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Contains 53 Results:

Photograph, Grand Coliseum exterior, Gale of September 8 damage, 1869

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and music career of the nineteenth-century Irish-American band leader, conductor, and cornetist P.S. Gilmore. It also highlights the activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society, founded by Michael Cummings in Boston in 1968 or 1969. Materials assembled by Michael Cummings include correspondence, concert programs, Gilmore's cornet, photographs, lithographs, audio and visual recordings, and newspaper and magazine articles. Much of the material pertains to two...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1869

Ballygar, Ireland, dedication of the Gilmore House, photographs, 1969

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 41-42
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1969

City of Boston Mayor Kevin White with another man, possibly Cummings, photograph, between 1968-1984

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1968-1984

Correspondence regarding cornetist M. Arbuckle, 1984 April 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 47
Scope and Contents

Includes a reproduction of a photograph of M. Arbuckle, with a cornet, from 1876.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1984 April 24

Photograph of Curtis Larkin holding P.S. Gilmore's last baton, 1972 May 1

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1972 May 1

Gravestone of John Gilmore (possibly older brother of P.S. Gilmore), photograph, late twentieth century

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Polaroid of three unidentified men in Killeroran Graveyard, outside Ballygar.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: late twentieth century

"Boston: Four Centuries: A Pictorial History of the City, Part Three: Armaments", page from a promotion for the pictorial history by the Boston Public Library, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and music career of the nineteenth-century Irish-American band leader, conductor, and cornetist P.S. Gilmore. It also highlights the activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society, founded by Michael Cummings in Boston in 1968 or 1969. Materials assembled by Michael Cummings include correspondence, concert programs, Gilmore's cornet, photographs, lithographs, audio and visual recordings, and newspaper and magazine articles. Much of the material pertains to two...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated

"Roxbury Horse Guards" illustration, supplement to the Sunday Herald, 1895 June 9

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and music career of the nineteenth-century Irish-American band leader, conductor, and cornetist P.S. Gilmore. It also highlights the activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society, founded by Michael Cummings in Boston in 1968 or 1969. Materials assembled by Michael Cummings include correspondence, concert programs, Gilmore's cornet, photographs, lithographs, audio and visual recordings, and newspaper and magazine articles. Much of the material pertains to two...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1895 June 9

Michael Cummings' correspondence about P.S. Gilmore, 1968-1997, undated

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1968-1997, undated

Roster of P.S. Gilmore's 100-Piece Band, 1892

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and music career of the nineteenth-century Irish-American band leader, conductor, and cornetist P.S. Gilmore. It also highlights the activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society, founded by Michael Cummings in Boston in 1968 or 1969. Materials assembled by Michael Cummings include correspondence, concert programs, Gilmore's cornet, photographs, lithographs, audio and visual recordings, and newspaper and magazine articles. Much of the material pertains to two...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1892

"Sketch of Copley Square Area in Boston Showing Locations of the 1869 and 1872 Peace Jubilee Coliseums", undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents

Appears to be a photostat of an item in the Boston Public Library.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated

Article by Cummings, "The greatest band-master of them all" (photocopy), 1969 June 9

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1969 June 9

Dissertation draft by Jon Nicholson, likely Patrick Gilmore's Boston Peace Jubilees, 1971 March

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 49-51
Scope and Contents

Includes a typescript draft of what appears to be the complete work, plus an additional, different draft of Chapter 1: "Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore".

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1971 March

Gonzaga University Concert Band for the Washington Music Educators Association Convention, program, 1966 February 22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1966 February 22

Irish Night at the Pops, Boston Pops Orchestra, 1982 May 23

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 57
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1982 May 23

Exhibit, "Gilmore's Band," Twenty-Second Regiment Band of New York at Manhattan Beach, 1982

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 52
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1982

Exhibit, "Oom Pah Pah: The Great American Band" traveling exhibit program, 1982 - 1983

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 53
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1982 - 1983

City of Boston Patrick S. Gilmore Band Jubilee at Boston City Hall Plaza, program, 1992 September 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1992 September 20

City of Boston resolution designating Patrick S. Gilmore Week, transcription of text, 1992 September 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 46
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents detailing the history and activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Materials include Michael Cummings's correspondence regarding P.S. Gilmore's life and music career as well as material collected by the Gilmore Society, including articles and a typescript about P.S. Gilmore by John Nicholson. Several programs and posters for concerts organized by the Patrick S. Gilmore Society are present.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1992 September 20

Gravestone design for P.S. Gilmore, Calvary Cemetery, Long Island City, New York, approximately 1992

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 55
Scope and Contents

This is a paper document with schematics for the stone, including the layout of text, dimensions, material, and location for a gravestone the Society added to P.S. Gilmore's existing grave site.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1992

Gilmore's Band, "Gilmore's Promenade Concert" fliers, 1859 - 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Tiny fliers for the concerts in the third and fifth seasons, with program and ticket pricing.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1859 - 1861

Bookmarks, 1869, 1919

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

Three ribbon bookmarks and one wooden. One of the ribbon bookmarks reads "present at the Peace Jubilee 1869 and International Music Festival 1919."

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1869, 1919

Tickets, 1869

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and music career of the nineteenth-century Irish-American band leader, conductor, and cornetist P.S. Gilmore. It also highlights the activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society, founded by Michael Cummings in Boston in 1968 or 1969. Materials assembled by Michael Cummings include correspondence, concert programs, Gilmore's cornet, photographs, lithographs, audio and visual recordings, and newspaper and magazine articles. Much of the material pertains to two...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1869

Tickets, 1872

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and music career of the nineteenth-century Irish-American band leader, conductor, and cornetist P.S. Gilmore. It also highlights the activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society, founded by Michael Cummings in Boston in 1968 or 1969. Materials assembled by Michael Cummings include correspondence, concert programs, Gilmore's cornet, photographs, lithographs, audio and visual recordings, and newspaper and magazine articles. Much of the material pertains to two...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1872

Business cards, late twentieth century

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents

One is for Dan O'Neill of Ireland West, Western Regional Ireland Tourism. The other includes an illustration and is titled "II. Gilmore's call for the musicians of the universe."

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: late twentieth century