Music in education

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Professional organization. Records of the Oklahoma Music Educators Association. Included are subject files (1960-1992) covering topics such as All-State Band, Orchestra, and Chorus, conventions, financial records, and Executive Board files (1985-1991) including correspondence, minutes, and reports; President's files (1967-1971); and printed materials including a copy of "Isaac Days Book" (handwritten drum instruction book) ca. 1776. Transcripts of oral history interviews of Oklahoma school band directors conducted by George McDow. Printed materials including Instrumental handbook (1949-50), All-state Band program (1961), Tri-state music festival program (1972)"Comments of the playing of the bands at the National High School Band Contest, May 27-28 at Council Bluffs, Iowa", Proceedings of the First Biennial Conference of College...

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Music professor. Correspondence (1910-1956) to and from Carpenter regarding his studies at the Conservatoire Nationale in Paris, his appointment to the faculty of the University of Oklahoma in 1914, his 1946 appointment as Dean of Fine Arts at the University, and his book "Music, An Art and a Business" which was unfinished at the time of his death; financial records (1940-1949); note cards (n.d.) with a bibliography of music books; scrapbooks (n.d.) of musical scores with accompanying notes; and publications (1870-1954) including musical scores, programs, and journals. Also included is a two-page genealogical listing tracing the Carpenter family history from 1675 to 1949.