Finding Aid for Paul E. Bierley Papers, 1864-2002 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Paul E. Bierley Papers, 1864-2002

ID: 12/9/94

Primary Creator: Bierley, Paul E. (1926-)

Extent: 102.5 cubic feet

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in seven series:

Series 1, Correspondence, ca.1960-2000: Sub-Series 1, Correspondence: Authors and Researchers; Sub-Series 2, Correspondence: Sousa Band Members; Sub-Series 3, Correspondence: Recording Companies and Record Collectors; Sub-Series 4, Correspondence: Libraries, Museums and Historical Societies; Sub-Series 5, Correspondence: Universities and Colleges; Sub-Series 6, Correspondence: Military and Government; Sub-Series 7, Correspondence: Publishers (Literary and Music); Sub-Series 8, Correspondence: Sheet Music Publishers and Collectors; Sub-Series 9, Correspondence: Loras Schissel; Sub-Series 10, Correspondence: Others.

Series 2, Sousa Research Materials, ca. 1892-1995: Sub-Series 1, Sousa Subject Files; Sub-Series 2, Sousa Band Personnel Files; Sub-Series 3, Oral Histories and Interviews; Sub-Series 4, Articles and Clippings; Sub-Series 5, Operetta Scores and Librettos; Sub-Series 6, Sousa Band Programs; Sub-Series 7, Willow Grove Programs; Sub-Series 8, Metronome Index and Sousa Library at Cicero; Sub-Series 9, Dissertations and Theses on Sousa and Band; Sub-Series 10, Original Sousa Novels and Other Books; Sub-Series 11, Original Sousa Newspaper Articles; Sub-Series 12, Original Photographs and Tour Maps; Sub-Series 13, Oversized Materials - Japan Sousa Society; Sub-Series 14, Oversized Material; Sub-Series 15, Sousa Correspondence; Sub-Series 16, Photobook Research Materials.

Series 3, American Band History Materials, ca.1900-2000: Sub-Series 1, Articles and Clippings; Sub-Series 2, Leonard B. Smith and the Detroit Concert Band; Sub-Series 3, Henry Fillmore Materials; Sub-Series 4, Hallelujah Trombone; Sub-Series 5, Robert Hoe V Materials; Sub-Series 6, Fillmore Correspondence.

Series 4, Paul Bierley Professional Papers, ca. 1953-2003: Sub-Series 1, Paul E. Bierley - Personal and Professional Papers; Sub-Series 2, Paul E. Bierley Honoraria; Sub-Series 3, Paul E. Bierley Publications; Sub-Series 4, Paul E. Bierley Organizational Memberships; Sub-Series 5, Paul E. Bierley Speaking Engagements.

Series 5, Audio Recordings, ca. 1925-2000: Sub-Series 1, Reel-to-Reel and Cassette Audio Tapes, LPs; Sub-Series 2, Reel-to-Reel Tape Recordings, North American Aviation Band.

Series 6, Photographs, ca. 1864-1964: Sub-Series 1, Digital Photographs, 1864-1964; Sub-Series 2, Barry Furrer Photographs, ca. 1900-1930; Sub-Series 3, Band Members; Sub-Series 4, Candids and Train Wrecks; Sub-Series 5, Performances, Operettas, Undated; Sub-Series 6, Sousa Band Photographs and Sousa with Others; Sub-Series 7, Non-Sousa Band Photographs and Portraits.

and Series 7, Press Books, 1882-1953. The material is organized either alphabetically by author (or recipient in the case of the correspondence), or chronologically when applicable

Date Acquired: 04/08/2004. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Aircraft, Band Musicians, Cartooning, Instrumental music, Sousa, John Philip

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of correspondence, subject files, newsclippings, oral histories, account ledgers, programs, audiotape and videotape recordings, digital photographs, dissertations and theses, books, awards, engineering diagrams, cartoon sketch books, photographs, and press books documenting Bierley's career as an aerospace engineer, leading scholar on John Philip Sousa and Henry Filmore, and managing editor of Integrity Press.

Biographical Note

Paul E. Bierley (1926- ), tubist, engineer and band researcher, is recognized today as the foremost historian of the music and life of John Philip Sousa. Spending over 40 years collecting material about Sousa's life, band, and music, Mr. Bierley conducted meticulous and wide-ranging research that led to the publication of two definitive works on Sousa: John Philip Sousa: A Catalogue of His Works, which provides a wealth of details about Sousa's musical and literary works, and his biography, John Philip Sousa: American Phenomenon. Other Sousa-related works by Mr. Bierley include Hallelujah Trombone (a biography of Henry Fillmore), The Music of Henry Fillmore and Henry Huff, Nineteenth Century American Musical Theater, Later Operetta, Part 1 (El Capitan), and the revised edition of Sousa's Marching Along. Bierley served as editor for the two volume set of William Rehrig's 1991 The Heritage Encyclopedia Band Music (Volume 3, Supplement, 1996), has published many Sousa-related journal articles about the Sousa Band, and has provided liner notes for numerous LPs and CDs.

Bierley was educated as an aeronautical engineer at Ohio State University. During his 35-year career designing airplanes and missiles, he pursued an active career as a musician as well. As a child he began playing the music of Sousa as a tubist in his high school band, and later played the tuba in such ensembles as the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Concert Band. To honor his 40 years of research and scholarly publications on Sousa and American Band History, Ohio Sate University awarded Bierley and honorary doctorate in 2001. He was also awarded the Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts Award from the National Band Association in the same year.

Subject/Index Terms

Aircraft
Band Musicians
Cartooning
Instrumental music
Sousa, John Philip

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals: April 8, 2004, June 4, 2008, and March, 2010.

Acquisition Method: The papers were donated to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by Paul E. and Pauline J. Bierley on April 8, 2004. Photographs were donated by Paul E and Pauline J. Bierley in June 4, 2008. Sousa Photograph binders and additional Sousa research files donated by Paul E. and Pauline J. Bierley in March 2010.

Processing Information: Papers processed in 2006, photographs processed in 2008.

Finding Aid Revision History: Revisions made July 17, 2008.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Correspondence, ca.1960-2000],
[Series 2: Sousa Research Materials, ca.1892-2002],
[Series 3: American Band History Materials, ca.1900-2003],
[Series 4: Paul Bierley Professional Papers, ca. 1953-2003],
[Series 5: Audio-Visual Material, ca. 1925-2000],
[Series 6: Photographs, 1864-1964],
[Series 7: Press Books, 1882-1953],
[All]

Series 5: Audio-Visual Material, ca. 1925-2000

Sub-Series 1: Reel-to-Reel and Cassette Audio Tapes, LPs

Box 113

Folder 5: Heritage of the March, Detroit Concert Band
Folder 6: Sousa`s Band from Lloyd Bulmer
Folder 7: Sousa Pieces on Piano from Sid Rosen
Folder 8: Frank Simon telling how he composed Willow Echoes
Folder 9: Samuel Thaviu Interview, July 24, 1995: Interviewed by Frederick Crane, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. See Also: Fred Crane Correspondence, Record Series 12/9/94, Box 6, Folder 4; A.F. Thaviu Band Research Materials, Record Series 12/9/94, Box 125, Folders 6-9; and Thaviu Band Recording, Record Series 12/9/94, Box 113, Folder 10.
Folder 10: Thaviu's Band, Undated: See Also: Fred Crane Correspondence, Record Series 12/9/94, Box 6, Folder 4; A.F. Thaviu Band Research Materials, Record Series 12/9/94, Box 125, Folders 6-9; and Samuel Thaviu Interview, Record Series 12/9/94, Box 113, Folder 9.

Box 114

Folder 1: Sousa from Frank McGuire
Folder 2: Sousa Band Test Pressings (5 tapes)
Folder 3: Sousa Band Test Pressings (5 tapes)
Folder 4: Sousa Band Test Pressings (5 tapes)
Folder 5: Sousa Band Test Pressings (5 tapes)
Folder 6: Sousa Band Test Pressings (5 tapes)
Folder 7: Sousa Band Test Pressings (5 tapes)
Folder 8: Sousa Band
Folder 9: Frank Simon`s 78-rpm acoustic
Folder 10: Frank Simon`s cylinders
Folder 11: Louis Morris, November 7, 1964 (3 tapes)
Folder 12: Louis Morris, November 7, 1964 (3 tapes)
Folder 13: Louis Morris, November 7, 1964 (3 tapes)
Folder 14: Sousa`s voice broadcast
Folder 15: Interview with Paul Bierley over WGTS-FM (September 1975 and January 1976)
Folder 16: ARMCO Band broadcast, 1935
Folder 17: ARMCO Band and Frank Simon cornet solos

Box 115

Folder 1: Arthur Pryor trombone from Bill Pruyn`s collection (3 tapes)
Folder 2: Arthur Pryor trombone from Bill Pruyn`s collection (3 tapes)
Folder 3: Arthur Pryor trombone from Bill Pruyn`s collection (3 tapes)
Folder 4: Leo Zimmerman from Bill Pruyn`s collection
Folder 5: Herbert L. Clarke from Bill Pruyn`s collection
Folder 6: Louis Morris, September 26, 1964
Folder 7: Simone Mantia euphonium from Pruyn`s collection
Folder 8: John Dolan, Burt Brown, etc. and Fillmore`s Band
Folder 9: Brass soloists from Glenn Harriman`s tape
Folder 10: Sousa played by Robert Hood Bowers Band
Folder 11: Allentown Band (2 tapes)
Folder 12: Allentown Band (2 tapes)
Folder 13: Ringgold Band playing Sousa (4 tapes)
Folder 14: Ringgold Band playing Sousa (4 tapes)
Folder 15: Ringgold Band playing Sousa (4 tapes)
Folder 16: Ringgold Band playing Sousa (4 tapes)

Box 116

Folder 1: Marches of Monroe A. Althouse
Folder 2: U.S.A.A.C. Corps March (U.S. Army Air Corps)
Folder 3: Allentown rehearsal tape
Folder 4: John Philip Sousa encore cards and doctor`s advice
Folder 5: Sousa`s voice
Folder 6: Liberati`s concert band
Folder 7: Willow Grove March
Folder 8: Solos by Simone Mantia and Leo Zimmerman
Folder 9: Henry Higgins cornet and trumpet solos
Folder 10: Henry Fillmore from Hobo`s master tapes (Robert Hoe)
Folder 11: In Search of Sousa (Tony Thomas documentary)
Folder 12: El Capitan (Acts 1, 2, 3)(3 tapes)
Folder 13: El Capitan (Acts 1, 2, 3)(3 tapes)
Folder 14: El Capitan (Acts 1, 2, 3)(3 tapes)
Folder 15: Sousa Clinic at University of New Hampshire
Folder 16: 1938 Mutual Broadcast of Sousa Memorial
Folder 17: Sousa and Pryor 78-rpm records from Ollie Graham
Folder 18: Carl Haas program, November 6, 1980

Box 117

Folder 1: Gay Corrie`s Sousa biography, 1965
Folder 2: Henry Fillmore conducting the Miami, Florida Senior High School Band, 1948
Folder 3: Fillmore Band from Columbia 78-rpm records
Folder 4: Henry Fillmore
Folder 5: Henry Fillmore`s voice at the University of Miami summer band camp
Folder 6: Henry Fillmore conducting Purdue University Band 1955
Folder 7: Henry Fillmore conducting Lake Wales, Florida High School Band, May 29, 1953 (5 tapes)
Folder 8: Henry Fillmore conducting Lake Wales, Florida High School Band, May 29, 1953 (5 tapes)
Folder 9: Henry Fillmore conducting Lake Wales, Florida High School Band, May 29, 1953 (5 tapes)
Folder 10: Henry Fillmore conducting Lake Wales, Florida High School Band, May 29, 1953 (5 tapes)
Folder 11: Henry Fillmore conducting Lake Wales, Florida High School Band, May 29, 1953 (5 tapes)
Folder 12: Helen Sousa Abert Interview, September 23, 1964 (2 tapes)
Folder 13: Helen Sousa Abert Interview, September 23, 1964 (2 tapes)
Folder 14: ABA Convention, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State University, 1952

Box 118

Folder 1: The Whistling Farmer Boy (Fillmore)
Folder 1: Danville NPR Interviews, June 15, 1991
Folder 2: Milwaukee NPR Interviews, July 4, 1991
Folder 2: Henry Fillmore conducting The President`s March
Folder 3: Bill Rehrig Interview, December 14-15, 1991
Folder 4: The Story of John Philip Sousa
Folder 5: Interview with Ed Wall and Ben Hudish
Folder 6: Conversation, Georgia May Atherton and Margaret Arn, August 15, 1981
Folder 7: WBNS Interview, 1974 (Columbus)
Folder 8: Herbert Tiemeyer`s band concert, July 24, 1991
Folder 9: Owen Kincaid interview (2 tapes)
Folder 10: Owen Kincaid interview (2 tapes)
Folder 11: Keith Barrett interview, 1991
Folder 12: Easter Joy Bells, Children`s Cantata, February 1912
Folder 13: Arlen R. Saylor interview
Folder 14: Paul`s interview on WCKY with Mike Cuthbert
Folder 15: Paul Bierley`s tuba recital, 1989
Folder 16: Old U.S. Marine Band radio broadcasts
Folder 17: Events leading to World War II (2 tapes)
Folder 18: The Lima Area Concert Band
Folder 19: Conversations between Alice Sturm and Paul Bierley, 1979
Folder 20: Marge Brumsted-Stahl interview
Folder 21: The Sousa Memorial Broadcast, March 9, 1932, NBC
Folder 22: Fillmore tapes (10 tapes) (hymns, Crowned with Light, Life and Glory, vocal pieces, the Christmas Spirit, Happy Children`s Day, Hail Joyful Morning, Easter Bells, Starlit Way
Folder 23: Fillmore tapes (10 tapes) (hymns, Crowned with Light, Life and Glory, vocal pieces, the Christmas Spirit, Happy Children`s Day, Hail Joyful Morning, Easter Bells, Starlit Way
Folder 24: Fillmore tapes (10 tapes) (hymns, Crowned with Light, Life and Glory, vocal pieces, the Christmas Spirit, Happy Children`s Day, Hail Joyful Morning, Easter Bells, Starlit Way
Folder 25: Fillmore tapes (10 tapes) (hymns, Crowned with Light, Life and Glory, vocal pieces, the Christmas Spirit, Happy Children`s Day, Hail Joyful Morning, Easter Bells, Starlit Way
Folder 26: Fillmore tapes (10 tapes) (hymns, Crowned with Light, Life and Glory, vocal pieces, the Christmas Spirit, Happy Children`s Day, Hail Joyful Morning, Easter Bells, Starlit Way
Folder 27: Fillmore tapes (10 tapes) (hymns, Crowned with Light, Life and Glory, vocal pieces, the Christmas Spirit, Happy Children`s Day, Hail Joyful Morning, Easter Bells, Starlit Way
Folder 28: Fillmore tapes (10 tapes) (hymns, Crowned with Light, Life and Glory, vocal pieces, the Christmas Spirit, Happy Children`s Day, Hail Joyful Morning, Easter Bells, Starlit Way
Folder 29: Fillmore tapes (10 tapes) (hymns, Crowned with Light, Life and Glory, vocal pieces, the Christmas Spirit, Happy Children`s Day, Hail Joyful Morning, Easter Bells, Starlit Way
Folder 30: Fillmore tapes (10 tapes) (hymns, Crowned with Light, Life and Glory, vocal pieces, the Christmas Spirit, Happy Children`s Day, Hail Joyful Morning, Easter Bells, Starlit Way
Folder 31: Fillmore tapes (10 tapes) (hymns, Crowned with Light, Life and Glory, vocal pieces, the Christmas Spirit, Happy Children`s Day, Hail Joyful Morning, Easter Bells, Starlit Way

Box 131

Item 1: U.S. Marine Band LPs-Vol. 1-9, Access Copies, ca. 1975: The Heritage of John Philip Sousa

Box 132

Item 1: U.S. Marine Band LPs-Vol. 1-9, Preservation Copies, ca. 1975: The Heritage of John Philip Sousa

Sub-Series 2: Reel-to-Reel Tape Recordings, North American Aviation Band

Box 102

Folder 22: NAA band concert, 4 May 1963

Box 103

Folder 1: NAA band concert in Westerville, 4 July 1963
Folder 2: NAA band concert, 15 December 1963
Folder 3: Industrial music festival at Veterans` Memorial, 16 Feb 1964
Folder 4: NAA band concert, 6 December 1964
Folder 5: NAA band concert, Spring 1965
Folder 6: NAA Senior Citizens Center concert, 7 Aug 1972

Sub-Series 3: VHS tape, DVD and Cassette tape recordings

Box 153

Item 1: If you Knew Sousa (TV show), undated: VHS tape
Item 2: John Philip Sousa - American Phenomenon, June 2008
Item 3: Paul Bierley, 15 June 2001
Item 4: Japanese Live Sousa, vol. 6, undated
Item 5: James G. Saied portraying John Philip Sousa at American Bandmaster's Association (ABA) convention in San Antonio, 8 March 1996
Item 6: "797" converstion with Paul, October 1997
Item 7: "1379" New Sousa Band - Wilmington, 6 November 2001
Item 8: Keith Brion with Milwaukee Symphony, undated
Item 9: TWHS Sousa Concert, 10 November 2004
Item 10: Bierley speaks on WCMH-TV4, Columbus, Ohio, 20 January 2006
Item 11: Heartland Highways Program 213, WEIU-TV, Charleston, 2004
Item 12: Keith Brion and his New Sousa Band at the Barbara B. Mann Hall, Ft. Meyers, January 2002
Item 13: Michigan State Fair, University of South Carolina Media Center, Fox newsreel, 1928
Item 14: The Biggest Band Spectacular in the World: The Military Musical Pageant at Wembley Stadium, 1981
Item 15: Salute to the ARMCO band, produced by Sam Ashworth, Middletown, Ohio, undated
Item 16: JGSDF First Band, 17th Family Concert, "God Bless America," Tokyo, undated: Produced by International Reserach Institute for Sousa, Tokyo
Item 17: Japanese Sousa-performance, undated
Item 18: US Marine Band, Sound of a Giant, 23 September 1987
Item 19: Tulsa Parade - Mr. Sousa
Item 20: Hands Across the Sea, The Band of the Grenadier Guards, Sousa Marches, 1995: DVD
Item 21: Louis Morris Interview (tapes 1-3), 7 November 1964: Cassette tapes
Item 22: Louis Morris Interview (tapes 1-3), 7 November 1964: Cassette tapes
Item 23: Louis Morris Interview (tapes 1-3), 7 November 1964: Cassette tapes
Item 24: Louis Morris (Sousa's band) interview, 26 September 1964: Cassette tape