Carl Landrum Historical Bands Collection, 1845-2010

By Carol Berthold

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Biographical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Volume 1: John Philip Sousa and His Band, 1868-1987

Copies of original photographs of Sousa, his bands, concert programs, enlistment papers and news clippings.

Box 1

Folder 1: Photo Binder 1: John Philip Sousa and His Band (1 of 3), 1882-1978

Copies of photographs include: Sousa and A.A.Harding with Urbana High School Band; poster for Sousa and Band at Paris Exposition, March 1, 1900; Sousa and select band members, 1912; poster for Sousa Band program, 1909; Sousa and Thomas A. Edison; Band in Regina, Canada, 1925; Sousa Band baseball team; clarinet section of Sousa Bank in 1915; Band at Willow Grove, PA, 1919; Sousa Band at Panama-Pacific International Exposition, July 4, 1915 (band members named by section); U.S. Marine Band, J.P. Sousa, director; Sousa Band at St. Louis World's Fair, 1904; Sousa Band in Hamburg, Germany, 1900; Sousa's Band, 1882; world's largest bass horn, 1893; Sousa and Band at inaugural presentation of Sousa's 101st march, :"The Gallant Seventh, November 5, 1922; U.S. Marine Band , August, 1882; Frank Simon's ARMCO Band, Patrick Conway Band, 1926; Bohumir Kryl Band; Everett Allyn Moses Band; Program, Sousa conducting at Columbian Music Festival, 1893; newspaper articles announcing Sousa's death, March 6, 1932;. correspondence from Sousa, September 12, 1902.

Folder 2: Photo Binder 1: John Philip Sousa and His Band (2 of 3), 1868-1945

Copies of photographs include:  First enlistment papers of John Philip Sousa in the U.S. Marine Corps as cabinet maker, June 1868, Defense Dept. photo; copy of enlistment papers of John P. Sousa in the U.S. Marine Corps as principal musician, July 1872, Department of Defense Photo; Sousa and Edwin Frank Goldman, 1929; John Philip Sousa with inscripton to Mrs. Herbert L. Clarke, 1928; Sousa and Band, Crystal Palace, London, June 15, 1903; Sousa in Marine Band uniform; Sousa at U. of Illinois, March 0, 1930; Sousa Band at Willow Grove Park, August 21, 1907; last picture of Sousa taken at 7 p.m., March 5, 1932, housrs before he died; Sousa's Band, 1882; program from Sousa's Concert Band, April 26, 1896; U.S. Marine Corps Band, ca. 1900, Sousa conductor; Sousa Band, some players identified, 1919.

Folder 3: Photo Binder 1: John Philip Sousa and His Band (3 of 3), 1872-1987

Copies of photographs include: U.S. Marine Corps Band, 1889; poster announcing 38th annual tour of Sousa and his Band, 1930; Sousa's father and mother; consent papers signed by Antonio Sousa giving permission for his son to re-enlist in the Marine Band, 1872; tryout estimate for Sousa as honorary conductor of U. of Illinois Concert Band, March 20, 1930; concert programs; Marine Band, 1882; original letter with musical notation from Sousa to George Nichols, October 22, 1913;  concert ticket for Sousa and Band, Quincy College, November 2, 1927; color reproduction of photo, Sousa's Band, Paris Exposition; negative of photo of Sousa, inscribed to Mrs. Herbert L. Clarke, 1928; copy of original manuscript of Stars and Stripes Forever.

Oversize Portfolio Case 1: Sousa Band Columbian Exposition Newspaper Advertisement, 1893

Item 1: Sousa Band Columbian Exposition Newspaper Advertisement, page 1, 1893

Item 2: Sousa Band Columbian Exposition Newspaper Advertisement, page 2, 1893

Volume 2: John Philip Sousa, Personal and Band Photos, 1888-1932

Materials related to John Philip Sousa's personal life and background and his bands, band programs, tryout applicaions, military enistment forms.

Box 1

Folder 4: Photo Binder 2: John Philip Sousa, Personal and Band Photos (1 of 2), 1888-1932

Copies of photographs include: Sousa's tryout forms for U. of Illinois Concert Band, March 20, 1930; original Sousa Band programs, New Zealand tour, 1911; U.S. Marine Corps Band, Albany, NY, 1888. Sousa and his Band, World's Fair, Glasgow Scotland, 1901;  Sousa at home, 1921; U.S. Marine Corps Band, Cape May, NJ, ca. 1891; Sousa and A.A. Harding, Interlochen; Sousa and Saint-Saens, 1915; Tuba section, Sousa Band, 1921 and 1927 (musicians identified); Sousa Band Percussion section (musicians identified); Bass drummer Gus Helmecke; Sousa Band, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1911; A.A. Harding and U. of Illinois band staff examining Sousa's music; Sousa birthplace; Sousa grave and monument; Sousa on his 77th birthday; Sousa's casket, lying in state, Band Room, Marine Barracks, Washington, DC; Sousa at the piano; Sousa the night before he died.

Folder 5: Photo Binder 2; John Philip Sousa, Personal and Band Potos (2 of 2), 1893-1923

Copies of photographs include:Sousa duck hunting; Sousa and his wife, Jennie Bellis Sousa; Sousa's favorite oil protrait; Helen Sousa Abert; Priscilla Sousa; Sousa's house; Sousa in U.S. Navy uniform, 1918; Sousa, 1912; Sousa waiting to direct, London, 1905; Sousa, 1893; Sousa 1923, Lt. Comm. Sousa, U.S.N.R.F.; Sousa, 1921; Sousa Memorial Room, U. of Illinois; Sousa, two other band directors, getting harcuts; Sousa and U.S. Marine Band, ca. 1900.

Volume 3: School, Military and Community Bands, 1870-1979

Box 1

Folder 6: Photo Binder 3: School, Military, and Community Bands (1 of 5), 1908-1979

Copies of photographs include: Joliet Township High School Band, 1948; article about Victor Grabel, bandmaster, 1966 U. of Illinois Concert Band, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, April 27, 1953; U. of Illinois Concert Band, 63rd Annversary concert, March 19 and 20, 1953; U. of Illinois Symphony Orchestra; U. of Illinois Concert Band, 62nd Anniversary concert, March 12 and 13, 1952; U.S. Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants, 1975; Bandmasters' Calendar, 1979; House of David Band; Bowling Green (MO) Band, 1911, with handwritten note; Huckster Band, 1911; Huckster Band, 1926; Edna (MO) Ladies' Band; Moulder's Band, Quincy (IL), 1912; Mid-West conference attendees, 1956.

Folder 7: Photo Binder 3: School, Military, and Community Bands (2 of 5), 1895-1958

Copies of photographs included: Quincy (IL) Chamber of Commerce Glee Club, 1916; Empire Band, Quincy (IL) (members identified); 50th Regimental Band, Iowa National Guard, c. 1895 (members identified);  Chautauqua Orchestra, Boulder, CO, 1901; St. John's Evangelical Church Orchestra, 1895; Markee Family Band, Quincy, IL, ca. 1900; Ewing's Zouave Band, 1910; Fifth Infantry Band, Quincy, IL, 1912; Hapgood's Military Band of McPherson, KS; U.S. Army Band marching down Pennsylvania Avenue; U. of Michigan Symphony Band, 1958; Burlington, Iowa Municipal Band; International Staff Band, Salvation Army, Great Britain; Territorial Staff Band of the Chicago Salvation Army; Royal Dutch Military Band; U.S. Marine Corps Band, W.F. Santelmann, leader; combined Air Force, Army, and Navy Bands' broadcast, VE Day (1945).

Folder 8: Photo Binder 3: School, Military, and Community Bands (3 of 5), ca. 1900-1954

Copies of photographs include: U.S. Army Band; U.S. Marine Corps Band marching, ca 1950; Frederick Innes; Regimental Band of the Scots Guards; Patrick Gilmore; R.B. Hall; Victor Herbert as leader of 22nd Regiment Band; U. of Illinois Bands playing unusual instruments from A.A. Harding's collection, 1933; David Wallace Reeves; Edwin Franks Goldman; U. of Illinois Concert Bands, 56th Anniversary Concert, March 27, 1946; Victor Grabel; Col. George S. Howard, conductor, U.S. Air Force Band; U.S. Air Force Band; Edina (MO) Ladies' Band; postcards, 56th Annual Convention, American Federation of Musicians, June 1953; postcard, 57th Annual Convention, American Federation of Musicians, June 1954.

Folder 9: Photo Binder 3: School, Military, and Community Bands (4 of 5), 1870-ca. 1954

Copies of photographs include: Commander Charles Brendler, U.S. Navy Band; U.S. Navy Band, 1954; Palmyra (MO) Band, 1901 (members identified); Fifth Infantry Band, 1917; 5th Infantry Band, Camp Lincoln, IL, August, 1912; Brickyard Band, Quincy, IL, ca. 1908 (members identified); Quincy City Band, 1909; Imperial Band of Quincy (IL) (members identified); First Regiment Band, Hannibal, MO, 1898 (members identified); First Regiment Band, Hannibal, MO, 1909 (membes identified); Thomas Preston Brooke; Bowling Green, MO Band, ca. 1900; Rackett Family Orchestra and Band, Quincy, IL, 1882; Markee Family Band and Orchestra.

Folder 10: Photo Binder 3: School, Military, and Community Bands (5 of 5), 1902-1954

Copies of photographs include: Bethel Cornet Band, Bethel, MO, 1902 (members identified); band members, Notre Dame High School, Quincy, IL; Herberg's Conngold-Terrace Orchestra; article about Quincy (IL) Herald drum and bugle corps, ca. 1890s; W. Paris Chambers; American Federation of Musicians, 57th Annual Convention, June 1954; Denver Symphony Orchestra; Herbert L. Clarke; Henry Fillmore; Pat Conway, leader, Conway Band, ca. 1910; W.P. English.

Volume 4: Civil War Military Bands and Music, 1845-1962

Photographs of regimental bands and musicians from Civil War period.

Box 2

Folder 1: Photo Binder 4: Civil War Military Bands and Music (1 of 2), 1845-1955

Copies of photographs include: Joe Gorton Cornet Band, 1850; 50th Regimentl Band of Keokuk, IA, ca 1895 (members and instruments identified); article from "Sounds of John Philip Sousa"; John Ripley Morse; Band of School of Boston Harbor, 1858; Field Music, 164th New York; Military Music Headquarters, Arlington, VA; Post Musicians, Fortress Monroe; March of the Grand Army on F Street,  1865; First Indiana Heavy Artillery Band at Baton Rouge, LA, 1862; band at Fairfax, VA, 1963; Band of 67th New York Infantry; Twenty Piece Band, Oneida, NY, 1863; Allentown (PA) Band, 1852; Band of 67th New York Infantry during Civil War; Winter Headquarters, Camp Stoneman, near Washington, D.C.; Band of the Second Maine Infantry Division, 1861; Talty's Fifers and Drummers; C,R,M, Pohle, drum major, FIrst Virginia, April 1861; Zouave Band of Philadelphia's 114th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunters; Early Band, 1864; Stonewall Brigade Band, 1845; Sherman's Band, of the First Brigade, Third Division, Fifteenth Army Corps (mambers identified).

Folder 2: Photo Binder 4; Civil War Military Bands and Music (2 of 2), ca. 1860s-1962

Articles and notes include: "Lincoln and the Music of the Civil War: 1862," 1961-1962l  "Civil War's Music Man"; "Illinois' Master Bandsman"; ntes from various sources on Civil War bands and others of the middle-1800s.

Volume 5: Photo Binder 5: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians, 1884-1956

Box 2

Folder 3: Photo Binder 5: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians (1 of 4), 1884-1954

Copies of photographs include: Municipal Band, Stony Falls, SD; Frederick Neil Innes Band; Goldman Band; U.S. Navy Band, 1959; U.S. Marine Corps Band marching in Washington, 1900; William (Billy) Northcott; Gilmore's Band, 1884; Allentown Band; Cities Service Band; Guarde Republicaine Band, Paris, France, 1954; Walter Emerson; Joliet (IL) High School Band; U. of Illinois Concert Band, 58th Anniversary Concert, 1946; Arthur Pryor, 1933; Al Sweet and band; A.R. McAllister, Edwin Franko Goldman, and A.A. Harding; photo of notable figures taken in U. of Illinois' band room, 1934; A.B. Rolfe's Independent Band, 1885; Johann Strauss and Johannes Brahms; Herbert L.Clarke and Ernest H. Clarke, 1895; Herbert L. Clarke, cornet virtuoso, Sousa Band, 1916;Alesandro Liberati.

Folder 4: Photo Binder 5: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians (2 of 4), 1894-1952

Copies of photographs include: Ernst Albert Couturier, cornet virtuoso, 1930; Benjamin C. Bent; Nathan Franko Band, 1894; Walter B. Rogers, cornetist with Sousa Band; Arthur Pryor, trombone soloist, Sousa Band; John Hazel, 1915; Jules Levy, cornet soloist; Fourth Regiment National Guard Band of Missouri, 1898; Arthur Pryon Band members: Charles Thetford, John Hyer, Harold Stambaugh, Burt Smith; Arthur Pryor wiith Band; August Caputo Band; E.A. Lefebre, saxophone virtuoso, Sousa Band; Ellory Royal Marine Band, 1908; Fred Weldon, Bandmaster, 2nd Regimental Band of Illinois; Giuseppe Creatore, 1926; Giuseppe Creatore and Band, 1926; Oresto Vessello; Mathew Arbuckle, coronet soloist; Bohumir Kryl and band, 1906 (some members identified); Herbert L. Clarke and hs Muncipal Band, Long Beach, CA; Everette James,cornetist, and son Harry James, Mighty Haag Circus Band, 1922; New York World's Fair Band, 1940; Merle Evans, Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1952; Archie R. McAllister.

Folder 5: Photo Binder 5: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians (3 of 4), 1904-1955

Copies of photographs include: Robert W. Fraker; Georges Barrere and William S. Haynes; Russ Henegan, 1955; A.A. Harding; Mark Hindsley, Director, U. of Illinois Bands; Richmond, IN High School Orchestra, 1921; Harold Bachman; Eugene LaBarre; Irish Guards Band at St. Louis World's Fair, 1904; Grand Army Band of Canton, OH; Ben Ali Temple Oriental Band; Dodge City Cowboy Band; Bohumir Kryl.

Folder 6: Photo Binder 5: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians (4 of 4), 1885-1956

Copies of photographs include: Giant saxophone; Wiliam Paris Chambers; Edwin Franko Goldman; U. of Illinois Band, 1885; Richard Goldman; Flint, Michign Municipal Band,1914; Albertus L. Meyers, conductor, Allentown Municipal Band; Harold Bachman's Million Dollar Band;; Paul Lavalle, conductor, Band of America; Karl L. King, leader, Fort Dodge Municipal Band; Alessandro Liberati, cornet soloist; John J. Richards; Cities Service Band of America, Paul Lavalle, conductor; Frank Simon; Theobald Boehm.

Volume 6: Photo Binder 6: Rare Music Instruments and Historic Band Uniforms, 1848-1988

Box 2

Folder 7: Photo Binder 6: Rare Music Instruments and Historic Band Uniforms (1 of 2), 1848-1858

Copies of photographs include: Louis Hotterre-le-Romain, performer, One Key Flute;1899 Serpent and Brass-Keyed Bugle; Saxhorms (1840-1850); Ferveille serpent, Indian horn, Cae Anglais (English horn), Basset horn; unusual wind and brass music instruments; band of Farm and Trades School of Boston Harbor; Saxhorns (1840-1850); Gorton Cornet Band, 1850; Edward Kendall; drawing of DIstin family with Saxhorns, 1844; drawing of Adolphe Sax.

Folder 8: Photo Binder 6: Rare Music Instruments and Historic Band Uniforms (2 of 2), 1964-1988

Notes, clippings from publications and newspapers, descriptions of historic instruments, drawings of historic uniforms.

Volume 7: Photo Binder 7: Early School, Military, and Notable Bands, Band Leaders and Musicians, 1850-1960

Box 2

Folder 9: Photo Binder 7: School, Military and Notable Bands, Band Leaders and Musicians (1 of 2), 1850-1882

Copies of photographs include: John Stow's Circus Band Wagon, 1850; band from Farm and Trades School of Boston Harbor; John Ripley Morse; Mann Family of Platteville, first circus musicians from WI; band from Waukesha, WI; St. Mary's School Band; Ole Bull monument, Minneapolis; Ole Bull lithograph and photograph; Jenny Lind, ca. 1850; L.M. Gottschalk; Walter M. Smith; original Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1882; Thomas Orchestra, Steinway Hall, NY; Civil War drummer; drum major Patrick Yard, 1861-1865; band serenading the Colonel of the Regiment at his headquarters, Union Mill, VA, early 1862.

Box 3

Folder 1: Photo Binder 7: Early School, Military and Notable Bands, Band Leaders and Musicians (2 of 2), 1864-1960

Copies of photographs include: Band, Company C, 18th Kentucky Volunteers, June 1864; Civil War Fife and Drum Corps,; band members, 4th Michigan; P.S. Gilmore's Band, 1885; Albert C. Sweet, cornet soloist; Gilmore and Band, Madison Square Garden; Gilmore's 100 piece band, 1892; H.A. Vander Cook, founder, Vander Cook School of Music; Gilmore's 22nd Regiment Band of New York; Patrick S. Gilmore; Sgt. Charles W. Freudenvoll, Gilmore Band Bb clarinet; newspaper articles about Patrick Gilmore; Ernest S. Williams, cornetist with famous bands; Francis Scala, leader, U.S. Marine Band, 1856-1871; humorous publications.

Volume 8: History of Music in Quincy and Adams County (IL), 2010

Box 3

Folder 2: History of Music in Quincy and Adams County, Illinois, 2010

Book: authors Carl and Shirley Landrum. early history (1831-1960); recent history (1960-2010). Lists music organizations, schools and dance bands.

Volume 9: Music and Instruments: Articles, Notes, Essays and Correspondence, 1926-1961

Box 3

Folder 1: Music and Instruments: Articles, Notes, Essays and Correspondence, 1926-1961

Sousa Band Book for drums; notes on music instruments; personal correspondence re: historic music instruments; articles from music publications and periodicals; articles and pictures of numerous historic music instruments.

Item 10: Large Photographs, 1907-1954

Box 3

Folder 4: Large Photographs, 1907-1954

Photographs include: John Philip Sousa: Goldman Band, 1954; Sousa's Band and G.A.R. Audience, 1907.