Guide to the Big Red Band Miscellany,
1905-2003.

Collection Number: 37-6-3112

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Ariel Joy Conant
Date completed:
November 2006
EAD encoding:
Ariel Joy Conant, November 2006
Date modified:
RMC Staff, May 2013

© 2006 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Big Red Band miscellany, 1905-2003.
Collection Number:
37-6-3112
Creator:
Cornell University.Big Red Marching Band.
Quantity:
7.5 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Audio Recordings, Computer Media, Correspondence, Memorabilia, Newspapers, Photographs, Publications, Scrapbooks
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Material documenting the history of the Cornell University Big Red Marching Band, including print and audio visual items.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

"Big Red Band Notes," newsletter; "Through the Years with the Big Red Band," 1990; clippings; t-shirts, 1983, 2001-2003; and alumni visor hat. Also, movie films of band shows from the late 1940s through the late 1950s. 16mm motion picture films of the Cornell Big Red Band in color and black and white. Includes footage of the bannd at Niagara, Princeton, Columbia 1948; University of Pennsylvania, n.d.; Presidential Review, 20 May, 1954; Coumbia 1 November 1958; Penn. crew formation. Other reels are unidentified.
Includes files, photographs, scrapbooks, and recordings.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University.
Cornell University--Songs and music.
Cornell University--Societies,etc.

Subjects:
Cornell University--Students.
Music--Societies,etc.
Band music.
Marching bands.

Form and Genre Terms:
T-shirts.
Motion pictures (visual works).
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Big Red Band miscellany, #37-6-3112. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
See also Cornell University football motion pictures movies, videos, and film, #40-2-2205
SERIES LIST

Series I. Photo Albums and Scrapbooks
Boxes 1-2
Box 3 Folders 1-13
Box 8, 2 Albums
Box 9, 10
Series II. Photographs not in Albums
Box 3 Folders 14, 16-20, 22-83
Box 4 Folders 1-18, 30
Series III. Miscellaneous
Box 3 Folder 15, 21
Box 4 Folders 19-29, 31-36
Box 6, Bow, Buttons, 4 Plaques
Series IV. Media
Box 5, 5 tapes, 16 CDs
Box 6, 3 VHS, 1 BETA
Box 7, Reel to Reel Film, 5 Mini-Records, 17 Records, Box 12, 12 reels.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. Photo Albums and Scrapbooks
1905-1952
Cornell Band (Part I of II)
Box 10 Folder Album 1
1949-1952
Cornell Band (Part II of II)
Box 10 Folder Album 2
1952-1953
Cornell Band
Box 10 Folder Album 3
1955-1957
Cornell Band
Box 10 Folder Album 4
1957-1962
Cornell Band
Box 10 Folder Album 5
1982-1984
Cornell Band
Box 10 Folder Album 6
1981
Photographs-1981 Scrapbook
 Box 11 Folder 1-9
1981
Photographs-1981 Scrapbook
 Box 11 Folder 10-14
1985
Photographs-1985 Scrapbook
 Box 11 Folder 15-24
1986
Photographs-1986 Scrapbook
 Box 11 Folder 25-32
1987
Presenting the 1987 Big Red Band and Alumni Band
 Box 11 Folder 33-46
1991
Cornell Big Red Marching Band: The Only REAL Marching Band in the Ivy League
 Box 11 Folder 47-61
1992-1993
The Only REAL Yearbook of the Only REAL Marching Band in the Ivy League Part I
 Box 11 Folder 62-74
1992-1993
The Only REAL Yearbook of the Only REAL Marching Band in the Ivy League Part II
 Box 11 Folder 75-91
1994
Big Red Band 1994 Scrapbook
 Box 11 Folder 92-106
2000
The 2000 Cornell University Big Red Marching Band: Volume I
 Box 11 Folder 107-108
2000
2000 Scrapbook
 Box 11 Folder 109-110
2000
The 2000 Cornell University Big Red Marching Band: Volume II
 Box 3 Folder 1-12
2000
The 2000 Cornell University Big Red Marching Band: Volume III
 Box 3 Folder 13
1995
The Only REAL Yearbook of the Only REAL Marching Band in the Ivy Leauge
 Box 8 Folder Album 1
1997-1998
Photographs-1997-98 Scrapbook
 Box 8 Folder Album 2
Series II. Photographs not in Albums
1921-1925
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 14
1936-1946
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 16
1946
Negatives
Box 3 Folder 17
1947-1948
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 18
1951-1954
Gerald Gordon Photographs
Box 3 Folder 19
1953-1958
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 20
1961-1966
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 22
1972-1973
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 23
1973
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 24-28
1974
Snapshot Photographs
Box 3 Folder 29
c. 1976-1980
Unlabled Photographs
Box 3 Folder 30
c. 1976-1980
Unlabled Negatives
Box 3 Folder 31
1981
Colgate/Cornell
Box 3 Folder 32
1981
Big Red Band Storms Lake Placid
Box 3 Folder 33
1981
Misc.
Box 3 Folder 34
1982-1983
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 35
1984
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 36
October 1984
Slides
Box 3 Folder 37
1984
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 38
1986-1990
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 39
1986
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 40
1988
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 41
1989
Big Red Band Photographs
Box 3 Folder 42-49
1989-1990
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 50
December 1990
Slides
Box 3 Folder 51
Early 1990s
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 52
September 1992
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 53
1992
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 54
1993
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 55
1994-1995
Big Red Band
Box 3 Folder 56-57
1995
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 58
1995
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 59
c.1996
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 60-67
1996
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 68-82
1996
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 83
c.1996
Big Red Band Photographs
Box 4 Folder 1
c. 1996
Big Red Band Photographs
Box 4 Folder 2
1997
Photographs
Box 4 Folder 3
1998
Photographs
Box 4 Folder 4
2000
Photographs
Box 4 Folder 5
2001
Photographs-Cornell Pep Band
Box 4 Folder 6
2001
Photographs
Box 4 Folder 7
2002
Photographs
Box 4 Folder 8
Big Red Band Panorama Copies
 Box 4 Folder 9
Section Photographs
 Box 4 Folder 10
Trombones
 Box 4 Folder 11
Big Red Band Photographs
 Box 4 Folder 12-14
Big Red Band Photographs
 Box 4 Folder 15-18
Big Red Band Large Print Group Photograph
 Box 4 Folder 19
1959-1960
Big Red Band Negatives
 Box 4 Folder 20
Big Red Band Photographs
 Box 4 Folder 21-25
1914-1970s
Oversize band photos see CD-1671 in Box 5 for a CD with scanned images of these photos
 Box 9
1914-1970s
CD of scanned images of the oversize photographs found in box 9
 Box 5 CD-1671
Series III. Miscellaneous
October 9, 1938
New York Central Train Dinner Menu
 Box 3 Folder 15
1960s-1980s
Publicity
 Box 3 Folder 21
Harry Chapin Letter
 Box 4 Folder 26
1989-2004
Big Red Band Notes
 Box 4 Folder 27
1982-1999
Final Exams
 Box 4 Folder 28
1982
Final Exams
 Box 4 Folder 29
Band Finals
 Box 4 Folder 30
1980s
Correspondence, Constitutions, Publications, Programs, Scripts, Schedules, Rosters
 Box 4 Folder 31
1947-1948
History and Organization of Band Committee
 Box 4 Folder 32
1990s
Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, Rosters, Schedules, By-Laws
 Box 4 Folder 33
1938-1988
Articles and Clippings
 Box 4 Folder 34
1975-1983
Half Time Shows
 Box 4 Folder 35
1977-1998
Meeting Minutes, Constitutions, Certificates, etc.
 Box 4 Folder 36
1981-2001
Big Red Band Notes
 Box 4 Folder 37
2009, 2012
Big Red Band Notes
 Box 4 Folder 38
1984-2000
Phone Lists and Rosters
 Box 4 Folder 39
1938-2006
Brochures, Schedules, Fliers, Programs
 Box 4 Folder 40
1983, 1937-1938
Sheet Music and Marching Diagrams
 Box 4 Folder 41
1982-1992
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 42
1969-1981
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 43
1986
Band Seniors Bow
Box 6
2005
The Big Red Roof Inn Buttons Given to the Band in
Box 6
1956-1972
Plaque: Bandsmen of the Year
Box 6
1956-1972
Plaque: Freshman Bandsmen of the Year
Box 6
1985-1997
Plaque: Cornell Big Red Band Freshman of the Year
Box 6
1985-1997
Plaque: Cornell Big Red Band Seniors of the Year
Box 6
1990-1998
Big Red Band Notes
 Box 1
1990s
Misc. Correspondence
 Box 1
1983
Fall 1983 final exam
 Box 1
1983-1984
Five shirts and a hat
 Box 2
Includes "I Played at Carnegie Hall" shirts. Cornell Museum items ids 1243, 1244, 1185-1188
Series IV. Media
1951
Record: Cornell University Concert Band, Cornell Radio Guild Inc., William A. Campbell, conductor.
Box 7 SR-1202
1959
Record: Cornell University Concert Band
Box 7 SR-1203
March 13, 1960
Record: Cornell University Concert Band, Bailey Hall
Box 7 SR-1204
March 9, 1969
Record: Cornell University Wind Ensemble, Marice Stith, conductor, Bailey Hall
 Box 7 SR-1205
June 8, 1969
Record: Cornell University Wind Ensemble, Marice Stith, conductor, Bailey Hall
 Box 7 SR-1206
November 15, 1971
Record: Cornell University Symphonic Band, Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall
 Box 7 SR-1207
March 6, 1977
Record: Cornell University Wind Ensemble, Bailey Hall
Box 7 SR-1208
November 15, 1977
Record: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band, Bailey Hall
Box 7 SR-1209
1977
Record: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band Presents: Fight Songs of the North East
 Box 7 SR-1210
Features the band playing fight songs from Cornell, Army, boston college, Boston University, Brown, Bucknell, Columbia, Colgate, Dartmouth, Harvard, Holy Cross, Navy, Penn State, Pennsylvania University, Princeton, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, Vermont, Villanova, West Virginia and Yale.
1981
Record: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band (2 copies)
 Box 7 SR-1211, 1212
1984
Record: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band (2 copies)
Box 7 SR-1213, 1214
1985
Record: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band (2 copies)
 Box 7 SR-1215, 1216
1986
45s: The Big Red Band is on the loose (5 copies)
 Box 7 SR-1217-1221
1988
Record: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band (2 copies)
 Box 7 SR-1222, 1223
1992
Tape: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band, empty case
 Box 5 TR-9312
1995
Tape: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band (2 copies)
 Box 5 TR-9313, 9314
1996
Tape: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band (2 copies)
 Box 5 TR-9315, 9316
May 5, 1996
Tape: Cornell University Symphonic Band, Bailey Hall
 Box 5 TR-9317
1996
CD: Through the years with the Cornell University Big Red Marching Band" (2 copies)
 Box 5 CD-1655, 1656
Features recordings of the band from 1967 to 1996
1997
CD: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band (2 copies)
 Box 5 CD-1657, 1670
November 7-8, 1997
CD: Live at Lynah, recording made during hockey games at Lynah Rink, also includes radio play by play.
 Box 5 CD-1658
1999
CD: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band
 Box 5 CD-1659
2000
CD: Big Red Marching Band
 Box 5 CD-1660
2001
CD: Big Red Marching Band
 Box 5 CD-1661
February 1-2, 2002
CD: Voices of the Faithful, recording made during hockey games at Lynah Rink, cover features the hockey team holding band instruments.
Box 5 CD-1662
2002
CD: Cornell University Big Red Marching Band
 Box 5 CD-1663
Fall 2003
CD: Fall Big Red Marching Band (2 copies)
 Box 5 CD-1664, 1665
Fall 2004
CD: Fall Big Red Marching Band
 Box 5 CD-1666, 1667
2007
CD: Big Red Marching Band
 Box 5 CD-1668
2008
CD: Big Red Marching Band
 Box 5 CD-1669
Fall 2004
CD: Fall Big Red Marching Band
 Box 5 CD-1666, 1667
1949
Film can and leader is labeled Cornell Band Roll. 1 Niagara, Princeton, Columbia, reel itself is labeled 1937 Syracuse, Colgate, Columbia, but may be a reused reel.
Box 12 Film F-370
Before 1953?
Label on can says early before 1953? band day. Reel itself says "This is Cornell" R-1. Footage is in color.
 Box 12 Film F-371
October 4, 1952
Navy at Ithaca
 Box 12 Film F-372
Use DVD-764. includes footage of Bill the Goat the live Navy mascot and also Touchdown the Cornell bear costumed human in addition to the band formations. May include footage from other games as well.
May 20, 1954
Presidential Review
 Box 12 Film F-373
October 6, 1956
Navy at Ithaca
 Box 12 Film F-385
November 22, 1956
Penn at Philadelphia
 Box 12 Film F-374
1956?
Unknown game at Cornell, date based on formation spelling out 1956. Footage shows the opposing team's band performance as well as Cornell's. Color.
Box 12 Film F-375
Use DVD-764
November 1, 1958
Columbia at Columbia
 Box 12 Film F-376
October 25, 1958
Princeton at Cornell, includes card listing formations, also labeled as Fall Weekend 1958-59, Lionel Hampton, Dad's Day
 Box 12 Film F-377
ca. 1958-1959?
Penn, includes car noting formations
 Box 12 Film F-378
Unlabeled 7" reel
 Box 12 Film F-379
Unlabeled 7" reel
 Box 12 Film F-380
Unlabeled 7" reel
 Box 12 Film F-381
Unlabeled 10.5" reel
 Box 7 Film F-382
November 7, 1990
BETA: Cornell Band
Box 6 Beta V-5975
September 30, 2001
VHS: Cornell University Marching Band, Halftime of Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills game (3 copies)
 Box 6 VHS V-5976-5978