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By Andrew Boettcher and Shannon Lausch
Collection Overview
Title: Eunice Boardman Papers, 1942-1997
ID: 12/5/60
Primary Creator: Boardman, Eunice (1926-2009)
Extent: 1.0 cubic feet
Arrangement: Chronological
Date Acquired: 01/13/2010
Subjects: Elementary Education, Faculty, Faculty Papers, Music, School of, Music Educators National Conference, Music instruction, Music teachers, Music teachers - Training of, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of lecture notes, lesson plans, published and unpublished articles, correspondence, presentations and workshop notes, conference publications, and other papers documenting Eunice Boardman's career as a music educator between 1942 and 1997. The bulk of the papers cover her years as a music teacher at St. James Elementary School (1987-88) and faculty member at Wichita State University (1957-72), University of Wisconsin-Madison (1975-88), and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1988-98).
Biographical Note
Eunice Boardman (b. January 27, 1926, Cordova, Ill., d. May 5, 2009, Bettendorf, Iowa) was a music educator and author, specializing in elementary music education. She received her bachelor's degree from Cornell College in 1947 and in the summer of 1948 entered Teachers College at Columbia University to begin her graduate studies in music education. Boardman's first teaching position was in Postville, Iowa, a position she held between 1947 and 1949. Her subsequent public school teaching positions were held at Makoquetta, Iowa (1949-51) and Clinton, Iowa (1951-52).
After completing her master's degree in 1951, she went on to teach elementary music in Grinnell, Iowa (1952-56) and in 1956 was hired to teach elementary school methods at Northern Illinois University. In 1957 she accepted a faculty appointment at the University of Wichita (later renamed Wichita State University in 1964) where she led classes on music instructional methods and supervised student-teachers. In the summer of 1960 Boardman began her doctoral studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, but continued teaching at Wichita.
While completing her doctoral studies, Boardman and her faculty advistor, Bjornar Bergethon, co-authored the textbook, Musical Growth in the Elementary School, published in 1963, and with Bergethon and Charles Leonahrd as advisors she completed her Ph.D. in 1964.
Boardman remained at Wichita State University until 1972. In 1972, she married Del Meske and used the name Eunice Boardman Meske in her publications until 1989 when she returned to her maiden name. From 1972 to 1975 she taught part-time as a faculty member at Illinois State University and Roosevelt University. In 1975, she was hired for a full-time position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and later became director of the university's music department in 1980. She left the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988 to accept a full-time faculty appointment in the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Ã? She also served as chair of the Graduate Committee for Music Education in the School of Music. In 1998 she retired.
Boardman was a prolific author throughout her professional career. She authored numerous textbooks, including Exploring Music (1966), The Music Book (1980), and Holt Music (1987). She was also an active member of several professional music organizations including the Wisconsin Music Educators Association (WMEA) and the Music Educators National Conference (MENC). She was inducted her into MENC's Music Educators Hall of Fame in 2004.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
The School of Music, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Acquisition Method:
Transfer.
Processing Information:
The Eunice Boardman Papers were processed in 2010 by Andrew Boettcher and Shannon Lausch.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Folder 1: "The Correlation and Integration of Music and Other Subjects," Music Educators National Conference leaflet, 1942
- Folder 2: Multicultural music student papers written for methods class, 1948 and 1963
- Folder 3: Music in elementary school publications, 1954-1972
- Folder 4: Research on Asian and African Music, ca. 1960s
- Folder 5: Fairmount Elementary School Community Project, 1962
- Folder 6: Musical Growth in Elementary Schools, draft of dissertation, 1962-1964
- Folder 7: "To Play's the Thing," Illinois Music Education Journal, 1963
- Folder 8: "Elementary Music," TMEA workshop at Fort Worth, Texas, 1966
- Folder 9: Research and class work for Education 458, taught by Dr. H. S. Broudy, 1967
- Folder 10: "Music in Other Lands," lesson plan, Wichita State University, ca. 1970
- Folder 11: "A Conceptual Approach to Music Teaching," Elementary Music Education Workshop, Wichita State University, ca. 1970
- Folder 12: "The Listening Habit," unpublished article, University of Wisconsin-Madison, ca. 1970
- Folder 13: "Middle School Music," presentation by Dave Moore, ca. 1970
- Folder 14: "Three Steps to Musical Growth," unpublished article, Wichita State University, ca. 1970
- Folder 15: "Some Basic Assumptions about Music Educators," unpublished article, ca. 1970
- Folder 16: Music 571: Philosophy of Music Education, lecture notes, Wichita State University, 1971
- Folder 17: "Climbing the Spiral Moving a Head," music taxonomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975-76
- Folder 18: Correspondence, Richard Colwell to Charles Leonhard, regarding administration of University of Illinois' School of Music, 1975-78
- Folder 19: "Recipes for Total Music Involvement," music education handouts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
- Folder 20: Individualization bibliography and music contract choices worksheets, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
- Folder 21: "Music Helps Children Learn Basics," unpublished article, 1976
- Folder 22: "The Development of a Videotape Library for Student Observations in Music Education Methods Classes at UW-Wilwaukee and UW-Madison," Category B Proposal, 1979-80 Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Grant Program, 1979-80
- Folder 23: "Complexity in Developing Long Range Sequences," unpublished article, ca. 1980s
- Folder 24: "Building a Hierarchy of Musical Learnings," unpublished article, University of Wisconsin-Madison, ca. 1980s
- Folder 25: "Trends in Music Education," unpublished article, ca. 1980s
- Folder 26: "General Music: Past, Present, Future," paper compiled for Music Educators National Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982
- Folder 27: "Teacher Education: A Wedding of Theory and Practice," Bulletin, No. 81, 1985
- Folder 28: Research on lesson planning for music classes, 1986
- Folder 29: Correspondence, Music Educators National Conference, regarding publications, 1986-90
- Folder 30: "Music in the Schools: A Rationale," Journal of Aesthetic Education, No. 4, Vol. 21
- Folder 31: "The (Musical) Arts and Teacher Education," Design for Arts in Education, Vol. 88, No. 3, 1987
- Folder 32: Foundations and Principles of Music Education, student paper, "An Overview of Music Teacher Education in the United States", 1987
- Folder 33: "Historical Dances," presentation and related overhead transparences, Wisconsin Music Educators Conference, 1987
- Folder 34: "Learning to Learn--Music," Design for Arts in Education, Vol. 89, No. 1, 1987
- Folder 35: Awards Speech at Madison, Wisconsin, incomplete draft, ca. 1987
- Folder 36: College Methods Class, Music Teacher Education Curriculum, objectives and worksheets, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987
- Folder 37: St. James Elementary School, grade 1 music class, lesson plans, 1987-88
- Folder 38: St. James Elementary School, grade 2 music class, student work, ca. 1987-88
- Folder 39: "Research in Music Teacher Education," chapter draft and related correspondence, 1987-90
- Folder 40: St. James Elementary School, grade 4 music class, lesson plan, 1988
- Folder 41: "Delivering Elementary Arts: A Partnership Affair," presentation, Minnesota Alliance for Arts Education, 1988
- Folder 42: Music 440: Foundations and Principles of Music Education 1, lesson plans, reading list, and instructional objectives, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988
- Folder 43: "Knowledge, Skill and Creativity," unpublished article and related correspondence, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988
- Folder 44: "A Woman in Music," presentation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, includes article "Society for music Teacher Education," Journal of Music Teacher Education, Vol. 1 No. 2, 1989 and 1992
- Folder 45: "The Generative Approach to Music Learning: From Icon to Symbol," music education handouts, 1989
- Folder 46: "A Message for the Teacher of Teachers," chapter draft and related correspondence and research, 1989
- Folder 47: Philosophies of Music Education, lecture notes and readings, (1 of 2), ca. 1989
- Folder 48: Philosophies of Music Education, lecture notes and readings, (2 of 2), ca. 1989
- Folder 49: Music 440: Foundations and Principles of Music Education 1, lecture notes and research, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1989-91
- Folder 50: "Take Time in Life," lesson plan, ca. 1990
- Folder 51: "The Generative Approach to Music Learning," unpublished article, ca. 1990
- Folder 52: "Sequencing Musical Learning: A Generative Approach," music education handouts, ca. 1990
- Folder 53: "Generative Approach to Teacher Education," unpublished article, ca. 1990
- Folder 54: "Philosophical Influences in Twentieth Century Education," unpublished article, ca. 1990
- Folder 55: "Educating the Music Teacher: Participation in a Metamorphosis," unpublished article, ca. 1990
- Folder 56: Trends in Music Education Conference, unpublished article, ca. 1990
- Folder 57: "A Process for Improvement," unpublished article, ca. 1990
- Folder 58: Retreat and Retread Workshop, itinerary and registration papers, 1990
- Folder 59: "Response to Policy Development in Multicultural Arts Education," Policy Issues in Music Education, Robert Petzold Symposium, 1990
- Folder 60: "Generating Sequence of Learning Focus upon Form Melody Rhythm," Retreat and Retread Workshop, 1990
- Folder 61: The Generative Theory of Music Learning: An Alternative," unpublished article, 1990
- Folder 62: "Teacher Education in the 21st Century," unpublished article, 1990
- Folder 63: "Music as Knowing," Georgia Music News, and related correspondence, 1990-91
- Folder 64: Music 440: Foundations and Principles of Music Education 1, lesson plans, syllabus, objectives, and assignments, 1990-91
- Folder 65: Research on multicultural education, newspaper clippings, 1991-95
- Folder 66: "If-Then: Implications for General Music Methods," unpublished article, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1991
- Folder 67: "Generational Perspectives: What Can We Learn from the Past?" presentation, Colloquium for Teachers of Elementary Music Methods, 1991
- Folder 68: "Thinking About Thinking: Planning Instructional Strategies," Retreat and Retread Workshop, 1991
- Folder 69: "Teacher Education Environments for the 21st Century," unpublished article and related correspondence, 1991-92
- Folder 70: Music 440: Foundations and Principles of Music Education 1, lesson plans, 1991-92
- Folder 71: "Theory of Music Concept Development: 'An Evolution,'" unpublished article (revised version from 1961), 1992
- Folder 72: "The Musical Environment in the Early Childhood Classroom," unpublished article and related research, 1992
- Folder 73: "Music Experiences in the Early Childhood Classroom Conflict between Stated Goals and Classroom Practise," AREA Conference, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1992
- Folder 74: "A Holistic Approach to Music Education," unpublished article, ca. 1992
- Folder 75: "Society for Music Teacher Education: The Formative Years," Journal of Music Teacher Education, Vol. 1 No. 2, 1992
- Folder 76: "The Generative Theory of Musical Learning, Part II," ASME (NSW) Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992
- Folder 77: "A Generative Approach to Young Children's Musical Learning," unpublished article, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992
- Folder 78: Music 440: Foundations and Principles of Education 1, lesson plans, course outline, and objectives, 1993
- Folder 79: "Learning How to Learn: The Path to Musical Independence," unpublished article, 1993
- Folder 80: "The Generative Approach to Melodic Learning," unpublished article, 1993
- Folder 81: "The Generative Approach to Rhythmic Learning: Focus on Rhyme," unpublished article, including related research and original draft, 1993
- Folder 82: "Lesson Planning: The Fifth Dimension," unpublished article, 1994
- Folder 83: "Teaching as Passion," Music Educators National Conference Teacher Education Key Session, 1996
- Folder 84: "The Generative Theory of Musical Learning," unpublished article, ca. 1997
- Folder 85: Toward a Theory of Music Instruction: A Generative Approach to Music Learning, unpublished book, 1997
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