Willard Kimball, Music Papers
Title: Willard Kimball,
Music Papers
Creator: Kimball, Willard
Dates: 1860-1931
Quantity: 1 box
Collection Number: RG 57-08-03
Language: English
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Biographical Note:
Willard Kimball (1854-1939) was the founder of the University of
Nebraska–Lincoln School of Music and its first director (1894-1909). Kimball's
papers, books, scrapbooks, and personal effects are housed in the Music Library. Of
special interest are papers pertaining to Kimball's involvement in the formation of
the School of Music as a private institution and then his activities in support of
its subsequent purchase and annexation to the University of Nebraska.
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks kept by Willard Kimball, the
founder of the then University School of Music in Lincoln, Nebraska, detailing his
musical and administrative involvement with UNL, trips, correspondence sent and
received, performances he and his family were involved in, as well as other
miscellaneous matters between 1894 and 1939.
An appraisal of property in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, identifies Kimball's outside
interests in business, which he pursued while still acting as director of the
University School of Music.
Kimball also wrote an alma mater, or anthem, for the school. The manuscript is
included in an envelope.
Also included are various music resources, including organ music, several hymnals,
books for music theory instruction and general music texts. A number of texts were
owned by John M. Rosborough. These can be found through the Libraries catalog.
Subjects:
Kimball, Willard, 1854-1939
Scrapbooks
Hymns, English
Organ music
Antiphons (Music)
Music theory
Musical form
Music memorizing
Psalms (Music)
Piano - Methods
Gregorian chants
Music appreciation
Music - Instruction and study
Harmony
Singing
Choirs (Music)
St. Olaf Choir (St. Olaf College)
Series Description:
Series 1: Scrapbooks and personal papersContains three scrapbooks, a guestbook, a piece of manuscript music, and an
appraisal of a property, with materials dated 1860 to 1931.
Series 2: Books and hymnalsContains published hymnals (12), books (10), and keyboard music (3) dating
from the mid-19th century to 1921.
Container List:
Series 1: Scrapbooks and personal papersBox 1. Item 1. Appraisal of property, Steamboat Springs Colorado (Sarvis
Lumber Company)
Item 2. Manuscript music page "Alma
Mater," composed by Kimball, in close score, in
envelope
Item 3. Scrapbook, primarily concert programs and newspaper
clippings, 9.5 x 6.5 inches, circa 1860-1893
Item 4. Scrapbook, primarily newspaper clippings, on the
Trans-Mississippi Exposition, with a citizenship document, several
concert programs, a photograph, and financial statements, 8.5 x 11
inches, circa 1898-1931
Item 5. Scrapbook, primarily newspaper clippings and concert
programs, 8.25 x 10.25 inches, 1909-1910
Item 6. Guestbook, containing guest lists, 25th Anniversary
University School of Music Alumni Faculty Banquet, event programs,
newspaper and magazine clippings on celebration, Kimball's prepared
remarks and artist list for those Kimball brought to Lincoln in
envelope, 1919, June 6
Series 2: Books, scores, and hymnalsItem 1. Score, Armstrong, Frank L. and George C. Hugg, The Crowning Triumph: a New Collection of Sacred
Songs and Gospel Hymns, Philadelphia: F.A. North and
Co., © 1879
Item 2. Score, Batiste, Edouard, Fifty Voluntaries
for Reed or Pipe Organ, Op. 24, 25, rev. and ed. by John
White. New York: G. Schirmer, © 1902
Item 3. Score, Bradbury, William B., Bradbury's
Fresh Laurels for the Sabbath School: a New and Extensive Collection
of Music and Hymns Prepared Expressly for Sabbath Schools,
etc., New York: Biglow and Main, 1867
Item 4. Score, Converse, Charles C. and W.E. Schenck, Children's Praise, Philadelphia: Presbyterian
Board of Publication, 1867
Item 5. Score, Dickinson, Helen A. and Clarence Dickinson, Antiphons: a Collection of Choral Responses or Short
Anthems Arranged with Scriptural Readings, New York: H.W.
Gray, © 1920
Item 6. Score, Eddy, Clarence, The Church and
Concert Organist: a Collection of Pieces with Registration,
Fingering and Pedal Marking; adapted for Church and Concert
Use, Vol. 2, New York: E. Schuberth, © 1885
Item 7. Goetschius, Percy, Models of the Principal
Musical Forms: Extract from Lectures upon the "Evolution of Musical Forms,"
Boston, Mass: New England Conservatory, 1895, lacking title page
Item 8. Goodrich, Alfred J., Guide to Memorizing
Music, Cincinnati: John Church Co., 1906
Item 9. Score, Keys, William W., The Psalms of
David: with a Selection of Standard Music, Appropriately Arranged
According to the Sentiment of Each Psalm or Portion of Psalm,
Philadelphia: W.S. Rentoul, 1865
Item 10. Kurzenknabe, John H., Sowing and Reaping:
Hymns, Tunes, and Carols for the Sunday School, Prayer, Praise and
Gospel Service, Harrisburg, Pa: J. H.
Kurzenknabe, © 1889
Item 11. Score, Lebert, Sigismund and Louis Stark, Grand Theoretical and Practical Piano School for Systematic
Instruction: on All Branches of Piano Playing, from the First
Elements to the Highest Perfection, Latest and improved ed,
New York: T. B. Harms, undated
Item 12. Macpherson, S., Music and Its Appreciation:
or, the Foundations of True Listening, London: J. Williams,
Limited, 1910
Item 13. Mason, Luther W., The New Second Music
Reader: based Largely Upon C. H. Hohmann, Giving First Lessons in
Reading Music at Sight with One and Two-part Exercises and Songs,
and Directions to Teachers, Boston: Ginn and Co., 1893
Item 14. Mason, Luther W., The New Third Music
Reader: based Largely Upon C. H. Hohmann, showing the Harmonic
Relations of Sounds, with Two-part and Three-part Exercises and
Songs, and Directions to Teachers, Boston: Ginn and
Co., 1894
Item 15. Score, Sankey, Ira D., James McGranahan, and George C. Stebbins,
Christian Endeavor: Edition of Gospel Hymns,
No. 6, Boston, Mass: United Society of Christian
Endeavor, © 1891
Item 16. Score, Sankey, Ira D., James McGranahan, and George C. Stebbins,
Church Hymns and Gospel Songs, for use in
Church Services, Prayer Meetings and Other Religious
Gatherings, New York: Biglow and Main, © 1898
Item 17. Score, Sankey, Ira D., James McGranahan, and George C. Stebbins,
Gospel Hymns No. 3, New York: Biglow
and Main, 1878
Item 18. Score, Law, Andrew, Select Harmony:
Containing in a Plain and Concise Manner, the Rules of Singing:
Together With a Collection of Psalm Tunes, Hymns and Anthems,
[Cheshire, Conn.: William Law, 1782] 13 x 26 cm., title page and part of
cover lacking 1782
Item 19. Simpson, Eugene E., A History of St. Olaf
Choir, Minneapolis, Minn: Augsburg Pub. House, 1921
Item 20. Stainer, John, Harmony: with an Appendix
Containing One Hundred Graduated Exercises, Boston:
White-Smith Music Publishing Co., lacking covers, undated
Item 21. Score, Towner, Daniel B. and Edwin O. Excell, Famous Hymns, Chicago: Bible Institute
Colportage Association, © 1907
Item 22. Van der Velpen, Jean B. H., Harmony and
Thorough Bass, Chicago, Ill: Clayton F. Summy, 1909
Item 23. Score, The Epworth Hymnal: containing
Standard Hymns of the Church, Songs for the Sunday-school, Songs for
Social Services, Songs for the Home Circle, Songs for Special
Occasions, Cincinnati: Cranston and Stowe; New York: Phillips
and Hunt, © 1885
Item 24. Wilson, Mortimer, The Rhetoric of Music:
Harmony, Counterpoint, Musical Form, Lincoln, Neb: The
University Pub. Co., 1907
Item 25. Score, Wullner, Franz, Chorubüngen der
Münchener Musikschule, Zweite Stufe, München:
Theodor Ackermann, 1888
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