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Collection Overview

Title: Everett D Kisinger Papers, 1934-1976

ID: 12/9/21

Primary Creator: Kisinger, Everett D. (1912-1990)

Extent: 14.8 cubic feet

Arrangement: By type of material and alphabetical by subject or chronological thereunder

Date Acquired: 06/04/1976. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Band, Football, Bands, College Band Directors National Association, Music Publishers, Rose Bowl, University of Michigan

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Everett D. Kisinger (1914-1990), professor of music (1948-76) and director of the football band, include correspondence, data sheets, charts, diagrams, announcements, music programs (1934, 1937, 1942-43, 1948-67), course materials (1951-64), conference proceedings, reports, and photographs relating to the football band or "Marching Illini" (1948-76), the first and second regimental bands, Rose Bowl trips (1949-52, 1963-64), trips (1948-67, 1955-75), awards, Band Day, (1963-70), the College Band Directors National Association (1948-67, 1973), concerts, formation (1934-75), guest conducting (1955-68), high school bands, military functions, the North American Band Directors' Coordinating Committee (1966-73), Tulip time in Holland, Michigan (1946-48), publications (1953, 1976), uniforms and the University of Michigan Band (1936-39, 1945-50).

Biographical Note

University of Illinois Associate Director of Bands and Director of the Marching Illini between 1948 and 1976. In addition to his marching band responsibilities he conducted the University's First and Second Regimental Bands and the Basket ball band. He lead the Marching Illini during their 1952 and 1965 appearances during the Rose Bowl parade as well as their participation in the second presidential inaugural parade in Washington, D.C. for Dwight Eisenhower in 1957. During his tenure he also initiated the University's Alumni Band. After retiring in 1976 he moved to Colorado Spring, Colorado and died January 14, 1990.

Subject/Index Terms

Band, Football
Bands
College Band Directors National Association
Music Publishers
Rose Bowl
University of Michigan

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal Papers],
[Series 2: Administrative Records],
[Series 3: Professional Association Papers],
[Series 4: Course Materials],
[Series 5: Sound Recordings],
[All]

Series 2: Administrative Records

Box 1

Folder 1: Administration Lists and Forms, 1957
Folder 2: Alumni Band, 1971
Folder 3: Alumni Band, 1971-72, 1975
Folder 4: Band, 1948
Folder 5: Band Clinics, 1948-54
Folder 6: Basketball Band, 1971-76
Folder 7: Current Records in Process, 1961-62
Folder 8: First Regimental Bands, 1950-70
Folder 9: Records Data, 1957-59
Folder 10: Football Band Awards, 1956-72
Folder 11: Football Band Flag and Herald Trumpets, 1974
Folder 12: Football Band Ideas, 1950
Folder 13: Football Band Formation, 1946
Folder 14: Football Band Music Clearances, 1960-74

Box 14

Folder 1: Band Day Forms, 1963
Folder 2: Band Day Instrumentation
Folder 3: Band Day, 1963-65
Folder 4: Band Day Third High School, 1967
Folder 5: Band Day, 1970
Folder 6: Interlochen, 1948
Folder 7: High School and College Band Programs, 1941, 1946-60, 1967-68
Folder 8: Marching Band Competition Forms
Folder 9: Mass Band Seating
Folder 10: Michigan Band and Orchestra Association, 1937-39

Box 15

Folder 1: Michigan Band and Orchestra Association, 1946-48
Folder 2: Michigan Band and Orchestra Association, 1950
Folder 3: Michigan Bands, 1948-52
Folder 4: Michigan Bands Programs, 1945
Folder 5: Michigan Bands Programs, 1946
Folder 6: Michigan Bands Programs, 1947
Folder 7: Michigan Bands Programs, 1948
Folder 8: Northeast area state final music competition, 1961
Folder 9: Marching Formations
Folder 10: San Francisco State Correspondence, 1956
Folder 11: School Music Competition Festivals, 1941
Folder 12: Summer School Band Literature, 1955
Folder 13: Summer School Band Literature Band, 1959
Folder 14: Summer School Band Literature Youth, 1962-63
Folder 15: Summer School Band Literature Youth, 1967
Folder 16: Tuliptime, 1946
Folder 17: Tuliptime, 1947
Folder 18: Tuliptime, 1948

Box 2

Folder 1: Football Band, 1948-49
Folder 2: Football Band, 1949-51
Folder 3: Football Band, 1951
Folder 4: Football Band, 1952-53
Folder 5: Football Band, 1953
Folder 6: Football Band, 1954
Folder 7: Football Band, 1955
Folder 8: Football Band, 1956
Folder 9: Football Band, 1957
Folder 10: Football Band, 1958
Folder 11: Football Band, 1959
Folder 12: Marching Illini, 1960
Folder 13: Marching Illini, 1960-61
Folder 14: Marching Illini, 1961-63
Folder 15: Marching Illini, 1963-64
Folder 16: Marching Illini, 1964, 1967-69
Folder 17: Marching Illini, 1965-66
Folder 18: Marching Illini, 1966
Folder 19: Marching Illini, 1967
Folder 20: Marching Illini, 1968
Folder 21: Marching Illini, 1969-70
Folder 22: Marching Illini, 1971
Folder 23: Marching Illini, 1972
Folder 24: Marching Illini, 1973
Folder 25: Marching Illini, 1974
Folder 26: Marching Illini, 1975-76

Box 9

Folder 1: Second Regimental Band, 1954-63, 1966-67
Folder 2: Sesquicentennial Show, 1966-68
Folder 3: Uniforms, 1938, 1946-47
Folder 4: Uniforms, 1947, 1957
Folder 5: Uniforms, 1957
Folder 6: Uniforms Overcoats, 1959
Folder 7: Anniversary Concerts, Ushering Assignments, 1954-68
Folder 8: Cheerleading Advisory Board, 1952-53, 1958
Folder 9: University Employee Information and Music Department Data, 1952-54

Box 4

Folder 1: Michigan, 1956
Folder 2: Bears Game, 1956-57
Folder 3: Inaugural, Washington, D.C., 1957
Folder 4: Armistice Day, 1957
Folder 5: Wisconsin, 1957
Folder 6: Purdue, 1958
Folder 7: Cleveland, 1959
Folder 8: Northwestern, 1960
Folder 9: Ohio State Trip, 1961
Folder 10: Wisconsin, 1963
Folder 11: Minnesota, 1948, 1955, 1964-65
Folder 12: Michigan State, 1965
Folder 13: Chicago and Man of the Year Banquet, 1965-66
Folder 14: Indiana, 1966
Folder 15: Chicago Bears, 1967
Folder 16: Ohio State, 1967
Folder 17: Springfield, Nov. 10, 1967
Folder 18: Michigan, 1968
Folder 19: Band Trips, 1969

Box 5

Folder 1: Band Trips Northwestern, 1970-72
Folder 2: Band Trips, 1972, 1974-75
Folder 3: Band Trips Bears, 1972-75
Folder 4: Band Trips Indiana, 1971
Folder 5: Band Trips Hambletonian, 1973
Folder 6: Band Trips Michigan, 1972-73
Folder 7: Band Trips Iowa, 1974
Folder 8: Forms, 1959
Folder 9: Governer's Inaugural Ceremonies, 1973
Folder 10: Literature, 1957
Folder 11: Marching Band Festivals, 1972-74
Folder 12: Marching Band Materials, ca. 1959
Folder 13: Marching Band Materials - Football Band Shows, ca. 1959

Box 3

Folder 1: Rose Bowl, 1949-52
Folder 2: Rose Bowl, 1951-52
Folder 3: Rose Bowl Game Clippings, 1952
Folder 4: Rose Bowl Photographs, Correspondence, 1951-52
Folder 5: Rose Bowl Game Correspondence, 1951
Folder 6: Rose Bowl Game Correspondence, 1951-52
Folder 7: Rose Bowl Cost Estimates, 1951
Folder 8: Rose Bowl Film, 1951
Folder 9: Rose Bowl Printed Forms, 1951-52
Folder 10: Rose Bowl Trip, 1951-52
Folder 11: Rose Bowl Trip, 1963-64
Folder 12: Rose Bowl Trip, 1951-52, 1963-65

Box 7

Folder 1: New Year Convocation, 1963-66
Folder 2: U of I Band in the news and journals, 1949-50, 1955, 1957
Folder 3: Photographs First Regimental Band, 1948-50, 1953-55, 1970-71
Folder 4: Football Band
Folder 5: Football Band Formations
Folder 6: Football Band Formations, 1948
Folder 7: Football Band Formations, 1954-55
Folder 8: Regimental Bands
Folder 9: Second Regimental Bands, Sections A and B, 1954-58, 1970-71
Folder 10: Programs, 1934, 1937
Folder 11: Programs, 1942-43
Folder 12: Programs, 1948-49
Folder 13: Programs, 1949-1950
Folder 14: Programs, 1950-51
Folder 15: Programs, 1952-53
Folder 16: Programs, 1953-54
Folder 17: Programs, 1954-55
Folder 18: Programs, 1955-56

Box 8

Folder 1: Programs, 1956-57
Folder 2: Programs, 1957-58
Folder 3: Programs, 1958-59
Folder 4: Programs, 1959-60
Folder 5: Programs, 1960-61
Folder 6: Programs, 1961-62
Folder 7: Programs, 1962-63
Folder 8: Programs, 1963-64
Folder 9: Programs, 1964-65
Folder 10: Programs, 1965-66
Folder 11: Programs, 1966-67

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal Papers],
[Series 2: Administrative Records],
[Series 3: Professional Association Papers],
[Series 4: Course Materials],
[Series 5: Sound Recordings],
[All]