Finding Aid for Mary E Hoffman Papers, 1948-1995 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Caitlin Cakora, Elizabeth DiVincenzo, Deana Greenfield

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Collection Overview

Title: Mary E Hoffman Papers, 1948-1995

ID: 12/5/57

Primary Creator: Hoffman, Mary E. (1926-1997)

Extent: 2.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Date Acquired: 01/15/2010

Subjects: Faculty Papers, Music, School of, Music teachers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of lesson plans, lecture notes and handouts produced for music education and music history classes and workshops, research papers and articles, speeches and choral arrangements composed by Hoffman documenting her career as a music educator and contributor to the scholarly field of music education. In addition there are Hoffman's student papers and correspondence produced while at Lebanon Valley College and the Teachers College at Columbia University. The papers are organized in three series: Series 1, Instructional Papers and Professional Presentations, 1957-1995; Series 2, Research and Publications, 1964-1993; and Series 3, Hoffman's Undergraduate and Graduate School Student Notes and Papers, 1948 and 1969-1973. Folders are arranged chronologically within each series.

Biographical Note

Mary E. Hoffman was known for her work as an elementary and junior high school music teacher, professor of music education, author of music textbooks and arranger of choral music. She was born on October 18, 1926 in Reading, PA, and received a B.S. in Music and Music Education from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA in 1948. She received her master's degree from Teachers College at Columbia University in 1951 and later pursued doctoral studies at Northwestern University.

During her early career as a music educator, she taught choral, instrumental and general music for ten years in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Connecticut public schools. She subsequently served as the elementary vocal music supervisor for the Philadelphia Public School System for five years, and later served as the junior high school music supervisor in Milwaukee, WI.

Hoffman joined the faculty of the University of Illinois' School of Music at Urbana-Champaign in 1972, where she remained until her retirement in May of 1996. She served as president of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) from 1980-1982, and was renowned internationally as a leader in the field of education, specifically middle school music education. She authored five editions of the public school textbooks, World of Music and The Music Connection (Silver Burdett Co.) and several publications about music education including Teacher Competence and the Balanced Music Curriculum (MENC, 1985), and Teaching Music, What, How, Why (1973) which she co-authored with Alice S. Beer. She also wrote arrangements of choral music for junior high school students, and served as a guest conductor, speaker and clinician at nationwide and international engagements.

Hoffman received recognition for her contributions to music education through alumna citations from Lebanon Valley College and Teachers College, and the Distinguished Service Award from MENC. Hoffman died on March 18, 1997, and was inducted posthumously into the Music Educator's Hall of Fame during the annual meeting of the Music Educator's National Conference in 1998.

Subject/Index Terms

Faculty Papers
Music, School of
Music teachers

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: School of Music

Acquisition Method: Transfer

Related Materials: Mary E. Hoffman Papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries. For more information please see http://lib.umd.edu/archivesum/actions.DisplayEADDoc.do;jsessionid=B39C4072F59C605643EAB623EEE7D9F9?source=MdU.ead.scpa.0053.xml&style=ead.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Series 1: Instructional Papers and Professional Presentations, 1957-1995],
[Series 2: Research and Publications, 1964-1993],
[Series 3: Hoffman's Undergraduate and Graduate School Student Notes and Papers, 1948 and 1969-1973],
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Series 1: Instructional Papers and Professional Presentations, 1957-1995

Consists of presentation speeches and notes; workshop/clinic handouts, notes, and correspondence; and student papers and course curriculae. In addition there are reports for Hoffman's two sabbaticals, vitae, and student doctoral proposals. These materials were produced and/or accumulated by Hoffman throughout her professional career as a school music teacher, professor of music education, and contributor to the development of music educational standards for public schools.

Box 1

Folder 1: Elementary School Workshop Research (1 of 2), 1957-1980
Folder 2: Elementary School Workshop Research (2 of 2), 1968-1972
Folder 3: High School Workshop Research (1 of 2), 1959-1974
Folder 4: High School Workshop Research (2 of 2), 1969-1978
Folder 5: "Teaching Concepts through Music" Workshop Notes, 1964-1980
Folder 6: Concert Program Notes and Papers (Milwaukee, WI), ca. 1965-1967
Folder 7: "What is so General about Music" Workshop Notes, 1967-1980
Folder 8: "Teaching Music: What, How and Why" Speech Notes, 1969
Folder 9: Aesthetic Education Workshop, 1969-1982
Folder 10: Music of the Classical Period - History of Opera Curriculum, 1971-1972
Folder 11: University of Illinois Faculty Load Forms, 1971-1994
Folder 12: Illinois Office of Education Certification Requirements, 1972
Folder 13: "Conceptual Education" Workshop Notes, 1974-1978
Folder 14: University of Illinois Capricious Grading Committee, 1975-1983
Folder 15: "Generating Excitement in Junior High School General Music" Workshop Notes, 1976-1982
Folder 16: "Aesthetic Education in Action" Workshop Notes, 1977-1979
Folder 17: "Some thoughts on Methods Teaching" Speech, 1978
Folder 18: Carl Orff Symposium in Salzburg Program, 1980
Folder 19: "Perspectives on Music for the General Student in the 1990s" Research, ca. 1990
Folder 20: Review of Masters of Arts in Education Program at University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1983
Folder 21: Society for General Music In-Service Eastern Division Correspondence, 1984
Folder 22: "Recent Research on Young Children" Speech, 1984
Folder 23: Sabbatical Leave Reports, 1984 and 1992

Box 2

Folder 1: Charles Leonhard's Speeches, 1984-1994
Folder 2: Virginia Stateboard Presentation and "Teacher Competence and the Balanced Music Curriculum" Speech, 1985, 1990
Folder 3: Dee Justice Doctoral Proposal, 1986
Folder 4: Elizabeth Ann Bedsole Doctoral Thesis, 1986
Folder 5: "Climate Illinois Music Education" Speech, 1986
Folder 6: Illinois Music Educators Association Conference Programs and Notes, 1986-1987
Folder 7: "Advocacy and the Arts" Speech, 1987
Folder 8: University of Illinois School of Music Commencement Speech, 1987
Folder 9: Eastern Division MENC Workshop Notes, 1987
Folder 10: "World of Music" One Day Workshop, 1987
Folder 11: Letters to Steve Katz, 1989
Folder 12: Vita, ca. 1990
Folder 13: Claudia Woll's Teaching Assistant Letter, 1990
Folder 14: "The Potential for MENC as a Leader in Arts Education Policy" Speech and Committee on Institutional Cooperation Conference Notes, 1990
Folder 15: Post-Sabbatical Survey and Music 4XX Course Outline, 1991-1992
Folder 16: "Literature for Children" Workshop Notes, 1992
Folder 17: Lebanon Valley College Alumni Award Speech, 1992
Folder 18: Leadership Doctoral Seminar Research, 1993
Folder 19: Correspondence with David Pearson, Dean, College of Education, 1993
Folder 20: "General Music in the Middle School" Curriculum, 1995
Folder 21: "The Inaccurate or Out-of-Tune Singer" Workshop Notes, undated
Folder 22: "Learning in Music" Workshop Notes, undated
Folder 23: Course for Non-Music Majors Notes, undated
Folder 24: Silver Summer Junior High School Workshop Notes, undated
Folder 25: "What is so General about Music?" Workshop Outline, undated
Folder 26: Elementary School Instruction Handouts, undated
Folder 27: Integrated Arts Workshop Notes, undated
Folder 28: Music 240 Course Notes, undated
Folder 29: "On Being a Music Educator" Speech, undated
Folder 30: "A Pragmatic View of the General Music Curriculum" Speech, undated
Folder 31: "Generalized Aural Processing" Workshop Notes, undated
Folder 32: "Why a Joint Convention?" Nebraska Presentation, undated
Folder 33: "Legislation in the Arts" Speech, undated
Folder 34: Missouri Music Edcators Conference 50th Anniversary Keynote Speech Outline, undated
Folder 35: "Who say we ain't got class" Speech, undated
Folder 36: Maine Music Educators Association Speech Outline, undated