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

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

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.

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.

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

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Pamela Potter

Acquisition Method: Gift