Joe Grant Papers and University of Illinois Women's Glee Club Records

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Subject Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Women's Glee Club Class Records, Tours, and Concert Programs

Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Audio Recordings

Conferences and Retreats

Personal Papers and Instructional Records



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Collection Overview

Title: Joe Grant Papers and University of Illinois Women's Glee Club Records, 1959-2017Add to your cart.

ID: 12/5/74

Primary Creator: Grant, Joe W. (1947-)

Extent: 5.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Arranged into four series: Series 1) Women's Glee Club Class Records, Tours, and Concert Programs; Series 2) Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Audio Recordings; Series 3) Conferences and Retreats; and Series 4) Personal Papers and Instructional Records. Both series 1 and 2 are arranged chronologically by material type. Series 3) is arranged chronologically. Series 4) is arranged alphabetically.

Date Acquired: 10/29/2018. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Music, School of

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of photographs, correspondence, programs, travel itineraries, reports, and financial records documenting the management and operation of the University of Illinois Women's Glee Club between 1983 and 2001. In addition there are cassette audio recordings of Joe Grant's work with the Illinois Summer Youth Music Junior and Senior Choirs from 1983 to 1994, and LP recordings of Joe Grant's work with the Illinois Summer Youth Music Junior and Senior Choirs from 1972 to 1981.

Biographical Note

Joe Grant was a professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, for 26 years. He chaired the music education department and headed the choral division of the School of Music, as well as conducting the Women's Glee Club. He has since retired from the University and is currently the Adult Choir Director at First Presbyterian Church.

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Women's Glee Club was founded in 1895 and is an ensemble in the School of Music's choral division. The group currently consists of approximately 70 female students, and has toured regionally and nationally.

Subject/Index Terms

Music, School of

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals: An addition of programs and personal papers were brought to the Center on May 24, 2019 by Joe Grant.

Acquisition Source: Joe Grant

Acquisition Method: Gift


Box and Folder Listing


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[Series 1: Women's Glee Club Class Records, Tours, and Concert Programs, 1969-2010],
[Series 2: Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Audio Recordings, 1959-2017],
[Series 3: Conferences and Retreats, 1970-2002],
[Series 4: Personal Papers and Instructional Records, 1967-2008],
[All]

Series 1: Women's Glee Club Class Records, Tours, and Concert Programs, 1969-2010Add to your cart.
Consists of class records of academic years, tours for conventions and conferences, and concert programs.
Sub-Series 1: Class Records and Tours, 1983-2007Add to your cart.
Consists of Women's Glee Club Academic Year documents from 1983 to 2007 and concert tours included American Choral Directors Association Convention and Music Educatiors National Conferences from 1985 to 2001.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Academic Year 1983-1984 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1983-1984Add to your cart.
List of Women's Glee Club sound recordings, Spring Tour Itinerary, sales invoices, correspondence, and Women's Glee Club budget.
Folder 2: 1985 Tour (New Orleans), 1983-1984Add to your cart.
Tour schedule, concert tour program, correspndences.
Folder 3: Women's Glee Club - Rockford/ Moline/ Geneseo Tour (Nov. 12-13), 1985Add to your cart.
Program "Fall into Music", correspondences, tour schedule, concert reportoir.
Folder 4: Academic Year 1986-1987 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1982-1987Add to your cart.
Itinerary (Danville, IL), Fall 86 concert schedule, member lists, correspondences, programs, post cards and visitor guide, class roster.
Folder 5: 1987 American Choral Directors Association (San Antonio), 1985-1987Add to your cart.
Itinerary (San Antonio), correspondences, program, application form for choral performance national convention, scrap of the Choral Journal, housing request form, photographs, Preliminary estimate of expenses and income, shipping order, Physical facilities request.
Folder 6: Academic Year 1987-1988 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1987-1988Add to your cart.
Rehearshal schedule, Meeber list (Fall 1987), Class roster, WGC audition note.
Folder 7: 1988 American Choral Directors Association Central Division Convetion (March 16-19), 1988Add to your cart.
Itinerary (Cleveland), correspondence, North Coast Central Division Convention (short instrution), programs (ACDA).
Folder 8: 1989 Tour (New Orleans), 1988-1989Add to your cart.
Itinerary (New Orleans), concert committee schedule for fall, program, tour application form, list of home address and phone numbers.
Folder 9: Academic Year 1989-1990 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1989-1990Add to your cart.
1989-1990 concert schedule, program (Fall 90), class roster, member lists, certificate of appreciation, reportoir note, correspondences, invoices.
Folder 10: Academic Year 1990-1991 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1990-1991Add to your cart.
List of addresses (Fall 1990/ Spring 1991), itinerary (Peoria), programs, performance and rehearsal schedule, photograph (Creative images), account statement and budget, correspondences, evaluation, and card.
Folder 11: Academic Year 1991-1992 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1991Add to your cart.
class roster, evaluation, WGC member list, request for correcting class roster.
Folder 12: Candy order/ Nestie-Beich, 1987-1991Add to your cart.
Invoice (1987) and order form (1991)
Folder 13: 1993 Washington Tour, 1992-1993Add to your cart.
Programs (Washington D.C. Tour), itinerary (1993 Winter tour), itinerary budget (transportation), correspondences, bills, greeting cards.
Folder 14: Academic Year 1992-1993 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1993Add to your cart.
Tour and concert (Washington D. C.) member list, photograph, correspondences, rehearsal and concert schedule, class roster, memorandum.
Folder 15: Music Educators National Conference and American Choral Directors Association Applications, 1990-1993Add to your cart.
Call for Proposals, Application form, additional information form, and correspondences related to Music Educators National Conference; application form, correspondence, and programs related to American Choral Directors Association.
Folder 16: Women's Glee Club Alumns/ Centennial List-Reunion, 1993-1995Add to your cart.
Request form, correspondence to WGC reunion commmittee. Table of Attendance, WGC Alumnae addresses, cards and letter.
Folder 17: Academic Year 1994-1995 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1994-1995Add to your cart.
Itinerary (Chicago Cultural Center), suburban tour, member list, correspondences, program.
Folder 18: Tour - St. Louis (January 8-9), 1996Add to your cart.
Itinerary (St. Louis), member list, correspondence.
Folder 19: Academic Year 1995-1996 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1995Add to your cart.
program (winter tour), member list, class roster, evaluation.
Folder 20: Academic Year 1996-1997 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1996-1997Add to your cart.
Class roster, membr list, evaluation, travle voucher, photograph.
Folder 21: Kentucky / Tennessee Tour (January13-14), 1997Add to your cart.
Itinerary, program, travel voucher, correspondences.
Folder 22: 1997 Music Educators National Conference North Central Division and Illinois Music Educators Association All-state Conference (January 31), 1996-1997Add to your cart.
programs, conference schedule, conference information, correspondence.
Folder 23: American Choral Directors Association and Music Educators National Conference Applications, 1997Add to your cart.
American Choral Directors Association Application for Chora Perfprmance in 1997, Call for Papers application for Music Educators National Conference in 1997, and memos about tape information and songs
Folder 24: Academic Year 1997-1998 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1997-1998Add to your cart.
class roster, photograph, invoices, audition cards, evaluation,
Folder 25: Tour - Chicago (January 15-16), 1998Add to your cart.
Tour schedule, program, invoice for hotel reservastion, and memos.
Folder 26: Academic Year 1998-1999 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1998-1999Add to your cart.
class roster, photographs, member lists, work day form, rehearsal and performance schedule, audition cards, evaluation.
Folder 27: Academic Year 1999-2000 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1999-2000Add to your cart.
member list, correspondence, invoices, concert and rehearsal schedule, work day form.
Folder 28: 2000 Central Division American Choral Directors Association (February 24-26), 1999Add to your cart.
scores of "All My Trials", "Shenandoah", and "Cradle Me" , programs, and correspondence.
Folder 29: 2000 American Choral Directors Association Cincinnati Tour (February 23-24), 1999-2000Add to your cart.
Itinerary (ACDA Cincinnati), phone number list, programs, University of Illinois-Urbana Chamapaing scholars' travel fund approval letter , recital request form, memos, and correspondences.
Folder 30: Academic Year 2000-2001 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 2000Add to your cart.
Photograph, rehearsal schedule, programs, class, roster, audition card.
Folder 31: 2001 Tour (Chicago Suburban; January 11-12), 2000-2001Add to your cart.
Tour schedule, hotel reservation, rooming list, correspondence.
Folder 32: 2001 American Choral Directors Association National Convention, 1999-2001Add to your cart.
Application forms, program.
Folder 33: Women's Glee Club Work Days, 2001Add to your cart.
work days request form
Folder 34: Academic Year 2001-2002 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 2001-2002Add to your cart.
audition cards, audition schedule, invoice of hotel reservation, member list. Music stenographic services information form, additional choral audition resutls , fall semester planning schedule.
Folder 35: Academic Year 2002-2003 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 2002Add to your cart.
Audition cards, evaluation.
Folder 36: Academic Year 2004-2005 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 1997-2005Add to your cart.
course information, tour information, correspondence, and member list.
Folder 37: Academic Year 2005-2006 - Women's Glee Club Class Records, 2006Add to your cart.
Course information, member list, order form, correspondence.
Folder 38: Academic Year 2006-2007 - Women's Glee Class Records, 2006-2007Add to your cart.
Itinerary (Peoria, IL), extra concert and rehearsal schedule, recording service information, member list. song translation and note.
Folder 39: Women's literature, ca. 1983Add to your cart.
Women's Glee Club's secular and Sacred repertoire lists and score of "Riddle Song."
Sub-Series 2: Concert Programs, 1969-2010Add to your cart.
Consists of concert programs of Women's Glee Club and involving Women's Glee Club from 1969 to 2010 and concert flyers from 1987 to 2007.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 40: Women's Glee Club Programs 1983 - 1994 (1 of 2), 1969-1989Add to your cart.
Folder 41: Women's Glee Club Programs 1983 - 1994 (2 of 2), 1990-1994Add to your cart.
Folder 42: Women's Glee Club Programs 1995 - 2008 (1 of 3), 1995-2000Add to your cart.
Folder 43: Women's Glee Club Programs 1995 - 2008 (2 of 3), 2001-2004Add to your cart.
Folder 44: Women's Glee Club Programs 1995 - 2008 (3 of 3), 2005-2010Add to your cart.
Folder 45: Concert Flyers, 1987-2007Add to your cart.
Concert flyers of Women's Glee Club performed at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Smith Memorial Recital Hall and a program of American Choral Director's Association 9th Independent National Cnvention in 1987.
Box 8Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Women's Glee Club Concert Progams, 1983-2003Add to your cart.
Programs for concerts at the University of Illinois in which the Women's Glee Club performed.

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[Series 1: Women's Glee Club Class Records, Tours, and Concert Programs, 1969-2010],
[Series 2: Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Audio Recordings, 1959-2017],
[Series 3: Conferences and Retreats, 1970-2002],
[Series 4: Personal Papers and Instructional Records, 1967-2008],
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