Brown University Department of Music records

Series I. Department of Music files, circa 1941-1954

Container	Description	Date
Box 1	History of Music Department
Box 1	Faculty Club	1952-1954
Box 1	Committee on Lectureships
Box 1	Film Music lecture	1950
Box 1	Piano maintenance	1943-1948
Box 1	Presser Foundation
Box 1	Department renovations
Box 1	Rosenberger Prize	1941
Box 1	Alumni Music Committee -Song contest	1946-1948
Box 1	Staff	1943-1944
Box 1	Violin contest	1951

Series II. Correspondence, 1930-1953

Subseries 1.

Container	Description	Date
Box 2	G	1930-1934
Box 2	H	1930-1934
Box 2	I	1930-1934
Box 2	J	1930-1934
Box 2	K	1930-1934
Box 2	L	1930-1934
Box 2	M	1930-1934
Box 2	N	1930-1934
Box 2	O	1930-1934
Box 2	P	1930-1934
Box 2	R	1930-1934
Box 2	T	1930-1934
Box 2	V	1930-1934

Subseries 2.

Container	Description	Date
Box 2	G	1934-1936
Box 2	H	1934-1936
Box 2	J	1934-1936
Box 2	K	1934-1936
Box 2	L	1934-1936
Box 2	M	1934-1936
Box 2	N	1934-1936
Box 2	O	1934-1936
Box 2	P	1934-1936
Box 2	R	1934-1936
Box 2	T	1934-1936

Subseries 3.

Container	Description	Date
Box 3	I-K	1936-1938
Box 3	L-M	1936-1938
Box 3	N-P	1936-1938
Box 3	R-S	1936-1938

Subseries 4.

Container	Description	Date
Box 3	G	1938-1939
Box 3	I	1938-1939
Box 3	H	1938-1939
Box 3	J	1938-1939
Box 3	K	1938-1939
Box 3	L	1938-1939
Box 3	M	1938-1939
Box 3	N	1938-1939
Box 3	O	1938-1939
Box 3	P	1938-1939
Box 3	R	1938-1939

Subseries 5.

Container	Description	Date
Box 3	G	1939-1940
Box 3	H	1939-1940
Box 3	J	1939-1940
Box 3	K	1939-1940
Box 3	L	1939-1940
Box 3	M	1939-1940
Box 3	N	1939-1940
Box 3	O	1939-1940
Box 3	P	1939-1940
Box 3	R	1939-1940
Box 3	S	1939-1940
Box 3	V	1939-1940

Subseries 6.

Container	Description	Date
Box 4	G	1940-1941
Box 4	H	1940-1941
Box 4	I	1940-1941
Box 4	J	1940-1941
Box 4	K	1940-1941
Box 4	L	1940-1941
Box 4	M	1940-1941
Box 4	Miscellaneous	1940-1941
Box 4	N	1940-1941
Box 4	O	1940-1941
Box 4	P	1940-1941
Box 4	R	1940-1941
Box 4	S	1940-1941
Box 4	V	1940-1941

Subseries 7.

Container	Description	Date
Box 4	G	1941-1942
Box 4	H	1941-1942
Box 4	J	1941-1942
Box 4	K	1941-1942
Box 4	L	1941-1942
Box 4	N	1941-1942
Box 4	O	1941-1942
Box 4	P	1941-1942
Box 4	Q	1941-1942
Box 4	R	1941-1942
Box 4	S	1941-1942
Box 4	V	1941-1942
Box 4	W	1941-1942

Subseries 8.

Container	Description	Date
Box 5	A	1942-1943
Box 5	B	1942-1943
Box 5	C	1942-1943
Box 5	D	1942-1943
Box 5	E	1942-1943
Box 5	F	1942-1943
Box 5	G	1942-1943
Box 5	H	1942-1943
Box 5	I	1942-1943
Box 5	J	1942-1943
Box 5	K	1942-1943
Box 5	L	1942-1943
Box 5	M	1942-1943
Box 5	N	1942-1943
Box 5	O	1942-1943
Box 5	P	1942-1943
Box 5	Q	1942-1943
Box 5	R	1942-1943
Box 5	S	1942-1943
Box 5	T	1942-1943
Box 5	U	1942-1943
Box 5	W	1942-1943

Subseries 9.

Container	Description	Date
Box 5	U	1945-1946
Box 5	V	1945-1946
Box 5	W	1945-1946
Box 5	Y-Z	1945-1946

Subseries 10.

Container	Description	Date
Box 6	A	1946-1947
Box 6	B	1946-1947
Box 6	C	1946-1947
Box 6	D	1946-1947
Box 6	E	1946-1947
Box 6	F	1946-1947
Box 6	G	1946-1947
Box 6	H	1946-1947
Box 6	I	1946-1947
Box 6	K	1946-1947
Box 6	L	1946-1947
Box 6	M	1946-1947
Box 6	N	1946-1947
Box 6	O	1946-1947
Box 6	P	1946-1947
Box 6	R	1946-1947
Box 6	S	1946-1947
Box 6	T	1946-1947

Subseries 11.

Container	Description	Date
Box 7	A	1947-1948
Box 7	B	1947-1948
Box 7	C	1947-1948
Box 7	D	1947-1948
Box 7	E	1947-1948
Box 7	F	1947-1948
Box 7	G	1947-1948
Box 7	H	1947-1948
Box 7	I	1947-1948
Box 7	J	1947-1948
Box 7	K	1947-1948
Box 7	L	1947-1948
Box 7	M	1947-1948
Box 7	N	1947-1948
Box 7	O	1947-1948
Box 7	P	1947-1948
Box 7	Q	1947-1948
Box 7	R	1947-1948
Box 7	S	1947-1948
Box 7	T	1947-1948
Box 7	U	1947-1948
Box 7	V	1947-1948
Box 7	W	1947-1948
Box 7	X-Z	1947-1948

Subseries 12.

Container	Description	Date
Box 8	A	1948-1949
Box 8	B	1948-1949
Box 8	C	1948-1949
Box 8	D	1948-1949
Box 8	E	1948-1949
Box 8	F	1948-1949
Box 8	G	1948-1949
Box 8	H	1948-1949
Box 8	I	1948-1949
Box 8	J	1948-1949
Box 8	K	1948-1949
Box 8	L	1948-1949
Box 8	M	1948-1949
Box 8	N	1948-1949
Box 8	O	1948-1949
Box 8	P	1948-1949
Box 8	Q	1948-1949
Box 8	R	1948-1949
Box 8	S	1948-1949
Box 8	T	1948-1949
Box 8	U	1948-1949
Box 8	V	1948-1949
Box 8	W	1948-1949
Box 8	X-Z	1948-1949

Subseries 13.

Container	Description	Date
Box 9	A	1949-1950
Box 9	B	1949-1950
Box 9	C	1949-1950
Box 9	D	1949-1950
Box 9	E	1949-1950
Box 9	F	1949-1950
Box 9	G	1949-1950
Box 9	H	1949-1950
Box 9	I	1949-1950
Box 9	J	1949-1950
Box 9	K	1949-1950
Box 9	L	1949-1950
Box 9	M	1949-1950
Box 9	N	1949-1950
Box 9	O	1949-1950
Box 9	P	1949-1950
Box 9	Q	1949-1950
Box 9	R	1949-1950
Box 9	S	1949-1950
Box 9	T	1949-1950
Box 9	U	1949-1950
Box 9	V	1949-1950
Box 9	W	1949-1950
Box 9	X-Z	1949-1950

Subseries 14.

Container	Description	Date
Box 10	A	1950-1951
Box 10	B	1950-1951
Box 10	C	1950-1951
Box 10	D	1950-1951
Box 10	E	1950-1951
Box 10	F	1950-1951
Box 10	G	1950-1951
Box 10	H	1950-1951
Box 10	I	1950-1951
Box 10	J	1950-1951
Box 10	K	1950-1951
Box 10	L	1950-1951
Box 10	M	1950-1951
Box 10	N	1950-1951
Box 10	O	1950-1951
Box 10	P	1950-1951
Box 10	R	1950-1951
Box 10	S	1950-1951
Box 10	T	1950-1951
Box 10	V	1950-1951
Box 10	W	1950-1951
Box 10	X-Z	1950-1951

Subseries 15.

Container	Description	Date
Box 11	A	1951-1952
Box 11	B	1951-1952
Box 11	C	1951-1952
Box 11	D	1951-1952
Box 11	E	1951-1952
Box 11	F	1951-1952
Box 11	G	1951-1952
Box 11	H	1951-1952
Box 11	I	1951-1952
Box 11	J	1951-1952
Box 11	K	1951-1952
Box 11	L	1951-1952
Box 11	M	1951-1952
Box 11	N	1951-1952
Box 11	O	1951-1952
Box 11	P	1951-1952
Box 11	R	1951-1952
Box 11	S	1951-1952
Box 11	T	1951-1952
Box 11	V	1951-1952
Box 11	W	1951-1952
Box 11	X-Z	1951-1952

Subseries 16.

Container	Description	Date
Box 12	A	1952-1953
Box 12	B	1952-1953
Box 12	C	1952-1953
Box 12	D	1952-1953
Box 12	E	1952-1953
Box 12	F	1952-1953
Box 12	G	1952-1953
Box 12	H	1952-1953
Box 12	J	1952-1953
Box 12	K	1952-1953
Box 12	L	1952-1953
Box 12	M	1952-1953
Box 12	N	1952-1953
Box 12	O	1952-1953
Box 12	P	1952-1953
Box 12	R	1952-1953
Box 12	S	1952-1953
Box 12	T	1952-1953
Box 12	V	1952-1953
Box 12	W	1952-1953
Box 12	X-Z	1952-1953

Subseries 17. Coolidge

Container	Description	Date
Box 13		1920s
Box 13		1930s
Box 13		1940s
Box 13		1950s
Box 13		1960s

Subseries 18. Greene

Container	Description	Date
Box 13		1946
Box 13		1947
Box 13		1948
Box 13		1949
Box 13		1950

Series III. Classes, 1930-1956

Subseries 1. Music 1

Container	Description	Date
Box 14		undated
Box 14		1931-1932
Box 14		1933
Box 14		1933-1934
Box 14		1934-1935
Box 14		1935-1936
Box 14		1936-1937
Box 14		1937-1938
Box 14		1938-1939
Box 14		1939-1940
Box 14		1940-1941
Box 14		1942
Box 14		1942-1943
Box 14		1943
Box 14		1944
Box 14		1944-1945
Box 14		1944-1945

Subseries 2. Music 1C

Container		Description		Date
Box 14				undated

Subseries 3. Music 1(2)

Container	Description	Date
Box 14		1930-1931
Box 14		1931-1932
Box 14		1934-1935
Box 14		1936-1937
Box 14		1937-1938
Box 14		1937-1938
Box 14		1938-1939
Box 14		1938-1939
Box 14		1939-1940
Box 14		1940-1941
Box 14		1940-1941
Box 14		1941-1942

Subseries 4. Music 2

Container	Description	Date
Box 14		1930-1931
Box 14		1932
Box 14		1932-1933
Box 14		1933-1934
Box 14		1934-1935
Box 14		1935-1936
Box 14		1936-1937
Box 14		1937-1938
Box 14		1938-1939
Box 14		1939-1940
Box 14		1940-1941
Box 14		1942
Box 14		1944-1945
Box 14		1947-1948
Box 14		1951

Subseries 5. Music 3A

Container	Description	Date
Box 15		1943
Box 15		1944

Subseries 6. Music 3

Container	Description	Date
Box 15		1930-1931
Box 15		1930-1931
Box 15		1931-1932
Box 15		1932-1933
Box 15		1935-1936
Box 15		1937-1938
Box 15		1941-1942
Box 15		1945-1946
Box 15		1946-1947
Box 15		1949
Box 15		1950-1951
Box 15		1953

Subseries 7. Music 3(4)

Container	Description	Date
Box 15		1933-1934
Box 15		1937-1938
Box 15		1939-1940
Box 15		1939-1940
Box 15		1942

Subseries 8. Music 4A

Container	Description	Date
Box 15		1942
Box 15		1943-1944
Box 15		1944

Subseries 9. Music 4

Container	Description	Date
Box 15		1931
Box 15		1932
Box 15		1932-1933
Box 15		1934
Box 15		1936
Box 15		1938
Box 15		1940
Box 15		1941-1942
Box 15		1944-1946
Box 15		1945-1946
Box 15		1947
Box 15		1950
Box 15		1951-1952
Box 15		1953-1954

Subseries 10. Music 5A

Container	Description	Date
Box 15		undated
Box 15		1942-1943
Box 15		1944

Subseries 11. Music 5

Container	Description	Date
Box 15		1945
Box 15		1945
Box 15		1945-1947
Box 15		1945-1948
Box 15		1950

Subseries 12. Music 5(6)

Container	Description	Date
Box 15		1934-1935
Box 15		1934-1935
Box 15		1936-1937
Box 15		1937
Box 15		1938-1939
Box 15		1939
Box 15		1940-1941
Box 15		1941

Subseries 13. Music 6

Container		Description		Date
Box 15				1935

Subseries 14. Music 15

Container	Description	Date
Box 16		1942-1943
Box 16		1944
Box 16		1944(?)
Box 16		1945
Box 16		1946

Subseries 15. Music 15(16)

Container		Description		Date
Box 16				1939

Subseries 16. Music 16

Container	Description	Date
Box 16		1944
Box 16		1944-1945
Box 16		1945
Box 16		1946
Box 16		1951

Subseries 17. Music 17

Container	Description	Date
Box 16		1945
Box 16		1945-1946
Box 16		1947

Subseries 18. Music 17(18)

Container	Description	Date
Box 16		1937-1938
Box 16		1938
Box 16		1942

Subseries 19. Music 18

Container		Description		Date
Box 16				1945

Subseries 20. Music 23

Container		Description		Date
Box 16				1943

Subseries 21. Music 71

Container		Description		Date
Box 16				1952

Subseries 22. Music 105

Container		Description		Date
Box 16				1951-1952

Subseries 23. Music 118(119)

Container		Description		Date
Box 16				1937

Subseries 24. Music 119

Container	Description	Date
Box 16		1944
Box 16		1945
Box 16		1946
Box 16		1948
Box 16		1949

Subseries 25. Music 191

Container		Description		Date
Box 16				1955

Subseries 26. Music 198

Container	Description	Date
Box 16		1942
Box 16		1944
Box 16		1944
Box 16		1951-1952
Box 16		1954

Subseries 27. Music D1

Container	Description	Date
Box 16		undated
Box 16		1948-1951
Box 16		1946-1947
Box 16		1948-1949
Box 16		1949-1950
Box 16		1950-1951
Box 16		1951-1952
Box 16		1952-1953
Box 16		1953-1954
Box 16		1954-1955
Box 16		1955-1956

Subseries 28. Applied music

Container	Description	Date
Box 17		1930-1931
Box 17		1931-1932
Box 17		1931-1932
Box 17		1932-1933
Box 17		1932-1933
Box 17		1933-1934
Box 17		1934-1935
Box 17		1935-1936
Box 17		1936-1937
Box 17		1937-1938
Box 17		1938-1939
Box 17		1939-1940
Box 17		1939-1940
Box 17		1940-1941
Box 17		1941-1942
Box 18		1942
Box 18		1943
Box 18		1943-1944
Box 18		1944-1945
Box 18		1944-1945
Box 18		1945-1946
Box 18		1946
Box 18		1946-1947
Box 18		1947-1948
Box 18		1947-1948
Box 18		1948-1949
Box 18		1948-1949
Box 18		1950-1951
Box 18		1951-1952
Box 18		1950s

Subseries 29. Honors Program

Container	Description	Date
Box 19		1935-1937
Box 19		1938-1940
Box 19		1940-1945
Box 19		1945-1950
Box 19		1950-1955
Box 19		undated
Box 19		undated

Subseries 30. Special exams

Container		Description		Date
Box 19				1931

Subseries 31. Comprehensive exams

Container	Description	Date
Box 19		1940
Box 19		1941
Box 19		1950s

Series IV. Brown musical organizations, 1930-1962

Container	Description	Date
Box 20	Glee Club	1930-1940
Box 20	Glee Club	1944-1945
Box 20	Glee Club	1953-1954
Box 20	Glee Club	1959-62
Box 20	Ivy League Glee Club

Series V. Musical organizations, etc., 1939-1952, undated

Container	Description	Date
Box 21	American Guild of Organists	1950-1952
Box 21	Musical America	undated
Box 21	Musical America	1939-1940
Box 21	Musical America	1940-1941
Box 21	Musical America	1949-1950
Box 21	Music Teachers National Association	1946
Box 21	Music Teachers National Association	1951
Box 21	Providence Chamber Music Society
Box 21	Providence Symphony Orchestra
Box 22	Society for Music in the Liberal Arts College
Box 22	Society for Music in the Liberal Arts College (2)
Box 22	Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (1)
Box 22	Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (2)
Box 22	Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (3)
Box 22	Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (4)
Box 22	Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (5)

Series VI. Concerts, 1919-1952

Subseries 1. Brown Musical Club concerts

Container	Description	Date
Box 23		1919
Box 23		1920
Box 23		1921
Box 23		1922
Box 23		1923
Box 23		1924
Box 23		1925
Box 23		1926
Box 23		1927
Box 23		1928
Box 23		1929
Box 23		1930
Box 23		1931
Box 23		1932
Box 23		1933
Box 23	Contents Note: Musical Club contract	1933
Box 23		1935
Box 23		1937-1938
Box 23		1939
Box 23		1940
Box 23		1941
Box 23		undated

Subseries 2. Brown Concert Series

Container	Description	Date
Box 24		1946-1947
Box 24		1946-1947
Box 24		1947-1948
Box 24		1947-1948
Box 24		1948-1949
Box 24		1949-1950
Box 25		1950-1951
Box 25		1951-1952

Subseries 3. Miscellaneous concerts

Container	Description	Date
Box 25	Gilbert & Sullivan
Box 25	Israel Philharmonic	1950-1951
Box 25	Lownes Memorial Concert	1937-1943
Box 25	Lownes Memorial Concert	1948-1951
Box 26	R.I.S.D. concerts
Box 26	Unsorted concerts
Box 36		1943-1944
Box 36		1944-1945
Box 36		1945-1946
Box 36		1946-1947
Box 36		1947-1948
Box 36		1948-1949
Box 36		1949-1950
Box 36		1950-1951
Box 36		1951-1952
Box 36		1952-1953
Box 36		1953-1954
Box 36		undated

Series VII. Concert programs, 1858-2009

Subseries 1. Programs: 1858-2009

Container	Description	Date
Box 27	1858-1933, undated
Box 28	1933-1948
Box 29	1948-1953
Box 30	1953-1958
Box 31	1958-1963
Box 32	1962-1965
Box 33	1964-1970
Box 34	1970-1981
Box 35	1981-2009
Box 26	Brown Concerts 1970s-80s
Box 37	Providence clippings	1953-1954

Subseries 2. Departmental concert programs

Container	Description	Date
Box 26		1930s
Box 26		1940s
Box 26		undated

Series VIII. Publications and recordings, 1947-1948, undated

Container	Description	Date
Box 37	Choral Series -Publication contracts
Box 37	Recordings -Pembroke and Brown	1947-1948, undated

Series IX. Surveys, 1942-1956, undated

Container	Description	Date
Box 37	Music classes survey
Box 37	Postwar music survey, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)	1942-1944
Box 37	College survey, MTNA	1945-1946
Box 38	Educational survey of the University of Pennslyvania Contents Note: Correspondence and reports	1945-1956, undated

Series X. Arlan R. Coolidge Music Department records, circa 1930-1955

Container	Description	Date
Box 37	Central Congregational Church	1951-1952
Box 37	Musical Encyclopedia entry	1938-1941
Box 37	Radio talk
Box 37	Senate Hearing: Arts and humanities	1963-65
Box 37	Speeches
Box 39	Administrative files Contents Note: The administrative files contain records related to the Brown University curriculum as well as the music department curriculum, enrollment, concerts, and lectures. Correspondence, reports, and printed ephemera are also included.	circa 1930-1955

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