Don and Barbara Gillis Collection, 1932-1977
By Maristella Feustle
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Don and Barbara Gillis Collection, 1932-1977 |
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| ID: | 06/ 002 |
| Primary Creator: | Gillis, Don (1912-1978) |
| Extent: | 255.0 Boxes |
| Arrangement: | This collection is arranged in five series: Series 1: Compositions Series 2: Papers Series 3: Reels and Tape Transcripts Series 4: Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend; The Centennial Series Series 5: University of Georgia accrual July 2016; Series 6: Addition, 2009. Series 6 was processed after Series 5; therefore, they are out of chronological order. |
| Subjects: | |
| Languages: | English |
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists of Don Gillis' compositions and papers, reel-to-reel recordings of many of his compositions and Gillis' discussing his works, and materials related to the series Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend, which Gillis produced. Gillis' wife Barbara oversaw the donation of this collection, and was a lifelong advocate of Mr.Gillis' work.
Gillis' compositions represent his career from the early 1930s through the 1970s, and include sacred, secular, symphonic, and chamber works. His papers include correspondence, papers related to various projects, schedules, reviews, radio scripts, and the Men of Music radio project, teaching materials, writings, additional papers concerning his work, biographical materials, and newspaper clippings.
The reel-to-reel recordings, 50 in all, contain recordings of Gillis' works and Gillis' own description of them. Transcripts are included in Series 3 of the finding aid.
The recordings of Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend and The Centennial Series span the years 1963 through 1967, and with few exceptions, each broadcast is linked individually and available for listening through the UNT Digital Library.
Biographical Note
Subject/Index Terms
Access Information
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Physical Access Note:
Collection is housed in the UNT Music Library and in remote storage. Advance notice for use is required. Please contact the Music Library for further information.
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Administrative Information
| Repository: | Music Library |
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| Accruals: | Nine boxes received from the University of Georgia on July 13, 2016. |
| Acquisition Source: | Donated to the University of North Texas Music Library by Barbara Gillis after her husband's death in 1978. |
| Finding Aid Revision History: |
The current finding aid is an adaptation and re-working of an earlier version of the UNT Libraries' website. Organization and description of the collection has required the dedicated participation of many alumni and former graduate assistants, including Cynthia Beard, Ludwig Carrasco-Curíntzita, and Anna Perkins Griner. Series 6 added November 25, 2019. |
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Box and Folder Listing
The listing below is a partial representation of this finding aid's total contents. To see other series/containers,
select an option in Browse by Series, above.
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Series 6: Addition, 2009
Received from Barbara Gillis in Athens, Georgia.-
Box 1: Papers
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Folder 1: Tennessee, 1970-1972
Correspondence with Baptist churches and organizations in Tennessee -
Folder 2: Oklahoma, 1972-1973
Correspondence with Baptist churches and organizations in Enid and Oklahoma City about performances of Gillis' "The Nazarene." -
Folder 3: South Carolina, 1970-1975
Correspondence, primarily with Baptist churches, with programs and newspaper clippings, about performances of The Nazarene. -
Folder 4: Ohio, 1970
Correspondence with Hillcrest Baptist Church, Carlisle, Ohio, about performances of The Nazarene. -
Folder 5: New Mexico, 1970, 1974
Correspondence with Baptist churches and organizations in New Mexico. -
Folder 6: North Carolina, 1970-1975
Correspondence with Baptist churches and organizations about performances of The Nazarene. -
Folder 7: Missouri, 1972-1983
Correspondence from Don and later Barbara Gillis with Baptist churches regarding performances of The Nazarene. -
Folder 8: Mississippi, 1971
Correspondence with Baptist churches regarding performances of The Nazarene. -
Folder 9: Louisiana, 1972
Correspondence with First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge regarding performances of The Nazarene. -
Folder 10: Kansas, 1970-1971
Correspondence with Nall Avenue Baptist Church in Prairie Village regarding performances of The Nazarene. -
Folder 11: Indiana, 1969
Correspondence primarily with Bethel College regarding performances of The Nazarene. -
Folder 12: Georgia, 1970-1972
Correspondence with Baptist churches and organizations about performances of The Nazarene. -
Folder 13: Florida, 1972-1973
Correspondence regarding performances of The Nazarene, with newspaper excerpts and a performance program. -
Folder 14: Colorado, 1972-1982
Correspondence from Don and later Barbara Gillis regarding performances of The Nazarene, with newspaper excerpts, ticket stubs, and performance programs. -
Folder 15: Canada, 1970
Correspondence regarding the potential performance of The Nazarene in Canada, specifically in Calgary, Alberta. -
Folder 16: California, 1971
Correspondence regarding performances of The Nazarene, with newspaper excerpts. -
Folder 17: Arkansas, 1971, 1977
Correspondence regarding performances of The Nazarene, with 2 copies of a performance program. -
Folder 18: Alabama, 1970-1976
Correspondence regarding performances of The Nazarene. -
Folder 19: Virginia, 1971
Correspondence with First Baptist Church in Suffolk VA, regarding the performance of The Nazarene. -
Folder 20: Texas, 1969-1976
Correspondence regarding performances of The Nazarene, with newspaper excerpts and performance programs. -
Folder 21: Portrait of a Frontier Town, 1946-1950, 1961, 1968, 1973
List of works, correspondence, news articles, and performance programs related to Portrait of a Frontier Town. -
Folder 22: Star Valley Junction: budget materials, 1967-1968
Includes list of potential grant funders in Texas at that time. -
Folder 23: Star Valley Junction: libretto, audition script, 1967
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Folder 24: Star Valley Junction: correspondence, 1966-1971, 1980
1980 correspondence is with Barbara Gillis. -
Folder 25: Pep Rally, undated
Performance photos, folded music manuscript pages 104-105, 112, 186, 187, and one without page number. -
Folder 26: Idea - Opera, undated
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Folder 27: Professional Experience
Various resumes and related documents. -
Folder 28: Music of Don Gillis
Lists of works, synopsis for "Bridal Suite - A Musical in One Act." -
Folder 29: Team Lists
Lists of works, copyright registrations, publications and dates -
Folder 30: NTSU Lists, 1974 July 2.
Two copies of "Music by Don Gillis," with note "These tapes are prepared especially for North Texas State University." Includes an index of music by reel number, program notes, and alphabetical listing of compositions included. -
Folder 31: Lists of Music by Gillis
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Folder 32: Music by Don Gillis
Numerous stapled copies of lists.
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Box 2: Reel-to-reel audio tapes
This box contains 10-inch reel-to-reel audio tapes. Title from spine label unless otherwise noted.-
Item 1: Compositions by Arturo Toscanini, 1967 February 6
Three compositions by Arturo Toscanini: V'Amo; L'Autumno; Berceuse. Arthur Warren, tenor; Joseph Kahn, piano. Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios. -
Item 2: Compositions by Arturo Toscanini, 1967 February 6
Mono, 7.5 ips. Arthur Warren, tenor; Joseph Kahn, piano. -
Item 3: NBC Symphony: Don Gillis conducting, 1953 June 20
Container: Henry Sopkin: Atlanta Suite; Harp Rhapsody ("premiere with Vito"); Shindig. Tape label: Park Ave. Kids part I. -
Item 4: Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend - Series 2, Number 17, Part 1, 1963 September 25
Reel has "NTSU" sticker. -
Item 5: NBC Summer Symphony, 1953 June 20
Dubbed November 18, 1967. -
Item 6: Walter Toscanini and Don Gillis discuss Verdi
"Toscanini conversation." -
Item 7: Toscanini rehearsal: Don Gillis' Symphony 5 1/2, part B, 1947 September 18.
"Part I - 3rd movement detailed rehearsals; 3rd movement no stops; Part II - 4th movement from beginning, few stops." -
Item 8: 1st NBC broadcast, part 1, 1937
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Item 9: 1st NBC broadcast, part 2, 1937
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Item 10: Special tribute to Toscanini
Reel "out takes." Unclear if re-used reel or if contents are outtakes. -
Item 11: Toscanini and Grossman; Toscanini and Herva Nelli
Back of container: Instant Replay, premiere recording, Saturday, March 19, 1977. Reel: "Grauer [illegible]." -
Item 12: Rehearsal, 1967 December 5
Toscanini program 51. Recorded December 5, 1967, broadcast December 10. -
Item 13: Toscanini Rehearsal: Symphony 5 1/2 Part A, 1947 September 18
Part 1: first movement, detailed rehearsal, slow tempo. Part 2: first movement, a tempo, second movement, played twice. -
Item 14: Assorted rehearsals and conversations of Toscanini
Back of container: U.S. Air Force Symphony Orchestra, Lt. Col. Arnald D. Gabriel, conductor. "Portrait of a Century." -
Item 15: Walter Toscanini and Don Gillis discuss Verdi
Back of container has crossed out: U.S. Air Force Symphony Orchestra, Lt. Col. Arnald D. Gabriel, conductor. "Portrait of a Century." -
Item 16: Toscanini Rehearsal
No other information on container or reel. -
Item 17: Toscanini - Portrait of a Century
Back of container: U.S. Air Force Symphony Orchestra, Lt. Col. Arnald D. Gabriel, conductor. "Portrait of a Century." Added in pencil: 1867-1957. -
Item 18: Gillis #1, 1978 January 18
Front of container: Conversations with Don Gillis #1. Master copy. Project number MU78513. Producer: Zane Knauss. Insert in container: Engineer: Ed Breland. -
Item 19: Gillis #2
Front of container: Conversations with Don Gillis #2. Master copy. Producer: Zane Knauss. -
Item 20: Gillis #3, 1978 January 31
Insert in container: Instructional Services Center, University of South Carolina. Client: Zane Knauss. Engineer: Breland. Master copy. Copy of South Carolina Educational Radio Network FM program guide for January 1978 also enclosed. Front of container: "2/1/78 (7:30 PM) WLTR." -
Item 21: Gillis #4
Insert in container: Instructional Services Center, University of South Carolina. Engineer: Breland. -
Item 22: Gillis #5
Insert in container: Instructional Services Center, University of South Carolina. Client: Zane Knauss. Engineer: Breland. Master copy. -
Item 23: Composer's Profile - Kodaly, Gillis #1, 1976 March 16
Instructional Services Center, University of South Carolina. Engineer: Breland. Insert in container gives air date of July 5, 1977. Master copy.
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Box 3: Cassette tapes and papers
Box 3 contains 3 smaller boxes of cassettes, along with other items, numbered 4 and up.-
Box 1: Teaching as a Performing Art - Box 1
Cassette tapes. Interviews by Don Gillis unless otherwise noted. Slash separates sides of the tape-
Item 1: Dr. Sally Hare / Jeff Hayden
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Item 2: Dr. Thomas Wickstrom / Eva Marie Saint and Jeff Hayden
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Item 3: George Curry / Ron and Sandy Severini
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Item 4: Sidney Palmer / Dr. Robert Metger
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Item 5: Dr. Ralph Phelps / Dr. Roland Reed
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Item 6: Zane Knauss / Dr. Richard "Ed" Kemper
Knauss interviewed by Don Gillis and Dr. Leon Lessenger. -
Item 7: Dean George Reeves / Dr. Thomas Pierson
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Item 8: Eva Marie Saint / Dr. Jay Smith
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Item 9: Henry Cauthen /
Cauthen interviewed by Don Gillis and Dr. Leon Lessenger. -
Item 10: Allen King Cooper / Dr. Nancy Cromer
Cromer interviewed by Allen King Cooper. -
Item 11: Dr. Milton Baker / Dr. Peggy Bell
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Item 12: F. Charles Rives / Dr. Phillip Rollinson
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Item 13: Dr. James Fraser / Dr. Patti Gillespie
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Item 14: William Hug / Roger E. Jacobi
Jacobi interviewed by Don Gillis and Dr. Leon Lessenger. -
Item 15: Bowie-Borden ("score") / Frank Brieff
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Item 16: Toscanini Rehearsal - Mozart, 1946 November / 1950 February
Side 1: Toscanini rehearsal NBC - Mozart Symphony No. 35, 11-46. Side 2: Mozart concluded; Fritz Kreisler 75th birthday, 2-50. -
Item 17: Don and Mary Denton - Bill Benton
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Item 18: Keel-Gillis
Side 1: Keel/Gillis Toscanini. Side 2: Gillis/Keel on Gillis' music. -
Item 19: Keel-Gillis
Gillis/Keel Art of Media Instruction. -
Item 20: Composer Series # 1
Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Copland. -
Item 21: Composer Series # 2
Debussy, Dvorak, Gershwin, Gillis. -
Item 22: Composer Series # 3
Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Kodaly. -
Item 23: Composer Series # 4
Mendelssohn, Mozart, Ravel, Schubert. -
Item 24: Composer Series # 5
Sibelius, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Verdi. -
Item 25: Composer Series # 6
Shostakovich, Taylor, Tchaikovsky.
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Box 2
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Item 1: Don Gillis: Materials of composition
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Item 2: Don Gillis: Early writing / List of music and discussion
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Item 3: Don Gillis: Influence of teachers
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Item 4: Don Gillis: Influences on composition / List of music continued
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Item 5: Don Gillis: On composers
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Item 6: Don Gillis: Band scoring / Band scoring; conductors
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Item 7: Don Gillis: Toscanini / Conductors
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Item 8: Don Gillis: Conductors continued
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Item 9: Don Gillis: Conductors (end); publishing / Today 12-1962; rewards of creativity
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Item 10: Don Gillis: End: rewards of creativity / Works for stage
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Item 11: Don Gillis: Process of creativity / Introduction to Music 565; Cue music lecture
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Item 12: Don Gillis: Works for stage / Works for stage; Toscanini
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Item 13: Don Gillis: On critics; piano lessons; decision to change life / Dr. Maddy; I.A.A.; 12/24/61
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Item 14: Don - Maddy, Grauer, Downs
Side 1: Joe Maddy, 1961; Ben Grauer, 1963. Side 2: Today Show, 3-29-68; "Unfinished Symphony Conductor." -
Item 15: Don Gillis Interviews Dicky, Guion, Cauthen, Grofe
Side 1: Jim Dicky, David Guion, John Cauthen. Side 2: Tribute to Ferde Grofe at SMU. -
Item 16: Don Gillis and Walter Toscanini
Side 1: With Walter Toscanini. Side 2: Reading script. -
Item 17: Don Gillis and Walter Toscanini
"With Walter T doing Debut Years 1 + 2." -
Item 18: Don Gillis and Walter Toscanini
"With Walter T doing Debut Years 3 + 4." -
Item 19: Don Gillis and Walter Toscanini
"With Walter T doing Debut Years 4 + 5." -
Item 20: Don Gillis and Walter Toscanini
"With Walter T. La Scala #1." -
Item 21: Don Gillis and Walter Toscanini
"With Walter T. La Scala #2." -
Item 22: Man Behind the Legend
Side 1: Canta, Canta; Eloquen Baton 122. Side 2: Eyes of Maestro; Singers; Rehearsal segments; Watch incident. -
Item 23: Man Behind the Legend
Side 1: Farandole - Bizet; Leonard Falcone re: La Scala Tour; Detroit 1921; Material re: first NBC broadcast 1937; Dixie; Garibaldi; Hymn; Old Camden records: 1. Farandole from L'Arlesienne Suite 2 by Bizet; 2. Carmen Suite - Bizet; 3. Finale, Symphony 1 - Beethoven. Side 2: Kodaly interview; Walter Toscanini and Don Gillis. -
Item 24: Man Behind the Legend
Side 1: Visit to Villa Pauline - raw interview. Side 2: Villa Pauline continued; Monitor Spot; Today Show; Watch incident. -
Item 25: Man Behind the Legend
Side 1: Debut Years. Side 2: Parma Years (Don Gillis); Parma Years (Ben Grauer).
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Box 3
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Item 1: Don Gillis - Band music
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Item 2: Skits - Story Time
With tape counter markers: Side 1, Skits: Airport (0); Turntable (103); Herman (230); Marvin M (420). Side 2, Story Time: Big Race (0); Happy Jack (139); Old Mother Hubbard (330). -
Item 3: Don Gillis Playing Piano
Side 1: "Don improvising." Side 2: Barbie's Song. -
Item 4: Texas Christian University Concert - Lew and Don Gillis
Marked "D" for Don and "L" for Lew. Side 1: Ceremony of Allegiance (D); 2. Children's Suite (L); 3. Sketch for Boy Scout Band and Bugle (L); Whiz Bang (L); Carla (L). Side 2: This Is Our America (D); Dialogue for Trombone (D); Tulsa (D); TCU Alma Mater. -
Item 5: Interlochen Classes
Side 1: Deems Taylor at Interlochen. Side 2: Camp Radio Class at Interlochen. -
Item 6: Morphus Cancer Tape - Hypnosis
Side 1: O. Carl Simonton. Side 2: Dr. David Creek; Dr. Oscar Morphus. -
Item 7: Magic Giant Stories
Side 1: Magic Giant; Now You See Me; Bedeliap Goes to School; Big Move; The Book That Talked. Side 2: Boy Named Grock; Hucbald Solves a Problem; Santa Named Clause; Big and Little. -
Item 8: Jeff Davis
Side 1: Betsy Ross; Three Liturgical Dances. Side 2: My Name Is Children; Masks of April. -
Item 9: Austin Speech - Dogs - Sound Effects
Side 1: Austin Speech, NAEB, 1965; Singing Dogs. Side 2: Sound effects: Thunder; Jet Plane; Cash Register; Rooster; Birds. -
Item 10: Don Gillis - Zane Knauss, 1977
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Item 11: Deems Taylor, 1959
At Interlochen. -
Item 12: Just So Stories
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Item 13: Julie - Happy Birthday
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Item 14: No label
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Item 15: No label
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Item 16: Nine sealed TDK blank cassette tapes
8 D90 tapes, 1 D60.
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Item 4: Datebook, 1967
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Item 5: Datebook, 1968
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Item 6: Framed photo of Gillis as a baby with his parents.
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Item 7: Envelope: Old pictures - baby, family, Cameron [Missouri], NY City at home
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Item 8: Envelope: Miscellaneous pictures, not labeled.
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Item 9: Envelope: Symphony of the Air, "In Japan with Don Gillis, Walter Hendl, Thor Johnson."
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Item 10: Envelope: Handwritten short stories and essays
Stored lengthwise in box due to size. -
Item 11: Correspondence with Thomas C. Pierson, 1974-1978
These letters appear to have been saved by Pierson and sent to UNT. At least one letter is from Barbara Gillis. Stored lengthwise in box due to size. -
Item 12: As It Was in the Beginning; Teaching as a Performing Art
File also includes invitation card for the world premiere of Gillis' Instant Replay. These materials also appear to have come from Thomas Pierson. -
Item 13: Loose papers
Includes typed program guide for The Seventh Age, script for Old Mother Hubbard, Hucbald Visits the Vet, newspaper clippings, a copy of A Memory: For Bassoon Quartet published by Prairie Dawg Press; correspondence with the American Symphony Orchestra League, and photos. Stored lengthwise in box due to size. -
Item 14: Booklet: On tour with Toscanini and RCA Victor.
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Item 15: Booklet: ASCAP - Irving Berlin Centennial Celebration, 1998 Summer
"A Special Issue of ASCAP in Action." -
Item 16: Carnegie Hall Program Booklet, 1963 October 2
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Item 17: Program: 65th Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, 1964 May 22 - June 14
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Item 18: B.H. Haggin: The Toscanini Musicians Knew, 1967
Hardcover. Inscribed to Don Gillis. New York: Horizon Press. Items 18 and onward are not known to be from the 2009 accrual, but were additional unprocessed materials. -
Item 19: Spike Hughes: The Toscanini Legacy, 1969
Paperback. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. Reprint. -
Item 20: Lawrence Gilman: Toscanini and Great Music, 1938
Hardcover.
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Box 4: Papers
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Folder 1: The Land of Wheat
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Folder 2: January, February, March
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Folder 3: Abe Lincoln - Gettysburg 1863
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Folder 4: The Alamo
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Folder 5: Alice in Orchestralia
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Folder 6: Amarillo: A Symphonic Celebration
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Folder 7: American Opera
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Folder 8: Amon Carter March
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Folder 9: The Art of Media Instruction
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Folder 10: As It Was in the Beginning
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Folder 11: The Atlanta Suite: A Choreographic Impression of a Southern City
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Folder 12: Ballet for Band - The Frontiersman
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Folder 13: Band Concert Suite
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Folder 14: Bayou Song
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Folder 15: Behold the Man
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Folder 16: Bing Bang Bong
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Folder 17: The Birds
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Folder 18: Brass Works
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Folder 19: Capitol I - York
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Folder 20: Alpha Delta Pi Centennial Hymn
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Folder 21: Ceremony of Allegiance
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Folder 22: The Coming of King
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Folder 23: Concerto for Organ
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Folder 24: Piano Concerto II
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Folder 25: Creativity in Media Arts
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Folder 26: Dialogue for Trombone
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Folder 27: Downbeat
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Folder 28: Etude in Stereophonics
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Folder 29: Fairy Tales
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Folder 30: Five Acre Pond
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Folder 31: Footsie
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Folder 32: Four Scenes from Yesterday
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Folder 33: Gift of the Magi
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Folder 34: Instant Music
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Folder 35: Instant Replay
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Folder 36: Intermission - Ten Minutes
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Folder 37: Let Us Pray
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Folder 38: Let Us Pray, 1971
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Folder 39: The Libretto
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Folder 40: Joyful and Triumphant
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Folder 41: Lone Star - A Rhapsody for Band
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Folder 42: The Man Who Invented Music
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Folder 43: Men of Music
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Folder 44: Miss Martha B
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Folder 45: Transparencies: My Name Is Children
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Folder 46: Music for a Wedding
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Folder 47: Music for Tonight
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Folder 48: The Nazarene - Programs from performances
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Folder 49: The Night Before Christmas
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Folder 50: Night Winds
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Folder 51: Recording Permission - WUOM - Orestes
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Folder 52: Transparencies: Old Mother Hubbard
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Folder 53: The Other Thief
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Folder 54: The Answer
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Folder 55: Barley Loaves
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Folder 56: And It Came to Pass
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Folder 57: The Good Samaritan
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Folder 58: His Name Was John
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Folder 59: The Panhandle
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Folder 60: Park Avenue Kids
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Folder 61: Paul Bunyan
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Folder 62: Pep Rally
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Folder 63: Portrait of a City Made of Steel
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Folder 64: Prayer for a Whole Congregation
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Folder 65: Psalm 23
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Folder 66: Quintet for Piano and Strings
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Folder 67: The Raven
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Folder 68: Retrospection
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Folder 69: Rhapsody for Harp and Orchestra
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Folder 70: Rhapsody for Trumpet
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Folder 71: Roman in the Gloamin'
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Folder 72: The Rushin' Trumpeteers
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Folder 73: The Saga of a Pioneer
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Folder 74: The Secret History of the Birth of the Nation
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Folder 75: Seven Golden Texts
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Folder 76: A Shepherd
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Folder 77: Shindig - A Ballet of the Old West
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Folder 78: Short Overture to an Unwritten Opera
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Folder 79: Sonatina No. 2 for Trumpet Quartet
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Folder 80: So They May Also Learn
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Folder 81: Star Valley Junction
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Folder 82: Symphony No. 2 for Band
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Folder 83: Symphony No. 2 - A Symphony of Faith
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Folder 84: Symphony No. 4
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Folder 85: Symphony No. 5 - In Memoriam
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Box 5: Photos, records, and other papers
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Folder 1: Photos, 1970s
Folder stored lengthwise in box due to size. Contents: U.S. Army Band, 1972, photo of Gillis conducting, multiple copies of photo of Gillis, plus negative. -
Item 1: Spot Productions Presents: Wonderful World - recorded by the Lew Gillis All Stars
LPM 2832. OCLC 24615833. Jingles apparently done for radio station WJBK in Detroit, in the style of various other artists. Stapled insert details selections, styles, and contents. -
Item 2: The Symphony of the Air - formerly the NBC Symphony - Presentation Album
E4-KP-7584 / E4-KP-7583. OCLC 53234273. -
Item 3: Don Gillis: Saga of a Prairie School (Symphony No. 7)
London LPS 175. "Mrs. E.A. Gillis" written on back. -
Item 4: New Concert Orchestra conducted by Rae Jenkins: Ralph Vaughan Williams - Sea Songs / Don Gillis - Short Overture to an Unwritten Opera
Boosey and Hawkes 0T.2092 9838/9839. -
Item 5: The Rebel Band: The University of Mississippi presents Music of Ole Miss and Memories of Half-Time
Lyle Babcock, director. "Special music by Lew Gillis." Delta Records RITE 188-8799 / 188-8800. Not in OCLC. -
Item 6: Zum Andenken an Arturo Toscanini
CO-253. OCLC 7239608. -
Item 7: Memorial Tribute to Arturo Toscanini - Commentary by Marcia Davenport with rehearsal excerpts
OCLC 7074581. Not in UNT catalog. -
Item 8: The Man Who Invented Music, 1950
London LLP 176. Close OCLC match in 13836602. Second copy included from elsewhere in unprocessed collection. -
Item 9: Arturo Toscanini Rehearsing the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Not in UNT Catalog. OCLC 65208432. Copy includes typed script, "Recording for affiliate managers," detailing script spoken by Ben Grauer. -
Item 10: Ricordo di Arturo Toscanini
OCLC 955142580. Not in UNT catalog. Copy autographed by Walter Toscanini, inscribed to Gillis, dated January 17, 1961. -
Item 11: The Other Thief, 1976
OCLC 7506464. Not in UNT catalog. CMP Recordings CMP 87638 LPS -
Item 12: Gillis - Tulsa: A Symphonic Portrait; Glanville-Hicks - Three Gymnopedies, Rudhyar, Sinfonietta; Freeman - String Quartet, 1978
OCLC 34261782. Not in UNT catalog. Varese Sarabande VC 81046. -
Item 13: National Music Camp - Interlochen, Michigan, 1960
OCLC 19485715. Not in UNT catalog. Includes Gillis' concerto for Organ and Band. -
Item 14: Band Music by Don Gillis
OCLC 10412773. Not in UNT catalog. -
Item 15: The Nall Avenue Baptist Church Music Ministry Presents The Nazarene, 1971 April 6
Not in OCLC. D-12920. 2 performance programs enclosed. -
Item 16: The Nazarene: A Music Drama by Don Gillis, 1970 July 7
Not in OCLC. Century Records 39105, stereo. -
Item 17: National Music Camp - Interlochen, Michigan, 1959
Not in OCLC. Inscribed to Gillis by Deems Taylor. Contains Deems Taylor's Throught the Looking Glass, and Ballet Music for Orchestra by Hartley. Conductors: Joseph E. Maddy and George C. Wilson. -
Item 18: Joyous Music for Christmas Time, 1963
OCLC 18515767. Reader's Digest RD 45-M. -
Item 19: Book: The Art of Media Instruction, by Don Gillis
OCLC 608645739. Dallas: Crescendo Book Publications, 1973. -
Item 20: Binder: typed manuscript beginning with "The Media Arts: An Explanation."
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Item 21: Typed script: Miss Martha B. and the Heavenly Flap", 1970 October 14-15
Dated at Dallas. -
Item 22: Program: Carnegie Hall - The Symphony of the Air (formerly the NBC Symphony) - Excursions in Jazz, geaturing the music of Duke Ellington and Don Gillis, conducted by the composers, 1955 March 16
Includes telegram script handwritten on scrap of yellow legal paper. Alfred Scott, publisher. 198-3-16E-55. -
Item 23: Correspondence between Gillis secretary Barbara Bernhardt and Marie Vogt of Sylvania, Ohio, 1961 April 20
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Item 24: Letter from Charlotte Gray of Time Magazine to Gillis, thanking him for his time regarding "Symphony for Fun," for the article "Humoresque", 1947 September 24
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Item 25: Photocopy of two news articles regarding Gillis' Atlanta Suite, undated
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Item 26: Reprint of Time article The Man Who Invented Music, 1949 September 5
Printed off of the internet on May 28, 2009. -
Item 27: The Nazarene: A Music Drama by Don Gillis, 1970
Full score. Nashville: Broadman Press. -
Item 29: Correspondence with Robert Wogan, 1936-1970
Originally in box 6. -
Item 28: Box of slides labeled "Thesis Project - Slides - Sam Burns"
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Item 30: "Military Organizations": Envelope of photos, comb-bound document, followed by additional photos
First set of photos from an event with the U.S. Army. Document: "Pictorial resume of the All Eastern Band and Instrumental Clinic of '56." Second set of photos from 1956 event. Originally in Box 6.
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Box 6: Photos
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Item 1: Portion of cardstock advertisement for Conn instruments - "Artists using Conn"
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Item 2: Portrait of Don Gillis, drawn in black marker
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Item 3: Framed photo: Park Avenue Kids at Interlochen, 1959
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Item 4: Folder: interdepartmental mail envelope containing
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Item 5: Photo of Don Gillis
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Item 6: EDMA 701, section 1, 1977
Summer session 1. Photos of Gillis and other participants. -
Item 7: EDMA 701, section 2, 1977
Summer session 1. Photos of Gillis and other participants. -
Item 8: Photo of three clarinetists in performance
Black and white. -
Item 9: Photo of string bassist in performance
Black and white. -
Item 10: Photo likely from The Gift of the Magi
Black and white. -
Item 11: Photo likely from The Gift of the Magi with cameras from ETV
Black and white. -
Item 12: Photo of couple singing in performance
Black and white. -
Item 13: Photo of couple singing in performance
Black and white. -
Item 14: Photo from performance, with a streetcar full of people waving at Santa Claus
Black and white. -
Item 15: Photo from performance, with a group of people in Victorian attire standing near Santa Claus
Black and white. -
Item 16: Photo of two string bassists, and unidentified man in the background
Black and white. -
Item 17: Photo of Gillis directing small orchestra, with ETV camera at right
Black and white. -
Item 18: Photo of two violinists or violists with three woodwind players in background
Black and white. -
Item 19: Close-up photo of two violinists or violists, one playing pizzicato
Black and white. -
Item 20: Close-up photo of two violinists or violists
Black and white. -
Item 21: Photo of Gillis directing small orchestra
Black and white. -
Item 22: Photo of string and woodwind players in performance
Black and white. -
Item 23: Photo of two violinists or violists with three woodwind players in background
Black and white. -
Item 24: Photo of two violinists in foreground, with oboist in background
Black and white. -
Item 25: Photo of two violinists or violists with three woodwind players in background
Black and white. -
Item 26: Photo of two violinists or violists
Black and white. -
Item 27: Photo of two men in a theater production, with two ETV cameras in foreground
Black and white. -
Item 28: Color photo of Gillis sitting at a wooden desk
Marcel's studio, Fort Worth. -
Item 29: Color photo of Gillis sitting at a wooden desk
Marcel's studio, Fort Worth. Closer photo than previous item. -
Item 30: "Don and Grandma"
Black and white. Photo by Jerry Plemons. -
Item 31: Don Gillis in recording studio with two women at control console, with man in headphones visible through window
Black and white. -
Item 32: Dallas Baptist College: Don Gillis at right, Frank Brieff of New Haven Symphony at left, 1971
Black and white. -
Item 33: Don Gillis in library, 1971
Black and white. Photo by Jerry Plemons. -
Item 34: Don GIllis photographing label on a small binder
Black and white. -
Item 35: Photo of two violinists or violists
Black and white. -
Item 36: Portrait of Don Gillis, drawn in black marker.
Reverse side: Cloetingh and DeMan Studios, Inc., South Bend - Elkhart [Indiana]. -
Item 37: Color photo of Gillis sitting at a wooden desk
Smaller version of Item 30 above. -
Item 38: Brown paper bag: "Steve McKormack"
Multiple copies of stylized portrait of Don Gillis. Includes transparency/negative. -
Item 39: File of loose papers
Includes memo directing materials to UNT Music Library, promotional materials, newspaper clippings, manuscript/sketch in pencil, perhaps for a career retrospective presentation -
Item 40: Three large prints
First page reads "produces Toscanini concerts." Two other pages have images from Gillis' time at TCU. Possible career retrospective or tribute materials. -
Item 41: Four slides in sleeves
Connected film frames, but not negatives.
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