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Finding aid for the USC Thornton School of Music records 0283
Sue LuftscheinUSC Libraries Special Collections2014Doheny Memorial Library 2063550 Trousdale ParkwayLos Angeles, California [email protected]: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections
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Language of Material: EnglishContributing Institution: USC Libraries Special CollectionsTitle: USC Thornton School of Music recordscreator: Idyllwild Arts Foundation (Idyllwild, Calif.)creator: Rush, Ralph E.creator: Kendall, Raymondcreator: USC Thornton School of Musiccreator: University of Southern California. School of Musiccreator: Vazzana, Anthonycreator: Arnold Schoenberg Institutecreator: Skeele, Walter F.creator: Macloskey, Pearl Alicecreator: Swarthout, Max van Lewencreator: Kohs, Ellis B.creator: Alderman, PaulineIdentifier/Call Number: 0283Identifier/Call Number: 115Physical Description: 96.05 Linear Feet103 boxesDate (inclusive): 1897-2016Abstract: The University of Southern California's music school was officially established in 1884, and conferred its firstdegrees in 1885. The records document many of the activities of the School from the late 19th to the early 21st centuries.Included are the papers (generally incomplete) of some of the School's notable personnel, including Max Swarthout,Raymond Kendall, Ellis Kohs, Pauline Alderman, and Walter F. Skeele; records of academic activities; records of student andalumni organizations, including Phi Phi and the Friends of Music; and scrapbooks of press clippings and press releases.Preferred Citation[Box/folder# or item name], USC Thornton School of Music records, Collection no. 0283, University Archives, SpecialCollections, USC Libraries, University of Southern CaliforniaConditions Governing AccessCOLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.Conditions Governing UseAll requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended toinclude or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.OrganizationThe records are organized into the following series: 1. Academics; 2. Administration; 3. Alumni; 4. Arnold SchoenbergInstitute; 5. Composition Forum records; 6. Ellis Kohs papers; 7. Friends of Music; 8. Fundraising; 9. Lillian BackstrandWilson papers; 10. Metropolitan Opera National Council; 11. Pauline Alderman papers; 12. Performance; 13. Phi Phi; 14.Press and publicity; 15. Raymond Kendall papers; 16. Students and faculty; 17. Miscellaneous.Related Archival MaterialsSee also Ellis B. Kohs papers, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts,http://www.nypl.org/archives/2568Scope and ContentThe records of the USC Thornton School of Music consist of correspondence and memorandums, programs, clippings, andprinted ephemera that document much of the School's activities from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 21stcentury. Included are the papers (generally incomplete) of some of the School's notable personnel, including MaxSwarthout, Raymond Kendall, Ellis Kohs, Pauline Alderman, Walter F. Skeele, and Ralph E. Rush; records of academicactivities; records of student and alumni organizations, including Phi Phi and the Friends of Music; scrapbooks of pressclippings and press releases documenting the activities of the School's faculty and students for most of its history; andcorrespondence and related materials documenting non-USC activities in which the School participated, such as theEisteddfod and the Metropolitan Opera National Council western regional auditions.
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Historical noteMusic has had a strong presence at USC since the opening of the University in 1880, with music courses included in the firstcurriculum of the College of Liberal Arts. The USC Thornton School of Music was founded as the Conservatory of Music in1884, at which students could only study either voice or piano, and a year later in 1885 it became the College of Music.The early years were a time of many changes in the physical housing of the College. As the student body continually grew,the College of Music was constantly looking for more space. Thus, it inhabited several buildings during this time, both onand off the University Park Campus, including Widney Hall, the Blanchard Building downtown, the Mason Opera House, theOld Marble Homestead, Clark House, the Old Cohn Mansion, and Bovard Concert Hall.As a result of the Great Depression and the financial difficulties that came with it, the College was downsized andadministratively relocated in the College of Liberal Arts as the School of Music in 1933, headed by a Director instead of aDean. Despite the obstacles caused by the Depression, several programs continued to grow and become more established.Horatio Cogswell, head of the Voice Department, created several award winning Glee Clubs. Harold William Roberts headedthe Trojan Marching Band from 1927-1937, during which time it grew in numbers, theatrical flair, and prestige. Similarly forthe university's Golden Jubilee in 1930, the music school helped to sponsor two concerts, one of Mendelssohn's oratorioElijah, which included a chorus of 500 and featured famous leads such as Lawrence Tibbett, and The Apolliad, whichfeatured original works by students from the Literature, Visual Arts, Music, and Drama departments. As registration andfunds picked up in 1937, Dean A. S. Raubenheimer of the College of Liberal Arts reorganized the entire School to reflect agreater emphasis on core education and added the General Education requirements that are still used today. Furthermore,the first Doctoral degree candidates in Music were admitted in 1942.Yet another upheaval occurred, however, when the School of Music became the College of Music in the Institute of the Artsunder Dean Max Krone and Director Max Swarthout in 1946. With this change came the creation of a Preparatory Schoolassociated with the College of Music where children K-12 could take piano lessons from the faculty. It was withdrawn fromthe Institute of the Arts in 1951 and re-established as an independent School, and remained a School even though it waspart of the School of Performing Arts in the 1970s under the deanship of Grant Beglarian.In 1999, the school gained a major benefactor in Flora L. Thornton. Her naming gift of $25 million was the largestcontribution to an American school of music up to that time.Along with Mrs. Thornton, USC Thornton School of Music has had several other important donors throughout its history. Aparticularly notable example is Captain G. Allan Hancock, whose love of music and the biological sciences, combined withhis friendships with John S. Garth, a USC music student, and USC President Rufus von KleinSmid, inspired Hancock toestablish the Allan Hancock Foundation, fund the construction of the USC Hancock Foundation Building, and sponsormultiple concerts by his Hancock Trio in the 1940s. Many alumni and former professors have endowed scholarships, chairs,and professorships throughout the years including: the Carolyn Alchin Chair scholarship for students of composition in1930, the Carrie Jacobs Bond scholarship in 1947, the Jascha Heifetz Chair in Violin in 1974, the Gregor Piatigorsky Chair inVioloncello in 1974, the Stephen Crocker Professorship in Music in 1987, the Bowen H. "Buzz" and Barbara M. McCoy Chairin Jazz in 2004, the H. Robert Reynolds Professorship in Wind Conducting in 2008, the Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld Chairin String Instruction in 2008, and the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music in 2013.Currently, the USC Thornton School of Music is the oldest continually operating cultural institution in Los Angeles with 16undergraduate and 25 graduate programs. It also presents over 500 concerts each year and has a weekly radio broadcaston KUSC, Thornton Center Stage.Heads of the Music SchoolMrs. C. S. Nellis, 1884 to 1886 (principal); Louisa M. Wright and Leila Breed, 1886 to 1887; Mrs. L. H. Stagg, 1887 to 1890(principal), 1893 to 1895 (dean); F. A. Bacon, 1895 to 1898; Walter F. Skeele, 1898 to 1934; Max Swarthout, 1934 to 1948(director); Raymond Kendall, 1948 to 1951 (director), 1951 to 1967 (dean); Grant Beglarian, 1969 to 1982 (Dean ofPerforming Arts); Howard Rarig (director, Music), 1971 to November 1979; William Thomson, July 1980 to 1986; LarryLivingston, 1986 to 2001; Robert Cutietta, 2002 to presentSubjects and Indexing TermsScrapbooksMusic -- Performance -- Archival resourcesMusic -- Competitions -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resourcesUniversities and colleges -- Faculty -- Archival resourcesUniversities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- Administration -- Archival resourcesMusic -- Instruction and study -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resourcesFund raising -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
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ScoresLegal documentsReportsClippingsCorrespondencePrograms (documents)BrochuresMemorandumsSwarthout, Max van Lewen -- ArchivesMu Phi Epsilon. Mu Nu Chapter -- ArchivesKendall, Raymond -- ArchivesIdyllwild Arts Foundation (Idyllwild, Calif.) -- ArchivesRush, Ralph E. -- ArchivesISOMATA (Idyllwild, Calif.) -- ArchivesUSC Thornton School of Music -- ArchivesUniversity of Southern California. School of Music -- ArchivesMacloskey, Pearl Alice -- ArchivesVazzana, Anthony -- ArchivesMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). National Council -- ArchivesArnold Schoenberg Institute -- ArchivesWilson, Lillian Backstrand -- ArchivesUniversity of Southern California -- Alumni and alumnaeUniversity of Southern California -- FacultyUssher, Bruno David -- ArchivesSkeele, Walter F. -- ArchivesUniversity of Southern California -- StudentsKohs, Ellis B. -- ArchivesAlderman, Pauline -- Archives
Academics 393480 1917-1961 1917-1933Scope and ContentInformation about academic activities of students and faculty in the School of Music. Thebulk of the records consist of student records from the Elementary-Intermediate Departmentand grade reports dating from the 1910s to the 1930s. Also included are some syllabi andplacement tests.
Elementary-Intermediate Department 276454 1921-1922 Box 7, Folder 1-91 Student records 276455 1921-1922
Scope and ContentReport cards, progress reports, classification reports, and records of study forindividual students.
Grade reports 393473 1917-1933 Box 34, Folder 36 Aesthetics and Criticism of Music [Ussher] 393474 1933Box 34, Folder 37 Band Instruments [Teazle] 393475 1924-1928, 1930-1933
Syllabus, Music Education 452, Workshop in Percussion 409314 1961
Administration 276166 1899-1972Scope and ContentRecords documenting some of the administrative activities of the School of Music from the1900s-1940s; the records appear to be incomplete or fragmentary. Much of the informationis financial in nature and is recorded in ledgers that can be found in the Financial subseries.In addition to the financial and enrollment information, this series contains somecorrespondence of Max Swarthout, the Eisteddfod, and W. F. Skeele; and ledgers recordingusage of and purchases by the library.
Box 4, Folder 14 Affairs of the Month 276274 1939-1942Box 4, Folder 19 Annual reports 276289 1936-1942Box 1, Folder 5 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences requirements and reorganization 276176
1937-1938Box 1, Folder 14 College of Music brochure 276181 1924
Financial 390852 1899-1956Scope and ContentRecords documenting the cash flow of the School during the first half of the twentiethcentury. Budget information, faculty salaries, cash expenditures, and enrollments.
Max Swarthout 276185 1923-1947Scope and ContentMax Swarthout was director of the School of Music during the 1930s. These files containhis correspondence but appear to be incomplete. Other materials produced by Swarthoutduring his tenure as director may also be found elsewhere in the Administration series.
Box 1, Folder 15 A 276183
Scope and ContentCorrespondence of Max Swarthout, director of the School of Music.
Box 1, Folder 21 Association of Colleges and Universities 276191 1940-1944Box 1, Folder 22 B 276192 1938, 1942Box 1, Folder 23 Bower, Harry 276193 1943Box 1, Folder 25 Annual report, etc. 276196 1934-1935
Scope and ContentDepartmental reports; Swarthout memorandums.
Box 1, Folder 29 Ateneo de El Salvador 276199 1940 June 25Box 4, Folder 12 George Liebling 276267 1929-1932Box 55, Folder 2 File of letters 409265 1923-1947 Alumni 276184 1926-1973
Scope and ContentMost of the files in this series were created and maintained by Pearl Alice Macloskey, staffmember of the School during the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the information in these filesconcern the School's alumni.
Box 1, Folder 1 Mu Phi Epsilon 276169 1926-1931
Scope and ContentCorrespondence of Pearl Alice Macloskey.
Box 1, Folder 2 Mu Phi Epsilon 276170 1938Box 1, Folder 3 Alumni Association reports and memorandums 276171 1936-1941
Scope and ContentPapers of Pearl Alice Macloskey.
Box 1, Folder 4 Board of Directors [General Alumni Association] 276173 1935-1936Box 1, Folder 11 Music alumni correspondence 276182 1932-1935Box 1, Folder 16 Alchin, Carolyn A. 276186 1920sBox 4, Folder 11 School of Music Men in the Service 276266 1942-1945
Scope and ContentPrimarily cards and letters from USC alumni serving in active duty during World War II.Many of them are addressed to Pearl Macloskey.
Box 4, Folder 22 Alumni and Skeele bust fund 276293 1932
Alumni 2761841926-1973
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Box 6 Annual Alumni Award plaque 324628 1956-1964Box 10, Folder 30 [Alumni Luncheon] 391102 1935Box 56, Folder 11 Music Alumni newsletter 409311 1972-1973 Arnold Schoenberg Institute 276344
Scope and ContentThe records in boxes 75-80 are some of the records of the Schoenberg Institute that datefrom its founding upon the initial gift from the Schoenberg heirs, through its transfer fromthe School of Music to the University Libraries, to its closing. They document primarily theoriginal gift and the disputes between the Schoenberg heirs and the University. They weregiven to the University Archives upon the removal of the Institute from the University. Theyare generally arranged in chronological order, and thus every folder containscorrespondence, meeting minutes, reports, memorandums and and or other relatedmaterials. Folder titles reflect only the dominant topics represented in each folder. Much ofthe material is photocopies. Box 83 contains programs and announcements for Instituteevents.
Box 75, Folder 1 [Agreement and related correspondence and memorandums 409731 1973Box 75, Folder 2 [Correspondence re potential gift] 409732 1971-1973Box 75, Folder 3 [Correspondence and memorandums re facility and staffing] 409733 1973-1974Box 75, Folder 4 [Building program, correspondence, progress reports, meeting minutes] 409735 1974Box 75, Folder 5 [Building program and related correspondence] 409736 1974 July-AugustBox 75, Folder 6 [Building program, consortium development correspondence and reports] 409738
correspondence and memorandums] 409742 1975 June-SeptemberBox 75, Folder 9 [Building program correspondence and reports] 409745 1975 October-DecemberBox 75, Folder 10 [Building construction and collection maintenance correspondence and
Composition Forum records 411315 1975-1992Scope and ContentThe Composition Forum (also referred to as the Composers Forum) was a regularlyscheduled event that featured prominent guest composers and performers. The recordsincluded here were created and maintained by School of Music faculty member AnthonyVazzana, who coordinated the Forum. They consist primarily of letters of invitation, audiorecordings, videos, programs, newspaper clippings, and biographical information for thecomposers and performers invited to the Forum.
Box 81, Folder 12 Composition Forum Inquiry Letters 411316 1989 MayBox 81, Folder 13 [Forum programs] 411317 1975-1983Box 81, Folder 14 Composition Forum 411318 1986-1987Box 81, Folder 15 Composition Forum 411319 1987-1988Box 81, Folder 16 Composition Forum schedule 411320 1988-1989Box 81, Folder 17 Composition Forum 411321 1989-1990Box 81, Folder 18 Composition Forum 411322 1990Box 81, Folder 19 Composition Forum 411325 1991-1992
Composition Forum records 4113151975-1992
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Box 82, Folder 85 Ussachevsky, Vladimir 411572 1986Box 88 Varga, Andras 438243 1984 April 13Box 86, Box 85,Folder 24
Vazzana, Anthony 438536 1991 January 18
Box 86 Waggoner, Andrew 438551 1989 November 17Box 86, Box 82,Folder 78
Waldrep, Mark 411565 1990
Box 85, Folder 3 Walter, Thomas 438622 1989Box 82, Folder 79 Ward-Steinman, David 411566 1979Box 88, Box 86 Watson, Ken 438245 1977 April 18Box 88 Weiland, Fritz 438246 1982 November 12Box 86 Weir, Judith 438550 1991 February 22Box 90 Wilson, Olly 438249 1980 October 10Box 86 Winkler, Gerhard 438552 1987 November 20Box 88, Box 82,Folder 80, Box 86
Wuorinen, Charles 411567 1975-1989
Box 82, Folder 81,Box 90
Xenakis, Iannis 411568 1982-1986
Box 90 Xin, Du Ming 438244 1986 March 7Box 82, Folder 82 Zappa, Frank 411569 1986Box 86, Box 85,Folder 25, Box 82,Folder 83, Box 90
Zwillich, Ellen T. 411570 1986
Ellis Kohs papers 409315 1930s-1990s, undatedScope and ContentThe Ellis Kohs papers consist primarily of scores (conductor's and parts) of many of Kohs'compositions, including "Amerika", his adaptation of the Franz Kafka novel. Also included issome correspondence and course materials documenting some of his teaching activities inthe School from the 1950s to the 1980s, and programs of performance.
Correspondence and related materials 409633 1951-1995 Box 68, Folder 1 [Alice Ehlers letters] 409496 1973, 1977Box 68, Folder 2 Robert Linn correspondence 409497 1995, undatedBox 68, Folder 3 [USC correspondence] 409498 1954-1987Box 68, Folder 4 USC University Committees roster 409499 1960-1961Box 67, Box 74,Folder 3, Box 68,Folder 5
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Box 61 Scores 409345Scope and Content1) 2 copies of Woodwind Quintet (Studies in Variation--Part I) by Kohs, each withscores for all five instruments. 2) Frescobaldi, XV Caprices by Felice Boghen, 1931. 3)Amerika by Kohs. Percussion score (2 annotated copies). 4) Concerto for Clarinet in Aand Wind Orchestra by Kohs, 1982 (photocopy). 5) Hallelujah by Kohs. 6) Evocation byKohs, 1949. 7) Four Orchestral Songs: I. The Rose; II. The Mountain; III. The Mermaid(Contralto Slo and Orchestra); IV. Epitaph (Tenor Solo and Orchestra) by Kohs. 8)Venticinque Canzoni by G. Frescobaldi. 9) Fatal Interview by Kohs. Inscribed "Propertyof the composer".
Box 62 Scores 409420
Scope and Content1) Amerika, Act II, by Kohs. Piano-Vocal score. 2) Men, text by Gertrude Stein, musicby Kohs. Conductor's score, 1982-1983. 3) Fourteen Anonymous Portraits, text byGertrude Stein, music by Kohs, 1936, revised ed. 1986. 6 copies; one inscribed"E.B.K./Personal Copy". 4) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, solo part, by Kohs. 5)Amerika, Act II, by Kohs. Piano score.
Box 63 Scores 409432
Scope and Content1) XXVth Psalm by Kohs. Conductor's score, 1947. 2 bound copies, 2 manuscriptcopies. 2) Concerto for Orchestra, by Kohs. String instrument scores. 3) Quartet forPiano and Strings by Kohs. Conductor's score and violin and cello scores. 2 copies ofeach. 4) Piano Sonata No. 2, by Kohs.
Box 64 Scores 409466
Scope and ContentKohs scores: 1) Invention #1 for 3 voices; Invention #1 in C and B (2 voices), 1949;Etude in Memory of Bartok, 1946; Three Songs from the Navajo (conductor's score);Invention #7 in E; Invention #2 for Left Hand alone in C#; Invention #8 for Right Handalone in a 6-tone scale; Invention #9 for Left Hand alone in the two mutually exclusivewhole tone scales; Invention #3 for Right Hand alone, in B flat. 2) Elegie and Credo,1951-1952. 3) Subject Cases: A Duo for narrator and Percussionist, text by GertrudeStein, 1982. 4) Suite for Cello and Piano, cello part. 5) Woodwind Quintet. 6) Quartetfor Piano and Strings. 7) Ten Little Pieces, 1940 (2 copies). 8) Variations on a NurseryTune, 1947. 9) Lord of the Ascendant, libretto by Dexter Allen. With pasted-insynopsis. Act I (2 copies), Act II (2 copies), Entr'acte and Act III (2 copies). 10) XXIIIrdPsalm. Conductor's score. 10)
Box 65 Scores 409485
Scope and Content1) Legend for Oboe and Strings. Conductor's score and individual parts. 2) Concertofor Piano & Orchestra. With penciled annotations. 3) Piano Sonata No. 2. Performancecopy. 4) Three Songs from the Navajo. 5) Brass Trio. Conductor's score and individualparts. 6) Elegie and Credo, 1951-1952. Conductor's score and individual parts. 7)Sonata for Snare Drum and Piano. Snare Drum part (3 copies). 8) Duo for Violin andCello after Kafka's Amerika.
Box 66 Scores 409493
Scope and Content1) Capriccio. 2) Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra. 3) Concerto for PercussionQuartet. 4) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Performance scores, annotated. 5)Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Individual parts.
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Box 67 Scores 409495Scope and Content1) Etude--Variations on a Sestatonic Scale. 2) Inventions for Piano. 3) Lohiau andHiiaka, copy #6. With clippings, rehearsal schedule, memorandums regardingperformance. 4) Men, text by Gertrude Stein. Percussion scores and conductor's score.5) Night Watch. 6) Scherzo. 7) Suite for Two Pianos. 8) Three Elegiac Airs (annotated).9) Subject Cases, text by Gertrude Stein.
Box 60 Conductor's scores 409333
Scope and Content1) Roy Harris, Symphony No. 9. Inscribed "Gift of the composer to Ellis B. Kohs". 2)Amerika by Ellis B. Kohs, Act II, Scenes 1-2-3. 3) Studies in Variation, Parts I-IV, byKohs, 1962.
Box 68, Folder 6 [Libretto for "Amerika", no. 64/100] 409501 1969Box 74, Folder 8 [Kohs compositions for Minna Coe] 409638 1967Box 74, Folder 12 Kohs, "Fantasies, Intermezzi and Canonic Etudes" 409639 1985
Box 74, Folder 10 National Music Council Bulletin 409640 1978 FallBox 74, Folder 11 "Compositions by Ellis B. Kohs Performed by Faculty and Students at the
University of Southern California (and elsewhere) 1950-1988" 409641 1997
Box 84, Box 72,Box 69, Box 71,Box 70
Recordings 409610Scope and ContentReel to reel tapes, audiocassettes, LPs, and CDs of Kohs' compositions.
"Counterpoint in Historical Perspective and Compositional Practice" 409503 1977Scope and ContentBox 68: Photocopy of first draft. Box 73: bound photocopy, number 1 of 6 copies.
Box 73 "Musical Composition: Projects in Ways and Means" 409628 1978
Scope and ContentTwo bound photocopies; numbers 1 and 5 of 5 copies.
Miscellaneous 409644 Box 74, Folder 13 Book Club of California keepsake 409645 1951Box 74, Folder 14 Yaddo roster 1926-1951 409646 1951Box 74, Folder 15 Rimsky-Korsakov, "Antar, Symphony No. 2" 409647 undated
Friends of Music records 2763321933-1984Friends of Music from the papers of Lee Leatherman 2758171933-1978
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Friends of Music records 276332 1933-1984Scope and ContentThe Friends of Music records document much of the activities of this organization. Therecords include information about alumni activities as well as fundraising.
Box 4, Folder 41 Friends of Music 276333 1957, 1968-1970, 1981Box 8 Photo album honoring Armand Hammer on his 86th birthday 276523 1984 May 20Box 56, Folder 8 [Friends of Music miscellaneous material] 409308 1974-1975
Friends of Music from the papers of Lee Leatherman 275817 1933-1978Physical Description: 5 boxes
Box 33, Folder 1 Alderman, Pauline 393366 1936-1942Box 33, Folder 2 Alma Trio Reception 393367 1974Box 33, Folder 3 Alumni 393368 1933-1935Box 33, Folder 4 Alumni 393369 1939-1947Box 33, Folder 5 Alumni 393370 1949-1950Box 33, Folder 6 Alumni Board meetings 393371 1973-1976Box 33, Folder 7 Alumni Building Fund 393372 1973Box 33, Folder 8 Alumni Dinner 393373 1972Box 33, Folder 9 Alumni Dinner (Annual Meeting) 393375 1973-1974Box 33, Folder 10 Alumni Dinner (Acceptances) 393376 1975Box 33, Folder 11 Alumni Dinner MENC Meeting, San Francisco 393377 1975Box 33, Folder 12 Alumni (General) 393378 1949Box 33, Folder 13 Alumni (General) 393379 1950Box 33, Folder 14 Alumni (General) 393380 1951Box 33, Folder 15 Alumni General 393388 1952Box 33, Folder 16 Alumni General 393389 1953Box 33, Folder 17 Alumni General 393390 1954Box 33, Folder 18 Alumni General 393391 1955Box 33, Folder 19 Alumni General 393392 1956Box 33, Folder 20 Alumni General 393393 1957Box 33, Folder 21 Alumni General 393394 1958Box 33, Folder 22 Alumni General 393395 1959Box 33, Folder 23 Alumni General 393396 1961Box 33, Folder 24 Alumni General 393397 1962-1963Box 33, Folder 25 Alumni General 393398 1964-1966Box 33, Folder 26 Alumni Newsletter 393399 1973-1974Box 33, Folder 27 Alumni Newsletter (press copy) 393400 1973-1974Box 33, Folder 28 Alumni Reception for P. Alderman 393401 1973Box 33, Folder 29 Awards Recital [Friends or Music] 393402 1971-1972Box 33, Folder 30 Awards Recital and Reception 393403 1972-1975Box 33, Folder 31 Beglarian's Musicale 393404 1975Box 33, Folder 32 Black Tie Dinner 393405 1972Box 33, Folder 33 Black Tie Dinner 393406 1974Box 33, Folder 34 Black Tie Dinner 393407 1975Box 33, Folder 35 Black Tie Dinner 393408 1976Box 33, Folder 36 Board Meetings 393409 1972-1976Box 33, Folder 37 Board of Directors 393410 1966Box 33, Folder 38 Board of Directors 393411 1970-1971Box 33, Folder 39 Board of Directors 393412 1970-1972Box 33, Folder 40 Board of Directors 393413 1972-1973Box 33, Folder 41 Board of Directors 393414 1973-1974Box 33, Folder 42 Board of Directors 393415 1976-1977Box 33, Folder 43 Business 393416 1972Box 33, Folder 44 By-laws 393417 1969-1972Box 33, Folder 45 Cocktail-Reception, Beglarian's 393418 1974
Friends of Music records 2763321933-1984Friends of Music from the papers of Lee Leatherman 2758171933-1978
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Box 8, Folder 1 Heifetz financial statement 276522 1972Box 56, Folder 4 Patrons of the Arts brochure 409302 undatedBox 57 [T-shirt, Thornton School of Music dedication] 409316 1999 March Lillian Backstrand Wilson papers 410652 1900-1944 1930-1940
Scope and ContentLillian Backstrand Wilson was a Professor of Voice in the School of Music.
Box 81, Folder 1 [Memorandums to faculty] 410654 1930Box 81, Folder 2 [Student recital and performance programs] 410655 1900, 1936-1944Box 81, Folder 3 [Faculty performances and brochures] 410656 1921-1941Box 81, Folder 4 [Wilson's notes from lectures] 410657 1930Box 81, Folder 5 [Programs] 410658 1931-1943Box 81, Folder 6 [Summer sessions information, USC School of Music, Northwestern University,
Haywood Institute of Universal Song] 410659 1930-1940Box 81, Folder 7 [Music Teacher's Review, with article by Wilson] 410660 1938 January-FebruaryBox 81, Folder 8 [Schubert-Wa Wan Club bulletin] 410661 1931 MarchBox 81, Folder 9 [Letter and clippings from Dr. Philip M. Lovell] 410662 1938Box 81, Folder 10 [Letter and brochures from John C. Wilcox] 410663 1940Box 81, Folder 11 [Clippings] 410664 1930s-1940s Metropolitan Opera National Council 276467 1957-1968 1966-1968
Scope and ContentThese records document the National Council's western regional auditions, held at USC inthe 1960s.
Box 7,Folder 92-94
Met auditions 276468 1967-1968
Box 7, Folder 95 Western Regional Auditions 276469 1966-1967Box 7, Folder 96 Dr. Kendall 276470 1967Box 7, Folder 97 The National Council of the Metropolitan Opera 276471 1957-1966Box 7, Folder 98 Hook, Howard J., Jr.--National Chairman 276472 1966Box 7, Folder 99 Balazs, Mr. Frederick--Arizona District Director 276473 1965Box 7, Folder 100 Booth, Mrs. Alfred J.--Arizona District Director 276474 1965Box 7, Folder 101 Cowan, Miss Ruth--Santa Barbara District Director 276475 1965 October 20Box 7, Folder 102 Dickinson, Mrs. James R.--Southern Nevada District Director 276476 1965, 1967Box 7, Folder 103 Dickstein, Mr. Martin H.--Northern Nevada District Director 276477 1965Box 7, Folder 104 Erickson, Mrs. Glenn--San Diego District Director 276478 1965-1966Box 7, Folder 105 Roberts, Miss Gwendolyn--San Bernardino District Director 276488 1965-1966Box 7, Folder 106 Taylor, Mrs. King--Arizona District Director 276489 1965 October 20Box 7, Folder 107 Tegnell, Dr. John--San Francisco District Director 276490 1965-1966Box 7, Folder 108 Wermer, Mrs. Paul L.--Los Angeles District Director 276491 1965-1968Box 7, Folder 109 Metropolitan Opera--General 276492 1966-1967 Pauline Alderman papers 393617 1930s-1980s, undated
Scope and ContentThe material in this series documents Professor Alderman's research for her book "We Builda School of Music." Also included are some files of Ellis Kohs, composer and School of Musicprofessor, who led the committee that completed the project after Alderman's death. Theseries also includes some of Professor Alderman's personal correspondence, and historicphotographs and photo albums of USC presumably gathered for the book.
Box 37, Folder 1 [Oral history transcripts] 393618 circa 1970s-1980s
Scope and ContentPearl Alice Macloskey; Wallace Berry; William C. Hartshorn; Ruth Watanabe; NadineConner; John S. Garth.
Box 37, Folder 2 [Ellis Kohs correspondence and notes re Alderman's history] 393619 1980sBox 37, Folder 3-4 [Alderman typescript--2nd and 3rd revisions] 393620 undated
Box 38, Folder 22 80th birthday guestbook 393671 1973 January 21Box 38, Folder 23 [80th birthday letters] 393672 1973 JanuaryBox 38, Folder 24 [Alderman certificate, Second International Congress on Women in Music] 393707
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Box 95, Folder 11 [Mariners W'52 program and patch] 1951Box 95, Folder 12 [Unidentified photographs] circa 1900 Performance 276260 1920s-1980s, undated
Scope and ContentThis series consists of programs, correspondence, and clippings regarding performances bySchool of Music students and faculty, or performances in which School of Music students andfaculty participated. These performances are distinct from the recitals performed as part ofthe curricular activities of the School.
Box 1, Folder 27 Kakafony for Wind Ensemble and Piano by John Carbon 276197 undatedBox 2, Folder 9 Eisteddfod 276233 1925-1926Box 4, Folder 7 Theme and Variations 276261 circa 1940s
Scope and ContentOutlines for music broadcast series.
Phi Phi records 276295 1925-1932, undatedScope and ContentRecords of Phi Phi, Friends of Harmony, a School of Music student and alumni group.
Box 4, Folder 24 Constitution and by-laws 276296Box 4, Folder 25 Rules and Regulations Governing Society Meetings 276297 undatedBox 4, Folder 26 Initiation Ceremony manual, revised 276298 1926 October 27Box 4, Folder 27 Minutes of meetings and membership lists 276299 1925-1932Box 4, Folder 28 Blank invitation card and sample text 276300 undatedBox 4, Folder 29 Minutes of meetings 276301 1932 September-OctoberBox 4, Folder 30 Membership acceptance correspondence 276302 1927, 1930-1932, undatedBox 4, Folder 31 Membership lists and correspondence 276303 1925-1931Box 4, Folder 32 Correspondence 276304 1929-1932Box 4, Folder 33 Correspondence requesting excuse from meetings 276305 1925, 1929, 1931Box 4, Folder 34 Receipts and disbursements ledger 276306 1930 September-1932 DecemberBox 4, Folder 35 Accounts ledger 276307 1925-1929Box 4, Folder 36 Receipt books 276308 1930, 1933, undatedBox 4, Folder 37 Check stubs 276309 1930 October-1931 MayBox 4, Folder 38 Bank statements and checks 276310 1927, 1931-1932, 1933Box 4, Folder 39 Receipts, invoices, and statements 276311 1928-1931 Press and publicity 276165 1909-2010
Scope and ContentClippings, programs, and press releases compiled by School of Music personnel,documenting the activities of the programs in music and drama.
Box 4, Folder 10 Programs and concert announcements 276265 1909-1942Box 84 "The Pacific Coast Musician" 411607 1912 July
Scope and ContentInscribed on the cover "Pearl Alice Macloskey"; contains a photomontage of the School ofMusic faculty on page 9.
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Box 84 "The Music World" 411608 1930 AugustScope and ContentContains "Music and the University" by Rufus B. von Kleinsmid; "College of Music,University of Southern California" by Arthur M. Perry.
409310 1975 Raymond Kendall papers 324589 1925-1983
Scope and ContentPapers of the Dean of the School from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Box 8, Folder 2 Kendall 324590 1948-1983Box 8, Folder 3 Association of American Colleges 324591 1945-1967Box 8, Folder 4 ASCAP--Educ. Constracts 324592 1964-1966Box 8, Folder 5 Bequests to School of Music 324593 1963-1965Box 8, Folder 6 Biocommunications 324594 1967Box 8, Folder 7 Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)--Fellowships in Composition 324595 1960-1963Box 8, Folder 8 CPA--Fund Raising 324596 1964Box 8, Folder 9 BMI Grant--Composition for Television 324597 1967Box 8, Folder 10 Committee on Cultural Events--Next Meeting Agenda 324598 1963-1966Box 8, Folder 11 Committee on Cultural Events--Minutes, Reports 324599 1956-1963Box 8, Folder 12 Committee on Cultural Events--Speakers 324600 1963-1964Box 8, Folder 13 CMP--Contemporary Music Project 324601 1966-1967Box 8, Folder 14 Communications and Special Events Committee 324602 1966-1967Box 8, Folder 15 Danforth Foundation 324603 1958-1966Box 8, Folder 16 Fulbright Award Auditions 324604 1962-1967Box 8, Folder 17 Lorenzo, Leonardo de--Flute Collection 324605 1925, 1953-1961Box 8, Folder 18 Idyllwild 324606 1957Box 8, Folder 19 International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) 324607 1943-1962Box 8, Folder 20 Curriculum Committee 324608 1968
Raymond Kendall papers 3245891925-1983
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Box 8, Folder 21 Music Editor's Journal 324609 1968-1969Box 8, Folder 22 Los Angeles Music and Art School 324610 1959, 1961Box 8, Folder 23 Monterey Jazz Festival Music Study Grants 324611 1967-1968Box 8, Folder 24 Musical Theater Workshop (Civic Light Opera Project) (Confidential) 324612
1963-1966Box 8, Folder 25 Musical Theater Workshop Joint Advisory Committee 324613 1966-1967Box 8, Folder 26 Philomel [financial] 324614 1964-1968Box 8, Folder 27 National Association of Teachers of Singing 324615 1949-1963Box 8, Folder 28 Rockefeller Foundation--Orchestra Project 324616 1965-1966Box 8, Folder 29 Rockefeller Foundation--Orchestra Project 324617 1967Box 8, Folder 30 School of Performing Arts--Announcement 324618 1965-1966Box 8, Folder 31 Cinema Division--Correspondence 324619 1966Box 8, Folder 32 School of Performing Arts--Dance 324620 1966 August 17Box 8, Folder 33 Screen Composers' Association 324621 1966Box 8, Folder 34 State Dept.--Exchange of Persons 324622 1967Box 8, Folder 35 Stravinsky MSS Donation 324623 1959Box 8, Folder 36 Tanglewood Symposium Project (MENC) 324624 1967Box 8, Folder 37 1966 USOE/USC Institute 324625 1965-1966Box 8, Folder 38 Visitors--H.R.H., Princess Irene of Greece 324626 1966-1967Box 8, Folder 39 Trojan Quartet--Munich 324627 1965-1966 Ralph E. Rush papers 443321
Scope and ContentThe papers in this series were created and collected by Ralph E. Rush, professor of musiceducation at USC and conductor of the Junior High School Orchestra at ISOMATA, theIdyllwild School of Music and the Arts, from 1956-1963. The majority of these papersdocuments Rush's work at Idyllwild, and contain concert programs; Rush's Junior High SchoolOrchestra, Band, and Chorus files; copies of "ISOMATAN" (the summer camp's newsletter);photographs; brochures and general information about the Foundation. Also included arenon-Idyllwild records: Rush's file; on choral music; some programs from concerts where Rushwas guest conductor; an accreditation report for the USC Music Education program; andsome miscellaneous academic files.
Box 91, Folder 1 [Idyllwilde Arts Foundation brochures and general information] 443344 1955-1956,
Scope and ContentPrimarily concerning academic affairs at ISOMATA.
Box 91, Folder 3 [Idyllwild Arts Foundation programs] 443346 1953, 1955Box 91, Folder 4 [Idyllwild Arts Foundation President's Report] 443347 1960Box 91, Folder 5 [Idyllwild and USC] 443348 1961-1962Box 91, Folder 6 [Idyllwild, CA general information] 443349 1952, 1954Box 91, Folder 7 [Junior High School Orchestra camp] 443350 1956Box 91, Folder 8 [Junior High School Orchestra camp] 443351 1957Box 91,Folder 9-10
[Junior High School Orchestra camp] 443352 1958
Box 91, Folder 11 [Junior High School Orchestra camp] 443353 1959Box 91, Folder 12 [Junior High School Orchestra, Chorus, and Band camp] 443354 1960Box 91, Folder 13 [Junior High School Orchestra, Chorus, and Band camp] 443355 1961Box 92, Folder 1-4 [Annotated ISOMATA newsletters] 443356 1957, 1959-1961Box 94 [ISOMATA programs and photographs scrapbook] 443372 1950-1962Box 92, Folder 5 ISOMATAN 443357 1958-1963Box 92, Folder 6 [ISOMATA programs] 443358 1955-1960Box 93, Folder 1,Box 94
[Photographs] 443364 circa 1960Scope and ContentPhotographs featuring Rush and the ISOMATA high school orchestra.
Ralph E. Rush papers 443321
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Box 93, Folder 2 [George William Burt thesis] 443365 1950 AugustBox 93, Folder 3 Instrumentation/Double Bass Class 443366 1942-1944Box 93, Folder 4 Western College Survey 443367 1956Box 93, Folder 5 [Programs for concerts and camps, music education] 443368 1948-1960Box 93, Folder 6 [All-Ohio High School Symphony Orchestra] 443369 1956 NovemberBox 93, Folder 7 [Choral Music file] 443371 1951-1964Box 93, Folder 8 [American String Teachers Association strings conferences] 443370 1960 Students and faculty 276200 1897-1989
Scope and ContentThis series contains material documenting the activities, generally performance-related, ofSchool of Music students and faculty, including programs of the annual recitals performed bystudents. Also included are records of the School's faculty meetings and some informationabout Phi Phi and other student organizations.
Box 4, Folder 23 Alexander Stewart 276294 1916-1917Box 4, Folder 43 ASCAP Awards letter 276336 1988 August 19Box 4, Folder 44 Larry Livingston clipping 276337 1986 September 17Box 4, Folder 45 "Orchestra" sketch [copy] 276338 1983Box 4, Folder 47 Abram Chasins 276339 1972, 1987Box 4, Folder 48 Gabor Rejto 276340 1978-1987, undatedBox 4, Folder 49 Brochures, choral organization 276341 1924, 1962, 1984-1985, undatedBox 4, Folder 55 George Montgomery/"No Love Atoll" 276348 1948Box 4, Folder 57 Paul La Rosa and MIDI 276349 1987Box 6 Unidentified music scores 276358 undatedBox 10, Folder 10 Faculty meeting [minutes] 390909 1915-1917Box 10, Folder 20 Pemberton, C.E. 391095 1929-1930Box 10, Folder 21 Phi Phi 391096 1926-1934Box 10, Folder 39 [Faculty dues and banquet ledger] 391472 1910-1930Box 40, Folder 11 Schaefer, William 404903 1952-1970Box 40, Folder 12 Vennard, William 404904 1946-1975Box 40, Folder 17 [Student notes on Edgard Varese] 407753 undatedBox 40, Folder 18 [Irene Robertson's piano score book] 407754 circa 1910Box 19, Folder 3 Irene Robertson, "Christ Triumphant" score 407755 undatedBox 56, Folder 5 Abram Chasins course brochure 409303 1972Box 56, Folder 9 [William Benulis course notes] 409306 1952Box 56, Folder 10 [Photos of faculty?] 409307 undatedBox 56, Folder 13 [Miscellaneous programs] 409309 1973-1974
Scope and ContentFor the academic years 1950-1951, 1951-1952, 1952-1953, 1953-1954, 1954-1955,1955-1956, 1956-1957, 1957-1958, 1958-1959, 1959-1960. Two copies of each, withthe exception of 1950-1951 (one copy only).
Box 25 Faculty and student recitals bound programs 391706 1960-1971
Scope and ContentFor the academic years 1960-1961 (2 copies), 1961-1962 (2 copies), 1962-1963 (2copies), 1963-1964 (2 copies), 1964-1965 (1 copy), 1965-1966 (1 copy), 1968-1969 (2copies), 1969-1970 (1 copy), 1970-1971 (1 copy). 1966-1967 and 1967-1968 missing.
Students and faculty 2762001897-1989Recitals 3934721897-1989
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Box 26 Faculty and student recitals bound programs 391707 1972-1978Scope and ContentFor the academic years 1972-1973 (2 copies), 1973-1974 Parts 1 & 2 (1 copy),1974-1975 Parts 1 & 2 (2 copies), 1975-1976 Parts 1 & 2 (2 copies), 1976-1977 Parts 1& 2 (1 copy), 1977-1978 Parts 1 & 2 (2 copies).
Box 27 Faculty and student recitals bound programs 391708 1978-1982
Scope and ContentFor the academic years 1978-1979 Parts 1 & 2 (2 copies), 1980-1981 Parts 1 & 2 (2copies), 1981-1982 Parts 1 & 2 (2 copies).
Box 28 Faculty and student recitals bound programs 391709 1982-1987
Scope and ContentFor the academic years 1982-1983 Parts 1 & 2 (2 and 1 copy respectively), 1983-1984Parts 1 & 2 (2 copies), 1984-1985 Parts 1 & 2 (2 copies), 1985-1986 Parts 1 & 2 (2copies), 1986-1987 Parts 1 & 2 (2 copies).
Box 54 Recital programs 409260 1967-1989
Student Organizations 409250 1925-1938 Box 51 Honorary Music Club 409249 1925-1938
Scope and ContentTreasury Book; constitution and by-laws; miscellaneous letters.
Box 51 Associated Students 409252 1926-1933
Scope and ContentConstitution; meeting minutes.
Box 104 William Thomson papers circa 1978-2004
Scope and ContentsPapers of William E. Thomson, Dean of the School of Music fromn 1979-1984. Includesphotographs, clippings, correspondence, printed ephemera, programs, and newsletters.Processing InformationThis series is unprocessed.
Miscellaneous 390912 1920-1948 Box 10, Folder 11 German Institute of Music for Foreigners, Berlin, brochure 390913 1939Box 10, Folder 12 Program, 30th Annual Convention, the Music Teachers' Association 390914 1940Box 10, Folder 15 "Music in War Plants" by Wheeler Beckett 390915 1943 AugustBox 10, Folder 16 "Information Please! for Delegates and Guests attending the National Federation of
Music Clubs Convention" 390916 1941Box 10, Folder 25 National Guild of Piano Teachers, American College of Musicians, National Fraternity
of Student Musicians Yearbook and National Directory 391103 1946Box 10, Folder 27 Schweitzer, Albert 391104 1948Box 2, Folder 14 Pi Kappa Lambda historical booklet 276238 1937Box 2, Folder 11 Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles 276234 1920-1921Box 84 [Program, Twenty Organ Recitals by Arthur W. Poister, University of Redlands]
411609 1929
Choral Department 1948-1975
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Box 101, Box 102,Box 103
Choral Department 1948-1975Scope and ContentsChoral Department scrapbooks and photographs: A Cappella Choic (1948-1950, 1951-1952);Trojan Glee Clubs (1960-1961); 20th anniversary of the Department of Church Music (1966);Women's Glee Club (1959-1960); Trojan Chorale (1968-1969, 1969, 1970-1971); andChamber Singers (1961, 1966-1967, 1974-1975); photographs and brochures for TrojanChorale; LP of USC Chamber Singers.