Music Group

Copy photograph of a Howard Payne College band posing in two rows with their instruments. In the first row, five women and one man sit with their instruments. In the second row, seven men stand with their instruments.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Group

Copy photograph of a Howard Payne College band posing with their instruments in three rows. Three women and four men stand in the back row, two women and one man sit in chairs in the second row, and four men and one child sit in the first. To their right is a drum with "Howard Payne College 1906" written on it.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Group

Copy photograph of a Howard Payne College band posing on the steps of a building with their instruments. The band, all men, pose in three rows, and all wear suits and hats. To their right is a man in uniform.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Band

Copy photograph of the Bradshaw Brass Band posing with their instruments in a field. The band members are wearing white. Pictured are eight men and two women. In front is a drum with the text "Bradshaw Brass Band."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Band

Copy negative of the Old Gray Mare Band posing in front of the Carnegie Library in Brownwood, Texas. The members are all wearing band uniforms with hats and posing with instruments. Three drums are situated on the ground in front of the band.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Band

Copy negative of the Abilene Town Band standing in front of the Queen Theater with their instruments.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Business

Copy negative of the McDaniel Music Co. located at 1175 N. 2nd St in Abilen, Texas. There is a sign for Baldwin Pianos. The shelves contains guitars, wind intrusments, bows, and band batons. There is sheet music contained in racks against the wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Band

Copy negative of a Simmons University Bulletin with a picture of the original Cowboy Band. The band is sitting on steps in front of a building with their instruments.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Band

Copy negative of the Simmons College Cowboy Band sitting in chairs on a stage with curtains in uniform with their instruments.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Band

Copy negative of the Abilene Town Band of the 1880s. The men are sitting and standing, holding their instruments. From left to right they are T. A. Lipps, Pete Kauffman, Adolph Heyck, Dave Kauffman, J. T. Tarpley, Will Woodward, Turner Lesslie, and Wilson. Printed below is a paragraph about the band.
Date: 1880~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Band

Copy negative of the Abilene Community Band standing on stairs in front of a building in uniform holding their instruments. There is a paragraph about it printed below with the names of the men pictured.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Band

Copy negative of the Abilene Town Band of the 1880s. The men are sitting and standing, holding their instruments. From left to right they are T. A. Lipps, Pete Kauffman, Adolph Heyck, Dave Kauffman, J. T. Tarpley, Will Woodward, Turner Lesslie, and Wilson. Printed below is a paragraph about the band.
Date: 1880~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Band

1 copy negative of the 1900 Abilene Town Band in front of a building. Most of the band members are shown holding instruments. There are three children shown on the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music Band

1 copy negative of the 1907 Abilene 25,000 Club Band. Most of the band members are shown holding instruments. There is a large drum shown on the right with the words "Abilene 25,000 Club Band."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recital Program: Department of Music, 1929] (open access)

[Recital Program: Department of Music, 1929]

Program for the McMurry College Department of Music recital held May 28, 1929, at 8:30 p.m., in the chapel.
Date: May 1929
Creator: McMurry College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music School Class

Copy negative of the Ivan Singing School in 1902. The group includes twenty girls and thirty boys. The girls are wearing light-colored lace dresses and the boys wear suits, vests and neckties. In the center of the group is an organ with a young man seated in front of it. Behind the group is a building with a banner that reads, "Ivan Singing SChool Closed Aug thr 15, 1902. J.J. Day Teacher, J.M. Day Organist, G.A. Mangrum".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Music School Class

Copy negative of the Ivan Development Music Normal in 1903. The group includes twenty-five young women in high-collared lacy dresses, fourteen men and boys dressed in suits and neckties, and an infant on a woman's lap. In the center is an organ with a woman seated at its bench. Several people are holding guitars and violins. There is a dog in the foreground. Behind the group hangs a banner that reads, "First Session of Ivan Development Music Normal, Closed Aug 29, 1903. J.J. Day Prin., J.W. Day First Asst., Miss Georgie Robertson, Inst. Teacher". Printed on the mat below the photograph is, "The Ivan Development Music Normal, J.J. Day Principal., J.W. Day, First Assistant., Miss Susie Milam, Secretary, Ivan, Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Music Class]

Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University music group posed looking over sheet music. A red stamp in the lower left corner identifies the photo as a proof.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thurman's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Music Group]

Photograph of an orchestra and choir performing on stage in the gymnasium at Hardin-Simmons University.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Music Group]

Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University music group posed looking over sheet music on a piano. The instructor points out a specific area with the end of a pencil, and the students look on.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Music Group]

Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University music group posed looking over sheet music laid out on a piano. Four male students stand behind a women who sits on the bench behind the piano. The instructor points out a specific area with the end of a pencil, and the students look on.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of School of Music]

Photograph of Georges Pretre, conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, and Dean Caruth, from the School of Music, speaking to one another at an event.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Music Group]

Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University music group practicing under the guidance of a faculty conductor. Choral singers as well as orchestral wind instrument players are shown.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thurman's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Music Guild of Abilene (open access)

The Music Guild of Abilene

Text document describing the Music Guild of Abilene, along with its purpose, terms of membership, meeting times, and programs.
Date: 1956
Creator: The Music Guild of Abilene
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History