Scope and Contents Recordings and music scores including over 270 music books and sheet music, dating from the 1880s through the 1940s (some later), and more than 340 recordings from the 1900s through the 1970s. The scores are primarily classical and popular arrangements for music students; the vinyl records, which are mostly pop, also include classical, juvenile, jazz and country-western.The older items are from the music library of David Todd and Catherine (Firestone) Stump, Davis'...

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Programs from concerts, recitals, plays, exhibittions and more presented by the Fine Arts Division at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University), bound by academic year. Also includes composers' presentation scores.

Scope and Contents Dr. Dale Jorgenson’s research documents for the writing of his book The Life of Karl Anton, 1887—1956. The items he collected include a variety of Karl Anton’s performance programs, newspaper articles, letters (including between Anton and Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a famous theologian and musicologist who was a contemporary of Karl Anton), published works, unpublished manuscripts, and transcriptions of sermons and lectures. There are also photocopies of Anton’s books, articles, and school...

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A collection of folk songs, Civil War era music, musical studies, selections from various operas, and much more, this 19th-20th century sheet music collection was accumulated by Dr. Pauline Dingle Knobbs, professor emeritus of social science and alumna from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University).

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Two hundred twenty-six glass lantern slides to project sheet music to a group of people. The slides feature music for a variety of genres, including folk and classical songs, school cheers, holiday music, and popular songs of the time. The collection also include copy of a newspaper article from The Index, the newspaper of what is now Truman State University, about the slides.

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Signed photographs and sheet music, as well as miscellaneous items from the Handy Brothers Music Co.