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Music and musicians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Ohio River Sheet Music and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3810
Overview

This collection contains photocopies of sheet music, photographs, and other material regarding music that was played on or associated with steamboats traveling the Ohio River in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: ca. 1845-1930, 1985-1986

Patrick Ward Gainer (1904-1981), Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3003
Overview Archives of an eminent folklorist and professor of English at West Virginia University. Manuscripts include field folklore collections, lecture notes, book manuscripts, correspondence, student papers, and folksong arrangements. There are also materials regarding Gainer's position as director of South Atlantic USO activities during World War II and a journal of a folksong collecting trip to Ireland in 1961. Also one hundred and fifty-three audio tapes containing vocal and instrumental folk...
Dates: 1890-1981

Phi Beta Kappa, West Virginia University Chapter, Contract with Musical Group from Papers of Margaret Holt

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3802
Overview

One contract between Phi Beta Kappa fraternity and Musicians' Protective Association, Local No. 562, of Morgantown for services of Bob Grove and "The Aristocrats" for a performance at the West Virginia University Armory. The contract stipulates a performance between 3:00 and 5:30 PM for a fee of $120.00. This contract was found among the papers of the donor's mother, Margaret Holt, who was a West Virginia University employee.

Dates: 1947

Rodney A. Pyles, Collector, Programs regarding Events in Morgantown (W.Va.)

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3368
Overview

Programs (ca. 50 items) for: West Virginia University (WVU) School of Music and theatrical events; various fine arts events in Morgantown, Clarksburg, and Buckhannon, WV. Also includes WVU faculty manual (1966) and rough manuscript notes regarding the Roy Bird Cook Collection at the West Virginia Collection, WVU.

Dates: 1948-1966

West Virginia University, College of Creative Arts, Clifford Brown, Music Professor, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2820
Overview

Newspaper clippings, photos, brochures, and programs concerning the career of Cliff Brown, WVU music professor and bandmaster, and the conducting of musical education and programs at WVU. Noteworthy is a program for the dedication of the "E" flag, a military designated award for excellence in war production, to the Morgantown Ordinance Works during World War II.

Dates: ca. 1940-60

West Virginia University, College of Creative Arts, Publicity Office, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5054
Overview Records of the WVU. College of Creative Arts. Publicity Office. Includes clippings (Music Dept., 1953-54; CAC, 1964-69); newsletters (Music Dept., 1950-66; CAC, 1982-83, 1992-95); and news releases (CAC, 1969-77, 1986-95). There are scrapbooks for the Women's Music Club (1 volume, 1904-1919), Music Dept. (1 volume, 1951-59), and CAC events (9 volumes, 1966-92). A photo album contains photographs of the construction of Eisland Hall (ca.1953-54). There are also slides, photographs, and other...
Dates: 1897-1995