HOWARD HANSON COLLECTION

Series 1: Addresses, essays, articles, and publicity

Box 1

folder 1	“Music in Adult Education.” Proof copy of address to the Music Supervisors’ National Conference, Cleveland, 1932. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 2	Dedication for The Score [Eastman School of Music yearbook], 1932. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 3	“Practical Needs in the Development of American Composition.” Undated. Typescript; 5 pages.
folder 4	“Conditions which have to do with the Development of American Music.” Delivered before the Matinee Musical Club of Philadelphia, October 27, 1931. Proof copy. Typescript; 16 pages.
folder 5	Press release on his visit to Germany, undertaken at the joint request of the Oberlaender Trust and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. February 16, 1933. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 6	“Music as Recreation,” for the Alumni Bulletin, August 1933. Typescript; two copies, 7 pages and 3 pages.
folder 7	Radio address on trip to Germany, broadcast over WHEC, December 18, 1932. Typescript; 6 pages.
folder 8	Talk on “good” music, broadcast over WNEC, December 11, 1932. Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 9	“The New School Year,” for the Alumni Bulletin, November 1932. Typescript; 3 pages. Accompanied by his announcement of the resignation of Professor Jane Mumford.
folder 10	Press release for the Ann Arbor premiere of Merry Mount (concert version), March 25, 1933. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 11	Remarks delivered at an Eastman School Orchestra concert, broadcast from the Eastman Theater, November 30, 1932. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 12	“Music in a Changing World,” address delivered at Potsdam, New York, June 8, 1934. Typescript; 7 pages.
folder 13	Remarks after his address “Music as Recreation,” for the Rochester Times-Union, May 10, 1934. Typescript; 1 page, incomplete.
folder 14	Remarks on the rebirth of music in America, for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, June 7, 1934. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 15	Remarks delivered at Senior Class Day exercises, June 1, 1934. Typescript; 9 pages.
folder 16	Remarks on the American Composers’ Concerts, sent to Goddard Lieberson for the Journal [sic], April 27, 1934. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 17	Article on Merry Mount, sent to Irving R. Templeton and Carrie E. Henry for The New York Times, April, 1934. Typescript; 6 pages.
folder 18	Remarks on opera in the United States, sent to Goddard Lieberson, February 21, 1934. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 19	“The Present Status of American Music”: report of the Committee on American Music, delivered before the Music Teachers’ National Association, Lincoln, Nebraska, December, 1933. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages.
folder 20	“Some Observations on Graduate Study in Music in the United States.” Copy sent to Professor Karl W. Gehrkens, January 16, 1934. Typescript with pencilled corrections; 10 pages.
folder 21	Address delivered at the chapel of the Women’s College, University of Rochester, November 15, 1933. Typescript with pencilled addition (p. 9); 10 pages.
folder 22	“Tendencies in American Music.” Copy sent to Hazel Kinscella, July 31, 1933. Typescript; 9 pages.
folder 23	“The American Composer and the Foreign Conductor.” Copy sent to Keith C. Brown, September 16, 1933. Typescript; 5 pages.
folder 24	Remarks on instrumental music education in the United States; copy sent to Lyle Keith, September 18, 1933. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 25	Address on the relationship of the school to the student; delivered before the Student Association, October 5, 1933. Typescript; 13 pages.
folder 26	“Music in its Highest Fulfillment.” Address to the Eastern Music Supervisors Conference, 14th Annual Meeting, March 12-15, 1935. Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 27	On the 36th American Composers’ Concert: Tribute to Felix Lamond, broadcast over WHAM (Rochester), January 23, 1935. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 28	Speech delivered before the Music Teachers’ National Association, December 1934. Typescript; 3 pages, numbered 3-5 (incomplete).
folder 29	Speech delivered in connection with the Inter-High Orchestra program, broadcast over WHAM (Rochester), October 21, 1934. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 30	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, October 9, 1934. Typescript, with corrections; 11 pages.
folder 31	Foreword to The Festival Bulletin commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Eastman School American Composers’ Concerts, 1935. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages.
folder 32	Remarks on the Fifth Annual Festival of American Music, broadcast over WHAM (Rochester), April 1, 1935. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 33	Remarks on the death of George Barlow Penny, for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, November 15, 1934. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 34	Transcript of radio interview with soprano Leonora Corona, October 23, 1935. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 35	Remarks on his lecture “Know Your Orchestra”, WHAM (Rochester), November 16, 1935. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 36	Letter to Olin Downes on the American Composers’ Concerts, July 29, 1935. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 37	Remarks introducing a performance Brahms’ Quintet for String Quartet and Clarinet, opus 115, for NBC’s Music Guild Hour, May 25, 1936. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 38	Remarks on the 6th Annual Festival of American Music, for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, April 1936. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 39	Article on the first decade of the American Composers’ Concerts, for Modern Music, February 24, 1936. Typescript; 11 pages.
folder 40	Foreword to The Score, 1936. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 41	Remarks delivered before the City Club, March 7, 1936. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 42	Remarks after his election to the presidency of the National Association of Schools of Music; sent to Stewart Sabin, January 14, 1936. Typescript, with corrections in ink; 3 pages.
folder 43	Article prepared for the Music Teachers’ National Association convention, Philadelphia, December 1935, reporting on Leonard Ellinwood’s research on the programming of American works by major symphony orchestras; sent to Professor Karl Gehrkens, January 18, 1937. Typescript, with corrections; 8 pages.
folder 44	Resolution presented to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the University of Rochester, December 3, 1935, on the death of Eastman School faculty member Richard T. Halliley. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 45	Remarks delivered before the Fortnightly Club, Rochester, New York, November 26, 1935. Typescript; 14 pages.
folder 46	Speech delivered before the National Education Association, St. Louis, Missouri, February 26, 1936. Submitted to the Musical Review, March 18, 1936. Typescript, with corrections in ink and pencil; 12 pages. With addendum, 3 pages.
folder 47	Transcript of announcement of the 1937 Prix de Rome, with statement by composer Frederick Woltmann, broadcast via WHAM (Rochester), April 8, 1937. Typescript; 6 pages.
folder 48	Remarks delivered by way of introducing a concert by the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra during National Music Week, broadcast via WHAM (Rochester), May 8, 1937. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 49	Remarks delivered by way of introducing works performed in an Eastman School student Symposium, broadcast via WHAM (Rochester), April 22, 1937. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 50	Remarks on Frederick Woltmann, winner of the 1937 Prix de Rome in musical composition; for the Rochester Times-Union, April 9, 1937. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 51	Remarks delivered by way of introducing an Eastman School performance of Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass, March 23, 1937; broadcast on March 25, 1937. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 52	Remarks on Gardner Read, winner of a New York Philharmonic Symphony Society award for best American symphony; for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, March 20, 1937. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 53	“The Status of Contemporary Music,” for Musical America, January 31, 1937. Typescript; 19 pages.
folder 54	Foreword to The Score, March 3, 1937. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 55	Paper for delivery the MTNA Convention, Philadelphia, December, 1935. Typescript; 5 pages.
folder 56	Address to members of NASM, February 1, 1937. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 57	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, October 19, 1936. Typescript; 8 pages.
folder 58	“Science and the Musician,” address delivered at the convention of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, October 12, 1936. Typescript; 8 pages.
folder 59	Address delivered before the Ontario Music Teachers’ Association, October 7, 1936. Typescript; 5 pages.
folder 60	“Music and Religion,” address delivered at the dedication of the Memorial Chapel, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, October 6, 1936; also delivered at Asbury United Methodist Church, November 18, 1936, and at the Arts College, Morey Hall, March 8, 1938. Typescript; 7 pages.
folder 61	Swedish Tercentenary Committee, May-June 1938. Typescript; 5 pages.
folder 62	Broadcast for MENC National Youth Program, Kilbourn Hall, April 9, 1938. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 63	WHAM (Rochester) broadcast, February 19, 1938. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 64	“Footnotes on Music.” Undated. Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 65	Suggested amendment to radio script for Sunday, December 19, 1937 at 1:30 PM. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 66	Response to an editorial in the MENC Journal, November 15, 1937. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 67	On the Symposium of American Music, for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, November 7, 1937. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 68	Speech, WHEC, November 5, 1937. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 69	Article for new edition of Our American Music, ed. John Tasker Howard, December 6, 1937. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 70	Composers’ Commission Project, WHEC, October 13, 1937. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 71	Eastman School Orchestra Program, October 25, 1937. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 72	Talk on individualism, Fall, ?1937. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 73	“Rochester Earns Prestige in World of Music Education,” Rochester Commerce, August 9, 1933. Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 74	“The American Academy in Rome — A Community of Artists.” Undated. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 75	“Music as a Vocation,” sent to Dr. George E. Hutcheson, University of State of New York, July 2, 1938. Typescript; 3 pages.

Box 2

folder 1	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 30, 1938; later published in the Alumni Bulletin. Typescript; 8 pages.
folder 2	“Music Invades the Public School Curriculum,” New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers, October, 1938. Typescript; 18 pages.
folder 3	“Symposium of American Music,” article for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, October 25, 1938. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 4	Draft statement on the American Composers’ Concerts. Undated; internal evidence suggests 1931. Typescript; 8 pages.
folder 5	Address to the Graduate Class of the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, Illinois, June 13, 1939. Corrected copy for the Alumni Bulletin. Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 6	Speech, NBC broadcast from the dinner in honor of the opening of the Ninth Festival of American Music, April 24, 1939. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 7	Alumni Luncheon, Eastern Supervisors’ Conference, March 15, 1939. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 8	Statement delivered on the death of Dr. Rush Rhees, March 4, 1939; submitted to the Alumni Bulletin. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 9	“Modern Masters of Music,” Fortnightly Club, Rochester, New York, February 9, 1939. Typescript; 10 pages.
folder 10	Letter to the member schools of NASM, January 30, 1939. Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 11	Remarks delivered in presenting Serge Koussevitzky for the honorary degree Doctor of Music, June, 1940. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 12	Foreword for the NASM Bulletin, February 27, 1940. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 13	Speech delivered at the David Hochstein Memorial Music School on the twentieth anniversary of its founding, January 22, 1940. Typescript; 6 pages.
folder 14	Three Memoranda to the Rochester Times-Union, January 20, 1940. Typescript; 3 pages. N.B. Bears the typescript annotation “(Not sent)”.
folder 15	Address, “Listening for Beauty,” delivered before the National Committee for Music Appreciation, Cincinnati, Ohio, January 15, 1940. Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 16	Outline for lecture “Material of Composition”. Typescript; 1 page. N.B. Three separate occasions of delivery indicated: Lecture before Buffalo group [sic], January 1, 1940; Lecture before Tuesday evening lecture course, Rochester Public Library, January 16, 1940; and Lecture before Alumnae Association of the College for Women, January 19, 1940.
folder 17	“Dr. Hanson and Americanism: An Interview [with] Morris C. Hastings,” December 13, 1939. Typescript; 2 pages. N.B. Constitutes A synthesis of the interview, rather than a transcript.
folder 18	“American Music 1939,” for delivery at the NASM-MTNA joint banquet, Kansas City, December 29, 1939. Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 19	Script for The Creative Hour, WSAY, December 1, 1939. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 20	Address, “Music, A Democratic Art,” delivered at the first annual dinner of the National Committee for Music Appreciation, October 10, 1939. Typescript; 6 pages.
folder 21	Outline for his Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 1939. Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 22	Draft Foreword for the Bulletin of the Annual Festival of American Music, July 6, 1939. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 23	Address, Western Supervisors Conference. Undated. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 24	“Music in American Life Today,” article for the National Education Association Convention, July 2, 1940. Typescript; 7 pages. Speech delivered at a National Education Association concert, July 2, 1940. Typescript; 7 pages.
folder 25	“American Music,” article submitted to RCA Victor, August 16, 1940. Typescript; 5 pages.
folder 26	“The Battle of the Air Waves,” paper delivered at the Fortnightly Club, Rochester, New York, October 29, 1940. Typescript; 12 pages.
folder 27	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, October 17, 1940. Typescript; 10 pages.
folder 28	“A Major Problem in American Music,” address delivered before the joint NASM-MTNA conference, December, 1940. Typescript; 8 pages.
folder 29	“Dr. Hanson Asks Arbitration to End Radio ‘Battle of Music’,” Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, December 29, 1940. Typescript; 6 pages.
folder 30	Statement of the Committee on Graduate Study in Music, delivered before NASM-MTNA joint conference, February, 1941. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 31	“American Youth and the Democratization of Music,” address delivered before the Southern Conference for Music Education, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 8, 1941. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 32	Remarks on the death of Paul Kéfer, written for The Score, May, 1941. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 33	Address for delivery on the occasion of the unveiling of the bust of Stephen Collins Foster in the Hall of Fame, May 27, 1941. Revised copy. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 34	Remarks delivered in presenting Frederick Stock for the honorary degree Doctor of Music, June 11, 1941. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 35	Resumé of an extemporaneous address delivered at a joint luncheon of the National Association of Motion Picture Engineers and the American Acoustical Society, August 21, 1941. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 36	“The Twentieth Anniversary Experiment in Chamber Music,” submitted to The New York Times, September 15, 1941. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 37	Talk for delivery on the program “Meet the Composers,” WQXR (New York City), October 12, 1941. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 38	Foreword, Bulletin of Radio Programs, December 24, 1941. Typescript; 2 pages. N.B. Hanson’s text cites “a series of historical broadcasts illustrating various phases of the development of musical composition,” apparently launched in 1938.
folder 39	Report of the Committee on American Music for MTNA, December 24, 1941. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 40	Annual Report of the President, NASM, December 1941. Typescript; 6 pages.
folder 41	Remarks in acknowledgement of tributes received on the occasion of the unveiling of a portrait bust at the Eastman School of Music on November 19th, 1941. Revised copy; submitted to the Alumni Bulletin. Typescript; 2 pages. N.B. His remarks were published in their entirety in the issue vol. 13, no. 1 (November, 1941), pages 1-2, together with a photograph of the portrait bust, “executed by the distinguished sculptress, Guitou Knoop”.
folder 42	“The Past, Present and Future of The American Public School Orchestra,” MENC, March 31, 1942. Typescript; 8 pages. N.B. Pencilled annotation indicates publication in The Musical Leader.
folder 43	Foreword to The Score, March 31, 1942. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 44	Article on the 12th Annual Festival of American Music, submitted to the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, May 12, 1942. Typescript; 4 pages. Accompanied by copy of article: “Some Highlights of the Eastman School’s Twelfth Annual Festival of American Music.” Submitted to The New York Times, May 23, 1942. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 45	Remarks for Inter-High Orchestra Broadcast, WHAM (Rochester), May 19, 1942. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 46	Radio talk on supporting the government in wartime, June 8, 1942. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 47	Commencement address, Fredonia State Teachers’ College, June 12, 1943. Condensation used for address at Macedon High School, Macedon, New York, June 22, 1943. Typescript; two copies, each 8 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft; 16 pages.
folder 48	Address delivered at the annual breakfast, Eastern Division of the MENC, March 21, 1943 and June 8, 1943. Typescript; two copies, each 5 pages.
folder 49	Alumni Bulletin, May 1943. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 2 pages.
folder 50	Talk on music education in a time of war, March 22, 1943. Typescript; 2 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 3 pages.
folder 51	Speech, Music Educators’ Wartime Institute, WHEC, March 19, 1943. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages.
folder 52	Report of the Graduate Committee, NASM, February 24, 1943. Typescript; two copies, each 7 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 7 pages.
folder 53	Report to members of NASM on a joint meeting of the Executive Committee, the Commission on Curricula, and the Committee on Graduate Study, February 27, 1943. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 12 pages.
folder 54	“The American Musician and the Business of Music,” article for Music Publishers’ Journal, February 19, 1943. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 10 pages.
folder 55	Radio talk, “A Declaration of Independence for the Listener,” WQXR, February 4, 1943. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 8 pages.
folder 56	Press release, Executive Committee of NASM, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, December 31, 1942. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 4 pages.
folder 57	Article for Modern Music, December 30, 1942. Typescript; two copies, each 8 pages. Accompanied by two drafts in ink; 26 pages and 13 pages.
folder 58	Press release on Hanson’s application to the U.S. War Department for use of the ESM as a training center for Army bandmasters, December 18, 1942. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 59	Article on Serge Koussevitsky and his visit to Rochester, for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, December 14, 1942. Typescript; three copies, each 2 pages.
folder 60	Article on the dual bans on student broadcasts and electrical transcriptions (a.k.a. the Petrillo ban), for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, October 18, 1942. Typescript; two copies, 3 pages.
folder 61	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 21, 1942. Typescript; 8 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 13 pages.
folder 62	Remarks delivered at the National Music Council annual meeting, May 4, 1944. Typescript; two copies, each 4 pages. Accompanied by corrected copy for the NMC Bulletin; 5 pages.
folder 63	Foreword to the NASM Bulletin, June 24, 1944. Typescript; two copies, each 6 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 13 pages.
folder 64	Address in recognition of the citation by the War Music Council of America of the Bausch & Lomb Chorus, Rochester, New York, for distinguished contributions to the war effort, May 28, 1944. Typescript; 2 pages, incomplete. Accompanied by draft in ink; 12 pages.
folder 65	Address at the Koussevitsky Testimonial Dinner, May 16, 1944. Typescript; 8 pages. Accompanied by typescript drafts; 7 pages.
folder 66	Tribute to Nathaniel Dett, delivered at a concert of the Eastman School Senior Symphony Orchestra and Choir, April 25, 1944. Typescript; three copies, each 1 page. Accompanied by 3 cue cards.
folder 67	“The Viewpoint of the Musician,” talk delivered before MTNA, March 24, 1944. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 4 pages.
folder 68	Foreword to the book Voice Cultivation by Dr. Thomas Austin-Ball, January 11, 1944. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by drafts in various formats; 5 pages.
folder 69	“Schools of Music in the Post-War World,” for Music Publishers’ Journal, December 18, 1943. Typescript; 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 6 pages.
folder 70	“Lions of the North: Gustavus Adolphus and his Predecessors,” Fortnightly Club, November 9, 1943; and, Blind Alley Club, October 9, 1944. Typescript; two copies, each 13 pages.
folder 71	Convocation Address, Eastman School of Music, September 20, 1943; published in The Score, October 1943, and in the Alumni Bulletin, November 10, 1943. Typescript; two copies, each 28 pages.
folder 72	Foreword to the Bulletin, ESM Festival of American Music, July 26, 1943. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 3 pages.
folder 73	Eulogy for George Eastman. Undated. Typescript; 3 pages. Accompanied by a 2-page typescript draft of a different statement, again made in memory of George Eastman. Undated.
folder 74	“Is Our Musical Progress a Mirage?” Undated. On Office of the Director stationery. Typescript; 6 pages.

Box 3

folder 1	Address, “The Affective Power of Consonance and Dissonance in Music,” delivered before the American Psychological Association, March 25, 1949. Typescript; two copies, each 13 pages.
folder 2	Untitled, sent to The Journal, October 3, 1936. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 3	Talk given at RAUN meeting, Cutler Union, November 16, 1949. N.B. The abbreviation RAUN not identified within his text; it possibly signifies the Rochester Association for the United Nations. Having previously “tried to give impressions of the UNESCO conference in Paris and of the principal problems which confront UNESCO,” in this talk Hanson presented his observations “about the more general problem of making all of the U.N. organizations operate effectively for world peace.” Typescript draft; 4 pages.
folder 4	“Music: Progress or Retrogression.” Paper delivered at the Eastern Division Music Conference, MENC, Baltimore, March 7, 1949. Typescript; three copies, each 9 pages. Accompanied by typescript draft; 10 pages.
folder 5	“Chopin, 1849-1949,” June 13, 1949. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages.
folder 6	Sermon delivered at the University of Rochester Protestant Chapel, April 12, 1950. MS draft in ink and pencil; 15 pages.
folder 7	Report on the UNESCO Arts and Letters Panel, comprised of Hanson’s letter followed by four pages of recommendations. Undated. Typescript; 6 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink and pencil; 5 pages.
folder 8	“A Quarter Century of American Music,” Saturday Review of Literature, July 5, 1949. Typescript; four copies, each 11 pages.
folder 9	“Music in UNESCO,” Encyclopedia of Musical Information, June, 1949. Typescript; two copies, each 10 pages. Accompanied by cover letter.
folder 10	Commencement address, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Ontario, November 11, 1948. Typescript; two copies, each 8 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 14 pages.
folder 11	“Now and Tomorrow, New Jersey’s Future Opportunities and Responsibilities in Music Education.” Address, New Jersey Education Association, November 13, 1948. Typescript; 11 pages. Accompanied by cover letter and by draft in ink; 6 pages.
folder 12	Letter to James Gleason. Undated. MS draft in ink; 1 page.
folder 13	Foreword to The Score, 1949. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 14	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 30, 1948. Typescript; two copies, each 11 pages.
folder 15	Letter to the entering students, Eastman School of Music, September 20, 1948. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 16	Untitled document pertaining to MENC. Undated. MS draft in ink; 9 pages.
folder 17	Remarks delivered at Tanglewood, August 3, 1948. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages.
folder 18	Address for the McCurdy Little Symphony series, 1947-1948. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages.
folder 19	Announcement of the McCurdy Award Winners, WHAM (Rochester) Broadcast, May 3, 1949. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 20	Radio interview with Mrs. Volpe, Miami, April 16, 1949. Typescript; 6 pages.
folder 21	Address, “The Place of Music in Our Society,” delivered on the occasion of the dedication of the Fine Arts Building, University of Kentucky, February 21, 1950. Typescript; four copies, each 8 pages.
folder 22	“American Music and ‘International Arts’,” Washington Times-Herald, July 20, 1950. Typescript; 3 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft; 10 pages.
folder 23	“UNESCO and World Peace,” Education Music Magazine, 1949 or 1950. Typescript; three copies, each 5 pages.
folder 24	Convocation, State of New York Symposium Panel on The Cultural Arts, January 28, 1950. Typescript; two copies, each 6 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft; 22 pages.
folder 25	Talk, Phi Mu Alpha, Chicago, February 16, 1950. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 26	“The Case for Nationalism in Art,” Sigma Alpha Iota, August 29, 1950. Typescript; 10 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 4 pages.
folder 27	Foreword, Bulletin of the 20th Annual Festival of American Music, August 29, 1950. Typescript; 4 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 10 pages.
folder 28	Baccalaureate address, University of Rochester, June 11, 1950. Typescript; two copies, each 12 pages.
folder 29	Symposium, State University of New York, January 28, 1950. Typescript; two copies, each 6 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft; 7 pages.
folder 30	To Margaret E. Mahoney, UNESCO Relations Staff, Washington, D.C., February 21, 1950. Typescript; three copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 4 pages.
folder 31	Foreword to The Score, 1950. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 32	Program notes, WNYC Eastman School broadcast; undated. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 6 pages.
folder 33	McCurdy Awards, WHAM (Rochester). Undated. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 34	Fourth General Conference of UNESCO, Paris, October 3, 1949. Typescript; 4 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft 5 pages.
folder 35	Intermission Broadcast, Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York, 11 March, 1950. Typescript; two copies, each 4 pages.
folder 36	Address, General Conference on UNESCO, Paris, October, 1949. Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 37	Proposed Radio Address, General Conference on UNESCO, Paris, October 1949. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 38	Remarks, Chopin Memorial Concert, Metropolitan Opera House, October 17, 1949. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 39	Address, New York State Association of Architects, October 20, 1949. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 40	Address, dedication of the Fine Arts Building, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, December 4, 1949. Typescript; two copies, each 10 pages. Accompanied by typescript draft; two copies, each 8 pages.
folder 41	Address, Eastman School Convocation, November 4, 1949. Typescript; two copies, each 12 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft; 20 pages.
folder 42	“What is the Twentieth Century’s Greatest Challenge?,” talk delivered at City Club of Rochester, New York, October 29, 1949. Typescript; three copies, each 7 pages.

Box 4

folder 1	Press release, “Dr. Hanson Announces Theory of Tone Structure Analysis,” November 9, 1951. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages.
folder 2	Address, “The Significance of Stephen Foster in 1951,” University of Pittsburgh, Stephens Collins Foster 24th Annual Memorial Program, February 27, 1951. Typescript; two copies, each 6 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft; 12 pages.
folder 3	“What is Happening to Music in America?” for Etude Magazine, January, 1951. Typescript; five copies, each 5 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft; 9 pages.
folder 4	Address before the joint conference of the Music Library Association and American Musicological Society, December 1951. Typescript; three copies, each 3 pages.
folder 5	“John Alden Carpenter,” for the Saturday Review of Literature, February 12, 1951. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft; 9 pages.
folder 6	Address, “Education for World Citizenship,” Central Western Zone, New York State Teachers Association, Rochester, New York, October 27, 1950. Typescript; two copies, each 9 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 16 pages.
folder 7	Montgomery Lecture No. 1, “Music in Contemporary American Civilization: Development of the Creative Art,” University of Nebraska, February 12, 1951. Typescript; four copies, each 15 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft; 31 pages.
folder 8	Montgomery Lecture No. 2, “Music in Contemporary American Civilization: The Decades of Maturation; Music as Emotional Expression,” University of Nebraska, February 14, 1951. Typescript; 15 pages. Accompanied by miscellaneous draft materials.
folder 9	Montgomery Lecture No. 3, “Music in Contemporary American Civilization: Obstacles to Progress,” University of Nebraska, February 16, 1951. Typescript; 12 pages. Accompanied by miscellaneous draft materials.
folder 10	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 24, 1951. Typescript; three copies, each 7 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 20 pages.
folder 11	Text of article, untitled, for The Instrumentalist, January 1952. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 12	Script for United Nations broadcast, WHAM (Rochester), October 23, 1951. Typescript; four copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 5 pages.
folder 13	“The Projection and Inter-relation of Sonorities in Equal Temperament,” American Philosophical Society, General Meeting, November, 1951. Typescript; three copies, each 20 pages (copy 2 lacking pp. 1-4). Accompanied by a copy of the APS submission guidelines, and by a draft Abstract in ink.
folder 14	Introduction to the International Federation of Music Schools Symposium Program, 1952. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 15	“Nationalism and the American Composer,” article for Review of Records, April 1952. Typescript with pencilled annotations; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft (9 pages) and by four reprint copies of the published article.
folder 16	Foreword, NASM Bulletin, 1952. Typescript; two copies, each 9 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink and pencil; 12 pages.
folder 17	Address, McCurdy Little Symphony Scholarship Awards broadcast announcement, April 24, 1951. Typescript; 1 page. Announcement of the McCurdy Little Symphony Scholarship Awards, April 29, 1952. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page. Accompanied by draft in ink; 3 pages.
folder 18	Review of Hindemith’s A Composer’s World, for the Saturday Review of Literature, March 29, 1952. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink (9 pages) and by a copy of the publication.
folder 19	Broadcast script, WHAM television, January 15, 1952. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 20	Broadcast script, WHEC Broadcast, 125th Anniversary of the New York Philharmonic, December 9, 1951. MS draft in ink with pencilled annotations; 1 page.
folder 21	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, 1950. Typescript; two copies, each 10 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink with pencilled annotations; 37 pages.
folder 22	Address, Eastman School Senior Convocation, 1950-51. MS draft in ink and pencil; 3 pages. Accompanied by a page of typescript notes on letterhead of the Office of the Director.
folder 23	Address, Founders’ Day Program, May 10, 1951. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 1 page.
folder 24	Convocation Address, Eastman School of Music, September 25, 1950. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 22, nos. 1-2 (February, 1951), pages 2, 10, 11. N.B. The same issue contains the text, in its entirety, of Hanson’s baccalaureate address at the University of Rochester, June 11, 1950, on pages 21-23.
folder 25	Address, University of Rochester Alumni Drive Dinner, March 14, 1951. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 2 pages.
folder 26	“This is the Beginning,” article for A Tempo, October, 1950. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 27	Broadcast script, WHEC, University of Rochester Centennial, October 31, 1950. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 1 page.
folder 28	Address, University of Rochester Centennial Community Convocation, November 4, 1950. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 4 pages.

Box 5

folder 1	Transcript of broadcast by Patrick Hayes, WGMS, February 7, 1954, reporting on Hanson’s address on behalf of Federal subsidy of the arts, delivered at a luncheon which launched the 23rd annual Sustaining Fund Drive of the National Symphony Orchestra Typescript; two copies, each 5 pages. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 2	Printed program, Contemporary Music Symposium, George Peabody College for Teachers, January 27-28, 1953. Two copies, each annotated in pencil.
folder 3	Script for the George Eastman Memorial Broadcast, 1954. MS draft in pencil; 4 pages.
folder 4	Statement on the appointment of Georges Miquelle, Chairman of Cello and Chamber Music, Eastman School of Music. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 1 page.
folder 5	Draft Foreword for Wayne Barlow’s book Foundations of Music. New York: Appleton-Century–Crofts, 1953. Typescript; three copies, each 2 pages. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 6	Broadcast script, “Painting with Sound,” WHAM-TV, January 27, 1954. Typescript; four copies, each 7 pages.
folder 7	Address, National Symphony Orchestra Fund Drive, February 4, 1954. Typescript; four copies, each 7 pages. One copy annotated in pencil
folder 8	Address, Fred Waring, July 23, 1954. Typescript; three copies, each 11 pages. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 9	Address, Howell Bill Hearing H.R. 9111, Washington, D.C.. June 8, 1954. Typescript; two copies, each 6 pages. Accompanied by a draft in ink; 9 pages.
folder 10	Address, National Association for Music Therapy Annual Banquet, October 14, 1954. Typescript; two copies, each 8 pages.
folder 11	Address, “Curriculum Enrichment or Inflation.” Undated. Typescript; three copies, each 9 pages.
folder 12	“Electronics and American Music,” article for Review of Recorded Music, December, 1952. Typescript; five copies, each 4 pages. Accompanied by two copies of the publication.
folder 13	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 22, 1952. Typescript with pencilled annotations; two copies, each 13 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink and pencil; 18 pages.
folder 14	Memorandum on the University of Rochester Community Chest/Red Cross Campaign, 1953-1956. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 15	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 20, 1954. Typescript; two copies, each 8 pages. Accompanied by typescript draft annotated in ink and pencil (11 pages), and by a pamphlet containing a transcript of the address.
folder 16	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 22, 1956. Typescript; two copies, 13 pages and 12 pages.
folder 17	Script for the Eastman Wind Ensemble final broadcast, NYSSMA. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 1 pages. Accompanied by pencil draft; 1 page.
folder 18	Address, McCurdy Scholarship Broadcast, March 31, 1953. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 19	Script for an Eastman School Symphony Orchestra broadcast, April 13, 1953. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 20	Script for interview with Eliseo Pajaro, undated; broadcast to the Philippines. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 21	“At The End of Our 125th Anniversary Year,” message to the congregations of Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester. Published copy. Third Church Messenger [newsletter], vol. 15, no 27. January 2, 1953, pages 1, 4.
folder 22	Address, Chapel Service, River Campus, February 15, 1953. Typescript; four copies, variously paginated. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 23	Announcement of faculty appointments. Undated. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 24	Address, “Professional Music Education in the United States 1924-1954,” NYSM, Los Angeles, December 28, 1954. Typescript; three copies, variously paginated. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 25	Article on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of George Eastman’s birth, July 12, 1954; for the Alumni Bulletin. Typescript; four copies, each 4 pages.
folder 26	Script for McCurdy Broadcast, November 10, 1953. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 27	Script for United Nations Program, WHAM broadcast, October 20, 1952. Typescript with pencilled annotations; two copies, each 8 pages.
folder 28	Foreword to the Bulletin of the Festival of American Music, September 29, 1952. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by ink and pencil draft; 7 pages.
folder 29	Address, Third Presbyterian Church Chamber of Commerce, November 12,1952. Typescript with pencilled annotations; two copies, each 4 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink, annotated in pencil; 12 pages.
folder 30	Address, Phi Mu Alpha Convention, Cincinnati, July 12, 1952. Typescript annotated in ink; two copies, each 11 pages.
folder 31	Script, Civic Music Association broadcast, WHEC, September 29, 1952. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 1 page.
folder 32	Script, McCurdy broadcast, WHAM (Rochester), November 11, 1952. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 2 pages. Accompanied by three items: letter (December 23, 1952) from Charles S. Wilkinson to Mary Louise Creegan; typescript list of the 1952 scholarship winners; and a copy of The Hutchins Headliner, vol. 1, no. 7, printed by the Hutchins Advertising Co., December, 1952.
folder 33	Announcement of the Rice Institute Lectures, Houston, Texas, March 1953. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 1 page.

Box 6

folder 1	Program notes for Eastman Philharmonia concert, March 16, 1962, following the orchestra’s 1961-62 tour of Europe and the Near East. Typescript; two copies, each two pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 4 pages.
folder 2	Address, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Youth Concerts, November, 1960. Typescript; five copies, each 8 pages. Two copies annotated in ink; two copies annotated in pencil. Accompanied by a document listing various programming possibilities, apparently received from an officer of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association; annotated in ink and pencil by Hanson. Typescript; 3 pages.
folder 3	Transcript of article, “Dr. Howard Hanson,” published in the Musical Courier, vol. 161, no. 4, March 1960. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 4	Unidentified publicity, ca. 1961. Typescript; four copies, each 1 page. (Copies 1-2 contain different text than Copies 3-4). Accompanied by draft in ink; 3 pages.
folder 5	Program, International Music Conference on the Place of Music in World Affairs, The President’s Music Committee of the People to People Program, New York City, October 6, 1959. Typescript; 4 pages. Accompanied by three items: copy of the preliminary program; registration card with envelope; and letter (September 2, 1959) to Hanson from Jouett Shouse. N.B. Hanson participated in the conference session on “In What Areas Can Organizations And Associations Participate In International Affairs In The Field Of Musical Arts?
folder 6	Article, Metropolitan Opera Guild, November 21, 1961. Typescript; two copies, each 6 pages. One copy annotated in ink. Accompanied by draft in ink; 11 pages.
folder 7	Report on the American Composers’ Concerts. Undated. Typescript; two copies, each 7 pages.
folder 8	“Music in American Life,” Kennecott Lecture delivered at the University of Arizona, March 21, 1956. Typescript; two copies, each 22 pages.
folder 9	“The Material of Music,” delivered under the auspices of the Louis C. Elson Memorial Lectures, Harvard University, March 17 & 18, 1948. Lecture one: Typescript with pencilled annotations; two copies, each 20 pages. Lecture two: Typescript; two copies, each 22 pages. Each copy annotated.
folder 10	Report on Symphony Orchestras, 1959 or 1960. MS draft in ink; paginated 1-5, 8-16. Accompanied by two pages of a draft letter to Dr. Cornelis W. de Kiewiet, President of the University of Rochester, from which Hanson derived material to serve as pages 6 and 7 of the draft report. N.B. On legal-sized sheets; separated to box 62/8 (oversized).
folder 11	Address, Arts Symposium, St. Bonaventure University, Olean, New York, September 25, 1958. Typescript, each annotated; two copies, 8 pages and 9 pages.
folder 12	Draft article, Brussels World’s Fair, February 26, 1958. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 2 pages.
folder 13	Address, American Acoustical Society, New York, May 24, 1957. Typescript; two copies, each 6 pages. One copy annotated in ink and pencil.
folder 14	Draft article, submitted to Good Housekeeping, 1957. Typescript, annotated in ink; two copies, each 6 pages. Accompanied by various items: ink draft of the article, annotated in pencil; 17 pages. working draft of the article, composed by an unidentified staffer at Good Housekeeping. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; 4 pages. letter to Hanson from Benson Srere, July 11, 1957. Typescript; 2 pages. a copy of the October, 1957 issue of Good Housekeeping (the Hanson article begins on page 96).
folder 15	Address, University of Kansas, November 10, 1957. Typescript; two copies, each 13 pages.
folder 16	Article on Hanson by Santomartino Pasquale for Musica, Milan, Italy November, 1958. Typescript, annotated in ink; 6 pages.
folder 17	Transcript of speech delivered in Miami, February, 1957. Typescript; two copies, each 21 pages.
folder 18	Address in salute of Stravinsky on the occasion of the latter’s 75th Birthday; broadcast over Voice of America, June 17, 1957. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 19	Draft memorandum announcing the Bachelor of Music Degree with Minor in the Humanities, Eastman School of Music, 1960-61. Typescript; three copies, each 2 pages.
folder 20	Memorandum on the appointment of Charles Riker as Executive Secretary of the Eastman School of Music. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 21	Draft article, “Formation of Orchestra, Avenue to Development of a Symphony Second to None in the Country.” Typescript; three copies, each 1 page. N.B. Published in The Post Express, August 26, 1922.
folder 22	Extract from an interview with George Eastman by A. J. Warner, Rochester Times-Union, February 10, 1923. Typescript; three copies, each 1 page.
folder 23	Draft article, “Eastman Announces Orchestral Changes; Self-Supporting Symphonic Band Goal of His Activities in Rochester.” Typescript; three copies, each 2 pages. N.B. Published in The Musical Digest, vol. 4 , no. 9, June 19, 1923.
folder 24	Draft statement to the Congregation of First Presbyterian Church. Undated. Typescript and MS in ink; 21 pages.
folder 25	Unidentified fragments of speeches. Undated. Typescript and MS; 56 pages.
folder 26	Address, “The Arts, Education and Manpower.” Undated. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 11 pages.
folder 27	Broadcast script, “The Orchestral Spectrum.” Undated. Typescript, annotated in ink and/or pencil; six copies, variously paginated. Accompanied by draft in ink; 14 pages.
folder 28	Broadcast script, American music selections, hosted by Hanson as commentator. Undated. Typescript; 7 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink, annotated in pencil; 12 pages.
folder 29	Broadcast script, program continuity for March 31, 1957. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages.
folder 30	Broadcast script, program continuity for April 7, 1957. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages.
folder 31	Broadcast script, program continuity for April 14, 1957. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; 8 pages.
folder 32	Broadcast script, Program Continuity. Undated. Typescript; two copies, each 5 pages. One copy annotated in ink.
folder 33	Broadcast scripts, various program continuities. Undated. MS drafts; 27 pages. N.B. On legal-sized sheets; separated to box 62/9 (oversized).
folder 34	Broadcasts scripts, program continuities, Early American Symphonic Music, I-VI. MS drafts in ink and pencil; 23 pages.

Box 7

folder 1	Address, dedication of organ at Wooster College, November 20, 1955. Typescript; 11 pages.
folder 2	Address, NASM, St. Louis, Missouri, November, 1958. Typescript; two copies, 12 pages and 16 pages. One copy annotated in ink and pencil.
folder 3	Report to NASM on the Doctorate in Music, Chicago, November, 1957. Typescript; two copies, each 7 pages.
folder 4	Address, NASM, Cleveland, November 23, 1956. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; two copies, each 12 pages.
folder 5	Address, NASM, Detroit, November 28, 1959. Typescript; three copies, each 9 pages. One copy is lacking pages 8-9.
folder 6	Conference paper, MENC, Atlantic City, March 19, 1960. Typescript, annotated in pencil; two copies, each 13 pages.
folder 7	“The Arts in an Age of Science,” proof copy for publication in the MENC Journal, September, October. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 4 pages.
folder 8	Address, MENC Eastern Conference, Buffalo, New York, January 25, 1958. Typescript; 10 pages.
folder 9	Conference paper, MENC, Los Angeles. Undated. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 4 pages.
folder 10	Abstract, “Creativity in Music,” for the Symposium on Creativity in Science, History of Science Society and the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. December 29, [year not cited]. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages.
folder 11	Address, Educational Policies Commission. Undated. Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 12	Article for the Alumni Review. Typescript; four copies, each 4 pages.
folder 13	Statement on the Smathers Bill before the Senate Committee. Undated. N.B. Neither the bill nor the committee is explicitly cited within Hanson’s text; the bill’s sponsoring legislator would undoubtedly have been Senator George Smathers (1913-2007) (D-Florida; served 1951-69). Hanson’s text expresses his conviction that “. . . the engagement of broadcasting companies in the publishing and recording industries is inherently monopolistic and therefore a danger both to free enterprise and to the best artistic interests of the country.” Typescript; 4 pages.
folder 14	Broadcast script, WHEC, January 3, 1960. Typescript, annotated in ink; 1 page.
folder 15	“The Continuing Symposium,” article for Pan Pipes, December 1948. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 5 pages.
folder 16	Address, Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce Friday Forum, Skirvin Tower Persian Room, April 7, 1950. Typescript; 8 pages.
folder 17	Address, “The New Vision of the Composer,” School of Science and Arts, Michigan State College, May 20, 1955. Typescript; two copies, each 13 pages. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 18	Address, “The New Adventure,” New Citizens’ Dinner, Chamber of Commerce, November 7, 1945. Typescript with pencilled annotations; two copies, each 7 pages.
folder 19	Address, University of Kansas, Kansas City, April 18, 1955. Typescript; two copies, each 5 pages. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 20	Address, “The Great Commandment,” Tenth Annual Wilkes College Baccalaureate, June 2, 1957. Typescript; two copies, each 12 pages. Accompanied by the first page of a third copy, annotated in ink and pencil; and by two copies of the printed program, the first of which is annotated in ink.
folder 21	Address, American Acoustical Society, New York, May 23, 1957. Typescript; 6 pages.
folder 22	Foreword, Pan Pipes, December 1959. Typescript; annotated in ink; 1 page.
folder 23	Address to friends in Sweden, ca. 1950. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. One copy lacking page 2.
folder 24	Address, McCurdy Broadcast, November 15, 1955. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages. One copy annotated in ink and pencil.
folder 25	Address, McCurdy Broadcast, April 3, 1956. Typescript; 2 pages.
folder 26	Address, McCurdy Broadcast, April 26, 1960. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 27	Address, McCurdy Symphony Broadcast, November 15, 1960. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page. One copy annotated in ink and pencil.
folder 28	Address, McCurdy Symphony Broadcast, April 28, 1959. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page. Accompanied by a list of the McCurdy Award recipients.
folder 29	Address, McCurdy Broadcast, delivered by Paul White in Hanson’s stead, November 14, 1961. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 30	Address, McCurdy Broadcast, 1962. MS draft in ink; two copies, 1 page and 2 pages.
folder 31	Address and script, McCurdy Broadcast, January 11, 1963. Address: Typescript; two copies, each 1 page. Accompanied by draft in ink; 3 pages. Script: Typescript on Hutchins Advertising Company letterhead; 5 pages. Also accompanied by information on Bedii Aran, the 1963 McCurdy Scholarship winner.
folder 32	Address, McCurdy Broadcast, April 26, 1963. MS draft in ink with pencilled annotations; 3 pages.
folder 33	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, October 3, 1955. Typescript; two copies, each 8 pages.
folder 34	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, Summer Session, 1956. Typescript; two copies, each 7 pages.
folder 35	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 16, 1957. Typescript; two copies, each 7 pages.
folder 36	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 15, 1958. Typescript; three copies, variously paginated. Two copies annotated, either in ink or in pencil.
folder 37	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 21, 1959. Typescript; two copies, each 9 pages. One copy annotated in pencil. Accompanied by ink MS “Insert 1” (6 pages) to be incorporated into the text, and by additional copies of the first page, page 2, and last page of the typescript text.
folder 38	Convocation address, University of Rochester, June 12, 1960. Typescript, annotated in pencil and ink; two copies, each 10 pages.
folder 39	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 19, 1960. Typescript; two copies, each 8 pages.
folder 40	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 18, 1961. Typescript; two copies, each 7 pages. One copy annotated in pencil. Accompanied by draft in ink; 19 pages.
folder 41	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 17, 1962. Typescript; two copies, each 9 pages. One copy annotated in ink and pencil. Accompanied by draft in ink (10 pages) and by a program from the University of Rochester All-College Convocation, September 16, 1962.
folder 42	Convocation address, University of Rochester, 1966. Typescript; three copies, each 6 pages. One copy annotated in ink. Accompanied by draft in ink; 15 pages.
folder 43	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 16, 1963. Typescript, annotated in ink; 12 pages. Accompanied by various items: reproduction (12 pages); MS agenda (1 page); MS draft in ink (43 pages).

Box 8

folder 1	Address on the occasion of the Eastman School’s 40th Anniversary, 1961. Typescript; two copies, each 5 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 16 pages.
folder 2	Address, New York State Teachers Association, Central Western Zone, Rochester, October 19, 1962. Typescript, comprised of a carbon copy plus one MS page; 9 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink, within which is a 2-page typescript insert bearing the title “The Stars and Stripes in Russia”; 24 pages.
folder 3	Address to the Congregation of First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, May 27, 1962. Typescript; two copies, each 8 pages.
folder 4	Address to the members of the Eastman Philharmonia on being Musical Ambassadors, November 25, 1962. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; 9 pages.
folder 5	Address to the Congregation of First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, January 13, 1963. Typescript; two copies, each 7 pages. One copy annotated in ink. Accompanied by draft in ink; 18 pages.
folder 6	Forum address, Dedication of Temple B’rith Kodesh, Rochester, March 30, 1963. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 10 pages.
folder 7	Address, Rotary Club, 1963. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; two copies, each 7 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink and pencil; 17 pages.
folder 8	Address, National Press Club, Washington, September 20, 1963. Typescript; 6 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 15 pages.
folder 9	Address, Editorial Writers Conference, Rochester, October 4, 1963. Typescript; three copies, each 4 pages. (One copy annotated in pencil and lacking page 3.) Accompanied by draft in ink; 11 pages.
folder 10	Commencement address, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York, June 3, 1962. MS draft in ink; 14 pages.
folder 11	Address, White House program honoring Mischa Elman, Washington, D.C., June 1, 1964. Typescript, annotated in ink; 4 pages. Accompanied by a typescript letter to Hanson (June 1, 1964) from Frances Lewine.
folder 12	“An Analysis of Certain Orchestral Problems in the City of Rochester,” report to the Rochester Civic Music Association, March 17, 1964. Typescript; 10 pages.
folder 13	Commencement Address, College of Wooster, June 7, 1965. Typescript; two copies, each 9 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 20 pages.
folder 14	Summary of remarks delivered at the National Arts Club, New York, March 4, 1962. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages.
folder 15	Address, “Faith in Education,” May 23, 1964. Typescript; two copies, each 5 pages.
folder 16	Address, WHEC broadcast, December, 1959. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 17	Address, United States National Commission for UNESCO, Denver, Colorado, September, 1959. Typescript; 5 copies, each 8 pages. (Copy 1 annotated in pencil; Copy 5 annotated in ink, missing pages 3-8). Accompanied by draft in ink and pencil (12 pages) and by a copy of the typescript agenda.
folder 18	Address, North Eastern Ohio Teachers Association, Cleveland, October 31, 1959. Typescript with penciled annotations; two copies, each 8 pages.
folder 19	Address, MTNA Conference, Kansas City, February 27, 1959. Typescript; four copies, each 4 pages. One copy annotated in ink.
folder 20	Address, “Painting the Sound,” American Association of School Administrators, Atlantic City, February 15, 1959. Typescript with pencilled annotations; two copies, each 10 pages. Accompanied by cover sheet.
folder 21	Notes for an address delivered at a meeting of Banking Association, Rochester, June, 1959. MS draft in ink with pencilled annotations; 2 pages.
folder 22	Address, Howard Hanson Day, 1960. N.B. By proclamation of Rochester Mayor Peter Barry, April 26th, 1960—coinciding with the opening of the 35th annual Festival of American Music—was celebrated as Howard Hanson Day, as reported in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, April 25, 1960. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page. One copy annotated in ink.
folder 23	Convocation address, “The Creative Arts in the Space Age,” 37th Annual Honors Convocation, University of Michigan, May 13, 1960. Typescript; two copies, each 12 pages. Accompanied by draft comprised of ink MS and typescript, annotated in pencil (16 pages); and by pages extracted from The Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review, featuring a transcript of Hanson’s address; two copies, each 6 pages.
folder 24	Address, National Association of Editorial Writers, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, November 18, 1960. Typescript with pencilled annotations; two copies, each 11 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 34 pages.
folder 25	Broadcast address, Radio Human Relations Week, February 2, 1961. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 26	“What is Good Music?” editorial for The New York Herald-Tribune, January 18, 1961. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink and pencil; 7 pages.
folder 27	Address, NBC broadcast on Interlochen. Undated. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages.
folder 28	Article, “Creativity in the Arts,” January 3, 1960. Typescript, annotated in ink; two copies, each 2 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 7 pages.
folder 29	Address, “The Written Note,” Williamsburg, Virginia, June 13, 1961. Typescript; two copies, each 6 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink and pencil; 15 pages.
folder 30	Summary of remarks, MENC, March 16-20, 1962. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages.
folder 31	Address, National Arts Club Medal of Honor Presentation, March 8, 1962. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. One copy annotated in ink.

Box 9

folder 1	“Music Invades the Public School Curriculum.” Published copy. The Torch, vol. 12, no. 1, January, 1939, pages 7-9.
folder 2	“Music and Religion.” Published copy. Colgate-Rochester Divinity School Bulletin, vol. 9, no. 1, November, 1936, pages 51-55. Two copies.
folder 3	“Of Critics, Publishers and Patrons.” Published copy. Modern Music, vol. 4, no. 2, January–February, 1927, pages 28-31.
folder 4	Address, annual breakfast, Eastern Division of MENC, March 21, 1943. Typescript; two copies, each 5 pages.
folder 5	“Music Camps in America.” Published copy. Education, vol. LIV, no. 2, October, 1933, pages 99-100. Two copies.
folder 6	“American Music of the Future.” Published copy. Rochester Civic Music News, vol. 12, no. 2, September 9, 1940, pages 6-7. Two copies. N.B. Reprinted from the August, 1940 issue of The Musician.
folder 7	Address, “The Relationship of the School to the Student,” delivered at the opening of his tenth year as Director of the Eastman School, [1933]. Published copy. Printed by the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. 8 pages. Two copies.
folder 8	Address, “A Forward Look in American Composition,” delivered before the Music Teachers National Association at Dayton, Ohio on December 30, 1925. Published copy. Printed by the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. Two copies, one of which Hanson annotated with an outline of his agenda.
folder 9	“Serge Koussevitzky: An Appreciation.” Published copy. The Atlantic, May, 1945, pages 47-51. Two copies.
folder 10	“Music, A Democratic Art.” Published copy. World Affairs, vol. 102, no. 4, December, 1939, pages 214-216.
folder 11	“The American Academy in Rome: A Community of Artists.” Written by five professionals, of whom Hanson was one. Published copy. Légion d’honneur Magazine, vol. 9, no. 3, January, 1939, pages 265-288; Hanson’s contribution (“The Musician”) appears on pages 286-288. Two copies.
folder 12	“Resumé of an Extemporaneous Address by Howard Hanson,” delivered at the joint meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers and the Acoustical Society of America, Rochester, New York, May 5, 1941. Published copy. Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, vol. 37, November 1941, pages 449-451. Two copies.
folder 13	“Music Invades the Public School Curriculum.” Published copy, in two parts: Musical Review, May, 1936, pages 6-8; and, Music Teachers’ Review, September, 1936, pages 15, 16, 22. Two copies of each issue.
folder 14	“The Director’s Convocation Address”, delivered in Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, 1938. Published copy. Reprint from the Alumni Bulletin, November, 1938. Two copies.
folder 15	“Dr. Hanson Asks Arbitration to End Radio ‘Battle of Music’,” transcription of article from the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, December 29, 1940. Typescript; two copies, each 6 pages.
folder 16	“A Musician’s Point of View Toward Emotional Expression.” Published copy. Reprinted from the American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 99, no. 3, November, 1942. Two copies.
folder 17	“Hanson Has Carried On Great American Music Revival.” Published copy. NBC Educational Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 9, May, 1938. Two copies.
folder 18	“Rochester Earns Prestige in Music Education” [promotional article]. Published copy. Rochester Commerce, August 15, 1938, pages 5, 10.
folder 19	“Inspiration Not Purchasable” [interview with Hanson]. Published copy. Pacific Coast Musician, vol. 26, no. 15, August 7, 1937, page 10. Two copies.
folder 20	“Howard Hanson” [cover feature in the issue’s “Loose Leaves” section]. Published copy. Northwestern University Alumni News, April, 1938. Two copies. Photograph of Hanson by Byron Dorgan graces the issue’s cover.
folder 21	“Building a Library of Records,” by Edward B. Benjamin. (Hanson cited among the recommended composers.) Published copy. The Etude, May, 1946. Two copies.
folder 22	“Scoring A Success,” by Blanche Lemmon. (The ESM prominently cited; Hanson and composition students in accompanying photograph.) Published copy. The Etude, November, 1940, pages 724, 776. Two copies.
folder 23	“Howard H. Hanson, New Director” [profile]. Published copy. The Note Book, vol. 3, no. 16, June 9, 1924, pages 1, 7. Two copies.
folder 24	“Music in Contemporary American Civilization,” delivered under the auspices of the Montgomery Lectures on Contemporary Civilization. Published copy. Printed by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1951. 50 pages. Contents: 1. Development of the Creative Art. — 2. The Decades of Maturation. — 3. Obstacles to Progress.
folder 25	“The Challenge of Music Therapy” [lecture]. Published copy. Reprinted from Music Therapy 1954, pages 8-14. Two copies.
folder 26	“Music as a Vocation.” The 17th address of a series of radio talks on choosing a vocation. Published copy. Printed by the University of the State of New York State Education Department, June 18, 1930. Two copies.

Box 10

folder 1	“A Foreword for the Alumni Bulletin” by Dr. Hanson. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 1, November, 1929, pages 3-5. Two copies.
folder 2	“President-Elect of M.T.N.A. Makes First Statement.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 2, February, 1930, page 7.
folder 3	“Music as a Vocation” by Howard Hanson. Address broadcast from Station WGY in series on Choosing a Vocation. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 4, August, 1930, pages 12-15.
folder 4	“With Dr. Hanson in Rome” by Theodore F. Fitch, President, ESM Alumni Association. copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 2, February, 1931, pages 9-10. Two copies.
folder 5	“Dr. Hanson Writes of Interlochen.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 4, August, 1931, pages 15-16.
folder 6	“Dr. Hanson’s M.T.N.A. Concert,” presenting Dr. Earl V. Moore’s comments on the American music program performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, December, 1931. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 3, no. 2, February 1932, pages 8, 13. Two copies.
folder 7	“George Eastman and Music” by Howard Hanson. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 3, no. 3, May, 1932, pages 3-4. Two copies.
folder 8	“From the Director’s Report” [excerpts from Hanson’s report to President Rush Rhees]. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 3, no. 4, August 1932, p. 8. Two copies.
folder 9	“The New School Year” by Dr. Hanson. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 4, no. 1, November, 1932, pages 3-4.
folder 10	“Dr. Hanson in Germany” [brief article containing a portion of Hanson’s radio address via station WHEC before his departure for Europe]. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 4, no. 2, February, 1933, pages 3-4.
folder 11	“Echoes from Dr. Hanson’s German Tour” [article cites at length Hanson’s interview with the press on the day of his return from Europe]. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 4, no. 3, May, 1933, pages 13-14. Two copies.
folder 12	“Music as Recreation” by Hanson. Address delivered over radio under sponsorship of the Chautauqua Association, carried by the NBC national networks. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 4, no. 4, August, 1933, pages 10-13. Two copies.
folder 13	“The Director’s Convocation Address. Beginning his 10th year as Director of the Eastman School, Dr. Hanson speaks to students on ‘The Relationship of the School to the Student.’” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 5, no. 1, November, 1933, pages 1, 2, 10-13. Two copies.
folder 14	“The Operatic Premiere of Merry Mount” [accompanied by a photo of Hanson that was printed in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle ]. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 5, no. 2, February, 1934, pages 1-2. Two copies.
folder 15	“Dr. Hanson Speaks at Potsdam Normal: in address at commemoration of inauguration of public school music teaching in this country, he discusses ‘Music in a Changing World’.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 5, no. 4, August, 1934, pages 1, 2, 10.
folder 16	“Pre-View of Eastman School Year: school director includes data concerning student body with plans for school public music projects,” by Hanson. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 1, November, 1935, pages 1-2. Two copies.
folder 17	“Dr. Hanson Writes as President of NASM: article contributed on request to Rochester Democrat & Chronicle at time of his election is here reprinted by permission,” by Hanson. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 2, February, 1936, pages 5, 11. Two copies.
folder 18	“Music Invades the Public School Curriculum: excerpts from an address delivered before the Department of Superintendence [sic] in St. Louis by Dr. Howard Hanson.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 3, May, 1936, pages 16, 17, 20. Two copies.
folder 19	“Dr. Hanson’s July Engagements: serves as guest conductor at Chautauqua and Interlochen and closes year’s work in Eastman School Office.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 4, August, 1936, page 7. Two copies.
folder 20	“The Director’s Convocation Address: Dr. Hanson speaks on ‘What Is Music’ with Foreword about the entering class of this year.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 1, November, 1936, pages 1-4. Two copies.
folder 21	“Graduate Music Study: Dr. Hanson as President of NASM discusses this in a message to members of the Association.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 2, February, 1937, page 2. Two copies.
folder 22	“Seventh Annual Eastman School Festival Accredited with Particular Significance.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 3, May, 1937, pages 1-4. Two copies.
folder 23	Alumni Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 4, August, 1937. [Issue of only limited relevance to Hanson’s own activities.] Two copies.
folder 24	“Hanson’s 3rd Symphony Broadcast” [Hanson cited in the manner of elaborating on the Symphony’s programmatic aspects]. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 9, no. 1, November, 1937, page 4. Two copies.
folder 25	“Appreciation of Eastman School Broadcasts: letters from the whole country and various types of hearers bear witness to warm reception of ‘Music of the Past’ series.” [On the page facing page 1, the article is preceded by a photograph of Hanson reading letters at his desk.] Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 9, no. 2, February, 1938, pages 1-2. Two copies.
folder 26	“Dr. Hanson’s Swedish Tercentenary Hymn to be Broadcast to Sweden: his Third Symphony also part of program for international broadcast from Rochester on June 10.” [This item includes a statement by Hanson that had previously been published in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. ] Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 9, no. 3, May, 1938, page 6. Two copies.
folder 27	“Dr. Hanson Honored in Sweden: notification of his election to membership in Royal Swedish Academy of Music comes on Commencement Day.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 9, no. 4, August, 1938, page 7. Two copies.
folder 28	“The Director’s Convocation Address: delivered in Kilbourn Hall before the first student Convocation of present school year.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 10, no. 1, August, 1938, pages 1-4. Two copies.
folder 29	“In Memoriam—Rush Rhees: distinguished executive known to colleagues as sympathetic friend, of wide understanding and pervasive kindliness,” by Hanson. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 10, no. 2, February, 1939, page 1. Two copies.
folder 30	“Victor Records of American Music Made at Eastman School: Dr. Hanson accedes to request from RCA Victor to record series of American orchestral works with Rochester Philharmonic players.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 10, no. 3, May, 1939, page 1. Two copies.
folder 31	“Dr. Hanson’s Commencement Address: awarded Doctor of Music degree by American Conservatory of Music of Chicago, Dr. Hanson is speaker at Commencement exercises.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 10, no. 4, August, 1939, pages 5-6. Two copies. N.B. The same issue reports on the presentation of an honorary degree to Deems Taylor (page 1), with the remarks of both Dr. Hanson and President Valentine cited in their entirety.
folder 32	“Boston Premiere of Hanson’s Third Symphony: composer accepts Koussevitsky’s invitation to conduct work in Boston concerts.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 11, no. 1, November, 1939, pages 6, 9. Two copies.
folder 33	“Dr. Hanson Speaker at Hochstein Memorial Music School: delivers address at celebration of twentieth anniversary of the founding of the David Hochstein Memorial Music School.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 11, no. 2, February, 1940, 4-6, 11. Two copies. N.B. Hanson’s address published in its entirety.
folder 34	“Eastman School Festival’s Tenth Anniversary: significant evidence of motive of American Composers’ project found in number of first performances given in this year’s Festival.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 11, no. 3, May, 1940, pages 1-3. Two copies. N.B. The article reproduces a portion of Hanson’s Foreword to the year’s Festival Bulletin.
folder 35	“’Music in American Life Today’: address delivered by Dr. Howard Hanson before the Music Section of the National Education Association in Milwaukee on July 1.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 11, no. 4, August, 1940, pages 8-11. Two copies. N.B. His address published in its entirety.
folder 36	“Dr. Hanson’s Convocation Address: the following is a condensation of an informal address to the students by Dr. Hanson at the opening Convocation.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 12, no. 1, November, 1940, pages 10-14. Two copies.
folder 37	“Dr. Hanson’s Message to N.A.S.M.: Eastman School Director presides at Association’s meeting in Cleveland—is re-elected President of Association.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 12, no. 2, February, 1941, pages 4-5. Two copies. N.B. Hanson’s Foreword to the Association’s Bulletin also published therein.
folder 38	“Dr. Hanson Sums up Eleventh Annual Music Festival for New York Times: Director writes of new works performed in article requested and printed by that paper.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 12, no. 3, May, 1941, pages 1-2. Two copies. N.B. Preceding Hanson’s statement, on the page facing page 1, is a photograph of Hanson with colleagues Burrill Phillips, Thelma Biracree, and Bernard Rogers.
folder 39	“Year Activities and Accomplishments Summarized by Doctor Hanson: excerpts from Eastman School Director’s Annual Report to President Valentine, University of Rochester.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 12, no. 4, August, 1941, pages 9-10. “Foster’s Influence in American Music and Folklore: address by Dr. Howard Hanson read at unveiling of Foster memorial bust in Hall of Fame.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 12, no. 4, August, 1941, pages 12-13. Two copies. N.B. His address published herein in its entirety.
folder 40	“Bust of Dr. Hanson Presented to School: President Valentine and Board of Directors join in informal ceremony at unveiling of commissioned tribute to School’s Director.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 13, no. 1, November, 1941, pages 1-2. Two copies. N.B. Within the article are published Hanson’s remarks in reply to the tributes paid hm.
folder 41	“Dr. Hanson Re-Elected President of N.A.S.M: Convention in Minneapolis overruled his publicly stated desire to retire after six-year term.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 13, no. 2, February, 1942, page 8. Two copies.
folder 42	“Dr. Hanson Discusses Music Festival: article requested for publication in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle is here republished by permission.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 13, no. 3, May, 1942, pages 4-6. Two copies. N.B. The issue opens with an item on the University’s 92nd Commencement exercises, at which Ernest Hutcheson was presented with an honorary Doctor of Music degree. Hanson’s remarks in presenting Hutcheson are herein published, together with President Valentine’s response.
folder 43	“Dr. Hanson’s Convocation Address: delivered in Kilbourn Hall Sept. 21 before students and faculty of the Eastman School of Music.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 14, no. 1, February, 1943, pages 1-3, 10. Two copies.
folder 44	“Timely Counsel for Young Students: war in transitory—music’s essential service now widely recognized—post-War need for competent musicians unprecedented” by Hanson. Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 14, no. 3, May, 1943, page 1. Two copies. N.B. Immediately preceding the item, on the page facing page 1, is a photograph of Hanson with colleagues Jacques Gordon, Bernard Rogers, Paul White, Herman Genhart, Burrill Phillips, William Bergsma, and Frederick Fennell.

Box 11

folder 1	“Man’s Need for Beauty Paramount: education in technic of music as preparation for art of living—effect of War on School—sense of spiritual values will be revived.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 15, nos. 1-2, December, 1943, pages 1-2, 17. Two copies. N.B. The report both paraphrases, and quotes directly from, Hanson’s Convocation address of September 20, 1943.
folder 2	“Eastman School Year in Retrospect: Dr. Hanson in report to University President stresses maintenance of standards despite War conditions—registration is higher—student groups function.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 15, nos. 3-4, May, 1944, pages 1-2. “Fourteenth Eastman School Native Music Festival: six new works given premieres—Founder’s Day dedicated to George Eastman and R. Nathaniel Dett—varied programs enlist seven organizations.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 15, nos. 3-4, May, 1944, pages 3-4. N.B. Hanson’s remarks in tribute to George Eastman and to R. Nathaniel Dett published herein. “University of Rochester 94th Commencement: four honorary degrees conferred—Joseph Warren Barker delivers Commencement address.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 15, nos. 3-4, May, 1944, page 7. Two copies. N.B. Within the issue are Hanson’s remarks in presenting Quincy Porter for the honorary degree Doctor of Music.
folder 3	“Balanced Point of View Urged: Dr. Howard Hanson, in Convocation Address, urges students to develop sense of personal values and proportion—defines education as opportunity for self-analysis, offers voice of conscience as guide.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 16, nos. 1-2, January, 1945, pages 1-5, 15. Two copies. N.B. Full text of Hanson’s address published herein.
folder 4	“The Twentieth Anniversary of the American Composers’ Concerts of the Eastman School of Music: a personal Foreword by the Director.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 16, nos. 3-4, June, 1945, pages 4-8. Two copies.
folder 5	“Creative Attitude Important: Dr. Howard Hanson, in Convocation Address, stresses broad concept of music education—art of music demands best thought and most intense endeavor—urges students learn essential technics of living.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 17, nos. 1-2, November, 1945, pages 1-4, 14-16. Two copies. N.B. Hanson’s text published herein.
folder 6	“Retrospect of Eastman School Year: Dr. Hanson’s report to University President reveals efforts to care for returning servicemen—student body represents 47 states—25th anniversary of founding due in fall.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 17, nos. 3-4, June, 1946, pages 5-6.
folder 7	“Registration Presents Difficulties: Dr. Howard Hanson, in fall Convocation Address, welcomes returning veterans—pays tribute to George Eastman and Rush Rhees as School observes 25th anniversary—place of music in general education.” Published copy. Alumni Bulletin, vol. 18, nos. 1-2, November, 1946, pages 1-4, 10-11. Two copies. N.B. Text of Hanson’s address published herein.
folder 8	“Howard Hanson” [off-print] by Burnet C. Tuthill. Published copy. Reprinted from Musical Quarterly, vol. XXII, no. 2, April, 1936, pages 140-153. Two copies.
folder 9	“The American Sibelius.” Article accompanied by a photo by Byron Morgan with caption “Hanson at work”. Published copy. Newsweek, May 7, 1945, pages 95-96. Two copies.
folder 10	“Howard Hanson,” appearing in the series Makers of Rochester in two separate publications: Museum Service: Bulletin of the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, September, 1938, page 152. Two copies. Makers of Rochester: Brief biographies of prominent citizens of Rochester, book I. Reprinted from Museum Service: Bulletin of Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences 1937-1939. Rochester Museum Press, 1940. Hanson’s biography appears on page 6. Two copies.
folder 11	“Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, op. 21 (Nordic): Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra plays youthful work of Howard Hanson.” Published copy. Victor Record Review, October, 1944, pages 6, 11. Two copies.
folder 12	Masters of Our Day: Educational Series for Piano [promotional brochure], published by Carl Fischer, Inc.. Series edited by Lazare Saminsky and Isador Freed. N.B. The brochure cites Hanson’s Dance of the Warriors among the music included in Group A; a brief biographical sketch of Hanson appears elsewhere in the brochure. Two copies.
folder 13	“Hanson, Howard (Harold)” [biographical entry]. Published copy. Current Biography, vol. 2, no. 10, October, 1941, pages 26-28. Accompanied by a photograph; appended by bibliographical references.
folder 14	Commencement Address to Graduating Class 1946 [by] Doctor Howard Hanson. Published copy. The Peabody Notes, number 13, Spring, 1946. Published by Peabody conservatory of Music, Baltimore, Maryland. Accompanied by two copies of the printed program for the Fifth Exhibition Concert, June 1, 1946, at which Dr. Hanson delivered this Commencement Address.
folder 15	“Why American Music Needs Pioneers” by Hanson. Published copy. Saturday Review of Recordings, October, 1947, pages 3-4.
folder 16	Columbia University. One Hundred and Ninety-Second Annual Commencement, June 4, 1946. 80 pages. Two copies. N.B. Hanson cited as a recipient of the honorary degree Doctor of Music (page 59).
folder 17	Fisher, William Arms. “Music Festivals in the United States: An Historical Sketch.” Published by the American Choral and Festival Alliance, Inc. 86 pages. N.B. The ESM’s Festival of American Music is profiled on pages 55-56.

Box 12

folder 1	Remarks on the death of Frederick Stock, December 29, 1942. Typescript, annotated in ink; two copies, each 1 page. Accompanied by a typescript note, annotated in pencil.
folder 2	Outline of speech, Rochester Museum of Arts and Science, October 23, 1942. MS draft in ink with pencilled annotations; 1 page.
folder 3	Lecture, “The Material of Contemporary Music,” October 9, 1942. Typescript, annotated in pencil and colored pencil; 9 pages. Accompanied by MS repro containing examples of chordal material discussed in the lecture; 1 page.
folder 4	Lecture No. 2, “The Objective Study of Sonorities,” October 16, 1942. Typescript, annotated in pencil and colored pencil; 9 pages. Accompanied by MS repro containing examples of chordal material discussed in the lecture; 1 page.
folder 5	Lecture No. 3, “The Historical Approach to the Study of Sonority,” October 23, 1942. Typescript, annotated in pencil; 12 pages. Accompanied by MS repro containing examples of chordal material discussed in the lecture; 1 page.
folder 6	Lecture No. 4, “The Multiple Significance of Sonorities and the Principle of Chord Relationship,” November 11, 1942. Typescript, annotated in pencil and colored pencil; 9 pages. Accompanied by a typescript outline; and by MS repro containing examples of chordal material discussed in the lecture; 1 page.
folder 7	Draft foreword to K. D. Van Hoesen’s book Music of Our Time: Twelve Orchestral Compositions by American Contemporaries. New York: Carl Fischer, 1943. Written December 28, 1942. Typescript, annotated in pencil; two copies, each 1 page. Accompanied by cover note dated January 19, 1943.
folder 8	Notes for an address, Brockport State Teachers’ College, January 7, 1943. MS draft in ink on Office of the Director letterhead, annotated in pencil; 1 page.
folder 9	Agenda for speech, “Music and People, Art for Art’s Sake,” ca. 1942. MS draft in pencil; 1 page. N.B. Written on the verso of a letter of July 22, 1942 addressed to the men enrolled at the Eastman School of Music regarding wartime modifications of the curriculum.
folder 10	Draft announcement on the death of aviation cadet Marvin Lee, for the Alumni Bulletin, January 8, 1943. Typescript, annotated in colored pencil; 1 page.
folder 11	Outline of address delivered to the New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs, May 20, 1943. MS draft in ink, annotated in pencil; 3 pages.
folder 12	Address to students, delivered in Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, May 25, 1943. MS draft in ink, annotated in pencil; 6 pages.
folder 13	“Homage to Edvard Grieg,” article for the Royal Norwegian Information Service, June 7, 1943. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; 1 page. Accompanied by pencil draft; 2 pages.
folder 14	Draft announcement on the American Composers’ Concerts, October 9, 1943. Typescript, annotated in colored pencil; 1 page.
folder 15	Press release on Frederick Fennell’s departure to assume a position as music director for the United Service Organizations, November 4, 1943. Typescript, annotated in pencil; 1 page. Accompanied by draft in ink and pencil; 2 pages.
folder 16	Letter to Musical Courier, December 18, 1943. MS draft in ink, annotated in colored pencil; 3 pages.
folder 17	Address, First McCurdy Broadcast, WHAM (Rochester), February 1, 1944. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 18	Outline of address, Rotary Club, February 15, 1944. MS draft in pencil, annotated in colored pencil; 2 pages.
folder 19	Outline of address before the NASM-MTNA joint meeting, 1944. MS draft in ink, annotated in colored pencil; 1 page.
folder 20	Remarks delivered in presenting Quincy Porter for the honorary degree Doctor of Music, May 26, 1944. Typescript, annotated in ink and colored pencil; 1 page. Accompanied by pencil draft, and by a typescript copy containing both Hanson’s remarks and those of President Alan Valentine; two copies, each 1 page. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 21	Letter to K. D. Van Hoesen, Rochester Public Schools, April 26, 1944. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 22	Eastman School, Enrollment Report, June 6, 1944. Typescript, annotated in pencil; 1 page.
folder 23	Broadcast address, National Music Camp, Interlochen, ca. 1944. MS draft in pencil; 2 pages.
folder 24	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 18, 1944. Typescript; five copies, each 11 pages. Each of the five copies variously annotated in ink, pencil, and/or colored pencil.
folder 25	Draft announcement, American Composers’ Concerts, October 6, 1944. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 26	Draft announcement on the appointment of José Echániz to the Eastman School faculty, September 16, 1944. Typescript, annotated in pencil; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 27	Foreword to: G. F. Soderlund’s book Direct Approach to Counterpoint in Sixteenth Century Style. New York: F.S. Crofts, 1947. Written October 12, 1944. Typescript, annotated in pencil and colored pencil; 1 page.
folder 28	Draft announcement, Emotional Expressionism in Music, Civic Music Association – Women’s Committee, October 31, 1944. Typescript, annotated in pencil; 1 page.
folder 29	Broadcast script, McCurdy Symphonic Hour, November 14, 1944. Typescript, annotated in pencil; 2 pages.
folder 30	“Objections to Conscription,” address delivered at Cutler Union, University of Rochester, January 7, 1945. MS draft in ink, annotated in pencil; 5 pages.
folder 31	Outline of address, “The Man With The Stick: Conductors I Have Known,” Women’s Rotary Club, January 15, 1945. MS draft in ink, annotated in pencil. Accompanied by typescript agenda for his address on two 3” x 5” cards.
folder 32	“Serge Koussevitsky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, An Appreciation of Twenty Years of Significant Accomplishment,” Fortnightly Club, Rochester, New York, February 20, 1945. N.B. Published in the Atlantic Monthly, February 21, 1945. Typescript; two copies, 15 pages and 14 pages. One copy annotated in ink and the other in pencil. Accompanied by a page bearing typescript corrections to the article proof.
folder 33	Draft article, “Music of Bernard Rogers”, Modern Music, vol. 22, no. 3, pages 170-175. Written February 28, 1945. Typescript; two copies, each 5 pages. One copy annotated in pencil .
folder 34	Draft Foreword, American Composers’ Concerts, 20th Anniversary, April 11, 1945. Typescript, annotated in pencil; two copies, each 6 pages. One copy annotated in pencil and colored pencil. Accompanied by a copy of the printed foreword; 5 pages.
folder 35	Address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, April 13, 1945. Typescript; four copies, each 2 pages. Variously annotated in ink and/or pencil. Accompanied by pencil draft; 2 pages.
folder 36	Address, McCurdy Broadcast, May 8, 1945. Typescript, annotated in pencil; 2 pages.
folder 37	Address, Office of War Information, Foreign Broadcast, June 12, 1945. Typescript, annotated in pencil; two copies, each 4 pages.
folder 38	Address, V-E Day Convocation, Eastman School of Music, May 8, 1945. Typescript, annotated in pencil; two copies, each 1 page. Accompanied by a draft in ink; by a memorandum listing those ESM students who were killed in action or else were reported MIA during World War II; and by a press clipping with headline “Truman’s Proclamation on Victory.”
folder 39	Outline of address, Zonta Club, May 22, 1945. MS draft in ink, annotated in pencil; 2 pages.
folder 40	Commencement address, “A Musician Looks at Education,” Keuka College, Keuka Park, New York, June 17, 1945; S.S. Luncheon – Eastman Dorm, July 12, 1945. Typescript; two copies, each 10 pages. One copy annotated in pencil. Accompanied by a copy of the typescript agenda for his address, annotated in pencil; 2 pages.
folder 41	Draft Foreword to William Bergsma’s composition Three Fantasies for Piano. New York: Hargail Music Press, 1945. Written January 30, 1945. Typescript; 1 page.
folder 42	Biographical Sketch of Howard Hanson, June 7, 1945. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 43	Address, “Problems of American Music,” American Matthay Society, December 29, 1944. Typescript; two copies, each 5 pages. One copy annotated in ink and the other in pencil. Accompanied by draft in ink; 13 pages.
folder 44	Address, “Musical Pioneering in the Twentieth Century,” City Club, Rochester, New York, March, 1946. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; two copies, each 19 pages.
folder 45	Commencement address, Peabody Conservatory, June 1, 1946. Typescript; two copies, each 9 pages. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 46	Remarks delivered in presenting Roy Harris for the honorary degree Doctor of Music, University of Rochester, June 9, 1946. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page. One copy annotated in pencil. Accompanied by draft of the third and fourth paragraphs; and by three 3” x 5” index cards bearing two different versions of the address.
folder 47	Article on the Eastman School’s problems of registration; for the Alumni Bulletin, May 10, 1946. Typescript with pencilled annotations; two copies, each 2 pages.
folder 48	Response to Mr. Steinberg’s Defense of the Formal Symphony Concert, March 12, 1946. Typescript, annotated in pencil; 1 page. Accompanied by pencil draft; 5 pages.
folder 49	Address delivered before the so-called “Program of Concert Music in the Jazz Idiom” at the 16th Annual Festival of American Music, April 16, 1946. Typescript; two copies, each 2 pages. Variously annotated in ink and/or pencil. Accompanied by a copy of the concert program.
folder 50	Address, MTNA, February 22, 1946. Typescript; two copies, each 4 pages. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 51	Excerpt from the minutes of the Graduate Commission of NASM, February 28, 1946. Typescript, annotated in pencil; 1 page.
folder 52	Extracts from articles, American Music Concerts – New York Philharmonic, excerpts of reviews from The New York Herald Tribune and The New York Times, January 22, 1946. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; 2 pages. N.B. Some of the material appeared in “Hanson’s Work Given Initial Performance” by Norman Nairn, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, January 23, 1946.
folder 53	Outline of address, College for Women, University of Rochester Chapel, December 5, 1945. MS draft in ink, annotated in pencil; 2 pages.
folder 54	Address, American Music Concerts – New York Philharmonic, Article to Olin Downes, January 8, 1946. Typescript, annotated in ink; two copies, each 5 pages. Accompanied by MS draft in ink.
folder 55	Article, National Music Council, Educational Music Magazine, December 5, 1945. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; 5 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink, annotated in pencil and colored pencil; 6 pages.
folder 56	Address, opening broadcast of the Eastman School Series 1945-1946, November 19, 1945. MS draft in ink; two copies, each 2 pages. Penned on Office of the Director stationery; one copy annotated in colored pencil and the other annotated in pencil.
folder 57	Address, Citizens’ Radio Anniversary Luncheon, New York, November 10, 1945. Typescript, annotated in pencil and colored pencil; 3 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink, annotated in pencil; 2 pages.
folder 58	Article, Eastman School, Registration Limitation, October 19, 1945. Typescript, annotated in pencil and colored pencil; 1 page.
folder 59	Outline of address, “Music in Education,” delivered before the Eastman School of Music Student Association, October 12, 1945. MS draft in pencil; 2 pages. Accompanied by two 3” x 5” index cards bearing a typescript version of the outline; annotated in pencil.
folder 60	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 17, 1945. Typescript; two copies, each 14 pages. Each copy variously annotated in ink and pencil or colored pencil.
folder 61	Article, “Music for Everybody, Stadium Concerts Review,” July 3, 1945. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages. One copy annotated in ink. Accompanied by pencil draft; 10 pages.
folder 62	Address, “A Musician Looks at Modern Acoustics,” Acoustical Society of America, May 8, 1947. Typescript, annotated in pencil; two copies, each 8 pages. Accompanied by a business card for one Mr. John C. Patterson.
folder 63	Address, Graduate Seminar, George Eastman House, April 16, 1947. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; two copies, each 13 pages.
folder 64	Address, American Music at the Crossroads, NASM, February 23–26, 1947. Typescript; two copies, each 13 pages.
folder 65	Foreword, 22nd Anniversary of American Composers’ Concerts during the 17th Annual Festival of American Music, 1947. Typescript, annotated in pencil; 3 pages.
folder 66	Christmas Letter for “Undertone,” December 6, 1946. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page.
folder 67	Address, McCurdy Little Symphony Broadcast, WHAM (Rochester), November 12, 1946. Typescript, annotated in ink; 3 pages.
folder 68	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 24, 1946. Typescript, annotated in ink and pencil; two copies, each 12 pages. Accompanied by draft comprised of ink MS (31 pages) and typescript (3 pages).
folder 69	Address, United Nations broadcast, WHAM (Rochester), July 10, 1946. MS draft in pencil, annotated in ink; 4 pages.
folder 70	Address, National Music Council, December 27, 1946. Typescript; two copies, each 11 pages.
folder 71	National Music Council Report, May 13, 1947. MS draft in ink, annotated in pencil; 7 pages. Accompanied by typescript agenda, annotated in ink; and by four 3” x 5” index cards bearing an outline for the address.

Box 13

folder 1	Address, National Student Association, Regional Conference, December 13, 1947. Typescript; two copies, each 5 pages. One copy annotated in pencil.
folder 2	Draft article, “Three Steps Forward in Music Education,” January, 1948. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 11 pages. N.B. Published in Musical America, 68 (3), February 1948.
folder 3	Christmas Editorial, ESM Students’ Paper, December, 1947. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 2 pages.
folder 4	Letter to the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle and to the Rochester Times Union, December 15, 1947. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page; each copy addressed to the editor of either newspaper.
folder 5	Editorial, Rochester Times-Union, December 15, 1947. Typescript; four copies, each 2 pages. One copy annotated in colored pencil. Accompanied by cover sheet addressed to Margaret Witmer Maxwell, and by letter (December 8, 1947) to Hanson from Margaret Witmer Maxwell.
folder 6	Letter to Olin Downes, October 2, 1947. Typescript with annotations in ink; 2 pages. Accompanied by typescript draft (4 pages) and MS draft in ink (2 pages).
folder 7	Foreword, ESM Festival of Chamber Music, ca. 1947. Typescript; 2 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink; 7 pages.
folder 8	Convocation address, Eastman School of Music, September 22, 1947. Typescript with pencilled annotations; two copies, each 22 pages.
folder 9	Commencement Address, Monroe High School, Rochester, New York, June 28, 1949. Typescript with annotations in ink; 7 pages.
folder 10	Address, “The American College and Conservatory as a Potential Center of Creative Development in Music,” NASM, December, 1947. Typescript; 11 pages.
folder 11	Article for International Musician, June, 1948. Typescript with pencilled annotations; two copies, each 2 pages.
folder 12	Address, WHAM (Rochester), McCurdy Little Symphony Concert, May 4, 1948. Typescript; two copies, each 3 pages.
folder 13	Article on the Festival of American Music for A Tempo, June, 1948. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 3 pages.
folder 14	Address, Rochester Club, February 13, 1948. Typescript; three copies, each 7 pages. One copy annotated in pencil; the other copies annotated in ink.
folder 15	Publicity release on the UNESCO meetings for Rochester Democrat & Chronicle and Rochester Times-Union, February 16–20, 1948. Typescript; two copies, each 1 page. Accompanied by a memorandum from the United States National Commission for UNESCO.
folder 16	Address, Dedication of radio station WRUR, University of Rochester, February 10, 1948. Typescript; four copies, each 1 page. One copy annotated in ink and pencil.
folder 17	Article for the Critical Review of Biographies, ca. 1947-48. MS draft in ink; 16 pages.
folder 18	Condensation of Harvard Report, NASM, February 19-20, 1946. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 28 pages. Accompanied by draft in ink with pencilled annotations; 7 pages.
folder 19	Two press releases on the Harvard Lectures, March 18-19, 1948; on Harvard University News Office letterhead. March 18, 1948: Typescript; 8 pages. March 19, 1948: Typescript; 5 pages.
folder 20	“Dr. Howard Hanson, His Contributions to America,” signed by Keith Stott, Freshman, Todd Union, University of Rochester River Campus. Typescript with pencilled annotations; 10 pages.
folder 21	“An American Sibelius.” Published copy. The Econograph [“published periodically by the Rochester Savings Bank to encourage thrift in the school and home”], March, 1946. The article on Hanson appears on pages 1 and 7; author attribution lacking.
folder 22	Nicolas Slonimsky, “The American Sibelius.” Published copy; extract from The Christian Science Monitor, October 14, 1944. Two copies.
folder 23	Translation of article “North American Impressions” by Professor Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Translated from the Portuguese by Gustave Fredric Soderlund of the ESM faculty. Typescript; 3 pages. Accompanied by a carbon copy of the translation; by a copy of the publication in which the article was published, Resenha Musical, February, 1942, and by Professor Azevedo’s business card, apparently sent as cover to the magazine.
folder 24	Citation of Howard Hanson in the Field of Creative Music, Convocation of Associated Museum Councils held at Bausch Hall, Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1943.

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