Kenneth E. Schilling papers, 1944-2001

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Schilling, Kenneth E.
Title
Kenneth E. Schilling papers
Dates
1944-2001 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.4 linear feet, (5 boxes)
Collection Number
WCMss.049
Summary
This collection contains LP phonograph records and reel-to-reel recordings featuring Whitman College choral groups and the Walla Walla Symphony, lecture notes, subject files, photographs, and concert programs.
Repository
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Kenneth E. Schilling was born in New Holstein, Wisconsin on October 1st, 1913. In 1935 he graduated from Lawrence University, and earned a master's degree from the University of Minnesota. He then taught at Eastern Oregon College before joining the Whitman faculty in 1944. Schilling married Martha Phillips in 1954.

Schilling's 35 years of teaching service at Whitman College included 25 years as chair of the Music Department. During his tenure at Whitman, Professor Schilling conducted over 2000 public performances with college and church choirs on the West Coast, Canada, and Alaska and adjudicated in 150 choral and vocal competitions and festivals. For 20 years he served as an officer and board member of the Walla Walla Community Concert Association. He was a charter member and past governor of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. He retired from Whitman in 1979. Schilling died in 2001.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Kenneth E. Schilling Papers include phonograph and reel-to-reel recordings of Whitman College musical performances by the choir and orchestra, and performances with the Walla Walla Symphony.

Also included in the collection are classroom lecture notes, subject files, concert programs and photographs.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

By series.

Acquisition Information

Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by Mrs. Martha Schilling. The accession number is retro-0602.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

1:  Phonograph recordings, 1945-1964Return to Top

1.5 linear feet, (3 boxes)
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 7
Graduating Class
1945
1 14
Whitman Choir: Make Awake-Red River
1946-1947
2 4
Cantata: Parts One and Two
3-Dec-1947
2 5
Cantata: Parts Three and Four
3-December 1947
1 29
Whitman Choir: Earth is the Lord's/ Holy Radiant Light
1947-1948
1 32
Greatly Daring (Record 1)
1947-1948
1 33
Greatly Daring (Record 2)
1947-1948
2 2
Holy Radiant Light, Earth is the Lord's
1947-1948
1 11
Music of Life/ Haste Thee/Whitman Hymn
1947-1948
1 2
Elks Chorus: Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark
1948
1 34
Riddles: Polly Wolly Doodle Octette
1948-1949
1 15
Ye Are Not of the Flesh/Crucifixus: Whitman Choir
1949
2 3
Waldenwoods Concert: Selections
14-Aug-1949
1 3
Whitman Theatre: Anything Goes, Cole Porter Act One, Side 1 and 2
1952
1 4
Whitman Theatre: Anything Goes, Cole Porter Act Two, Side 1 and 2
1952
1 5
Whitman Theatre: Anything Goes, Cole Porter Act Two, Side 3
1952
1 6
Whitman Theatre: Anything Goes, Cole Porter Act Three, Side 1 and 2
1952
1 18
The Messiah: Sides One and Two
1953
1 19
The Messiah: Sides Three and Four
1953
1 20
The Messiah: Sides Five and Six
1953
1 12
Betty Jane McCarter in Senior Recital: Whitman Conservatory of Music
17-March-1953
1 38
Julius Baker and Juliette Arnold: Fantasy, George Hue. Ascanio: Air de Ballet, Saint-Saens
6-Oct-1953
1 28
Whitman College Choir: Psalm 150, Woe Unto Them, Autumn, First of the Four Love Songs, Brahms
May 1954
1 25
Whitman Choir: Echo Song, Syrinx; The Student Prince, Brother Will, Brother John, Whitman Hymn
1955
1 27
Whitman College Choir: The Student Prince
1955
1 16
Mass in G-Schubert: Whitman Choir and Orchestra
1956
1 17
The Messiah: Excerpts-Handel: Whitman Choir and Orchestra; Side Two and Three
1956
1 1
The Messiah: Excerpts-Handel: Whitman Choir and Orchestra; Te Deum-Verdi (Side Two)
1956
1 8
Whitman Christmas Program (Record 1)
1957
1 9
Whitman Christmas Program (Record 2)
1957
1 37
Selections from the Creation-Haydn: Walla Walla Symphony, Whitman Choir, and Choraleers
2-Dec-1961
1 35
King David-Honneger: Walla Walla Symphony-Whitman Choir
8-Dec-1963
1 36
King David-Honneger: Walla Walla Symphony-Whitman Choir (Sides Three and Four)
8-Dec-1963
1 39
Walla Walla Symphony and Choral Union: The Seasons-Haydn
1964
1 40
Walla Walla Symphony and Choral Union: The Seasons-Haydn (Sides 3 and 4)
1964
2 1
Walla Walla Symphony and Choral Union: The Seasons-Haydn (Sides 5 and 6)
1964
1 10
Whitman Orchestra: John Ringgold, Piano
Undated
1 13
Fantasia on Christmas Carols-Vaughn Williams; Christmas Oratorio-Excerpts, Saint-Saens
Undated
1 21
The Messiah: Whitman A Cappella Choir and Community Musicians: Sides One and Two
Undated
1 22
The Messiah: Whitman A Cappella Choir and Community Musicians: Sides Three and Four
Undated
1 23
The Messiah: Whitman A Cappella Choir and Community Musicians: Sides Five and Six
Undated
1 24
Whitman Choir: O Sing Your Song, George Jenkins Studios
Undated
1 26
Christmas Oratorio, Saint-Saens: Whitman College Choir
Undated
1 30
Whitman Choir: O Holy Night, Ave Maria, The Lord Bless You, Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Undated
1 31
Anthems out of the Silence
Undated
2 6
Dr. K.N. Westerman's Vocal Exercises
Undated
2 7
Soundcraft
Undated
2 8
Girls Glee: Music with Soft Voices
Undated
2 9
Echo Young All The Things
Undated
2 10
Collection of Eleven Sounds
Undated
2 11
Timothy Russell Notes: Crucifixus
Undated
2 12-33
Various Illegible or misfit recordings
Undated

2:  Reel-to-reel recordings and audio cassettes, 1966-1979Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
object Box
1 4
Shell- Vestal-Rossing
1966
4 4
Carol Perkins: Sophomore Voice Recital
1966
16 4
Christmas Choral Concert (cassette)
1968
8 4
Whitman College Choral Concert
1968-1972
5 4
WW Symphony Orchestra and Whitman College Choir and Choral Union (2 Reels)
1973
15 4
WW Symphony Orchestra (cassette)
1973
14 4
Whitman College Choir (cassette)
1974
6 4
Whitman College Choir (2 Reels)
1974-1979
13 4
Jack Medeiros in recital
13-May-1975
12 4
Symphony
22-Feb-1976
17 4
College Choir (cassette)
1979
3 4
K.E. Shilling- Children
Undated
7 4
Whitman Music Department
undated
9 4
Whitman College Department of Music Presents Music at Christmas
Undated
10 4
Messner- Mass in B Copy 2
Undated
11 4
Messner- Mass in B Copy 3
Undated
18 4
Messner- Mass in B, Copy 2 and 3 (cassette)
Undated

3:  Classroom Materials: Lecture Notes, Tests, 1945-1992Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
5 1
Britten
1945-1964
5 2
Choral Singing in America
1964
5 3
Copland
1963
5 4
Commedia Dell Arte
1965-1971
5 5
Dello Joio
Undated
5 6
Diva Decline
1966
5 7
Donizetti
1966
5 8
Dvorak
1965
5 9
The Fugue
Undated
5 10
Eating with opera
1966
5 11
Oscar Hammerstein
1967
5 12
Loose Papers: Essay, Magazine Pages, Program
1964-1968
5 13
Henze
Undated
5 14
Hindemith
1964
5 15
Should Business Support the Arts?
1964
5 16
Loose Papers: Student Essays and Magazine Pages
1966-1971
5 17
Outlaw as Hero
1955-1956
5 18
Opera in English
1966
5 19
Opera for the Birds
1966
5 20
Opera: In Culture Today- Its Place- Winning Friends for Opera Etc
1961-1965
5 21
Up Opera's Ladder
1964-1965
5 22
Overture
Undated
5 23
Paganini
1965
5 24
Jan Popper
1966
5 25
Ponchielli
1967
5 26
Poulenc
Undated
5 27
Prokofiev
1964-1966
5 28
Puccini
1965-1969
5 29
Loose Paper: Rameau as Master of Lyric Tragedy
1966
5 30
Records
1965
5 31
Loose Paper: The Rake's Progress: Student Essay
1971
5 32
"Rock" and its Elements
Undated
5 33
Loose Papers: Rossini and Student Essay
1966-1969
5 34
Janacek
1965
5 35
Libretto
1965
5 36
Malipiero
Undated
5 37
Mascagni
1964
5 38
Manon Lescaut
1966
5 39
Loose Papers: Student Essay and Magazine Pages
1966
5 40
Melody, Aria, Recitative
Undated
5 41
Loose Papers: Wagner Program and Magazine Pages
Undated
5 42
Menotti
1964-1969
5 43
Metropolitan Chorus
1965
5 44
Metropolitan Opera House
1966
5 45
Saint Saens
1964
5 46
Salzburg Marionettes
1966
5 47
Loose Papers: Salzburg Festival
1966
5 48
Schutz
1965
5 49
Scrap of paper
1965
5 50
Shakespeare music
1964
5 51
"Struggles I Have Known"
1965
5 52
Loose Book: Arnold Schoenberg: A Perspective
1964
5 53
Strauss
1964-1967
5 54
Verdi
1964-1969
5 55
Tschaikovsky
1964-1966
5 56
Loose Paper: Student Essay
1969
5 57
Vienna
1962
5 58
Wagner
1965-1966
5 59
American Opera
1964
5 60
Libretti- Orfeo, Gluck
1970
5 61
Final Exam Key: Opera (empty folder)
Undated
5 62
Loose Paper: Walla Walla Symphony: Holiday Special
1977
5 63
Bach (empty folder)
Undated
5 64
Offenbach
1964
5 65
Ballet and Opera: Sisters
1967
5 66
Barber
1965-1966
5 67
Loose Papers: Student Essay, Magazine Pages
1966-1968
5 68
Bel Canto
1964
5 69
Loose Paper: Student Essay
1971
5 70
Berg (empty folder)
Undated
5 71
Loose Paper: Magazine Pages
1969
5 72
Bizet
Undated
5 73
The Kings of Jester
Undated
5 74
Meyerbeer
Undated
5 75
Symphony Lecture #2: Opera for People who Hate Opera
1968-1969
5 76
Mozart
1968-1969
5 77
Survey of Opera 1600-1900
Undated
5 78
Elder Hostel
Undated
5 79
Students Opera Exam Answers
1966
5 80
Opera Term Papers
Undated
5 81
Unnamed Folder: Chronological Order
Undated
5 82
Opera Recordings List for Identification
1977
5 83
Opera for Final Exam
Undated
5 84
Loose Papers: Student Essay and Final Exam
1977
5 85
Grout: Chapter II (Lyric Theatre of Greeks)
Undated
5 86
Loose Papers: News clippings, magazine pages, notes
1970-1991
5 87
Why Opera?
1967-1970
5 88
The Chorus
1967
5 89
The Opera Orchestra (empty folder)
Undated
5 90
Grout: Chapter I (Intro)
Undated
5 91
Grout: Chapter III (The Medieval Dramatic Music)
Undated
5 92
Grout: Chapter IV (Immediate forerunners of Opera)
Undated
5 93
Grout: Chapter V (The Beginnings)
Undated
5 94
Grout: Chapter VI (Monteverdi's Orfeo)
Undated
5 95
Grout: Chapter VII (Other Italian Court Operas)
Undated
5 96
Grout: Chapter VIII (Italian Opera in Later 17th century)
Undated
5 97
Grout: Chapter IX (Italian Opera in Germany)
Undated
5 98
Grout: Chapter X (Early German Opera)
Undated
5 99
Grout: Chapter XI (Lully and French Opera)
Undated
5 100
Grout: Chapter XII (English Opera)
Undated
5 101
Grout: Chapter XIII (Masters of Early 18th Century)
Undated
5 102
Grout: Chapter XIV (Opera Seria)
Undated
5 103
Grout: Chapter XV (Gluck)
Undated
5 104
Grout: Chapter XVI (18th Century Comic Opera)
Undated
5 105
Grout: Chapter XVII (Mozart)
Undated
5 106
Grout: Chapter XVIII (Turn of Century)
Undated
5 107
Grout: Chapter XIX (Grand Opera)
Undated
5 108
Grout: Chapter XX (Opera Comique)
Undated
5 109
Grout: Chapter XXI (Verdi, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini)
Undated
5 110
Grout: Chapter XXII (Romantic Opera in Germany)
Undated
5 111
Grout: Chapter XXIII (Wagner)
Undated
5 112
Grout: Chapter XXIV (Later 19th Century)
Undated
5 113
Grout: Chapter XXV (Nationalism and Opera
Undated
5 114
Grout: Chapter XXVI (Old Bottles and New Wine)
Undated
5 115
Grout: Chapter XXVII (Tradition and Renewal)
Undated
5 116
Exam- Moten
1975
5 117
Exam- Moten- Ellington
Undated
5 118
Final Exam
Undated
5 119
Jazz- #1
Undated
5 120
Jazz- #2
Undated
5 121
Jazz- #3
Undated
5 122
Jazz- #4
Undated
5 123
Jazz- #5
Undated
5 124
Jazz- #6
Undated
5 125
Jazz- #7 (Armstrong)
Undated
5 126
Jazz- #8 (Beiderbecke)
Undated
5 127
Jazz- #9 (Henderson and Stravinsky)
Undated
5 128
Jazz- #10 (Moten, Lewis, Waller)
Undated
5 129
Jazz- #11 (Kruder, Eldridge, Hampton)
Undated
5 130
Jazz- #12 (Lewis and Goodman)
Undated
5 131
Jazz- #13 (Hawkins, Young, Holioai, Tatum, Fitzgerald)
Undated
5 132
Jazz- #14 (Lucenford)
Undated
5 133
Jazz- #15 (Hooges, Williams)
Undated
5 134
Jazz- #15 (Bebop: Gillespie, Parker, Christian)
Undated
5 135
Garner, Powell, Vaughan
Undated
5 136
Review of Brochure Musicians to "Pool"
Undated
5 137
Tristano, Davis, Dameron, Dexter
Undated
5 138
Coltrane
Undated
5 139
Rollins Monk
Undated
5 140
Modern Jazz Quartet: John Lewis, Mingus
Undated
5 141
Taylor, Coleman
Undated
5 142
Opening Lectures
1962-1969
5 143
Castrati
1976
5 144
Opening Lecture: The Singers
1969-1992
5 145
Records
Undated
5 146
All About Your Throat
Undated

4:  Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, biographical information, correspondence, 1944-1987Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
3 1
Faculty Biographical Information
1944-1979
3 10
Seattle Sunday Times article: "Clock Tower Watches Over Whitman Campus"
7-Oct-1945
3 13
Letter from Aurel M. Kelly, Attorney
16-March-1957
3 3
Letter from Chester C. Maxey, Whitman College President
27-Feb-1959
3 8
Whitman music programs
1973
3 2
Photograph: Schilling gives private lesston to Harry Wiessner
1976
3 5
Fall Concert program
10-Nov-77
3 20
Unlabled: Correspondence
1982
3 6
Whitman College Song Book
1987
3 4
Miscellaneous photographs
Undated
3 7
Various sheet music: Fraternity and Sorority songs
Undated
3 9
Various newspaper clippings
Undated
3 11
Sheet music: "The Window Pane"
Undated
3 12
Sheet music: "A Simple Song from Mass"
Undated
3 14
Letters of Appreciation
Undated
3 15
Photographs of musical groups
Undated
3 16
Various sheet music
Undated
3 17
Unlabled: Handwritten notes
Undated
3 18
Unlabled: Correspondence
Undated
3 19
Unlabled: Music Building Construction
Undated
3 21
Unlabled: Proposed Music Hall Gifts
Undated
3 22
Unlabled: Proposed Music Hall Gifts
Undated
5 147
Nancy Schilling notebook
Undated

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