University Bands Collection

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Subject Terms

Detailed Description

Instruments

Photographs

Uniforms

Ephemera

Music

Pressbooks

University of Illinois Band Films and Audiovisual Recordings

Bound Concert Programs

University of Illinois Band Videocassettes

Administrative Records

Direct Cut Discs


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Finding Aid for University Bands Collection, circa 1840-2021 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Tracy Parish, Adriana Cuervo, Kelly A. Carlson, and William Fisher

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Collection Overview

Title: University Bands Collection, circa 1840-2021View associated digital content.

ID: 12/9/93

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University Bands

Extent: 114.85 cubic feet

Arrangement: Arranged by type of material.

Date Acquired: 09/16/2004. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Band Department, Brass Instruments, Chief Illiniwek, Clarke, Herbert L., Goldman, Edwin Franko, Harding, Albert Austin, Illinois Summer Youth Music, Musical Instrument Collections, Musical Instrument Makers - Europe, Musical Instrument Makers - United States, Radio Station - WILL, Sousa, John Philip, Summer Youth Music, Woodwind Instruments

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Includes musical instruments, band uniforms, photographs, music, newsclippings, audiovisual recordings, concert programs, and administrative records that document the University of Illinois Bands Department since its creation in 1905. The 1982 Chief Illiniwek Artifacts were deaccessioned in 2009. The three boxes of administrative records include band conference and clinic programs, festival adjudications, Illinois commencement programs and band concerts, Marching Illini programs, ISYM programs, and WILL Radio broadcasts that were managed by the Assistant Directors of Bands between 1956 and 1974, including Eldon Oyen who joined the University Bands staff in 1969.

Biographical Note

The University of Illinois Military Band was established in 1870 for the purpose of providing music for functions within the military department of the Illinois Industrial University. From 1868 to 1894, the band was administered by student leaders and from 1895 to 1904 was led by various university faculty members. From 1905-1907, the band was led by Albert Austin Harding, who was an undergraduate in engineering.

In 1907, Harding was named the first director of bands, serving in this role for over forty years (1907-1948) and leading the band to a position of national prominence. Under Harding, the University of Illinois band became the first band to perform at a collegiate baseball game (1906) and a collegiate football game (1907); one of the few collegiate bands to receive a march written by John Philip Sousa (1929); and a laboratory ensemble for many of Harding's mentees, which included William D. Revelli, Frederick Fennell, Clarence Sawhill, Ray Dvorak, and Glen Cliffe Bainum. In 1929, Harding became one of the founding members of the American Bandmasters Association.

In 1932, upon the death of John Philip Sousa, Sousa left his vast library of sheet music and original manuscripts in the care of the University of Illinois Band. In 1955, the Band Department had grown so large that they required a new building to be constructed. In 1958 the Harding Band Building was completed, becoming the first permanent building specifically constructed for a collegiate band program in the country.

Subsequent directors of the Band Department include: Mark H. Hindsley (1948-1970), Harry Begian (1970-1984), James F. Keene (1985-2008), Abel Saldivar Ramirez (2008-2009), Robert Rumbelow (2009-2014), Linda Moorhouse (2014-2015), Stephen Peterson (2015-2022), and Kevin Geraldi (2022- ). The University Band Department also saw the rise of several important assistant directors and directors of the Marching Illini, including: Ray Dvorak, Glen Cliffe Bainum, Clarence Sawhill, Everett Kisinger, Guy Duker, Eldon Oyen, Harvey Herman, Gary E. Smith, Ken Steinsultz, Peter Griffin, Tom Cavena, Roby George, Barry Houser, Jesse Leyva, Elizabeth Peterson, and Kimberly Fleming.

The Band Department is currently a unit of the University of Illinois School of Music, which is in turn a unit of the College of Fine and Applied Arts. Ensembles under the administration of the Band Department include the UI Wind Symphony, two symphonic bands, three concert bands, a British Brass Band, Clarinet Choir, the UI Basketball Band, the Orange & Blues and the Marching Illini.

Subject/Index Terms

Band Department
Brass Instruments
Chief Illiniwek
Clarke, Herbert L.
Goldman, Edwin Franko
Harding, Albert Austin
Illinois Summer Youth Music
Musical Instrument Collections
Musical Instrument Makers - Europe
Musical Instrument Makers - United States
Radio Station - WILL
Sousa, John Philip
Summer Youth Music
Woodwind Instruments

Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Instruments],
[Series 2: Photographs],
[Series 3: Uniforms],
[Series 4: Ephemera, 1912-2000],
[Series 5: Music],
[Series 6: Pressbooks],
[Series 7: University of Illinois Band Films and Audiovisual Recordings, 1932-2004],
[Series 8: Bound Concert Programs, 1906-1985],
[Series 9: University of Illinois Band Videocassettes, 1979-1999],
[Series 10: Administrative Records, 1906-2010],
[Series 11: Direct Cut Discs, 1937-1956],
[All]

Series 7: University of Illinois Band Films and Audiovisual Recordings, 1932-2004
Includes films and audiovisual recordings of University of Illinois Football Band and Marching Illini. Contains video recordings with and without sound, documenting music and marching formations of these groups. Performances include pregame and halftime shows at football games at the University of Illinois and at away games, as well as Assembly Hall performances, highlight reels of marching band seasons, festival and competition performances, shows at Soldier Field in Chicago, and some performances by other college marching bands.
Item 1: University of Illinois Football Band, 1932View associated digital content.
16mm black and white acetate reversal film
Item 2: University of Illinois Football Band, 1933

Illinois vs. Northwestern and University of Illinois Football Band indoor rehearsal;

16mm black and white acetate

Item 3: University of Illinois Football Band and Northwestern University Band, 1934View associated digital content.
16mm black and white acetate
Item 4: University of Illinois Football Band - Selected Performances, 1934-1938View associated digital content.
16mm black and white acetate
Item 5: University of Illinois Football Band - Selected Performances, 1934-1938View associated digital content.
16mm black and white acetate; 16mm color acetate
Item 6: University of Illinois Football Band, 1934-1938View associated digital content.
Extra Footage; 16mm black and white acetate
Item 7: University of Illinois Band, 1934-1938View associated digital content.
16mm black and white acetate
Item 8: University of Illinois Football Band, 1934-1938View associated digital content.
Extra Footage; 16mm black and white acetate
Item 9: University of Illinois Football Band, 1934-1939View associated digital content.
Extra Footage; 16mm black and white acetate; 16mm color acetate
Item 10: University of Illinois Football Band, 1934-1940View associated digital content.
16mm black and white acetate; 16mm color acetate
Item 11: "Chicago Band" and Northwestern Band, 1935-1939View associated digital content.
16mm black and white acetate; 16mm color acetate
Item 12: University of Illinois Football Band, 1938View associated digital content.
Drills
Item 13: University of Illinois Football Band, 1939View associated digital content.
16mm color acetate
Item 14: University of Illinois Football Band, 1939View associated digital content.
Band Formations; 16mm black and white acetate; color acetate reversal; color acetate; color acetate reversal
Item 15: University of Illinois Football Band, 1940View associated digital content.
16mm color acetate
Item 16: University of Illinois Football Band, 1941View associated digital content.
16mm black and white acetate; 16mm color acetate
Item 17: University of Illinois Football Band, 1946View associated digital content.
16mm color acetate
Item 18: University of Illinois Football Band, 1946View associated digital content.
Item 19: University of Illinois Football Band, 1947View associated digital content.
16mm color acetate with magnetic sound strip
Item 20: University of Illinois Football Band, 1947View associated digital content.
Extra Footage
Item 21: University of Illinois Football Band and Chief smoking a peace pipe, 1947View associated digital content.
16mm color acetate with optical sound
Item 22: University of Illinois Football Band, 1949View associated digital content.
16mm color acetate
Item 23: University of Illinois Football Band, 1949View associated digital content.
Item 24: Visiting Bands at University of Illinois Football Games, 1949View associated digital content.
Acetate
Item 25: University of Illinois Football Band Highlights and pan of campus, 1966View associated digital content.
16mm color polyester
Item 26: University of Illinois Marching Illini, 1972View associated digital content.
16mm color polyester
Item 27: University of Illinois Marching Illini highlights, 1975View associated digital content.
Illinois vs. Michigan; 16mm color polyester
Item 28: University of Illinois Marching Illini, October 13, 1979View associated digital content.
16mm color polyester with optical sound
Item 29: University of Illinois Marching Illini, 1980View associated digital content.
Illinois vs. Ohio State; 16mm polyester with optical sound
Item 30: University of Illinois Marching Illini, 1981View associated digital content.
Band Festival Show; 16mm color polyester with magnetic sound
Item 31: University of Illinois Marching Illini, 1982View associated digital content.
Show number 2; 16mm color polyester with magnetic sound
Item 32: University of Illinois Marching Illini, 1982View associated digital content.
Illinois vs. Iowa; 16mm color polyester with optical sound
Item 33: University of Illinois Marching Illini, September 24, 1983View associated digital content.
Illinois vs. Michigan State; 16mm color polyester with magnetic sound
Item 34: University of Illinois Marching Illini, 1983View associated digital content.
Band Festival Show; 16mm color polyester with magnetic sound strip
Item 35: University of Illinois Marching Illini, January 2, 1984View associated digital content.
Rose Bowl Performance; 16mm polyester with magnetic sound strip
Item 36: Clegg-Band, ca. 1980'sView associated digital content.
Item 37: University of Illinois Marching Illini, ca. 1980'sView associated digital content.
Homecoming performance; 16mm color polyester with magnetic sound
Item 38: University of Illinois Marching Illini, ca. 1980'sView associated digital content.
16mm color polyester film with magnetic sound
Item 39: University of Illinois "Studio Band" rehearsal, undatedView associated digital content.
16mm black and white polyester with magnetic sound
Item 40: University of Illinois Marching Illini, undatedView associated digital content.
16mm color polyester
Item 41: University of Illinois Marching Illini, undatedView associated digital content.
16mm acetate with magnetic sound
Item 42: University of Illinois, Tulsa Parade, undatedView associated digital content.
Item 43: Unidentified, undatedView associated digital content.
Item 44: Unidentified Film 1, Undated
Item 45: Unidentified Film 2, Undated
Item 46: "Illinois Marching Band, orig. B&W", Undated
Item 47: Unidentified Film 3, Undated
Item 48: Unidentified Film 4, Undated
Item 49: Unidentified Film 5, Undated
Item 50: Unidentified Film 6, Undated
Item 51: Unidentified Film 7, Undated
Item 52: Unidentified Film 8, Undated
Item 53: Unidentified Film 9, Undated
Item 54: "Highlights- Magnetic Sound", c. 1979View associated digital content.
Item 55: Rose Bowl Dup. (Duplicate), c. 1940'sView associated digital content.
Acetate, color, severely cupped, somewhat brittle.
Item 56: March of the Illini- "The Cutting Edge", February 6, 1969View associated digital content.
Item 57: University of Illinois Football Band, Rose Bowl Performance, "A Day of Spectacle", January 1, 1963View associated digital content.
16mm color polyester with optical sound
Item 58: Marching Illini, Marching Festival, 1985View associated digital content.
Item 59: Unidentified Film, undated
Box 71
Audio-Visual Recording 1: 1991 Marching Illini: Illinois at Michigan (Revised to 3 in 1, Old Man River, Slaughter on 10th), 1990-1991
Hand written notes on box: "M vs Illinois, Marching Illini Pregame/Halftime, 10 Nov 90" and "University of Illinois and Ohio State same game."
Audio-Visual Recording 2: 1992 Regis and Kathie Lee: Michigan Performance, Trumpet Doughboy, 1992
Hand written note on box: "In Detroit, 11/20/92, Host Chat, Aretha Franklin, Macho Men of Michigan, Grand Prize Winner, Cece Penistan, Close."
Audio-Visual Recording 3: University of Illinois Marching Illini 1992 Band Highlights, 1992
Audio-Visual Recording 4: University of Illinois Marching Illini 1992 Band Highlights, 1992
Audio-Visual Recording 5: University of Illinois Marching Illini 1993 Illini Marching Festival, 1993
Audio-Visual Recording 6: 1993 Marching Illini: Assembly Concert Hall, 1993
Audio-Visual Recording 7: 1993 Marching Illini: Assembly Concert Hall, 1993
Audio-Visual Recording 8: 1993-1994
Audio-Visual Recording 9: 1994 Marching Illini: Illinois vs. Michigan (Summertime/School's Out, Autumn Leaves), 1994
Audio-Visual Recording 10: 1994 Marching Illini: Assembly Concert Hall, 1994
Audio-Visual Recording 11: 1994 Marching Illini: "Be apart from the start" show in Assembly Hall, 1994
Audio-Visual Recording 12: 1994 Marching Illini: Mahomet Performance, Illini in Chicago, Illini game in Soldiers Field, 1994
Audio-Visual Recording 13: 1996 Marching Illini: Illinois vs. Akron (School's Out) + Band Day (Dancing Decades), September 21, 1996
Audio-Visual Recording 14: 1996 Marching Illini: Illinois vs Ohio Dad's Day (One O'Clock Jump, 76 Trombones, Gigolo), 1996
Audio-Visual Recording 15: 1996 Marching Illini: Illinois vs. Iowa (Homecoming, 80s show), 1996
Handwritten note on tape: "UNLV vs. Houston."
Audio-Visual Recording 16: 1996 Marching Illini: Illinois vs. Wisconsin (Movies: James Bond, Blues Bros, Cowboys), 1996
Audio-Visual Recording 17: 1996 Marching Illini: Indiana Band, Marching Illini, October 6, 1996
Handwritten note on tape: "Illinois vs Indiana, 10/6/96, Pregame and Halftime."
Audio-Visual Recording 18: 1996 Marching Illini Season Highlights University of Illinois, 1996
Audio-Visual Recording 19: 1997 University of Hawai'i "Rainbow" Marching Band Halftime Shows, 1997
Audio-Visual Recording 20: The MI does the IMBF, October 11, 1997
Handwritten note on tape: "The Marching Illini starring in The Illini Marching Band Festival, October 11, 1997."
Audio-Visual Recording 21: 1997 Marching Illini: Illinois vs. Northwestern (Fanfare, Carmen, William Tell), November 8, 1997
Audio-Visual Recording 22: 1997 Marching Illini: Illinois vs. Purdue (Rock Favorites: Yesterday, Sgt. Pepper, 25 or 6/4), 1997
Some writing on tape, includes "Bryan Baumann" and "#8", mostly illegible.
Audio-Visual Recording 23: Illinois 1997 Marching Band Highlights, 1997
Audio-Visual Recording 24: Illinois 1997 Marching Band Highlights, 1997
Audio-Visual Recording 25: 1998 Marching Illini: Illinois vs. Middle Tenn. (La Fiesta, Malaguena), 1998
Audio-Visual Recording 26: 1998 Marching Illini: Illinois vs. Iowa (Chicago), 1998
Audio-Visual Recording 27: 1998 Marching Illini: Illinois vs. Louisville (Fly Me to the Moon, Sinatra Medly, New York), September 19, 1998
Audio-Visual Recording 28: ISYM Col Gabriel, June 23, 1999
Audio-Visual Recording 29: 2000 Illini Marching Band Festival, October 21, 2000
Box 72
Audio-Visual Recording 1: 2000 Illini Marching Band Festival, October 21, 2000
Audio-Visual Recording 2: 2000 Illini Marching Band Festival, October 21, 2000
Audio-Visual Recording 3: The University of Illinois Marching Illini, October 21, 2000
Audio-Visual Recording 4: 2000 Marching Illini Season Highlights, 2000
Audio-Visual Recording 5: Illini Marching Band Festival Master Tape I, October 21, 2000
Audio-Visual Recording 6: Illini Marching Band Festival Master Tape II, October 21, 2000
Audio-Visual Recording 7: Illini Marching Band Festival Master Tape III, October 21, 2000
Audio-Visual Recording 8: Illini Marching Band Festival Master Tape IV, October 21, 2000
Audio-Visual Recording 9: Illini Marching Band Festival Master Tape V, October 21, 2000
Audio-Visual Recording 10: 2001 Marching Illini Highlights Raw Footage, September 22, 2001
Audio-Visual Recording 11: 2001 Illini Marching Band Festival, University of Illinois, October 13, 2001
Audio-Visual Recording 12: 2001 Illini Marching Band Festival, University of Illinois, October 13, 2001
Audio-Visual Recording 13: 2001 Illini Marching Band Festival, University of Illinois, October 13, 2001
Audio-Visual Recording 14: 2001 Illini Marching Band Festival, University of Illinois, October 13, 2001
Audio-Visual Recording 15: University of Illinois Marching Illini Season Highlights, 2001
Audio-Visual Recording 16: University of Illinois Marching Illini Performance Highlights, 2001
Audio-Visual Recording 17: U of I Stompin' It, July 22 and September 18, 2002
Note on tape: "Football- 1 X :30 7/22/02, Basketball-1 X :30 9/18/02, Basketball Long Version-1 X 2:00 9/18/02."
Audio-Visual Recording 18: 2002 University of Illinois Marching Illini Pregame/Halftime, September 28, 2002
Audio-Visual Recording 19: University of Illinois Marching Illini Indiana Show, October 26, 2002
Audio-Visual Recording 20: University of Illinois Marching Illini Illinois State Game, September 6, 2003
Audio-Visual Recording 21: 2003 National Collegiate Marching and Athletic Band Symposium Halftime Videos, 2003
Audio-Visual Recording 22: 2004 Marching Illini Purdue, September 25, 2004
Audio-Visual Recording 23: Fox Sports Net Midwest Regional IDs, undated
Audio-Visual Recording 24: Big 10-Pac 10 Marching Band Halftime Highlights, undated
Note on tape: Illinois :48 - Northwestern 14:34 - Ohio State 20:50 - Penn State 29:24 - Purdue 36:00 - Cal 47:30 - USC 54:34 - Univ. of Arizona 1:04:34 - Arizona State 1:14:40 - Washington 1:27:16 - Times listed are start times from beginning of tape - Total Length 1:34:25.
Audio-Visual Recording 25: University of Illinois Marching Band Liberty Bowl Performance, undated
Audio-Visual Recording 26: Northern Illinois Master Pregame and Halftime, undated
Audio-Visual Recording 27: U of I Sports Roots, Basketball, Football, undated
Audio-Visual Recording 28: Undentified, undated
Box 73
Disc 1: University of Illinois Football Band Highlights and Pan of Campus, 1966
Discs 1 and 2 are copies of Series 7 Item 25.
Disc 2: University of Illinois Football Band Highlights and Pan of Campus, 1966
Disc 3: University of Illinois - Marching Illini Rose Bowl, 1984
Discs 3 and 4 are copies of Series 7 Item 35.
Disc 4: University of Illinois - Marching Illini Rose Bowl, 1984
Disc 5: University of Illinois Football Band, Rose Bowl Performance, "A Day of Spectacle", January 1, 1963
Discs 5 and 6 are copies of Series 7 Item 57.
Disc 6: University of Illinois Football Band, Rose Bowl Performance, "A Day of Spectacle", January 1, 1963
Disc 7: University of Illinois Marching Illini Rose Bowl and Other Footage, 1952
Discs 7, 8, and 9 include identical footage of the Marching Illini at the 1952 Rose Bowl and other performances.
Disc 8: University of Illinois Marching Illini Rose Bowl and Other Footage, 1952
Disc 9: University of Illinois Marching Illini Rose Bowl and Other Footage, 1952
Disc 10: University of Illinois Football Band Highlights, 1966
Disc 10 is a copy of Series 7 Item 25.
Disc 11: University of Illinois Marching Illini Rose Bowl, 1984
Disc 11 is a copy of Series 7 Item 35.
Disc 12: University of Illinois Football Band, Rose Bowl Performance, "A Day of Spectacle", January 1, 1963
Disc 12 is a copy of Series 7 Item 57.

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Instruments],
[Series 2: Photographs],
[Series 3: Uniforms],
[Series 4: Ephemera, 1912-2000],
[Series 5: Music],
[Series 6: Pressbooks],
[Series 7: University of Illinois Band Films and Audiovisual Recordings, 1932-2004],
[Series 8: Bound Concert Programs, 1906-1985],
[Series 9: University of Illinois Band Videocassettes, 1979-1999],
[Series 10: Administrative Records, 1906-2010],
[Series 11: Direct Cut Discs, 1937-1956],
[All]
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