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Title: Alton Augustus Adams papers, 1915–1985

Predominant Dates:1920–1979

ID: 1000/ADAMA_1016

Primary Creator: Adams, Alton A.

Extent: 18.0 Linear Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The collection was received in several installments, with little original order intact. Correspondence is in chronological order where possible, the unfinished autobiography is sorted by chapter, and the remaining materials simply organized in series by activity and function.

Date Acquired: 00/00/1994

Subjects: Composers, Black, Hotel Association of the Virgin Islands (US), Journalism, Military bands, Musicians, Black, Press Associations, Radio programs, Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)

Languages: English

Abstract

Papers, 1915-1985 and undated, including autobiographical and biographical materials, correspondence, speeches and writings, scrapbooks, and music manuscripts of many of his compositions as well as manuscript and printed music by other composers.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The personal papers of Alton Augustus Adams, Senior, reflect his activities as the first black bandmaster in the US Navy (1917–1934 and 1942–1947), as a press correspondent (1949–circa 1968), as a member and president of the Hotel Association of the Virgin Islands (1952–1970), and as a lifelong educator, civic leader, author, and local historian. They also contain manuscripts of his music compositions, band parts, and music by other composers performed by his band or inscribed to him. In his extensive correspondence, there are letters from major American bandmasters, including John Philip Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman, and correspondence with Richard Franko Goldman, whose band often performed Adams’s marches.

In 1924, the Navy Band of the Virgin Islands made a successful tour of the eastern U.S. mainland—a scrapbook in Series VII records the events of that tour and the overwhelmingly favorable public reaction. The band continued to be a showpiece in the region into the 1930s. Band activities are also documented in three general scrapbooks, in Adams’s autobiographical memoirs, and in other fragmentary materials in Series VII.

Many of Adams’s musical compositions were destroyed in a fire in 1933, but a number of scores and parts survive, including his three published marches and other concert pieces, either scored for piano, band, or orchestra. There are also arrangements (usually parts only) for other pieces played by the band, from standards such as “Oh Promise Me” and “Tales from the Vienna Woods” to pieces by Latin-American composers possibly arranged for band by Adams himself. Musical works by Adams and others are together in Series VIII.

The correspondence of Alton A. Adams, originally preserved in three loose-leaf letterbooks as well as left loose in his files, dates from 1915 to 1985. Incoming correspondence includes letters relating to his military career, letters from several musicians and composers, including Eva Jessye, Clarence Cameron White, Philippa Duke Schuyler, and William L. Dawson, and letters from other important figures, among them Claude Barnett, George Schuyler, and Carter G. Woodson. Several governors of the Virgin Islands are also represented. Many other letters are from individuals who were guests at his guesthouse, which he ran on St. Thomas after his retirement from the Navy in 1947. A few carbons of Adams’s outgoing letters also survive. Correspondence is collected and filed chronologically in Series II. There is a separate name index to Series II available.

Materials from the period that Adams served as supervisor of music education for the public schools include sporadic correspondence, speeches, and writings that reflect his educational service, but there are no formal records of this aspect of his career in the collection.

Records of the Hotel Association of the Virgin Islands, including correspondence, minutes and memos, make up Series IV. Adams was a founding member of the Association. These are present especially for its early years, when the hotelkeepers successfully fought a 2% hotel tax and attempted to develop a vocational training system for hotel workers. Records of other areas of public service in which Adams engaged are present in Series V but are less complete.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Adams was a journalist and correspondent. His employers included the Pittsburgh Courier, the Associated Negro Press, and the Associated Press. His stories and press wires with correspondence concerning them are in Series III. Unfortunately, many are undated, but the stories are arranged chronologically when possible. Adams was also a member of the Virgin Islands Press Association, and limited records from the early years of that organization are contained in Series III as well.

For a number of years, Alton Adams hosted a radio broadcast sponsored by the Hotel Association. His radio scripts, in the form of undated handwritten drafts, are in Series VII. Adams also gave speeches over the radio and in person, wrote articles in the local newspaper, and wrote on musical subjects for a larger audience. Many of these speeches and writings survive in typescript form and can be found in Series VI. Unfortunately, records of his early contributions to band literature, including regular articles for Jacob’s Band Monthly and other publications, were lost when his house burned in 1933. Assignments for a writing course he took in 1953–1954, apparently when he was contemplating becoming a press correspondent, are in Series VI. There is also a completed but unpublished typescript on arranging music for band.

Series VII contains information about Adams’s other musical activities, including performances of his marches by the Goldman Band, and the adoption of his “Virgin Islands March” as the national song of the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1963. There are several folders of materials relating to composer/performer Philippa Duke Schuyler, who gave several performances in St. Thomas.

An interesting and important part of the papers is Adams’s autobiography, which he left in semi-finished form and in many versions. Series I contains both the typescript of the autobiography and other fragmentary versions and biographical materials. These have been edited by Mark Clague and published in the CBMR's Music of the African Diaspora series as The Memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.: First Black Bandmaster of the United States Navy (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008).

Collection Historical Note

Alton Augustus Adams Sr. was born in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands in 1889 and died there in 1987. He studied music by correspondence, earning a Bachelor of Music degree, and founded the St. Thomas Juvenile Band in 1910. When the United States assumed territorial administration of the Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917, the band was inducted into the U.S. Navy as a goodwill gesture. Adams made a name for himself as the first black bandmaster in the U.S. Navy and as a writer on band-related topics.

Adams continued to conduct bands for the U.S. Navy through World War II. In 1942 in Guantánamo, Cuba, he led a Navy band that was the first racially integrated band in the U.S. armed forces. Adams was also a composer; his published compositions include three marches: "The Governor's Own," "The Spirit of the U.S. Navy," and "The Virgin Islands March," which became the "national anthem" of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In addition to conducting and composing, Adams was a journalist, writer, radio broadcaster, and educator, and was considered an important person in St. Thomas, its "First Citizen." He played a strong civic role through the various organizations with which he was associated. From 1918 to 1931 he supervised the music programs in the public schools of the Virgin Islands. After his retirement from the Navy in 1947, Adams worked as a press correspondent for several media organizations, produced a radio program featuring classical music, and was active for many years in the tourism industry, including running his own guest house in St. Thomas. Notably, he was a founding member of the Hotel Association of the Virgin Islands, and served as its president from 1952 to 1970.

Biographical Note

b. 11-4-1889; Alton Augustus Adams; bandmaster; d. 1987

Subject/Index Terms

Composers, Black
Hotel Association of the Virgin Islands (US)
Journalism
Military bands
Musicians, Black
Press Associations
Radio programs
Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)

Administrative Information

Repository: Center for Black Music Research

Alternate Extent Statement: 18 linear feet (20 boxes, with 3 volumes and sound recordings on 7" reels and audiocassette tape).

Access Restrictions: None; some of the materials are quite fragile and need special care in handling.

Use Restrictions: None

Physical Access Note: Includes 2 large photographs, reel-to-reel tapes (7 in.), cassettes

Acquisition Source: Adams, Alton A., Jr.

Acquisition Method: Boxed and shipped from materials stored in creator's office on St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

Separated Materials: Photographs

Related Publications: Clague, Mark, editor. The Memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.: First Black Bandmaster of the United States Navy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. CBMR’s Music of the African Diaspora.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Autobiographical and Biographical Materials],
[Series 2: Correspondence (filed chronologically; undated correspondence filed alphabetically last).],
[Series 3: Journalistic Activities],
[Series 4: Hotel Association of the Virgin Islands (3 boxes)],
[Series 5: Civic Activities (1 box)],
[Series 6: Speeches and writings (2 boxes)],
[Series 7: Musical Activities (3 boxes)],
[Series 8: Music Manuscripts and Published Music],
[All]

Series 1: Autobiographical and Biographical Materials

Box 1
Box 2
Box 3

Series 2: Correspondence (filed chronologically; undated correspondence filed alphabetically last).

Item 1: Adams, Alton A. 1932 March 24, May 11, Dec. 27.
Item 2: Adams, Alton A. 1933 Nov. 22.
Item 3: Adams, Alton A. 1934 May 15.
Item 4: Adams, Alton A. 1937 Feb. 5, Feb. 6.
Item 5: Adams, Alton A. 1941 March 31.
Item 6: Adams, Alton A. 1947 March 18.
Item 7: Adams, Alton A. 1955 Dec. 28.
Item 8: Adams, Alton A. 1956 Sept. 12.
Item 9: Adams, Alton A. 1960 Oct. 9.
Item 10: Adams, Alton A. 1963 June 28, July 17.
Item 11: Adams, Alton A. 1966 July 5
Item 12: Adams, Alton A. 1967 May 4, Sept. 26.
Item 13: Adams, Alton A. 1975 Sep. 8.
Item 14: Adams, Alton A. 1977 Apr. 22.
Item 15: Adams, Alton A. 1978 Feb. 16, May 8, Sep. 5.
Item 16: Adams, Alton A. 1979 July 9.
Item 17: Adams, Alton A. Undated.
Item 18: Adventones Band. 1970 Nov. 30.
Item 19: Allison, Bill and Edna. 1967 Aug. 3.
Item 20: Andr
Item 21: Archer, Everad R. 1973 Sept. 13.
Item 22: Arona. 1925, July [?].
Item 23: Auguste. 1933 June 20, Aug. 30.
Item 24: "Aug." 1923 Aug. 13.
Item 25: B., Julie. 1977 July 15.
Item 26: Baa, Enid M. 1967 Mar. 17, Dec. 13.
Item 27: Barbey, D.E. 1947 July 29.
Item 28: Barnett, Claude A. See also Associated Negro Press correspondence, Series III.
Item 29: Barnett, Claude A. 1959 Jan. 7.
Item 30: Barnett, Claude A. 1961 Nov. 10.
Item 31: Barnett, Claude A. 1962 Mar. 23.
Item 32: Barron, Oscar. 1918 Jan. 4.
Item 33: Baxter, Liz. 1979 Jan. 16, Undated
Item 34: Benter, Charles. 1931 July 31.
Item 35: Betty. 1975 Dec. 4.
Item 36: Biggs, Melba C. 1974 Jul. 4.
Item 37: Boerner, John. 1963 Jan. 25.
Item 38: Bornn, D. Victor. 1931 Feb. 16.
Item 39: Bornn, Regina and Roy. 1975 May 9.
Item 40: Bostic, Stephen J. 1972 Nov. 15.
Item 41: Boyle, John. 1963 Oct. 30.
Item 42: Branson, Taylor. 1923 Apr. 30.
Item 43: Bright, Nellie R. 1967 Oct. 8.
Item 44: Brown, Walter R. 1941 May 6.
Item 45: Burleigh, Harry T. 1929 Dec. 25.
Item 46: Burton, Earl. 1968 July 15.
Item 47: Busack [?], Susan. 1978 Jan. 14.
Item 48: Buzzell, Gene. 1963 Aug. 14.
Item 49: Buzzell, Gene. 1964 Jan. 27.
Item 50: Buzzell, Gene. 1966 Aug. 17.
Item 51: Buzzell, Gene. 1967 June 22, June 30.
Item 52: Carl Fischer Inc. (Publisher). See von der Goltz, Eric.
Item 53: Caribe Hotel. 1953 July 30.
Item 54: Chang, Henry C. 1978 Aug. 16, Aug. 29, Sep. 14.
Item 55: Charlton, Melville. Undated.
Item 56: Christian, Peter A1970 Nov. 23.
Item 57: Christmas, Joseph A. 1976 Sept. 15.
Item 58: Christopher, Paul C. 1969 July 14, Nov. 19.
Item 59: Christopher, Paul C. 1970 Dec. 17.
Item 60: Christopher, Paul C. 1973 Nov. 27.
Item 61: Christopher, Paul C. 1974 Oct. 31.
Item 62: Christopher, Paul C. 1975 Dec. 8.
Item 63: Christopher, Paul C. 1978 Aug. 19.
Item 64: Chromcik, L.F. 1960 July 28.
Item 65: Clarke, H.A. 1915 Dec. 21.
Item 66: Clarke, Herbert L. 1921 [Dec. 8?]. Filed with John Philip Sousa, 1921 Feb 9.
Item 67: Clarke, Herbert L. 1939 Feb. 4.
Item 68: Colbin, Rod. 1958 Jan. 8.
Item 69: Cox, Ainslee. 1980 Jan. 6.
Item 70: Cramer, Bob. 1970 Feb. 3.
Item 71: Cramer, Lawrence W. 1935 Sep. 21.
Item 72: Cramer, Lawrence W. 1937 May 24.
Item 73: Cramer, Lawrence W. 1939 Aug. 16.
Item 74: Crawford, Joseph D. 1972 May 15.
Item 75: Creque, Cyril. 1955 Jan. 14.
Item 76: Cronin?, Walter T. 1922 Apr. 28.
Item 77: Cuddon-Woodthorpe, Joyce. 1968 Oct. 17.
Item 78: Curtis, Austin W. 1944 Feb. 17.
Item 79: Curtis. A.W. Jr. 1943 Oct.
Item 80: Dadja. 1973 June 12.
Item 81: Dadja. 1977,
Item 82: Dadja. 1979, Apr. 11, Oct. 1.
Item 83: Davis, Alvin O., 1985 Apr. 8.
Item 84: Dawson, M.E. 1973.
Item 85: Dawson, William L. 1966 May 21.
Item 86: Dawson, William L. 1971 Mar.2.
Item 87: De Castro, Morris F. 19[3]4 July 9, Dec. 10.
Item 88: De Castro, Morris F. 1944 Oct 31.
Item 89: De Castro, Morris F. 1945 Jul. 5.
Item 90: De Castro, Morris F. 1948 Apr. 1.
Item 91: De Castro, Morris F. 1952 Jan. 22.
Item 92: Deacon Johnson
Item 93: Dell, Thomas M. 1960 Oct. 27.
Item 94: Dell, Thomas M. 1971 May 9.
Item 95: Denison, Mrs. B.B. 1929 Aug.7.
Item 96: Dougherty, Romeo L. Oct. 1964.
Item 97: Drye, F.L. 1924 Mar. 20.
Item 98: Duff, John. 1920 June 14.
Item 99: Dutters, Phyllis. 1975 May 7.
Item 100: Eberding, Theodore H., Jr. 1944 May 26.
Item 101: Eby, W.M. 1917 Mar. 27.
Item 102: Eby, W.M. 1918 Jan. 14.
Item 103: Enid. 1971 Dec. 13.
Item 104: Erb, Richard L., 1968 Dec. 13.
Item 105: Evans, K. 1932 Sep. 26.
Item 106: Evans, K., 1933 Sep. 8.
Item 107: Evans, Melvin H. 1969 Nov 6, Dec. 22.
Item 108: Evans, Melvin H. 1971 Mar. 5.
Item 109: Evans, Melvin H. 1972 Dec. 7.
Item 110: Evans, Mrs. Waldo. 1931 Feb. 16.
Item 111: Evans, Waldo. 1924 Nov. 9.
Item 112: Evans, W[aldo] 1931 Feb. 16, Feb. 17.
Item 113: Evans, Waldo. 1935 Dec. 7.
Item 114: Eve. 1927, Jan. 27.
Item 115: Fannie. 1976 April 2.
Item 116: Farr, Kenneth R. 1972 Apr. 24.
Item 117: Farrelly, Stanley A. 1975 May 6.
Item 118: Federal Commission to the Virgin Islands. 1924 Jan. 28.
Item 119: Feist, Milton. 1963 Sep. 5, Sep. 23.
Item 120: Feist, Milton. 1964 Feb. 28, June 12, Oct. 9.
Item 121: Feist, Milton. 1965 Jan. 21, Feb. 3, Apr.12, June 14, July 8.
Item 122: Feist, Milton. 1966 May 13.
Item 123: Figueroa, Kachiro [?] Undated.
Item 124: Finch-Bergan, Yvette. 1983 May 3.
Item 125: Fleischman, Alan. 1980 Aug. 14.
Item 126: Fleming, G. James. 1975 Feb. 7.
Item 127: Fleming, G. James. 1979 Apr. 9.
Item 128: Flewellen, Icabod. 1979 July 16.
Item 129: Florio, A.E. 1944 Oct. 20.
Item 130: Floyd, Samuel A., Jr. 1976 Sep. 7, Sep. 21.
Item 131: Floyd, Samuel A., Jr. 1977 June 20, Dec. 13.
Item 132: Floyd, Samuel A., Jr. 1978 Jan. 9, Feb. 28, Oct. 19.
Item 133: Floyd, Samuel A., Jr. 1979 Jan. 11, Feb. 28, Mar. 5, Apr. 17, May 11, [1979], Undated.
Item 134: Floyd, Samuel A., Jr. 1980 Mar. 28, Sep. 11.
Item 135: Franchino, Judy. 1977 Aug. 16.
Item 136: Francis, Mary. 1980 Mar. 10.
Item 137: Fred. 1952 Aug. 28.
Item 138: Freiria Gely, Manuel. 1935 Feb. 19.
Item 139: French, Stewart. 1942 Oct. 19.
Item 140: Galeese, Paul D. 1969 Dec. 9
Item 141: Galeese, Paul D. 1971 Dec. 28.
Item 142: George, Carmen E. Q. 1981 Sept. 28.
Item 143: Gerard, Phillip A. 1972 Oct. 27.
Item 144: Giffen, Robert C. 1945 Feb. 9.
Item 145: Gift, Lelas. 1975 Aug. 12.
Item 146: Gilbert, Victor. 1970 June 16.
Item 147: Gladwin, Ellis. 1969 July 7.
Item 148: Godwin, [N.?] Nadine. Undated.
Item 149: Goldberg, Roberta. Undated.
Item 150: Goldman Band. See Keats, Sheila.
Item 151: Goldman, Edwin Franko. 1924 June 13
Item 152: Goldman, Edwin Franko. 1936 Jan. 13.
Item 153: Goldman, Edwin Franko. 1937 Feb. 2, March 9.
Item 154: Goldman, Edwin Franko. 1938 Feb. 22.
Item 155: Goldman, Edwin Franko. 1947 Feb. 2.
Item 156: Goldman, Richard Franko. 1962 Nov. 12
Item 157: Goldman, Richard Franko. 1963 Jan. 29, June 18, Aug. 5.
Item 158: Goldman, Richard Franko. 1964 June 12, July 22.
Item 159: Goldman, Richard Franko. 1965 Jan. 27, Dec. 29.
Item 160: Goldman, Richard Franko. 1966 July 13.
Item 161: Goldman, Richard Franko. 1967 Jan. 16, Mar. 29, July 13, Aug. 7, Sep. 26.
Item 162: Goldman, Richard Franko. 1968 July 31.
Item 163: Goldman, Richard Franko. 1971 Jan. 5.
Item 164: Goldman, Richard Franko. 1974 May 25, July 14.
Item 165: Goldman, Richard Franko. 1975 July 18, Aug. 27.
Item 166: Goldman, Richard Franko. 1976 June 1, Aug. 25.
Item 167: Goldman, Mrs. Richard F. 1981 Jan. 7.
Item 168: Goldstein, Lillie. Undated.
Item 169: Gordon, Walter. 1955 Oct. 21.
Item 170: Gordon, Walter. 1956 Oct. 3.
Item 171: Grant, Henry L. 1922 Oct. 23.
Item 172: Grasso, Olive.1975 May 7.
Item 173: Gressley, Gene M. 1973 Nov. 1.
Item 174: Gressley, Gene M. 1978 July 21.
Item 175: Gressley, Gene M. 1979 Feb. 19.
Item 176: Griffin, J.P 1944 Oct. 23.
Item 177: Haizlip, Harold C. 1972 Oct. 10.
Item 178: Hall, Oscar B. 1960 Feb. 12.
Item 179: Handy, William C. 1924 Sept. 18.
Item 180: Handy, William C. 1928 May 8.
Item 181: Handy, William C. 1942 Oct. 24.
Item 182: Handy, William C. 1944 Sept. 26.
Item 183: Hansen, Axel C. 1978 July 18.
Item 184: Harwood, Charles. 1941 May 28, Dec. 23.
Item 185: Harwood, Charles. 1942 Sep. 23.
Item 186: Harwood, Charles. 1943 Sep. 30.
Item 187: Harwood, Charles. 1945 Feb. 6.
Item 188: Hayden, Beverly. 1938 March 10.
Item 189: Heftel, Daniel L. 1973 Aug. 6.
Item 190: Heinrich Elizabeth. 1956 June 27.
Item 191: Heinrich, Elizabeth. N.Y., 1958 Aug. 17, Nov. 21, Dec. 5.
Item 192: Hennings, Jo. Undated.
Item 193: Hett, Gunter. 1961 Dec. 3.
Item 194: Hodgdon, Ralph E. 1936 Jan. 15.
Item 195: Hodge, Mai E. 1966 June 30.
Item 196: Hoke, Robert L. 1963 June 7.
Item 197: Hottensen, John W. 1969 June 4.
Item 198: Houston, W.L. 1924 Dec. 15.
Item 199: Hugh, Zoreana. 1971 Nov. 2.
Item 200: Hull, Harwood. 1944 Jun. 16.
Item 201: Humphrey, Hubert H. 1959 Dec. 21.
Item 202: Itala. 1963 June 17.
Item 203: Itala. 1972 Dec. 18.
Item 204: Itala. 1975 Dec. 14.
Item 205: Itala. 1982 August 25.
Item 206: Jacobs, Randall. 1942 Apr. 25.
Item 207: Jacoby, Carole A. 1971 Aug. 15.
Item 208: Jacoby, E[?] A. 1973 Oct. 24.
Item 209: Jessye, Eva. 1935 Feb. 2, Apr. 15.
Item 210: Johnson, A. W. 1932 March 4, April 5.
Item 211: Johnson, Russell B. 1960 Apr. 19.
Item 212: Johnson, T.L. 1932 March 25.
Item 213: Joseph, Julius. 1932 Dec. 27.
Item 214: Kay, Ernest. Undated.
Item 215: Keats, Sheila. 1967 Nov. 1.
Item 216: Keats, Sheila. 1968 Jan. 10, May 25, June 26, July 23, Aug. 6.
Item 217: Keester, George. 1931 Sep. 16.
Item 218: Kimelman, Henry L. 1952 Nov. 15.
Item 219: Kimelman, Henry L. 1963 Jan. 17, Feb. 27, Jul. 17.
Item 220: King, Cyril E., 1974 Mar. 29.
Item 221: King, Cyril E. 1975 May 19, Sep. 17.
Item 222: Kettelle, Nancy. Undated.
Item 223: Kittelle, Sumner E.W. 1931 March 16, Aug. 11.
Item 224: Kittelle, Sumner E.W. 1932 Sep. 6.
Item 225: Kittelle, Sumner E.W. 1933 Apr. 11.
Item 226: Kittelle, Sumner E.W. 1936 March 19.
Item 227: Knuth-Winterfeldt, K. 1960 Nov. 6.
Item 228: Knuth-Winterfeldt, K. 1961 20 Jan.
Item 229: Knysh, Walter J. 1972 Sep. 14.
Item 230: Krasowski, R.C. 1922 May 26.
Item 231: Kreitzman, Lou. 1960 Sep. 8.
Item 232: Lake, M.L. 1921 Apr. 20.
Item 233: Landsidel, Charles. 1927 May 7, June 1, June 29.
Item 234: Landsidel, Charles. 1928, Mar. 3, July 23, Sep.17, Oct. 11, Oct. 18, Nov.17, Nov. 21.
Item 235: Landsidel, Charles. 1931 March 5.
Item 236: Langenus, G. 1916 Dec. 22.
Item 237: Langenus, G. 1917 Apr. 22.
Item 238: Larsen, B.R. 1931 Feb. 11
Item 239: Leonard, Walter J. Undated.
Item 240: Lieth, Margot. 1977 Dec. 13.
Item 241: Lightbourn, John N. 1920 Aug. 4.
Item 242: Lindberg, Arthur E. 1924 May 6.
Item 243: Lindborg, Arthur E. 1931 Feb. 14, July 20.
Item 244: Lockhart School. 1971 March 31.
Item 245: Lockhart School. 1977 April 6.
Item 246: Lorenzo Paul Realty Company. 1963 Oct. 22.
Item 247: Lovett [?].1947 July 9.
Item 248: M.[?], D[?]1960 June 24.
Item 249: Marasco, Angelo V. 1963 Oct. 19.
Item 250: Marasco, Angelo V. 1964 Apr. 27.
Item 251: Margarethe Queen of Denmark. 1972 Apr. 16.
Item 252: Margarethe Queen of Denmark. 1973 Apr. 16.
Item 253: Medicus, Emil. 1917 Apr. 14.
Item 254: Melbourne, Leslie J. 1930 Aug 2.
Item 255: Melbourne, Leslie J. 1930, Sept. 14.
Item 256: Mercury Music Corp. (Publisher) See Feist, Milton.
Item 257: Miller, John G. 1962 Sept. 17.
Item 258: Miller, Kelly. 1925 Jan. 9.
Item 259: Miller, Leon P. 1964 Feb. 13.
Item 260: Millin, Henry A. 1973 May 31.
Item 261: Millin, Henry A. 1975 Sep. 18.
Item 262: Miranda, Luis. 1921 Aug. 8.
Item 263: Mitchell, Charles E. 1924 Jan. 28.
Item 264: Mitchell, W.M. 1964 Mar. 12, 13, May 11, July 23.
Item 265: Mitchell, W.M. 1965 Jan. 22.
Item 266: Moore, Leslie H. 1971 Nov. 8.
Item 267: Moorehead, Theovald E. 1962 Sept. 13.
Item 268: Moton, Robert R. 1924 Mar. 20.
Item 269: Nicholls, Charles N. 1921 Sep. 10.
Item 270: Noble, Robert E. 1974 Oct. 17.
Item 271: Noble, Robert E. 1975 Nov. 14.
Item 272: O
Item 273: Oliver, James H. 1922 Mar. 18.
Item 274: Oliver, James H. 1927 Dec. 29.
Item 275: Oman, J.W. 1921 Mar. 31, Apr. 4, Nov. 11, Dec. 1
Item 276: Oman, J.W. 1922 Mar. 15.
Item 277: Oman, J.W. 1923 Oct. 17.
Item 278: Ottley, Earle B. 1964 Jul. 8.
Item 279: Paiewonsky, Ralph M. 1961 Aug. 31.
Item 280: Paiewonsky, Ralph M. 1962 Jan. 22, April 9, April 18.
Item 281: Paiewonsky, Ralph M. 1964 Jan. 14.
Item 282: Paiewonsky, Ralph M. 1965 Jan. 13.
Item 283: Paiewonsky, Ralph M. 1966 Jun. 27, Dec. 13.
Item 284: Paiewonsky, Ralph M. 1967 Sep. 27.
Item 285: Parks, Al and Adrienne. 1974 Dec. 4.
Item 286: Patterson, F.D. 1943 Apr. 19.
Item 287: Patterson, F.D. 1944 Jan. 17.
Item 288: Patterson, F.D. 1947 Dec. 23.
Item 289: Pearson, Drew. 1941 Apr. 3.
Item 290: Pearson, Paul M. 1932 Oct. 7.
Item 291: Pearson, Paul M. 1934 March 8, March 14, May 4, May 21, June 7.
Item 292: Pearson, Paul M. 1935 Aug. 22, Dec. 7.
Item 293: Peg. Undated.
Item 294: Petersen, Arona. 1975.
Item 295: Phillips, Walter H. 1971 Mar. 3.
Item 296: Philips, Walter H. 1973 Sept. 22.
Item 297: Phillips, William J. 1979 July 30.
Item 298: Poppy, Consuelo. 1934 Jan. 22.
Item 299: Prosser, I. W. 1931 July 9.
Item 300: Rabsatt, Reuben A. 1975 Mar. 20.
Item 301: Ram
Item 302: Ready, James, K. 1983, Nov. 10.
Item 303: Reagan, Ronald and Nancy. 1983 Nov. 9.
Item 304: Reese, Percival H. 1974 [Feb.]
Item 305: Reid, F. 1924 Aug. 11.
Item 306: Reubel, Charles C. 1959 Jul. 3.
Item 307: Rich, Thaddeus [?]1939 Feb. 13.
Item 308: Richard. 1944 Nov. 20.
Item 309: Richards, Arthur A. 1983 Oct 17, Nov. 22.
Item 310: Richardson, H.J. 1972 Sep. 21.
Item 311: Riefkohl, Fred L. 1931 Feb. 17, Feb. 20.
Item 312: Riefkohl, Fred L. 1939 Feb. 27, Oct. 30.
Item 313: Rockefeller, Laurance S. 1956 Nov. 12. See also Hotel Association correspondence, Series IV.
Item 314: Roe, Julie Stohr. 1960 Dec. 14.
Item 315: Rogers, F. O. 1941 Jan. 15.
Item 316: Russell, Annie H. 1961 Aug. 8.
Item 317: Russell, C.J. 1921 Dec. 5.
Item 318: Russell, C.J. 1926 Sep. 6.
Item 319: Santelmann, William H. 1927 June 1.
Item 320: Santelmann, William H. 1922 May 31.
Item 321: Schelling, J.M. 1931 Feb. 5.
Item 322: Schomburg, A.A. 1927 Jan. 27.
Item 323: Schuyler, George S. See also Pittsburgh Courier correspondence, Series III.
Item 324: Schuyler, George S. 1949 Sep. 22.
Item 325: Schuyler, George S. 1950 Feb. 21.
Item 326: Schuyler, George S. 1951 Apr. 3, Sep. 11.
Item 327: Schuyler, George S. 1956 Dec. 7.
Item 328: Schuyler, George S. 1962 Feb. 19.
Item 329: Schuyler, George S. 1972 Jan. 28.
Item 330: Schuyler, Josephine. 1952 Apr. 5, May 24, [May].
Item 331: Schuyler, Josephine. 1957 March 15.
Item 332: Schuyler, Jospehine. 1960 Oct. 18, Oct. 31.
Item 333: Schuyler, Josephine. Undated.
Item 334: Schuyler, Philippa. 1952 May 24, June 4.
Item 335: Schuyler, Philippa. 1957 March 8.
Item 336: Scott, Emmett J. 1925 Jan. 28.
Item 337: Scott, John P. 1977 Jan. 31.
Item 338: Sewer, Erma B. 1970 May 20.
Item 339: Sewer, Erma B. 1975 May 13.
Item 340: Simmons, Carmen. 1963 July 17.
Item 341: Simmons, Carmen. 1975 May 2.
Item 342: Simon, Frank. 1942 Sep 25.
Item 343: Smith, Raymond J. 1973 May 29.
Item 344: Souffront, Denis. 1931 Feb. 17, March 4.
Item 345: Sousa, John. 1958 Jul. 2.
Item 346: Sousa, John Philip. 1920 Mar.16.
Item 347: Sousa, John Philip. 1921 Feb. 9.
Item 348: Sperber, Stanley. 1959 Aug. 31.
Item 349: Spiller, Isabele Taliaferro. 1933 May 23.
Item 350: Spiller, Isabele Taliaferro. 1937 Feb. 19..
Item 351: Spingarn, Amy. Undated.
Item 352: Sprunger, Bud. 1963 Jan. 27.
Item 353: St. Thomas Junior High School Glee Club and Orchestra. 1931 Feb. 13.
Item 354: Stebbins, Berton A. 1955 July 22.
Item 355: Steiner, W. L. 1922 Mar. 8.
Item 356: Stewart, McCants. 1922, July 15, Aug. 12.
Item 357: Stone, Ellis S. 1924 May, June 20, Nov. 5.
Item 358: Stone, Ellis S. [193?] Dec. 21
Item 359: Stone, Ellis S. 1931 Feb. 9, Feb. 10.
Item 360: Stone, Ellis S. Undated.
Item 361: Stone, Grace Baring., [193?] Jan. 24.
Item 362: Stone, Grace Baring. 1933 Oct. 15.
Item 363: Stone, Grace Baring. Undated.
Item 364: Strang, Veronica. Undated.
Item 365: Sullivan, Irene J. 1974 June 27.
Item 366: Sullivan, John L. 1947 Sep. 24.
Item 367: Surick, Anne. Undated.
Item 368: Swinton, Stanley M. 1959 Dec. 10.
Item 369: Sykora, Julieta. 1978 April 21, June 7, July 9, July 15, Sept. 12.
Item 370: Sykora, Julieta. 1979 Feb. 5.
Item 371: Tabor, Charlie. 1924 July 19.
Item 372: Tapper, Thomas. 1918 Sep. 5, Dec. 4.
Item 373: Tapper, Thomas. 1920 Dec. 14.
Item 374: Tapper, Thomas. 1921 Dec. 4.
Item 375: Taylor, John R. 1962 Oct. 8.
Item 376: Thompson-Lawrence, Lillian. 1934 Jan. 22
Item 377: Tom. 1977 Mar. 13.
Item 378: Tortola Juvenile Band. 1929 July 11, 1931 Feb. 14.
Item 379: Totten, Ashley L. 1942 Apr. 17.
Item 380: Towle, Edward L. 1973 May 5.
Item 381: U.S. Navy Band Public Affairs Office. 1979 May 18.
Item 382: U.S. Navy Bureau of Navigation.1924 June 23.
Item 383: Upham, F.B. 1931 Feb. 5.
Item 384: Van Vechten, Carl. 1951 Mar. 23.
Item 385: Vander Cook, H.A. 1925 Dec. 14.
Item 386: Vatter, Helena M. 1983 June 14.
Item 387: Viglucci, Andy. 1964 March 19.
Item 388: Virgin Islands Montessori School. 1976 Mar. 4.
Item 389: Von der Goltz, Eric. 1942 Oct. 1.
Item 390: Von der Goltz, Eric. 1948 June 24.
Item 391: Von der Goltz, Eric. 1962 Sep. 18, Dec. 4.
Item 392: Von der Goltz, Eric. 1963 Jan. 22, June 11, July 18.
Item 393: Von der Goltz, Eric. 1966 May 4.
Item 394: Walden, Janet. 1980 March 3.
Item 395: Wallbillick, Mary H. 1924 July 19.
Item 396: Ware, Gilbert. 1976 June 24.
Item 397: Waterbury, Ruth C., 1923 June 6.
Item 398: Weil, Adrienne. 1966 April 17.
Item 399: Wessely, Elizabeth. 1971 May 12.
Item 400: Wessely, Elizabeth. 1972 Mar. 16.
Item 401: Wessely, Elizabeth. 1978 March 4.
Item 402: Wheatley, Calvin. 1970 Mar. 26.
Item 403: White Clarence Cameron. 1934 June 26.
Item 404: White, Clarence Cameron. 1935 Nov. 5.
Item 405: Whilte, Dorothy and Geoff. 1971 April 10.
Item 406: White, Mrs. H. N. 1944 March 21.
Item 407: White, William Russell. 1920 July 26.
Item 408: Wickens, Karen. 1979 May 15.
Item 409: Wickens, Karen. Undated.
Item 410: Wilhelm, John. 1960 Jan. 9.
Item 411: Williamson, Robert C. Undated.
Item 412: Wilson, Robert L. 1963 Sep. 30.
Item 413: Winckler, Doris M. 1975, May 9.
Item 414: Woodson, Carter G. 1933 March 28.
Item 415: Undated Correspondence

Series 3: Journalistic Activities

Sub-Series 7

Box 1

Folder 25: Time

Sub-Series 8

Box 1

Folder 1-17': Pittsburgh Courier 1949

Folder 18-21': Associated Negro Press 1955

Folder 22-23': Overseas Press Club of America 1959

Folder 24

Item 1: St. Thomas Press Association 1959-1962
Item 2: Reuters
Item 3: Sports Illustrated

Folder 25: Time

Box 2

Folder 26: Associated Press 1956-1963

Series 4: Hotel Association of the Virgin Islands (3 boxes)

Sub-Series 1: Hotel Association Minutes and By-laws
Sub-Series 2: Hotel Association General Correspondence (1952-1976 and undated)
Sub-Series 3: Hotel Association Memos (1952-1960; 1968; undated)
Sub-Series 4: Hotel Association 2% Hotel Tax Controversy (1952-1953)
Sub-Series 5: Hotel Association Employee prize contest. 1955.
Sub-Series 6: Hotel Association Training Program
Sub-Series 7: Hotel Association Labor relations
Sub-Series 8: Hotel Association Radio Broadcasts 1953
Sub-Series 9: Hotel Association Speeches
Sub-Series 10: Hotel Association Miscellaneous Materials

Series 5: Civic Activities (1 box)

Sub-Series 1: Council on the Arts
Sub-Series 2: Other Civic Activities
Sub-Series 3: Virgin Islands history
Sub-Series 4: Other materials on Virgin Islands

Series 6: Speeches and writings (2 boxes)

Sub-Series 1: Speeches and Articles
Sub-Series 2: Unpublished manuscript on band music
Sub-Series 3: Writing Course Palmer Institute of Authorship, 1953 1954

Series 7: Musical Activities (3 boxes)

Sub-Series 1: Navy Band (1917-1944; undated)
Sub-Series 2: Philippa Duke Schuyler
Sub-Series 3: The Governor
Sub-Series 4: The Virgin Islands March
Sub-Series 5: Goldman Band
Sub-Series 6: Radio Scripts
Sub-Series 7: Navy Band Scrapbook 1924

Series 8: Music Manuscripts and Published Music

Sub-Series 1: Music manuscripts by Adams

Box 1

Sub-Series 2: Band arrangements of music composed by other composers

Box 2

Sub-Series 3: Untitled manuscripts and fragments

Box 2

Sub-Series 4: Band parts for compositions by Alton A. Adams

Box 3

Sub-Series 5: Band parts for pieces by other composers

Box 3

Sub-Series 6: Music dedicated to Alton A. Adams (manuscripts)

Box 3

Sub-Series 7: Published music by other composers

Box 4

Folder 1: Cabrera, Antonio G. "Ay Simeon: Schottisch." Pp. 63
Folder 2: Bellstedt, Herman. "Fantasia: Funiculi Funicula On Denza
Folder 3: "Denmark Sings." Copenhagen: Edition Wilhelm Hanson, Undated.
Folder 4: Evanti, Lillian. "Tomorrow
Folder 5: Furstenau, A. B. Grand Studies for Flute. Boston: Cundy Music, 1902.
Folder 6: Goldman, Richard Franko. "The Foundation March." New York: Mercury Music, 1959. Band score and parts. Inscribed by the composer to Alton A. Adams.
Folder 7: Goldman, Richard Franko. "National Band Association March." New York: Beekman Music, 1962. Band score and parts. Inscribed by the composer to Alton A. Adams.
Folder 8: Handy, W.C. "St. Louis Blues." New York: Handy Brothers, c1914.
Folder 9: Kummer, C. 24 Etudes Melodiques. Mainz: Schott, Undated.
Folder 10: Lamothe, Jean G. "Marietta: Rumba - Fox-trot." Brooklyn: J. Lamothe, Undated. Inscribed by the composer to Alton A. Adams.

Sub-Series 8: Books on music theory and arranging

Box 4