Nebraska Music Teachers Association

RG5782.AM:  Nebraska Music Teachers Association

Records:  ca. 1954-2009
Nebraska:  Professional association of music teachers
Size:  3.75 cu.ft.; 3 boxes & 2 scrapbooks

BACKGROUND NOTE

The Nebraska Music Teachers Association (NMTA) originated at a meeting held in Lincoln, Nebraska in March of 1916 during the convention of the Supervisors National Association. Willard Kimball, founder of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music, was elected president of the newly formed association. The first NMTA convention was held the following year. Conventions were held each year until 1942 when the state was divided into several districts and the NMTA became dormant as a result of the war emergency. Through the efforts of the Omaha Music Teachers Association, the NMTA was reactivated in January of 1953.

The Nebraska Music Teachers Association currently (as of 2011) has a membership of approximately 300. The NMTA is an affiliate of the Music Teachers National Association. The NMTA is composed of several local associations, including the Omaha Music Teachers Association; the Lincoln Music Teachers Association; the Central Nebraska Music Teachers Association; and the Platte Valley Music Teachers Association.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of the records of the Nebraska Music Teachers Association. The collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, annual convention programs, newsletters, reports to the national association, etc. Also included are two oversized scrapbooks. The collection is unprocessed, but a basic inventory is available.

Note: See the photo component [RG5782.PH] for photographs relating to the NMTA. The audio component [RG5782.AU] contains several CDs and a cassette tape of musical compositions commissioned by the NMTA for their annual meetings, ca. 2004-2009.

DESCRIPTION

Box 1
Folder

1. Auditions, general info
2. State auditions
3. Composition contest
4. Repertoire lists
5. Job descriptions
6. Board minutes
7. Annual reports to National
8. Reports on NMTA by National reps.
9. Public relations
10. Theory
11. Constitution
12. MTNA Executive Board annual reports, pt. 1
13. MTNA Executive Board annual reports, pt. 2
14. Council of State Presidents
15. Recent State and Division Presidents reports, pt. 1
16. Recent State and Division Presidents reports, pt. 2
17. Recent State and Division Presidents reports, pt. 3
18. Misc. national publications
19. Historian
20. The Nebraska Music Teacher (various years)
21. Misc. programs, bulletins, clippings, etc.
22. Minutes of meetings, committee reports, etc.

Box 2
Folder

1. NMTA grant application
2. NMTA convention programs (various years)
3. 501 C-3
4. MTNA Course of Study for Piano
5. The Nebraska Music Teacher (various years)
6. No dates
7. 1954-1956
8. 1956-1957
9. 1958-1959
10. 1960-1961
11. 1962-1963
12. 1964-1965
13. 1966-1967
14. 1968-1969
15. 1970-1971
16. 1972-1973
17. 1974-1975
18. 1976-1977

Box 3
Folder

1. 1978-1979
2. 1980-1981
3. 1982-1983
4. 1984-1985
5. 1986-1987
6. 1988-1989
7. 1990-1991
8. The Nebraska Music Teacher (1989-1994)
9. History, 1950s-1968
10. 1968-1969, constitution, student auditions, etc.
11. Membership
12. Constitution
13. History (main)
14. Omaha MTA; personal NMT's; newspaper clippings; misc.
15. Misc. NMT's; Student tests; History notes
16. Certification
17. 1953-1958, program, etc.
18. Various musical compositions commissioned by the NMTA (see the audio component [RG5782.AU] for CDs and a cassette tape of some of these performed)

Volume

1. Scrapbook, 1953-1975
2. Scrapbook, 1976-1999

 

ADDED ENTRIES:

Music -- Nebraska
Music -- Study and teaching -- Nebraska
Music teachers -- Nebraska
Nebraska Music Teachers Association

 

TMM   10-29-2011
Encoded TMM   10-29-2011

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