Scope and Content of Collection
The John J. Heney, Sr. papers cover the period from 1885 to 1978; the bulk of the materials date from 1926 to 1976. The papers contain correspondence, publications, clippings, articles, scores, programs, contracts, diaries, scrapbooks, yearbooks, photographs, sound recordings, and memorabilia related to his career as a music educator, his involvement with the John Philip Sousa Band, and his interest in preserving Sousa's memory after the band leader's death.