Music
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Centennial Oral History Collection, 2012-2013
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 347
Summary
Oral history interviews conducted by students and staff, prior to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Centennial in 2016. The interviews cover a wide range of topics related to the history of the school. Includes digital materials.
Dates:
2012-2013
Eleanor Jones Papers, 1921-2023
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 378
Summary
Materials collected by Eleanor Jones, a native of the Chippewa/Eau Claire area, in her time as a musician in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve Band during World War II, after the war in the group known as the “Hormel Girls” promoting the Hormel Foods Company, and her life after touring with the Hormel Girls. The collection consists of photographs, correspondence, documents, scrapbooks, travel memorabilia, military medals and hats, books, writings by Jones, Jones's silver trombone, and oral...
Dates:
1921-2023
George King Trio Collection, circa 1939-1960, 2019
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 391
Summary
Collection of the George King Trio, an Eau Claire, Wisconsin, based Big Band musical group from circa 1939-1950s. Original members were George King, Jack O’Farrell, Bob Giese, and vocalist Anita Berg. They performed at area night clubs and supper clubs such as Buck and Otto’s Supper Club and toured around Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The group took a hiatus during World War II but performed together again into the early 1950s. The members continued to perform together and...
Dates:
circa 1939-1960, 2019
Guide to the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra Records, 1976-2012
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 388
Summary
Material collected by the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra after its founding in 1975 by a small group of musicians under the musical direction of Roy Bennet, assistant professor of music at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, along with Dale Young, a music instructor at Central Jr. High, as concertmaster. Collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, program brochures, grant applications, and documents about outreach programs, and various ephemera from the...
Dates:
1976-2012
John L. Buchholz Jazz Library, 1913-1999
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 342
Summary
Consisting of over 1,400 charts and nearly 1,000 record albums, the John L. Buchholz Jazz Library presents a treasure of jazz information. Particularly strong in big band charts and recordings of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, the collection contains materials from numerous jazz legends. Collected over a span of forty years by Edward "Pete" Petersen, a Dallas area big band leader, the collection was given to the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire in 2012. The collection was named in honor of John...
Dates:
1913-1999
Media Development Center Negatives, 1916-2005 (bulk 1960-2005)
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 104
Summary
The Media Development Center provides photographic, audio, videotape, and graphic services to the University community. In 1955, a faculty member was appointed Director of Audio-Visual Aids to assist the faculty in preparing film orders and evaluating equipment. A full-fledged Audio-Visual Services department existed by the early 1960s and was responsible for audio-visual instruction, equipment purchase and distribution, offset duplicating, production of educational materials, and...
Dates:
1916-2005 (bulk 1960-2005)
Midwest Institute of Scandinavian Culture Collection, 1960-2023
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 382
Summary
The Midwest Institute of Scandinavian Culture (Nordenfolk) collection shows the influence of ethnic Scandinavian roots on local Midwestern culture and documents the activity of the organization both regionally and abroad. Includes meeting minutes, bylaws, program materials, correspondence, maps, annual reports, certifications, photographs, scrapbooks, blueprints, membership lists, newsletters, and a 30-minute digitized documentary of the institute’s history, from 1960-2023 (bulk...
Dates:
1960-2023
Morris Hayes Papers, 1963-1987
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 382
Summary
Personal and professional documents relating to the career of Morris D. Hayes, University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Director of Choral Organizations from 1966-1987. Includes music programs, correspondence, photographs, a recording of "A Choral Salute to Morris D. Hayes” (1986-87) and distinguished service award presentation (1980), and 2 blue and gold beanie hats that say “Morris Hayes.”
Dates:
1963-1987
Sounds of Eau Claire Oral History Project, 2017-2019
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 361
Summary
The project, a collaboration between the Special Collections and Archives Department of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's McIntyre Library, the Chippewa Valley Museum, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's History Department, and Blugold Radio, LLC., aimed to document and better understand the late 19th and early 20th century music scene in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and the broader Chippewa Valley region. Includes oral history transcripts, project files, materials donated/captured in...
Dates:
2017-2019
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Department of Music and Theatre Arts Records, 1928-2023
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 582
Summary
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Department of Music and Theatre Arts Records, ranging from 1928-2023. Clara Mae Ward became Eau Claire State Normal School’s music teacher during the 1923-1924 school year. She initiated the school’s first orchestra and helped revitalize vocal music groups. Robert Gantner was hired during the 1940s and there was much growth in the music department. The Department of Communication and Theatre Arts was formed in 1983, and was preceded by the Department of...
Dates:
1928-2023