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           TALENT EDUCATION‑UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INC., RECORDS

                                                    

 

      Provenance 

 

Talent Education ‑ United States of America, Inc. (TE‑USA), was a professional organization created by people involved in the Suzuki education movement in the United States.  The movement founder, Shinichi Suzuki, was a Japanese string instrument teacher who gained acclaim in the early 1950s for his young (often pre‑school aged) violin students' musical abilities.  The American counterpart of the movement was advanced by a string music instructor from Oberlin, Ohio, John Kendall.

 

Kendall became interested in Suzuki's approach and traveled to Japan in 1959 to study the method.  Upon his return, eager to promote the Suzuki method, Kendall offered several lectures and workshops across the country in the early 1960s.  The American String Teachers Association (ASTA) was the organization primarily responsible for the growth of Suzuki theory in the United States.  With the guidance of Shinichi Suzuki members of the ASTA founded the TE‑USA in 1967.  In 1973, TE‑USA formally evolved into the Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA), an organization made up of members from both American continents.

 

 

         Scope and Content

 

The major portion of the TE‑USA collection came from the Suzuki Archives held at Mankato State College, Mankato, Minnesota, which was transferred to  Lovejoy Library at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in 1979.  Some curriculum items were added after 1979.  Material in the collection dates from 1955, with a large number of items from the 1960s and 1970s. 

 

Administrative records and member correspondence are found at the beginning of the collection, followed by research articles and Suzuki tour promotional materials.  Suzuki curriculum items, including music books, newsletters and journals, and monographs, form a large portion of the collection.  There are three boxes of curriculum materials written in Japanese which include monographs, journals, and program information.  In addition, the collection contains audio materials (vinyl records, reel to reel and cassette tapes) and several photographs.

 

          Subject Headings

 

  American String Teachers Association

  Kendall, John, (19

  Stringed instruments ‑ methods

  Suzuki Association of the Americas

  Suzuki, Shin'ichi, (1898‑

  Talent Education ‑ USA, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music Special Collections                                                                  January, 1992

                                                         Lovejoy Library

                                                         SIUE                     

 

         TALENT EDUCATION‑UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INC., RECORDS 

 

 

                                                             Box / Folder                                 Administration 

 

1/1

By‑Laws, 1970

1/2

John Kendall: “Some steps towards an Organizational plan    for talent education in the United States”, 1966‑67

1/3

Kendall: "Some suggestions and comments for the Board of

  Talent Education, U.S.A.", 1969

1/4

Organizational meetings minutes, 1968‑72

1/5

Letters of Authorization and Articles of Incorporation, 1967

1/6

Board member correspondence, 1967‑72

1/7

Contracts and agreements, 1965‑68, n.d.

1/8

Internal Revenue Service tax exemption information, 1968

1/9

Membership directories, 1966‑67, n.d.

 

                      

                      Newsletters 

 

1/10

"Listen and Play News Exchange", and TE Time", 1964‑68

1/11

"Talent Education News", 1968‑69

1/12

"Talent Education News", 1970‑71

 

 

                    Correspondence  

 

2/1

Shinichi Suzuki, 1965‑1971, n.d.

2/2

Masaaki Honda, 1966‑1969

2/3

Masaaki Honda, 1966‑1969

2/4

1966

2/5

1967, January‑June

2/6

1967, July‑December

3/1

1968, January‑June

3/2

1968, July‑December

3/3

1969, January‑June

3/4

1969, July‑December

3/5

1970, January‑June

3/6

1970, July‑December

3/7

1971

3/8

1972‑76

3/9

Undated

 

 

                     Research Projects  

 

4/1

Kendall: “ The violin teaching methods of  Mr. Shinichi

  Suzuki," 1959

4/2

Robert J. Boedges: “The Talent Education Method," 1965

4/3

Louise Behrend: "No shortage of string players in
  Japan!," 1965

4/4

Susan Anne Ingerman: "It may very well be music which will
  save the world," 1966

4/5

Howard M. Van Sickle: "The development of guiding

  principles, goals and systems designed to maximize the

  educational aspects of Talent  Education: USA," 1966‑67

4/6

Diana Tillson: "The Suzuki violin method adapted for class

  teaching," 1967

4/7

Louisville, Kentucky project proposal,  1967

4/8

Johannes Riedel and R.A. Weitzman: "Music therapy in

  Minnesota State institutions for emotionally disturbed
  and mentally retarded children: innovation and evaluation,”   1967‑68

4/9

Theodore Roland Brunson: "An adaptation of the

  Suzuki‑Kendall violin method for heterogeneous
  stringed instrument classes," 1969

4/10

Establishment of Suzuki Archives, Mankato State College,    1969

4/11

Van Sickle and Dwain F. Petersen: "Violin and   

  Conversational Japanese Instruction for pre‑school children
  utilizing the Suzuki Violin System taught  by a native

  Japanese," 1969

4/12

Van Sickle: Japanese consultant project proposal,1969

4/13

Kelvin Masson: "The written labors of 24 master

  violinists, " 1968‑69

4/14

Herbert E. Owen: Program review conferences, 1970

4/15

Katherine A. White: "A Suzuki inspired approach to

  beginning  and remedial oboe instruction," and  "The

  application of the Suzuki method  to woodwind

  instrument instruction,"1973

4/16

N.H. Prolko: "Japan's fantastic child violinists: a  

  psychological perspective", and  "Any child can fiddle," n.d.

4/17

Henrietta Rosenstrauch: "Emile Jacques‑Dalcroze and his   

  work,"  n.d

4/18

Miscellaneous research reports, 1966‑69, n.d.

 

 

                          Miscellaneous Projects   

 

5/1

Japanese Suzuki Children's Tours (itineraries, programs),

  1964‑70

5/2

Japanese Suzuki Children's Tours (programs), 1966‑74, 1990

5/3

Japanese Suzuki Children's Tour (newspaper clippings), 1970

5/4

Talent Education Tours (itineraries, brochures), 1966‑67

5/5

Talent Education Tours, 1968‑71

5/6

Paul Rolland: "Summary of a filmed demonstration of the

  teaching of Shinichi Suzuki with American preschool and

  grade school children and their mothers as subjects,"1965

5/7

Virginia Frye Wensel: “PROJECT SUPER, 1966‑1968,  

  “1970

5/8

PROJECT SUPER  (brochures, press releases), 1966‑68

5/9

International Children's Friendship Concerts (brochures,

  clippings), April, 1978

 

 

                         Curriculum Materials

 

6/1

Suzuki Violin School instruction books, vols. 1 and  

  2,(Zen‑On Music Pub.Co.Ltd.), 1959‑60, and Suzuki
  Violin School:  Ton‑Ubungen, vol. 1,1960

6/2

Kato Violin Method instruction books, vols.1 and 2,

  1967‑68

6/3

Suzuki Violin School instruction books, Zen‑On edition,

  vols.1‑3, (some with vinyl records), 1955

6/4

Suzuki Violin School instruction books, vols.1‑4,

  (Summy‑Birchard Company),1955, 1970

6/5

Suzuki Violin School, vols. 5 and 6, 1971

7/1

Suzuki Violin School, vols. 7‑9, 1974‑75

7/2

Suzuki Violin School, International edition, vols. 1‑7, 1978

7/3

Suzuki Violin School, International edition, piano

  accompaniment book, vols. 1‑7,1970‑71, 1974, 1978

7/4

Sato Cello School, cello and piano parts, vols. 1‑2, 1969,

  and Sato Cello School, Talent Education Series, cello

  and piano parts, vols. 1 and 2, 1969

7/5

Sato Cello School, cello and violin parts, vols. 3 and 4,

  1970

7/6

Sato Cello School, cello and violin parts, vol.5, 1972

7/7

Suzuki Cello School, cello part, vols. 1‑3,1979

8/1

Suzuki Piano School, vol. 3 and 4, 1970

8/2

Suzuki Piano School, vols.5 and 6, 1973

8/3

Suzuki Violin School, Position Etudes, 1973, Quint Etudes,

  1976, and Home Concert, violin and piano parts, 1972

8/4

Suzuki Violin School, String Orchestra Accompaniments to

  Solos from Vols.1 and 2, score, violin I and II, viola,

  cello and bass, 1974

8/5

An Introduction to the Suzuki Method, 1984

8/6

Listen and Play, 1974, Listen and Play Book One, 1961, Book

  Two, 1962, and Book Three, 1965

8/7

Suzuki in the String Class:  An Adaptation of the Teachings

  of  Shinichi Suzuki, teacher's manual, violin, viola, cello

  and bass parts, 1972

8/8

Today's Youth and the Violin, n.d.,Talent Education: A

  Program For Early Development, n.d., A Report on

  Japan's Phenomenal Young Violinists, n.d., and  Talent

  Education for the Happiness of  Children (Esperanto),

 1966

8/9

Suzuki Source Book (Summy‑Birchard Co.), 1974

8/10

Carabo‑Cone Concepts for Strings, Violin, Viola, Cello

  (Carabo‑Cone Method Society), 1967

8/11

Elaborations Suzukiana, string orchestra and piano (Boston

  Music Co.), 1971

8/12

Shinichi Suzuki's writings (pamphlets, brochures, articles),     1960‑77

 

 

9

Honda: Shinichi Suzuki:  Man of Love, 1978 Linda Wickes:
  The Genius of Simplicity, 1982 Bruno Steinschaden and

  Helmut Zehetmair: Ear Training and Violin Playing, 1985

 

 

9/1

Suzuki Violin School, violin part, vols.9  and 10, 1975‑76,

  and Suzuki Violin School, piano accompaniments,

  vol. b,1980

9/2

Duets For Two Violins, revised edition, 1971 and Suzuki:

  Note reading for violin, 1985

9/3

Suzuki Cello School, cello part, vols. 4‑7, 1983‑87

9/4

Suzuki Cello School piano accompaniment, vols. 1‑7,

  1982‑88

9/5

Suzuki Viola School, viola part, vols.1‑4, 1981‑83 and

  Suzuki Viola  School, piano accompaniments, vol. a, 3  and

  4, 1982‑83

9/6

Suzuki Flute School, flute part, vols.1‑5, 1971

9/7

Suzuki Flute School, piano part, vols.1‑4, 1971 and

  Takahashi Flute School, piano part, vol. 5, 1971

9/8

Suzuki Piano School, vols. 1 and  2,1978

 

 

10

Talent Education Journal, nos. 1‑26,1979‑86

       

                    News Clippings  

 

11/1

1962‑66

11/2

1967

11/3

1968‑70

11/4

1971‑77

11/5

undated

11/6

Miscellaneous clippings (journal articles, photographs)

11/7

(photocopies), 1962‑68

11/8

(photocopies), 1969

11/9

(photocopies), 1970‑72

11/10

(photocopies), 1973‑78

11/11

(photocopies), undated

 

 

                     Journal Articles   

 

12/1

American String Teacher (photocopies), 1960‑67

12/2

Orchestra News, 1966‑72, 1974‑75

12/3

The Strad, 1969, 1972‑74, McGill Journal of Education, 1968

  and Music Educators Journal, 1969‑70

12/4

The Berkshire Eagle (photocopied), 1968, International

  Musician, 1974, The Canadian Music Educator, 1968,
  The Australian Journal of Music Education, 1969, Violins

  and Violinists,1962 and Wisconsin Ideas in the Arts,
 1971

 

                                     

                           Typewritten Articles    

 

12/5

1960, 1966‑69, 1971

12/6

Miscellaneous, some photocopied, 1955‑70

 

                 Monographs 

 

13

Suzuki Changed My Life, 1976 Suzuki: Nurtured by Love:

  A New Approach to Education,1969 Suzuki, et al: The

  Suzuki Concept: An Introduction to a Successful Method

  for Early Music Education,1973

                                      

                      Miscellaneous     

 

13/1

Program and Workshop Information, 1966‑68

13/2

Newsletters‑Miscellaneous, 1960‑89

13/3

Workshops (schedules, programs), 1966‑89

13/4

Press Releases (typewritten), n.d.

13/5

Concert Materials (programs, flyers), 1962, 1968‑74

13/6

Membership and Publishing Information (record lists,

  promotional material)

 

             Journals