Helen May Butler Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Young, Helen May Butler
label: Names
content: Helen May Butler's Ladies Military Band.
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Musical Instruments
label: Names
content: United States. Congress. Senate -- 1930-1940
label: Names
content: Butler, Helen May
place: label: Place
content: Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1890-1920
label: Place
content: Boston (Mass.)
label: Place
content: Charleston (S.C.)
label: Place
content: Buffalo (N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Women musicians -- 1890-1920
label: Topic
content: Bands (Music) -- 1890-1920
label: Topic
content: Bandmasters -- 1890-1920
label: Topic
content: advertising
label: Topic
content: Music -- Performance -- 1890-1920
label: Topic
content: Musicians -- 1890-1920
label: Topic
content: Floods
label: Topic
content: Brass bands -- 1890-1920
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collections donated by Helen May Butler Young, June 1962.
creator: label: Creator
content: Young, Helen May Butler
setName: label: See more items in
content: Helen May Butler Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection covers the career a female bandmaster with an all women's traveling military band from 1898-1913.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Helen May Butler, woman bandmaster, directed an all-women traveling military band from 1898 to 1913. "Music for the American people, by American composers, played by American girls" was one of the band's mottoes. Born in New Hamphire in 1873, she pursued a variety of musical studies and became an accomplished performer in both violin and cornet. She announced candidacy for a U.S. Senate seat in 1936.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, one oversize folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1899-1937
label: Date
content: bulk 1902-1902
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Division of Musical Instruments (Now Cultural and Community Life)to the Archives Center on May 26, 1987.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0261
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Programs
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sheet music
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Advertising fliers
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Erma Jean Loveland and Robert S. Harding, May 26, 1987
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Programs
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sheet music
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertising fliers -- 1890-1920
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- 1880-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 1890-1920
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1900-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The materials cover the career of a woman bandmaster with an all women's traveling military band from 1898-1913, with the bulk of the material ca. 1902. Contents include clippings, photographs, programs, sheet music, hand noted music, posters, post cards, advertising fliers, letters, telegram, biographical article announcing candidacy for U.S. Senate seat in 1936, and "The Flood of 1937" section of the Cincinnati Post, February 13, 1937. Bands included Helen May Butler's Ladies Military Band, Talma Ladies Orchestra, U.S. Talma Ladies Military Band.