Finding Aid for Carl Landrum Historical Bands Collection, 1845-2010 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Carol Berthold

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Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 01-03
SACAM, Band Building, 1103 S. 6th Street	Portfolio Case 1

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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],
[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]

Volume 5: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians, 1884-1956

Box 2

Folder 3: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians (1 of 4), 1884-1954: Copies of photographs include: Municipal Band, Stony Falls, SD; Frederick Neil Innes Band; Goldman Band; U.S. Navy Band, 1959; U.S. Marine Corps Band marching in Washington, 1900; William (Billy) Northcott; Gilmore's Band, 1884; Allentown Band; Cities Service Band; Guarde Republicaine Band, Paris, France, 1954; Walter Emerson; Joliet (IL) High School Band; U. of Illinois Concert Band, 58th Anniversary Concert, 1946; Arthur Pryor, 1933; Al Sweet and band; A.R. McAllister, Edwin Franko Goldman, and A.A. Harding; photo of notable figures taken in U. of Illinois' band room, 1934; A.B. Rolfe's Independent Band, 1885; Johann Strauss and Johannes Brahms; Herbert L.Clarke and Ernest H. Clarke, 1895; Herbert L. Clarke, cornet virtuoso, Sousa Band, 1916;Alesandro Liberati.
Folder 4: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians (2 of 4), 1894-1952: Copies of photographs include: Ernst Albert Couturier, cornet virtuoso, 1930; Benjamin C. Bent; Nathan Franko Band, 1894; Walter B. Rogers, cornetist with Sousa Band; Arthur Pryor, trombone soloist, Sousa Band; John Hazel, 1915; Jules Levy, cornet soloist; Fourth Regiment National Guard Band of Missouri, 1898; Arthur Pryon Band members: Charles Thetford, John Hyer, Harold Stambaugh, Burt Smith; Arthur Pryor wiith Band; August Caputo Band; E.A. Lefebre, saxophone virtuoso, Sousa Band; Ellory Royal Marine Band, 1908; Fred Weldon, Bandmaster, 2nd Regimental Band of Illinois; Giuseppe Creatore, 1926; Giuseppe Creatore and Band, 1926; Oresto Vessello; Mathew Arbuckle, coronet soloist; Bohumir Kryl and band, 1906 (some members identified); Herbert L. Clarke and hs Muncipal Band, Long Beach, CA; Everette James,cornetist, and son Harry James, Mighty Haag Circus Band, 1922; New York World's Fair Band, 1940; Merle Evans, Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1952; Archie R. McAllister.
Folder 5: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians (3 of 4), 1904-1955: Copies of photographs include: Robert W. Fraker; Georges Barrere and William S. Haynes; Russ Henegan, 1955; A.A. Harding; Mark Hindsley, Director, U. of Illinois Bands; Richmond, IN High School Orchestra, 1921; Harold Bachman; Eugene LaBarre; Irish Guards Band at St. Louis World's Fair, 1904; Grand Army Band of Canton, OH; Ben Ali Temple Oriental Band; Dodge City Cowboy Band; Bohumir Kryl.
Folder 6: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians (4 of 4), 1885-1956: Copies of photographs include: Giant saxophone; Wiliam Paris Chambers; Edwin Franko Goldman; U. of Illinois Band, 1885; Richard Goldman; Flint, Michign Municipal Band,1914; Albertus L. Meyers, conductor, Allentown Municipal Band; Harold Bachman's Million Dollar Band;; Paul Lavalle, conductor, Band of America; Karl L. King, leader, Fort Dodge Municipal Band; Alessandro Liberati, cornet soloist; John J. Richards; Cities Service Band of America, Paul Lavalle, conductor; Frank Simon; Theobald Boehm.