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By Carol Berthold
Collection Overview
Title: Carl Landrum Historical Bands Collection, 1845-2010
ID: 12/9/167
Primary Creator: Landrum, Carl (1916-2003)
Extent: 1.15 cubic feet
Arrangement: The materials were organized in ten scrapbook volumes (vols. 5-7 being photograph scrapbooks) and have been arranged following that original order.
Date Acquired: 07/13/2020
Subjects: Band Concerts, Band Musicians, Civil War, Clarke, Herbert L., Columbian Exposition, Gilmore, Patrick S., Goldman, Edwin Franko, Harding, Albert Austin, High School Music, Instrumental music, Kryl, Bohumir, 1875-1961, Marines, United States, Military Bands, Music -- Illinois, Music - United States, Pryor, Arthur, Quincy, Illinois, Sousa, John Philip
Formats/Genres: Photographs
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of photographs, newsclippings, concert programs, tour flyers, correspondence, published articles, music scores and parts, and posters, documenting American wind band performance practice between the 1850s and 1930s as well as Carl Landrum's historical research on American bands.
Biographical Note
Carl Landrum (1916-2003) was born in Quincy, IL. He graduated from Quincy College, and after serving in the military, working as a musician, and teaching in Ursa and Lewistown, MO, returned to Quincy and became the band and orchestra director at Quincy Notre Dame school, and the director of the Quincy Park Band, which he founded in 1948. After becoming interested in history by participating in the Civil War centenntial celebrations, in 1965 he started writing a local history column in the Quincy Herald-Whig, "From Quincy's Past." A year later, he published his first book, titled Quincy and the Civil War.
Landrum continued directing the Quincy Park Band until 1993, and wrote ten additional books on local history, including his last book on the musical life of Quincy, published posthumously by his wife, Shirley Landrum, in 2010.
Subject/Index Terms
Band Concerts
Band Musicians
Civil War
Clarke, Herbert L.
Columbian Exposition
Gilmore, Patrick S.
Goldman, Edwin Franko
Harding, Albert Austin
High School Music
Instrumental music
Kryl, Bohumir, 1875-1961
Marines, United States
Military Bands
Music -- Illinois
Music - United States
Pryor, Arthur
Quincy, Illinois
Sousa, John Philip
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
Pamela Potter
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Volume:
[Volume 1: John Philip Sousa and His Band, 1868-1987],
[
Volume 2: John Philip Sousa, Personal and Band Photos, 1888-1932],
[
Volume 3: School, Military and Community Bands, 1870-1979],
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Volume 4: Civil War Military Bands and Music, 1845-1962],
[
Volume 5: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians, 1884-1956],
[
Volume 6: Rare Music Instruments and Historic Band Uniforms, 1848-1988],
[
Volume 7: Early School, Military, and Notable Bands, Band Leaders and Musicians, 1850-1960],
[
Volume 8: History of Music in Quincy and Adams County (IL), 2010],
[
Volume 9: Music and Instruments: Articles, Notes, Essays and Correspondence, 1926-1961],
[
Volume 10: Large Photographs, 1907-1954],
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All]
- Volume 1: John Philip Sousa and His Band, 1868-1987
- Copies of original photographs of Sousa, his bands, concert programs, enlistment papers and news clippings.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Photo Binder 1: John Philip Sousa and His Band (1 of 3), 1882-1978
- Copies of photographs include: Sousa and A.A.Harding with Urbana High School Band; poster for Sousa and Band at Paris Exposition, March 1, 1900; Sousa and select band members, 1912; poster for Sousa Band program, 1909; Sousa and Thomas A. Edison; Band in Regina, Canada, 1925; Sousa Band baseball team; clarinet section of Sousa Bank in 1915; Band at Willow Grove, PA, 1919; Sousa Band at Panama-Pacific International Exposition, July 4, 1915 (band members named by section); U.S. Marine Band, J.P. Sousa, director; Sousa Band at St. Louis World's Fair, 1904; Sousa Band in Hamburg, Germany, 1900; Sousa's Band, 1882; world's largest bass horn, 1893; Sousa and Band at inaugural presentation of Sousa's 101st march, :"The Gallant Seventh, November 5, 1922; U.S. Marine Band , August, 1882; Frank Simon's ARMCO Band, Patrick Conway Band, 1926; Bohumir Kryl Band; Everett Allyn Moses Band; Program, Sousa conducting at Columbian Music Festival, 1893; newspaper articles announcing Sousa's death, March 6, 1932;. correspondence from Sousa, September 12, 1902.
- Folder 2: Photo Binder 1: John Philip Sousa and His Band (2 of 3), 1868-1945
- Copies of photographs include: First enlistment papers of John Philip Sousa in the U.S. Marine Corps as cabinet maker, June 1868, Defense Dept. photo; copy of enlistment papers of John P. Sousa in the U.S. Marine Corps as principal musician, July 1872, Department of Defense Photo; Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman, 1929; John Philip Sousa with inscripton to Mrs. Herbert L. Clarke, 1928; Sousa and Band, Crystal Palace, London, June 15, 1903; Sousa in Marine Band uniform; Sousa at U. of Illinois, March 0, 1930; Sousa Band at Willow Grove Park, August 21, 1907; last picture of Sousa taken at 7 p.m., March 5, 1932, hours before he died; Sousa's Band, 1882; program from Sousa's Concert Band, April 26, 1896; U.S. Marine Corps Band, ca. 1900, Sousa conductor; Sousa Band, some players identified, 1919.
- Folder 3: Photo Binder 1: John Philip Sousa and His Band (3 of 3), 1872-1987
- Copies of photographs include: U.S. Marine Corps Band, 1889; poster announcing 38th annual tour of Sousa and his Band, 1930; Sousa's father and mother; consent papers signed by Antonio Sousa giving permission for his son to re-enlist in the Marine Band, 1872; tryout estimate for Sousa as honorary conductor of U. of Illinois Concert Band, March 20, 1930; concert programs; Marine Band, 1882; original letter with musical notation from Sousa to George Nichols, October 22, 1913;Â concert ticket for Sousa and Band, Quincy College, November 2, 1927; color reproduction of photo, Sousa's Band, Paris Exposition; negative of photo of Sousa, inscribed to Mrs. Herbert L. Clarke, 1928; copy of original manuscript of Stars and Stripes Forever.
- Oversize Portfolio Case 1: Sousa Band Columbian Exposition Newspaper Advertisement, 1893
- Item 1: Sousa Band Columbian Exposition Newspaper Advertisement, page 1, 1893
- Item 2: Sousa Band Columbian Exposition Newspaper Advertisement, page 2, 1893
Browse by Volume:
[Volume 1: John Philip Sousa and His Band, 1868-1987],
[
Volume 2: John Philip Sousa, Personal and Band Photos, 1888-1932],
[
Volume 3: School, Military and Community Bands, 1870-1979],
[
Volume 4: Civil War Military Bands and Music, 1845-1962],
[
Volume 5: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians, 1884-1956],
[
Volume 6: Rare Music Instruments and Historic Band Uniforms, 1848-1988],
[
Volume 7: Early School, Military, and Notable Bands, Band Leaders and Musicians, 1850-1960],
[
Volume 8: History of Music in Quincy and Adams County (IL), 2010],
[
Volume 9: Music and Instruments: Articles, Notes, Essays and Correspondence, 1926-1961],
[
Volume 10: Large Photographs, 1907-1954],
[
All]
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