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By Thornton Miller, Nolan Vallier
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Collection Overview
Title: Edmund A. Wall and Sons Sousa Band Photographs and Papers, 1904-1986
ID: 12/9/153
Primary Creator: Wall, Edmund A. (unknown)
Extent: 0.5 cubic feet
Date Acquired: 08/11/2016
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The materials consist of postcards and carte de vistes taken by Edmund A. Wall during the 1910-1911 Sousa Band World Tour, Photographs documenting the career of Edmund C. Wall in the New York City Ballet Company, and Photographs taken jointly by Edmund C. and Charles A. Wall between the 1925 and 1931 tours of the Sousa Band with the majority of the photographs taken from the 1927 and 1929 tours. Of particular note are photographs documenting the train wreck of 1929 and of concerts that took place with the Sousa Band in Urbana, Illinois.
Collection Historical Note
Edmund A. Wall, father of both Edmund C. and Charles A. Wall, was a member of the Sousa band for only the 1910 tour and the 1911 World Tour. Both he and his sons played Bb Clarinet for the band, but at different times. Charles A. Wall joined the band during the 1927 tour and played again with the group in 1929 and on a recording from 1930. Edmund C. Wall joined the band in 1925 and played with the group until 1931. In addition, Edmund C. Wall became an active clarinettist in New York joining the New York Ballet Orchestra, the Metropolitan Orchestra, the Goldman Band, the Pryor Band, and several New York theatre companies.
Biographical Note
Edmund A. Wall was a clarinetist for the Sousa Band during the 1910-1911 world tour. While little is known about him, both of his sons, Charles A. Wall (1899-1958) and Edmund C. Wall (1895-1985), also played as clarinetists for the Sousa Band between 1925 and 1931.
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
Charles Wall
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Scrapbook 1, 1910-1958],
[
Series 2: Scrapbook 2: Edmund Charles ("Eddie") Wall, Sousa Band Tours of 1927 and 1929, 1925-1930],
[
Series 3: Papers, 1904-1986],
[
All]
- Series 1: Scrapbook 1, 1910-1958
- Sub-Series 1: Edmund Alfred Wall and the 1911 Sousa World Tour
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Scrapbook A, Page 1, undated
- Scrapbook Section Title Page
- Folder 2: Scrapbook A, Page 2, undated
- Edmund Alfred Wall Biography
- Folder 3: Scrapbook A, Page 3-4, undated
- Top: Edmund A. Wall; Bottom: Sousa Band World Tour, N.Y. to Southampton
- Folder 4: Scrapbook A, Page 5-6, 1910
- Top: Sailing on S.S. Baltic, from N.Y. Dec. 23, 1910; Bottom: Postcard from Edward A. Wall to Kate
- Folder 5: Scrapbook A, Page 7-8, 1911
- Top: Mosely, England, Jan. 1911, Birthplace in 1861 of Edward A. Wall (near Birmingham); Bottom: Postcard to Charlie Wall from Edmund Wall
- Folder 6: Scrapbook A, Page 9-10, 1911
- Top: Crossing the equator on R.M.S. Tainui, Plymouth, Eng. - Cape Town, S.A. 21 day voyage; Bottom: Crossing the Equator, England to Cape Town, S. Africa
- Folder 7: Scrapbook A, Page 11-12, 1911
- Top: Sousa arrived Cape Town O.K. Mch 24 leaves April 22; Bottom: Postcard to Charles from Edmund Wall
- Folder 8: Scrapbook A, Page 13-14, 1911
- Top: Open Shaft Kimberly Diamond Mine; Bottom: Postcard to Charles from Father, May 26 1911; Bottom: Postcard to Charles from Edmund Wall
- Folder 9: Scrapbook A, Page 15-16, 1911
- Top: Postcard from Edmund to Charles Wall, May 11 1911; Bottom: Native Ceremony, Transvall, S. Africa
- Folder 10: Scrapbook A, Page 17-18, undated
- Postcard from Edmund
- Sub-Series 2: Edmund Charles ("Eddie") Wall: Career after Sousa, NYC Ballet Orch. and Goldman Band
- Box 1
- Folder 11: Scrapbook A, Page 19, undated
- Scrapbook Section Title Page
- Folder 12: Scrapbook A, Page 20, 1956
- Edmund C. Wall, Pied Piper, New York City Ballet
- Folder 13: Scrapbook A, Page 21, 1956
- Edmund C. Wall, New York City Ballet
- Folder 14: Scrapbook A, Page 22, 1956
- Teatro la Fenice, Venice - August 1956, Ballet "The Pied Piper," New York City Ballet
- Folder 15: Scrapbook A, Page 23, 1958
- On the wall, Central Park with Richard Franko Goldman, c. 1958
- Folder 16: Scrapbook A, Page 24, undated
- Meredith Wilson - Sousa Band Member, later composer of "The Music Man"
- Folder 17: Scrapbook A, Page 25, undated
- Eddie Wall with Meredith Wilson
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Scrapbook 1, 1910-1958],
[
Series 2: Scrapbook 2: Edmund Charles ("Eddie") Wall, Sousa Band Tours of 1927 and 1929, 1925-1930],
[
Series 3: Papers, 1904-1986],
[
All]
Holdings