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Finding Aid for American Choral Directors Association Special Collections, ca. 1950-2000 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Spring 2023 IS562A Class: D. Berdan, H. Cox, B. Eskin Shapson, M. Fabian, K. Fata, R. J. Johnston, I. Michael, L. Musil, K. Nowlan.

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Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Record Group:

[Record Group 1: Harold A. Decker Papers and Recordings, 1902-2009],
[Record Group 2: Colleen J. Kirk Papers and Sound Recordings, 1949-2003],
[Record Group 3: Russell Mathis Papers, 1960-1977],
[Record Group 4: L. Stanley Glarum Papers and Audio Recordings, 1930-1977],
[Record Group 5: Morris D. Hayes Papers and Realia, 1956-1991],
[Record Group 6: Elwood Keister Papers, 1958-1995],
[Record Group 7: Ferenc Farkas Collection, 1933-2001],
[Record Group 8: Charles C. Hirt Papers, 1923-2001],
[Record Group 9: Walter S. Collins Papers, 1940-1996],
[Record Group 10: Elaine Brown Music and Papers, 1880-2005],
[Record Group 11: Fred Waring Collection, 1937-1997],
[Record Group 12: F. Melius Christiansen Choral Scores, 1918-1954],
[Record Group 13: Robert Shaw Collection, 1954-2005],
[Record Group 14: Robert and Ellis Snyder Choral Library and Personal Papers, 1935-1999],
[Record Group 15: Small Collections, 1893-2006],
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Record Group 9: Walter S. Collins Papers, 1940-1996

Consists of correspondence, music, speeches, publications, dissertations and theses, meeting notes, research, and convention materials, documenting Walter Collins' career as a choral director. This record group is organized in three series: Series 1: Service Files in Choral Societies; Series 2: Personal Papers; Series 3: Instructional and Research Materials.

Series 1: Service Files in Choral Societies, 1949-1998

Consists of correspondence, convention materials, pamphlets, memos, and reports for the American Choral Directors Association, American Choral Foundation, American Academy of Teaching and Singing, American Musicological Society, Association of British Choral Directors, Association of Professional Vocal Ensembles, Chorus America, College Music Society, International Federation of Choral Music, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Arranged into three sub-series.

Sub-Series 1: American Choral Directors Association, 1962-1997

Consists of correspondence, convention materials, pamphlets and reports for the American Choral Directors Association, which Collins participated in for most of his career. Arranged in original order, alphabetically by title.

Box 1

Folder 1: ACDA Convention Materials - Denver and Southwestern Division, 1993-1994

Folder 2: ACDA Convention Materials - Milwaukee and Minneapolis, 1984-1991

Folder 3: ACDA Convention Materials - Nashville, 1983

Folder 4: ACDA Convention Materials - New York City, 1981-1989

Folder 5: ACDA Convention Materials - Salt Lake City and San Antonio, 1982-1987

Folder 6: ACDA Convention Materials - San Diego, 1995-1997

Folder 7: ACDA Convention Materials - Seattle, 1982-1985

Folder 8: ACDA Convention Materials - Tampa, 1981-1993

Folder 9: ACDA Convention Materials - Washington D.C., 1993-1995

Folder 10: ACDA Correspondence, 1970-1978

Folder 11: ACDA Correspondence, 1978-1987

Folder 12: ACDA Correspondence - 1979 National Convention, 1978-1979

Folder 13: ACDA Correspondence, 1978-1993

Folder 14: ACDA Correspondence, 1979-1981

Folder 15: ACDA Correspondence, 1980-1983

Folder 16: ACDA Correspondence, 1980-1984

Folder 17: ACDA Correspondence, 1980-1984

Folder 18: ACDA Correspondence - National Conventions, 1980-1987

Folder 19: ACDA Correspondence, 1980-1988

Folder 20: ACDA Correspondence, 1981-1991

Folder 21: ACDA Correspondence, 1982-1983

Folder 22: ACDA Correspondence, 1982-1983

Folder 23: ACDA Correspondence - National Conventions, 1982-1983

Folder 24: ACDA Correspondence, 1982-1992

Folder 25: ACDA Correspondence - Conventions, 1983-1989

Box 2

Folder 1: ACDA Correspondence - Gene Brooks, 1984-1990

Folder 2: ACDA Correspondence - Harold Decker, 1993-1995

Folder 3: ACDA - Florida State University Visiting Committee Report, 1984

Folder 4: ACDA International Archives for Choral Music, 1992-1995

Folder 5: ACDA Pamphlets and Programs, 1962-1989

Folder 6: ACDA - William Bartels' Manuscript, 1972

Sub-Series 2: American Choral Foundation, 1959-1976

Consists of correspondence and memos for the American Choral Foundation, alphabetically by title.

Box 2

Folder 7: American Choral Foundation, Inc. 1/2, 1971-1974

Folder 8: American Choral Foundation, Inc. 2/2, 1959-1972

Folder 9: American Choral Foundation - Memos #1-40 1/3, 1959-1961

Folder 10: American Choral Foundation - Memos #1-40 2/3, 1961

Folder 11: American Choral Foundation - Memos #1-40 3/3, 1962-1963

Folder 12: American Choral Foundation - Memos #41-54, 1963-1965

Folder 13: American Choral Foundation - Memos #55-76, 1965-1968

Folder 14: American Choral Foundation - Memos #77-95, 1968-1970

Folder 15: American Choral Foundation - Memos #96-119, 1970-1976

Sub-Series 3: Collection of Other Service Institution Materials, 1949-1998

Consists of correspondence, directories, and pamphlets from the American Academy of Teaching and Singing, American Musicological Society, Association of British Choral Directors, Association of Professional Vocal Ensembles, Chorus America, College Music Society, International Federation of Choral Music, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, arranged alphabetically by organization name.

Box 2

Folder 16: American Academy of Teachers of Singing, 1949-1959

Folder 17: American Musicological Society, 1980

Folder 18: Association of British Choral Directors, 1991-1992

Folder 19: Association of Professional Vocal Ensembles 1/2, 1977-1984

Folder 20: Association of Professional Vocal Ensembles 2/2, 1978-1979

Folder 21: Chorus America, 1994

Folder 22: Interntaional Federation for Choral Music, 1984-1998

Folder 23: Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, 1988

Series 2: Personal Papers, 1944-1995

Consists of personal correspondence, photographs, news paper clippings, newsletters, periodicals, music, press releases, festival materials, programs, repertoires, speeches and workshop materials, arranged into three sub-series alphabetically.

Sub-Series 1: Correspondence, Manuscripts and Newspaper Clippings, 1944-1995

Consists of correspondence, festival materials, newspaper clippings, photographs, press releases, programs, repertoires, speeches, and workshop materials, arranged alphabetically by title.

Box 2

Folder 24: Alfred Mann and Walter Collins Correspondence, 1984-1995

Folder 25: Asia Cantat in Nagano Song Book and Program, 1984

Folder 26: Collection of Concert Programs, 1962-1990

Folder 27: Collection of Correspondence, 1972-1994

Folder 28: Collection of Music Festival Papers, 1974-1994

Box 3

Folder 1: Collection of Newspaper Clippings, 1944-1975

Newspapers contain content about Walter Collins' life.

Folder 2: Collection of Newspaper Clippings, 1948-1989

Folder 3: Collecion of Photographs, 1956-1967

Folder 4: Collection of Repertoire Lists, 1965-1995

Folder 5: Collection of Workshop Materials, 1954-1983

Folder 6: "Handbook to Bach's Cantata Texts," Mel Unger 1/4, 1992

Folder 7: "Handbook to Bach's Cantata Texts," Mel Unger 2/4, 1992

Folder 8: "Handbook to Bach's Cantata Texts," Mel Unger 3/4, 1992

Folder 9: "Handbook to Bach's Cantata Texts," Mel Unger 4/4, 1992

Folder 10: Juventudes Musicaled de España Music Competition Program and Jeunesses Musicales Belgrade XXIII International Competition Program, 1992-1993

Folder 11: Kan Ishii Music Review, 1981-1982

Folder 12: Oakland University News Releases, unknown

Folder 13: Report of Proceedings at the Conference Seminar of the Intercollegiate Musical Council held at University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan May 19th thru 21st, 1955, 1955

Folder 14: Socialist Polish Students Association Medical Academy Choir Program and Doshisha Glee Club Program, 1974

Folder 15: Speech about Johann Sepastion Bach and Collection of Speech Notes, 1960-1973

Folder 16: A Synopsis of Courses in Analysis, Vol. II, Workshop in Choral Art, Julius Herford 1/2, 1954

Folder 17: A Synopsis of Courses in Analysis, Vol. II, Workshop in Choral Art, Julius Herford 2/2, 1954

Folder 18: A Synopsis of Courses in Analysis, Vol. III, Workshop in Choral Art, Julius Herford 1/2, 1955

Folder 19: A Synopsis of Courses in Analysis, Vol. III, Workshop in Choral Art, Julius Herford 2/2, 1955

Box 7

Folder 1: Catalogs, 1955-1982

Sub-Series 2: Newsletters and Periodicals, 1941-1995

Consists of choral society newsletters and periodicals collected by Collins throughout his career, arranged alphabetically by title.

Box 3

Folder 20: American Choral Directors Association State Newsletters; Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, New York and Texas, 1980-1995

Folder 21: American Choral Foundation Bulletin, 1960

Folder 22: Association of Canadian Choral Conductors, Anacrusis, 1981-1993

Folder 23: Association of Canadian Choral Conductors, Anacrusis, 1986-1990

Folder 24: Association of Canadian Choral Conductors, Anacrusis, 1990-1994

Folder 25: Associated Male Choruses of America Newsletter, 1973-1978

Folder 26: The California Music Teacher, 1993-1994

Folder 27: Canadian Music Center Newsletter "Notations" and Canadian Music Center Magazine "Prairie Sounds", 1989 and 1993

Folder 28: Chant Choral, 1979-1984

Folder 29: Chant Choral Magazine, 1986-1992

Folder 30: Chant Choral Magazine, 1987-1995

Box 4

Folder 1: Chante de Ris, Le Journal des Petites Oreilles, 1991-1994

Folder 2: Choirs Ontario, Ontario Choral Federation, 1985 and 1990

Folder 3: A Cœur Joie Périodique, 1984-1985

Folder 4: The College Music Society Newsletter, 1980

See p.2 Council Officer List for content on Walter Collins.

Folder 5: Chorale, The Choral Music Magazine, 1980-1983

Folder 6: Coral, Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Directores de Coros, 1988-1992

Folder 7: Federació Catalana D'entitats Corals, 1985-1988

Folder 8: Forte, Jeunesses Musicales, 1989-1992

Folder 9: Grosse Point Public Library Newsletter, 1966

Contains feature article about Walter Collins.

Folder 10: The Keynote, Associated Glee Clubs of America and Associated Male Choruses of America 1/2, 1941-1955

Folder 11: The Keynote, Associated Glee Clubs of America and Associated Male Choruses of America 2/2, 1955-1965

Folder 12: Music News from Prague, 1982

Folder 13: Popular Choral Magazine, 1979-1980

Folder 14: Quire, New Zealand Choral Federation Newsletter, 1985-1991

Folder 15: Quodlibet, Journal of the Intercollegiate Musical Council, 1987

Folder 16: UP Beat, Association of British Choral Directors, 1988-1992

Folder 17: Update, University of Colorado Boulder Faculty and Staff Newsletter, 1984

Folder 18: Zycie Muzyczne 1/3, 1984-1990

Folder 19: Zycie Muzyczne 2/3, 1990-1991

Folder 20: Zycie Muzyczne 3/3, 1991

Box 7

Folder 2: O Arruia Associação ArtÍstica Coral, 1992-1994

Sub-Series 3: Music, 1947-1993

Consists of Collin's collection of published sheet music, songbooks and choral direction handbooks containing Collins' notes and annotations. To note, this collection includes music in English, German, Polish, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Thai, and Jamaican. Arranged alphabetically by composer's last name, or by title for compilation works.

Box 4

Folder 21: l'Art Musical Populaire 1 of 2, 1964-1983

Folder 22: l'Art Musical Populaire 2 of 2, 1964-1983

Folder 23: College Choir Song books, 1946-1988, 1946-1988

Ithaca College Concert Choir Series Edited by Don Craig, Smith College Song Book, Taft Song Book, Trinity University Choral Series

Folder 24: Choral Instruction Handbooks, 1937-1971, 1937-1971

Reclams Chormusik und Oratorienführ by Werner Oehlmann, New Choral Notation (A Handbook) by Frank Pooler and Brent Pierce, Sing High Sing Low: A General American School of Singing by William Ernest Ross, Festival Booklets No. 1: Church Choirs by H. Walford Davies, At Rehearsals by the American Choral Foundation, and The Correct Pronunciation of Latin According to Roman Usage by Rev. Michael de Angelis

Folder 25: Beattie, Donald - Copeland, Aaron, 1947-1990

"Please Grant My Wish For Peace" by Donald Beattie, "Wishes, Wonders, Portents, Charms" by William Bergsma, "Modern Choral Music" by William Bergsma, "California Mission Music" compiled and edited by John Biggs, "La Fiesta de la Posada" by Dave Brubeck, The Elmer Iseler Choral Series: "Gloria" by Stuart Calvert, "Emblems" by Elliott Carter, and "Lark" by Aaron Copland

Folder 26: Doshisha Glee Club - Durey, Louis, 1967-1974

Doshisha Glee Club for The Fourth Lincoln Center International Choral Festival, "Japanese Folk Songs" by Doshisha Glee Club, "Trois Chansons Musicales" by Louis Durey,

Box 5

Folder 1: Effinger, Cecil - Finney, Ross Lee, 1948-1988

"IV. And the Birds That Flew Away" by Cecil Effinger, "Waterbug and Owl" by Cecil Effinger, "The Cross: Cantata" by Robert Elmore, "Armastan, sind, Eestimaa!" by Rene Eespere, "Festival Magnificat" by Michael Fink, "Earthrise" by Ross Lee Finney, and "Still are New Worlds" by Ross Lee Finney

Folder 2: Forsyth, Cecil - Foss, Lukas, 1921-1986

"Lady Anne: Choral Ballad for Women's Voices" by Cecil Forsyth, "American Cantata" by Lukas Foss, "A Time to Dance: Reflections on Mortality" by Carlisle Floyd (Commissioned by ACDA), "A Paradigm" by Lukas Foss, "Streams in the Desert" by Howard Hanson, "Song of the Merry Jailbirds" by Robert Hogenson, "Judica Me, Deus" by Heinrich Isaac, "Kan Ishii", "They are There!" by Charles E. Ives, "Choruses for Unison Choir" (from Seven Songs) by Charles Ives, "Sixty-Seventh Psalm" by Charles E. Ives, "Nature's Way" by Charles E. Ives, "A Son of a Gambolier" by Charles E. Ives, "Lord God, Thy Sea is Mighty" by Charles Ives, "Canterbury Te Deum" by Grayston Ives, "Let Us Sing Correctly" by Zoltan Kodaly,

Folder 3: Hanson, Howard - Kodály, Zoltán, 1939-1991

Published Sheet Music

Folder 4: Mader, Clarence - McKay, David Phares, 1937-1970

"165 Manskvartetter ur M. M.'s Repertoar," "The Fifth Mystery" by Clarence Mader, "Songs of Conquest" by Harl McDonald, and "A Colonial Requiem" by David Phares McKay

Folder 5: Mechem, Kirke - Van de Velde, E., 1960-1993

"Songs of the Slave" by Kirck Mechem, "Canciones Mexicanas arregladas para coro mixto" by Gabriel Saldivar Osorio, "Hör mein Bitten" by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, "Hamavdil" by Oeden Partos, "Chindia" by Alexandru Pascanu, "Hear My Prayer, O Lord" by Sven-David Sandström and Henry Purcell, "Thomas Weelkes: Early Will I Seek Thee" Choral Series edited by John A. Richardson, "Au Foyer Au Camp Chantons!" by E. Van de Velde, "Nos Belles Provinces Chantons!" by E. Van de Velde. Also includes "The Alphabet," unpublished, handwritten notes by Collins.

Box 7

Folder 3: Thai Sheet Music with unknown title, undated

Folder 4: Männerchor - Album, Joseph Schwartz, undated

Folder 5: Hog Eena Me Coco, 1964

(Jamaican)

Series 3: Instructional and Research Materials, 1962-1994

Consists of dissertations, thesis, student work, Collins' published works and Collins' research. Arranged into three sub-series alphabetically by title.

Sub-Series 1: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Work, 1972-1994

Consists of Dissertations, Theses and Student Work that Collins' reviewed or that relate to his research. Arranged alphabetically by title. Box 8 is unprocessed and currently at the preservation lab.

Box 5

Folder 6: 4 Papers by C.M. Shearer 1. Scheidt Magnificats 2. Mozart Missa Brevis 3. Palestrina Perf. Pract. 4.John Paynter, 1975-1976

Folder 7: The American Choral Review: An Annotated Index of Vol. I-XX by Robert Jackson Russell, 1979

Folder 8: An Analytical Study of the Harmonic Procedures of Vincent Persichetti's Celebrations Based On His Twentieth-Century Harmony, Thomas R. Smoth, 1972

Folder 9: An Analytical Study of the Te Deum in D Major by George Frideric Handel by Thomas R. Smith, 1972

Folder 10: An Annotated Bibliography of Choral Articles in Four Music Periodicals: Early Music, Bach Quarterly, Nineteenth-Century Music, Perspectives in New Music by Rowland F. Blackley, Jr., 1994

Folder 11: Articles on Choral Music in Musical Quarterly, 1915-1975 by Arthur Lloyd Shearin, 1976

Folder 12: Bibliography of Choral Articles in Music and Letters by Ray Sprague, 1978

Folder 13: The Choral Journal: An Index Volumes 1-XVII by John Gordon Paine, 1977

Folder 14: The Chorale Usage in Hans Leo Hassler's German Motets by Thomas R. Smith, 1972

Folder 15: A Classified, Annotated Bibliography of articles Related to CHoral Music in Ten Major Periodicals Through 1993 by David Adrian Prochnow, 1994

Folder 16: Community Choral Activity in Cities of Colorado's Eastern Slope by Daniel L. Grace, Jr., 1983

Folder 17: The Implication of Architecture in the Performance of Antiphonal Works by W. Byrd, G. Gabrieli, H. Schütz, and J.S. Bach by Herbert Allen Goodrich, undated

Folder 18: Index for The Choral Journal Volumes I-X by Robert J. Piper, undated

Folder 19: Part Songs and Solo Vocal Ensembles of Robert Schumann by Bruce Howard White, 1977

Folder 20: A Practicum in Scoring and Arranging by Joe R. Stanford, 1980

Folder 21: The Relationship of Text and Music in the Mature Choral Works of Peter Cornelius by Jefferson Gordon Johnson, 1991

Folder 22: The Secular Songs of Josquin: A Listing of Their Most Accessible Sources, Their Texts, and Their Musical and Textual Characterisrics by Gary L. Unruh, 1970

Folder 23: Selected Studies in Arranging, Editing and Continuio Realization by Herbert Allen Goodrich, 1980

Folder 24: A Study of Performance Practices Pertaining to Mozart's Salzburg Masses 1776 and 1779-81 by Fitzroy A. Stewart, 1978

Folder 25: The Texas Choirmaster: An Index by Jena Soward Dickey, 1972

Box 6

Folder 1: Thesis Materials for A Historical Survey of Choral Settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah by Joe R. Stanford, 1980

Folder 2: Voice of the Crowd: The Chorus in Opera by Roger O. Doyle, 1973

Box 8

Sub-Series 2: Published Works, 1992

Consists of published works edited by Collins.

Box 6

Folder 3: Farmington by Supply Belcher, edited by Walter Collins, 1992

Box 7

Folder 6: O Hail Sun You Soul of Creation, edited by Walter Collins, undated

Sub-Series 3: Research Materials, 1962-1988

Consists of Collins' research material, primarily on Thomas Weelkes. Arranged alphabetically by title.

Box 6

Folder 4: The Elizabethan Madrigal: A Comparative Study by Joseph Kerman, 1962

Folder 5: Noble's Reconstruction in 9-Voice Format, 1984

Folder 6: Research Bibliographies and Materials, 1962-1975

Folder 7: Tallis - First Service - Morning Prayer Four Voices, undated

Folder 8: Transcribed Music: Alpha C.M., undated

Folder 9: Weelkes, 7 Part Service "Compressed Format", 1987-1988

Folder 10: Weelkes, Lecture notes and 7 Part Service, 1985

Folder 11: Weelkes, Lord to Thee and Magnificat, undated

Folder 12: Weelkes Service in Seven Parts, Transcribed J.K.C., undated

Box 7

Folder 7: Weelkes, Collin's Mastercopy (Noble's Revised Version), undated

Browse by Record Group:

[Record Group 1: Harold A. Decker Papers and Recordings, 1902-2009],
[Record Group 2: Colleen J. Kirk Papers and Sound Recordings, 1949-2003],
[Record Group 3: Russell Mathis Papers, 1960-1977],
[Record Group 4: L. Stanley Glarum Papers and Audio Recordings, 1930-1977],
[Record Group 5: Morris D. Hayes Papers and Realia, 1956-1991],
[Record Group 6: Elwood Keister Papers, 1958-1995],
[Record Group 7: Ferenc Farkas Collection, 1933-2001],
[Record Group 8: Charles C. Hirt Papers, 1923-2001],
[Record Group 9: Walter S. Collins Papers, 1940-1996],
[Record Group 10: Elaine Brown Music and Papers, 1880-2005],
[Record Group 11: Fred Waring Collection, 1937-1997],
[Record Group 12: F. Melius Christiansen Choral Scores, 1918-1954],
[Record Group 13: Robert Shaw Collection, 1954-2005],
[Record Group 14: Robert and Ellis Snyder Choral Library and Personal Papers, 1935-1999],
[Record Group 15: Small Collections, 1893-2006],
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