Papers, 1884-1981, 1923-1966.

Simmons University (Boston, Mass.)

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Simmons University (previously Simmons College) is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established in 1899 by clothing manufacturer John Simmons. In 2018, it reorganized its structure and changed its name to a university. Its undergraduate program is women-focused while its graduate programs are co-educational. Simmons is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. As of 2020, 83 percent of applicants to undergraduate programs were accepted. The university ...

Texas Tech university

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Organized on the Texas Technological College campus as the Eagle Scout Club in the fall of 1938, the club officially became the Beta Sigma Chapter on April 30, 1939. A service organization, APO is a national service fraternity affliated with the Boys Scouts of America. The chapter was recognized in 1942 for having the nation's largest pledging class. Service projects have included placing benches across campus, helping conduct student elections and the Carol of Lights events, planning homecoming...

American Bandmasters Association

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In the summer of 1928, Edwin Franko Goldman, leader of the Goldman Band; Victor Grabel, conductor of the Chicago Concert Band; and Captain William Stannard, Leader of the United States Army Band, met in Columbus, Ohio to discuss ways of easing the problems facing the leaders of America's professional and military bands. That August, Captain Stannard recorded his vision for the American Bandmasters Association in a letter to Albert Austin Harding, Director of Bands at the University of...

Wiley, Dewey O., 1898-1980.

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Band director. Born 1898 in Alexander, Texas. Learned violin at age five. Directed the Simmons College Cowboy Band from 1921 to 1934. Band director at Texas Technological College from 1934-1959. Executive Secretary of the Texas Music Educators Association for 22 years. Member of numerous other music, band and educational organizations. Died in 1980 in Lubbock, Texas. From the description of Papers, 1884-1981, 1923-1966. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24395933 ...

Texas Band Teachers Association

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Texas Music Educators Association

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Organized in 1924 as the Texas Band Teachers Association, and renamed in 1937 as the Texas Band and Orchestra Association. Became the Texas Music Educators Association in 1938. Sponsors contests and promotes music education in the public schools, colleges and universities of Texas. From the description of Records, 1924-1969, 1924-1961. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 22981131 Established in 1920 as the Texas Band Teachers Association, the Texas Musi...

Texas Technological College

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Dr. Billy Ross, the chair of the School of Mass Communications at Texas Tech University, and a Mass Communications faculty member, Richard Schroeder, went to Pueblo, Colorado, to film German World War II art works which were supposed to be returned to Germany. Ross received permission from the U. S. Army to film the works. Ross wrote down the documentation information that went with each art work while Schroeder did the photography work. From the guide to the German Art from the Bill...

Hardin-Simmons University

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