Alexius Baas Papers, 1906-1970

Contents List

Container Title
M95-112
Part 1 (M95-112): Original Collection, 1906-1962
Physical Description: 4.3 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 flat box), 61 photographs (1 archives box), and 5 audio recordings (1 tape box) 
Scope and Content Note: Papers, 1906-1962, consisting principally of Baas' manuscript writings, poetry, musical compositions, and scrapbooks. Other materials include newspaper clippings of articles written by or about Baas; a small collection of biographical material; correspondence; audio recordings, most of which are likely recordings from radio talks; and photographs of family members and exteriors of residential and commercial buildings in Madison.
Box   1
Folder   1
Biographical materials, 1906-1958
Box   1
Folder   2
Correspondence, 1941, 1955
Manuscript writings
Box   1
Folder   3
“An Actor Looks at Dryden” (class paper), undated
Box   1
Folder   4
“A Canoe Trip on the Flambeau,” 1936
Box   1
Folder   5
“Case of Joan,” undated
Box   1
Folder   6
“Dogs Who Have Owned Me,” undated
Box   1
Folder   7
“From Source to the Mouth” (canoe trip on the Wisconsin), undated
Box   1
Folder   8
“God and a Singer” (autobiography), undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Lecture notes on Anglo-Saxon and Middle English, 1938
Box   1
Folder   10
“Legend of Monona” (poem), 1949
Box   1
Folder   11
“The Man From Mars,” undated
Box   1
Folder   12
“Midwest” (a play), undated
Box   1
Folder   13
“Most Unforgettable Character” (Stephen Baas), undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Music of Chaucer's Time, undated
Note: Music by Alexius Baas.
Box   1
Folder   15
“Pen Portrait of a Great Singer,” undated
Box   1
Folder   16
Schubert series, undated
Box   1
Folder   17
Shakespeare notes, undated
Box   1
Folder   18
“Shakespeare's Idea of Statecraft” (class paper), undated
Box   1
Folder   19
Poetry notebook of Lucy Baas
Box   1
Folder   20
“A Singer Looks at Life,” 1935
Box   1
Folder   21
“When Three Meet” (a play), undated
Box   1
Folder   22
Miscellaneous poetry
Musical Compositions
Box   1
Folder   23
“Building of the Ship”
Box   1
Folder   24
“Merchant of Venice”
Box   1
Folder   25
Published scores by Alexius Baas
Box   1
Folder   26
Engagement calendars, 1947-1961
Scrapbooks
Columns
Box   1
Folder   27
1942-1944
Physical Description: 2 volumes 
Box   5
Folder   1
1944
Box   2
1944-1954
Physical Description: 10 volumes 
Box   3
Folder   1-12
1954-1963
Physical Description: 12 volumes 
Musical career
Box   4
Folder   1
1907-1932
Box   3
Folder   2
1929-1935
Box   5
Folder   2
Personal account book, 1951-1962
Box   5
Folder   3
Horoscope book, undated
Box   5
Folder   4
Newspaper clippings, 1960-1962
Box   4
Folder   2-3
Newspaper clippings, 1953, 1956, 1960-1962, 1968
Box   6
Photographs of family members and Madison residential and commercial buildings, 1949, undated
Audio recordings
Pet Corner
Box   7
Baas and Karen Messler, 1955
Box   7
September 7, 1958
Box   7
Jimmy Crow
Box   7
[Unlabeled]
Box   7
Spare programs(?) used, August 24-31, 1958
M2002-017
Part 2 (M2002-017): Additions, 1910-1970
Physical Description: 0.6 c.f. (1 archives box) and 134 photographs (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, circa 1910-1970, consisting of autobiographical notes and family histories, newspaper articles about Baas, obituaries, concert programs from performances given by Baas or his students, and poems used by Baas for inspiration while composing. Also included are photographs consisting of portraits of Baas and photos with friends and relatives, as well as snapshots taken by Baas while on canoe trips in Wisconsin.
Box   1
Folder   1
Autobiographies and family histories
Box   1
Folder   2
Clippings about Baas' parents
Box   1
Folder   3
Articles about Baas
Box   1
Folder   4
Concert programs
Box   1
Folder   5
Poems used for inspiration
Box   1
Folder   6
Obituaries
Photographs
Box   2
Folder   1
Cartoon
Box   2
Folder   2-3
Portraits
Box   2
Folder   4
In costume
Box   2
Folder   5
With groups
Box   2
Folder   6
Wife Evelyn
Box   2
Folder   7-8
Relatives and friends
Box   2
Folder   9
Marianne Luttbeg - Baas protégé
Box   2
Folder   10
Wisconsin river trips