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Consists of the personal papers and music of Kenneth Sherman Clark spanning his time at Princeton as well as his later career. Included are correspondence, royalty contracts, scrapbooks, photographs, articles, and sheet music, both handwritten and published copies of Clark's own songs, along with a selection of Princeton-related songs written by others.
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Gift of Mrs. Kenneth S. Clark.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Kenneth S. Clark Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
This collection was processed by Janet Begnoche in Spring 2000. Finding aid was written by Janet Begnoche in Spring 2000 and encoded by Christie Peterson in January 2011.
Kenneth Sherman Clark was born in Pittsburgh, PA on May 25, 1882. He attended Kiskiminetas School and Shadyside Academy, and graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. degree in 1905. While at Princeton, Clark was active as a composer and conductor for the Princeton Triangle Club. He went on to write songs for Broadway productions, to write for concert and operetta, and to compose songs for Princeton University.
Clark served on the editorial staff of Musical America from 1912-1917. In 1917, he joined the army, where he served as Army Song Leader with the 79th Division at Camp Meade and in France until 1919. He was in charge of the Bureau of Community Music for War Camp Community Service from 1919-1923. Between 1923 and 1928, he served as the Assistant Secretary of the National Music Week Committee while working on the editorial staff of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music. Clark ended his career as a Supervising Editor at Paull Pioneer Music Corporation, where he worked from 1928 until his death in 1945.
Clark and his wife Florence lived in Princeton, NJ, where he was active in alumni affairs, including helping to compile an edition of the "Carmina Princetonia." He died in Princeton following an extended illness, in January of 1945.
The College of New Jersey was initially chartered in 1746. The first classes were held in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in the parsonage of the president, the Reverend Jonathan Dickinson. Upon his death, the College moved to Newark, New Jersey, and was headed by the Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr. Since 1756, the College has been located in Princeton, New Jersey. For the first fifty years, nearly all College operations took place within Nassau Hall. Fires, fundraising difficulties, low student enrollment, and the Civil War challenged the vitality of the College in the early and middle nineteenth century, but the College grew vigorously under the leadership of President James McCosh, and it was renamed Princeton University in 1896. The Graduate School was established in 1900, although a limited graduate program had existed since the 1870s. Princeton enthusiastically supported the country (living up to its informal motto, "Princeton in the Nation's Service") during the First and Second World Wars, offering the expertise of faculty and campus space for training, as well as facilitating the early graduation of students so they could enlist. The post-World War II years brought dramatic changes to Princeton. The size and strength of the University's facilities and academic programs—especially for the applied sciences and public policy—were increased dramatically. Under President Robert Goheen, Princeton began to admit minority students in greater numbers in the 1960s and admitted women undergraduates in 1969. Today, Princeton is widely regarded as one of the top universities in the world.
Kenneth Sherman Clark was born in Pittsburgh, PA on May 25, 1882. He attended Kiskiminetas School and Shadyside Academy, and graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. degree in 1905. While at Princeton, Clark was active as a composer and conductor for the Princeton Triangle Club. He went on to write songs for Broadway productions, to write for concert and operetta, and to compose songs for Princeton University.
Clark served on the editorial staff of Musical America from 1912-1917. In 1917, he joined the army, where he served as Army Song Leader with the 79th Division at Camp Meade and in France until 1919. He was in charge of the Bureau of Community Music for War Camp Community Service from 1919-1923. Between 1923 and 1928, he served as the Assistant Secretary of the National Music Week Committee while working on the editorial staff of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music. Clark ended his career as a Supervising Editor at Paull Pioneer Music Corporation, where he worked from 1928 until his death in 1945.
Clark and his wife Florence lived in Princeton, NJ, where he was active in alumni affairs, including helping to compile an edition of the "Carmina Princetonia." He died in Princeton following an extended illness, in January of 1945.
Series 1: Correspondence, 1901-1945 is arranged chronologically within subject-based files, in imitation of the manner in which Clark stored his own correspondence.
1: Correspondence, 1901-1945 contains correspondence written to and by Kenneth S. Clark starting during his time as a Princeton undergraduate and running through the year of his death.
Series 2: General, 1917-1950 is arranged either chronologically or alphabetically within subjects; the manner in which the folders are arranged is indicated on the folder listings below.
Series 2: General, 1917-1950 contains biographical information, photographs, scrapbooks, and documents other than correspondence.
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Series 3: Music, undated is divided into four subseries: Handwritten, Published, Princeton Related, and Songbooks. The music is arranged alphabetically by title within each subseries.
Series 3: Music, circa 1901-1945 contains music written or arranged by Kenneth S. Clark, as well as music written by others. See the Alphabetical Song Indices at the end of this finding aid for lists of all songs in this series.
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