspaper Clippings, 1946-2011

- Consists of scrapbooks and associated newspaper clippings collected by the School of Music, relating to the musical activities of its students, faculty, and the Champaign-Urbana community. Of particular interest are clippings covering the visits of Mary Garden (1949), Benjamin Britten (1949), Marian Anderson (1950), Leopold Stokowski (1952), and Thomas Beecham (1956); the Arts Festival (1949-50); the activities of the Walden Quartet (1949-50); an article by Virgil Thomson (1951); the University Orchestra's South American Tour (1963-4); and the design and planning of the Krannert Center (1964-5). Arranged chronologically.
- Box 2

- Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1946-1947

- Folder 2: Scrapbook, 1949-1950

- Folder 3: Scrapbook pages, 1951

- Folder 4: Scrapbook, 1950-1951

- Box 3

- Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1951-1952

- Folder 2: Scrapbook, 1955-1956

- Box 4

- Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1957-8

- Folder 2: Newspaper clippings (oversized), 1940s-1967

- Folder 3: Newspapers, 1979-2011

- Box 5

- Folder 1: Newspaper clippings, 1940s-50s

- Folder 2: Newspaper clippings, 1963-5

- Folder 3: Newspaper clippings, 1965-7

- Box 9

- Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1967-1970

- Folder 2: Scrapbook, 1971-1973

- Series 7: Photos, 1959-1997

- Photos of School of Music performances and the Illini Marching Band.
- Box 4

- Folder 4: Harry Partch and Ensemble, 1959

- Folder 5: "The Country Philosopher", 1962

- Folder 6: "Oklahoma!" and "The King and I", undated

- Folder 7: Marching Illini, undated

- Box 5

- Folder 35: Orchestra and Wind Ensemble South American Tour photos and commendations, 1997


- Box 10

- Folder 1: UI Jazz Band Russian Tour Photographs and Negatives, 1990


- Folder 2: Russell E. Winterbottom Retirement Photographs, ca. 1987

- Russell E. Winterbottom served as a music technician at the School of Music from 1963-1987.
- Series 8: Recordings, 1990-2004

- Consists of cassette recordings of School of Music commencement ceremonies, arranged chronologically.
- Box 8

- Item 1: School of Music Commencement (1 of 2), May 13, 1990

- Item 2: School of Music Commencement (2 of 2), May 13, 1990

- Item 3: School of Music Convocation, May 12, 1991

- Item 4: School of Music Convocation (1 of 2), May 16, 1993

- Item 5: School of Music Convocation (2 of 2), May 16, 1993

- Item 6: School of Music Convocation (1 of 2), May 15, 1994

- Item 7: School of Music Convocation (2 of 2), May 15, 1994

- Item 8: School of Music 100: Celebrating One-hundred Years of Musical Excellence, Centennial Academic Convocation, Nov. 16, 1995

- Item 9: School of Music Convocation, May 14, 1995

- Item 10: School of Music Convocation (original), May 12, 1996

- Item 11: School of Music Convocation (I), May 17, 1998

- Item 12: Convocation, 1999

- Item 13: Convocation, 2000

- Item 14: Music Convocation, May 13, 2001

- Item 15: School of Music Convocation (#1), May 12, 2002

- Item 16: School of Music Convocation (#2), May 12, 2002

- Item 17: School of Music Convocation (Tape 1), May 18, 2003

- Item 18: School of Music Convocation (Tape 2), May 18, 2003

- Item 19: Music Dept Graduation (tape 1, master 1), May 16, 2004

- Item 20: Music Dept Graduation (tape 1, copy 1), May 16, 2004

- Item 21: Music Dept Graduation (tape 2), May 16, 2004

- Item 22: Music Dept Graduation (tape 2, copy 1), May 16, 2004

- Series 9: Posters and Advertising, 1968-2014

- Consists of posters and advertising for School of Music and related concerts and events. Arranged chronologically.
- Oversize Portfolio Box 3

- Oversize Portfolio Case 1: Event and Concert Posters, ca. 1960s-2014

- University of Illinois Jazz Band with Gene Ammons concert poster, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, ca. 1960s; Jazz Kavalkad poster, possibly Sweden, Nov. 11, 1968(?); Ceskoslovensky Jazz '68 concert poster, Lucerna Palace, Nov. 20 and 21, 1968; Career Day Open House poster, School of Music, Oct. 16, 1985; School of Music recruitment poster, 1986; Contemporary Chamber Players' Schoenberg and Messiaen concert poster, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Dec. 10, 1986; Contemporary Chamber Singers' Messiaen, Cage, and Stockhausen concert poster, Smith Music Hall, Apr. 26, 1987; School of Music recruitment poster, 1987; School of Music Open House poster, Oct. 12, 1988; School of Music recruitment poster, 1988; School of Music Special Open House poster, Oct. 16, 1989; School of Music Open House poster, Oct. 17, 1990; University of Illinois Chamber Orchestra Mozart Year concert poster, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Nov. 5, 1991; School of Music Performance Calendar (draft), Nov. 4-10, 1991; School of Music recruitment poster, 1991; The Songs of Franz Schubert concert poster, Smith Music Hall, Jan. 19, 1992; School of Music Open House poster, Sept. 28, 1994; School of Music recruitment poster, 1994; Allerton Wind Chamber Music Symposium poster, Allerton Conference Center, Feb. 9-10, 1996; School of Music Open House poster, Sept. 23, 1997; Allerton Wind Chamber Music Symposium, Allerton Conference Center, Feb. 13-14, 1998; School of Music recruitment poster, 1998; School of Music Performance Calendar, Jan. 10-30, 1999; School of Music Performance Calendar, Feb. 4-21, 1999; School of Music Performance Calendar, Mar. 2-14, 1999; School of Music Performance Calendar, Mar. 24-Apr. 4, 1999; School of Music Performance Calendar, Apr. 5-13, 1999; School of Music Performance Calendar, Apr. 14-18, 1999; School of Music Performance Calendar, Apr. 19-25, 1999; School of Music Open House poster, Oct. 6, 1999; School of Music Smith Hall promotional materials drawings, Aug. 1, 2000; School of Music Open House poster, Oct. 3, 2000; Gala Concert - Music of John Corigliano poster, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Nov. 30, 2006; Allerton Music Barn Festival poster, Allerton Park, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2007; Allerton Music Barn Festival poster, Allerton Park, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2008; Third Annual Allerton Music Barn Festival poster, Allerton Park, Sept. 3-7, 2009; North American Saxophone Alliance poster, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Mar. 20-23, 2014; University of Illinois Jazz Band recruitment poster, undated; School of Music recruitment poster, undated; The Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition poster, Smith Music Hall, undated; School of Music recruitment folder, undated.
- Box 1

- Folder 3: Purcell Conference program and information, Oct. 20-22, 1995

- Folder 2: School of Music advertisement in Krannert playbill, 1994-1995

- Folder 4: School of Music Centennial Festival Concert program, 1995

- Box 5

- Folder 36: School of Music promotional materials, 1991-ca. 2000s

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Series 1: Administrative and Business Records, 1974-2012],
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Series 2: National Association of Schools of Music Surveys, 1971-1991],
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Series 3: Concert and Event Programs, 1994-2016],
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Series 4: Young People's Concert Administrative Records, 1996-2002],
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Series 5: Piano Laboratory Program Student and Staff Records, 1996-2005],
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Series 6: Scrapbooks and Newspaper Clippings, 1946-2011],
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Series 7: Photos, 1959-1997],
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Series 8: Recordings, 1990-2004],
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Series 9: Posters and Advertising, 1968-2014],
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