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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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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 8: Charles C. Hirt Papers, 1923-2001

Consists of research, course materials, publication notes and drafts, and choral programs and workshops spanning the professional career of Charles C. Hirt, who served as ACDA national president from 1970-1972. It contains materials from his teaching and directing career at the University of Southern California, including teaching materials, newspaper clippings and publicity, general correspondence and tribute letters, programs and photographs. This collection also documents Dr. Hirt’s book writing activities; his involvement with the Walt Disney Company and the Olympics, as well as a variety of festivals, clinics, workshops, and tours. This record group is organized into four series: Series 1: ACDA; Series 2: Choral Performances; Series 3: Research, Publications and Instruction; and Series 4: Personal Papers and Audio Recordings.

Series 1: ACDA, 1959-1998

Consists of correspondence, national convention programs and planning, journals, addresses and meeting notes. Hirt was president of the ACDA from 1970 to 1972. Arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Box 1

Folder 1: ACDA: Articles in Choral Journals, meeting minutes, and First National Convention notes, 1959-1976

Folder 2: ACDA: Choral Program Exchange and Choral Journals, 1964-1993

Folder 3: ACDA: Conventions, Addresses, Correspondence, Meetings and President letters, 1962-1972

Folder 4: ACDA: Convention Correspondence, 1969-1970

Folder 5: ACDA: Convention Correspondence and Programs, 1962-1998

Folder 6: ACDA: First National Convention meetings, Correspondence and Programs, 1970-1971

Folder 7: ACDA: Georgia Chapter Convention, 1986

Folder 8: ACDA: National Convention, 1979

Folder 9: ACDA: National Convention, Dallas, Texas, March 10-12, 1977

Folder 10: ACDA: National Convention, Kansas City, 1966

Folder 11: ACDA: National Convention, March 5-8, 1981

Folder 12: ACDA: National Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, March 9-13, 1983

Folder 13: ACDA: National Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1985

Folder 14: ACDA: North Carolina State Convention, 1986

Folder 15: ACDA: North Central Division Convention, 1971-1972

Folder 16: ACDA: President's Letters and Related Correspondence, 1962-1976

Folder 17: ACDA: President's Open Letters to the Membership, 1970-1972

Folder 18: ACDA: Western Division Convention, 1988

Folder 19: ACDA: Western Division Convention - Hirt Honoree, 1996

Folder 20: ACDA: Western Division Full Meeting, 1968

Box 12

Folder 1: ACDA Past President Pin and Ribbon, 1991

Series 2: Choral Performances, 1940-1993

Consists of correspondence, programs, itineraries from conventions, festivals, performances, tours attended or conducted by Hirt and cassette tape recordings of USC chamber singers with Hirt conducting. Arrangement maintains original order which is first chronological and then alphabetical by subject title. Includes material for workshops, all state choirs, Disney, Olympics, international festivals, Europa Cantat, and Vienna Symposia.

Box 1

Folder 21: Events, 1942-1947

Folder 22: Personal Appearances, 1948-1949

Folder 23: Personal Appearances- 1949-50 Season, 1949-1950

Folder 24: Personal Appearances, 1951

Folder 25: Personal Appearances, 1951-1952

Folder 26: Events 1952-1953 Season, 1952-1953

Folder 27: Personal Appearances, 1953-1954

Folder 28: Appearances, 1954-1955

Folder 29: Personal Appearances, 1956

Folder 30: Personal Appearances, 1957

Folder 31: Music Educator's National Conference Program and Correspondence, 1958

Folder 32: Events, 1958

Folder 33: Guest Speaker at Symphony Previews, 1959

Folder 34: El Paso Senior High Vocal Music Festival, 1958-1960

Folder 35: Minnesota All-State Festival Programs, Correspondence and Newsletter, 1959-1960

Folder 36: Southern Idaho Choral Festival and Caldwell Choral Festival, 1959-1960

Folder 37: Events, 1959-1960

Folder 38: New Mexico All-State Festival Programs and Correspondence, 1959-1960

Folder 39: Music Educators National Conference, Atlantic City - Correspondence and Programs, 1960

Folder 40: Guest Conductor for Music in May, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, 1960

Folder 41: Events, 1961

Includes correspondence and programs from perforances involving Bakersfield city schools, Oklahoma State University, Pacific University, Burbank Choral Club, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Folder 42: Floria All-State Clinic Festival, 1960-1961

Folder 43: El Paso Music Festival and Clinic, 1961

Folder 44: Lewis and Clark College Choir Concert, Portland, Oregon, 1960-1961

Folder 45: NaFOMM Workshop Chorus and Conference, 1961

Folder 46: Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma Directors Retreat, 1961

Folder 47: Utah Music Educators Convention, October, 1961

Folder 48: Magic Rio Grande Valley of Texas Choral Clinic, Oct. 25-27, 1961

Folder 49: Events, 1962

Folder 50: Kern Music Educators Association Festival, Feb. 17, 1962

Folder 51: MENC, Chicago, March 16-20, 1962

Folder 52: San Diego County High School Choral Concert, March 23, 1962

Folder 53: San Antonio Baptist Association Choral Clinic, June 21-22, 1962

Folder 54: National Church Music Fellowship Annual Convention, Minnesota, Oct. 31, 1962

Folder 55: University of Illinois Vocal Choral Clinic, Nov. 1-3, 1962

Folder 56: Events, 1963

Folder 57: 4th Annual Church Music Conference, HIllsboro, Kansas, Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 1963

Folder 58: California Music Educators Association Conference, Feb. 16, 1963

Folder 59: Oklahoma Baptist University Youth Festival, Feb. 23, 1963

Folder 60: Ventura County Music Festival, Feb. 25-26, 1963

Folder 61: State University College, Potsdam New York, March 11-16, 1963

Folder 62: Bethel College Madrigal Festival, Kansas, May 12-13, 1963

Folder 63: Southern States Choral Workshop, Knoxville, TN, Aug. 19-23, 1963

Folder 64: Oklahoma State University Music Workshops, June 17-21, 1963

Folder 65: 1st Annual Choral Workshop, University of Illinois, July 15-17, 1963

Folder 66: Presbyterian Conference on Church Music, Montreat, NC, July 18-24, 1963

Folder 67: Church Music Workshop, University of Puget Sound, July 29-Aug 2,, 1963

Folder 68: Southern Oregon College Summer Workshop, Aug. 4-9, 1963

Folder 69: Church Music Workshop, Massanetta Springs, Virginia, Aug. 12-18, 1963

Folder 70: Texas Music Educators Association, Rio Grande Valley, Oct. 28-30, 1963

Folder 71: Choral and Church Music Conferences and Conventions, 1964-1965

Folder 72: Kansas All-State, Kansas Music Educators Association, 1965

Folder 73: Oklahoma Baptist University, 1965

Folder 74: High School and University Visits and Conventions, 1965-1966

Folder 75: Puget Sound Choral Conductors Guild Clinic, 1966

Folder 76: Eastern Montana Chorus Festival, Billings, MT, 1966

Folder 77: Santa Clara Valley Music Educators Association, 1966

Folder 78: South Carolina All-State, Greenville, SC, 1966

Folder 79: 1967 California Governor Inauguration, 1967

Folder 80: Personal Appearances, Festivals and Workshops, 1967

Folder 81: Texas All-State, 1967

Folder 82: Orange County Honor Chorus, 1967

Folder 83: Peabody Conservatory of Music, 1967

Folder 84: Iowa All-State, 1967

Folder 85: Choral Festivals and Church Music Conference, 1968

Folder 86: Adventist Music Teacher's Association Choir Music Festival, 1968

Folder 87: Music Educators National Conference, Seattle, 1968

Folder 88: New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1964-1968

Box 2

Folder 1: Campbell Union High Schools, 1968

Folder 2: Archibald Area Schools, Ohio, Vocal Music Clinic, 1967-1968

Folder 3: California Christian Youth Choir Festival, 1968

Folder 4: Northern California Junior College Choir Festival, 1968

Folder 5: St. Paul, Minnesota Choral Clinic, 1968

Folder 6: East Los Angeles College, Chamber Singers Festival, 1968

Folder 7: Sam Houston State College, Choral Workshop, 1968

Folder 8: Union Theological Seminary, 1968

Folder 9: Choral Conductors Guild 30th Anniversary Convention, 1968

Folder 10: Indiana All-State, 1968

Folder 11: Oklahoma State University - Thanksgiving Choral Festival, 1968

Folder 12: National Association of Teachers of Singing Convention, 1968

Folder 13: Southern California Vocal Association and Florida Choral Seminar, 1968

Folder 14: New Mexico Choral Music Educators Assocation Convention, 1969

Folder 15: Oklahoma Baptist University Youth Choral Festival, 1969

Folder 16: Ohio Music Education Association Convention, 1969

Folder 17: Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso, TX, 1969

Folder 18: Hawaii All-State, 1969

Folder 19: Montana 1st Invitational Choral Fest Concert, 1969

Folder 20: American Guild of Organists, Rocky Mountain Regional Conference, 1969

Folder 21: Peabody Conservative of Music, 1969

Folder 22: Furman University, Greenville, SC, 1969

Folder 23: Meadowbrook Summer School of Music, 1969

Folder 24: Utah All-State, 1969

Folder 25: Ninth Annual Church Music Institute, Louisville, KY, 1969

Folder 26: Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1969

Folder 27: Nebraska Music Educators Convention, 1969

Folder 28: Church Music Leadership Conference, 1970

Folder 29: Pasadena Independent School District, Texas, 1970

Folder 30: Tennessee All-State, 1970

Folder 31: Pacific University Oregon, Music in May, 1970

Folder 32: Southern Baptist Convention, 1970

Folder 33: Florida Music Educators Association, Clinic Festival Concert, 1970

Folder 34: Montreat Conferences, Montreat, NC, 1970

Folder 35: Furman University, Greenville, SC, 1970

Folder 36: Choral Festival Programs and Correspondence, 1971

Folder 37: Kent County Honor Fest, Feb. 6, 1971

Folder 38: Minnesota Music Educators Association, Feb. 21-22, 1971

Folder 39: El Paso High School Music Festival, March 19, 1971

Folder 40: MENC All Northwest Choir, March 24-27, 1971

Folder 41: Oregon, Wilco League Choral Festival, April 15, 1971

Folder 42: Music Seminar World Tour, July 20-August 6, 1971

Folder 43: Piedmont University Center Visiting Scholars Program, Oct. 4-5, 1971

Folder 44: 21st Annual Senior High School Choral Festival, Weatherford, OK, Nov. 5-6, 1971

Folder 45: Gardner Webb College, Boiling Springs, NC, Nov. 11, 1971

Folder 46: Westminster Choir College, Princton, NJ, 1971-1974

Folder 47: Events, 1972

Folder 48: Ysleta School District, El Paso, TX, March 15-17, 1972

Folder 49: North Carolina Music Conference, Ridgecrest, April 17-19, 1972

Folder 50: Associated Colleges of Central Kansas, Tabor College Choir, May 1, 1972

Folder 51: Lincoln Center Third International University Choir Festival, April 19-May 1, 1972

Folder 52: Indiana All State Chorus, Indiana State Choral Festival, Nov. 2-4, 1972

Folder 53: Associated Students of the University of California, Madrigal Festival, Nov. 11, 1972

Folder 54: Kansas Cooperative College Composers Project Festival, Oct. 12-14, 1972

Folder 55: Carl Fischer Centennial Workshop, Dallas, Sep. 8-9, 1972

Folder 56: Events, 1973

Folder 57: Southern California Vocal Association Honor Choir, Feb. 5, 1973

Folder 58: Sea-arama Marine World Third Annual Southwest Choral Festival, May 2-5, 1973

Folder 59: Events, 1974

Folder 60: Lincoln Center International Choral Festival, April 18-May 13, 1974

Folder 61: Events, 1975

Folder 62: Westminster Choir College Choral Festival, Jan. 16-18, 1975

Folder 63: Grossmout Union High School, La Mesa, CA, 1975-1976

Folder 64: Iowa Mennonite School, 1975

Folder 65: Colorado Springs First Presbyterian Church, 1975

Box 3

Folder 1: 1979 National/International Music Festival, St.Louis, Mo., 1979

Folder 2: National Choral Symposium, Kansas City, 1979

Folder 3: Vocal Pedagogy Workshop Series, MacPhail Center for the Arts, 1979

Folder 4: National Peanut Festival, Choral Festival, 1979

Folder 5: Colorado Springs - First Presbyrterian Church, Choir Workshop Weekend, 1979

Folder 6: Biola College Choral Festival, La Mirada, CA, 1979

Folder 7: Events, 1980

Folder 8: Kansas All-State Choir, Wichita, Kansas, Feb. 22-23, 1980

Folder 9: Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary Workshop, Feb. 28 - March 1, 1980

Folder 10: Goshen College Music Festival, March 28-30, 1980

Folder 11: Taylor University Choral Clinic - Festival, April 11-13, 1980

Folder 12: Great American Music Festival, Orlando, Florida, May 1-4, 1980

Folder 13: Garden Grove Community Church, Church Music Exploration - Crystal Cathedral, June 29 - July 3, 1980

Folder 14: Hidden Valley Summer Choral Seminar, July 9-12, 1980

Folder 15: Sheet Music Service of Portland Fall Choral Workshop, Sep. 6, 1980

Folder 16: Great Falls High School AA Choral Invitational, Nov. 24-25, 1980

Folder 17: Events, Workshops and Festivals, 1981

Folder 18: Northern Arizona University 5th Annual Madrigal Festival, Workshop, Invitational, Feb. 14, 1981

Folder 19: Garden Grove High School Choral Festival, April 4-6, 1981

Folder 20: Mennonite High School Music Festival, April 11-12, 1981

Folder 21: Texas International Festival of Music, San Antonio, May 15-17, 1981

Folder 22: University of Wisconsin Extension Choral Music Education Workshop, June 15-19, 1981

Folder 23: Glendale Council of Christian Churches Choral Festival, October 25, 1981

Folder 24: Events, Festivals, and Symposiums, 1982

Folder 25: Missouri All-State Choir, Missouri Music Educators Association, Jan. 21-23, 1982

Folder 26: Central College Church Music Workshop, Feb. 11-14, 1982

Folder 27: Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists Music Festival, Feb. 17-21, 1982

Folder 28: Choral Conductors Guild of Orange County Annual Spring Festival of Choirs, March 21, 1982

Folder 29: Association of Christian Schools International Senior High Musicale, San Jose Cathedral of Faith, March 25-26, 1982

Folder 30: Baylor University Lyceum Series, April 13-15, 1982

Folder 31: Pacific Southwest Intercollegiate Choral Association 53rd Annual Festival, April 24, 1982

Folder 32: Lamar University Summer Choral Workshop, Beaumont, Texas, June 2-5, 1982

Folder 33: University of Michigan Summer Workshop in Choral Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 29 - July 2, 1982

Folder 34: San Francisco Theological Seminary Summer Workshops in Music, July 12-16, 1982

Folder 35: University of Hartford, Hartt Summer Choral Music Symposium, July 28-30, 1982

Folder 36: Word Music MusiCongress '82, Dallas Sept. 9-11, Atlanta Sept. 23-25, 1982

Folder 37: Sanctuary of First Presbyrterian Church, Norman, Oklahoma, Oct. 15-18, 1982

Folder 38: EPCOT Center Grand Opening Celebration, Oct. 22-25, 1982

Epcot Center Grand Opening Ceremony and Dedication Program removed to Series 2 Box 12 Folder 6 for preservation.

Folder 39: San Marino Community Church Concert Series, Nov. 13-14, 1982

Folder 40: ACDA Choral Conducting Symposium, Oct. 1982 - March 1983

Folder 41: Events, Workshops, Festivals, and Retreats, 1983

Folder 42: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Church Music Workshop, Feb. 2-4, 1983

Folder 43: Meadows Professorship in Choral Music at West Texas State University, March 1-6, 1983

Folder 44: Harvard University Choral Symposium, March 18-19, 1983

Folder 45: University of the Pacific Northern California Collegiate Choral Festival, April 21-23, 1983

Folder 46: Dallas County Community Colleges Fine Arts Festival, May 2-7, 1983

Folder 47: Nazareth Choral Institute High School Workshop, Rochester, New York, July 11-16, 1983

Folder 48: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, Church Music Institute, Oct. 10-14, 1983

Folder 49: Wisconsin Music Educators Association, Wisconsin State Music Conference, Telephone Choral Round Table, Oct. 28, 1983

Folder 50: Brigham Young University HIgh School Choral Festival and Workshop, Provo, Utah, Nov. 12, 1983

Folder 51: Music Ministry Workshop, Jan. 20-21, 1984

Folder 52: California State University Fullteron Choral Symposium, Feb. 4, 1984

Folder 53: Belmont College Fourth Invitational Chamber Choir Festival, Nashville, Tennessee, Feb. 9-11, 1984

Folder 54: Fanfare Festivals, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, March, 23-24, 1984

Folder 55: Great Southern Choral Classic, Orlando, Florida, May 4-5, 1984

Folder 56: World's Fair 1984, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 12, 1984

Folder 57: Asia Cantat, Nagano, Japan, July 17-24,1984

Includes photographs

Folder 58: Barker-Lins Inc. Sheet Music Service Workshop, Portland, Oregon, Sept. 21-26, 1984

Folder 59: First Presbyrterian Church Workshop, Colorado Spring, Colorado, Oct. 12-14, 1984

Folder 60: Events and Festivals, 1985

Folder 61: Arkansas All-State Clinic and Concert, Feb. 21-23, 1985

Folder 62: 40th Annual Choir Festival First Presbyrterian Church of Holywood, Dedication of Hirt Scholarship, June 2, 1985

Folder 63: Association of Christian Schools International Senior High Musicale, Pasadena, April 19, 1985

Folder 64: Events, Tours and Festivals, 1986

Folder 65: Liberty Weekend Programs and Music, July 3-6, 1986

Hirt listed on page 57 of Liberty Weekend Official Program. Liberty weekend recognition of contribution removed to series 2 box 12 folder 2 for preservation.

Folder 66: Liberty Weekend Correspondence, Planning and Schedule Materials, 1986

Staff Badge in envelope inside

Folder 67: Lamar University Summer Choral Clinic, Beaumont, Texas, June 11-13, 1986

Folder 68: Hinshaw Music, West Liberty State College, Celebrations II, VI and XII, July 27 - Aug. 5, 1986

Folder 69: Southern California Music Festivals, April and May 1988

Folder 70: VIII Olympic Winter Games, Squaw Valley, CA, February 1960, 1959-1960

Includes photographs and slides

Folder 71: 1984 Olympics - Choir Lists and Music, 1984

Folder 72: 1984 Olympics - Correspondence

Folder 73: 1984 Olympics - Honor Chorus, 1984

Folder 74: 1984 Olympics - Membership Directory, 1984

Folder 75: 1984 Olympics - Memorabilia, Flag and Director PIn, 1984

Folder 76: 1984 Olympics - Music, 1984

Folder 77: 1984 Olympics - Olympic Hymn Correspondence, 1983-1984

Folder 78: 1984 Olympics - Opening and Closing Ceremonies, 1984

Folder 79: 1984 Olympics - Photos, 1984

Folder 80: 1984 Olympics - Programs, 1984

Folder 81: 1984 Olympics - Scripts, Opening and Closing Ceremonies, 1984

Folder 82: America's Youth in Concert, 1978

Box 4

Folder 1: Choral Conductors Guild of California Certificates, Newspaper Clippings, Programs, Correspondence, Biographical Journal Articles, Journals and Photographs, 1942-1969

Folder 2: A Couer Jolie Publications; Le Chef de Chœur, Septiemes Chorales, A Cœur Jolie Periodique, Onziemes Choralies, L'Homme Couronné, 1967-1983

Folder 3: A Cœur Joie Programs, Photographs, Magazines, Correspondence and Planning Material, 1965-1970

Folder 4: Collection of undated event programs, festivals and guest appearances, undated

Folder 5: Declined Letters of Invitation, 1950-1970

Folder 6: Declined Letters of Invitation, 1969-1989

Folder 7: Disney - Candlelight Article, 1993

Folder 8: Disney - Candlelight Performing Choirs, 1961-1979

Folder 9: Disney - Candlelight Programs, 1973-1979

Folder 10: Disney - Candlelight Scores, 1959-1970

Folder 11: Disney - Candlelight Scripts, 1967-1982

Folder 12: Disney - Correspondence, 1958-1972

Folder 13: Disney - Photos, undated

Folder 14: Disney - Publicity, Newspaper clippings, 1955-1974

Folder 15: Disney - World Opening, 1971

Folder 16: Engagement Publicity, 1947-1977

Folder 17: Europa Cantat - Correspondence, 1971-1976

Folder 18: Europa Cantat - Programs, 1 of 3, 1967-1973

Folder 19: Europa Cantat - Programs, 2 of 3, 1976

Folder 20: Europa Cantat - Programs, 3 of 3, 1982-1985

Folder 21: Ford Foundation Tour of U.S.S.R. - Correspondence, 1959-1965

Folder 22: Ford Foundation Tour of U.S.S.R. - Hirt's letters, 1963-1964

Original order interior of folder in order of the countries the tour visited: Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary.

Folder 23: Ford Tour of U.S.S.R. - Itinerary and Trip Information, 1962-1964

Folder 24: Ford Foundation Tour of U.S.S.R. - Programs, 1963-1964

Folder 25: International Federation for Choral Music Festivals, 1981-1995

Folder 26: Professional Engagement Lists, Schedules and Calendars, 1950-1976

Folder 27: Southern California Vocal Association Festival Programs, Correspondence and Bulletins, 1940-1988

Folder 28: Vienna Symposium, 1974

Box 12

Folder 2: Liberty Weekend Recognition of Contribution, 1986

Removed from Series 2, Box 3, Folder 65.

Folder 4: Candlelight Ceremony Scores, 1959

Folder 5: Collection of notes, correspondence and reciepts for church workshops, engagements and speeches, 1957-1971

Includes a textile from Taipei Teacher's Chorus.

Folder 6: Epcot Center Grand Opening Ceremony and Dedication Program, 1982

Removed from Series 2 Box 3 Folder 38 for preservation.

Folder 7: Ford Foundation Eastern Europe Tour, 1961-1964

Folder 8: Photographs of Asia Cantat, Nagano, Japan, July 17-24, 1984

Series 3: Research, Publications and Instruction

Consists of research notes and correspondence for Hirt's PhD, copies of his dissertations, copies of his publications, drafts of his publications, notes on speeches he gave, instructional repertoire lists, course materials, student work, and clinic and workshop materials. Arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Sub-Series 1: Research, Publications and Presentations

Consists of research notes, dissertation copies, dissertation drafts, publications, book drafts, speeches and presentation notes. Arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Box 4

Folder 29: Biographical Sketches, undated

Folder 30: Book: Preface - Chapter 2, undated

Box 5

Folder 1: Book: Chapter 3, "Construction of the Choral Instrument", undated

Folder 2: Book: Chapter 4, "The Voice in Ensemble", undated

Folder 3: Book: Chapter 5, "Choral Organizing and Administration", undated

Folder 4: Book: Chapter 7, Literature, 1958-1960

Folder 5: Book: Chapter 8, "The Choral Conductor as a Pedagogue", 1958

Folder 6: Book: Chapter 9, "A Performing Artist", 1944

Folder 7: Book: The Choral Conductor, Preliminary draft of outline, undated

Folder 8: Book: Choral Technique notes, 1956

Folder 9: Book: Correspondence, 1958-1963

Folder 10: Book: Interpretation notes, undated

Folder 11: Book: Notes, 1957

Folder 12: Book: Techniques, Rehearsal, 1959-1960

Folder 13: Choral Conducting Notes and Research, undated

Folder 14: Choral Technique notes and references, 1958

Folder 15: Collection of Research Notes, Repertory Lists, Student Papers, Course Preparation and Sheet Music Orders, 1961-1983

Folder 16: "The Conversion of Saint Paul" by Felix Mendelsson, Ed. by Charles Hirt, - Scores and Instruction Booklet, 1970

Folder 17: Cooper, Morton - Vocal Rehabilitation Papers, 1970-1972

Folder 18: Dissertation draft, undated

Folder 19: Dissertation Notes and Research, undated

Folder 20: Dissertation Notes and Research, undated

Folder 21: Dissertation Research Notebooks, undated

Folder 22: Dissertation Translations, undated

Box 6

Folder 1: Dissertation - Unbound Draft, 1946

Folder 2: Hirt, Charles: "Graeco-Slavonic Chant Traditions Evident in the Part-Writing of the Russian Orthodox Church", 1946

Hirt's bound dissertation for USC

Folder 3: Masters Thesis, USC: Comparative Pupil Interest in Elective Music Courses in a Junior and Senior High School, June 1940

Folder 4: Russian Liturgical Books, Microfilm and "The Temple" by George Herbert, undated

Folder contains a copy of The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations by George Herbert

Folder 5: Russian Research Correspondence, 1944

Folder 6: Scores arranged, translated and edited by Charles Hirt, 1957-1985

Folder 7: Shaw, Robert: The Collegiate Chorale Letters and "Music and the Liberal Church", 1944-1961

Folder 8: Speech to Société Musicologie de Paris, undated

Folder 9: Speeches and Presentations, 1957-1983

Box 12

Folder 9: Doctoral Candidacy Paperwork, Correspondence, Exam Materials, and References, 1941-1946

Folder 10: Mode I, Medieval Byzantine Hymns of the Round System, undated

Box 10

Folder 4: Short Outline of the General History of Music by N.A. Lurin Mimeograph, 1913

Short Outline of the General History of Music: Handbook for studying history o9f music and preparation of examinations on the subject of conservatoriums and musical schools (Kratkii ocherk vseobshchei istorii muzyki: Posobie dlia izuchenila istorii muzyki i dlia podgotovki k ekzamenam po etomu predmetu v konseratoriiakh i muzykalnykh uchilishchakh) by N.A. Lurin, Publisher: Muzykalnoe ixdatelstvo V. Bessel i Ko. St. Petersburg, Moscow, Russian.1913.

Sub-Series 2: Instruction and Course Materials

Consists of course planning notes and repertoire lists for University of Southern California, his high school teaching career, his church choir instructional materials and USC group cassette sound recordings. Arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Box 6

Folder 10: Choral Conducting Course Materials, Music 441, c. 1974

Folder 11: Choral Conducting and Choral Development Student Work and Bibliography, 1949-1959

Folder 12: Choral Development and Sacred Music Course Materials and Bibliographies, 1954-1981

Folder 13: Church Music Course Materials and Dimitri Stepanivich Bortnianskii, 1955

Folder 14: Church Music Course Materials, Student Work and Bibliographic, 1950-1986

Folder 15: Criteria for the Composing, Arranging and Editing fo Choral Literature for the Senior High School Mixed chorus by Charles Hirt and Choral Techniques and Development, 1954-1979

Folder 16: Early Career: Christmas Programs and Repertoire Lists, 1935-1940

Folder 17: Early Career: Corona Junior High School, 1934-1935

Box 7

Folder 1: Early Career: Glendale High School, 1936-1941

Includes many photographs of ensembles and students

Folder 2: Early Career: Glendale Junior College, 1940-1943

Folder 3: Early Career: Teaching Credentials, 1934-1941

Folder 4: Early Career: Woodrow Wilson Junior High, 1935-1937

Folder 5: Hirt, Charles: "The Chamber Ensemble", undated

Folder 6: Hollywood Presbyterian Church - resignation and letters, 1970

Folder 7: Hymnology, Music 473, Instructional Materials and Bibliography, 1956-1970

Folder 8: Interviews and Articles, 1947-1962

Folder 9: Music and Worship, Music 472, Instructional Materials and Bibliographies, 1949-1963

Folder 10: Notated Literature forum pages, 1995

Folder 11: Notes about "Sacred", 1971

Folder 12: Notes from Lectures and Clinics, 1962

Folder 13: Notes on Rehearsal Techniques, 1957

Folder 14: Notes on Style and Performance, 1961

Folder 15: Notes on Westminster College Courses, 1939

Folder 16: Notes written by Participants at Choral Workshops, 1953-1961

Folder 17: Renaissance History and Music Practice, Music 574, 1962

Folder 18: Selected Articles and Writings, 1968-1969

Folder 19: Techniques of Gregorian Chironomy, Conducting III, Instructional Materials, 1959

Folder 20: USC - 1966 "Trojan Tribute" Script and Invitation, 1966

Folder 21: USC - Charles Hirt Choral Laboratory, undated

Folder 22: USC - Concert Repertoires, Tape Contents, 1963-1973

Folder 23: USC - Conducting Symposium, 1983

Folder 24: USC - Contracts, 1944-1973

Folder 25: USC - Contracts, Summer Sessions, 1944-1968

Folder 26: USC - Correspondence, 1947-1978

Folder 27: USC - Department of Church Music, 1945-1970

Folder 28: USC - Faculty Profile, 1976

Folder 29: USC - Photographs, 1947-1963

Folder 30: USC - Programs and School of Music Brochures, 1944-1988

Folder 31: USC - Publicity, 1949-1966

Folder 32: USC - Retirement, 1976

Folder 33: USC - Student Work, Progressive Criteria for the Conductor by Stewart W. West, undated

Folder 34: USC - Teaching Loads, 1945-1977

Folder 35: USC Chamber Singers - 1964 Tour, Austria, 1964

Folder 36: USC Chamber Singers - 1964 Tour, Correspondence, 1963-1964

Folder 37: USC Chamber Singers - 1964 Tour, Department of State, 1963-1964

Folder 38: USC Chamber Singers - 1964 Tour, France and Belgium, 1964

Folder 39: USC Chamber Singers - 1964 Tour, Germany, 1964

Box 8

Folder 1: USC Chamber Singers - 1964 Tour, Israel, 1964

Folder 2: USC Chamber Singers - 1964 Tour, Italy, 1964

Folder 3: USC Chamber Singers - 1964 Tour, Netherlands, 1964

Folder 4: USC Chamber Singers - 1964 Tour, Photographs, 1964

Folder 5: USC Chamber Singers - 1964 Tour, Press, 1963-1964

Folder 6: USC Chamber Singers - 1964 Tour, Programs, 1964

Folder 7: USC Chamber Singers - CD Project, Endowment Fund Papers, 1997

Folder 8: USC Chamber Singers - CD Project, jewel case inserts, undated

Folder 9: USC Chamber Singers - CD Repertoire and Scores, undated

Folder 10: USC Chamber Singers - Letters and Statements about 1964 Tour, 1964

Folder 11: USC Chamber Singers - Photographs, undated

Folder 12: USC Chamber Singers - Programs, 1949-1976

Folder 13: USC Chamber Singers - Tours, 1958-1972

Box 11

Folder 1: Photograph gifted to USC Singers by Navy with pin attached, undated

Folder 2: Conducting Notes, undated

Handwritten notes for conducting course materials and 5 projection slides with conducting patterns, itemized and foldered for preservation.

Item 1: Conducting Patterns Projection Slide, USC Audiovisual Servies, V, undated

Item 2: Conducting Patterns Projection Slide III, USC Audiovisual Services, undated

Item 3: Conducting Patterns Projections Slide I, USC Audiovisual Services, undated

Item 4: Conducting Patterns Projection Slide III, USC Audiovisual Servies, undated

Item 5: Conducting Patterns Projection Slide IV, USC Audiovisual Services, undated

Folder 3: Composition Class Scores, undated

Folder 4: Photograph sent to USC chamber singers, 1964

Folder 5: Two Life Magazines with articles about First Presbyrterian Church, 1949, 1951

The magazine dated January 10, 1949 features an article about the First Presbyrterian Church, page 75-84. The magazine dated January 1, 1951 describes Hirt and First Presbyrterian Church choir and includes a photograph, page 87.

Box 12

Folder 3: USC Chamber Singers '64 Tour Itineraries, Correspondence, and Budgets, 1964

Folder 11: Gregorian Chants in Latin and English, Music for Funeral Mass, the Congregation's part in the sung mass, 1959

Box 14

Cassette 1: A: 1966 - Spring Concert, 1966

Cassette 2: A: 1972-73 Spring Excerpts, 1966 Encore, 1966-1973

Cassette 3: The Cassette Musician, The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, 1983

Cassette 4: CD Master I, undated

Cassette 5: Hirt CD Master II Final Edit, January 1, 1987

Cassette 6: Hirt Master CD II, November 26, 1996

Cassette 7: Olympic Honor Chorus, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984

Cassette 8: Rehearsal Tape; final mixes, undated

1. Welcome, 2. Star Spangled, 3.Pioneer pt.1, 4. Pioneer pt.2, 5. Urban Rhapsody, 6. Olympic Hymn, 7. 9th symphony (long), 8. 9th symphony (short), 9. 9th symphony (coda), 10. Reach Out, 11. Reach Out (ending)

Cassette 9: USC, 1964

Cassette 10: USC, 1969-1970

Cassette 11: USC, 1971-1972

Cassette 12: USC, 1972-1973

Cassette 13: USC, 1974-1975

Series 4: Personal Papers and Audio Recordings

Consists of awards, honors, certificates, membership paperwork, biographical articles, memorials, tributes, obituaries, news paper clippings, photographs, correspondence, scores, and records.  Arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Sub-Series 1: Honors, Awards, and Tributes

Consists of certificates, honorary memberships, membership materials, honorary degrees, awards, tributes, biographical articles, obituaries, memorials and dedications. Arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Box 8

Folder 14: ACDA Certificates and Awards, 1964-1985

Folder 15: Awards, Certificates, Honorary Memberships, 1963-1977

Includes honorary memberships for Outstanding Educators of America, City of Los Angeles, Georgia MENC, City of Brownsville, City of El Paso, Choral Conductors Guild

Folder 16: Awards, Honorary Memberships, Honorary Degrees, 1946-1990

Includes awards, honorary memberships and honorary degrees for Phi Beta Kappa, USC, Phi Kappa Lambda, Skull and Dagger, Westminster Choir College and Occidental College.

Folder 17: Certificate for USC Trojan Men's Glee Club, Charter Membership, 1943

Folder 18: Certificates, Membership cards and Memorial Pamphlets, 1923-1994

Includes Certificates, Membership cards and Memorial Pamphlets for Glendale Annual Kite Tournament, Masonic Hall, Diversa, Inc., Tommy Walker and Stanley Morner.

Folder 19: Nominations for USC Distinguished Emeriti Awards, Who's Who, American Biographical Institute, Outstanding Educators of America, 1973-1999

Folder 20: Pacific University Commencement Address and Honorary Doctorate, 1976

Folder 21: Robert Shaw Award, ACDA Phoenix, 1991

Includes photographs.

Folder 22: Sigma Alpha Episilon Plaque, 1933, 1954

Folder 23: Tributes, Memorials, Obituaries, Dedications, 2001

Sub-Series 2: Correspondence, Personal Library and Photographs

Consists of corresponce with special people, photographs of Hirt conducting, head shot photographs, childhood photographs, and books about music in Russian, Hungarian and Romanian. Arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Box 8

Folder 24: Collections of Books on Eastern European Music, 1963-1964

Includes books in German, Hungarian, Polish, Serbian and Russian.

Folder 25: Collection of Photographs; Headshots, Groups, Conducting and Childhood, 1923-2001

Folder 26: Letters from "Special People", 1942-1977

"Special People" include Carl Mueller, Hubert Eaton, Halsey Stevens, Alfred Wallenstein, Bruno Walter, Weston Noble, John Hubbard, Robert Schuller, Abe Lubott (Jewish Instrumentalist at Messiah), A.S. Raubenheimer, John Finley Williamson,Jester Hairston, Bill Henry, Bob Shaw, Albert Schweitzer, Samuel Yorty, Ronald Reagan, Walt Disney, Fred Waring, Houston Bright, Kirke Meecham, Paul Sjolund, Heinz Werner Zimmerman, C. Albert Scholin, John Beck, Will James, Lady Bird Johnson.

Folder 27: Photograph of Don Cossack Chorus with Serge Jaroff Conducting, undated

Folder 28: Photograph of Jane Hardester, undated

Folder 29: Photograph of John Finley Williamson, undated

Folder 30: Photograph of Serge Jaroff and Ellis Snyder, 1941

Folder 34: Correspondence - General, 1951-1989

Sub-Series 3: Scores and Sound Recordings

Consists of scores, music compilations, and records.

Box 8

Folder 31: "Amalie" by Felix Mendelssohn - "Cantata No. 142, 163, 164" by J.S. Bach, 1958

"Athalie" by Felix Mendelssohn, "Arrangements for Chorus without accompaniment" by M. Klimov, "Canata No. 142" by J.S. Bach, "Cantata No. 163" by J.S. Bach, "Cantata No. 164" by J.S. Bach

Folder 32: "Children's and Women's Choruses" by Zoltán Kodály - "Choruses" by Paul Constantinescu, 1962-1963

"Children's and Women's Choruses" by Zoltán Kodály (Hungarian), "Chorus works" by Bartók Béla (Hungarian),  "Choruses" by Paul Constantinescu (Romanian)

Folder 33: Collection of Scores with loose handwritten concert notes, 1944-1976

Includes "Carmen" by George Bizet, "Magnificat" by Franz Schubert, "Mass" by William Byrd, "Requiem" by Gabriel Fauré, "Requiem" by Heinrich Biber, "The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus" by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, "Te Deum Laudamus" by Henry Purcell, which have associated note cards with possible concert lists.

Box 9

Folder 1: "Compilation of Choruses for Two Voices" by Kiss Lajos - "The Gondoliers" by Arthur Sullivan, 1931-1954

"Compilation of Choruses for Two Voices" by Kiss Lajos (Hungarian), "Coronation Mass" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "The Creation" by Jospeh Haydn, "Five Choruses for Mixed Voices without accompaniment" by Georgii Sviridov (Russian), "The Four Seasons" by J.S. Bach, "Fourteen choirs for mixed voices" by Lajos Bárdos (Hungarian), "The Gondoliers" by Arthur Sullivan

Folder 2: "Hungarian Folk Songs" by Ferenc Szabó  - "Liturgy of the Evangelist John Chrysostom" by St. Mokranjac, 1941-1958

"Hungarian Folk Songs" by Ferenc Szabó (Hungarian), "I suffered with great heaviness [No. 21]" J.S. Bach, "Jesus Sleeps" by J.S. Bach, "Lauda Sion" by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, "Liturgy of the Evangelist John Chrysostom" by St. Mokranjac (Serbo-Croatian)

Folder 3: "Magnificat D-Dur" by J.S. Bach - "La Messe de Nostre Dame" by Guillaume de Machault, 1953-1956

"Magnificat D-Dur" by J.S. Bach, "Mass" by L. Van Beethoven, "Mass" by Vincent Persochetti, "Messe" by A. Bruckner, "Messe" by Paul Hindemith, "Messe Notre-Dame" by Guillaume de Machaut, "Le Messe de Notre Dame" by Guillaume de Machault

Folder 4: "The Messiah" by G.F. Handel - "Missa Caput" by Jacob Obrecht, 1912-1950

"The Messiah" by G.F. Handel, "Misericordias Domini" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozert, "Misericordias Domini" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Missa Caput" by Jacob Obrecht

Folder 5: "Motet II" by J.S. Bach - "Now Thank We All Our God" by Johann Pachelbel, 1954-1959

"Motet II" by J.S. Bach, "Motet VI" by J.S. Bach, "Eucharist: Music from Parsifal" by Richard Wagner, "Nänie" by Johannes Brahms, "Nativities" by Nick Strimple, "Now Thank We All Our God" by Johann Pachelbel

Folder 6: "Ordering of Moses" by R. Nathaniel Dett - "The Passion of Our Lord According to Matthew" by J.S. Bach, 1937-1959

"The Ordering of Moses" by R. Nathaniel Dett, "The Passion of Our Lord According to Matthew" by J.S. Bach, "The Passion of Our Lord According to Matthew" by J.S. Bach

Folder 7: "The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew" by J.S. Bach (2 copies), 1932-1959

Folder 8: "Praise Thou the Lord Jerusalem" by J.S. Bach - "Un Pueblo que no canta es un pueblo triste", 1963-1981

"Praise Thou the Lord Jerusalem" by J.S. Bach, "Psalm of Peace" by Norman Dello Joio, "Psalm 148" by Gerhard Krapf, "Psalm 150" by Anton Bruckner, "Un pueblo que no canta es un pueblo triste" edited by Gobierno del Estado de México

Folder 9: "The Redeemer" by Martin Shaw - "Requiem" by Johannes Brahms, 1945

"The Redeemer" by Martin Shaw, "Requiem" by Johannes Brahams

Folder 10: "Requiem Mass" by Luigi Cherubini - "Rosamunde" by Franz Schubert, 1902-1929

"Requiem Mass" by Luigi Cherubini, "Requiem" by W.A. Mozart, "Rosamunde" by Franz Schubert

Folder 11: "Saint Paul an Oratorio" by Felix Mendelssohn - "The Second Hurricane" by Aaron Copland and Edwin Denby, undated

"Saint Paul an Oratorio" by Felix Mendelssohn, "Saint Paul an Oratoria" Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, "The Second Hurricane" by Aaron Copland and Edwin Denby,

Folder 12: "Seven Joys of Christmas" by Kirke Mechem - "Stabat Mater" by G. Verdi, 1964-1966

"Seven Joys of Christmas" by Kirke Mechem, "The Seven Words of Christ" J. Haydn, "Shevchenko's works: Choruses without accompaniment" by T. Shevchenko (Ukrainian), "Sleepers, Wake!" by J.S. Bach, "Song of the Open Road" by Norman Dello Joio, "Stabat Mater" by Antonio Caldara, "Stabat Mater" by G. Verdi (3 copies), "Symphonia No. 3" by B. Arapov (Russian)

Folder 13: "Te Deum" A. Bruckner - "The Twelve" by V. Salmanov and Aleksandr Blok, 1958-1962

"Te Deum" by A. Bruckner, "Ten Choruses for Children's Choir without accompaniment" by N. Agagonnikov (Russian), "Ten Russian Songs for a Chorus" by Natalia Levi (Russian), "Three Choruses without accompaniment" by V. Salmanov and Janka Kupala (Russian, Belarusian), "The Twelve" by V. Salmanov and Aleksandr Blok (Russian),

Box 10

Folder 1: "University of Pennsylvania Choral Series No. 12, 19, 20, 65" - "We the young, Sonorous Tribe", 1964

University of Pennsylvania Choral Series No. 12, "The choral "Wie Schön Leuchtet de Morgenstern" by J.S. Bach, University of Pennsylvania Choral Series No. 19, "Cantata No. 150 Nach dir, Herr, Verlanget mich" by J.S. Bach, University of Pennsylvania Choral Series No. 20, "Wedding Cantata no. 196" and "Three Wedding Chorales" by J.S. Bach, University of Pennsylvania Choral Series No. 65, "Cantata 6 Bleib' bei uns" by J.S. Bach, "Vesperae Solennes de Confessore" by W.A. Mozart, "Vox in Rama" by Donald Crockett, "We the young, Sonorous Tribe"

Folder 2: "Welsh and English Hymns and Melodies" - "The Whole Sea has Revolted" by Ferenc Szabó, 1959-1983

"Welsh and English Hymns and Melodies" edited by The National Gymanfa Ganu Association of the United States and Canada, "The Whole Sea has Revolted" by Ferenc Szabó (Hungarian)

Folder 3: "Works by early Romanian Composers" - "Vegyeskarok" by Zoltán Kodály, 1963

"Works by early Romanian Composers"(Romanian), "Vegyeskarok" by Zoltán Kodály (Hungarian)

Box 13

Folder 1: "Canticle To Hope" by Paul Hindemith, "Canticles Op. 65" by Eskil Hemberg, 1953

Folder 2: "Cinci Cîntece Populare Din Ardeal" by Dumitru Capoianu, "Concerning Negotiations with My self and with God" by Eskil Hemberg, 1963-1979

Folder 3: "The Gondoliers or King of Barataria", 1750

Folder 4: "Oh, My Ukraine" by A. Shtogarenko, 1960

Folder 5: "Psaume 24" by Lili Boulanger, "Quam Dilecta" by Michel Richard de la Lande, 1924

Folder 6: "Ritual for the Thirst of the Earth" by Myriam Marbe, "The Song of the Earth" by Gustav Mahler, 1942-1970

Box 15

Folder 1: "Congedo di Geralamo Savonarola" by Luigi Dallopiccola - "Preghiera di Maria Stuarda" by Luigi Dallopiccola, 1948

"Congedo di Geralamo Savonarola" by Luigi Dallopiccola, "Invocazione di Boezio" by Luigi Dallopiccola, "Preghiera di Maria Stuarda" by Luigi Dallopiccola

Folder 2: Two Russian records, an LP "Russian Conversations" and a 45 in Russian, undated

Folder 3: Posters of Dr. Charles C. Hirt and USC Chamber Singers, 1964-1975

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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