Nancy Stagg Papers and WILL Admin Records, 1949-2000 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Adiminsrative/Biographical History: Nancy Sue Stagg was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on June 15, 1937. Stagg is an organist and scholar of musicology. She received her bachelor’s degree in organ performance at the University of Oklahoma in 1959, and she earned her Master of Divinity in religion and higher education from Yale Divinity School in 1962. Stagg earned her Master of Music in musicology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1972. Her thesis was entitled "Cyclic Coherence in Selected Song-Cycles of Robert Schumann." She began coursework for a doctorate degree in musicology at UIUC, but never finished. Stagg remained in Urbana-Champaign and worked various jobs until her retirement. She served as a program assistant and organist at the McKinley Presbyterian Church (1962-1976), and she was a graduate teaching assistant at the School of Music (1969-1972). She served at WILL Radio Station in many capacities including as a broadcast assistant, announcer, producer, program coordinator, music librarian, and music director (1973-1994). Stagg preserved her coursework as a student and her administrative records from WILL Radio. Her papers also reflect her interests in social justice movements, graduate student rights, and gardening.

Acquisition Note: Gift

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