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[Identification of item], in the Helene Stratman-Thomas collection, Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
These materials consist of donations from several sources over a period of time which were combined into one collection.
The bulk of the materials was donated by Stratman-Thomas'; husband, A.J. (Pat) Blotz.
In 1987 Harry Peters donated research papers, song transcriptions and correspondence from his work on Folk songs out of Wisconsin.
2004-2006; Collection arranged, weeded of duplicates, and a finding aid written by Karen A. Peters.
May 2004; Manuscript portion of the collection arranged by Lisa Saywell.
December 1993; Preliminary inventory written by Robert Young Walser.
1993; Preliminary inventory written by John Solon.
2010; Finding aid completed and edited by Matt Appleby.
83 photographs taken as part of the Wisconsin Folk Music Recording Project were transferred to the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. The images depict the singers, storytellers, and others who contributed to the project. Digitized images can be viewed online as part of the Wisconsin Historical Images collection (Wisconsin Historical Society Archives) or the Wisconsin Folksong Collection, 1937-1946 (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections).
Songbook: Later Renaissance motets 1525-1580
14 pieces of sheet music mostly Wisconsin-related.
1 green box with folder labeled "From J.J. Hoskins – Home" containing 25 pieces of sheet music, 2 songbooks and 2 issues of a music journal with sheet music
Book, American collection of instrumental music (1856)
1 green box with 86 pieces of sheet music, 2 issues of music journals with sheet music, and 5 newspaper sections with sheet music
4 songbooks
3 pieces of sheet music
1 green box with 1 dance folio and 44 pieces of sheet music, mostly dance music for piano
1 green box with 88 pieces of sheet music, mostly marches, two steps, and cake walks for piano
1 green box with 46 pieces of sheet music, mixed, mostly for piano
19 Norsk Folke-Musikk 45rpm sound recordings, and catalog
12 books or booklets of choral music
2 booklets of music from George Washington’s time
Booklet, Paganiniana (Library of Congress, 1945)
86 scores of choral music
Opera news 25/2, 3 (1960); 27/23, 24, 28/1, 2, 3, 4 (1963)
Lyric Opera of Chicago programs, 1955 season; 1956 season; 1957 season; 1958 season; 1959 season;1960 season; 1961 season; 1962 season (4 copies); 1963 (Nabucco, Faust); 1964 (La Bohéme, Ariadne auf Naxos, La Cenerentola)
35 textbooks (provenance uncertain)
2 notation books of school exercises of Robert F. Draves
Indiana University/School of Music brochures and related materials circa 1950s (includes 2 issues of newsletter, Your University (I/5, 12/56 and II/1, 1/57); and 2 issues of Indiana University alumni magazine (19/4, 1/57 and 19/5, 2/57) from Orville Shetney
Leland A. Coon papers, 1923-1961 (UW-Madison Archives, Series 7/24/15/1-3 44N1)
Helene Stratman-Thomas, Wisconsin Folk Singers Photographs, 1940-1941, 1946 (Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, Visual Materials Holdings, PH 2907 and WHi(S75))
Wisconsin Folksong Collection, 1937-1946
Wisconsin patchwork : Recordings from the Helene Stratman-Thomas collection of Wisconsin Folk Music, with commentary (Mills Music Library, CAS 219)
Folk music from Wisconsin, ed. Helene Stratman-Thomas. (Mills Music Library, LP 601806 and Comp Disc 10494)
Digital copies of Stratman-Thomas' original field recordings (Mills Music Library, Audio Facility)
Wisconsin field recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture (Mills Music Library, Wisconsin Music Archives)
Kremers Reference Files, A2 (American Institute of the History of Pharmacy)
16-inch sound recording discs, West High Band 2/15/39 (Mills Music Library, Wisconsin Music Archives)
Digital copies of related sound recordings (Mills Music Library, Audio Facility)
HST Gymanfa Ganu broadcast; Walter Krulevitch (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 299/1)
HST Gymanfa Ganu broadcast “Pt. 2 to be played after Interview” (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 299/2)
HST Gymanfa Ganu broadcast; interview with Walter Krulevitch and members of the group (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 299/3)
HST Gymanfa Ganu broadcast “Last to be used for broadcast” (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 299/4)
HST Gymanfa Ganu broadcast “Not to be used on 1:30 broadcast” (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 299/5)
Peniel Church Broadcast (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMU 300/1)
HST 4th Broadcast (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMU 300/4)
All State Band (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 301/1-4)
4 sound recording discs of Desiré Maes, French language songs (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 302/1-8)
This collection is indexed under these headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Stratman-Thomas, Helene, 1896-1973.
- Folk music—Wisconsin
- Folk musicians—Wisconsin
- Folk singers—Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin—Faculty
- Folk songs
- Manuscript collection
- Sound recordings
- Photographs
