Department of Music

University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632
email: archives@etal.uri.edu
Published in 2007
Collection Overview
Title: |
Department of Music |
Date range: |
1922-1998 |
Creator: |
University of Rhode Island, Department of Music |
Extent: |
26 box(es) 13.5 linear feet
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Abstract: |
The records contain office files of the University of Rhode Island's Music Department, as well as materials donated to the department. |
Language of materials: |
English |
Repository: |
University Archives and Special Collections
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Collection number: |
Rec. Gr. 37 |
Scope & content
The records of the Music Department contain office files from the University of Rhode Island Music Department, as well as materials donated to the Department. The donated materials include a sheet music collection given by Lucia Caito, wife of the late Maury Caito, a piano teacher based in
Cranston, R.I., documents collected by mezzo-soprano singer and URI vocal instructor Mary Langdon, written arrangements and personal papers from the estate of bandleader and music teacher Joseph Conte, donated by Al Conte, and publications from the personal collection of composer Vladimir Ussachevsky.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into five series as follows:
- 1. General Files
- 2. Summer Music Programs
- 3. Sheet Music Collection
- 4. Joseph Conte Arrangement
- 5. Non-Music Departmental Files
Historical note
The University of Rhode Island, Department of Music
was founded in 1933, at a time when the school was still called Rhode Island State College
. Lee C. McCauley came to
RISC
as the first Director of the new Department in 1933. Under his leadership, the number of music courses was increased (until that time only four music courses had been offered at the College), and music became an accredited Minor program. He organized the first music festival at the College in 1934, and proposed a four-year Public School Music Education program in 1942.
The Department instituted the Summer Music Camp
program in 1945, with McCauley acting as its first Director. The program, and the
All-State Music Camp
that eventually replaced it, offered music instruction and recreational activities for high school students from Rhode Island and other states.
The Bachelor of Science in Music Education program was instituted in 1953 under McCauley’s successor as Chairman of the Department, Arnold V. Clair. Clair also organized the Music Series and Chamber Music Workshop. The Department, which had been located in Edwards Hall since its inception, moved to the Fine Arts Center upon its completion in 1966. Under the Chairmanship of Albert Giebler, the Department developed a second undergraduate program, the Bachelor of Arts in Music, in 1969, and a Master of Music program in 1978.
The Department continues to offer undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as hosting several concert series (the Kingston Chamber Music Festival, University Artist Series, and Great Performances), and recitals by faculty, students, and guest performers.
Access & Use
Access to the collection: |
Any qualified person doing scholarly research is permitted to use material housed in the Special Collections Unit. |
Use of the materials: |
Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication. |
Preferred citation: |
Department of Music, Rec. Gr. 37, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections. |
Contact information: |
University Archives and Special Collections 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632
email: archives@etal.uri.edu
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Administrative Information
ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
Acquisition: |
The Music Department office files were transferred to the University Archives in July 2003. The papers of Mary Langdon were given to Special Collections in a second donation in June 2005. |
Custodial history: |
Custodial HistoryThe sheet music, as well as some of the Joseph Conte and Ussachevsky materials, had been kept in the Music Resource Center for the use of students before being donated to the Library. |
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ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
Author: |
Finding aid prepared by David Sherman. |
Encoding: |
Finding aid encoded by Yuan Li.
2007 November 06, updated by Erin C. Mullen on 2011 December 21, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 April 22. |
Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
Related material: |
See also Mss. Gr. 135, Arnold Clair Scrapbook and Mss. Gr. 141, Lee McCauley Collection for more documents relating to the Music Department; Mss. Gr. 140 for records of the Kingstowne Music Club, and Rec. Gr. 116A for Records of the Bicentennial Committee of the University of Rhode Island. |
Separated material: |
Duplicate material was discarded during processing. |
Inventory
Inventory
Series 1. General Files
The General Files series consists of records of the University of Rhode Island Music Department dating from 1922-98. The series also contains some documents related to and collected by mezzo-soprano singer and URI Professor of Voice
Mary Langdon, dating from 1889-1998. Subjects covered in the files include, but are not limited to, music education, curriculum proposals and changes, program proposals, workshops and seminars, concert series and music festivals, faculty meetings, songs of Rhode Island State College, scholarships, and the URI Ram Band.
Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by topic.
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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A.A.U.P. R.I. Chapter : Member List
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1959 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Acoustical Curtain Replacement
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1974-1977 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Ad Hoc Committees: Memoranda
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1974-1975 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Administration of Grants: Memoranda
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1977 Dec |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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All-State Bands: Staff and Student Lists
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1968 |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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American String Teachers Association : Member List
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1951-1954 |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Annual Reviews: Memoranda
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1983-1985 |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Arts Administration Proposals
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1977-1978 |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Arts in Education Project
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1971-1972 |
Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Arts Programming Funding: Memoranda
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1981-1987 |
Box 1, Folder 11 |
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Audio Visual Equipment: Purchase List
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1967 Jan 25 |
Box 1, Folder 12 |
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Browning, Harold W.: Correspondence, Memoranda
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1956-1962 |
Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Bryan, William Lowe: Liturgical Music Notebook
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n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 14 |
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Chamber Music Workshop
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1962-1965 |
Box 1, Folder 15 |
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Clair, Arnold V.: Department Memoranda
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1961-1963 |
Box 1, Folder 16 |
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Clair, Arnold V.: Letters of Recommendation
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1956, 1964 |
Box 1, Folder 17 |
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Club Representatives List
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n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 18 |
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College Music Society : Member List
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1962 |
Box 1, Folder 19 |
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Commencement Music Program
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1962 Jun |
Box 1, Folder 20 |
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Concert Programs: Rhode Island State College
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1947-1948 |
Box 1, Folder 21 |
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Concert Series Promotional Materials
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1945-1955 |
Box 1, Folder 22 |
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Correspondence: "A"
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1955-1964 |
Box 1, Folder 23 |
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Correspondence: "B"
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1936-1964 |
Box 1, Folder 24 |
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Correspondence: "C"
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1945-1962 |
Box 2, Folder 25 |
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Correspondence: "D"
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1956-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 26 |
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Correspondence: "E"
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1959-1963 |
Box 2, Folder 27 |
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Correspondence: "F"
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1957-1963 |
Box 2, Folder 28 |
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Correspondence: "G"
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1956-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 29 |
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Correspondence: "H"
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1956-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 30 |
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Correspondence: "I"
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1957-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 31 |
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Correspondence: "J"
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1950-1962 |
Box 2, Folder 32 |
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Correspondence: "K"
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1956-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 33 |
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Correspondence: "L"
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1956-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 34 |
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Correspondence: "M"
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1945-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 35 |
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Correspondence: "N"
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1956-1963 |
Box 2, Folder 36 |
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Correspondence: "O"
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1957-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 37 |
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Correspondence: "P"
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1956-1962 |
Box 2, Folder 38 |
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Correspondence: "Q"
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1963-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 39 |
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Correspondence: "R"
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1956-1963 |
Box 2, Folder 40 |
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Correspondence: "S"
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1956-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 41 |
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Correspondence: "T"
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1956-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 42 |
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Correspondence: "U"
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1963 |
Box 2, Folder 43 |
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Correspondence: "V"
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1957-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 44 |
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Correspondence: "W"
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1956-1964 |
Box 2, Folder 45 |
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Correspondence: "Y,Z"
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1960-1962 |
Box 2, Folder 46 |
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Correspondence: Chronological
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1966-1968 |
Box 2, Folder 47 |
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Correspondence: Chronological
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1968-1969 |
Box 2, Folder 48 |
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Correspondence: Chronological
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1969-1970 |
Box 2, Folder 49 |
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Correspondence: Chronological
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1970-1971 |
Box 2, Folder 50 |
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Correspondence: Chronological
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1971-1972 |
Box 2, Folder 51 |
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Correspondence: Chronological
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1972-1973,1975 |
Box 2, Folder 52 |
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Correspondence: Chronological
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1977-1978 |
Box 3, Folder 53 |
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"Culture Cult" Committee : Reports, Memoranda, Press Clippings
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1976-1977 |
Box 3, Folder 54 |
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Curricular Affairs Committee : Memoranda, Policies
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1965-1970 |
Box 3, Folder 55 |
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Curricular Affairs Committee: Reports, Memoranda
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1970-1976 |
Box 3, Folder 56 |
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Curricular Affairs Committee: Memoranda
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1976-1977 |
Box 3, Folder 57 |
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Curriculum Changes: Guitar Program
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1979 |
Box 3, Folder 58 |
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Curriculum Changes: Memoranda
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1970-1972 |
Box 3, Folder 59 |
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Curriculum: Correspondence
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1958-1964 |
Box 3, Folder 60 |
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Curriculum for Music Minor
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n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 61 |
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Elementary Music Workshop
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1956 Jul 16-20 |
Box 3, Folder 62 |
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Elijah : University Chorus and Orchestra Program
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1966 Dec 11-12 |
Box 3, Folder 63 |
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Erickson, Stephen Paul: Concert Program
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1978 Oct 22 |
Box 3, Folder 64 |
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Experiencing the Arts: Course Outline
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1978 |
Box 3, Folder 65 |
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Exchange Concerts: Correspondence, Promotional Materials
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1969 Feb-Mar |
Box 3, Folder 66 |
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Faculty Meeting Minutes
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1973 Apr, May |
Box 3, Folder 67 |
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Faculty Resumes: Music Department
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1977-1978 |
Box 3, Folder 68 |
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Faculty Workload Guidelines
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1973-1974 |
Box 3, Folder 69 |
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Farnum, Stephen E.: Correspondence on Department Chairmanship
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1966 |
Box 3, Folder 70 |
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Festival of All-American Music: Correspondence
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1946 |
Box 3, Folder 71 |
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Festival of All-American Music: Correspondence
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1947 |
Box 3, Folder 72 |
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Festival of the Humanities: Final Report, Memoranda
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1986 |
Box 4, Folder 73 |
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Fine and Performing Arts Advisory Council
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1984-1985 |
Box 4, Folder 74 |
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Fine Arts Center: Administration
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1976-1977 |
Box 4, Folder 75 |
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Fine Arts Center: Dedication Program
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1972 Apr-May |
Box 4, Folder 76 |
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Fine Arts Festival
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1962-1963 |
Box 4, Folder 77 |
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Finney, Ross Lee: Seminar
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1977-1978 |
Box 4, Folder 78 |
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Freshman Course Offering: Notice
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1964 Jun |
Box 4, Folder 79 |
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Giebler, Albert C.: Departmental File
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1953-1985 |
Box 4, Folder 80 |
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Gifts to the Music Department: Correspondence
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1960-1976 |
Box 4, Folder 81 |
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Graduate Studies Committee Meeting: Agenda
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1978 Sep |
Box 4, Folder 82 |
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Hammond Organ Company : Correspondence
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1944, n.d. |
Box 4, Folder 83 |
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Hammond Organ Fundraising: Correspondence
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1933-1940 |
Box 4, Folder 84 |
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Honors Program: Memoranda, Flyers
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1961-1964 |
Box 4, Folder 85 |
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In the Little Old State, Rhode Island and Other Folk Songs: Sheet Music, Notes
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1945 |
Box 4, Folder 86 |
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Inter-House Sing: Programs
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1956-1959 |
Box 4, Folder 87 |
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Jury Examination Schedule
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1972 May |
Box 4, Folder 88 |
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Kingstowne Music Club : Program Schedules, Annual Report, Mailing Lists
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1941-1958 |
Box 4, Folder 89 |
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Langdon, Mary: Church of the Disciples Weekly Hymnals
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1889 Mar-Jun |
Box 4, Folder 90 |
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Langdon, Mary: Concert Programs
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1954-1983 |
Box 5, Folder 91 |
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Langdon, Mary: Miscellaneous Files
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1965-1998, n.d. |
Box 5, Folder 92 |
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Madeira, Francis: Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra Correspondence
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1944-1945, n.d. |
Box 5, Folder 93 |
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Mail Room Memoranda
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1962-1963 |
Box 5, Folder 94 |
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Master of Music Program : Performance Syllabus
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1982 |
Box 5, Folder 95 |
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Master of Music Program: Proposal
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1973-1974 |
Box 5, Folder 96 |
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Master of Music Program: Proposal
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1974-1975 |
Box 5, Folder 97 |
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Master of Music Program: Proposal
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1975-1977 |
Box 5, Folder 98 |
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Master of Music Program: Proposal
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1977-1985 |
Box 5, Folder 99 |
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Master of Music Program: Revisions
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1981-1985 |
Box 5, Folder 100 |
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McCauley, Lee C.: Correspondence
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1934-1948 |
Box 6, Folder 101 |
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McCauley, Lee C.: Correspondence, Memoranda
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1945-1948 |
Box 6, Folder 102 |
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McCauley, Lee C.: Correspondence, Memoranda
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1946-1948 |
Box 6, Folder 103 |
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Motycka, Arthur: Departmental File
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1972-1987 |
Box 6, Folder 104 |
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Motycka, Arthur: Press Clippings
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1982, 1994 |
Box 6, Folder 105 |
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Music Department Annual Reports
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1944-1949 |
Box 6, Folder 106 |
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Music Department Annual Reports
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1968-1975 |
Box 6, Folder 107 |
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Music Department Annual Reports
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1975-1978 |
Box 6, Folder 108 |
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Music Department Annual Reports
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1979-1990 |
Box 7, Folder 109 |
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Music Department Career Day
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1971 |
Box 7, Folder 110 |
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Music Department Career Day
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1983, 1988 |
Box 7, Folder 111 |
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Music Department Chairman Candidates List
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1987 |
Box 7, Folder 112 |
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Music Department Curriculum Changes
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1987 |
Box 7, Folder 113 |
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Music Department Curriculum Committee: Meeting Minutes, Memoranda
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1973-1975 |
Box 7, Folder 114 |
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Music Department Memoranda
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1972-1973 |
Box 7, Folder 115 |
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Music Department Memoranda
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1977-1978 |
Box 7, Folder 116 |
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Music Education: Elementary and Secondary Schools, Reports
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1941 Nov |
Box 7, Folder 117 |
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Music Education Program Proposal
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1942-1943 |
Box 7, Folder 118 |
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Music Education Program: Teacher Training
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1978 |
Box 7, Folder 119 |
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Music Educators National Conference
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1944-1947 |
Box 7, Folder 120 |
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Music Instruction Program : Grant Application
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1978 |
Box 7, Folder 121 |
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Music Series: Concert Programs
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1955-1959 |
Box 7, Folder 122 |
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Music Series: List of Performers
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1945-1952 |
Box 7, Folder 123 |
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National Association of Schools of Music : Application
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1970 Aug 11 |
Box 7, Folder 124 |
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National Association of Teachers of Music 29th Annual Convention Program
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1973 Dec 26-29 |
Box 7, Folder 125 |
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National Black Music Colloqium and Competition : Correspondence, Press Releases
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1979-1980 |
Box 7, Folder 126 |
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National Guild of Community Music Schools: Settlement School List
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1954 |
Box 7, Folder 127 |
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New England Collegiate Wind Festival
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1982-1985 |
Box 7, Folder 128 |
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New England Music Festival: School List
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n.d. |
Box 7, Folder 129 |
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New England Tuba Festival
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1984, 1988 |
Box 8, Folder 130 |
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New Music Ensemble of Providence: Correspondence, Advertisements
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1976-1977 |
Box 8, Folder 131 |
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Off-Campus Concerts: Correspondence, Schedules
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1975-1976 |
Box 8, Folder 132 |
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Opera Consortium: Correspondence, Reports, Notes
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1969-1971 |
Box 8, Folder 133 |
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Opera Consortium: Memoranda, Correspondence
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1972-1975 |
Box 8, Folder 134 |
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Opera New England: Correspondence, Notes
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1975 |
Box 8, Folder 135 |
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Personnel Action Forms
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1951-1961 |
Box 8, Folder 136 |
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Photographs: Band
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1947-1952 |
Box 8, Folder 137 |
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Photographs: Choir
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[1947,1948], 1950-1951 |
Box 8, Folder 138 |
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Photographs: Down in the Valley and Other Stage Production
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[1945], 1954 May 07 |
Box 8, Folder 139 |
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Photographs: Faculty Portraits
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n.d. |
Box 8, Folder 140 |
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Photographs: Miscellaneous
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Mar 1950, n.d. |
Box 8, Folder 141 |
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Photographs: Music Series Performers, Portraits
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[1945]-1951 |
Box 8, Folder 142 |
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Photographs: Orchestra, Contact Sheets
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[1976] |
Box 8, Folder 143 |
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Pipe Organ Donation
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1977 |
Box 8, Folder 144 |
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Premack, Benjamin: Music Education Reports
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1966-1969 |
Box 8, Folder 145 |
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Preparatory Program in Music: Course List, Program Description
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1976 |
Box 8, Folder 146 |
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Providence Extension Division: Memoranda
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1964 |
Box 8, Folder 147 |
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Public Relations and Recital Advertising
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1968-1978 |
Box 8, Folder 148 |
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Publicity and Press Coverage
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1968-1969 |
Box 9, Folder 149 |
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Publicity and Press Coverage
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1969-1970 |
Box 9, Folder 150 |
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Publicity and Press Coverage
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1970-1971 |
Box 9, Folder 151 |
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Publicity and Press Coverage
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1973-1979 |
Box 9, Folder 152 |
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Ram Band Budget Memoranda
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1976-1977 |
Box 9, Folder 153 |
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Ram Band Budget Memoranda
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1984-1985 |
Box 9, Folder 154 |
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Ram Band Budget Proposal
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1987-1988 |
Box 9, Folder 155 |
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Ram Band : Publications, News Clippings
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1962, 1974-1975 |
Box 9, Folder 156 |
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Recital Announcements
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1970 |
Box 9, Folder 157 |
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Recital Hall Monthly Calendars
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1977 Sep-1978 May |
Box 9, Folder 158 |
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Rhode Island Assembly: List of Representatives
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n.d. |
Box 9, Folder 159 |
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Rhode Island Composers Festival Budget
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1985 |
Box 9, Folder 160 |
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Rhode Island Composers Festival Grant Application
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1987-1989 |
Box 9, Folder 161 |
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Rhode Island Composers Festival Grant Award
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1985 |
Box 9, Folder 162 |
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Rhode Island Composers Festival Grant Proposal
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1985 |
Box 9, Folder 163 |
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Rhode Island Composers Festival Project Proposals
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1984 |
Box 9, Folder 164 |
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Rhode Island Governor's School Final Report
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1968 Jul 07-Aug 16 |
Box 9, Folder 165 |
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Rhode Island Governor's School Handbook
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1968 Jul 07-Aug 16 |
Box 9, Folder 166 |
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Rhode Island Music Educator's Association : Reports, Correspondence
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1941-1957 |
Box 9, Folder 167 |
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Rhode Island Music Educator's Association: Music Program Survey
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1943 |
Box 9, Folder 168 |
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Rhode Island Music Educator's Review: Publication
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1976-1978 |
Box 9, Folder 169 |
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Rhode Island Music Festival Association : Phone List
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1955-1956 |
Box 10, Folder 170 |
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Rhode Island Music Teachers Association : Conference Programs
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1963, 1975-1985, 1989 |
Box 10, Folder 171 |
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Rhode Island Music Teachers Association: Directories
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1958, 1966 |
Box 10, Folder 172 |
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Rhode Island School Superintendents and Principals: Lists
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1955-1963 |
Box 10, Folder 173 |
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Rhode Island State College Songs: Sheet Music
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1922-1952 |
Box 10, Folder 174 |
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Roxin, Emilio and Rosilda: Photograph, b/w
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n.d. |
Box 10, Folder 175 |
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Sabbatical Replacement Memoranda
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1979 |
Box 10, Folder 176 |
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Scholarship Awards
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1988-1989 |
Box 10, Folder 177 |
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Scholarship Auditions: Applications, Correspondence
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1990 |
Box 10, Folder 178 |
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Scholarship Memoranda
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1985-1991 |
Box 10, Folder 179 |
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Slenczynska, Ruth: Piano Master Class
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1962, 1964 |
Box 10, Folder 180 |
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Slenczynska, Ruth: Workshop Promotional Materials
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1972-1978 |
Box 10, Folder 181 |
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Special Events Committee : Correspondence, Memoranda
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1972-1974 |
Box 10, Folder 182 |
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Status Study of Elementary and Middle/Junior High School Music Education in Rhode Island
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1973 |
Box 10, Folder 183 |
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Student Fine Arts Fee: Memoranda
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1982-1983 |
Box 10, Folder 184 |
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Student Help Time Slips
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1964 |
Box 10, Folder 185 |
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Student Teaching Assignments
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1960-1964 |
Box 10, Folder 186 |
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Summer Guitar Instruction
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1964 May |
Box 10, Folder 187 |
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Songs of Rhody Record Jacket: R.I.S.C. Band
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[1950] |
Box 10, Folder 188 |
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Summer Arts Festival Reports
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1977 |
Box 10, Folder 189 |
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Summer Session 1975: Course Proposals, Course Lists
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1974-1975 |
Box 10, Folder 190 |
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Summer Session 1978: Memoranda, Schedules
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1977-1978 |
Box 11, Folder 191 |
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Summer Session 1979: Memoranda, Schedules
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1979 |
Box 11, Folder 192 |
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Television Music Programming: Correspondence
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1968 |
Box 11, Folder 193 |
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Thesis Award Memoranda
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1968, 1970 |
Box 11, Folder 194 |
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University Program Priorities: Position Papers
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1975-1976 |
Box 11, Folder 195 |
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URI Arts Council: Composition Competition
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1963-1973 |
Box 11, Folder 196 |
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URI Arts Council: Memoranda
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1975-1977 |
Box 11, Folder 197 |
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URI Arts Festival
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1961 |
Box 11, Folder 198 |
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URI Bicentennial Committee : Meeting Notes
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1975-1976 |
Box 11, Folder 199 |
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URI Chorus and Concert Choir Constitution
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n.d. |
Box 11, Folder 200 |
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URI Concert Programs
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1984-1990 |
Box 11, Folder 201 |
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URI Foundation Grant for Ensemble Performance
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1988 |
Box 11, Folder 202 |
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URI Opera Theater: Grant Application
|
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1988-1989 |
Box 11, Folder 203 |
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URI Year of the Humanities: Gunther Schuller Workshop
|
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1980 |
Box 11, Folder 204 |
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URI Year of the Humanities: Memoranda, Proposals, Schedules
|
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1977-1979 |
Box 11, Folder 205 |
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Visiting Lecturers
|
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1967-1971 |
Box 11, Folder 206 |
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W.P.A. Music Eduction Project Reports
|
|
1940 |
Series 2. Summer Music Programs
The Summer Music Programs
series consists of records relating to the operation of the Summer Music Camp and All-State Music Camp
programs. The Summer Music Camp, which was held at Rhode Island State College and the University of Rhode Island every summer from 1945-60, was a three to six week program open to high school students from any state. The Camp included scheduled music instruction classes, band performances, and recreational camp activities. The Camp was directed by Lee McCauley, from 1945-48, then by his successor, Arnold Clair, from 1949 until the program’s cancellation in 1960.
Following the discontinuation of the Summer Music Camp, the Music Department ran the All-State Music Camp for high school students in the Rhode Island All-State Band. The All-State Music Camp ran for two weeks each summer, and included music instruction and recreational activities. Arnold Clair continued as Director of the All-State Camp until 1964.
The series consists of correspondence, promotional material, photographs and negatives, news clippings, notes, student lists, applications, receipts, concert programs, and press releases. The records mainly cover the period from 1945-64, with a few folders from 1973 and 1974.
Box 12, Folder 1 |
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All-State High School Orchestra: Application Forms, Programs
|
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1947-1949 |
Box 12, Folder 2 |
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All-State Music Camp : Memoranda
|
|
1961 |
Box 12, Folder 3 |
|
All-State Music Camp: Memoranda
|
|
1962 |
Box 12, Folder 4 |
|
All-State Music Camp: Memoranda
|
|
1963 |
Box 12, Folder 5 |
|
All-State Music Camp: Memoranda
|
|
1964 |
Box 12, Folder 6 |
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Applications and Student Lists
|
|
1947 |
Box 12, Folder 7 |
|
Applications and Student Lists
|
|
1955 |
Box 12, Folder 8 |
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Application Forms
|
|
1956 |
Box 12, Folder 9 |
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A.S.C.A.P. Performance License Application
|
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1946 Oct |
Box 12, Folder 10 |
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Camp Advertising Forms
|
|
1946-1948 |
Box 12, Folder 11 |
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Camp Planning Information
|
|
1941-1946 |
Box 12, Folder 12 |
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Concert Programs
|
|
1945-1954 |
Box 12, Folder 13 |
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Correspondence: Applications and General
|
|
1951-1955 |
Box 13, Folder 14 |
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Correspondence: General
|
|
1946 |
Box 13, Folder 15 |
|
Correspondence: General
|
|
1947 |
Box 13, Folder 16 |
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Evanson, Jacob: Correspondence with Lee McCauley
|
|
1945-1948 |
Box 13, Folder 17 |
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Form Letters and Mailing Lists
|
|
1947-1948 |
Box 13, Folder 18 |
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Kreutz, Arthur: Rhode Island Folksongs, Sheet Music
|
|
[1946] |
Box 13, Folder 19 |
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Mailing and Enrollment Lists
|
|
1945-1947 |
Box 13, Folder 20 |
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Photographs: Summer Music Camp, b/w
|
|
1947 |
Box 13, Folder 21 |
|
Photographs and Negatives: Summer Music Camp, b/w
|
|
1946 |
Box 13, Folder 22 |
|
Promotional Materials
|
|
1945-1946 |
Box 13, Folder 23 |
|
Promotional Materials and Concert Programs
|
|
1957-1960 |
Box 13, Folder 24 |
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Recreation Activities: Memoranda and Notes
|
|
1946-1947 |
Box 13, Folder 25 |
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Sam Was A Man: Sheet Music
|
|
[1947] |
Box 13, Folder 26 |
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Student Application: Correspondence
|
|
1946 |
Box 14, Folder 27 |
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Student Application: Correspondence
|
|
1947 |
Box 14, Folder 28 |
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Student Application: Correspondence
|
|
1948 |
Box 14, Folder 29 |
|
Student Application: Correspondence
|
|
1949 |
Box 14, Folder 30 |
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Student Application: Correspondence, Housing Lists, Rules of the Camp
|
|
1950 |
Box 14, Folder 31 |
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Student Application: Correspondence, Form Letters, Inquiry Letters
|
|
1954-1955 |
Box 14, Folder 32 |
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Student Application: Correspondence
|
|
1955 |
Box 14, Folder 33 |
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Student Application: Correspondence
|
|
1956 |
Box 15, Folder 34 |
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Student Application: Correspondence, Press Release
|
|
1956 |
Box 15, Folder 35 |
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Student Deposit Records
|
|
1946-1947 |
Box 15, Folder 36 |
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Student Fees: Miscellaneous
|
|
1945-1946 |
Box 15, Folder 37 |
|
Student Lists
|
|
1947 |
Box 15, Folder 38 |
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Student Lists and Credit Statements
|
|
1948 |
Box 15, Folder 39 |
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Student Rosters
|
|
1946-1947 |
Box 15, Folder 40 |
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Student Schedules, Application: Correspondence
|
|
1949 |
Box 15, Folder 41 |
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Student Schedules, Camp Operations: Correspondence
|
|
1950 |
Box 15, Folder 42 |
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Summer Concerts: Programs, Correspondence
|
|
1945-1948 |
Box 16, Folder 43 |
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Summer Concerts: Programs, Correspondence
|
|
1946 |
Box 16, Folder 44 |
|
Summer Music Camp: Brochures
|
|
1973-1974 |
Box 16, Folder 45 |
|
Summer Music Camp: Miscellaneous Files
|
|
1945-1946 |
Box 16, Folder 46 |
|
Summer Music Camp: Miscellaneous Files
|
|
1946-1947 |
Box 16, Folder 47 |
|
Summer Music Camp: Miscellaneous Files
|
|
1946-1955 |
Series 3. Sheet Music Collection
The Sheet Music Collection series consists of printed sheet music and several music magazines donated to the URI Music Department in 2002 by
Lucia Caito (wife of the late Maury Caito, a piano teacher based in
Cranston, R.I.), Al Conte (from the estate of Joseph Conte), and others. The Music Department kept much of the collection in the Music Resource Center for student use, and donated the remaining scores, over nine hundred, to the University Library’s Special Collections Department in 2003. The scores, many of which have decorative cover art, date from the 1870s to the 1970s.
The sheet music is arranged alphabetically, with each folder containing several scores.
Box 17, Folder 1 |
|
Scores:"A"
|
|
1897-1966 |
Box 17, Folder 2 |
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Scores:"B"
|
|
1902-1974 |
Box 17, Folder 3 |
|
Scores:"C"
|
|
1901-1957 |
Box 17, Folder 4 |
|
Scores:"D"
|
|
1905-1957 |
Box 17, Folder 5 |
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Scores:"E"
|
|
1910-1959 |
Box 17, Folder 6 |
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Scores:"F"
|
|
1873-1957 |
Box 18, Folder 7 |
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Scores:"G"
|
|
1895-1956 |
Box 18, Folder 8 |
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Scores:"H"
|
|
1893-1960 |
Box 18, Folder 9 |
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Scores:"I-I'll"
|
|
1904-1958 |
Box 18, Folder 10 |
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Scores:"I'm-I've"
|
|
1904-1965 |
Box 18, Folder 11 |
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Scores:"J"
|
|
1905-1956 |
Box 18, Folder 12 |
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Scores:"K"
|
|
1906-1952 |
Box 19, Folder 13 |
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Scores:"L"
|
|
1901-1965 |
Box 19, Folder 14 |
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Scores:"Ma-Mi"
|
|
1886-1958 |
Box 19, Folder 15 |
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Scores:"Mo-My"
|
|
1904-1956 |
Box 19, Folder 16 |
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Scores:"N"
|
|
1900-1958 |
Box 19, Folder 17 |
|
Scores:"O"
|
|
1883-1958 |
Box 19, Folder 18 |
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Scores:"P,Q"
|
|
1890-1965 |
Box 19, Folder 19 |
|
Scores:"R"
|
|
1907-1955 |
Box 20, Folder 20 |
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Scores:"Sa-Si"
|
|
1899-1973 |
Box 20, Folder 21 |
|
Scores:"Sl-Sw"
|
|
1898-1959 |
Box 20, Folder 22 |
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Scores:"T-The"
|
|
1907-1966 |
Box 20, Folder 23 |
|
Scores:"Thi-Tw"
|
|
1910-1972 |
Box 20, Folder 24 |
|
Scores:"U,V"
|
|
1893-1952 |
Box 20, Folder 25 |
|
Scores:"W-Wh"
|
|
1906-1970 |
Box 20, Folder 26 |
|
Scores:"Wi-Wo"
|
|
1906-1972 |
Box 20, Folder 27 |
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Scores:"Y,Z"
|
|
1904-1956 |
Series 4. Joseph Conte Arrangements
Joseph Conte was a band leader, music teacher, and long-time President of the Providence Federation of Musicians.
He held degrees from Boston University
and the Longy School of Music
, and received an honorary Doctorate of Music from Salve Regina University
. Conte was the Director of the 320th U.S. Army Band during World War II, and was the Concertmaster for several local symphony orchestras, including the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
, the Fall River Orchestra
, and the Eastern Connecticut Symphony
. He conducted the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
, the Civic Opera Association
, and the Fine Arts Opera Theater
, as well as founding and conducting the Young People’s Symphony of Rhode Island
. He was also the band director at St. Francis Xavier Academy
in
Providence, R.I.
The Joseph Conte Arrangements series consists of musical arrangements donated to the URI Music Department
in 2003 by Al Conte, from the estate of Joseph Conte. Most of the arrangements were written by Conte for use in performances and in music education, with a few dating from his time studying at the Longy School. Very few of the scores have credited arrangers; however, variations in handwriting between several of the scores suggest that some of the arrangements may have been written by people other than Conte, possibly including some of Conte’s students, Conte’s son (Joseph R. Conte), or Conte’s brother (Al Conte, who performed in bands with Joseph). There are also very few indications of when the arrangements were written. Some notes and accompanying materials show a range of dates from 1946-93. The series also contains some scrapbook material and other documents relating to Conte's career and education.
The series contains written arrangements, printed arrangements (many of which are annotated), some correspondence, news clippings, performance programs, photographs, posters, memoranda, songbooks, and 78 rpm phonograph records.
The folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by the title of the composition.
Box 21, Folder 1 |
|
Aesop's Falables: Bound Score
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 2 |
|
All I Ask of You: String Arrangement
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 3 |
|
Alma Mater
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 4 |
|
April in Portugal with Earl Sheen, 78 rpm phonograph record
|
|
1947 |
Box 21, Folder 5 |
|
Ave Maria: Printed and Written Arrangements
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 6 |
|
Ave Maria: Franz Schubert
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 7 |
|
Be Exalted, O God
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 8 |
|
Because
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 9 |
|
Boston University Summer Schedule
|
|
1969 |
Box 21, Folder 10 |
|
Classical Arrangement: Various Compositions
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 11 |
|
Concert Programs and News Clippings
|
|
1934-1969 |
Box 21, Folder 12 |
|
Correspondence
|
|
1949-1998 |
Box 21, Folder 13 |
|
Cross-Cultural Introduction to Chamber Music: ESL Program
|
|
1991 |
Box 21, Folder 14 |
|
DeBeriot Duets: Solomon and Conte, 78 rpm phonograph record
|
|
1946 Apr 03 |
Box 21, Folder 15 |
|
Effects: String Quartet Arrangement
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 16 |
|
Etude Magazine Piano Arrangements
|
|
1918-1919, 1923, 1941, n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 17 |
|
Everybody Loves Somebody
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 18 |
|
Farewell to Cucullain
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 19 |
|
Fascination: Parts Arrangements
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 20 |
|
Fiddlin' the Fiddle
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 21 |
|
First Trumpet Parts: Various Compositions
|
|
n.d. |
Box 21, Folder 22 |
|
First Violin Parts: Various Compositions
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 23 |
|
Funeral March: Frederick Chopin
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 24 |
|
Geistliches Wiegenlied: Johannes Brahms
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 25 |
|
Godfather Medley
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 26 |
|
Granada Fantasia
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 27 |
|
Grant Memoranda, News Clippings and Concert Programs
|
|
1991, 1996, n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 28 |
|
Harvest Cantata
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 29 |
|
Hot Canary
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 30 |
|
Ice Castles
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 31 |
|
Inno Italiano
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 32 |
|
Instruments of the Orchestra: Posters (See Oversize: Box 26)
|
|
1962 |
Box 22, Folder 33 |
|
La Vien Rose
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 34 |
|
Laura
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 35 |
|
Longy School of Music Assignments
|
|
1946 |
Box 22, Folder 36 |
|
Longy School of Music Composition Records
|
|
1946 |
Box 22, Folder 37 |
|
Low in the Grave He Lay
|
|
1945 May |
Box 22, Folder 38 |
|
Lullaby of Birdland
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 39 |
|
Las Mananitas
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 40 |
|
Masterpiece Theater
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 41 |
|
Michelle
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 42 |
|
Music Education Questionnaire
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 43 |
|
Ninth Symphony: Ludwig van Beethoven
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 44 |
|
Notebook Pages: Various Compositions
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 45 |
|
O Bravo
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 46 |
|
O Minha Rosa and Other Compositions
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 47 |
|
Oakland, R.: Scores
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 48 |
|
On Eagle's Wings
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 49 |
|
On Wings of Song
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 50 |
|
Phantom of the Opera
|
|
n.d. |
Box 22, Folder 51 |
|
Photographs
|
|
1940s-[1960s] |
Box 22, Folder 52 |
|
Providence Federation of Musicians : Members Directory
|
|
1986 Mar |
Box 22, Folder 53 |
|
Providence Schools Latin American Quartet Arrangements
|
|
1990 |
Box 23, Folder 54 |
|
Religious Music: Various Compositions
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 55 |
|
Remebranza: Oscar Lozzo
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 56 |
|
Reverie: Au Bord de la Mer
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 57 |
|
Salve Regina
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 58 |
|
Scholastic Festival Arrangements
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 59 |
|
School Songs: Various
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 60 |
|
Scores and Excercises: Miscellaneous
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 61 |
|
Secretly
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 62 |
|
Sheep May Safely Graze
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 63 |
|
Spanish Songs: Various
|
|
1931, 1966, n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 64 |
|
Standard Foxtrots and Showtunes: Songbook, p. 1-85
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 65 |
|
Standard Foxtrots and Showtunes: Songbook, p. 86-203
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 66 |
|
Standard Foxtrots and Showtunes: Songbook, p. 204-291
|
|
n.d. |
Box 23, Folder 67 |
|
Standard Foxtrots and Showtunes: Songbook, p. 292-369
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 68 |
|
Styles: String Arrangements
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 69 |
|
Sugar Moon
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 70 |
|
Tesoro Mio
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 71 |
|
320th Army Band: Memoranda, Receipts, Inventory
|
|
1942-1946 |
Box 24, Folder 72 |
|
To the Victor Go the Spoils
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 73 |
|
Trumpet and Violin Parts: Various Compositions
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 74 |
|
Trumpet Tune: Henry Purcell
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 75 |
|
Trumpet Voluntary: Jeremiah Clarke
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 76 |
|
Try To Remember: Printed and Written Arrangements
|
|
1960, n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 77 |
|
Violin Arrangements: Concert Pieces
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 78 |
|
Violin Parts: Various Compositions
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 79 |
|
Wedding Music: Various Compositions
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 80 |
|
West Side Story: Printed Arrangements
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 81 |
|
What I Did For Love
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 82 |
|
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 83 |
|
Why: Oscar Lozzi
|
|
1970, n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 84 |
|
Written and Printed Arrangements: Miscellaneous
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 85 |
|
Written Arrangements: Miscellaneous
|
|
[1940s] |
Box 24, Folder 86 |
|
Written Arrangements: Miscellaneous
|
|
1993 Oct 30, n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 87 |
|
Yankee Doodle
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 88 |
|
Young People's Symphony of Rhode Island: Library Music Catalog
|
|
n.d. |
Box 24, Folder 89 |
|
Young People's Symphony of Rhode Island: Program and Calendar
|
|
1979, 1981-1982 |
Series 5. Non-Departmental Files
The Non-Departmental Files series contains documents donated to the URI Music Department. Many of the documents in the series were donated by URI Professor Joseph Parillo from material he received from the estate of Russian-born American composer Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911-90), who pioneered the use of electronic music and helped to found the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center
.
Subjects covered in the series include Russian music and composers, music of Rhode Island, and concert programs from the 1870s.
The series is arranged alphabetically by topic.
Box 25, Folder 1 |
|
Annual Convention of the National Musical Congress: Program, Admission Ticket
|
|
1871 Jun 20-22 |
Box 25, Folder 2 |
|
Bridal Waltz by Julien: Sheet Music
|
|
n.d. |
Box 25, Folder 3 |
|
Chadwick, Ben: Rhode Island, Sheet Music (See Oversize: Box 26)
|
|
n.d. |
Box 25, Folder 4 |
|
Herman, Woody: Autographed Photo, b/w
|
|
n.d. |
Box 25, Folder 5 |
|
Houghton Music Company Catalog of Violin Books
|
|
n.d. |
Box 25, Folder 6 |
|
Music Hall Programme: Providence, R.I.
|
|
1871 Oct 18 |
Box 25, Folder 7 |
|
Obb Johnson's Characteristic March and Two Step: Sheet Music, Notes (See Oversize: Box 26)
|
|
1990, n.d. |
Box 25, Folder 8 |
|
Pollock, Alice Leal: "Samuel Cranston: An Operetta", Bound Score (See Oversize: Box 26)
|
|
n.d. |
Box 25, Folder 9 |
|
Providence Festival Chorus Concert Program
|
|
1872 Jun 01 |
Box 25, Folder 10 |
|
Ussachevsky, Vladimir: Bavarian State Radio Program Booklets
|
|
1956, 1961 |
Box 25, Folder 11 |
|
Ussachevsky, Vladimir: Catalog of Printed Music of Soviet Composers
|
|
1989 |
Box 25, Folder 12 |
|
Ussachevsky, Vladimir: Encounter Magazine
|
|
1962 Jun |
Box 25, Folder 13 |
|
Ussachevsky, Vladimir: Henry Pleasant, The Agony of Modern Music, Advance Proof
|
|
1955 |
Box 25, Folder 14 |
|
Ussachevsky, Vladimir: International Music Festival in the USSR, Program
|
|
1988 |
Box 25, Folder 15 |
|
Ussachevsky, Vladimir: Kirov State Opera and Ballet Commemorative Booklet
|
|
1957 |
Box 25, Folder 16 |
|
Ussachevsky, Vladimir: Photograph, b/w
|
|
[1930s] |
Box 25, Folder 17 |
|
Ussachevsky, Vladimir: Rachmaninoff's Vespers, Concert Program
|
|
1981 |
Box 25, Folder 18 |
|
William Reeves Bookseller: Catalogue of Music and Musical Literature
|
|
n.d. |
Box 25, Folder 19 |
|
World's Peace Jubilee: Chorus Instructions
|
|
1872 Jun 17-22 |