Glenn Cliffe Bainum (1888-1974) Papers 1888-1974

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Glenn Cliffe Bainum (1888-1974) Papers 1888-1974

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Bainum worked as a high school and junior college band instructor before becoming a professor of music, Director of Bands, and Director of the glee clubs at Northwestern University in 1926. Bainum retired in 1953. The Glenn Cliffe Bainum Papers fill nine boxes and span Bainum's life, with the bulk of the papers dating between the 1930s and the 1960s. Most of the materials in this collection consist of correspondence, records and photographs from Bainum's professional life after he arrived at Northwestern. He kept detailed scrapbooks, especially in his early years at Northwestern, of programs and newspaper clippings relating to many of his activities. The Papers are divided into eight subseries: Biographical, Correspondence, Northwestern University School of Music, Other Organizations, General, Sheet Music, Photographs, Recordings and Movies.

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Bainum, Glenn Cliffe

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Glenn Cliffe “Rusty” Bainum was born on January 6, 1888 in Olney, Illinois. Bainum worked as a high school and junior college band instructor before becoming a professor of music, Director of Bands, and Director of the glee clubs at Northwestern University in 1926. Bainum retired in 1953. Bainum is the son of Osci J. Bainum, a teacher and administrator, and Ida Elizabeth Cliffe Bainum. His involvement in band began at the early age of ten as a trombone and upright alto h...

Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Music

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The Northwestern University Department of Music, successor to the University's Conservatory of Music (1874-1892) existed from 1892 to 1895 as a division of Northwestern's College of Liberal Arts. The Department offered three courses of study: one for amateurs, another for aspiring professionals, and a third advanced course leading to the Bachelor of Music degree. Students successfully completing the advanced course received diplomas, those completing the professional course received...