Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts University Bands LaVoy Schneider University ... Finding Aid By Jennifer Aninger, Kelly Brown, Amanda Pippitt
[Printer Friendly] | [Contact us about this collection]Title: LaVoy Schneider University of Illinois Band Papers, 1942-1951
ID: 12/9/60
Primary Creator: Schneider, LaVoy (d. February 17, 1992)
Extent: 2.75 cubic feet
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Date Acquired: 00/00/2003
Subjects: Band Musicians, Bands, Clothing and Textiles
Formats/Genres: Papers, Photographs, Sound Recordings
Languages: English
The LaVoy Schneider University of Illinois Band Papers consists of photographs, phonographic sound recordings, one newspaper clipping, two concert programs, photocopies of yearbook pages, and a band uniform that document his participation as a student in the University of Illinois Marching Band between 1942 and 1949.
LaVoy "Sonnie/Sonny" Schneider was a Ceramic Engineering major at the University of Illinois between 1941 and 1949, and was a member of the University of Illinois Marching Band throughout his four years of his study.� He was also a member of the Concert Band his last two years at the University of Illinois.� During his tenure with the Band, he played tenor saxophone and bass clarinet. Schneider graduated from the University of Illinois in 1949 and after a productive career died in Nashville, TN on February 17, 1992.
Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source: Schneider Family.
Acquisition Method: Gift