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06. Music Library

 Collecting Area
Identifier: 06

Found in 173 Collections and/or Records:

Dennis Wakeling Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-032
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of six boxes, which primarily contain Wakeling's translations of libretti in multiple languages, most often written in music scores or copies of them. Also present are materials from collaboration with other scholars and artists, stage sketches, and ephemera.

Dates: 1884-1990
Found in: Music Library

Adam Makowicz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-034
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 18 boxes of correspondence, photos, promotional materials, and sound recordings from the career of Adam Makowicz, spanning the early 1970s through 2009.

Dates: 1973-2009
Found in: Music Library

David Earl Holt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-033
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of six boxes of original compositions, arrangements, correspondence, photographs from Holt's career as a trombonist, and assorted sound recordings and media files.

Dates: 1947-1996
Found in: Music Library

Richard Hogan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-035
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 6 boxes of photos, publicity materials, and cassette tapes of interviews from Richard Hogan.

Dates: 1973-2000
Found in: Music Library

Don Jacoby Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-036
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of four boxes, which primarily contain scores of works and arrangements by Jacoby and others, along with other papers and a small collection of sound and video recordings.

Dates: 1959-1999
Found in: Music Library

Gene Hall Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-041
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of sixteen boxes of papers, correspondence, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and music for jazz ensembles of various sizes, as well as one piece of realia.

Dates: 1944-1993
Found in: Music Library

Regina Music Box Records

 Collection
Identifier: 06-039
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of six boxes of metal Regina Music Box records of popular songs, folk songs, and excerpts of well known classical works.

Dates: 1892-1921
Found in: Music Library

Dr. William P. Latham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-040
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of about 50 boxes of Latham's compositions and papers.

Dates: 1938-2002
Found in: Music Library

Don and Barbara Gillis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-002
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Don Gillis' compositions and papers, reel-to-reel recordings of many of his compositions and Gillis' discussing his works, and materials related to the series Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend, which Gillis produced. Gillis' wife Barbara oversaw the donation of this collection, and was a lifelong advocate of Mr.Gillis' work. Gillis' compositions represent his career from the early 1930s through the 1970s, and include sacred,...
Dates: 1932-1977
Found in: Music Library

Larry Walz Recordings

 Collection
Identifier: 06-009
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one box of reel-to-reel tape recordings donated by pianist and former faculty member of the College of Music, Larry Walz. Most recordings are of Walz' own performances, but also include students and other performers.

Dates: 1960-1980
Found in: Music Library

Hedley Cooper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-008
Scope and Contents

This small collection contains autograph manuscripts of short compositions, as well as photocopies, and clippings from the life and career of Hedley Cooper.

Dates: 1932; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Acquisition: Date acquired: 02/00/1992
Found in: Music Library

Christopher Small Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-006
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one box containing 17 spiral-bound books of photocopies of handwritten notes by Christopher Small; gaps in the numbering of the books indicate that some volumes may be missing. Also present are a paper inventory of the collection, and a 3.5" floppy disk which has so far been unreadable. The notebooks are undated, but consist of Small's commentaries on publications about music and culture published between 1930 and 1985.

Dates: undated
Found in: Music Library

Eugene Conley Recordings

 Collection
Identifier: 06-007
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of  ten boxes, eight of which contain recordings in various formats and include performances by Conley,  the Metropolitan Opera, and Conley's students and colleagues. Also included are a small collection of sheet music and a folder of photographs.

Dates: 1951-1978
Found in: Music Library

Chris Xeros Recordings

 Collection
Identifier: 06-010
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two boxes of cassette recordings of the Richardson (TX) Symphony Orchestra, the Allen (TX) Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, and other projects with which Xeros was involved.

Dates: 1972-1991
Found in: Music Library

John K. Neill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-011
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of five boxes, which primarily contain various arrangements by John Neill. Also present are a small amount of set lists, performance programs, and promotional materials. The music consists primarily of "American songbook" tunes and some selections of sacred music.

Dates: 1971-1986
Found in: Music Library

Phil Trumbly - Sally Hoffecker Recordings

 Collection
Identifier: 06-012
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one box of cassette tapes, including recordings of lectures at music education meetings.

Dates: 1995-1998
Found in: Music Library

Ben A. Brown Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 06-043
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one box of company records and memorabilia from Ben A. Brown, proprietor of the Music Exchange sheet music store in New York City, on the tenth floor of the Professional Music Building at 141 West 46th Street.

Dates: Date unknown
Found in: Music Library

Jerry Samuels Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-005
Abstract

Papers and audio recordings from the collection of Jerry Samuels.

Dates: 1973-2003
Found in: Music Library

Marian Mapes-Bouck Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-016
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one box, which primarily contains musical compositions, arrangements, and other writings by Marian Mapes-Bouck, as well as ephemera and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1947-1984; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Acquisition: Date acquired: 00/00/2012
Found in: Music Library

Osborn Duke Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-015
Scope and Contents The collection consists of eight boxes, containing materials from Duke's years at North Texas State Teacher's College, numerous photos from his overseas deployment in the Second World War and from his time as a working musician in the post-war years, and materials related to his career as a writer (including the novel Sideman), and his work with the General Dynamics Corporation, and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Highlights of the collection include...
Dates: 1934-1983; Majority of material found in 1940-1980
Found in: Music Library

Julia Smith Collection (Music)

 Collection
Identifier: 06-021
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of approximately 67 boxes of music books, scores, correspondence, memorabilia, manuscripts, photographs, and recordings relating to the career of composer and University of North Texas alumna, Julia Smith (1905-1989), as well as Smith's handwritten transcriptions of more than a dozen scores by Aaron Copland.

Dates: 1920-1989; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Acquisition: Date acquired: 00/00/1989
Found in: Music Library

Cecil Adkins and Alis Dickinson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-175
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 16 boxes of materials from the life and careers of Dr. Cecil Adkins (1932-2015) and Dr. Alis Dickinson (1936-2019), who were married in 1967 and both served on the faculty of the UNT College of Music.

Dates: 1400-2015; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Acquisition: Date acquired: 04/19/2016
Found in: Music Library

Simon Bucharoff Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-014
Scope and Contents The collection consists of fifty boxes, mainly of the compositions and papers of Simon Bucharoff (1881-1955), along with materials related to Bucharoff's brother, Isadore Buchhalter, papers related to activities of Bucharoff's estate, one piece of realia, and the documentation that accompanied the collection from the University of Houston. Bucharoff's papers consist mainly of correspondence, but also include clippings, photographs, concert programs, promotional materials, and writings on...
Dates: 1887-1992; Majority of material found in 1916-1967; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Acquisition: Date acquired: 00/00/2010
Found in: Music Library

Stan Kenton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-017
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of over 500 boxes of scores, parts, photographs, videotapes, and other materials.

Dates: 1936-2001; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Acquisition: Date acquired: 00/00/1962
Found in: Music Library

Rosalind Simpson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 06-173
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of three boxes of notated music, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and performance programs.

Dates: 1962-2012
Found in: Music Library