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John C. Crabbe (1914-2001) was director of broadcasting at College of the Pacific from 1937 to 1958. He developed a campus radio station, KAEO, and initiated the first academic radio major west of the Mississippi. In 1947, KCVN-FM (now KUOP) made its debut under his direction. He resigned his professorship at Pacific in 1959 to become the first general manager of KVIE-TV, a position he held until 1969. He ended his career as general manager of KTSC-TV in Pueblo, Colorado, from 1976 to...
Dates:
1949-1991 and undated; Majority of material found within 1970-1979
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John C. Schwarzwalder (1918-1992) was a pioneer in educational television, establishing the nation's first educational television station, KUHT-TV, at the University of Houston in 1953. He moved to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area in 1956, where he helped establish three noncommercial educational television stations: KTCA-TV, KTCI-TV, and KWOM-TV. In 1976, he accepted the position of station manager of KOKH-TV in Oklahoma.Over the years, Schwarzwalder performed consultancy work for...
Dates:
1935-1992 and undated; Majority of material found within 1965-1986
Abstract
John Curwen (1816-1880) was an English congregational minister who, later in life, devoted himself to developing and promulgating the Tonic Sol-fa pedagogical method. This method is based on the relationships between pitch-classes in a diatonic key, and replaces traditional notation with solfege syllables; the syllable "do" is assigned to a piece's tonic, thus the term "moveable do." The John Curwen Manuscripts, part of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Historical Center...
Dates:
1860-2005; Majority of material found within 1863-1868
Collection
0334-SCPA-DAVIS
Abstract
John Davis (b. 1976) is an American musician, fanzine editor, librarian, and archivist. The John Davis collection on punk contains items that span the period from 1980 to 2022; the bulk of the material dates from 1994 to 1999 when Davis was editing the fanzines, Slanted and Held Like Sound. The collection contains concert photographs taken by Davis, fliers advertising punk concerts that Davis collected, ephemera related to D.C. punk...
Dates:
1980-2024
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John Marshall was the "superintendent" for the construction of the three original buildings of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1880's, a term that would now describe the role of general contractor or construction manager. The "Son" in Marshall and Son appears to be C. Morgan Marshall. Their company was active in Baltimore in the first half of the twentieth century building new structures as well as renovating existing buildings. The collection includes blueprints for clients who appear in...
Dates:
1901-1939, and undated; Majority of material found within 1920-1935
Abstract
John Edward "Ned" Mahoney (1911-2012) was a cornetist, conductor, educator, and business owner. After graduating from the Ernest Williams School of Music in 1934, Mahoney joined the Goldman Band as assistant cornet soloist. From 1942 to 1945, Mahoney served in the U.S. Navy as cornet soloist and assistant bandmaster of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Band before being assigned to the USS Yosemite in the South Pacific. After discharge from the Navy, he formed Ned Mahoney Music, Ltd., a music studio,...
Dates:
1931-1976
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John Francis White (1917-2005) started his public broadcasting career in 1955 at WQED-Pittsburgh as its general manager. Then, from 1958 to 1963, White was president of the National Educational Television and Radio Center (NETRC). During those years, he tried unsuccessfully to bring educational television to the New York City area. In pursuit of this goal, he helped create the Educational Television for the Metropolitan Area, Inc. and served as its secretary and board member in 1961. In...
Dates:
1955-1982 and undated; Majority of material found within 1955-1965
Abstract
A percussionist, music educator, and historian, John Joseph Heney, Sr. (1902-1978) played with numerous bands throughout his career; most notably the Sousa Band during its final six years. In addition to playing professionally, Heney taught at numerous schools in the Florida area, including Ketterlinus High School, Stetson University, and DeLand High School, where he stayed for thirty-two years. A member of the Sousa Band Fraternal Society, Heney was elected as archivist in November of 1969....
Dates:
1885-1978; Majority of material found within 1926-1976
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John J. (James) Mahlmann (b. January 21, 1942) was the executive director of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) from 1983-2010. Prior to his time as the executive director, Mahlmann served as executive director of the National Art Education Association (1971-1982). This collection contains National Executive Board meeting programs, minutes, programs, task force reports, and information, as well as MENC election candidates, biographies, and ballots.
Dates:
1969-2002; Majority of material found within 1983-2001
Abstract
John Merrill Knapp (1914-1993) was an active music educator, editor, and writer, primarily in the area of opera and the works of Handel. Throughout his career he served as Chairman of the Department of Music at Princeton University, as well as Dean of the college. His collection consists primarily of professional correspondence and writings, specifically relating to his manuscript Handel’s Later Operas. Other materials include General professional writings, ephemera, two floppy disks, and...
Dates:
1953-1995; Majority of material found within 1979-1991
