28.6 Linear Feet, 28 ft. 6 3/4 in. (31 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (10 record cartons,
15 in. each); (1 record carton, 17 in.); (8 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 unboxed plaque, 1 1/2 in.); (1 oversize
folder, 1/4 in.)
Creator
West Virginia Music Educators Association
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Records of the West Virginia Music Educators Association (WVMEA), including minutes, correspondence, reports, programs, and
other records documenting the administration, conferences, and divisions (such as bandmasters, vocal, orchestra, etc.) of
the organization. There are also project files, historical files, and audio-visual material. Prior to 1936 this association
was the Music Section of the State Education Association.
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Music Educators Association Records, A&M 1599, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Records of the West Virginia Music Educators Association (WVMEA), including minutes, correspondence, reports, programs, and
other records documenting the administration, conferences, and divisions (such as bandmasters, vocal, orchestra, etc.) of
the organization. There are also project files, historical files, and audio-visual material. Prior to 1936 this association
was the Music Section of the State Education Association.
Addendum of 2006/10/21 includes WVMEA records from 1985-2005.
Addendum of 2007/10/22 is comprised of records from the various organizations affiliated with the WVMEA and divisions of the
WVMEA, like the West Virginia Bandmasters' Association, the West Virginia Vocal Music Association, the West Virginia Solo
and Ensemble Festivals, and Notes A Tempo, the WVMEA's publication, ca. 1935-2008.
Addendum of 2012/06/29 includes the records of the West Virginia Music Teachers Association (2003-2008).
Addendum of 2016/11/04 includes various recordings of performance groups from the 2012 and 2016 WVMEA Conferences, Executive
Board records (ca. 1959-2007), and other assorted paperwork (1998-2017).
Addendum of 2017/02/24 features motion pictures of performances on DVD (2014-2015).
Addendum of 2017/07/17 includes two boxes of records of the West Virginia All-State Children's Chorus, American String Teachers
Association, West Virginia Chapter, and the West Virginia General Music Society; materials include conference records, programs,
and audiovisual material (av in box 2); ca. 1968-2017.
This series includes papers donated by past presidents of the West Virginia Music Educators Association, comprised of correspondence,
reports, Executive Board meeting minutes, membership reports, conference paperwork and programs, and other similar types of
records.
Mixed Materials Box: 8
Elinor Copenhaver
1963-1964English.
Mixed Materials Box: 9
Ronald Wood
1967-1968English.
Mixed Materials Box: 10
Glenn Goodwin
1973-1975English.
Mixed Materials Box: 11
Dr. Robert Wolff
1975-1977English.
Mixed Materials Box: 12
Patrick Fitzgerald
1977-1978English.
Mixed Materials Box: 13
Arlie Turner (Box 1 of 3)
1979-1981English.
Mixed Materials Box: 14
Arlie Turner (Box 2 of 3)
1979-1981English.
Mixed Materials Box: 15
Arlie Turner (Box 3 of 3)
1979-1981English.
Mixed Materials Box: 16
Phyllis Osenton (Box 1 of 4)
1981-1983English.
Mixed Materials Box: 17
Phyllis Osenton (Box 2 of 4)
1981-1983English.
Mixed Materials Box: 18
Phyllis Osenton (Box 3 of 4)
1981-1983English.
Mixed Materials Box: 19
Phyllis Osenton (Box 4 of 4)
1981-1983English.
Mixed Materials Box: 20
Donald Hamilton
1983-1985English.
Mixed Materials Box: 21
Harry Faulk (Box 1 of 2)
1985-1987English.
Mixed Materials Box: 22
Harry Faulk (Box 2 of 2) and Charles Maryten (Box 1 of 2)
1985-19881988-1990English.
Mixed Materials Box: 23
Charles Martyn (Box 2 of 2), Dr. James Pantee, and Membership Lists
This series includes the records of the West Virginia Vocal Music Association, a division of the West Virginia Music Educators'
Association for directors of vocal music and fine arts programs in West Virginia, from 1963-1992.
This series contains the records of the Orchestra Directors Association from 1963-1990, including some records of the American
String Teachers Association.
This series (in several folders) includes records, minutes, and correspondence from the West Virginia County Music Directors
from 1963-1990 (scattered dating).
Series 10. Elementary Music and the West Virginia Society for General Music
Mixed Materials Box: 34 1939-1992English.
Scope and Contents
This series includes records records and correspondence from the West Virginia Society for General Music, an affiliate of
the West Virginia Music Educators Association focusing on general music education, and other records regarding elementary
school and general music education in West Virginia.
This series includes records, correspondence, and membership lists of the Collegiate Division of the West Virginia Music Educators
Association, a group for students in music education programs in West Virginia colleges, from 1967-1990.
This series includes records and correspondence regarding multicultural awareness as taught and supported by the West Virginia
Music Educators Association from 1982-1992.
Series 15. Music in Our Schools Week and Music in Our Schools Month
Mixed Materials Box: 34 1975-1991English.
Scope and Contents
This series includes records, papers, and correspondence from the Music in Our Schools Week committee (now Music in Our Schools
Month) of the West Virginia Music Educators Association from 1975-1991.
This series includes correspondence, articles, records, and copies of Notes A Tempo, the publication of the West Virginia
Music Educators Association from 1946-1991.
Series 17. West Virginia Music Educators Association Historian and Assorted Historical Papers
Mixed Materials Box: 35 1985-1991English.
Scope and Contents
This series includes correspondence and records of the West Virginia Music Educators Association's Historians, predominantly
John Puffenbarger, records regarding the WVMEA's Research Division, records regarding the donation and contents of this collection,
and scores for several compositions for band by William Prunty, a composer and WVMEA member from Fairmont, WV.
Addendum of 2006/11/21, West Virginia Music Educators Association Records and Meeting Minutes
Mixed Materials Box: 36 1985-2005English.
Scope and Contents
This addendum includes records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and performance programs from conferences and festivals
from the West Virginia Music Educators Association from 1985-2005.
This addendum includes Executive Board Secretary's minutes (1935-1995), records from various affiliate organizations and divisions
within the WVMEA (i.e. the WV Bandmasters' Association, the WV Vocal Association, and Music in Our Schools Month) (1930-2007),
and recordings from various All-State and Honors choirs, bands, and orchestras (1983-2003) from the WVMEA In-Service Conferences.
Mixed Materials Box: 37
West Virginia Music Educators Association Executive Board Secretary's Minutes
1935-1989English.
Mixed Materials Box: 38
West Virginia Music Educators Association Executive Board Secretary's Minutes, 1990-1995, and West Virginia Music Educators
Association Conference Records
1960-1995English.
Mixed Materials Box: 39
West Virginia Music Educators Association Conference Records (1960-2007), and West Virginia Bandmasters' Association Records
(1930-1992, includes orchestra)
1930-2007English.
Mixed Materials Box: 40
West Virginia Bandmasters' Association, 1993-2008, West Virginia Orchestra Directors Association, 1960-2004, West Virginia
College Music Educators, 1973-2006, West Virginia County Music Directors Association, 1970-2000, West Virginia Solo & Ensemble
Festivals
1961-19811960-2008English.
Mixed Materials Box: 41
West Virginia Solo & Ensemble Festivals, 1982-2006, Elementary/General Music Teachers, 1971-2007, Piano Division, 1965-2006,
Collegiate Division, 1973-2006, Multicultural Awareness, 1970-2004, Composition, 1971-1988, Music in Our Schools Month, 1980-2006,
Notes A Tempo, 1951-2005, Research, Grants, & Technology Division, 1989-2007, and Retired Music Educators
1995-20011951-2007English.
Mixed Materials Box: 42
Retired Music Educators, 2002-2006, Showcase of Music, 1979-1994, West Virginia Music Educators Association Legislative Liaison,
1999-2007, West Virginia Music Educators Association Superintendent of the Year, 1961-2005, West Virginia Music Educators
Association Hall of Fame, 1992-2001, Historian, 1981-2007, and Miscellaneous
1961-2007English.
Mixed Materials Box: 43
West Virginia Music Educators Association Conference All-State and Honors Groups Performance Recordings
Addendum of 2012/06/29, West Virginia Music Teachers Association Records
Mixed Materials Box: 44 2003-2008English.
Scope and Contents
This addendum includes records, meeting minutes, and other papers from the West Virginia Music Teachers Association, a state
chapter of the Music Teachers National Association, from 2003-2008. Also included in this addendum is an unboxed commemorative
plaque from the Music Teachers National Association recognizing the WVMTA's 40 years of affiliation as of 11/03/2006.
This addendum includes recordings of various All-State and Honors groups from the 2012 and 2016 West Virginia Music Educators
Association In-Service Conferences, WVMEA Executive Board records and paperwork (1959-2007), other paperwork and newspaper
clippings related to advocacy, Music in Our Schools Month, WVMEA's legislative concerns, and Continuing Music Education (1998-2017).
Also included is an oversize folder containing folios with articles on continuing music education and on the pros and cons
of block scheduling (1998), a 2015 WVMEA In-Service Conference poster, and two proclamations from the Governor of West Virginia
announcing Music in West Virginia Schools Week (2004) and Arts in West Virginia Schools Month (2005).
Mixed Materials Box: 45
West Virginia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference All-State and Honors Group and Other Recordings (on audio
cassette and VHS)
1999-2016English.
Mixed Materials Box: 46
West Virginia Music Educators Association, Conference (2012 on DVDs) and In-Service Concerts (2016 on CDs); also Snoopy Musical
(cassette tape) and meeting (cassette tape)
1999, 2012, 2016English.
Mixed Materials Box: 47
Advocacy, Legislative, and Other Papers and Records
1998-2017English.
Oversize Folder; Folios with articles on continuing music education and on the introduction of block scheduling, 2015 West
Virginia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference poster, and two proclamations, one for Music in West Virginia Schools
Month and the other for Arts in West Virginia Schools Month.
Addendum of 2017/02/24, West Virginia Music Educators Association Motion Pictures
Mixed Materials Box: 48 2014-2015English.
Scope and Contents
This addendum includes video recordings on DVD of the All-State and Honors performance groups from the 2014 and 2015 West
Virginia Music Educators Association's In-Service Conferences.
This addendum includes programs and recordings of the West Virginia All-State Children's Chorus of the West Virginia Music
Educators Association's (WVMEA) In-Service Conferences (1989-2017), programs and records from the 2017 WVMEA In-Service Conference,
programs, records, and other material from the West Virginia chapter of the American String Teachers Association (1988-2017),
double LP vinyl record recordings of various All-State and Honors performing groups from WVMEA's In-Service Conferences (1968-1981),
and a collection of VHS tapes collated by the West Virginia Society for General Music (ca. 1980-1999).
Mixed Materials Box: 49
West Virginia All-State Children's Chorus Programs and Recording, West Virginia Music Educators Association 2017 In-Service
Conference Records, and West Virginia Chapter of the American String Teachers Association Records and Programs
1988-2017English.
Mixed Materials Box: 50
West Virginia All-State and Honors Performance Group Recordings (1968-1981) and West Virginia Society for General Music VHS
Collection