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THE HERBERT L. CLARKE COLLECTION
 
    Herbert Lincoln Clarke (1867-1945), conductor, composer, arranger, virtuoso cornetist, and teacher, served as the cornet soloist and assistant director for the Sousa Band during intervals from 1893 until 1917. In addition to his position with the Sousa Band, Clarke was also employed during his lengthy musical career as solo cornetist with the professional bands of Victor Herbert, Patrick Gilmore, Frederick Innes, and Ernest Neyer. Clarke claimed to have performed over 600 solos a year while with the Sousa Band and over 7,000 solos during his career. Clarke also served as the conductor of the Reeves American Band in Providence, Rhode Island (1902-1904), the Huntsville (Ontario) Anglo-Canadian Leather Company Band (1918-1923), and the Long Beach (California) Municipal Band (1923-1943).
   Mr. Clarke planned that his band library and memorabilia be deposited at the University of Illinois because of the presence of the Sousa Collection. In 1946, shortly after his death, Clarke’s daughter donated his performance library of published and manuscript music, scrapbooks, photographs, musical instruments, and other artifacts to the University of Illinois Band Department. The Clarke Collection is an important component of the panorama of American musical heritage that is represented in the University of Illinois collections.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BAND DIRECTORS COLLECTION:
Albert Austin Harding (1880-1958) Director of Bands (1905-1948)
Mark H. Hindsley (b. 1905) Director of Bands (1948-1970)
Harry Begian (b. 1921) Director of Bands (1970-1984)

    Each of these band directors made great contributions not only to the University of Illinois Bands, but to the American band movement as a whole. Each collection contains invaluable correspondence with colleagues, former students (now many of them are prominent university band directors in their own right), composers, and music instrument manufacturers. Additionally, there are photographs, articles from magazines, journals, and periodicals, recordings, uniforms, and scrapbooks pertainning to the life work of these men.