Music

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This collection includes Emens musical and play programs, football programs, basketball programs, marching band records, and photographs collected by alumnus Arthur Conner from Ball State University events ranging from 1958-2011.

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This collection includes reel-to-reel tapes, vinyl records, and compact discs from Ball State University's School of Music ranging from 1956 to 2009 regarding performances by Ball State University Choirs and professional artists. Furthermore, the collection is divided into different series depending on the media type. The first two series are arranged chronologically, however, the last series of compact discs is arranged according to the numbering system provided by the School of Music.

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This collection includes faculty biographical files from Ball State University's School of Music ranging from the 1960s through 2010. They contain newspaper clippings, programs, correspondence, curriculum vitaes, and other biographical materials. The files are in one series.

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This collection includes recorded musical lessons and performances from Mitchell Andrews in DVD, U-matic, and VHS formats ranging from 1982 to 1996. Box 1 contains the lessons in U-matic format. Box 2 contains the same lessons in VHS format along with a performance DVD.

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This collection includes scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and other ephemera compiled by the Ball State University School of Music documenting the activities of the school, including performances, student activities, and faculty activities. The scrapbooks in this collection were compiled chronologically.

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This collection includes subject files documenting Ball State University School of Music faculty, events, performance groups, students, and administration.

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This collection consists of player piano rolls and related publications produced by Duo-Art (The Aeolian Company) between 1909 and 1932. The player piano rolls and publications were originally owned by the Bracken family and were donated, along with Bracken House, to Ball State University upon the death of Rosemary Bracken in 1997.

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This collection includes sheet music, college publications, fraternity records, and a scrapbook from Chester Curry's time at Ball State Teachers College. Materials range from 1938 to 1997.

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This collection includes brochures from Ball State University Office of Business Affairs in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1968 to 2006 regarding Emens Auditorium Artist and Concert Series.

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This collection includes programs, photographs, and news releases from Ball State University Office of Business Affairs, Indiana ranging from 1964 to 1976 regarding Emens Auditorium Concert Series.

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This collection includes news releases, photographs, playbills, and biographies from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1963 to 1975 regarding Emens Auditorium's Focus Series.

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This collection includes brochures, programs, photographs, business documents, and press releases from Ball State University Office of Business Affairs in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1964 to 2002 regarding Emens Auditorium special performances.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of records ranging from 1790 to 2009 documenting the personal and professional life of Dr. Gene Sharp McCreery of Harrison Township, Delaware County, Indiana. Records include personal documents (transcripts, certificates and diplomas, land deeds, membership cards, daily planners, yearbooks, greeting cards, and correspondence); international records documenting McCreery’s humanitarian work in various countries (program administrative records, foreign language study...

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This collection includes programs, newspaper articles, audio performances, posters, and personal articles from George Wolfe regarding his work with the Ball State University School of Music and the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies in Muncie, IN ranging from 1969 to 2014.

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This collection includes bound programs from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra located in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1938 to 2005 regarding concert programs and events.

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This collection consists of a variety of music folders, scrapbooks, reel-to-reel recordings and two vinyl albums. Also included are a mute maker and two mouth pieces.

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This collection contains horn sheet music (with inventory lists), exercise books, and other study materials collected by Max Pottag; musical compositions created by Pottag; and certificates, performance programs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings ranging from 1892 to 1985.

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This collection includes administrative records, correspondence, programs, scrapbooks, secretaries' records books, secretaries' reports, yearbooks, and Student and Junior Matinee Musicale records and scrapbooks from the Muncie Matinee Musicale club in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1889 to 2001 regarding club history and administration, and Matinee Musicale and Junior Matinee Musicale events and activities.

Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of programs and related material (1950-current) and program records (1948-1992). It also contains publications of the Civic Music Association, a Record Book of Muncie Civic and College Symphony association (1949-1962), board meeting and minutes (1961-1970), programs, repertoires (1949-50/1981-82), programs from national, out-of-state performances, schedules (1968-86), information on a Psi Iota Xi Pops Concert, newsletters (1978-current), a 25-year brief...

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This collection includes programs of musical performances by the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity held at Ball State University, newspaper clippings regarding the fraternity, photographs, and composite photographs.

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This collection includes samples of artists works and their correspondence with the Sursa Performance Hall Foyer Commission regarding proposed art installations in the Hall from 2004 to 2005.

Scope and Contents This collection includes research involved in creating a video about the 1915 film, The Man Haters. It includes documents about the original cast members, the producer, the local newspaper popularity contest, working papers for the grant application, production videos, still photographs from the original film, personal photographs of the cast members, and a copy of a publication written by Nancy Turner about the project ranging from 1894 to 1997...

Scope and Contents The Thomas A. Sargent papers include information about the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, manuscripts, correspondence, interviews, audiocassettes, and photocopies of pictures of the orchestra through the years. The correspondence file contains letters to and from colleagues, faculty members, friends, as well as his letters to the publisher of his book, "The Muncie Symphony Orchestra: Fifty Seasons of Music." The interview file contains transcripts of Thomas A. Sargent's interviews with various...