West Virginia Music Educators Association Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Music Educators Association Records, A&M 1599, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
28.6 Linear Feet 28 ft. 6 3/4 in. (31 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (10 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 record carton, 17 in.); (8 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 unboxed plaque, 1 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)
Creator:
West Virginia Music Educators Association
Abstract:
Records of the West Virginia Music Educators Association (WVMEA), including minutes, correspondence, reports, programs, and other records documenting the administration, conferences, and divisions (such as bandmasters, vocal, orchestra, etc.) of the organization. There are also project files, historical files, and audio-visual material. Prior to 1936 this association was the Music Section of the State Education Association.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Music Educators Association Records, A&M 1599, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Records of the West Virginia Music Educators Association (WVMEA), including minutes, correspondence, reports, programs, and other records documenting the administration, conferences, and divisions (such as bandmasters, vocal, orchestra, etc.) of the organization. There are also project files, historical files, and audio-visual material. Prior to 1936 this association was the Music Section of the State Education Association.

Addendum of 2006/10/21 includes WVMEA records from 1985-2005.

Addendum of 2007/10/22 is comprised of records from the various organizations affiliated with the WVMEA and divisions of the WVMEA, like the West Virginia Bandmasters' Association, the West Virginia Vocal Music Association, the West Virginia Solo and Ensemble Festivals, and Notes A Tempo, the WVMEA's publication, ca. 1935-2008.

Addendum of 2012/06/29 includes the records of the West Virginia Music Teachers Association (2003-2008).

Addendum of 2016/11/04 includes various recordings of performance groups from the 2012 and 2016 WVMEA Conferences, Executive Board records (ca. 1959-2007), and other assorted paperwork (1998-2017).

Addendum of 2017/02/24 features motion pictures of performances on DVD (2014-2015).

Addendum of 2017/07/17 includes two boxes of records of the West Virginia All-State Children's Chorus, American String Teachers Association, West Virginia Chapter, and the West Virginia General Music Society; materials include conference records, programs, and audiovisual material (av in box 2); ca. 1968-2017.

This series contains documents pertaining to the West Virginia Music Educators Association including meeting minutes and affiliate reports.

This series includes papers donated by past presidents of the West Virginia Music Educators Association, comprised of correspondence, reports, Executive Board meeting minutes, membership reports, conference paperwork and programs, and other similar types of records.

This series includes the records of the West Virginia Vocal Music Association, a division of the West Virginia Music Educators' Association for directors of vocal music and fine arts programs in West Virginia, from 1963-1992.

This series contains the records of the Orchestra Directors Association from 1963-1990, including some records of the American String Teachers Association.

This series includes correspondence, membership lists, and minutes books of the West Virginia College Music Educators from 1944-1990.

This series (in several folders) includes records, minutes, and correspondence from the West Virginia County Music Directors from 1963-1990 (scattered dating).

This series includes records, correspondence, and performance programs from the West Virginia Solo and Ensemble Festivals from 1963-1990.

This series includes records records and correspondence from the West Virginia Society for General Music, an affiliate of the West Virginia Music Educators Association focusing on general music education, and other records regarding elementary school and general music education in West Virginia.

This series includes records and correspondence from the Piano Division of the West Virginia Music Educators Association from 1963-1992.

This series includes records, correspondence, and membership lists of the Collegiate Division of the West Virginia Music Educators Association, a group for students in music education programs in West Virginia colleges, from 1967-1990.

This series includes records and correspondence regarding multicultural awareness as taught and supported by the West Virginia Music Educators Association from 1982-1992.

This series includes records and papers regarding the support for music composition by the West Virginia Music Educators Association from 1973-1990.

This series includes records, papers, and correspondence from the Music in Our Schools Week committee (now Music in Our Schools Month) of the West Virginia Music Educators Association from 1975-1991.

This series includes correspondence, articles, records, and copies of Notes A Tempo, the publication of the West Virginia Music Educators Association from 1946-1991.

This series includes correspondence and records of the West Virginia Music Educators Association's Historians, predominantly John Puffenbarger, records regarding the WVMEA's Research Division, records regarding the donation and contents of this collection, and scores for several compositions for band by William Prunty, a composer and WVMEA member from Fairmont, WV.

This addendum includes records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and performance programs from conferences and festivals from the West Virginia Music Educators Association from 1985-2005.

This addendum includes Executive Board Secretary's minutes (1935-1995), records from various affiliate organizations and divisions within the WVMEA (i.e. the WV Bandmasters' Association, the WV Vocal Association, and Music in Our Schools Month) (1930-2007), and recordings from various All-State and Honors choirs, bands, and orchestras (1983-2003) from the WVMEA In-Service Conferences.

This addendum includes records, meeting minutes, and other papers from the West Virginia Music Teachers Association, a state chapter of the Music Teachers National Association, from 2003-2008. Also included in this addendum is an unboxed commemorative plaque from the Music Teachers National Association recognizing the WVMTA's 40 years of affiliation as of 11/03/2006.

This addendum includes recordings of various All-State and Honors groups from the 2012 and 2016 West Virginia Music Educators Association In-Service Conferences, WVMEA Executive Board records and paperwork (1959-2007), other paperwork and newspaper clippings related to advocacy, Music in Our Schools Month, WVMEA's legislative concerns, and Continuing Music Education (1998-2017). Also included is an oversize folder containing folios with articles on continuing music education and on the pros and cons of block scheduling (1998), a 2015 WVMEA In-Service Conference poster, and two proclamations from the Governor of West Virginia announcing Music in West Virginia Schools Week (2004) and Arts in West Virginia Schools Month (2005).

This addendum includes video recordings on DVD of the All-State and Honors performance groups from the 2014 and 2015 West Virginia Music Educators Association's In-Service Conferences.

This addendum includes programs and recordings of the West Virginia All-State Children's Chorus of the West Virginia Music Educators Association's (WVMEA) In-Service Conferences (1989-2017), programs and records from the 2017 WVMEA In-Service Conference, programs, records, and other material from the West Virginia chapter of the American String Teachers Association (1988-2017), double LP vinyl record recordings of various All-State and Honors performing groups from WVMEA's In-Service Conferences (1968-1981), and a collection of VHS tapes collated by the West Virginia Society for General Music (ca. 1980-1999).

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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