Title: Eloise Koelling Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1954-1985

Creator:

• Koelling, Eloise

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 54

Quantity: 5.8 cubic ft. (7 boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Collection of former UW-Milwaukee music professor and composer Eloise Koelling who spent the majority of her career at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1947-1969). The collection includes various musical scores, primarily suites, sonatas, and concertos for orchestra, as well as children's music, which Koelling composed between 1954 and 1969. The collection also contains scrapbooks (1956-1985), consisting of letters to Koelling, mainly from other UWM professors and composers; concert programs, containing many of her compositions; newspaper clippings describing Koelling's career along with awards she received for her work; and miscellaneous correspondence.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0054

Eloise Koelling graduated from Northwestern University and did post-graduate work at the Chicago Conservatory. She moved to Wisconsin in 1940 to accept a teaching position at Whitewater State College. In 1947, Koelling began her career as professor of music at the Milwaukee State Teachers College which later became the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She remained at UWM until her retirement in June 1969. While at UWM, Koelling resided by Spring Lake in the town of Palmyra in Waukesha County. She claimed that her lakeside home served as an inspiration for many of her musical compositions.

The records are arranged into the following series:

1. Musical Scores, 1954-1969
2. General Files, 1952-1984

Boxes 1-6 contain musical scores arranged alphabetically by title. Box 7 contains scrapbooks, arranged chronologically and numbered 1-8, and folders containing correspondence, publications, and a list of Koelling's compositions.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• UW-Milwaukee School of Fine Arts Records. UWM Archival Collection 81.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated to the Archives by Eloise Koelling in June 1991. An unknown individual donated several other items to the Archives sometime before 1989.

Processing Information

Sandy Bartell processed the collection at the Archives in May through July 1994.

	Series: 1. Musical Scores, 1954-1969
Box   1	American Song Cycle, 1958
Box   1	Army Hymn, A Prayer, undated
Box   1	As Long as My Savior Shall Reign, 1958
Box   1	Balloons, undated
Box   1	Birthday Song/Jack in the Box, undated
Box   1	Chicago, undated
Box   1	Christ the Fleur de Lis, undated
Box   1	A Christmas Carol, 1966
Box   1	Christmas Lullaby, undated
Box   1	Christmas Motet, 1959
Box   1	Christmas Suite for Viola and Piano, 1955
Box   1	Concert Piece for Piano and Orchestra, 1959
Box   1	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 1959
Box   1	Creative Dance Suite, undated
Box   1	A Devonshire Rhyme, 1965
Box   1	Dufferin Terrace, undated
Box   1	Easter Basket, undated
Box   2	Evening Music, String Quartet no. 4, 1963
Box   2	Fantasy for Cello and Piano, 1967
Box   2	Fantasy for Piano, undated
Box   2	Fantasy of a City, 1965
Box   2	Fire, 1953
Box   2	First Baby, undated
Box   2	Five Little Brownies, undated
Box   2	Five Short Japanese Poems, 1964
Box   2	Five Short Songs About Frogs, 1965
Box   2	Five Years Old, undated
Box   2	The Fog, undated
Box   2	Four Miniatures for Woodwinds, 1961
Box   2	Four Portraits of a Woman, 1957
Box   2	Four Variations, 1968
Box   2	Fugue, undated
Box   2	Gallop, undated
Box   2	Gradual and Alleluia, 1966
Box   2	Grass, 1967
Box   2	Grassroots Suite for String Quartet, 1954
Box   2	Horicon Marsh, 1963
Box   2	I Am the Rose of Sharon, undated
Box   2	I Believe, 1965
Box   2	I Can't Talk About Love, Dear, 1959
Box   3	I'd Like to be an Engineer, undated
Box   3	I'm A Jolly, Jolly Clown/Polly Parrot, undated
Box   3	Impressions of a Fairy Tale Age, 1965
Box   3	Improvisation for Percussion and String Quartet, 1963
Box   3	In Memoriam, 1965
Box   3	Kathie's Song/My Rubbers, undated
Box   3	Kettle Moraine Idyll, 1958
Box   3	Kissin', undated
Box   3	Les Roses de Saadi, 1964
Box   3	Lyric Suite for String Quartet, 1964
Box   4	The Merry Go Round, undated
Box   4	Mexicana, undated
Box   4	Mister Turkey, undated
Box   4	Montage, 1963
Box   4	Mud, undated
Box   4	Music is Such a Lovely Thing, undated
Box   4	My Daughter, undated
Box   4	Nocturn, 1958
Box   4	The Northwind, 1961
Box   4	Orchestration B Rondo, 1954
Box   4	Prayer of St. Francis of Assissi, undated
Box   4	Prayer of Tolerance, 1962
Box   4	Prelude Joy, Joy to the Earth, undated
Box   4	Rhapsody Based on a Palestinian Theme, 1958
Box   4	Rondo Arranged for Clarinet and Piano, 1954
Box   4	Rondo B, 1954
Box   4	Rondo in D Minor for Violin and Piano, undated
Box   4	Rondo Viola and Piano, undated
Box   4	Said the Inn-Keeper, 1962
Box   4	Santa Claus is Coming, undated
Box   4	Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, 1966
Box   4	Solomon Suite, undated
Box   4	Sonata, 1954
Box   4	A Song for Christmas, undated
Box   5	Song of Ruth, 1965
Box   5	Spanish Dance, undated
Box   5	Spirit of the United Nations, 1962
Box   5	String Quartet No. 5 - No. 1, undated
Box   5	Suite for Piano No. 2, 1962
Box   5	Suite for String Quartet, 1967
Box   5	Suite for Viola and Piano, 1957
Box   5	Suite for Violin, French Horn, Viola and Cello, 1969
Box   5	Suite for Woodwind Quintet, 1965
Box   5	Summer Day on the Lake, undated
Box   5	Summer Suite, undated
Box   5	Swing Along Sue, undated
Box   5	Symphonic Piece, 1966
Box   5	Symphony in D Minor, 1956
Box   6	Table Grace, undated
Box   6	Take Your Partner, undated
Box   6	Teenage Sketches, 1959
Box   6	Thou Comst a Little Baby Thing, 1965
Box   6	Three Chinese Love Songs, undated
Box   6	Three Miniature Songs, 1963
Box   6	Three Moods for Woodwind Quintet, 1967
Box   6	Three Nocturns, 1966
Box   6	Three Profiles--Piano Suites, 1962
Box   6	Three Short Piano Pieces, undated
Box   6	Three Songs for Mezzo Soprano, 1963
Box   6	Three Variations for Flute, Clarinet and Viola, 1968
Box   6	Three Vignettes, 1967
Box   6	To the Hills I Left Mine Eyes, 1963
Box   6	Tragic Overture, 1963
Box   6	Two by Two We Walk Along/Halloween, undated
Box   6	Unspoiled, undated
Box   6	Valentines, undated
Box   6	Variation, undated
Box   6	Viola/Piano Suite, undated
Box   6	The Warning, undated
Box   6	Where is Salvation, 1962
Box   6	Williamsburg Wind Ensemble, 1960
Box   6	Window Bird, undated
Box   6	Winter in the Kettle Moraine, 1964
Box   6	Winter Sketches, 1962
	Series: 2. General Files, 1952-1984	⇧
Box   7 Folder   1	Composition List, 1952-1968
Box   7 Folder   2	Correspondence, 1956-1959
Box   7 Folder   3	Correspondence, 1967, 1969, 1983-1984
Box   7 Folder   4	Publications, 1968-1976
	Scrapbooks
Box   7 Folder   5	1956-1959
Box   7 Folder   6	1959-1963
Box   7 Folder   7	1962-1964
Box   7 Folder   8	1964-1966
Box   7 Folder   9	1968, 1980, 1982, 1984
Box   7 Folder   10	1963, 1966, 1971, 1976-1978, 1980
Box   7 Folder   11	1967-1969, 1971
Box   7 Folder   12	1966-1967