Writings, 1909-1957

The writings have been divided into two subseries: SS1. Writings by James H. Hall and SS2. Writings by other individuals. Three examples of Hall's academic writing, including his AM thesis "Patronage of the Art of Music", 1922, and a book of lecture notes he kept in Musical History class, 1909-1910, can be found in the first subseries. Also present are season, concert and recital reviews published in the Oberlin College Alumni Magazine, 1933-1935; of particular note is Hall's report on Artur Rodzinski's first appearance in Oberlin as conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra, December, 1933. Original scores for numerous Hall compositions (e.g. "To our Alma Mater", "Troubadour Song", "In Flanders Fields", "The Silver River") reside in subseries I. The second subseries consists of a student submission received in History of Music II, "The Parisian Salon of 1830-1840", Helen E. Phillips, June 3, 1930, and a handwritten essay by Florence Jenney Hall entitled "Folk Song in America", undated.