Music Department Photograph Collection, 1947-1998

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The Music Department Photograph Collection is comprised of photographs taken and assembled by members of the department that document university choral groups such as the Oregon State University (OSU) Choir, the University Singers, the OSU Jazz Choir, and the Choralaires. Fraternity and sorority vocal groups are also represented in the collection. Included are group portraits, as well as images which document performances, rehearsal and other group activities, and several international trips.

Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.

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ID: P 137

Extent: 0.75 cubic feet

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Biographical / Historical Notes

Instruction in music has been part of the academic landscape of Oregon State University (OSU) since its designation by the Oregon Legislative Assembly as the Agricultural College of the State of Oregon in 1868. Indeed, music courses were included in the academic offerings to “young ladies” as early as 1866, as a complement to the “thorough mental discipline” provided by other college-level courses offered. Miss Fannie Mulkey – who later married R.N. Armstrong, Professor of Mathematics – served as the sole music instructor from 1866 to 1869. Jacob Brenner succeeded her in 1869, followed by P. Rutan from 1871 to 1872, Alice Nesbit from 1872 to 1873, and Viola Briggs from 1873 to 1875. Music, if it was offered, was not listed formally in the General Catalogs from 1875 to 1887, though classes in free-hand drawing and painting were offered. In 1887, however, a new “provision was made for the study of vocal music,” and instruction in music was “given to any student desiring it free of charge.” Vocal classes met three times a week in the college chapel.

Between 1888 and 1891, music as a discipline was lumped together with Modern Language and History, and later, between 1891 and 1894, with Latin, History, and Drawing. In 1896, however, a Department of Music appeared in the General Catalog for the first time; Ms. Dorothea Nash, herself an alumna of the class of 1895, is listed as the sole instructor, though the Board of Regents also provided funds to hire an unnamed pianist as an accompanist. The Young Women’s Hall was used for music lessons, which cost $.50 by the lesson, or $2 per month for one lesson per week. Students who completed the prescribed course of study, which is not outlined, earned a certificate in music.

Nash continued as the Director until 1900, when she left to study music in Europe; Mary Smith Philbrick replaced Nash, and served as Director for the 1901-1902 school year. By that year, offerings in the Music Department had expanded to include “courses,” or tracks, of study in Piano, “Voice Culture,” Harmony, Theory and History, and Choral Classes. In 1908, a conservatory style School of Music was organized as a self-supporting department within the college, directed by William Frederick Gaskins. Gaskins also taught Voice, Conducting, and Music History. Genevieve Baum-Gaskins – a well-known concert pianist and organist, and William’s wife – was hired as Instructor of Voice, Piano, and Organ.

In the Fall of 1924, the Gaskins left to become a partner in a Portland-based music studio. Paul Petri, who had given private voice lessons in the Portland area for the previous six years, was hired as the school’s Director, Professor of Singing, and Conductor of Choruses; Lillian Jeffreys Petri, his wife and then-President of the Oregon Federation of Music Clubs, was hired as the head of the school’s Piano Department. The Petris served in their respective positions from 1924 to 1947.

In 1951, Robert Walls, formerly at the University of Idaho, was selected to succeed Paul Petri as the head of the department; Walls served as both department head and the Director of Choirs from 1947 to 1965. By 1956, the choir program had grown to encompass four different performing groups, each of which required an audition for membership. These groups included the Madrigal Club, the Glee Club – established in 1910 and 1903, respectively – and the Choralaires, a co-ed vocal group comprised of select members from the Madrigal and Glee clubs. All three groups together performed regularly as the College Chorus, and the Choralaires gave concerts statewide and internationally. In the 1990s and early 2000s, these vocal groups were replaced with similar groups, all open by audition only, including the co-ed University Chorale; the men-only Meistersingers; Bella Voce, a women-only chorus; and the OSU Chamber Choir, a co-ed travelling choir.

Though under the conservatory model of the early 1900s student fees had largely underwritten Music Department faculty salaries, in 1960 the department was placed on the same academic and financial basis as other departments in the institution, and was placed under the academic umbrella of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (which would later become the College of Liberal Arts). In 1966, Robert Walls stepped down as Director of the department, and William A. Campbell was hired on; Walls continued as the Director of Choirs from 1965 until his retirement in 1974. Campbell, who had spent the previous 19 years as the Director of Bands at Cornell, broadened the department’s music curriculum and improved physical facilities, to include a “music listening center.”

In 1967, degree programs for a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Art in Music were established with three areas of concentration: applied music, music history and literature, and theory and composition. Students interested in teaching music could, in coordination with the School of Education, pursue certification to teach music at both the Elementary and Secondary school level. James Douglass – who came to OSU with a Masters of Fine Arts from Ohio University, and who had previously worked at the University of the Pacific in California – took over as Director of Bands that same year.

In 1978, William Campbell stepped down as Chair of the department, and David Eiseman – who had been on the faculty for 10 years as a researcher, professor, and performing clarinetist – was selected to lead the department. By 1979, students could earn a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) minor in Music in one of four concentrations: music history and literature, theory and composition, performance (including conducting), and world and folk music traditions. Moreover, in the thirteen years since degree programs had been established, course offerings had expanded from 77 classes to 87, including Fork Music in America, Introduction to Jazz, and Music Cultures of the World. Eiseman also hired Michael Coolen to teach ethnomusicology and musicology, adding, according to Eiseman, “a significant dimension that will give us some involvement with music other than just our own tradition.”

As of 2019, the Music Department – headquartered in in the School of Arts and Communication in the College of Liberal Arts – offers undergraduate programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in music; undergraduate minors in general music and popular music are also offered. At the graduate level, the department offers the Professional Music Teacher Education (PMTE) program, where students may pursue the Master of Arts in Teaching: Music Education (MAT) degree, or the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) degree and receive the Oregon Teaching License.

Author: Rachel Lilley and Sydney Klupar

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Statement on Description: A preliminary description of this collection was placed online in 2012. The collection has been fully processed and described in 2020 following current arrangement and description best practices.

Arrangement

Preferred Citation: Music Department Photograph Collection (P 137), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred to the former University Archives in multiple accessions from the 1970s through 2009.

Acquired: 0000.

Languages of Materials

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Container List

Series 1: Numbered Photographs, 1947-1973 Add to Shelf

Series 1, Numbered Photographs, is comprised of photographs of OSU musical groups, predominantly the Choralaires. These photographs are individually numbered and described.

Box-Folder 1.1: P137: 001 - P137: 070, 1950-1967 Add to Shelf

Item P137:01: The Junior Girls Choir of the First Christian Church, 1951 Add to Shelf

Image caption: "The Junior Girls Choir of the First Christian Church, Corvallis. Pat Powell, director, is at the organ console. Pat is a senior in Education." Photo by Wally Johnson. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:02: Theta Chi singers, 1951 Add to Shelf

With director Bob Williams in pajamas. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:03: Theta Chi singers, 1951 Add to Shelf

With director Bob Williams in pajamas, two photographic prints (the 11 x 14 print of this image is in Box-folder 2.1). This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:04: Alpha Delta Pi chorus rehearsal, 1951 Add to Shelf

Image caption: "Barbara Keasey, director for Alpha Delta Pi, checks her chorus in a rehearsal under her three assistants, Ruth Clough, Marian Templeton, and Eloise Groves, all members of the class in Choral Conducting." Photo by Wally Johnson. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:05: Alpha Delta Pi chorus rehearsal, 1951 Add to Shelf

Image caption: "Barbara Keasey, director for Alpha Delta Pi, checks her chorus in a rehearsal of Christmas carols under her three assistants, Ruth Clough, Marian Templeton, and Eloise Groves, all members of the class in Choral Conducting." Photo by Wally Johnson. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:06: Community choir, circa 1950 Add to Shelf

This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:07: Phi Kappa Psi chorus, 1951 Add to Shelf

Image caption: "Dick Dagget, Pharmacy senior, lines up his Phi Kappa Psi boys for a quick run-through of 'Stairway to the Stars.'" Two prints of this image (P137:07a and P137:07b) have been digitized and are available online in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:08: Heavenly choir in "Green Pastures", 1951 Add to Shelf

Image caption: "Eloise Groves, Education senior, leads part of the 'heavenly choir' in a spiritual in the Marc Connelly prize-winning play 'Green Pastures,' while 'De Lawd' Jerry Smith looks on approvingly." The Green Pastures was written by Connelly in 1930, and was adapted from Roark Bradford's collection of short stories, Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun. The performers pictured in the image are wearing blackface.

Photo by Wally Johnson. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:09: Phi Kappa Psi chorus, 1951 Add to Shelf

Image caption: "Dick Dagget, Pharmacy senior lines up his Phi Kappa Psi boys for a quick run-through." This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:10: Kappa Kappa Gamma girls serenading, 1952 Add to Shelf

Photo by Wally Johnson. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:11: Kappa Kappa Gamma girls serenading, 1952 Add to Shelf

Image caption: "The Kappa Kappa Gamma girls go serenading in the rain of an Oregon mid-winter evening. Ingrid Lundgren, senior in the school of Business and Technology, is their leader." Photo by Wally Johnson. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:12: Music Department faculty, 1962 Add to Shelf

Includes: Iris Gray, Odelia Wilson, Gilbert Knapp, Thomas Roberts, Joseph Brye, Ted Mesang, John O'Connor, Berwin Murray, and Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:13: Acappella choir, 1950 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:14: Choralaires portrait, 1951 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:15: Choralaires portrait, 1951 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:16: Choralaires portrait, 1951 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:17: Choralaires portrait, 1951 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:18: Choralaires portrait, 1952 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:19: Choralaires portrait, 1952 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:20: Choralaires portrait, 1952 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:21: Choralaires portrait, 1952 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:22: Choralaires portrait, 1953 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:23: Choralaires portrait, 1954 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:24: Choralaires portrait, 1954 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:25: Choralaires portrait, 1954 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:26: Choralaires portrait, 1954 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, one photographic print, one acetate negative. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:27: Choralaires portrait, 1954 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:28: Choralaires portrait, 1954 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:29: Choralaires portrait, 1954 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:30: Choralaires portrait, 1954 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, includes: Barbara Eades, Cathy Olson, Nancy Rearden, Alice Rowland, Nancy Allworth, Sue Skelton, and Barbara Custer, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:31: Choralaires portrait, 1954 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. Two prints of this image (P137:31a and P137:31b) have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:32: Choralaires portrait, 1955 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:33: Choralaires portrait, 1955 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, includes: Bruce Jones, Jerry Christopherson, Ivan Woods, Ken Thayer, Kent Busch, Don Powell, Corwin Horton, Les Myers, Gary Gustafson, Gary Thomson, Bob Davenport, John Wilkinson, Steve Lee, Gary Brown, Jerry Clark, Scott McGowan, Jim Simpson, Don Nash, Eddie Thomas, Mike Doherty, Marianne Dant, Linda Courtney, Janet McDonald, Kathy Olsen, Dorothy Brodersen, Ann Myszka, Sally Hornecker, Shirley Will, Margaret Ramsey, Joan Hamman, Nan Pitman, Nancy Allworth, Barbara Custer, Lois Paulson, Nancy Keltner, Marilyn Miller, Barbara Bogue, Pat Kuni, Barbara Jones, Barbara Byrkit, Ann Nero, Sue Pearson, Gloria Christensen, Kay Wiser, Roberta Sears, Shirley Crawford. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:34: Choralaires portrait, 1955 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:35: Choralaires portrait, 1955 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:36: Choralaires Christmas concert publicity, 1955 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, includes: Jean Eyman, Ken Thayer, Helen Kelleher, Brian Bailey, Jan Markstaller, Adele Coughlin, Jim Johnson, Earl Ficken, Sandra Smith, Mel Elsasser, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:37: Choralaires portrait, 1956 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:38: Choralaires portrait, 1956 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:39: Choralaires portrait, 1956 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:40: Choralaires portrait, 1956 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:41: Choralaires portrait, 1956 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls; pictured are Nancy Allworth (mezzo-soprano), Jerry Christopherson (baritone), Eddie Thomas (tenor), Kay Wiser (soprano), Ivan Woods, Byron Walls, Dave Deller, and Dorothy Brodersen (pianist), two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:42: Choralaires portrait, 1956 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:43: Choralaires portrait, 1957 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. Two prints of this image (P137:43a and P137:43b) have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:44: Choralaires portrait, 1958 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:45: Christmas portrait of Choralaires soloists, 1959 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, includes: Anne Smith of Corvallis, Fay Fratzke of Independence, Kathleen Bue of Burney, California, Patricia Donnell of Portland, Dave Smith of Coos Bay, Paul Knaupp of Portland, and Kenneth Ramsing of Nuevo, California, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:46: Choralaires portrait, 1959 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, published on page 110 of the 1959 Beaver, three photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:47: Choralaires portrait, 1959 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:48: Choralaires portrait, 1958 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:49: Choralaires soloists, 1958 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, includes: Jean Smith of Corvallis (soprano), Betty Perrine of Hillsboro (soprano), Mike Doherty of Baker (bass), Dave Smith of Coos Bay (baritone), Stan Bishoprick of Vancouver, Washington (baritone), and Jim Simonson of Sheridan (tenor), two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:50: Choralaires portrait, 1960 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, three photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:51: Choralaires portrait, 1961 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:52: Choralaires singing the Ceremony of Carols, 1961 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, taped for KOAC-TV. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:53: Choralaires singing the Ceremony of Carols, 1961 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, taped for KOAC-TV. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:54: Choralaires portrait, 1962 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:55: Choralaires portrait, 1962 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:56: Choralaires portrait, 1963 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:57: Choralaires portrait, 1962 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:58: Choralaires portrait, 1962 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:59: Choralaires portrait, 1963 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:60: Choralaires portrait, 1963 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:61: Choralaires portrait, 1963 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:62: Portrait of Choralaires soloists, 1964 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, includes: Kerry Hastie (tenor), Richard West (tenor), Ingrid Isaksen (soprano), and Stanley Bishoprick (baritone). This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:63: Portrait of Choralaires soloists, 1964 Add to Shelf

Item P137:64: Portrait of Choralaires soloists, 1964 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, includes: Lynn Bowman, Beth Kiersky, Michele Tallman, Cheryl Porter, and Jeannie Scales. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:65: Choralaires portrait, 1963 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, includes: Lynn Bowman, Beth Kiersky, Michele Tallman, Cheryl Porter, and Jeannie Scales. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:66: Choralaires portrait, 1965 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:67: Choralaires portrait, 1965 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:68: Choralaires portrait, 1967 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:69: Choralaires portrait, 1967 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Item P137:70: Choralaires portrait, 1967 Add to Shelf

Directed by Robert Walls. Two prints of this image (P137:70a and P137:70b) have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.

Box-Folder 1.2: P137: 71 - P137: 155, 1947-1973 Add to Shelf

Item P137:71: Choralaires portrait, 1968 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:72: Choralaires portrait, 1968 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:73: Choralaires singing the Ceremony of Carols, 1969 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:74: Choralaires singing at St. Paul's Church in Cheam, England, 1971 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:75: Choralaires singing at Lloyd Center, 1972 Add to Shelf: Two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:76: Choralaires singing at Lloyd Center, 1972 Add to Shelf: Two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:77: Choralaires singing at Lloyd Center, 1972 Add to Shelf: Two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:78: Choralaires singing at Lloyd Center, 1972 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:79: Choralaires portrait, 1973 Add to Shelf: Includes: Carol Olbrich, Susan Bajus, Judy Sayler, Cindi Favorel, Cindy McRay. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:80: Portrait of the University Chorus, 1967 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:81: Choralaires portrait, circa 1967 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:82: Portrait of the University Chorus, 1967 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:83: Portrait of the University Chorus, 1967 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:84: Portrait of the University Chorus, 1958 Add to Shelf: Two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:85: Portrait of the University Chorus, 1952 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls and Donald Sites. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:86: Portrait of the University Chorus, 1948 Add to Shelf: Two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:87: Christmas portrait of the University Chorus, 1957 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:88: Christmas portrait of the Choralaires, 1960 Add to Shelf: The sheet music for A Joyous Christmas Song appears on top of the image, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:89: Portrait of the Madrigal Club and orchestra, circa 1960 Add to Shelf: The Madrigal Club is directed by Donald Sites and the orchestra is conducted by John O'Connor. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:90: Madrigal Club portrait, 1950 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:91: Madrigal Club portrait, 1953 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:92: Madrigal Club portrait, 1954 Add to Shelf: Directed by Joseph Brye. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:93: Madrigal Club portrait, 1957 Add to Shelf: Directed by Karl Moltmann. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:94: Madrigal Club portrait, 1957 Add to Shelf: Directed by Karl Moltmann. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:95: Madrigal Club portrait, 1958 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:96: Madrigal Club portrait, 1959 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:97: Madrigal Club portrait, 1966 Add to Shelf: Directed by Karl Moltmann, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:98: Madrigal Club portrait, 1966 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:99: Acappella choir portrait, 1950 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:100: Corvallis Men's and Women's Choir, 1953 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:101: Choralaires and orchestra performing, 1972 Add to Shelf: Performing Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:102: Orchestra rehearsing, 1962 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:103: Concert Band portrait, 1958 Add to Shelf: Conducted by Ted Mesang, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:104: Concert Band portrait, 1958 Add to Shelf: Conducted by Ted Mesang.
Item P137:105: Glee Club portrait, 1950 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:106: Glee Club portrait, 1953 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:107: Glee Club portrait, 1954 Add to Shelf: Directed by Donald Sites. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:108: Glee Club portrait, 1958 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:109: Glee Club portrait, 1959 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:110: Symphony Orchestra and Glee Club in performance, 1961 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:111: Setting up for a performance of "Salute to Rhythm", circa 1955 Add to Shelf: This performance took place in Gill Coliseum. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:112: Setting up for a performance of "Salute to Rhythm", circa 1956 Add to Shelf: This performance took place in Gill Coliseum. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:113: Setting up for the Hairstan festival, 1963 Add to Shelf: This festival took place in Gill Coliseum, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:114: Setting up for the Hairstan festival, 1963 Add to Shelf: This festival took place in Gill Coliseum. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:115: OSU Chorus and orchestra performing Messiah, 1963 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:116: OSU Chorus and orchestra performing Messiah, 1963 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:117: College Chorus performing Messiah, 1947 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:118: College Chorus performing Messiah, 1947 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:119: College Chorus performing Messiah, 1947 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:120: Portrait of the College Chorus at their performance of Messiah, 1947 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:121: Portrait of the College Chorus at their performance of Messiah, 1948 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:122: Audience at the College Chorus performance of Messiah, 1952 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:123: College Chorus performing Messiah for a TV filming, 1955 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:124: College Chorus performing Messiah for a TV filming, 1955 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:125: College Chorus performing Messiah for a TV filming, 1955 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls, two photographic prints. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:126: Curtain call for Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:127: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:128: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:129: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:130: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:131: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:132: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:133: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:134: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:135: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:136: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:137: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: Includes: Dale Sherrtz and Larry Branson. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:138: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: Includes: Judie Dalton and Neal Armentrout. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:139: A performance of Little Mary Sunshine, 1964 Add to Shelf: Includes: Dick West and Ingrid Isaksen. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:140: A performance of Oklahoma!, 1956 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:141: A performance of Oklahoma!, 1956 Add to Shelf: This image has ben digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:142: A performance of Oklahoma!, 1956 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:143: A performance of Oklahoma!, 1956 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:144: A performance of Oklahoma!, 1956 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:145: A performance of Oklahoma!, 1956 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:146: A performance of Oklahoma!, 1956 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:147: A performance of Oklahoma!, 1956 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:148: A performance of Oklahoma!, 1956 Add to Shelf: This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:149: Choralaires portrait, 1958 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:150: OSU choruses, orchestra, and community choirs performing Messiah, 1961 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:151: OSU choruses, Corvallis-OSU Symphony, and Corvallis High School Orchestra and Choir performing "Carmina Burana", 1964 Add to Shelf: Conducted by Jacob Avahalomov.
Item P137:152: Choralaires performance at the Ceremony of Carols, 1968 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:153: Choralaires portrait, 1968 Add to Shelf: Directed by Robert Walls. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:154: Choralaires hear a lecture on Greek history before the Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis in Athens, 1971 Add to Shelf: Photo by Dale Webber. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.
Item P137:155: Choralaires singing before the Dreikoenigen Shrine in Koln Cathedral, 1973 Add to Shelf: Photo by Dave Seideman. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Box-Folder 2.1: P137: 156, 1991 Add to Shelf

Item P137:156: OSU-Corvallis Symphony Orchestra posing with Marlan Carlson, 1991 Add to Shelf: At the LaSells Stewart Center; 11 x 14 print. This image has been digitized and is available in Oregon Digital.

Series 2: Unnumbered Photographs, 1987-1998 Add to Shelf

Series 2, Unnumbered Photographs, is comprised of photographs of various OSU choral groups participating in activities and travelling on tour. Also included are a few portraits of the OSU choir. Photographs in this series are not individually numbered and are described at the folder level.

Box-Folder 1.03: Choir practice and break time, circa 1987 Add to Shelf: Includes 14 photographic prints of an OSU choral group both at rehearsal and sitting in a circle eating lunch.
Box-Folder 1.04: Theatrical performances and opera workshops, 1988 Add to Shelf: Includes eight photographic prints. Many of the photos in this folder depict a performance of The Marriage of Figaro.
Box-Folder 1.05: Ball State University Choir, 1989 Add to Shelf: Includes three photographic prints of the Ball State University choir getting ready to perform and eating lunch.
Box-Folder 1.06: General photographs, circa 1994 Add to Shelf: Includes three photographic prints of various choral group activities.
Box-Folder 1.07: OSU choir tour of Asia, 1997 Add to Shelf: Includes four photographic prints.
Box-Folder 1.08: OSU choral groups, 1987-1994 Add to Shelf: Includes 51 photographic prints and 11 negatives. These photos are mainly portraits of OSU choral groups in their uniforms at various locations.
Box-Folder 1.09: OSU choral group performances, 1990-1998 Add to Shelf: Includes 17 photographic prints of various OSU choral group performances.
Box-Folder 1.10: University Singers winter retreat, 1994 Add to Shelf: Contains three images of various activities during the University Singers' winter retreat.
Box-Folder 2.2: Madrigal Feaste, 1993 Add to Shelf: Group and individual shots of Madrigal singers dressed in Renaissance or Early Baroque period attire.
Box-Folder 2.3: OSU Choir, 1993-1994 Add to Shelf: Includes three prints, all group portraits. Two of the prints are mounted.
Box-Folder 2.4: OSU Choir, 1993-1994 Add to Shelf: Includes three mounted prints, all group portraits. Two of the images were taken near an outdoor gazebo, perhaps in Corvallis's Central Park. The third photograph was taken in front of a large pipe organ, in Corvallis's First Presbyterian Church. Pictured in these images is Roosevelt Credit, an OSU Music Education alum who has been cast in Broadway productions of Show Boat and Porgy and Bess, was a featured performer at President Barack Obama's 2009 Pennsylvania Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., and contributed to the soundtrack for the Academy Award-winning movie 12 Years a Slave.
Box-Folder 2.5: University Singers, 1993-1994 Add to Shelf: Includes two prints: one color group portrait, and one black and white group portrait.
Box-Folder 2.6: Jazz Choir, 1994 Add to Shelf: Includes one color group portrait.
Box-Folder 2.7: Unidentified university choir, circa 1990s Add to Shelf: Includes one color group portrait of an unidentified university choir, likely taken in Benton Hall [Community Hall].

Series 3: Photograph Album, circa 1988 Add to Shelf

Series 3, Photograph Album, is comprised of a photograph album of the OSU choral winter retreat, possibly in 1988. The album is comprised of 117 color snapshots documenting various team-bonding activities that took place at this retreat. Photographs are not individually numbered and are described at the folder level.

Box-Folder 1.11: Choral group retreat photograph album, circa 1988 Add to Shelf: This photograph album depicts group activities that took place at the choral group winter retreat.

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Robert B. Walls, photographer for many of the images held in the Music Department Photographs. Image is extracted from the cover of Walls' memorial service program, September 19, 1997.

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