Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892.
2. Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932.
3. Strauss, Eduard, 1835-1916.
4. Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905.
5. Blakely Printing Company.
6. Blakely Syndicate.

Description

1. 8 linear feet (20 boxes)

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence, financial records, Blakely's personal papers, and Sousa printed ephemera.

Subject

1. Concert agents
2. Printing > United States
3. Popular instrumental music > United States > To 1901
4. Music > Economic aspects
5. Conducting
6. Bands (Music) > United States
7. Bands (Music) > Europe
8. Blakely, David, 1834-1896

Call number

1. MssCol 315

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Brown, Margaret

Biography (note)

1. David Blakely (1834-1896) was a journalist and businessman whose interest in music led to his career as manager of the Gilmore and Sousa bands of the 1880s and 1890s. As founder of the Blakely Syndicate he oversaw a network of interrelated operations which included the Blakely Printing Company as well as management of various concert bands and orchestras.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Blakely, David, 1834-1896.

Title

1. David Blakely papers, 1880-1931, bulk (1892-1896)

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. David Blakely (1834-1896) was a journalist and businessman whose interest in music led to his career as manager of the Gilmore and Sousa bands of the 1880s and 1890s. As founder of the Blakely Syndicate he oversaw a network of interrelated operations which included the Blakely Printing Company as well as management of various concert bands and orchestras.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Concert agents.

Added author

1. Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892.
2. Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932.
3. Strauss, Eduard, 1835-1916.
4. Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905.
5. Blakely Printing Company.
6. Blakely Syndicate.

LCCN

1. ms 68001065

Research call number

1. MssCol 315