Finding Aid for Frank McGrann Personal Papers and Sound Recordings, 1900-2004 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence and Personal Papers

Box 1

Folder 1: Correspondence and Programs - Herbert L Clarke, 1907-1945

Folder 2: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings Regarding Herbert L Clarke, Undated

Folder 3: Correspondence and Programs - Herbert L Clarke, 1936

Folder 4: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings - Herbert L Clarke, 1937

Folder 5: Correspondence, Programs, and Newspaper Clippings - Herbert L Clarke, 1938

Folder 6: Correspondence, Programs, and Newspaper Clippings - Herbert L Clarke, 1939

Folder 7: Correspondence, Programs, and Newspaper Clippings - Herbert L Clarke, 1940

Folder 8: Correspondence, Programs, and Newspaper Clippings - Herbert L Clarke, 1941

Folder 9: Correspondence, Programs, and Newspaper Clippings - Herbert L Clarke, 1042

Folder 10: Correspondence and Programs - Herbert L Clarke, 1943

Folder 11: Correspondence and Programs - Herbert L Clarke, 1944

Folder 12: Correspondence - Herbert L Clarke, 1946

Folder 13: Correspondence - Ralph Covey regarding "Frost Incident" with Sousa Band, 1910-1911

Folder 14: Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Photographs Regarding Sousa, 1911-1940

Folder 15: Correspondence - Frank H Gillum, 1927-1942

Folder 16: Correspondence - Frank Holton and Associates, 1934-1942

Folder 17: Correspondence - John Perfetto, 1935-1944

Folder 18: Correspondence - Robert E Clarke - Marine Band, 1936-1943

Folder 19: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings - Atha J Garing, 1936-1945

Folder 20: Correspondence - Frank Simon (1 of 2), 1936-1959

Folder 21: Correspondence - Frank Simon (2 of 2), 1944-1945

Folder 22: Correspondence and "American Symphony Orchestra" Schedule - "Peter", 1937-1944

Folder 23: Correspondence - Marine Band, 1937-1945

Folder 24: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings - Wilbur Kiefer, 1937-1945

Folder 25: Correspondence - Several Recipients and Senders, 1937-1952

Folder 26: Correspondence and Articles - The Goldman Band, Edwin and Richard Franko Goldman, 1938-1945

Folder 27: Correspondence - Albert Knecht and Pennsylvania Bandmaster's Association, 1939-1945

Folder 28: Correspondence - Peter Buys: Hagerstown Band, 1939-1945

Folder 29: Correspondence and Photographs - Sam Harris and Ed Williams, 1940

Folder 30: Correspondence, Programs, and Photograph - Henry Fillmore, 1940-1945

Folder 31: Correspondence - Simone Mantia, 1940-1948

Folder 32: Correspondence and Newsletter - Pennsylvania Bandmasters Association, 1941-1945

Folder 33: Correspondence and Articles - Curtis H Larkin, 1943-1945

Folder 34: Correspondence and Programs - Army Air Force Band, 1944-1945

Folder 35: Correspondence and Programs - Navy Band, 1945 - 1946

Folder 36: Book - "Pigs is Pigs" by Ellis Parker Butler - Signed by Herbert L Clarke, 1906

Folder 37: Programs, 1936-1949

Folder 38: Honorary Membership Cards, 1942-1952

Folder 39: Sousa Band Roster, 2004

Box 2

Folder 1: Correspondence and Programs - Herbert L Clarke, 1935

Folder 2: Correspondence - Herbert L Clarke (1 of 2), 1945

Folder 3: Correspondence - Herbert L Clarke (2 of 2), 1945

Folder 4: Correspondence - Herbert L Clarke, 1947

Folder 5: Correspondence, Programs, and Photographs from Herbert L Clarke Memorial Ceremony, 1947

Folder 6: Correspondence - Eugene Labarre (1 of 2), 1940-1946

Folder 7: Correspondence - Eugene Labarre (2 of 2), 1943-1945

Box 3

Folder 1: Clarke Family History Sent to Frank McGrann, 1963-1947

Folder 2: Correspondence and Records Regarding Donations and Transfers - Franklin nd Marshall College and University of Maryland, 1961-1987

Series 2: Photographs

Box 1

Folder 40: Postcards from Sousa Tour, 1910-1948

Folder 41: Photographs and Postcards, 1945

Folder 42: Photo Album - Frank McGrann Collection Presentation, 1986-1987

Folder 43: Photograph - Unlabeled Band, Undated

Box 4

Folder 1: Photograph - Sousa Band, 1900

Folder 2: Photograph - John Philip Sousa, 1917

Folder 3: Photographs of the McGrann Family and Herbert L Clarke in Pennsylvannia, 1944

Folder 4: Photogrph - Black and White Herbert L Clarke Portrait, Undated

Folder 5: Photograph - Black and White Herbert L Clarke Portait, Undated

Folder 6: Photograph - Signed by Herbert L Clarke, Undated

Folder 7: Photograph - Henry Fillmore and Mike the Radio Hound, Undated

Folder 8: Photograph - Unlabeled Band, Undated

Folder 9: Photographs - Black and White Band, Military, and Memorial Photographs, Undated

Oversize Portfolio Box 1

Folder 1: Photographs and Newspaper Clippings - John Philip Sousa and Frank McGrann, 1914-1948

Series 3: Scores and Published Music

Box 1

Folder 44: "Now Listen" March by Frank McGrann (Parts), Undated

Box 3

Folder 3: Trombone Solo "Oh You Chicken" by A. Garuig and Three Books by Herbert L Clarke, 1910-1934

Series 4: Sound Recordings

Box 1

Folder 45: Cassette Tapes - McGrann Cut Records Tape #1; McGrann Cut Records Tape #2; and Robert Isele Trombone Solos, Undated

Box 5

Folder 1: 10-Inch LP #5 - Allantir Zefhyro; Healer's Waltz - The Army Band, Undated

Folder 2: 10-Inch LP #42 - America by Dr. Emmet A Williams - The Army Band; Gonerloga March - The Marine Band, Undated

Folder 3: 10-Inch LP #2 - Americans We; Neptune's Court, Undated

Folder 4: 10-Inch LP #36 - Angle's Dream Waltz, Eyro Right March - The Army Band; Trail Blazer - Marine Band, Ideng Jant-Bob, Undated

Folder 5: 10-Inch LP #20 - Army Band; Gounhers of Luzenhoug Waltz - CBS Sung, Undated

Folder 6: 10-Inch LP - Army of America March - Marine Band, Southern - Robert DeHart; 1. Trail Blazer Speak, 2. Trail Blazer, 3. Now Listen, Undated

Folder 7: 10-Inch LP #16 - Believe Me If All Those - Simone Mantia; The Volunteer - Robert Isele, Undated

Folder 8: 10-Inch LP - Burke Eyro, Undated

Folder 9: 10-Inch LP #10 - Carnival of Venice Cornet Solo - Herbert L Clarke; Stars In A Velvety Sky Cornet Solo - Herbert L Clarke, Undated

Folder 10: 10-Inch LP #10 - Carnival 2; Slars 2, Undated

Folder 11: 10-Inch LP - Chicago Trombone March, Men of Tron March - Army Band; Bob and Rivireon, Undated

Folder 12: 10-Inch LP - Concerto Betite - Keu Downs; Jouv. de Romenec - Keu Downs, Undated

Folder 13: 10-Inch LP #7 - Cornet Trio Three Stars Steiger, Tong, and Jacobs, Undated

Folder 14: 10-Inch LP #37 - Daughter of Love Waltz - Army Band; Eglandine - Marine Band, Undated

Folder 15: 10-Inch LP #25 - Diplomat March - World's Fair Band; Original Fantasy Euphonium Solo - Simone Mantia, Undated

Folder 16: 10-Inch LP #23 - Euphonium Solo Silver Threads Among the Gold - Donald Kimble; Audum Rev - Army Band, Undated

Folder 17: 10-Inch LP - Euph Solo - Carnival of Venice - Robert Landorf, Girl Vondugrift March - Marine Band; I'rim I'avarides - Marine Band, Undated

Folder 18: 10-Inch LP - 1. Euph Solo, 2. Clar Solo, The Devil's Tongue - John Burouge; Solo - Annie Laurie, Undated

Folder 19: 10-Inch LP #28 - Fleurette - U.S. Army Band - John Rufullo, Undated

Folder 20: 10-Inch LP #3 - Flirtations, Toronto Bay, Undated

Folder 21: 10-Inch LP #9 - Folder Irenolwhite; Voheeblug I'armer, Undated

Folder 22: 10-Inch LP #22 - Folks at Home, 1941

Folder 23: 10-Inch LP #33 - For Peace and Freedom March - World's Fair Band; Minute Waltz - Clarinet Solo - Edmund C Wall, Undated

Folder 24: 10-Inch LP #39 - Fulel and Schera Waltz, Undated

Folder 25: 10-Inch LP #9 - Golden Friendships - The Fillmore Band; The Whistling Farmer Boy - The Fillmore Band, Undated

Folder 26: 10-Inch LP #43 - Hearts of I Lane Waltz - Army; Preneium Alice - Robert DeItart, Undated

Folder 27: 10-Inch LP #35 - Home On the Range - Cornet Solo - Edward Masters; Maryland My Maryland Clarinet Solo - Edmund C Wall, Undated

Folder 28: 10-Inch LP #40 - I Am Sugar - Marine Band, Undated

Folder 29: 10-Inch LP - If I Had a Girl as Sweet as You, Undated

Folder 30: 10-Inch LP #24 - In a Monestary Garden - Marine Band; Ken Downe - Mantonetta, Undated

Folder 31: 10-Inch LP #14 - Jealous Girl Waltz - U.S. Marine Band; Brass Buttons March - U.S. Marine Band, Undated

Folder 32: 10-Inch LP #34 - Jeanie with the Light Bown Hair - U.S. Army Band; Blue Bells of Scotland - Robert Isele, Undated

Folder 33: 10-Inch LP #30 - King Cotton March - World's Fair Band; "Red Rose City March" - U.S. Marine Band, Undated

Folder 34: 10-Inch LP #13 - Loveland Waltz - U.S. Army Band; Woodland Whispers - U.S. Army Band, Undated

Folder 35: 10-Inch LP #15 - On the Hudson March - Goldman's Band; My Steaves of Love - Leonard B. Smith, Undated

Folder 36: 10-Inch LP #6 - March - Army Band; 1. Sunshine Paredue Alley - Joe Steward, 2. Jolly Girls Waltz-Army, Undated

Folder 37: 10-Inch LP #12 - Merry Widow Waltzes - World's Fair Band, Undated

Folder 38: 10-Inch LP #26 - Miss Trombone - Conestoga Brass Band; Americans - Conestoga Brass Band, 1940

Folder 39: 10-Inch LP - 1. NG, 2. Now Listen, 3. Trail Blazer; Ebbets Lullaby Lois Sougot Songs - B. Eislen, Undated

Folder 40: 10-Inch LP Disc #17 - Nights of Gladness Waltz and Orange Bowl - Conestoga Brass Band, Undated

Folder 41: 10-Inch LP #27 - None But a Lonely Hear - Frank Alsass; Willow Echoes - Cornet Solo Leonard B Smith, Undated

Folder 42: 10-Inch LP - Now Listen March - United States Marine Band; Trail Blazer March - United States Marine Band, Undated

Folder 43: 10-Inch LP - "Ode To A Memory" By Louis Sayerino - U.S. Marine Band; Gateway to the South, Undated

Folder 44: 10-Inch LP #1 - Orange Bowl; Cousins, Undated

Box 6

Folder 1: 10-Inch LP #18 - Orange NG; R. Rose #1 - Youthful Shirt Waltz - Army Band, Undated

Folder 2: 10-Inch LP #4 - Peace Freedom; Trail Blazer, Undated

Folder 3: 10-Inch LP - Peice de Concerte - Frank Simon, Undated

Folder 4: 10-Inch LP #8 - Selection From "Fortune Teller" - World's Fair Band; Mighty Lak A Rose, Undated

Folder 5: 10-Inch LP #32 - Selctions from "Red Mill" - World's Fair Band; NOLA - World's Fair Band, Undated

Folder 6: 10-Inch LP - Selection from Southeards - Marine Band, Undated

Folder 7: 10-Inch LP - "Sunshine of Your Smile" - Trombone Solo Played by Frank McGrann, Undated

Folder 8: 10-Inch LP - "The Trail Blazer" (March) - Frank McGrann, Undated

Folder 9: 10-Inch LP #9 - The Whistling Farmer Boy - The Fillmore Band; Golden Friendship - The Fillmore Band, Undated

Folder 10: 10-Inch LP #38 - Thomas Jefferson March - Marine Band; Army Band - Navy Band, Undated

Folder 11: 10-Inch LP #19 - Thousand and One Nights Waltz - Army Band, Undated

Folder 12: 10-Inch LP #31 - Tres Jolie Waltz - U.S. Army Band; Bells of St. Mary's U.S. Army Band, Undated

Folder 13: 10-Inch LP #21 - Trombone to the Front - Army Band; Schubert's Serenade - Ed Marders, Undated

Folder 14: 10-Inch LP #41 - 1. Value Blude Army, 2. Keu Downs Atheui; Bob, Undated

Folder 15: 10-Inch LP #11 - Will Rogers - March - U.S. Marine Band, Undated

Folder 16: 10-Inch LP #29 - Your Eyes Have Told Me So - Vocal, Undated

Folder 17: 8-Inch Disc #4 - Among the Orange Groves - Marine Band; I'liche Trio Auchoo - Army, Undated

Folder 18: 8-Inch Disc - Blue Bells of Scottland - Robert Isele; The Volunteer - Robert Isele, Undated

Folder 19: 8-Inch Disc - Euphonium Solo - Original Fantasy - Simone Mantia; Euphonium Solo - Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms - Simone Mantia, Undated

Folder 20: 8-Inch Disc #2 - Fantasy Cappriccioso Cornet Solo - Walter Kemp, Undated

Folder 21: 8-Inch Disc #5 - First Bert Clarke Army; Price Coucertante - Bob, Undated

Folder 22: 8-Inch Disc - Frank to Lin and Grant by Davy, Undated

Folder 23: 8-Inch Disc - Height-Ho, God Bless America, Undated

Folder 24: 8-Inch Disc #3 - Love's Proforal Waltz - Army Band, Undated

Folder 25: 8-Inch Disc #9 - Marine Hymn and Trail Blazer, Undated

Folder 26: 8-Inch Disc #10 - Marine's Hymn annd Trail Blazer - Marine Band; Goner Saga March - Marine Band, Undated

Folder 27: 8-Inch Disc - S and P, Undated

Folder 28: 8-Inch Disc #6 - Spanish Gafrine - Ed Mandero; Valce Blue and Regency's Redeum March - Army Band, Undated

Folder 29: 8-Inch Disc #1 - St. Pat; Whose Band, Undated

Folder 30: 8-Inch Disc - Velvety Skies; R.G. Le Seclet, Undated

Folder 31: 8-Inch Disc - Unlabeled #1, Undated

Folder 32: 8-Inch Disc - Unlabeled #2, Undated

Folder 33: 8-Inch Disc - Unlabeled #3, Undated

Box 7

Folder 1: 12-inch LP - Herbert L Clarke's Eulogy By Frank McGrann Part 1 and Part 2, Undated

Folder 2: 12-Inch LP - Herbert L Clarke's Eulogy By Frank McGrann Part 3 and Part 4, Undated

Folder 3: 12-Inch LP - Air Varie - Pryar played by Jarslar Cimera; Love's Enchantment - Pryar played by Jerry Cimera, Undated

Folder 4: 12-Inch LP - Ask Her While the Band Was Playing Recorded By Conestosa and Sylria Band, 1940

Folder 5: 12-Inch LP #3 - Atlantic Zephyrs - Robert Isele; Star Light - Robert Isele, Undated

Folder 6: 12-Inch LP - Band of America, Undated

Folder 7: 12-Inch LP #2 - Blue Bells, Undated

Folder 8: 12-Inch LP #3 - Blue Bells, Undated

Folder 9: 12-Inch LP - Close to Me on Euphonium, 1945

Folder 10: 12-Inch LP #5 - Gonerdoga March; Trail Blazer - U.S. Marine Band, 1941

Folder 11: 12-Inch LP - 1. Love Though Do 2. Up the Street; Neptune's Court, Undated

Folder 12: 12-Inch LP - Marine Band, Patriot; G Wash Jr., Undated

Folder 13: 12-Inch LP - McMann Trio On Stage America ABC - Paul Whitman, 1948

Folder 14: 12-Inch LP #1 - The Lords Last Supper - The Marine Band, Undated

Folder 15: 12-Inch LP - Trial Blazer and Now Listen Marches performed by Long Beach Municipal Band; Starlight and Olyvia Trombone Solos performed by David Flasmira, Undated

Folder 16: 12-Inch LP - Unlabeled 1, Undated

Folder 17: 12-Inch LP - Unlabeled 2, Undated

Folder 18: 12-Inch LP - Unlabeled 3, Undated

Folder 19: 12-Inch LP - Unlabeled 4, Undated

Folder 20: 12-Inch LP - Unlabeled 5, Undated

Folder 21: 12-Inch LP - Unlabeled 6, Undated

Folder 22: 12-Inch LP - Unlabeled 7, Undated

Folder 23: 12-Inch LP - Unlabeled 8, Undated

Folder 24: 12-Inch LP - Unlabeled 9, Undated

Series 5: Sousa and Band Ephemera

Box 8

Item 1: Large Lithograph - Sousa Band, Undated

Item 2: Large Lithograph - Sousa Portrait, Undated

Item 3: Small Lithograph - Sousa Portrait, Undated

Item 4: Small Lithograph - Sousa Portrait, Undated

Box 9

Item 1: Sousa Band Hat, Undated

Box 10

Item 1: Sousa Band Pin, Undated

2024.129183.01

Item 2: Sousa Band Pin, Undated

2024.129183.02

Item 3: Small Sousa Band Pin, Undated

2024.129183.03

Box 11

Item 1: Baton, Undated

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Item 2: Baton, Undated

2024.129183.05

Item 3: Baton, Undated

2024.129183.06

Item 4: Baton, Undated

2024.129183.07

Item 5: Baton, Undated

2024.129183.08