(PAPERS, 1883-1952)
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The papers consist of some 140 concert programs and about 90 music manuscripts. The programs (printed) are mainly for organ and piano recitals, 1883- 1902, although most of them are for recitals at Oberlin, 1895- 1900. The music was written for organ by Church, 1931- 1952, but only three of the manuscripts date after 1942. A 1931 piece was composed at the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago. According to information Church wrote upon his manuscripts, those in 1932- 34 were created while he was at Bristol, Virginia; from 1935-1942 while at Athens, Alabama; and in 1943 and 1949 at Boaz, Alabama. A 1952 manuscript was done at Tenby, Wales. Many of the manuscripts are headed, "Passacoglia."
PROVENANCE
The papers were given to the Archives in 1980 by Mr. George L. Church, who also gave some of his father's manuscripts to the New England Conservatory of Music. For other records, see 28/1, Box 47.
Sources Consulted: Entry taken from William E. Bigglestone's unpublished "[preliminary] Guide to the Oberlin College Archives," which was prepared as individual entry sheets in a three-ring binder during the 1980s; and, the student file of Frank Martin Church (RG 28).
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