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         <p>The Papers are open to researchers by appointment. There are no restricted materials in the collection. Please contact the <ref actuate="onrequest"
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         <p>The Music Vale Seminary Papers were established in the Music Library of Yale University by Frances Hall Johnson, ca. 1942.</p>
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         <p>The Music Vale Seminary Papers are the physical property of the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. Copyrights belong to the composers and authors, or their legal heirs and assigns.</p>
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         <p>Misc. Ms. 218, The Music Vale Seminary Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University.</p>
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         <p>In 7 series as follows: I. Correspondence. II. Historical and biographical notes. III. Photographs. IV. Exhibition notes. V. Miscellaneous envelopes and notes. VI. Published musical works of Orramel Whittlesey, his family, students, and others. VII. Music Vale Seminary diploma.</p>
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         <p>The collection contains correspondence, historical information, music by Orramel Whittlesey and others, and miscellaneous materials.</p>
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         <p>Music Vale Seminary, the first music school established in this country, was founded by Orramel Whittlesey in Salem, Connecticut. The date of its founding is given variously as 1835, 1836, and 1839. This discrepancy is attributed to what Orramel Whittlesey describes as the "modest beginning" of the school. It was a boarding school for young women from across the country known consecutively as Mr. Whittlesey's School, Salem Normal Academy of Music, and finally as Music Vale Seminary and Normal Academy of Music. The student body averaged eighty each year, reaching a peak enrollment of one hundred pupils.</p>
         <p>The curriculum included both instrumental and theoretical studies. Lessons were given in voice culture, organ, piano, harp, and guitar, while the theory teaching included instruction in notation, harmony, thoroughbass, and the general laws of counterpoint and fugue. One student's mother even discusses her daughter's course in piano tuning in a letter. The courses were entirely musical, and although the school prepared its students to be teachers, it functioned like a music conservatory. Whittlesey writes, "Music is distinct from all other parts of a young lady's education ... there is not needed an intimate acquaintance with Botany or Chemistry ... Our aim is not to make merely superficial players, of those committed to our care, but thorough pianists, skilled alike in theory and practice." In fact, the school's motto (borrowed from William Pitt) was, "If it be that I have done so much, it is that I have done one thing at a time."</p>
         <p>The discipline was rigid. The students arose at 5:00 A.M., dusted their pianos, and prepared for a day of four hour practice periods with intermissions devoted to the study of theory. Monitors were posted outside the rooms to enforce these rules. A normal degree authorized by the state of Connecticut was awarded after one year of study and performance exams before a jury.</p>
         <p>Orramel Whittlesey was the school's principal. His daughters began as students and some eventually became teachers there. Their compositions as well as those by students are included in this collection.</p>
         <p>The school suffered a severe blow when enrollment dropped as a result of the Civil War. Many of the girls were from the South. A second blow came when the seminary was destroyed by fire in 1868. Although the new building offered such modern conveniences as bathrooms and water closets, the school never regained its former prosperity. Mrs. George Pratt, Orramel's daughter, closed the school after her father's death on September 9, 1876. The new buildings were also destroyed by fire, on March 16, 1897.</p>
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                     <p>Autograph letter signed, 1859 Dec. 19, Sandisfield, to Jennie Louise Balch, Music Vale Seminary.</p>
                     <p>Relates to homelife and inquires about homesickness. Her mother adds her own remarks on the last page.</p>
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                     <p>Autograph letter signed, [1860] Mar. 14, Music Vale, to Jennie Louise Balch.</p>
                     <p>Relates to life at Music Vale Seminary.</p>
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                     <p>Autograph letter signed, 1860 Mar. n.d., Happy Home [Music Vale Seminary], to Jennie Louise Balch.</p>
                     <p>Relates to activities at the Music Vale Seminary.</p>
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                     <p>Relates to life at Music Vale Seminary.</p>
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                     <p>Autograph letter signed, 1861 Sep. 29, Sandisfield, to Jennie Louise Balch, Music Vale Seminary.</p>
                     <p>Mother reporting on life at home to her daughter, and of friends at home who are going off to fight in the Civil War. Speaks of her daughter learning to tune pianos.</p>
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                     <p>Autograph letter signed, 1862 Jun. 23, n.p, to Jennie Louise Balch.</p>
                     <p>Personal.</p>
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                     <p>Autograph letter signed, 1869 Oct. 3, Suffield, to Jennie Louise Balch</p>
                     <p>Relates to life at Music Vale Seminary and describes the new building.</p>
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                     <p>Autograph postcard signed, 1933 Sep. 20, New Haven, to Eva J. O'Meara, New Haven.</p>
                     <p>Relates to an article in <emph render="underline">Dwight's Journal</emph> which she would like Miss O'Meara to read.</p>
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                     <p>Autograph letter signed, 1933 Sep. 21, Hartford, to Eva J. O'Meara, [New Haven]</p>
                     <p>Relates to information found concerning the Music Vale Seminary.</p>
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                     <p>Autograph letter signed, [1942] n.m. n.d., Hartford, to Eva J. O'Meara, [New Havens]</p>
                     <p>Relates to memorabilia of the Music Vale Seminary which she is offering to the Yale Music Library.</p>
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                     <p>Typed letter, 1942 Jun. 11, [New Haven], to Frances Johnson, Hartford.</p>
                     <p>Relates to memorabilia of the Music Vale Seminary which the Yale Music Library is interested in receiving. A reply to the above letter.</p>
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                     <p>Autograph letter signed, n.y. Sep. 27, n.p., to Eva J. O'Meara, [New Haven]</p>
                     <p>Relates to music she has concerning the Music Vale Seminary and a planned visit to Salem, Connecticut.</p>
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                  <p>(At head of title: Tercentenary commission of the State of Connecticut. Coumittee on historical publications. [Publication no. 27])</p>
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               id="aspace_G19066"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>
                     <title localtype="simple" render="italic">
                        <part>"Notables in Connecticut History,"</part>
                     </title>
                     <emph render="underline">Hartford Courant</emph>, 1935 Jul. 8.</unittitle>
                  <origination label="Creator">
                     <persname source="local">
                        <part localtype="agent_person">Britton, James II</part>
                     </persname>
                  </origination>
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                             label="Mixed Materials"
                             localtype="box">1</container>
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               <odd id="aspace_130c13c3f681a80a40cf311d899b3136">
                  <head>General</head>
                  <p>Photocopy.</p>
                  <p>Clipping of a profile of Orramel Whittlesey and the Music Vale Seminary. A sketch of Whittlesey included.</p>
               </odd>
            </c>
            <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535590"
               id="aspace_G19069"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>
                     <title localtype="simple" render="italic">
                        <part>Music Vale Seminary</part>
                     </title> by Mrs. Darwin S. Moore</unittitle>
                  <origination label="Creator">
                     <persname source="local">
                        <part localtype="agent_person">Moore, Celia Webster</part>
                     </persname>
                  </origination>
                  <unitdatestructured altrender="1943 Sep. 9"
                                      calendar="gregorian"
                                      era="ce"
                                      label="creation"
                                      unitdatetype="inclusive">
                     <datesingle standarddate="1943-09-09">1943 Sep. 9</datesingle>
                  </unitdatestructured>
                  <physdesc id="aspace_7ed4308fdb0da1b7e17888581730aa00">8 leaves. 28 cm.</physdesc>
                  <container altrender="/repositories/6/top_containers/299927 /locations/9"
                             containerid="39002038380193"
                             id="aspace_G19069_c1"
                             label="Mixed Materials"
                             localtype="box">1</container>
                  <container id="aspace_G19069_c2" localtype="folder" parent="aspace_G19069_c1">3</container>
               </did>
               <odd id="aspace_6856b8a881799d947c1ea63a8786c22e">
                  <head>General</head>
                  <p>Typescript.</p>
                  <p>Brief history of Orramel Whittlesey and the Music Vale Seminary written for the Yale School of Music. Notes are added at the end.</p>
               </odd>
            </c>
            <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535591"
               id="aspace_G19073"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>
                     <title localtype="simple" render="italic">
                        <part>"First U.S. Music School Disappeared from the State almost without a Trace,"</part>
                     </title>
                     <emph render="underline">New Haven Register</emph>
                  </unittitle>
                  <unitdatestructured altrender="1948 Sep. 5"
                                      calendar="gregorian"
                                      era="ce"
                                      label="creation"
                                      unitdatetype="inclusive">
                     <datesingle standarddate="1948-09-05">1948 Sep. 5</datesingle>
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                  <container altrender="/repositories/6/top_containers/299927 /locations/9"
                             containerid="39002038380193"
                             id="aspace_G19073_c1"
                             label="Mixed Materials"
                             localtype="box">1</container>
                  <container id="aspace_G19073_c2" localtype="folder" parent="aspace_G19073_c1">3</container>
               </did>
               <odd id="aspace_58a7c544090b74524df777896cdab39d">
                  <head>General</head>
                  <p>Photocopy.</p>
                  <p>Clipping of an article describing life at Music Vale Seminary. A picture of the original building included.</p>
               </odd>
            </c>
         </c>
         <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535581"
            id="aspace_G19076"
            level="series">
            <did>
               <unittitle>Photographs</unittitle>
               <unitid>Series III</unitid>
            </did>
            <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535592"
               id="aspace_G19077"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>Four miscellaneous photos of the grave of Orramel Whittlesey and of a former student, Sarah M. Durand</unittitle>
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                             containerid="39002038380193"
                             id="aspace_G19077_c1"
                             label="Mixed Materials"
                             localtype="box">1</container>
                  <container id="aspace_G19077_c2" localtype="folder" parent="aspace_G19077_c1">4</container>
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         </c>
         <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535582"
            id="aspace_G19078"
            level="series">
            <did>
               <unittitle>Exhibition notes</unittitle>
               <unitid>Series IV</unitid>
            </did>
            <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535593"
               id="aspace_G19079"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>Exhibition Nov. 17, 1958 - Jan. 10, 1959</unittitle>
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                             containerid="39002038380193"
                             id="aspace_G19079_c1"
                             label="Mixed Materials"
                             localtype="box">1</container>
                  <container id="aspace_G19079_c2" localtype="folder" parent="aspace_G19079_c1">5</container>
               </did>
               <odd id="aspace_fc797732e2a2a77c3835530f07e3a2e5">
                  <head>General</head>
                  <p>Contains 9 exhibit notes, including a brief history of Music Vale Seminary. A memorandum (9/2/59) for "100 Years of Music at Yale" is included.</p>
               </odd>
            </c>
         </c>
         <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535583"
            id="aspace_G19081"
            level="series">
            <did>
               <unittitle>Miscellaneous envelopes and notes</unittitle>
               <unitid>Series V</unitid>
            </did>
            <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535594"
               id="aspace_G19082"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>Miscellaneous</unittitle>
                  <container altrender="/repositories/6/top_containers/299927 /locations/9"
                             containerid="39002038380193"
                             id="aspace_G19082_c1"
                             label="Mixed Materials"
                             localtype="box">1</container>
                  <container id="aspace_G19082_c2" localtype="folder" parent="aspace_G19082_c1">6</container>
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               <scopecontent id="aspace_73ff06c89bd9c7e032c21a79b84baafe">
                  <head>Scope and Contents</head>
                  <p>8 envelopes and notes concerning Music Vale Seminary.</p>
               </scopecontent>
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         </c>
         <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535584"
            id="aspace_G19083"
            level="series">
            <did>
               <unittitle>Published musical works of Orramel Whittlesey, his family, students, and others</unittitle>
               <unitid>Series VI</unitid>
            </did>
            <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535595"
               id="aspace_G19084"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>
                     <title localtype="simple" render="italic">
                        <part>Harp of the Wild Wind. New York:</part>
                     </title> Published by the author</unittitle>
                  <origination label="Creator">
                     <persname>
                        <part localtype="agent_person">Whittlesey, Orramel, 1801-1876</part>
                     </persname>
                  </origination>
                  <unitdatestructured altrender="c1851"
                                      calendar="gregorian"
                                      era="ce"
                                      label="creation"
                                      unitdatetype="inclusive">
                     <datesingle standarddate="1851">c1851</datesingle>
                  </unitdatestructured>
                  <physdesc id="aspace_675391fb855b6c65468c69620ff00ccc">Piano-vocal score (7 p.) 33 cm.</physdesc>
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                             containerid="39002038380219"
                             id="aspace_G19084_c1"
                             label="Mixed Materials"
                             localtype="box">2</container>
                  <container id="aspace_G19084_c2" localtype="folder" parent="aspace_G19084_c1">7</container>
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               <odd id="aspace_b081b88e3e5cf56ce1d4c1687e088d45">
                  <head>General</head>
                  <p>On t.p.: Composed and affectionately dedicated to his daughter, Eliza Tully Whittlesey by Orramel Whittlesey, Salem, Connecticut. Words by Miss Mary Bradford.</p>
                  <p>Lithograph by William Endicott &amp; Co., N.Y, on title page.</p>
               </odd>
            </c>
            <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535596"
               id="aspace_G19088"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>
                     <title localtype="simple" render="italic">
                        <part>The Welcome.</part>
                     </title> New York: Gould and Berry, c1852.</unittitle>
                  <origination label="Creator">
                     <persname>
                        <part localtype="agent_person">Whittlesey, Orramel, 1801-1876</part>
                     </persname>
                  </origination>
                  <physdesc id="aspace_88fe746d7c7bb7eded16ceb2b0cd00ef">Piano-vocal score (4 p.) 33 cm.</physdesc>
                  <container altrender="/repositories/6/top_containers/299928 /locations/9"
                             containerid="39002038380219"
                             id="aspace_G19088_c1"
                             label="Mixed Materials"
                             localtype="box">2</container>
                  <container id="aspace_G19088_c2" localtype="folder" parent="aspace_G19088_c1">7</container>
               </did>
               <odd id="aspace_3f535a84ad2ab651b3f369acfd055c6a">
                  <head>General</head>
                  <p>On t.p.: The Welcome. A ballad as sung and performed at the anniversary of the Music Vale Seminary and Normal Academy of Music at Salem, Conn., July 6th 1852. Aria Alla Scozzese by Orramel Whittlesey and respectfully inscribed to Miss Marion J. Holmes, Miss Frank Allen, etc... pupils of the above named seminary.</p>
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            <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535597"
               id="aspace_G19091"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>
                     <title localtype="simple" render="italic">
                        <part>Music Vale Seminary Quick Step.</part>
                     </title> New York: Horace Waters, c1855.</unittitle>
                  <origination label="Creator">
                     <persname>
                        <part localtype="agent_person">Whittlesey, Orramel, 1801-1876</part>
                     </persname>
                  </origination>
                  <physdesc id="aspace_91049514cb150b641e2ba9dd1c599f40">[1] p. 31 cm.</physdesc>
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               <odd id="aspace_e036ed5f3b5cd7b3a7abe6a26620c136">
                  <head>General</head>
                  <p>On t.p.: Arranged for piano and respectfully inscribed to Miss Mary V. Storm by her friend and teacher Orramel Whittlesey, Salem, Conn. Principal of the Music Vale Seminary and Normal Academy of Music.</p>
                  <p>Lithograph of the original building, on title page.</p>
                  <p>Incomplete copy.</p>
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            <c altrender="/repositories/6/archival_objects/2535598"
               id="aspace_G19096"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>
                     <title localtype="simple" render="italic">
                        <part>Music Vale Seminary Quick Step.</part>
                     </title> New York: Horace Waters, c1855.</unittitle>
                  <origination label="Creator">
                     <persname>
                        <part localtype="agent_person">Whittlesey, Orramel, 1801-1876</part>
                     </persname>
                  </origination>
                  <physdesc id="aspace_968825c0876c6a28300a8df6f5c6f442">4 p. 33 cm.</physdesc>
                  <container altrender="/repositories/6/top_containers/299928 /locations/9"
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                             label="Mixed Materials"
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               <odd id="aspace_9144a83ec90755692daa62f554ddfe7a">
                  <head>General</head>
                  <p>On t.p.: Arranged for Piano and respectfully inscribed to Miss Mary V. Storm by her friend and teacher Orramel Whittlesey. Principal of the Music Vale Seminary and Normal Academy of Music, Salem, Conn.</p>
                  <p>Lithograph of the original building on title page.</p>
               </odd>
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               id="aspace_G19100"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>Music Vale Seminary student music books</unittitle>
                  <physdesc id="aspace_f7102d4bfeb74dd74b6c879255f6dd28">2 v. 34 cm.</physdesc>
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               <odd id="aspace_5aa1dd90df2cb3d9df7d504b1d708427">
                  <head>General</head>
                  <p>Two bound volumes of music include music by Orramel Whittlesey, his daughters, and students. Volumes are inscribed to "Lizziell and "Sarah M. Durand."</p>
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            id="aspace_G19103"
            level="series">
            <did>
               <unittitle>Music Vale Seminary diploma</unittitle>
               <unitid>Series VII</unitid>
            </did>
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               id="aspace_G19104"
               level="file">
               <did>
                  <unittitle>
                     <title localtype="simple" render="italic">
                        <part>Diploma,</part>
                     </title> 1861 Dec. 21, by which Jennie L. Balch being a member of the Music Vale Seminary and Normal Academy of Music is considered qualified to give instruction in theory, thorough-bass, and pianoforte</unittitle>
                  <physdesc id="aspace_a85584e2be7a5a60d2fcad6f7890031b">In cylindrical tin case (length 62 cm., diameter 6.5 cm.)</physdesc>
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                             label="Mixed Materials"
                             localtype="box">3</container>
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               <odd id="aspace_83ae6dcc00d92c1c771b12e40ccdec1b">
                  <head>General</head>
                  <p>Manuscript on parchment.</p>
                  <p>Ribbon with seal attached.</p>
                  <p>Endorsement: O. Whittlesey, Mrs. John Magennis, V.P, Rev. Nathaniel Meiner, Prof. E.V. Gould, Prof. W. [?], Prof. Louis Ernst, Edward Harland, and John S. Maginnis. Parchment is supposed to have been made from sheep raised on the farm at Music Vale Seminary.</p>
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