Inventory of the Youngstown State University Dana School of Music Records, 1897-1995
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Title: |
Youngstown State University Dana School of Music Records, 1897-1995 |
Repository: |
Youngstown State University
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Creator: |
Youngstown State University Dana School of Music |
Dates: |
1897-1995 |
Quantity: |
21.2 cubic feet |
Abstract: |
Formed by the 1941 merger of Dana's Musical Institute and the music department of Youngstown College, the Dana School of Music
continues to be a strong presence on YSU's campus.
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Identification: |
RG 15/12 |
Language: |
The records are in English |
History of Dana School of Music
In October 1869, William Henry Dana opened Dana's Musical Institute in a rented room on the corner of Market Street and Main
Street in Warren, Ohio. From this beginning, Dana established a music school that withstood the test of time to become "one
of the six oldest continuously functioning music schools in America."
After serving in the Civil War, Dana briefly attended the Williston Seminary in Massachusetts. He returned to Warren and
worked with his father, Junius Dana, as a civil engineer. This career was short-lived. In 1867, he left Warren for Friendship,
New York to study at the Allegany Academy of Music. After completing a three-year course in two years, he returned to Warren
as a music professor.
Largely financed by his father, Dana immersed himself in his new school. Students were required to practice individually
four hours a day in addition to a heavy regimen of course work and weekly performances. The goal of D.M.I., as the school
came to be called, was to produce professional musicians. Numerous opera companies and concert bands offered employment across
the country and the globe. As job opportunities arose, students dropped out of D.M.I., often returning when the job ended.
While this fluidity worked well for students, it strapped the institute financially. Nevertheless, the school continued to
provide an income for three generations of the Dana family.
In1869 there were no governmental requirements for music schools. Dana was able to set up his curriculum, standards, and
requirements as he saw fit. Yet, as the state become more involved in public education, the requirements for all schools,
D.M.I. included, became more stringent. Ohio attached academic requirements to the musical curriculum that D.M.I. faculty
were not accredited to teach. To provide them, the Dana's formed associations with area colleges such as Hiram College and
Kent State University's Warren branch.
Surviving the Great Depression and state intervention proved taxing on D.M.I. throughout the 1930s. Financial difficulties
combined with increasing state requirements forced the institute to explore a merger or affiliation with a college or university
to retain full accreditation. Due to the failing health of Lynn Dana, Sr., the work of orchestrating such a merger fell to
his son, Lynn Dana, Jr. The most promising collaboration proved to be with the new Youngstown College in Youngstown, Ohio.
Youngstown College had its beginnings as a Y.M.C.A. reading room. The educational needs of the Youngstown community spawned
an incredible growth of the endeavor and it soon blossomed into a fully functioning college. In 1929, the college began to
establish its own music department. By the time Lynn Dana, Jr. approached the Board of Governors, the music department was
ready to expand and eagerly accepted the D.M.I. faculty, students, and instruments into its fold.
While the merger did ensure the continuation of D.M.I., the move from Warren weighed heavily on the hearts of the Dana family
and the Institute's faculty. The fortunes of Warren and D.M.I. intertwined in a unique way. D.M.I. and the Dana family were
political and cultural leaders in the city and their presence was sorely missed.
Youngstown, however, benefited from the move. The fledgling music school inherited the prestige of the long established D.M.I.
The two faculties and student bodies achieved a cohesiveness rarely seen after a merger. By September 1941, the move from
Warren was complete and the new school, known as the Dana Institute of Music of Youngstown College, began to pave its own
road.
Scope and Content
This collection is a combination of materials relating to the Dana School of Music that were housed in various areas across
campus. While the original provenance is unknown, portions were stored in Media and Academic Computing and Maag Library's
Multimedia Center. Debra Beronja, Access Services Librarian, stored materials she received from Dr. Alvin Skardon, a retired
YSU history professor and author of Steel Valley University: The Origin of Youngstown State.
Consequently, the order imposed is artificial. With a date range from 1897 to 1995, items were grouped according to type and
organized within that group for ease of use. Records include student and alumni records of Dana's Musical Institute, numerous
scrapbooks, photographs, performance programs, and audio and video recordings of performances. The identification of the reel-to-reel
and cassettes tapes was based solely on information from the original packaging. While the collection is by no means complete,
it is an asset to researchers interested in the history and development of YSU's music department.
Statement of Arrangement
Series Description Series I: Student and alumni records Series II: Scrapbooks Series III: Photographs
Series IV: Publications Series V: Performance programs Series VI: Reel-to-reel audio tapes Series VII:
Audiocassette tapes Series VIII: VHS video tapes
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects:
Alumni records
Audiocassette tapes
Dana School of Music
Dana's Musical Institute
Dana, Junius
Dana, Lynn B., Jr.
Dana, Lynn B., Sr.
Dana, William Henry
Dehnbostel, Nellie Gwynne
Performance programs
Photographs
Reel-to-reel tapes
Student transcripts
Warren, OH
Youngstown College
Youngstown State University
Youngstown University
Youngstown, OH
Preferred Citation
Youngstown State University Dana School of Music Records, 1897-1995, RG15/12, Archives & Special Collections, William
F. Maag, Jr. Library, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio.
Detailed Description of The Collection
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STUDENT AND ALUMNI RECORDS, 1870-1968, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, A, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, BE-BO, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, BR, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, C-CL, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, CO-CU, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, D, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, E, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, F, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, G, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, H-HE, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, HI-HY, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, I, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, K, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, L-LO, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, LU-LY, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, Mac's, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, N, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, O, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, R, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, S-SH, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, SH-SN, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, SO-SU, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, T, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, U-V, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, W, undated
Student transcripts, correspondence and records, Z, undated
Alumni records, Adams-Dunlap, undated
Alumni records, Eatwell-Ilas, undated
Alumni records, Jacobson-Nummi, undated
Alumni records, O'Connor-Szalma, undated
Alumni records, Taggart-Zavala, undated
Class records: Missing cards list, class lists, 1870-1941, 1870-1956, 1927-1966
Various Materials, 1962-1968, undated
PHOTOGRAPHS, 1912-1926, undated
Dana's Musical Institute building; 1912?; J. A. Schmitt, n.d.; group photograph, n.d.; Dana School of Music building at Youngstown
College, two copies, n.d, 1912, undated
Dana's Musical Institute class of 1924, 1924
PUBLICATIONS, 1884-1939, undated
Various publications, 1884-1939, undated
PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS, 1930s-1970s, undated
Scattered programs from performances related to Dana's Musical Institute,, 1930s
Scattered programs from performances related to Dana's Musical Institute and the Dana School of Music of Youngstown College, 1940s
Scattered programs from performances related to the Dana School of Music of Youngstown College, 1960s
Scattered programs from performances related to the Dana School of Music of Youngstown State University, 1970s
AUDIOCASSETTE TAPES, 1973-1994, undated
Cassette 1-3 YSU Wind Ensemble, 12 Nov 1973
Cassette 5 YSU Wind Ensemble, 4 May 1974
Cassette 6 YSU Wind Ensemble, 1 Mar 1976
Cassette 7 YSU Wind Ensemble, 19 Apr 1976
Cassette 8-10 YSU Wind Ensemble, 17 May 1976
Cassette 11-12 YSU Wind Ensemble, 15 Nov 1976
Cassette 13-16 YSU Wind Ensemble, 16 May 1977
Cassette 17-19 YSU Wind Ensemble, 1976/1977 Composite
Cassette 20 YSU Wind Ensemble, 8 May 1978
Cassette 21-23 YSU Wind Ensemble, 6 Nov 1978
Cassette 24 YSU Wind Ensemble, Winter 1978
Cassette 25 YSU Wind Ensemble, 1979 (cassettes 1 of 2 only)
Cassette 26-27 YSU Wind Ensemble, 26 Feb 1979
Cassette 28 YSU Wind Ensemble, Spring 1979 (cassette 1 of 3 only)
Cassette 29-30 YSU Wind Ensemble, Fall 1979
Cassette 31 YSU Wind Ensemble, 5 Nov 1984
Cassette 33 YSU Wind Ensemble, 11 May 1986
Cassette 34 YSU Wind Ensemble, undated
Cassette 35 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 12 May 1975 (cassette 1 of 2 only)
Cassette 2-4 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 26 Feb 1979 (3 cassettes, two copies of 2 of 2)
Cassette 5 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 5 Nov 1984
Cassette 6 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 9 Nov 1986
Cassette 7 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 22 Nov 1986
Cassette 8-9 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 9 Nov 1987 (2 copies)
Cassette 10 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 21 Nov 1987
Cassette 11 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 24 May 1988
Cassette 12 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 13 Feb 1989
Cassette 13 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 29 Oct 1990
Cassette 14 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 4 Mar 1991
Cassette 15 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 4 Nov 1991
Cassette 16 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 2 Mar 1992
Cassette 17 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 9 Nov 1992
Cassette 18 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 1 Mar 1993
Cassette 19 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 28 Feb 1994
Cassette 20 YSU Dana School of Music, Extravabandza, 1994
Cassette 21 YSU Bands, 22 Feb 1987
Cassette 22-23 YSU Bands, 1 Jun 1987 (2 copies)
Cassette 24-25 YSU Bands, 15 Feb 1988 (2 copies)
Cassette 26-27 YSU Bands, 24 May 1988 (2 copies)
Cassette 28-29 YSU Bands, 22 May 1989 (2 copies)
Cassette 30 YSU Bands, 20 May 1991
Cassette 31 YSU Dana Chorale, University Chorus, and Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 3 May 1992
Cassette 32 Dana Chorale, University Chorus, and Concert Band, 13 May 1984
Cassette 33 YSU Concert Band and Chamber Ensembles, 13 Mar 1994
Cassette 34 YSU Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, 10 Mar 1975 (cassette 1 of 2)
Cassette 1 YSU Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, 10 Mar 1975 (cassette 2 of 2)
Cassette 2-4 YSU Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, 1 Mar 1976 (3 of 3 cassettes)
Cassette 5-6 YSU Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, 7 Mar 1977 (2 copies)
Cassette 7 YSU Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, 9 Mar 1986
Cassette 8 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, 13 May 1985
Cassette 9 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, 18 May 1992
Cassette 10 YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, 17 May 1993
Cassette 11-14 YSU Dana Choral and Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 3 May 1987 (4 copies)
Cassette 15 YSU Dana Choral and Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 1 May 1988
Cassette 16 YSU Choirs and Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 7 May 1989
Cassette 17 University Choir, 1 May 1972 (cassette 2 of 2 only)
Cassette 18-21 ASBDA Convention 1984, YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble (4 of 4 cassettes), undated
Cassette 22 YSU Concert Band, 12 May 1975
Cassette 23 YSU Concert Band, 20 May 1976
Cassette 24 YSU Concert Band, 9 Mar 1989
Cassette 25 YSU Concert Band, 13 Mar 1991
Cassette 26 YSU Concert Band, Winter, n.d
Cassette 28 University Concert Choir, 1 May 1977 (cassette 1 of 2 only)
Cassette 29 Youngstown Area Community Concert Band/YSU Concert Band, 11 Mar 1992
Cassette 30 District V Honors Band, 22 Nov 1986
Cassette 32 Oliver: Bands and Chorus, undated
Cassette 33 Mealionic Wrel (?), undated
Cassette 34 Dedication, undated
Cassette 35 No label, undated