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Brown University Department of Music records (OF.1ZMU.1)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

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

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

Series II. Correspondence, 1930-1953

Subseries 1.

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

Subseries 2.

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

Subseries 3.

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

Subseries 4.

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

Subseries 5.

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

Subseries 6.

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

Subseries 7.

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

Subseries 8.

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

Subseries 9.

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

Subseries 10.

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

Subseries 11.

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

Subseries 12.

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

Subseries 13.

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

Subseries 14.

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

Subseries 15.

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

Subseries 16.

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

Subseries 17. Coolidge

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

Subseries 18. Greene

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

Series III. Classes, 1930-1956

Subseries 1. Music 1

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

Subseries 2. Music 1C

Container Description Date
Box 14
undated

Subseries 3. Music 1(2)

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

Subseries 4. Music 2

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

Subseries 5. Music 3A

Container Description Date
Box 15
1943
Box 15
1944

Subseries 6. Music 3

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

Subseries 7. Music 3(4)

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

Subseries 8. Music 4A

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

Subseries 9. Music 4

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

Subseries 10. Music 5A

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

Subseries 11. Music 5

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

Subseries 12. Music 5(6)

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

Subseries 13. Music 6

Container Description Date
Box 15
1935

Subseries 14. Music 15

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

Subseries 15. Music 15(16)

Container Description Date
Box 16
1939

Subseries 16. Music 16

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

Subseries 17. Music 17

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

Subseries 18. Music 17(18)

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

Subseries 19. Music 18

Container Description Date
Box 16
1945

Subseries 20. Music 23

Container Description Date
Box 16
1943

Subseries 21. Music 71

Container Description Date
Box 16
1952

Subseries 22. Music 105

Container Description Date
Box 16
1951-1952

Subseries 23. Music 118(119)

Container Description Date
Box 16
1937

Subseries 24. Music 119

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

Subseries 25. Music 191

Container Description Date
Box 16
1955

Subseries 26. Music 198

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

Subseries 27. Music D1

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

Subseries 28. Applied music

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

Subseries 29. Honors Program

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

Subseries 30. Special exams

Container Description Date
Box 19
1931

Subseries 31. Comprehensive exams

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

Series IV. Brown musical organizations, 1930-1962

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

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

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

Series VI. Concerts, 1919-1952

Subseries 1. Brown Musical Club concerts

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

Subseries 2. Brown Concert Series

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

Subseries 3. Miscellaneous concerts

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

Series VII. Concert programs, 1858-2009

Subseries 1. Programs: 1858-2009

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

Subseries 2. Departmental concert programs

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

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

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

Series IX. Surveys, 1942-1956, undated

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

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

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