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Box 4

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

"Norwich Cadets Polka" composed by P.S. Gilmore, original sheet music, 1857

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Dedicated to the "Norwich Cadets - Norwich University, Vermont".

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1857

Photographic portraits of P.S. Gilmore, between 1848-1892

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Copy photographs of photographic and print portraits of P.S. Gilmore. Includes P.S. Gilmore in his band uniform as well as plainclothes suits.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1848-1892

Exhibit, P.S. Gilmore's cornet and bust statue, photograph, late twentieth century

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
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: late twentieth century

Photograph, Grand Coliseum exterior, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

A copy photograph that cuts off part of the description below the original photograph. The grounds around the Coliseum are under construction, likely gas service installation.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated

Gilmore's Band, "Camp Seaver" article and "Encampment of the Fifth Regiment of Artillery on Boston Common" illustration, clipping from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, 1852 August 28

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Article features the Suffolk Brass Band, P.S. Gilmore, Bandmaster.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1852 August 28

Citation from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for Michael Cummings, 1972 June 18

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
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 June 18

Sheet music covers for works by P.S. Gilmore contemporaries, 1840s-1850s

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 4-6
Scope and Contents Includes: "The Celebrated Polkas, as Danced at the Soirees du Haut-ton in London, Paris, Vienna, etc." by Julien (cover only); "Silver Lake Quickstep" by Frances C. Thomas (cover only, dedicated to "the Young Ladies of the Charlestown Female Seminary"); and a Jenny Lind portrait engraving from the cover of an unidentified piece. A Swedish opera singer, Lind began a tour of the United States in 1850. The donor inventory notes that "P.T. Barnam hired Gilmore to auction off the first tickets to...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1840s-1850s