Finding Aid for Edmund A. Wall and Sons Sousa Band Photographs and Papers, 1904-1986 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Title: Edmund A. Wall and Sons Sousa Band Photographs and Papers, 1904-1986

ID: 12/9/153

Primary Creator: Wall, Edmund A. (ca. 1860-1916)

Other Creators: Wall, Charles A. (1899-1958), Wall, Edmund C. (1895-1985)

Extent: 0.5 cubic feet

Arrangement:

Materials are arranged into three series:

Series 1) Scrapbook 1, ca. 1911-1958, which is further subdivided into two sub-series: sub-series 1) Edmund A. Wall and sub-series 2) Edmund "Eddie" Charles Wall. Materials are arranged in their original order.

Series 2) Scrapbook 2, 1925-1930, which is arranged in its original order.

and Series 3) Papers, 1904-1986, which contains a newsletter, history of the Canadian Leather Company Band, and sheet music. Materials in this series are unarranged.

Date Acquired: 08/11/2016

Subjects: Band Concerts, Band Musicians, Concert tours, Marching bands, Railroad Accidents, Railroad History, Sousa, John Philip, Woodwind Instruments

Formats/Genres: Scrapbooks, Sheet music

Languages: English

Consists of postcards and carte de vistes taken by clarinetist Edmund A. Wall (1860-1916) during the 1910-1911 Sousa Band World Tour, Photographs documenting the career of Edmund C. Wall (1895-1985) in the New York City Ballet Company, and Photographs taken jointly by Edmund C. and Charles A. Wall (1899-1958) between the 1925 and 1931 tours of the Sousa Band with the majority of the photographs taken from the 1927 and 1929 tours, documenting the tenure of Edmund and Charles Wall in the Sousa Band. Of note are photographs that document the train wreck of 1929 and of concerts that took place with the Sousa Band in Urbana, Illinois.

Edmund Alfred Wall (ca. 1860-1916) was born in Morley, England and moved to Cambridge, Massachussetts when he was a child. Wall enlisted in the US Navy in 1878. He served as a clarinetist for the Sousa Band during the 1910-1911 world tour, at which time his residence was New York City. Wall died in Ontario, Canada in 1916. While little is known about him, both of his sons, Charles A. Wall (1899-1958) and Edmund "Eddie" Charles Wall (1895-1985), also played as clarinetists for the Sousa Band between 1925 and 1931.

Band Concerts
Band Musicians
Concert tours
Marching bands
Railroad Accidents
Railroad History
Sousa, John Philip
Woodwind Instruments

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Charles Wall

Acquisition Method: Gift