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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
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:
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Series 1: Correspondence, ca.1960-2015],
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Series 2: Sousa Research Materials, ca.1892-2012],
[Series 3: American
Band History Materials, ca.1900-2007],
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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],
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- 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
Browse by Series:
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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],
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All]