Finding Aid for Paul E Bierley Papers, 1864-2015 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Paul E Bierley Papers, 1864-2015

ID: 12/9/94

Primary Creator: Bierley, Paul E. (1926-2016)

Extent: 102.5 cubic feet

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in eight series:

Series 1, Correspondence, ca.1960-2000: Sub-Series 1, Correspondence: Authors and Researchers; Sub-Series 2, Correspondence: Sousa Band Members; Sub-Series 3, Correspondence: Recording Companies and Record Collectors; Sub-Series 4, Correspondence: Libraries, Museums and Historical Societies; Sub-Series 5, Correspondence: Universities and Colleges; Sub-Series 6, Correspondence: Military and Government; Sub-Series 7, Correspondence: Publishers (Literary and Music); Sub-Series 8, Correspondence: Sheet Music Publishers and Collectors; Sub-Series 9, Correspondence: Loras Schissel; Sub-Series 10, Correspondence: Others.

Series 2, Sousa Research Materials, ca. 1892-1995: Sub-Series 1, Sousa Subject Files; Sub-Series 2, Sousa Band Personnel Files; Sub-Series 3, Oral Histories and Interviews; Sub-Series 4, Articles and Clippings; Sub-Series 5, Operetta Scores and Librettos; Sub-Series 6, Sousa Band Programs; Sub-Series 7, Willow Grove Programs; Sub-Series 8, Sousa Collection Catalogs and Finding Aids; Sub-Series 9, Dissertations and Theses on Sousa and Band; Sub-Series 10, Original Sousa Novels and Other Books; Sub-Series 11, Original Sousa Newspaper Articles; Sub-Series 12, Original Photographs and Tour Maps; Sub-Series 13, Oversized Materials - Japan Sousa Society; Sub-Series 14, Oversized Material; Sub-Series 15, Sousa Correspondence; Sub-Series 16, Photobook Research Materials; Sub-series 17, Sousa Research Photographs.

Series 3, American Band History Materials, ca.1900-2000: Sub-Series 1, Articles and Clippings; Sub-Series 2, Leonard B. Smith and the Detroit Concert Band; Sub-Series 3, Henry Fillmore Materials; Sub-Series 4, Hallelujah Trombone; Sub-Series 5, Robert Hoe V Materials; Sub-Series 6, Fillmore Correspondence.

Series 4, Paul Bierley Professional Papers, ca. 1953-2003: Sub-Series 1, Paul E. Bierley - Personal and Professional Papers; Sub-Series 2, Paul E. Bierley Honoraria; Sub-Series 3, Paul E. Bierley Publications; Sub-Series 4, Paul E. Bierley Organizational Memberships; Sub-Series 5, Paul E. Bierley Speaking Engagements; Sub-Series 6, Paul E. Bierley Personal Photographs.

Series 5, Audio Recordings, ca. 1925-2000: Sub-Series 1, Reel-to-Reel and Cassette Audio Tapes, LPs; Sub-Series 2, Reel-to-Reel Tape Recordings, North American Aviation Band.

Series 6, Photographs, ca. 1864-1964: Sub-Series 1, Digital Photographs, 1864-1964; Sub-Series 2, Barry Furrer Photographs, ca. 1900-1930; Sub-Series 3, Band Members; Sub-Series 4, Candids and Train Wrecks; Sub-Series 5, Performances, Operettas, Undated; Sub-Series 6, Sousa Band Photographs and Sousa with Others; Sub-Series 7, Non-Sousa Band Photographs and Portraits; Sub-Series 8, The American Phenomenon (University of Illinois Press and Integrity Press) Photographs; Sub-Series 9, The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa (University of Illinois Press) Photographs.

Series 7, Press Books, 1882-1953. The material is organized either alphabetically by author (or recipient in the case of the correspondence), or chronologically when applicable.

And Series 8, Published Books, 1853-2007. Material is Arranged alphabetically by author's last name.

Date Acquired: 04/08/2004. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Aircraft, Band Musicians, Cartooning, Instrumental music, Sousa, John Philip

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of correspondence, subject files, newsclippings, oral histories, account ledgers, programs, audiotape and videotape recordings, digital photographs, dissertations and theses, books, awards, engineering diagrams, cartoon sketch books, photographs, and press books documenting Bierley's career as an aerospace engineer, leading scholar on John Philip Sousa and Henry Filmore, and managing editor of Integrity Press.

Biographical Note

Paul E. Bierley (1926-2016), tubist, engineer and band researcher, is recognized today as the foremost historian of the music and life of John Philip Sousa. Spending over 40 years collecting material about Sousa's life, band, and music, Mr. Bierley conducted meticulous and wide-ranging research that led to the publication of two definitive works on Sousa: John Philip Sousa: A Catalogue of His Works, which provides a wealth of details about Sousa's musical and literary works, and his biography, John Philip Sousa: American Phenomenon. Other Sousa-related works by Mr. Bierley include Hallelujah Trombone (a biography of Henry Fillmore), The Music of Henry Fillmore and Henry Huff, Nineteenth Century American Musical Theater, Later Operetta, Part 1 (El Capitan), and the revised edition of Sousa's Marching Along. Bierley served as editor for the two volume set of William Rehrig's 1991 The Heritage Encyclopedia Band Music (Volume 3, Supplement, 1996), has published many Sousa-related journal articles about the Sousa Band, and has provided liner notes for numerous LPs and CDs.

Bierley was educated as an aeronautical engineer at Ohio State University. During his 35-year career designing airplanes and missiles, he pursued an active career as a musician as well. As a child he began playing the music of Sousa as a tubist in his high school band, and later played the tuba in such ensembles as the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Concert Band. To honor his 40 years of research and scholarly publications on Sousa and American Band History, Ohio Sate University awarded Bierley an honorary doctorate in 2001. He was also awarded the Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts Award from the National Band Association in the same year.

Subject/Index Terms

Aircraft
Band Musicians
Cartooning
Instrumental music
Sousa, John Philip

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals: April 8, 2004, June 4, 2008, March, 2010, October 15, 2013, and May 5, 2015.

Acquisition Method: The papers were donated to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by Paul E. and Pauline J. Bierley on April 8, 2004. Photographs were donated by Paul E and Pauline J. Bierley in June 4, 2008. Sousa Photograph binders and additional Sousa research files donated by Paul E. and Pauline J. Bierley in March 2010. Another addition of books and recordings was donated by Paul E. Bierley on October 15, 2013, and final donation of Sousa and Fillmore research files, books, and recordings was donated by Paul Bierley on May 5, 2015.

Processing Information: Papers processed in 2006, photographs processed in 2008.

Finding Aid Revision History: Revisions made July 17, 2008.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Correspondence, ca.1960-2015],
[Series 2: Sousa Research Materials, ca.1892-2012],
[Series 3: American Band History Materials, ca.1900-2007],
[Series 4: Paul Bierley Professional Papers, ca. 1953-2014],
[Series 5: Audio-Visual Material, ca. 1925-2000],
[Series 6: Photographs, 1864-2013],
[Series 7: Press Books, 1882-1953],
[Series 8: Published Books, 1853-2007],
[All]

Series 3: American Band History Materials, ca.1900-2007

Sub-Series 1: Articles and Clippings

Box 68

Folder 3: Bachman, Harold B.
Folder 4: Bell, William J.
Folder 5: Butler, Helen May
Folder 6: Clarke, Herbert L.
Folder 7: Clarke, Herbert L.
Folder 8: Evans, Merle
Folder 9: Fennell, Frederick
Folder 10: Frangkiser, Carl
Folder 11: Fucik, Julius
Folder 12: Gilmore, Patrick S.
Folder 13: Goodman, Stephen K.
Folder 14: Hall, R. B.
Folder 15: Howard, Col. George S.

Box 69

Folder 1: King, Karl L.
Folder 2: Mayhall, Harry S.
Folder 3: Miller, Roy
Folder 4: Paull, E. T.
Folder 5: Pryor, Arthur
Folder 6: Simon, Frank
Folder 7: Tjernagel, Nehemias
Folder 8: Band composers (miscellaneous)

Box 70

Folder 1: Musicians (other)
Folder 2: Musicians (other)
Folder 3: Musicians (other)
Folder 4: Musicians (other)

Box 71

Folder 1: Musicians (other)
Folder 2: Musicians (other)
Folder 3: Band History - General
Folder 4: Allentown Band
Folder 5: British Bands
Folder 6: Chatfield Brass Band
Folder 7: Eastman Wind Ensemble
Folder 8: Foreign Band Research Materials

Box 72

Folder 1: Goldman Band
Folder 2: Industrial Bands (ARMCO, PHILCO, Saginaw Eddy)
Folder 3: Long Beach Municipal Band
Folder 4: Melbourne, Florida, Municipal Band
Folder 5: Municipal and Community Bands - General
Folder 6: Municipal and Community Bands - General
Folder 7: Municipal and Community Bands - General
Folder 8: National Concert Band of America
Folder 9: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Band
Folder 10: Salvation Army Band
Folder 11: U.S. Air Force Band
Folder 12: U.S. Armed Forces Bicentennial Band
Folder 13: U.S. Army Band
Folder 14: U.S. Coast Guard Band
Folder 15: U.S. Marine Band
Folder 16: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Band
Folder 17: U.S. Military Academy (West INT) Band
Folder 18: U.S. Naval Academy Band
Folder 19: U.S. Navy Band

Box 152

Folder 6: Detroit Concert Band "Band Fan", 1975-1995
Folder 7: Virginia Grand Military Band programs and newsletters, "The Grand Band Companion", 2002-2005
Folder 8: Windjammers Unlimited, Circus Fanfare, 2004-2007

Box 124

Folder 6: D'Urbano, Luigi, Italian Band Research Materials, ca. 1900-1920

Box 125

Folder 6: A.F. Thaviu Band Research Materials [Part 1], ca. 1900-2000
Folder 7: A.F. Thaviu Band Research Materials [Part 2], ca. 1900-2000
Folder 8: A.F. Thaviu Band Research Materials [Part 3], ca. 1900-2000
Folder 9: A.F. Thaviu Band Research Materials [Part 4], ca. 1900-2000: See Also: Fred Crane Correspondence, Record Series 12/9/94, Box 6, Folder 4; Samuel Thaviu Interview, Record Series 12/9/94, Box 113, Folder 9; and A.F. Thaviu Band Recording, Record Series 12/9/94, Box 113, Folder 10.

Sub-Series 2: Leonard B. Smith and the Detroit Concert Band

Box 126

Folder 7: Leonard B. Smith: Articles by and about, 1960-1992

Box 92

Folder 5: Leonard Smith: Biographical
Folder 6: Leonard Smith: Death of
Folder 7: Leonard Smith: Correspondence, 1955
Folder 8: Leonard Smith: Correspondence, 1960-1963
Folder 9: Leonard Smith: Correspondence, 1964-1966
Folder 10: Leonard Smith: Correspondence, 1967-1973
Folder 11: Leonard Smith: Correspondence, 1974-1980
Folder 12: Leonard Smith: Correspondence, 1981-1988
Folder 13: Leonard Smith: Correspondence, 1989-2000
Folder 14: Detroit Concert Band: History and Programs

Box 93

Folder 1: Detroit Concert Band Programs, 1973: (This is the year Paul Bierley played with the band) Paul Bierley worked as a Music Consultant for Accompaniments Unlimited (a Leonard Smith business)
Folder 2: Detroit Concert Band Programs, 1973: (This is the year that Paul Bierley played with the band) Paul Bierley worked as a Music Consultant for Accompaniments Unlimited (a Leonard Smith business).

Sub-Series 3: Henry Fillmore Materials

Box 93

Folder 3: Correspondence, A-L
Folder 4: Correspondence, A-L
Folder 5: Correspondence, A-L
Folder 6: Correspondence, A-L
Folder 7: Correspondence, A-L
Folder 8: Correspondence, A-L
Folder 9: Correspondence, A-L
Folder 10: Correspondence, A-L
Folder 11: Correspondence, A-L
Folder 12: Correspondence, A-L
Folder 13: Correspondence, A-L
Folder 14: Correspondence, A-L

Box 94

Folder 1: Correspondence, M-Z
Folder 2: Correspondence, M-Z
Folder 3: Correspondence, M-Z
Folder 4: Correspondence, M-Z
Folder 5: Correspondence, M-Z
Folder 6: Correspondence, M-Z
Folder 7: Correspondence, M-Z
Folder 8: Correspondence, M-Z
Folder 9: Correspondence, M-Z
Folder 10: Correspondence, M-Z

Box 95

Folder 1: Fillmore Arrangements and Transcriptions
Folder 2: Fillmore life in general
Folder 3: Music of other Fillmores
Folder 4: Fillmore interviews
Folder 5: Fillmore interviews

Box 96

Folder 1: Fillmore family tree (See Oversized Box 96, Folder 1)
Folder 2: Research cards/notes for future Fillmore book (See Oversozed Box 96, Folder 2)
Folder 4: Fillmore Scrapbook from University of Miami (See Oversized Box 96, Folder 4)
Folder 5: Cincinnati History (See Oversized Box 96, Folder 5)

Box 97

Folder 1: Fillmore sources and references
Folder 2: Fillmore marches and bum steers
Folder 3: Fillmore marches and bum steers
Folder 4: Pseudonyms for H. Fillmore
Folder 5: Pseudonyms for H. Fillmore
Folder 6: Harold Bennett, Will Huff pseudonym
Folder 7: Fillmore unpublished music

Box 98

Folder 1: Fillmore tributes, memorials, and obituaries
Folder 2: Fillmore family
Folder 3: Fillmore family
Folder 4: Will Huff
Folder 5: Will Huff

Box 99

Folder 1: Oral history cassette tapes:
Folder 2: Annette Manning (2 tapes)
Folder 3: Marie Grau
Folder 4: Phil Gates (2 tapes)
Folder 5: John and Margaret Heney (2 tapes)
Folder 6: Tiemyer
Folder 7: Albertus Meyers, Fred McCall, Otto Kraushaar
Folder 8: Poetker
Folder 9: Heney (2 tapes)
Folder 10: H. E. Nutt
Folder 11: Nancy Smith and Annette Manning
Folder 12: Thelma Jones Bernum
Folder 13: Louise Reszke (2 tapes)
Folder 14: Ed Caughran (3 tapes)
Folder 15: John Heney, 1969
Folder 16: Jack Rham

Box 100

Folder 1: Banner of Beauty (original band book)
Folder 2: Data on Fillmore music
Folder 3: Articles about Fillmore
Folder 4: Rodeheaver
Folder 5: Will Nicholson and Military Escort
Folder 6: Letters from Florida bandmasters
Folder 7: Disciples of Christ Historical Society
Folder 8: Clock
Folder 9: 1st Regiment Infantry, Ohio National Guard
Folder 10: Fillmore bandstand

Box 101

Folder 1: Cincinnati Red`s Game: First broadcast
Folder 2: Huff information from historical societies
Folder 3: Miami Military Institute, Germantown, Ohio
Folder 4: Circus
Folder 5: Marriages of Henry Fillmore
Folder 6: Henry Fillmore - Masonic
Folder 7: Fillmore`s music lists
Folder 8: Henry Fillmore`s programs (many original)
Folder 9: Letters to Christian churches
Folder 10: James H. Fillmore
Folder 11: Miscellaneous Fillmore materials

Box 102

Folder 1: Buss Russell Diary, 1911 (Sousa`s Band)
Folder 2: Al Knecht Daybook, 1900-1914 (Sousa`s Band)
Folder 3: Research materials, general
Folder 4: Article, "The Case of the Duplicate Composer," by P.E. Bierley
Folder 5: Gahanna High School Fillmore Program
Folder 6: Souvenir Program, 18th annual ABA Convention, Ohio State University, 1952 Photographs:
Folder 7: Henry Fillmore
Folder 8: Fillmore family photographs
Folder 9: Miami Military Institute, Germantown, Ohio
Folder 10: Mike the Radio Hound
Folder 11: Group and band photographs
Folder 12: Fillmore Museum at University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Folder 13: Masonic
Folder 14: Snapshots copied from Marie Grau
Folder 15: Miscellaneous
Folder 16: Copies of photographs, miscellaneous
Folder 17: Musical Messenger Supplement frontispiece, Editorial Staff, January 1896: 8x10-inch black and white photographic negative.
Folder 18: Spares
Folder 19: Will Huff
Folder 20: John J. Heney
Folder 21: Photographs from Photograph album Scrapbook

Sub-Series 4: Hallelujah Trombone

Box 104

Folder 1: Hallelujah Trombone Photographs, Captions, and Negatives

Sub-Series 5: Robert Hoe V Materials

Box 110

Folder 4: Robert Hoe V - Biographical
Folder 5: Robert Hoe - Death of
Folder 6: Robert Hoe - Articles by and about
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1965-1966
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1967
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1968

Box 111

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1974-1975
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1976-1977
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1978-1979
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1980-1983
Folder 5: Paul Bierley cartoons for Bob Hoe
Folder 6: Comparison of Otterbein records
Folder 7: Marilyn Hoe Correspondence, 1983-1985
Folder 8: Marilyn Hoe Correspondence, 1986-1999
Folder 9: Marilyn Hoe - Death of
Folder 10: Robert Hoe Foundation
Folder 11: Robert Hoe Foundation - Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music, 1999-2000

Box 112

Folder 1: Robert Hoe Foundation - Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music, 2000-2003
Folder 2: Heritage Series Continuation Committee
Folder 3: Hoe Foundation - Integrity Press Royalty Statements and Annual Reports, 1992-2003
Folder 4: Hoe Foundation Correspondence with Integrity Press
Folder 5: Correspondence with Bobby Hoe (son), 1985-1998
Folder 6: Sales of Heritage Encyclopedia by Integrity Press

Sub-Series 6: Fillmore Correspondence

Box 122

Folder 12: Correspondence between Henry Fillmore and John J. Heney, 1939-1942
Folder 13: Correspondence between Henry Fillmore and John J. Heney, 1943-1956
Folder 14: Correspondence between Henry Fillmore and Otto Kraushaar, 1942-1946

Box 123

Folder 1: Correspondence between Henry Fillmore and Otto Kraushaar, 1947-1953
Folder 2: Correspondence between Henry Fillmore and Al Wright and Luise Reszke, 1954-1956