Collection, ca. 1940.

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Collection, ca. 1940.

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The bulk of this collection contains printed and handwritten sheet music orchestra arrangements of popular songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The printed sheet music is arranged alphabetically when the arrangement was together, otherwise it is separated by instrument. Three oversize boxes contain handwritten scores for different instruments. There is one folder of newspaper clippings, a program from a performance, and two folders of photographs of band members.

3 manuscript boxes, 3 OMB boxes, 2 folders of photographs.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8085987

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Campus Club Orchestra.

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Robbins, Dick (Richard)

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Richard "Dick" Robbins was the director of the Campus Club Orchestra, a nine piece band with a vocalist. Robbins directed that band at Butler University for four years before forming his own group. Listed in articles of the day as "Dick Robbins and his band," they received local fame during the late 1930s and early 1940s. They became a favorite at Indiana colleges and universities, as well as local clubs and hotels in Indianapolis. From the description of Collection, ca. 1940. (India...

Dick Robbins and His Band.

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