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A Guide to his Papers at the Indiana University Archives

Processed by Elizabeth Annie Rodgers
Electronic finding aid encoded by Beth Benda

Summary Information

Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives

Creator
Mueller, John Henry, 1895-

Collection No.
C141

Extent
5 cubic feet (5 boxes)

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
John Henry Mueller was a Professor of Sociology on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington for thirty years, from 1935-1965, Chairman of the Sociology Department and the Chairman for the Convocations Committee. While classified as a Sociology professor, Professor Mueller's expertise also extended to the arts (particularly music), and into the disciplines of Philosophy, Psychology, Linguistics, and History. This broad scope of interests is reflected in his papers and range from his college days until the time of his death in 1965. The collection is comprised of four series: Biographical and Personal Information, Correspondence, Writings of John Mueller and finally Research notes, Classroom Material, and Committee Files.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Advance notice is required.

Biographical/Historical Note

John Henry Mueller was a Professor of Sociology on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington for thirty years, from 1935 - 1965. His activities included the usual research and teaching required of professors on a university campus. In addition, he also filled many administrative roles, such as Chairman of the Sociology Department and the Chairman for the Convocations Committee. He also served on other committees not directly affiliated with the University. While classified as a Sociology professor, Professor Mueller's expertise also extended to the arts (particularly music), and into the disciplines of Philosophy, Psychology, Linguistics, and History. This broad scope of interests is reflected in his papers.

John Henry Mueller was born in St. Charles, Missouri on February 8, 1895, the only child of John William and Mary Kuhlmeyer Mueller. Though his initial interest was in music (he was an accomplished pianist, violinist and also played the B-flat Clarinet in the Army during WWI), Mueller's father encouraged him to pursue more "practical" studies. After serving as an interpreter in France during World War I (he was fluent in both German and French), John H. Mueller remained in France for a year and received a certificate from the University of Montpellier in 1919. Mueller then returned to his home state and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Missouri in 1920 and 1921.

Mueller taught at both the University of Missouri and the University of Chicago, earning his doctorate at the latter institution in 1928. From 1927 until 1933, John Mueller was an Associate Professor at the University of Oregon. He subsequently went on to become a Research Analyst for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration under Roosevelt's New Deal from 1933-1935.

In 1935, Professor Mueller married Kate Hevner and moved with her to Bloomington to accept an associate professorship at Indiana University. Professor Mueller was promoted to a full professor in 1947 and was made Chairman of the Sociology Department in 1954, from which he resigned in 1960 to pursue other interests and on account of health problems. During his tenure at IU, John Mueller took several sabbatical leaves of absence to devote more time to his studies and also to travel abroad for speaking engagements, visiting scholarships, and research. He retired in the summer of 1965, just a couple of months before his death on September 1, 1965 at the age of 70 years. Kate Hevner Mueller survived her husband by many years. They had no children.

John Mueller produced many books (some in conjunction with his wife, Kate, who was also a professor at Indiana University in the Education Department). In addition, he wrote articles for publications ranging from the New York Times to House Beautiful, and various other studies and reviews. His most acclaimed work, The American Symphony Orchestra (1951) dealt with how social factors affect musical trends and tastes. He also produced a Sociology textbook, Statistical Reasoning in Sociology (1961).

Arrangement

This collection is organized in four series: Biographical and personal infomration, Correspondence, Writings of John Mueller, and Research notes and files, Classroom material, and Committee files.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Professor John H. Mueller comprise 5 cubic feet and cover a span of time from his college days until the time of his death in 1965. There are many explanatory notes about the contents of the folders written by Mueller's wife, Kate Hevner Mueller. Most of this collection is dated from the latter half of Mueller's life, and pertain to his research interests.

The papers are organized into the following series:

Biographical and Personal Information - This series contains biographies, certificates and awards, clippings about Mueller, annual faculty reports, and items relating to Mueller's death.

Correspondence - This series is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.

Writings of John Mueller - This series is divided into 4 subseries: Books (not all his books are included in this collection), Articles, Typescripts (many are edited and include notations), and Bibliographies of His Works.

Research Notes and Files, Classroom Material, and Committee Files - This is the largest series in the collection and is arranged alphabetically by subject. Most of the records within these files consist of research material collected by Mueller (clippings from newspapers and magazines, articles by other authors, publications from various sources, and anything else which may have proved useful in Mueller's research and study), and research notes (Mueller's notes on the resources and his expository ideas on the subjects he was studying). Some files also contain class notes and exams from courses he taught on that subject, and committee notes and agendas from the various committees Mueller belonged to or chaired.

• Indexing Terms

• The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these terms.

• • Names
  • Mueller, John Henry, 1895- --Archives.
  • Mueller, John Henry, 1895- --Correspondence.
  • Mueller, John Henry, 1895- Statistical reasoning in sociology.
• • Topics
  • Sociologists --Indiana --Bloomington --Archives.
  • Sociologists --Indiana --Bloomington --Correspondence.
  • Sociology --Statistical methods.
  • Music --United States --History and criticism.
  • Symphony orchestras --United States.
• • Titles
  • Statistical reasoning in sociology.

Administrative Information

Related Material

For the papers of Mueller's wife, Kate Hevner Mueller, see IU Archives Collection C170.

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Series: Biographical and Personal Information 1919-1966 

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Box 1 Biographical Statements 1919-1965  View item(s)

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Certificates and Awards 1919-1965 

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Clipping Files About Mueller, Faculty Annual Reports 1940-1964  

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In Memoriam -The American Sociologist 1966  

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Last Will and Testament Memorial Resolutions regarding Mueller, IU Board of Trustee and Faculty Council 1965  

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Obituaries (5 folders) 1965  

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Programs of Events Featuring Mueller 1920-1949  

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Recommendations for Teaching Position at IU and Sociological Research Association 1935,  1949 

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World War I Medals and Dog Tags undated  

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Series: Correspondence 1927-1965 

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Correspondence A 1949-1965  

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Box 1 Alisky, Marvin 1955  

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"Al" 1965  

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Allen, A.R. 1949  

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Allen, Theodora 1965  

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American Historical Company 1965  

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American Federation of Musicians 1951  

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Andersson, Otis 1950  

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Andre, Jane 1952  

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Andrews, William 1962  

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Appel, Richard G. 1950-1952  

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Appleton, John H. 1965  

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"Arthur and Winifred" 1965 

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Ashton, J. W. 1960-1961  

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Auer, J. Jerffery, Indiana University 1961  

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Correspondence B 1927-1965  

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Babow, Irving 1954  

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Baron, H. 1952  

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Battersby, J. S., Indiana University 1963  

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Beharriell, Frederick, Indiana University 1962  

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Beiswanger, George, Monticello College 1939  

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Bernard, L. L. 1927 

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Binnie, Edith, University of Toronto 1965  

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Blacher, Boris 1953  

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Blackwell's, Ltd. 1964  

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Bogue, Donald G. 1965  

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Borkenstein, Robert, Indiana University 1962  

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Blinger, Dwight L., Washburn Municipal University 1945  

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Bowles, Michael undated  

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Braden, Samuel E., Indiana University 1962  

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Brandt & Brandt, Agents 1937  

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Breneman, W.R., Indiana University 1952  

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Brill, Robert, M. 1938  

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Brockway, George P., W. W. Norton 1948  

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Burgess, E. W. 1935  

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Burket, Carol, Houghton Mifflin 1961  

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Bushnell, S. W. 1945  

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Butler, E. W., RCA Victor 1943  

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Bain, Wilfred C., Indiana University 1957-1965  

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Bannerman, R. Leroy, Indiana University 1960-1962  

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Bentzon, Johan 1953  

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Britton, Allen P., Journal of Research in Music Education 1959  

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Butterfield, M.E., East Tennessee State College 1953  

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Byrnes, Robert, Indiana University 1960-1962  

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Correspondence C 1952-1962  

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Cannon, Allen, Bradley University 1952  

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Christenson, C. L., Indiana University 1960  

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Colbourn, H. Trevor, Indiana University 1962  

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Collins, Ralph, Indiana University 1960  

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Campbell, Stephen H., Day Funeral Home 1965  

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Cameron, Wm. Bruce, University of Cincinnati 1954-1955  

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Choate, Robert A., Boston University 1964-1965  

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Cleveland, Stuart L., Houghton Mifflin 1959  

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Cooke, James F., Etude Music Magazine 1938-1939  

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Correspondence D 1938-1965  

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Day, Harry, Indiana University 1962  

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Deering, Jean B., Stuart Art Gallery, Inc. 1952  

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DeFleur, Melvin, Indiana University 1961  

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DeFries, Stanley L., Sioux Falls College 1965  

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Denison, Jon, Arts Council of Great Britain 1958  

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Directory of American Scholars 1957  

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Dorson, Richard M., Indiana University 1961  

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Downes, Olin, New York Times 1938  

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Daghlian, Philip B., Indiana University 1961-1962  

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Dickerson, F. Reed, Indiana University 1961-1962  

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Correspondence E 1954-1962  

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Educational and Psychological Measurement 1958  

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Ehrman, Alayne 1954  

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Ewer, Joseph, R., Indiana University 1962  

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Etzkorn, Peter, University of Nevada 1964-1965   View item(s)

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Correspondence F 1930-1961  

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Fiedler, William, M., Colby College 1961  

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Fischer, Carlo, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra 1946,  1950 

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Fletcher, George 1938  

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Fowler, Charles B., Music Educators National Conference undated  

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Fraenkel, Peter, Indiana University 1953  

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Fritz, Sara, Houghton Mifflin 1959  

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Fryberger, Betsey, University of Chicago Press 1959  

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Fuiry(sp?), G.B. 1930  

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Frenz, Horst, Indiana University 1961-1962  

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Correspondence G 1948-1963  

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Galbraith, J. Kenneth, Harvard University 1960  

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Gilliland, Esther Goetz, Chicago City Junior College and Chicago Musical College 1949  

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Gini, Corrado 1956  

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Grant, Stephen, W., Houghton Mifflin 1958-1959  

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Greenburg, Edith, Indiana University Press 1953,  1963 

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Gary, Charles, L., Music Educators National Conference 1964-1965  

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Grout, Donald J., Cornell University 1948   View item(s)

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Correspondence H 1947-1965  

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Haas, Otto 1952  

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Halstead, Zillah, University of Rochester 1953-1954  

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"Harriett" 1963-1965  

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Hart, Hornell, Duke University 1947  

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Hattin, Donald, Indiana University 1962  

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Heffner, Hubert C., Indiana University 1962  

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Henry, Nelson, B., National Society for the Study of Education 1959  

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Higbee, Dale S. 1958  

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Houge, A. R., Indiana University 1961  

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Hope, Henry, R., Indiana University 1962  

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Housewright, Wiley L undated  

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Hughes, Everett C., American Journal of Sociology 1959  

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Hunt, Audry, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association 1965  

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Huston, Tom 1961  

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Hanson, N. R., Indiana University 1962  

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Hawthorne, Hoseph, Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra and Toledo Symphony Orchestra 1951-1956  

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Hermann, Joan M., Indiana University Press 1964  

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Hill, Thomas, American University 1965  

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Honigsheim, Paul, Michigan State University 1960   View item(s)

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Correspondence I & J 1954-1956  

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Ittner, Bob, Indiana University undated  

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Johnson, Harold E., Butler University 1955  

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Judson, Arthur, Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York 1954/1956  

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Johnson, Harvey L., Indiana University 1960-1962  

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Jordan, H. W., Indiana University 1944,  1958-1964 

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Correspondence K 1942-1965  

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Kansteiner, Gertrude M. 1965  

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Kaye, S.A., World Biography 1947-1954  

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Kerr, H.A., RCA Victor 1944  

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Key, Mary, Instituto Linguisto de Verano 1961  

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Kholsa, J. M. 1961  

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King, Frances 1942  

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Klein, Francis, St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1952  

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Korte, Karl, State University of New York, Binghampton 1965  

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Kowall, Bonnie C., Music Educators National Conference 1965  

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Krohn, Ernest C. 1952  

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Kaplan, Max 1965   View item(s)

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Correspondence L 1929-1965  

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Laurs (sp?), Yvonne 1929  

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Laves, Walter H.C., Indiana University 1961  

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LeBlond, Richard E., Jr., Temple University 1965  

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LeGouix, Gustave 1955  

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Leinsdorf, Erich, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra 1952  

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Leyshorn, Hal 1951  

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Liebenow, J. Gus, Indiana University 1961-1963  

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Lowry, Howard, F., Oxford University Press 1938-1939  

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Lundberg, George A., University of Washington 1961  

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Laing, Gordon J., University of Chicago Press 1938  

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Correspondence M 1935-1965  

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McDonald, Harl, Philadelphia Orchestra Association 1954  

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MacKay, John G., Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra 1954  

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MacWilliams, Carry, The Nation 1952  

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Madison, Thurber, Indiana University 1963  

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Manheim, Ernest, University of Kansas City 1952  

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Martin, Sister Mary, Good Shepherd Convent 1963  

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Martin, Terence, Indiana University 1962  

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Mathews, Bertha H., National League of American Pen Women 1956  

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Mattson, Louis A., Philadelphia Orchestra Association 1938  

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Merriman, Robert H. 1935  

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Middleton, Warren, C., DePauw University 1944  

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Miller, Eleanor Gough, Indiana University 1954  

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Miller, Taulman A., Indiana University 1962  

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Millholland, Bruce 1961  

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Mills, L. J., Indiana University 1937  

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Munro, Thomas, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 1953,  1959 

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Myers, Florence 1965  

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Correspondence N 1938-1965  

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Neidig, Kenneth, Kentucky Music Educators Association 1965  

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New York Times 1938  

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Noland, E. William, University of North Carolina 1957  

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Northcutt, John Orlando, Southern California Symphony Association 1954  

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Normann, Theodore F., University of Washington 1963-1964  

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Correspondence O 1932-1961  

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Ogburn, William F. 1955  

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Oinas, Felix, J., Indiana University 1960  

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Oliver, Roland, University of London 1961  

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O'Neill, Mrs., Europa Publications 1955  

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Ornsteen, A.M., University of Pennsylvania 1932  

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Correspondence P 1938-1961  

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"Paul" 1945 

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Payne, Fernandus, Indiana University 1943  

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Pemberton, H. Earl 1960  

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Pericot, Luis, University of Barcelona 1961  

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Philadelphia Enquirer 1938  

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Poag, J. F., Indiana University 1962  

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Poindexter, John W., Houghton Mifflin 1958  

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Pratt, Norman T., Indiana University 1961  

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Perry Bernard B., Indiana University Press 1952-1964  

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Quarles, James T. 1952  

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Correspondence R 1936-1965  

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RCA Victor Manufacturing Company, Inc. 1936  

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Reb, Everett L, Department of State 1952  

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Richards, Albert I., John Wiley & Sons 1959  

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Richey, Herman G., National Society for the Study of Education 1960  

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Richmond, W. Edson, Indiana University 1961  

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Riesman, David, University of Chicago 1955  

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Robertson, Ross M., Indiana University 1965  

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Rogers, Donald 1965  

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Rosenbaum, Samuel R., Music Performance Trust Fund 1952  

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Rosenwald, Kurt 1965  

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Russell, R.W., Indiana University 1961  

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Randall, David A., Indiana University 1961-1962  

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Rooney, Robert C., Huoghton Mifflin 1963-1965  

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Correspondence S 1933-1965  

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Schreck, Thomas C., Indiana University 1962  

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Schweitzer, Arthur, Indiana University 1962  

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Shull, Harrison, Indiana University 1961  

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Slonimsky, Nicholas 1962-1963  

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Small, Arnold M., U.S. Navy Electronic Laboratory 1946  

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Stahr, Elvis J., Jr., Indiana University 1963  

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Steindel, Max, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra 1954  

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Stolnitz, George J., Indiana University 1960  

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Schuessler, Karl F., Indiana University and University of California, Berkeley 1963-1965   View item(s)

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Sebeok, Thomas A., Indiana University 1961-1962  

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Silbermann, Alphons 1955-1965   View item(s)

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Smith, George H.L., Boston Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra 1938,  1952-1954 

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Solt, Leo F., Indiana University 1960-1962  

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Sorokin, P., Harvard University 1933   View item(s)

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Correspondence T 1947-1963  

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Tangeman, Robert, Juilliard School of Music 1947  

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Thacher, Henry C., Argonne National Laboratory 1962  

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Thoma, Henry F., Houghton Mifflin 1963  

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Thompson, Helen, American Symphony Orchestra League, Ind. 1952  

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Thompson, John M., Indiana University 1962  

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Thompson, Stith, Indiana University undated  

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Thomson, William, Sul Ross State College 1957  

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Thornton, Henrietta, Indiana University 1962  

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Tijardovic, Ivo, Drzavni Simforijski Orkestar undated  

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Tremaine, C.M., National Bureau for the Advancement of Music undated  

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Voeglin, Carl F., Indiana University 1961-1962  

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Correspondence W 1935-1965  

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Walter, Arnold, University of Toronto 1965  

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Weinstock, Herbert, Alfred A. Knopf 1948  

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Wethuald, R. P., RCA Manufacturing Company 1936  

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Whitehall, Harold, Indiana University 1941  

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Who's Who in Music 1958  

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Who's Who in America 1965  

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Wirth, Louis 1935  

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Wodlinger, David B., Institute of International Education 1953  

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Woodbury, John W., Davis Clinic 1960  

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Wells, Herman B., Indiana University 1957-1962  

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Westdeutscher Verlag GMBH 1958-1965  

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Correspondence Y 1937-1949  

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Young, Collier, Brandt & Brandt 1937-1938  

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Young, Donald, Russell Sage Foundation 1949  

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Correspondence Z 1933-1956  

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Zalkin, William, St. Louis Symphony 1952  

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Zane, Nowland B., University of Oregon 1933  

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Zirato, Bruno, Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York 1956  

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Get-Well Cards, Notes, etc., Received During John H. Mueller's Illness 1965