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By Dan Andree
Collection Overview
Title: James L. Schardein "John Philip Sousa" Research Papers, ca. 1892 - 2017
ID: 12/9/159
Primary Creator: Schardein, James L. (1934 - 2017)
Extent: 3.15 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in two series: Series 1, Research Materials; and Series 2, Charles Boschek Uniform.
Date Acquired: 01/23/2018
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Research materials, photographs, articles, memorabilia, and audio recordings documenting James L. Schardein's research on the Sousa Band culminating in his book: The Legendary Sousa Band: 40 Years from Plainfield to Atlantic City, 1892-1931. Also includes the Sousa Band uniform of Charles Boschek, B flat clarinetist from 1925-1926.
Biographical Note
James L. Schardein, MS, Fellow ATS, was born in 1934 in Mt. Ayr, Iowa and had a long career as a research scientist in the area of pharmaceutical drug safety and has published several scientific textbooks on teratology and toxicology. He also earned a Lifetime Achievement Award in this field. Schardein was also a cornet player and avid Sousa scholar, and this collection, along with his final publication The Legendary Sousa Band: 40 Years from Plainfield to Atlantic City, 1892-1931, is a culmination of long-term research in the area of band music.
Schardein passed away on April 21, 2017 in Chelsea, MI.
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
Carolyn Smith
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Research Materials, ca. 1892-2017
- Series 1 consists of research materials used by James Schardein culminating in the publication of his book The Legendary Sousa Band: 40 Years from Plainfield to Atlantic City, 1892-1931.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Sousa Band photos (1 of 2), 1891-1919
- Folder 2: Sousa memorabilia 2, 1893-2000
- Folder 3: Sousa articles, 1899-1981
- Folder 4: Sousa program, 1901
- Folder 5: Sousa memorabilia 1 (1 of 2), 1901-1979
- Folder 6: Sousa memorabilia 1 (2 of 2), 1901-1979
- Folder 7: The Fifth String, John Philip Sousa, 1902
- Folder 8: Pipetown Sandy, John Philip Sousa, 1905
- Folder 9: Sousa photos, 1905-1976
- Folder 10: Sousa Band photos (2 of 2), 1915-1931
- Folder 11: Photograph: Sousa Band, Strand Theater, Brooklyn, New York, 1927
- Folder 12: Bands of America, H.W. Schwartz, 1957
- Folder 13: The Sousa Band: A Discography, 1970
- Folder 14: The Legendary Sousa Band: 40 Years From Plainfield to Atlantic City, 1892-1931, James L. Schardein, 2009
- Folder 15: Floppy disc, undated
- Contents as yet unidentified
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Schardein book poster - "The Legendary Sousa Band", 2009
- Folder 2: Sousa Band poster, 1910
- Folder 3: Sousa Band at the New York Hippodrome, photograph, 1922
- Item 1: LP - John Philip Sousa On Parade, undated
- Conducted by Frederick Fennell
- Series 2: Charles Boschek Uniform, 1925-1927
- Series 2 consists of the Sousa Band uniform of B flat clarinetist Charles Boschek, including jacket, trousers, two hats, and enamel lapel pin.
- Box 1
- Item 1: Sousa Band enamel pin, 1925-26
- Pin belonging to B-flat clarinetist Charles Boschek.
- Box 3
- Item 1: Sousa Band black uniform hat, ca. 1925
Accession no. 2018.1209159.001
"Davis" written inside hat
- Item 2: Sousa Band black uniform hat, ca. 1925
- Accession no. 2018.1209159.002
- Box 4
- Item 1: Sousa Band black uniform trousers, ca. 1925
- Accession no. 2018.1209159.003
- Item 2: Sousa Band black uniform jacket, ca. 1925
- Accession no. 2018.1209159.004
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