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By Carol Berthold
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Collection Overview
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 Landrum's historical research on American bands. Materials are organzed in original order.
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
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],
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Volume 2: John Philip Sousa, Personal and Band Photos, 1888-1932],
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Volume 3: School, Military and Community Bands, 1870-1979],
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Volume 4: Civil War Military Bands and Music, 1845-1962],
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Volume 5: Photo Binder 5: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians, 1884-1956],
[Volume 6: Photo Binder 6: Rare Music Instruments and Historic Band Uniforms, 1848-1988],
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Volume 7: Photo Binder 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],
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Volume 9: Music and Instruments: Articles, Notes, Essays and Correspondence, 1926-1961],
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Item 10: Large Photographs, 1907-1954],
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All]
- Volume 6: Photo Binder 6: Rare Music Instruments and Historic Band Uniforms, 1848-1988

- Box 2

- Folder 7: Photo Binder 6: Rare Music Instruments and Historic Band Uniforms (1 of 2), 1848-1858

- Copies of photographs include: Louis Hotterre-le-Romain, performer, One Key Flute;1899 Serpent and Brass-Keyed Bugle; Saxhorms (1840-1850); Ferveille serpent, Indian horn, Cae Anglais (English horn), Basset horn; unusual wind and brass music instruments; band of Farm and Trades School of Boston Harbor; Saxhorns (1840-1850); Gorton Cornet Band, 1850; Edward Kendall; drawing of DIstin family with Saxhorns, 1844; drawing of Adolphe Sax.
- Folder 8: Photo Binder 6: Rare Music Instruments and Historic Band Uniforms (2 of 2), 1964-1988

- Notes, clippings from publications and newspapers, descriptions of historic instruments, drawings of historic uniforms.
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: Photo Binder 5: Bands, Band Leaders and Notable Musicians, 1884-1956],
[Volume 6: Photo Binder 6: Rare Music Instruments and Historic Band Uniforms, 1848-1988],
[
Volume 7: Photo Binder 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],
[
Item 10: Large Photographs, 1907-1954],
[
All]