Photograph of Kristin Keys marking up her sheet music during a rehearsal with the University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra for the Boston Early Music Festival in 2012. Keys is holding a cello and bow with her left hand as she writes.

Photograph of Stephanie Raby (left) marking up her sheet music during a rehearsal with the University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra for the Boston Early Music Festival in 2012. A violin is resting on Raby's lap as she writes. Sophia Ro (2nd from left) is sitting next to her.

Photograph of Richard Sparks, Chair of Conducting and Ensembles at the University of North Texas, conducting the Baroque Orchestra during a rehearsal for the Boston Early Music Festival in 2012. Members of the orchestra are positioned in a semi-circle around him.

Photograph of Jeong Suk Lee playing cello during rehearsal with the University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra for the Boston Early Music Festival in 2012.

Photograph of Kathryn Summersett rehearsing with the University of North Texas' Collegium Singers (now known as Vox Aquilae) for the Boston Early Music Festival in 2012. Kyle Jones (back right) and another member of the choir are visible in the background.

Photograph of Tess Mattingly rehearsing with the University of North Texas' Collegium Singers (now known as Vox Aquilae) for the Boston Early Music Festival in 2012. Mattingly is looking down as she sings.

Photograph of the University of North Texas' Collegium Singers (now known as Vox Aquilae) and Baroque Orchestra performing at the Boston Early Music Festival in 2011. Richard Sparks, Chair of Conducting and Ensembles, is conducting the choir and orchestra.

Serge Koussevitzky, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924-1949, had, throughout his career, a reputation as a champion of modern music. The anticipation of his arrival in Boston in 1924 sparked a great deal of public debate about his reported modernism which the critics reflected and contributed to. This thesis analyzes the critical reaction, preserved in scrapbooks of newspaper clippings at Symphony Hall, Boston, to Koussevitzky's programming of contemporary music during his first five years with the BSO.

The research problems of this dissertation were: 1) A description of the perceived value of music in light of political undercurrents in Boston prior to and during the years under investigation, and 2) the profile of the constituency of the Boston School Committee and Committee on Music in 1837 and 1845. Questions addressed the effect of religious and moral concerns of the day on the decision by the School Committee in 1837 to try music in the curriculum, and the possible effect of religious politics on Lowell Mason's dismissal from the schools in 1845. In the minds of mid-nineteenth century Bostonians, religious and moral values were intrinsic to the very nature of music. Key members on the School Committee portrayed music as being spiritual yet nonsectarian in its influence. Therefore, the findings suggest that music was believed to provide common ground between opposing and diverse religious sects. Reasons given for Mason's dismissal by John Sargent, a member of the Committee on Music, showed parallels to H. W. Day's accusations in the press a year earlier that Mason had managed his position in a sectarian manner. Sargent's background supports the theory that religious politics were at work in Mason's dismissal. Although …

Photograph of the organ and clock in the Old North Church.

Lecture featuring Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. They discuss their history together and how the company first established itself and grew to what it is today. Covered are their original business plans, stumbling blocks they faced and their solutions to those problems, and how they redefined the idea of business as a force for change. At the end is a presentation video, speech, and pledge from their "Stamp Stampede" campaign against big corporations' involvement in politics.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the famed conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler, who arrived at Love Field to prepare for a coming concert.

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to E. Perkins McGuire inviting him to stay with the Kempner's and asking that he let them know in advance.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Association and the musicians who have reached an impasse in their current wage dispute.

Video footage from the Jo Streit Film Footage Collection consisting of original Betacam footage from filmmaker Jo Streit's documentary "Flirting with Power." Footage includes security checking a vehicle, Ross Perot giving a speech and addressing Todd Reed, and Perot in a crowded hotel.

Video footage from the Jo Streit Film Footage Collection consisting of original Betacam footage from filmmaker Jo Streit's documentary "Flirting with Power." Footage includes security checking a vehicle, Ross Perot giving a speech and addressing Todd Reed, and Perot in a crowded hotel.

Video footage from the Jo Streit Film Footage Collection consisting of original Betacam footage from filmmaker Jo Streit's documentary "Flirting with Power." Footage includes interviews with rally attendees, shots of a parade, and Perot on a stage.

Photograph of Kenton and some band members visiting a college. Front row (sitting) are band members Pete Rugolo (arr), trumpeters Buddy Childers, Ed Badgely and Conte Candoli.

Photograph of recording the 'Kenton Presents' series with leader-saxophonist Boots Mussulli at Capitol Records in Boston, MA.

Sound recording of William Weaver from the National Park Service - Pendleton Woods, Oklahoma Living legends Program speaking during the Oral History Association Eighth Annual Colloquium.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Texas ranger fans who are showing more interest in a Rookie on the team than they are on the outcome of the daily play of the Rangers.

Interview with Ruth Hill, a librarian and the wife of Boston-area storyteller Brother Blue (Hugh Morgan Hill) from Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Hill discusses growing up in Pittsfield and the layout of the communities there, her family history, school, attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, working at Harvard, marrying Hugh, festivities on the Cambridge commons, Blue's storytelling career, and her career working on African-American history projects. In appendix are 3 photos of Mrs. Hill.

Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.