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Collection Overview
Title: Everett D Kisinger Papers, 1934-1976
ID: 12/9/21
Primary Creator: Kisinger, Everett D. (1912-1990)
Extent: 14.8 cubic feet
Arrangement: By type of material and alphabetical by subject or chronological thereunder
Date Acquired: 06/04/1976. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Band, Football, Band Clinics, Band Department, Bands, College Band Directors National Association, Concert tours, Conductors (Music), Faculty, Faculty Papers, Marching bands, Marching Illini, Music Publishers, National Music Camp (Interlochen, MI), Rose Bowl, University of Michigan
Formats/Genres: Concert Programs, Papers, Sound Recordings
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of correspondence, data sheets, announcements, music programs (1934, 1937, 1942-43, 1948-67), and photographs relating to Everett Kinsinger's directorship of the "Marching Illini" (1948-76), as well as the first and second regimental bands; course materials (1951-64) for courses taught by Kisinger; conference proceedings and reports delivered to the College Band Directors National Association (1948-67, 1973); itineraries and documentary evidens of band trips to the Rose Bowl (1949-52, 1963-64) and other trips (1948-67, 1955-75); awards; Band Day programs (1963-70); Marching Illini Drill Charts (Routine Sheets) and Formations (1934-75); correspondence about guest conducting (1955-68) at area high school bands, military functions, the North American Band Directors' Coordinating Committee (1966-73), and Tulip time in Holland, Michigan (1946-48); publications (1953, 1976); band uniforms; and records of the University of Michigan Band (1936-39, 1945-50), documenting the career of Everett D. Kisinger (1914-1990), who served as professor of music (1948-76) and director of the football band at the University of Illinois.
Biographical Note
Everett Dean Kisinger (1912-1990) was University of Illinois Associate Director of Bands and Director of the Marching Illini between 1948 and 1976. Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, Kisinger graduated from Muskegon High School in 1931. While a high school student, he attended the National Music Camp at Interlochen, performing under John Philip Sousa. Kisinger earned his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Michigan, studying with William D. Revelli. After earning his masters degree, Kisinger served as the director of the Holland Public School Band in Holland, Michigan. Between 1946 and 1948, he served as the music chair for the Holland Tulip Festival.
In 1948, Kisinger became the director of the Marching Illini at the University of Illinois. In addition to his marching band responsibilities, he conducted the University's First and Second Regimental Bands and the Basket ball band. He lead the Marching Illini during their 1952 and 1965 appearances during the Rose Bowl parade as well as their participation in the second presidential inaugural parade in Washington, D.C. for Dwight Eisenhower in 1957. During his tenure he also initiated the University's Alumni Band. After retiring in 1976 he moved to Colorado Spring, Colorado and died January 14, 1990.
Subject/Index Terms
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Personal Papers],
[Series 2: Administrative Records],
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Series 3: Professional Association Papers],
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Series 4: Course Materials],
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Series 5: Sound Recordings],
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- Series 2: Administrative Records
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Administration Lists and Forms, 1957
- Folder 2: Alumni Band, 1971
- Folder 3: Alumni Band, 1971-72, 1975
- Folder 4: Band, 1948
- Folder 5: Band Clinics, 1948-54
- Folder 6: Basketball Band, 1971-76
- Folder 7: Current Records in Process, 1961-62
- Folder 8: First Regimental Bands, 1950-70
- Folder 9: Records Data, 1957-59
- Folder 10: Football Band Awards, 1956-72
- Folder 11: Football Band Flag and Herald Trumpets, 1974
- Folder 12: Football Band Ideas, 1950
- Folder 13: Football Band Formation, 1946
- Folder 14: Football Band Music Clearances, 1960-74
- Box 14
- Folder 1: Band Day Forms, 1963
- Folder 2: Band Day Instrumentation
- Folder 3: Band Day, 1963-65
- Folder 4: Band Day Third High School, 1967
- Folder 5: Band Day, 1970
- Folder 6: Interlochen, 1948
- Folder 7: High School and College Band Programs, 1941, 1946-60, 1967-68
- Folder 8: Marching Band Competition Forms
- Folder 9: Mass Band Seating
- Folder 10: Michigan Band and Orchestra Association, 1937-39
- Box 15
- Folder 1: Michigan Band and Orchestra Association, 1946-48
- Folder 2: Michigan Band and Orchestra Association, 1950
- Folder 3: Michigan Bands, 1948-52
- Folder 4: Michigan Bands Programs, 1945
- Folder 5: Michigan Bands Programs, 1946
- Folder 6: Michigan Bands Programs, 1947
- Folder 7: Michigan Bands Programs, 1948
- Folder 8: Northeast area state final music competition, 1961
- Folder 9: Marching Formations
- Folder 10: San Francisco State Correspondence, 1956
- Folder 11: School Music Competition Festivals, 1941
- Folder 12: Summer School Band Literature, 1955
- Folder 13: Summer School Band Literature Band, 1959
- Folder 14: Summer School Band Literature Youth, 1962-63
- Folder 15: Summer School Band Literature Youth, 1967
- Folder 16: Tuliptime, 1946
- Folder 17: Tuliptime, 1947
- Folder 18: Tuliptime, 1948
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Football Band, 1948-49
- Folder 2: Football Band, 1949-51
- Folder 3: Football Band, 1951
- Folder 4: Football Band, 1952-53
- Folder 5: Football Band, 1953
- Folder 6: Football Band, 1954
- Folder 7: Football Band, 1955
- Folder 8: Football Band, 1956
- Folder 9: Football Band, 1957
- Folder 10: Football Band, 1958
- Folder 11: Football Band, 1959
- Folder 12: Marching Illini, 1960
- Folder 13: Marching Illini, 1960-61
- Folder 14: Marching Illini, 1961-63
- Folder 15: Marching Illini, 1963-64
- Folder 16: Marching Illini, 1964, 1967-69
- Folder 17: Marching Illini, 1965-66
- Folder 18: Marching Illini, 1966
- Folder 19: Marching Illini, 1967
- Folder 20: Marching Illini, 1968
- Folder 21: Marching Illini, 1969-70
- Folder 22: Marching Illini, 1971
- Folder 23: Marching Illini, 1972
- Folder 24: Marching Illini, 1973
- Folder 25: Marching Illini, 1974
- Folder 26: Marching Illini, 1975-76
- Box 9
- Folder 1: Second Regimental Band, 1954-63, 1966-67
- Folder 2: Sesquicentennial Show, 1966-68
- Folder 3: Uniforms, 1938, 1946-47
- Folder 4: Uniforms, 1947, 1957
- Folder 5: Uniforms, 1957
- Folder 6: Uniforms Overcoats, 1959
- Folder 7: Anniversary Concerts, Ushering Assignments, 1954-68
- Folder 8: Cheerleading Advisory Board, 1952-53, 1958
- Folder 9: University Employee Information and Music Department Data, 1952-54
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Michigan, 1956
- Folder 2: Bears Game, 1956-57
- Folder 3: Inaugural, Washington, D.C., 1957
- Folder 4: Armistice Day, 1957
- Folder 5: Wisconsin, 1957
- Folder 6: Purdue, 1958
- Folder 7: Cleveland, 1959
- Folder 8: Northwestern, 1960
- Folder 9: Ohio State Trip, 1961
- Folder 10: Wisconsin, 1963
- Folder 11: Minnesota, 1948, 1955, 1964-65
- Folder 12: Michigan State, 1965
- Folder 13: Chicago and Man of the Year Banquet, 1965-66
- Folder 14: Indiana, 1966
- Folder 15: Chicago Bears, 1967
- Folder 16: Ohio State, 1967
- Folder 17: Springfield, Nov. 10, 1967
- Folder 18: Michigan, 1968
- Folder 19: Band Trips, 1969
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Band Trips Northwestern, 1970-72
- Folder 2: Band Trips, 1972, 1974-75
- Folder 3: Band Trips Bears, 1972-75
- Folder 4: Band Trips Indiana, 1971
- Folder 5: Band Trips Hambletonian, 1973
- Folder 6: Band Trips Michigan, 1972-73
- Folder 7: Band Trips Iowa, 1974
- Folder 8: Forms, 1959
- Folder 9: Governer's Inaugural Ceremonies, 1973
- Folder 10: Literature, 1957
- Folder 11: Marching Band Festivals, 1972-74
- Folder 12: Marching Band Materials, ca. 1959
- Folder 13: Marching Band Materials - Football Band Shows, ca. 1959
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Rose Bowl, 1949-52
- Folder 2: Rose Bowl, 1951-52
- Folder 3: Rose Bowl Game Clippings, 1952
- Folder 4: Rose Bowl Photographs, Correspondence, 1951-52
- Folder 5: Rose Bowl Game Correspondence, 1951
- Folder 6: Rose Bowl Game Correspondence, 1951-52
- Folder 7: Rose Bowl Cost Estimates, 1951
- Folder 8: Rose Bowl Film, 1951
- Folder 9: Rose Bowl Printed Forms, 1951-52
- Folder 10: Rose Bowl Trip, 1951-52
- Folder 11: Rose Bowl Trip, 1963-64
- Folder 12: Rose Bowl Trip, 1951-52, 1963-65
- Box 7
- Folder 1: New Year Convocation, 1963-66
- Folder 2: U of I Band in the news and journals, 1949-50, 1955, 1957
- Folder 3: Photographs First Regimental Band, 1948-50, 1953-55, 1970-71
- Folder 4: Football Band
- Folder 5: Football Band Formations
- Folder 6: Football Band Formations, 1948
- Folder 7: Football Band Formations, 1954-55
- Folder 8: Regimental Bands
- Folder 9: Second Regimental Bands, Sections A and B, 1954-58, 1970-71
- Folder 10: Programs, 1934, 1937
- Folder 11: Programs, 1942-43
- Folder 12: Programs, 1948-49
- Folder 13: Programs, 1949-1950
- Folder 14: Programs, 1950-51
- Folder 15: Programs, 1952-53
- Folder 16: Programs, 1953-54
- Folder 17: Programs, 1954-55
- Folder 18: Programs, 1955-56
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Programs, 1956-57
- Folder 2: Programs, 1957-58
- Folder 3: Programs, 1958-59
- Folder 4: Programs, 1959-60
- Folder 5: Programs, 1960-61
- Folder 6: Programs, 1961-62
- Folder 7: Programs, 1962-63
- Folder 8: Programs, 1963-64
- Folder 9: Programs, 1964-65
- Folder 10: Programs, 1965-66
- Folder 11: Programs, 1966-67
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Series 1: Personal Papers],
[Series 2: Administrative Records],
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Series 3: Professional Association Papers],
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