Processed by
Emily Castle
September 2006
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
3 manuscript boxes, 3 OMB boxes, 2 folders of photographs |
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COLLECTION |
1936–1940s |
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PROVENANCE: |
Elizabeth Ann Schechter, Bloomington, IN, September 2002 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
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RELATED |
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ACCESSION |
2002.0754 |
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NOTES: |
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Richard “Dick” Robbins was the director of the Campus Club Orchestra, a nine piece band with a vocalist. Robbins directed the Campus Club organization at Butler University for four years before forming his own orchestra, where he played drums and was vocalist. Robbins’ group received local fame during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The orchestra quickly became a local favorite and played at Purdue University, Earlham College, Indiana University, Hanover College, and Butler University, in addition to bookings at the Woodstock Country Club, Columbia Club, and hotels in Indianapolis. Mostly they played at business receptions, dances for returning servicemen, and high school and college dances.
Sources:
Materials in collection
The bulk of this collection contains sheet music of orchestra arrangements of popular songs from the 1930s and 1940s, both printed and handwritten. The printed sheet music is arranged alphabetically when the entire arrangement was together, otherwise it is separated by instrument, e.g. piano, drums, saxophone. Three oversize boxes contain handwritten scores for different instruments. There is one folder of clippings and a program from one of the club’s performances. It also contains two folders of photographs of members of the band and the whole band, posing and during performances.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Campus Club Orchestra program, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Clippings, re: Campus Club Orchestra, 1936–41 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Campus Club Orchestra photographs, n.d. |
Visual Collection: |
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Campus Club Orchestra photographs, n.d. |
Visual Collection: |
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Arranging and Copying Scales: General Rules, May 1938 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, A–I, ca. 1940s |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, J–S, ca. 1940s |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, T–Y, ca. 1940s |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, bass, ca. 1940s |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, drums, ca. 1940s |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, guitar, ca. 1940s |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, piano, ca. 1940s |
Box 2, Folder 1 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, saxophone, ca. 1940s |
Box 2, Folder 2 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, trombone, ca. 1940s |
Box 2, Folder 3 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, trumpet, ca. 1940s |
Box 2, Folder 4 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, violins, ca. 1940s |
Box 3, Folder 1 |
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Orchestra arrangement sheet music, printed, vocal, ca. 1940s |
Box 3, Folder 2 |
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Vocal arrangements, handwritten, n.d. |
OMB 0106 |
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Handwritten orchestra music, drums, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 3 |
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Orchestra scores, handwritten, n.d. (folder 1 of 11) |
OMB 0106 |
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Orchestra scores, handwritten, n.d. (folder 2 of 11) |
OMB 0106 |
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Orchestra scores, handwritten, n.d. (folder 3 of 11) |
OMB 0106 |
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Orchestra scores, handwritten, n.d. (folder 4 of 11) |
OMB 0106 |
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Orchestra scores, handwritten, n.d. (folder 5 of 11) |
OMB 0106 |
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Orchestra scores, handwritten, n.d. (folder 6 of 11) |
OMB 0106 |
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Orchestra scores, handwritten, n.d. (folder 7 of 11) |
OMB 0106 |
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Orchestra scores, handwritten, n.d. (folder 8 of 11) |
OMB 0106 |
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Orchestra scores, handwritten, n.d. (folder 9 of 11) |
OMB 0106 |
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Orchestra scores, handwritten, n.d. (folder 10 of 11) |
OMB 0106 |
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Orchestra scores, handwritten, n.d. (folder 11 of 11) |
OMB 0106 |
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