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By Swarnikaa Kiran
Collection Overview
Title: Judith McCulloh University of Illinois Press Production Records, 1972-2008
ID: 38/1/22
Primary Creator: McCulloh, Judith (1935-2014)
Extent: 0.0
Arrangement:
Organized into three distinct series:
1) Production Files, ca. 1972-2002. Arranged alphabetically by last name, organization and then by project title. Arrangement starts at E. A-D files were not recieved with the rest of the collection.
2) ASCAP Awards, 1976-1982. Arranged chronologically by date.
3) 90th Anniversary Ephemera, 2008.
Date Acquired: 07/23/2025
Subjects: American folk music, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), Society for Ethnomusicology, University Press
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of mainly publication and production files, awards, and ephemera from Judith McCulloh's office at the University of Illinois Press documenting her time as an assistant editor, executive editor, assistant director and director of development at the Press. Of particular importance are the production files for music publication in the University Press, as maintained by Judith McCulloh.
Biographical Note
Judith Marie McCulloh (1935-2014) was born in Spring Valley, IL on August 16th, 1935. She attended Peoria Central High School. She received a general diploma from Cottey College, a bachelor’s degree in English from Ohio Wesleyan University, and a master’s degree in English from Ohio State University. She received a Ph.D. in folklore in 1970 from Indiana University, with minors in anthropology and linguistics. She moved to Urbana, IL in the 1960s when her husband, Leon McCulloh accepted a job at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. During this time, she edited two LP recordings for the University of Illinois Campus Folksong Club: a collection of cowboy and rodeo songs called The Hell-Bound Train by Glenn Ohrlin, annotated with folklorist Archie Green, and a collection of field recordings from central and southern Illinois titled Green Fields of Illinois.
Judith McCulloh began her career at the University of Illinois Press as an assistant editor in 1972. It was in the same year that she launched the Music in American Life series with Archie Green’s book Only a Miner. The acclaimed book series was devoted to the study of music in the United States as shaped by folklore, English literature and labor history. She became an honorary member of the Society for Ethnomusicology in 2005 and served as the chair of the board of trustees of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for two terms (1990-92 and 1996-98) Among other professional honors, she was the president of the American Folklore Society (1986-1987). She retired from the University of Illinois Press in 2007 as the Press's assistant director and executive editor. Judith McCulloh passed away on July 13th, 2014.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
University Archives
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Separated Materials:
The Press Book Catalogs (38/1/801), and University of Illinois Department Serials (38/1/819) are two collections that emerged from the records originally received as part of the Judith McCulloh production files. The materials were distinct enough to be organized into separtate bodies of content, and are described as such in separate record series: 38/1/801 (Press Catalogs) and 38/1/819 (University Department Serials). For more information, please see: https://archon.library.illinois.edu/archives/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=13432&q= and https://archon.library.illinois.edu/archives/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=4546&q=.
Other Note:
Note that in Series 1: Production Files, the records are arranged alphabetically, starting with the letter E. The files for letters A-D were not recieved with the rest of this collection.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Production Files, ca. 1972-2002],
[
Series 2: ASCAP Awards, 1976-1982],
[
Series 3: 90th Anniversary Ephemera, 2008],
[All]
- Series 1: Production Files, ca. 1972-2002
- Consists of correspondence, reviews, project overviews, excerpts, press policy notes, newsletters, CVs, administrative notes, articles, papers, and other publication files for music publications accepted and declined by Judith McCulloh as the executive editor, assistant director, and director of development at the University of Illinois Press. A Majority of the declined or redirected projects are arranged in alphabetical folders by last name. Others are arranged with the accepted or considered projects, alphabetically by last name, organization or topic, and then alphabetically by project title (if applicable). Please note that this collection is missing folders from A-D.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: E (1 of 2), 1982-2000
- Folder 2: E (2 of 2), 1982-2000
- Folder 3: Eals, Clay - You Better Get It While You Can: The Steve Goodman Story, 2001-2002
- Folder 4: Eckart, A. Ray, 1990-1991
- Folder 5: Edel, Theodore, 1987-1988
- Folder 6: Ellison, Mary, 1986-1989
- Folder 7: Edwards, Geoffrey, 1991-1996
- Folder 8: Egerton, John, 1990-1991
- Folder 9: Eller, Ron, 1986-1998
- Folder 10: Ellis, William, 1978-1981
- Folder 11: Emerson, Ken - Doo-Dah!: Stephen Foster, 1997-1999
- Folder 12: Encore, 1987
- Folder 13: Ensign, Bob (Bob's Record Mart), ca. 1974
- Folder 14: Enzer, Hyman and Enzer, Sandra - Anne Frank (1 of 2), 1998-2000
- Folder 15: Enzer, Hyman and Enzer, Sandra - Anne Frank (2 of 2), 1998-2000
- Folder 16: Epstein, Dena, 1973-1996
- Folder 17: Epstein, Samuel, 1983-1985
- Folder 18: Erlmann, Veit, 1986-1989
- Folder 19: Eskew, Harry, 1986-1999
- Folder 20: Evans, Bill, 1994-2000
- Folder 21: Evans, David, 1972-1988
- Folder 22: Evna-Pritchard, Deidre, 1987-1991
- Folder 23: Exhibits - Society of Ethnomusicology, 1972-1986
- Folder 24: F (1 of 3), 1973-1998
- Folder 25: F (2 of 3), 1973-1998
- Folder 26: F (3 of 3), 1973-1998
- Folder 27: Fscio, Linda, 1989
- Folder 28: Faiman-Silva, Sandra - Defining Women, 1996-2001
- Folder 29: Fanning, Charles, 1986-1990
- Folder 30: Farwell, Harold and Nicholas, J. Karl, 1990-1991
- Folder 31: Faulkner, William, 1983-1989
- Folder 32: Feintuch, Burt, 1976-1995
- Folder 33: 1986-1991
- Folder 34: Feldman, Ann and Kramer, Julia, 1992-1994
- Folder 35: Ferencz, George, 1992-1993
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Ferguson, Benny, 1985-2003
- Folder 2: Ferguson, Leland, 1985-1992
- Folder 3: Festschrift Correspondence, Policy, Articles, 1981-2006
- Folder 4: Fine, Elizabeth and Speer, Jean Haskell, 1990-1994
- Folder 5: First National Congress on Women in Music (FNCWM), 1979-1981
- Folder 6: Fischer, Roger, 1981-1995
- Folder 7: Fish, Lydia, 1986-1998
- Folder 8: Fisher, Stephen, 1990-1994
- Folder 9: Fitzgerald, Thomas, 1991-1992
- Folder 10: Flam, Gila - Singing for Survival, 1987-1998
- Folder 11: Fleisher, Robert, 1988-1997
- Folder 12: Fleurant, Gerdes, 1987-1994
- Folder 13: Florida Folklore Program, 1982-1983
- Folder 14: Folk Arts Seminar, Eastern Illinois University, 4/29-30/1979
- Folder 15: Foner, Philip - American Lobor Songs of the 19th Century, 1974-1994
- Folder 16: Foreman, Kelly, 2002
- Folder 17: Forrest, John, 1986-1996
- Folder 18: Foss, George, undated
- Folder 19: Fowke, Edith, 1982-1996
- Folder 20: Fowler, Gene, 1987-1995
- Folder 21: Fox, Pamela, 1988-1989
- Folder 22: Frank, Russell, 1992-1995
- Folder 23: Frankel, Joan, 1996-1999
- Folder 24: Frederickson, Jon, 1989-1990
- Folder 25: Fredriksson, Kristine, 1986-1991
- Folder 26: Freeze, Gary, 1985-1988
- Folder 27: Friedland, Ben, 1977-1990
- Folder 28: Friedland, Paul, 1992-1996
- Folder 29: Friends of the University Press, ca. 1987
- Folder 30: Frosch-Schroder, Joan, 1993-1994
- Folder 31: Fry, Gladys-Marie, 1980-1998
- Folder 32: Fryer, Paul, 1982-1988
- Folder 33: Fubini, Enrico, 1990-1991
- Folder 34: Fuller, Albert - Alice Tully: An Intimate Portrait (1 0f 2), 1998-1999
- Folder 35: Fuller, Albert - Alice Tully: An Intimate Portrait (2 of 2), 1998-1999
- Folder 36: Fund for Folk Culture, 1990-1993
- Folder 37: Furst, Lilian, 1989-1993
- Folder 38: G (1 of 3), 1974-1997
- Folder 39: G (2 of 3), 1974-1997
- Folder 40: G (3 of 3), 1974-1997
- Folder 41: Gacs, Ute, 1998-1997
- Folder 42: Gallaugher, Annemarie - From Trinidat to Toronto, ca. 1994
- Folder 43: Gannello, Carmelo, 1983-1988
- Box 3
- Series 2: ASCAP Awards, 1976-1982
- Consists of mounted award plaques presented by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers to the University of Illinois Press. Arranged chronologically by date presented.
- Series 3: 90th Anniversary Ephemera, 2008
- Consists of sticker labels, newspapers, placards, pin buttons from the University of Illinois 90th Anniversary display.
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Production Files, ca. 1972-2002],
[
Series 2: ASCAP Awards, 1976-1982],
[
Series 3: 90th Anniversary Ephemera, 2008],
[All]
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