Folder title

Date

Cabinet

Drawer

Folder

RHEA B. WILLIAMSON PERSONAL

Rhea B. Williamson biographical information

no date

1

A

1

Rhea B. Williamson personal correspondence

ca. 1947-1960

1

A

2

Rhea B. Williamson letters from Japan

1963

1

A

3

Rhea B. Williamson press releases/ correspondence from overseas trips (Asia and Africa)

ca. 1960

1

A

4

Rhea B. Williamson correspondence with Ronald Standing

1962

1

A

5

Rhea B. Williamson speeches, articles, writings

ca. 1950-1960

1

A

6

Rhea B. Williamson miniature paintings of Williamson Hall

no date

1

A

7

Rhea B. Williamson Otterbein College (Westerville, OH) related

1946-1961

1

A

8

Rhea B. (and John Finley) Williamson correspondence with Lee Hastings Bristol

1960s

1

A

9

Rhea B. Williamson WCC Doctor of Humanities diploma/ citation

1966

1

A

10

Sketchbook dedicated to Rhea B. Williamson, creator unknown

no date

1

A

11

Rhea B. Williamson memorial related

1967

1

A

12

JOHN FINLEY WILLIAMSON PERSONAL

John Finley Williamson biographical information

ca. 1950s

1

A

13

John Finley Williamson personal Bible, with inscription written by Hugh Ivan Evans, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dayton, Ohio, from 1923-1955. Also included are tour related inserts and general notes

No date

1

A

14

John Finley Williamson family related,  Jeanne Williamson Thompson, Mary Williamson, etc.

ca. 1960-1970

1

A

15

Katharine Houk Talbott-information about, telegram

No date

1

A

16

John Finley Williamson writings/articles on choirs and conducting

ca. 1930s-1960s

1

A

17

Westminster Plan related (includes writings by others on the Westminster Plan)

Ca. 1930s

1

A

18

A program of Christian Education, Worship, and Music designed specifically for the Town and Country Churches by the General Board of Evangelism of the Methodist Church in conjunction with Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ

Ca. 1947

1

A

19

Addresses/writings on WCC (includes 1934 campus dedication)

Ca. 1930s-1950s

1

A

20

John Finley Williamson notes, repertoire, curriculum planning related

ca. 1930s-1940s

1

A

21

Address lists, contacts in Great Britain, France, Germany, and other European countries, includes musical organizations, embassies

No date

1

A

22

Annotated typewritten program lists

No date

1

A

23

John Finley Williamson master classes/clinics

1959-1962

1

A

24

John Finley Williamson articles, poems, prayers on music and religion

no date

1

A

25

Articles on JFW/Westminster Choir in religious publications

1928-1937

1

A

26

Dayton, Ohio Chamber of Commerce scrolls dedicated to JFW

1929

1

A

27

John Finley Williamson honors and tributes (See also OS 3)

ca. 1920s-ca. 1960s

1

A

28

WCC certificate of incorporation

1939

1

A

29

John Finley Williamson portraits paperwork

1958

1

A

30

John Finley Williamson programs and articles

1959-1962

1

A

31

John Finley Williamson various non-WCC programs possibly of events attended or used for repertoire

1926-1960

1

A

32

John Finley Williamson travel mementos recovered from his briefcase, plane tickets, etc.

1959

1

A

33

John Finley Williamson miscellaneous notes, advertisements, clippings

no date

1

A

34

John Finley Williamson memorial service programs, dedications

1964

1

A

35

John Finley Williamson memorials/obituary

1964

1

A

36

John Finley Williamson memorial gifts

1964

1

A

37

John Finley Williamson memorial service sign-in book

1964

1

A

38

TOUR DIARIES

Rhea B. Williamson inventory of diaries

no date

1

A

39

Rhea B. Williamson European tour diary

1925-1926

1

A

40

Mary Louise Bates (Mrs. Ward Bedford) diary for European tour

1929

1

A

41

Mary Louise Bates (Mrs. Ward Bedford) diary transcript for European tour

1929

1

A

42

Rhea B. Williamson diary European tour

1929

1

A

43

Rhea B. Williamson diary transcript for European tour

1929

1

A

44

Cecil Stewart American and European tour diary

1929

1

A

45

Rhea B. Williamson European tour diary and Russian language documents

1934

1

B

1

Rhea B. Williamson typewritten diary for European/Russian  tour ,vol. 1

1934

1

B

2

Rhea B. Williamson typewritten diary for European/Russian  tour, vols. 1 & 2

1934

1

B

3

Rhea B. Williamson return to Princeton after tour diary (mostly blank)

1934-1935

1

B

4

Mrs. Talbott, European Tour diary, includes photographs

1934

1

B

5

Ella B. Robinson typed European tour diary

1934

1

B

6

Rhea B. Williamson, winter U.S. tour

1940

1

B

7

Rhea B. Williamson, Europe tour

1950

1

B

8

Rhea B. Williamson diary, writings on manners, a Christmas story

1953

1

B

9

Rhea B. Williamson “Around the World with Westminster Choir” Asia, Middle East, Europe diary

1956-1957

1

B

10

Rhea B. Williamson writings on Asia tour

1956-1957

1

B

11

Rhea B. Williamson Westminster Choir world tour,

Books 1,2, & 3

1956-1957

1

B

12

Rhea B. Williamson Westminster Choir world tour,

(duplicate copy of Book 1)

1956-1957

1

B

13

Rhea B. Williamson Japan tour

ca. 1957

1

B

14

Rhea B. Williamson Asia tour, Summer and Fall, handwritten, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Japan

1958

1

B

15

Rhea B. Williamson Asia Tour, Summer and Fall, typewritten section

1958

1

B

16

Rhea B. Williamson diaries, African tour, Books I and II, and J.F. W. report to South African Sec. of State

1959

1

B

17

Rhea B. Williamson master classes tour, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, New Zealand

1960

1

B

18

Rhea B. Williamson master classes abroad, Books I and II, Asia

1960

1

B

19

Rhea B. Williamson typewritten correspondence from Asia master classes trip: Japan, Thailand

1963

1

B

20

LEDGER BOOKS/NOTEBOOKS

Ledger book of writings for John Finley Williamson, Westminster History highlights, tour program, choir member and faculty lists

1920-1928

1

B

21

Rhea B. Williamson class notes

ca. 1927

1

B

22

Ledger Book of tour itineraries, finances

1921-1938

1

B

23

Ledger book of  finances, enrollment, concert programs

1929-1933

1

B

24

Ledger book of tour itineraries, finances, choir member lists, concert programs (and additional list of choir members 1922)

1929-1941

1

B

25

Rhea B. Williamson notes, wedding songs, a Christmas story, etc.

ca. 1957

1

B

26

Rhea B. Williamson writings, speeches, etc.

ca. 1958

1

B

27

Rhea B. Williamson writings on WCC history

1936?

1

B

28

Marion Dills Fee (class of 1946) notebook from JFW class

no date

1

B

29

Notebook from unidentified source, has the name “Rooks” written inside, includes Westminster Choir business and class notes

no date

1

B

30

CORRESPONDENCE –PERSONAL AND THANK YOU LETTERS

John Finley Williamson personal correspondence

1946

1

B

31

John Finley Williamson personal correspondence

1947

1

B

32

John Finley Williamson personal correspondence

1948

1

B

33

John Finley Williamson personal correspondence

1949-1951

1

B

34

John Finley Williamson correspondence regarding contributors to the $100 plan

1934

1

B

35

John Finley Williamson correspondence regarding WCC donations

1952

1

B

36

John Finley Williamson correspondence regarding WCC donations

1953 Jan-Jun

1

B

37

John Finley Williamson correspondence regarding WCC donations

1953 Jul-Dec

1

B

38

John Finley Williamson correspondence regarding WCC donations

1954 Jan-Jun

1

B

39

John Finley Williamson correspondence regarding WCC donations

1954 Jul-Dec

1

B

40

John Finley Williamson correspondence regarding WCC donations

1955

1

B

41

Graduates’ ideas regarding prospective contributors

1950s

1

B

42

Orpheus Club contributors

1955

1

B

43

Christmas letter donation thank-you’s

1955-1957

1

B

44

CORRESPONDENCE WITH COMPOSERS/PRESIDENT

John and Evelyn Barbirolli

1938-1959

1

C

1

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1952-1959

1

C

2

Geoffrey O’Hara

1947-1956

1

C

3

Eugene Ormandy

1943-1954

1

C

4

Sergei Rachmaninoff

1939-1949

1

C

5

Artur Rodzinski

1942-1944

1

C

6

Leopold Stokowski

1938-1955

1

C

7

Olga Samaroff Stokowski and Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski

1944-1945

1

C

8

Bruno Walter

1941-1957

1

C

9

C. (Christopher) Wilkinson (cousin)

1951

1

C

10

Composers correspondence A-C

1925-1957

1

C

11

Composers correspondence D-F

1942-1957

1

C

12

Composers correspondence G-I

1940-1955

1

C

13

Composers correspondence J-L

1946-1957

1

C

14

Composers correspondence M-O

1925-1958

1

C

15

Composers correspondence P-R

1939-1958

1

C

16

Composers correspondence S-U

1949-1955

1

C

17

Composers correspondence V-Z

1925-1958

1

C

18

MUSIC PERMISSIONS CORRESPONDENCE

Henry S. Drinker “Drinker music library” permissions related correspondence

1942-1943

1

C

19

Henry S. Drinker “Drinker music library” permissions related correspondence

1944-1945

1

C

20

Henry S. Drinker “Drinker music library” permissions related correspondence

1946-1948

1

C

21

Henry S. Drinker “Drinker music library” permissions related correspondence

1949-1950

1

C

22

Henry S. Drinker “Drinker music library” permissions related correspondence

1951-1952

1

C

23

Henry S. Drinker “Drinker music library” permissions related correspondence

1953-1957

1

C

24

Presser Publishers “Etude”

1948-1954

1

C

25

Correspondence U.S. music permissions

1952

1

C

26

Correspondence  international  music permissions

1952

1

C

27

Correspondence U.S. Navy music permissions

1952

1

C

28

Song and hymnal lists and permissions

1952

1

C

29

Columbia Records recordings

1952-1958

1

C

30

Professional correspondence much of it with Theodore Presser co. music publishers

1949-1953

1

C

31

Professional  correspondence, much of it with Theodore Presser co. music publishers

1954-1959

1

C

32

BOARD OF TRUSTEES and FACULTY RELATED CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERWORK

Trustee and financial reports

1946-1952

1

C

33

Last names, A-L

1949-1957

1

C

34

Last names, M-Z

1947-1957

1

C

35

Clarence C. Beasley

1952-1954

1

C

36

Elaine Brown

1948-1953

1

C

37

John O. Gross

1952

1

C

38

Lois B. Hunter

1952-1958

1

C

39

G.A. Lehmann

1949-1954

1

C

40

Ruth Taylor Hunter

1952-1957

1

C

41

John T. Jones

1952-1955

1

C

42

Mark M. Jones

1949-1951

1

C

43

Marion Martin

1952-1954

1

C

44

George H. Mead

1945-1953

1

C

45

Prof. Sherley  Morgan

1934-1950

1

C

46

A.M. Standard

1947-1953

1

C

47

Thomas A. Stone

1948-1952

1

C

48

Harold E. and Katharine H. Talbott and family

1945-1955

1

C

49

N. S. Talbott

1936-1954

1

C

50

Board of Trustees minutes

1932-1945

1

C

51

Board of Trustees minutes

1945-1946

1

C

52

Board of Trustees minutes

1953-1954

1

C

53

Board of Trustees minutes

1957-1959

1

C

54

Board of Trustees minutes and lists (loose typewritten pages)

ca. 1950s

1

C

55

Board of Trustees minutes

1960-1961

1

C

56

Board of Trustees reports

1950

1

C

57

Board of Trustees related

1938-1961

1

C

58

Faculty meeting minutes

1935-1936

1

C

59

Faculty meeting minutes

1953-1957

1

C

60

Faculty meeting minutes

1957-1958

1

C

61

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE-ALPHABETICAL

General correspondence A

1952-1957

1

D

1

General correspondence B

1929-1957

1

D

2

General correspondence C

1943-1961

1

D

3

General correspondence D

1928-1957

1

D

4

General correspondence E (includes Albert Einstein)

1941-1957

1

D

5

General correspondence F

1950-1957

1

D

6

General correspondence G

1925-1964

1

D

7

General correspondence H-I

1925-1957

1

D

8

General correspondence J

1952-1957

1

D

9

General correspondence K (includes Helen Keller)

1946-1957

1

D

10

General correspondence L

1952-1957

1

D

11

General correspondence M (includes A. Harry Moore)

1925-1957

1

D

12

General correspondence N-O

1952-1957

1

D

13

General correspondence P

1925-1957

1

D

14

General correspondence R

1941-1957

1

D

15

General correspondence S (includes State of NJ Dept. of Education)

1925-1957

1

D

16

General correspondence T

1934-1957

1

D

17

General correspondence U-V

1952-1957

1

D

18

General correspondence W

1925-1961

1

D

19

General correspondence Y-Z

1952-1955

1

D

20

CORRESPONDENCE WITH MANAGEMENT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

Speaking engagements

1946-1949

2

A

1

Guest conductor

1947-1951

2

A

2

Repertoire related correspondence

1949-1959

2

A

3

ANTA (American National Theatre and Academy correspondence

1956-1958

2

A

4

Friedberg management correspondence

1956-1958

2

A

5

Tour correspondence and documents

1958

2

A

6

WCC Choir engagements

1954-1955

2

A

7

WCC Choir engagements (Colonial Williamsburg photos removed and placed in Photograph Collection)

1955-1956

2

A

8

WCC Choir engagements

1956-1957

2

A

9

WCC engagements

1957-1958

2

A

10

WCC Choir engagements refused

1954-1958

2

A

11

Mozart Requiem CBS broadcast congratulations

1956

2

A

12

Festivals, clinics, etc.

1953-1954

2

A

13

Festivals, clinics, etc.

1954

2

A

14

Festivals, clinics, etc.

1955

2

A

15

Festivals, clinics, etc.

1955-1956

2

A

16

Festivals, clinics, etc.

1956-1957

2

A

17

Festivals, clinics, etc.

1957-1958

2

A

18

Summer schedule

1953

2

A

19

Summer schedule

1954

2

A

20

Festivals

1950

2

A

21

Summer sessions

1950

2

A

22

Chaplains, military

ca. 1952-1956

2

A

23

American Hospital Association

1951-1952

2

A

24

Church related correspondence

1949-1950

2

A

25

Church related correspondence

1951-1953

2

A

26

Church related correspondence

1954-1955

2

A

27

Church related correspondence

1956-1958

2

A

28

Columbus Boychoir school related correspondence and documents

1949-1958

2

A

29

Little Orchestra Society

1949-1955

2

A

30

National Federation of Music Clubs

1958

2

A

31

National Laymen’s and Laywomen’s Committee of the National Council of Churches

ca. 1952

2

A

32

Near East College Association, Inc.

ca. 1952-1953

2

A

33

Ocean City Tabernacle Association

ca. 1952-1953

2

A

34

Pennsylvania Collegiate Choral Association

1952-1953

2

A

35

Philadelphia Orchestra Association

1948-1950

2

A

36

Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York (Bruno Zirato) See also “Correspondence with Composers-M-O”

1952-1956

2

A

37

Presbyterian Sesquicentennial Celebration

1952 May 27

2

A

38

Princeton University/Princeton Public Schools

1945-1951

2

A

39

FINANCIAL/ LEGAL/PROPERTY ACQUISITION/CONSTRUCTION and PLANNING

Financial/Loan planning documents

Ca. 1930s

2

A

40

Dedication ceremony of Princeton Campus buildings (cornerstone laying speech, program)

1934

2

A

41

Wicoff and Lanning legal documents

1939-1943

2

A

42

Harold J. Bartz estate legal documents and correspondence

1940-1942

2

A

43

Gerard B. Lambert property acquisition documents

1949-1951

2

A

44

Lambert Estate documents Hadden, McLaughlin, & Associates, architects

1950-1952

2

A

45

Lambert Estate documents construction and planning

1949-1952

2

A

46

Tentative program for development of Westminster Choir College campus

1950

2

A

47

TALBOTT FESTIVAL

Talbott Festival Programs

1931

2

A

48

Talbott Festival Programs

1933

2

A

49

Talbott Festival Programs

1934

2

A

50

Talbott Festival Programs

1935

2

A

51

Talbott Festival Programs and Contemporary American Music  Program

1936

2

A

52

Talbott Festival Programs

1937

2

A

53

Talbott Festival Programs and Contemporary American Music  Program

1938

2

A

54

Westminster Festival Week

1939

2

A

55

Music  festivals

1940-1942

2

A

56

Talbott Festival Programs

1950

2

A

57

Talbott Festival Programs

1951

2

A

58

Talbott Festival Programs

1952

2

A

59

Talbott Festival Programs

1953

2

A

60

Talbott Festival Programs

1954

2

A

61

Talbott Festival Programs

1955

2

B

1

Talbott festival related

1950-1957

2

B

2

General festival programs and reports

1950s

2

B

3

General festival programs and reports

1960s

2

B

4

TOUR RELATED PROGRAMS, PHOTOS and DOCUMENTS

Dayton, Ohio era tour related programs and other documents (see also Miscellaneous series for articles on the Dayton Presbyterian Church)

ca. 1923-1929

2

B

5

Tour related

ca. 1923-1931

2

B

6

Ithaca, NY  era tour related programs and other documents, photos

1929-1934

2

B

7

Tour programs

1925-1928

2

B

8

Baltimore related correspondence and tour related documents

1925-1929

2

B

9

Youngstown, Ohio tour documents

1925

2

B

10

1929 Tour to the boat (imprinting) publicity materials

1929

2

B

11

1929 European tour clippings, writings, list of choir members

1929

2

B

12

1929 European tour mementos, publicity --Britain

1929

2

B

13

1929 European tour mementos, publicity –Germany, Switzerland, Austria (See also OS 1)

1929

2

B

14

1929 European tour mementos, publicity –France, Hungary, Yugoslavia (Croatia), Czechoslovakia (See also OS 1)

1929

2

B

15

Tour related NY State

1925-1929

2

B

16

Spring Tour, Worcester, MA

1929

2

B

17

Tour related, Kentucky

1929

2

B

18

Tour related, Michigan

ca. 1925-1929

2

B

19

Tour related, Minnesota

1925-1927

2

B

20

Tour related, New Jersey

1925-1929

2

B

21

Tour related, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania

ca. 1925-1929

2

B

22

General tour correspondence and documentation

1925-1929

2

B

23

Tour related Illinois

1924-1927

2

B

24

Tour Rhode Island

1925-1927

2

B

25

Tour Oregon

1925-1929

2

B

26

Tour Wisconsin

1926-1928

2

B

27

Tour  Oklahoma

1927

2

B

28

Tour Texas

1927-1928

2

B

29

Tour Utah

1928

2

B

30

Tour  Virginia and West Virginia

1929

2

B

31

Tours 1930s

General undated tour programs

ca. 1930s-1960s

2

B

32

General  1930s tour related (many with no date)

1930s

2

B

33

Tour Philadelphia

1930

2

B

34

Tour Centralia, IL

1930

2

B

35

Spring Tour, Peoria, IL

1930

2

B

36

Spring Tour, Terre Haute, IN

1930

2

B

37

Spring Tour, Indianapolis, IN missing

1930

2

B

38

Spring Tour, Mansfield, Cincinnati, OH

1930

2

B

39

Spring Tour, Erie, PA

1930

2

B

40

Spring Tour, Geneva, NY

1930

2

B

41

Spring Tour, Syracuse, NY

1930

2

B

42

Spring Tour, Auburn, NY

1930

2

B

43

Spring Tour, Louisville, KY

1930

2

B

44

Spring Tour, contracts and miscellaneous

1930

2

B

45

Tour Sunbury, PA

1930

2

B

46

Tour Pittsburgh, PA

1930

2

B

47

Tour Columbus, OH

1930

2

B

48

Tour Springfield, OH

1930

2

B

49

Tour Dayton, OH

1930

2

B

50

Tour Richmond, IN

1930

2

B

51

Tour Champaign, Chicago, Mt. Vernon, IL

1930

2

B

52

Tour Michigan

1930

2

B

53

Tour Rochester, NY

1930

2

B

54

Tour Elmira, NY

1930

2

B

55

Tour Binghamton, NY

1930

2

B

56

Tour Wisconsin

1930

2

B

57

Tour Ithaca, NY music festival

1930

2

B

58

Tour Philadelphia

1931

2

B

59

Tour Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania (Also in OS 2)

1931

2

B

60

Tour Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia

1931

2

B

61

Tour Indiana, Illinois, Ohio

1931

2

B

62

Tour Michigan

1931

2

B

63

Various tour documents

1931

2

B

64

Tour itinerary

1932

2

B

65

Tour/performance related

1933

2

B

66

Dinner menus—United States Lines on board the S.S. Manhattan

1934

2

B

67

European Tour related

1934

2

B

68

Russia tour related

1934

2

B

69

Tours 1940s

Tour related documents/clippings

1940s

2

B

70

Tours 1950s

Tour/concert related documents Photographs removed and placed in Photograph Collection

1950s

2

C

1

Tour, telegrams, etc.

1956-1957

2

C

2

Tour reports, itineraries, etc.

1956-1957

2

C

3

Tour mementos clippings, letters, etc.

1956-1957

2

C

4

Asia Tour related

1956-1958

2

C

5

Japan documents and clippings

1956-1957

2

C

6

Japan programs, mementos

1956-1957

2

C

7

Korea tour related

1956-1957

2

C

8

Hong Kong tour related

1956-1957

2

C

9

Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma tour

1956-1957

2

C

10

Philippines, Malaya, Thailand , Malaysia, Singapore tour

1956-1957

2

C

11

India tour related (Photographs removed and placed in Photograph Collection)

1956-1957

2

C

12

Pakistan tour related

1956-1957

2

C

13

Iran, Lebanon tour related

1956-1957

2

C

14

Greece, Yugoslavia tour related (Photographs removed and placed in Photograph Collection)

1956-1957

2

C

15

Homecoming concert McCarter Theatre, Princeton

1957

2

C

16

[For 1958 U.S. Tour related documents see Correspondence with Management and Other Organizations section]

Africa Tour documents, programs

1959

2

C

17

Africa Tour press clippings, Westminster Singers

1959

2

C

18

Africa Tour documents, Westminster Singers

1959

2

C

19

Africa Tour country information brochures/booklets

ca. 1959

2

C

20

Tours 1960s

Asia Tour related (Philippines, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, New Zealand, etc.)

ca. 1960

2

C

21

Japan Tour related (Photographs removed and placed in Photograph Collection)

1960

2

 C

22

Thailand Tour specific (Photographs removed and placed in Photograph Collection)

1960

2

C

23

Tour mementos, posters, flags, cloth item, Pan Am materials, Ethiopian Airlines

Ca. 1950s-1960s

OS

1

PRESS/PUBLICITY RELATED

Publicity materials

ca. 1920s

2

C

24

Publicity materials (also in OS 2)

ca. 1930s-1940s

2

C

25

Westminster Choir Press Books

1940s

2

C

26

Publicity materials

1950s

2

C

27

Westminster Choir Press Books

ca. 1956

2

C

28

Westminster Choir Press Books

1956-1957

2

C

29

Congressional Records with mention of Westminster Choir

1957

2

C

30

Westminster Choir Press Books

1957-1958

2

C

31

Westminster Choir Press Book

1958-1959?

2

D

1

Westminster Choir Press Book

no date (date unknown)

2

D

2

Publicity materials

Ca. 1960s

2

D

3

Publications/Advertisements: oversized, mostly single issues, most with coverage of WCC. Newark Sunday Call, Musical Courier, Newark Sunday News magazine, Christian Advocate, Presbyterian Life, The Plan, American organist

1926-1962

OS

2

OVERSIZED DOCUMENTS

(1) Musical Courier magazine cover with Dayton Westminster Choir

1925

OS

3

(2) College of Wooster Doctor of Music diploma

1928

OS

3

(3) City of Dayton, OH scroll

1929

OS

3

(4) The American Organist clippings mounted on black backing, Princeton campus groundbreaking

1933

OS

3

(5) Otterbein College certificate

1935

OS

3

(6) Westminster Choir advertisement

ca. 1940s

OS

3

(7) Universitas Templana degree for RFW

1951

OS

3

(8) Universitas Templana degree for JFW

1951

OS

3

(9) Resolution, Perth Amboy Rotary Club

1952

OS

3

(10) Dedication to JFW, NY Philharmonic dedication, signed by faculty

1955

OS

3

(11) Temple du Bas, Neuchatel, Switzerland concert poster

1934

OS

3

(12) Dayton Choirmasters’ Club dedication

1951

OS

3

(13) “John Finley Williamson left his footprint” poem by Sameera Rahhal Nelson, Class of 1956

1986

OS

3

(14) Ithaca, NY, Mrs. Katharine Talbott, Childrens’ Festival hand drawn/painted “Juniors and Cherub” poster (water damaged)

1931

OS

3

(15) Philadelphia Society (Otterbein U.) Rhea Parlette certificate

1911

OS

3

(16) Otterbein University Rhea Parlette B.A. diploma

1911

OS

3

(17) Otterbein University John F. Williamson voice diploma

1911

OS

3

(18) Otterbein University Societas Philophronea diploma

No date

OS

3

MISCELLANEOUS

Dayton Presbyterian Church articles from a display created by John Peck (folder lying flat)

Ca. 1924-1927

2

D

4

Library book accession record ledger

ca. 1940-1958

2

D

5

Music library catalogue of the Westminster Choir College

1940

2

D

6

WCC guest sign in book

1935-1940

2

D

7

WCC  Position Inquiries

1937-1956

2

D

8

WCC  Position Inquiries

1957

2

D

9

Alumnal School

1954-1955

2

D

10

WCC juniors visiting graduates’ churches program

1955

2

D

11

Scholarship fund unpaid loan correspondence

1952

2

D

12

WCC graduates lists, address changes list

1930-1952

2

D

13

“Stars in the Westminster Service Flag” list of alumni servicemen from World War II

ca. 1940s

2

D

14

Dr. Williamson’s class guest lecturers transcripts

1948

2

D

15

Vocal study class materials, Mrs. Kemp’s class

Ca. 1948-1949

2

D

16

Symphonic Appearances, works listed

Ca. 1930s-1950s

2

D

17

Graduate choir—candidates, programs, theses

Ca. 1954-1962

2

D

18

Printed items: National anthem of the Soviet Union and “USA/ USSR welding the peace” Russian Relief event held at Madison Square Garden brochure

1945

2

d

19

Professional School contact list, Summer master class list Keystone Junior College, PA

1959-1960

2

d

20

Williamson era dance, banquet, and Christmas event invitations and programs

Ca. 1930-1960

2

d

21

Choral readings/pageants, unidentified origin

No date

2

d

22

Kwanseigakun Glee Club brochures/programs sent to JFW from Japan (See also Kwansei Gakuin Glee Club 1959 felt crest in WC door5)

1959

2

d

23

Student body lists (large binder lying flat)

1926-ca. 1935

2

D

24

JFW and RFW wedding sampler needlepoint

1912

OS

4

JFW charcoal drawing by Carole Hauschka

1941

OS

4

Transparencies (3) of J.F. Williamson’s signature and of his silhouette in red (possibly used in a display)

ca. 1960s?

OS

4

REALIA

Musical instruments

(1)Violin from Thailand, one of 2 in existence

Ca. 1959

GC

(2) Animal hide covered drum from Asia

No date

GC

(3) Metal bell type object from Asia

No date

GC

(4) Asian carved rounded wooden drum with two dragon heads meeting at top, used in Buddhist worship

No date

GC

(5) Asian musical wind instrument, similar to a Chinese sheng, with mouthpiece and 17 reeds

No date

GC

(6) Asian violin-type bow

No date

GC

(7) Kalimba musical percussion instrument (African?)

No date

GC

(8) Brown and white percussion stick? (one end broken)

No date

GC

(9) Simple wooden flute (Asia?)

No date

GC

(10) Small wooden mallet

No date

GC

(11) Wooden percussion mallet with white and green rounded end

No date

GC

(12) Single bell 7” tall with 4 claw-like protrusions at top, Middle Eastern?

No date

GC

(13) Set of 3 bells (one large, two small), Asian?

No date

GC

Vases, bowls, souvenirs

(14) Large ball-shaped silver bowl with birds and foliage, possibly from Laos?

Ca, 1956

GC

(15) Large silver vase with birds and foliage, has engraving “To Westminster Choir, in grateful appreciation for their visit, on Feb 16, 1957, from faculty and students of Alborz School, Tehran, Iran

1957

GC

(16) Wood and silver lion souvenir from Women’s Temperance and Social Welfare Society, Bagdad, Iraq

Ca. 1950s

GC

(17) Wooden Thai elephant with inscribed plate  “To the Westminster Choir in appreciation of your kind co-operation to the W.U.S. Thailand Bangkok December 19, 1956”

1956

GC

(18) Black wooden elephants on a wooden base, ivory tusks (African?)

No date

GC

(19) Wooden carved plate stand, (side broken) (African?)

No date

GC

(20) Black lacquer and mother of pearl inlaid Dr. John Finley Williamson name plate with dragons (Asia)

No date

GC

(21) Set of plates, cups, bowls used in Westminster dining facilities donated by Mrs. Taylor

Ca. 1930s-1950s

WC door5

(22) Large engraved silver bowls – Christmas carol cup

1945

WC door5

(23) Silver platters (2, one large one small) presented to WCC

1960

WC door5

(24) Asian carved wooden platter featuring a bear and fish (broken)

No date

WC door5

(25) Asian china square decorative plate

No date

WC door5

(26) Small “Greek mother goddess?”   broken ceramic trinket

No date

WC door5

(27) Piece of the tree under which John Finley Williamson proposed to Rhea B. Parlette

No date

WC door5

Pins, ribbons, medallions, jewelry, plaques

(28) 10 K women’s gold WCC ring, with onyx

No date

WC door5

(29) 2 medallions from from 1929 choir tour to Berlin, given to all choir members

1929

WC door5

(30) Ribbons from 1929 World Tour

1929

WC door5

(31) Far East Command pendant in red box, inscription to JFW

1956

WC door5

(32) Ribbon with tree (Lebanese flag?) and hanging medallion, Arabic script on back in red box

No date

WC door5

(33) 7 pins: Westminster Choir, Japan Tour, Thailand, Greece

No date

WC door5

(34) Westminster Choir ribbon pin with UP Conservatory of Music hanging medallion

1956

WC door5

(35) Bag of ribbons received on flowers at concerts

No date

WC door5

(36) Box of various ribbons from JFW’s room, Sacramento key to the city

No date

WC door5

(37) Kwansei Gakuin Glee Club 1959 felt crest sent to JFW from Japan (See also Miscellaneous section for paper items from the Kwansei Gakuin Glee Club)

1959

WC door5

(38) Rockefeller Center wooden memento

No date

WC door5

(39) Union Theological Seminary Philippines “A Testimonial” plaque dedicated to Dr. and Mrs. John Finley Williamson

1960

WC door5

(40) WCC alumni association Philippine chapter plaque dedicated to JFW (needs conservation)

1965

WC door5

(41) JFW leather travel tie case, initialed (donated by Joseph Beck) gift from Mrs. Talbott to JFW for first European trip

ca. 1929

WC door5