Helen M. Hewitt Papers, 1887-1976

By Marissa Posada

Collection Overview

Title:	Helen M. Hewitt Papers, 1887-1976
ID:	02/17/ UG10
Primary Creator:	Helen M. Hewitt (1900-1977)
Extent:	18.0 Boxes
Arrangement:	Arranged by material type.

Abstract

Papers of Helen Margaret Hewitt concerning her career in music as a student and teacher of the organ and musicology including certifactes, clippings, corresopondence, photograghs, programs, publication, scrapbooks.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Helen (Margaret) Hewitt was born in Granville, New York, on May 2, 1900. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College in 1921 and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music in 1925. She traveled to France to study organ with Charles-Marie Widor and harmony with Nadia Boulanger at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau. She also attended the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and received a Master of Arts degree from Union Theological Seminary in 1932 and at Columbia University in 1933. After further European study with Heinrich Besseler at the University of Heidelberg she completed the Ph.D. degree at Harvard University in 1938.

Hewitt began her teaching career at the State Normal School in Potsdam, New York (1925–28). She later taught at the Florida State College for Women (1938–39) and Hunter College (1942). She was appointed to the faculty at North Texas State Teachers College at Denton (now the University of North Texas) in 1942 and was one of the founders of the doctoral program in music there. She remained on the faculty until her retirement in 1969. (Biographical information from Texas State Historical Association Website)

Biographical Note

Helen Margaret Hewitt was a Professor for the College of Music and was at the University of North Texas from 1942 until 1969.

Access Information

Access Restrictions:

This collection is not restricted.

Use Restrictions:

Reproduction and publication of materials in this collection are subject to the policies of the UNT Archives and Rare Books department. Copyright restrictions may apply.

Physical Access Note:

This collection is stored off-site and requires a minimum of 24 hours notice prior to use.

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Administrative Information

Repository:	University Archives
Acquisition Source:	UNT
Preferred Citation:	Helen W. Hewitt Papers, University of North Texas Special Collections
Finding Aid Revision History:	July 28 by Nicole Yatsonsky - added Oversized Box 220.427 - already existed but was not in finding aid

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Box and Folder Listing
Series 1: Papers Series 2: Oversized Series 3: Artifacts

Series 1: Papers
- Box 416 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Family Correspondence.
  
  Barcode: 2701
  - Folder 1: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1917-1918, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 2: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1918 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 3: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1918-1919, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 4: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1919-1920 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 5: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1920, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 6: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1920-1921 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 7: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1921, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 8: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1921-1922, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 417 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Family Correspondence.
  
  Barcode: 2702
  - Folder 1: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1923-1924 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 2: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1924-1925 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 3: Family Correpondence from Hewitt, 1925-1926 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 4: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1926 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 5: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1926, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 6: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1927-1930, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 7: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1930-1933, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 8: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1933 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 418 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Family Correspondence.
  
  Barcode: 2703
  - Folder 1: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1934 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 2: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1934-1935 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 3: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1935-1936, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 4: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1936-1937 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 5: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1937-1938 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 6: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1938-1939, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 7: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1939-1941 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 8: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1941-1942, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 9: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1943-1945 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 419 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Family and Personal Correspondence.
  
  Barcode: 2704
  - Folder 1: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1946-1947 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 2: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1948-1957 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 3: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 4: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 5: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 6: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 7: Family Correspondence Miscellaneous, 1919-1943 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 8: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1908-1950 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 9: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1950-1955 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 10: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1955-1959 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 420 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Personal and Professional Correspondence to Hewitt
  
  Barcode: 2705
  - Folder 1: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1960-1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 2: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1961-1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 3: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1964-1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 4: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1968-1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 5: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1970-1972 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 6: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1972-1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 7: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 8: Professional Correspondence to Hewitt - Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology, 1940-1956 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 9: Professional Correspondence to Hewitt - Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology, 1956-1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 421 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Professional Correspondence and material from the American Musicological Society.
  
  Barcode: 2706
  - Folder 1: Professional Correspondence to Hewitt - American Musicological Society, 1933-1960 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 2: Professional Correspondence to Hewitt - Canti, 1945-1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 3: Professional Correspondence to Hewitt - H. Keller's Translation, 1955-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 4: Miscellaneous Letters, 1925-1952, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 5: American Musicological Society material - Minutes, 1949-1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 6: American Musicological Society material - Newsletter, 1956-1960 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 7: American Musicological Society material - Programs and Agendas, 1943-1963 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 8: American Musicological Society material - Program Notes, 1948-1961, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 9: American Musicological Society material - Program Notes, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 10: American Musicological Society material - Miscellaneous material, 1926-1975, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 422 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Information on Miscellaneous Memorabilia.
  
  Barcode: 2707
  - Folder 1: Miscellaneous Memorabilia - Drawings, 1911-1915 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 2: Miscellaneous Memorabilia - Notebooks, exams, 1914-1935, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 3: Miscellaneous Memorabilia - Papers, Speeches, Grade Reports, Class Notes, 1936-1975 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 4: Miscellaneous Memorabilia - Music materials, 1923-1966, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 5: Miscellaneous Memorabilia - Princeton Bicentennial conference, 1947 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 6: Miscellaneous Memorabilia - Notes on H. Keller's translation, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 423 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Information on Miscellaneous Memorabilia.
  
  Barcode: 2708
  - Folder 1: Miscellaneous Memorabilia - Awards, 1917-1974, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 2: Miscellaneous Memorabilia - Hewitt Biographical Sketch, Vitae, Bibliographies, 1939-1964, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 3: Miscellaneous Memorabilia - Honorary Degree, 1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 4: Miscellaneous Memorabilia, 1919-1976, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 5: Diary, 1926 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 424 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Programs and Publications.
  
  Barcode: 2709
  - Folder 1: Programs, 1887-1939 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 2: Programs, 1940-1956 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 3: Programs, 1957-1959 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 4: Programs, 1960-1973, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 5: Publication, 1965 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 425 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Scrapbook.
  
  Barcode: 2710
  - Item 1: Scrapbook, 1924-1938 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 1: From Scrapbook, 1921-1938 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 426 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Scrapbook.
  
  Barcode: 2711
  - Item 1: Scrapbook, 1937-1947 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 1: From Scrapbook, 1937-1947 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 427 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Photographs.
  
  Barcode: 2712
  
  Barcode: 2715
  
  Barcode: 2715
  - Folder 1: Photographs - Helen Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 2: Photographs - Helen Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 3: Photographs - Helen Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 4: Photographs - Helen Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 5: Photographs - Helen Hewitt - Hewitt Family, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 6: Photographs - European trips - Friends, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 7: Photographs - European trips - Friends, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 8: Photographs - Friends - Students, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 9: Photographs - Student's children - Miscellaneous, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 428 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Newspaper clippings.
  
  Barcode: 2713
  - Folder 1: Newspaper clippings, 1906, 1920 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 2: Newspaper clippings, 1930 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 3: Newspaper clippings, 1940 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 4: Newspaper clippings, 1950 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 5: Newspaper clippings, 1960 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 6: Newspaper clippings, 1970 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  - Folder 7: Newspaper clippings, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Box 429 Request Reading Room Access
  
  Barcode: 652018
Series 2: Oversized
- Box 416A: Oversized 416-428 Request Reading Room Access
  
  These items were moved from boxes 416-428.
  
  Barcode: 2714
- Box (F3-5): Print Box Request Reading Room Access
  
  These items were moved from box 427.
  
  Barcode: 2715
- Box (F6-8A): Print Box Request Reading Room Access
  
  These items were moved from box 427.
  
  Barcode: 2716
- Box (F8B)-454: Print Box Request Reading Room Access
  
  These items were moved from box 427.
  
  Barcode: 2717
- Box (220.427): Print Box Request Reading Room Access
  
  This box also contains photos from the Levis Family Collection and the Alfred Bailey Jolley Papers.
  Contains 4 photos separated from Box 427.
  
  Barcode: 706587
Series 3: Artifacts
- Box 100844: Medal and Printing Block Request Reading Room Access
  
  This box also contains a box in the shape of a book; cross stitched apple; photograph cube; framed photograph; plaque; and a gold ring from the Sarah Law Kennerly Papers.
  
  Barcode: 663146

Helen M. Hewitt Papers, 1887-1976

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Use Restrictions:

Physical Access Note:

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Box and Folder ListingBrowse by SeriesSeries 1: PapersSeries 2: OversizedSeries 3: Artifacts

Series 1: Papers

Box 416 Request Reading Room Access

Folder 1: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1917-1918, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 2: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1918 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 3: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1918-1919, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 4: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1919-1920 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 5: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1920, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 6: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1920-1921 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 7: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1921, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 8: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1921-1922, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Box 417 Request Reading Room Access

Folder 1: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1923-1924 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 2: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1924-1925 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 3: Family Correpondence from Hewitt, 1925-1926 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 4: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1926 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 5: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1926, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 6: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1927-1930, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 7: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1930-1933, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 8: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1933 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Box 418 Request Reading Room Access

Folder 1: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1934 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 2: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1934-1935 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 3: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1935-1936, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 4: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1936-1937 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 5: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1937-1938 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 6: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1938-1939, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 7: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1939-1941 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 8: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1941-1942, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 9: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1943-1945 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Box 419 Request Reading Room Access

Folder 1: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1946-1947 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 2: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, 1948-1957 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 3: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 4: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 5: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 6: Family Correspondence from Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 7: Family Correspondence Miscellaneous, 1919-1943 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 8: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1908-1950 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 9: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1950-1955 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 10: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1955-1959 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Box 420 Request Reading Room Access

Folder 1: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1960-1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 2: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1961-1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 3: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1964-1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 4: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1968-1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 5: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1970-1972 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 6: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, 1972-1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 7: Personal Correspondence to Hewitt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 8: Professional Correspondence to Hewitt - Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology, 1940-1956 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 9: Professional Correspondence to Hewitt - Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology, 1956-1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Box 421 Request Reading Room Access

Folder 1: Professional Correspondence to Hewitt - American Musicological Society, 1933-1960 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 2: Professional Correspondence to Hewitt - Canti, 1945-1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 3: Professional Correspondence to Hewitt - H. Keller's Translation, 1955-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 4: Miscellaneous Letters, 1925-1952, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 5: American Musicological Society material - Minutes, 1949-1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 6: American Musicological Society material - Newsletter, 1956-1960 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 7: American Musicological Society material - Programs and Agendas, 1943-1963 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 8: American Musicological Society material - Program Notes, 1948-1961, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 9: American Musicological Society material - Program Notes, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 10: American Musicological Society material - Miscellaneous material, 1926-1975, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Box 422 Request Reading Room Access

Box and Folder Listing
Series 1: Papers Series 2: Oversized Series 3: Artifacts