Robert T. Anderson papers, 1940s-2009 A Guide


Overview
	Creator:	Anderson, Robert T.
	Title:	Robert T. Anderson papers
	Inclusive Dates:	1940s-2009
	Abstract:	Robert T. Anderson, widely known as RTA, was an internationally renowned organist who taught at Southern Methodist University from 1960-1996. He was the service organist for Perkins Chapel from 1960-1995, Chair of the Organ Department, first Meadows Distinguished Teaching Professor, University Distinguished Professor, and served as organ consultant for the C.B. Fisk organs opp. 100 and 101 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and Caruth Auditorium. This collection includes correspondence, teaching files, photographs and slides, audio, video, programs, and posters.
	Accession No:	SMU 2009.0420
	Extent:	45 boxes (24 linear feet)
	Language:	Material is in English
	Repository	Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University

Biographical Note

Robert Theodore Anderson was born October 5, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. He began playing piano at 5 years old, even playing by ear before he had his first lesson. As a 13-year-old, Anderson went to hear French virtuoso Marcel Dupré, organist of St. Sulpice in Paris, play at the summer weekly series at Rockefeller Chapel. He started organ lessons at 14 and played for Sunday morning services at Hyde Park Methodist Church in Chicago while at Hyde Park high school and continuing piano with Mary Ruth Craven. He was registered with the American Conservatory of Music, and gave his student recitals in downtown Chicago under its sponsorship.

While Anderson was at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, studying with Lillian Mecherle McCord, he spent summers as the organist of Fourth Presbyterian Church on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago. During this time he had a weekly composition lesson with his college mentor, Frank Bohnhorst.

Anderson was organist at Second Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, Illinois from 1952-1955, and organist/choir director at the United Church of Christ in Milford, Connecticut from 1955-1957. He served as organist of the University Chapel and Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas from 1960 until retirement.

Anderson was also the summer organist and choir master at the First Methodist Church in Evanston, Illinois. He received the American Guild of Organists’ Associate Certificate (AAGO) at First United Methodist Church at Oak Park in 1955. He received his Fellow Certificate (FAGO) in September of 1957. Anderson studied organ with Heinrich Fleischer and Frederick Marriott, composition with Harold Friedell and Seth Bingham, and harpsichord with Maria Jager.

His composition studies continued at Union Theological Seminary, New York with Harold Friedell (Master of Sacred Music, magna cum laude, 1957; Doctor of Sacred Music, 1961). His Fulbright scholarships to Germany (1957-1959) allowed him to study organ with Helmut Walcha during which time he continued perfecting his skills as an improviser. He returned to Union Seminary to continue his study of composition with Seth Bingham. His final project was the composition of a cantata, “Garden of Gethsemane” on a text by Boris Pasternak. His “Triptych” was composed in 1958 and played by Robert Baker, his teacher at Union, at that year’s National Convention of the American Guild of Organists in Houston, Texas.

From 1960 to 1996 he served as Professor of Organ and Sacred Music at Southern Methodist University. Thus Dallas was Anderson’s home for almost all of his professional life. His honors include Distinguished Alumnus, Illinois Wesleyan University in 1972; First Meadows Distinguished Teaching Professor, Southern Methodist University, 1981; and Distinguished University Professor, 1996.

It was through Anderson’s insistence on high quality and perfectionism that the Fisk organs came to be built for Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas and the Caruth Auditorium at Southern Methodist University. He served as organ consultant for both instruments.

Widely known as “RTA”, Anderson’s reputation as a pedagogue was legendary and he was known as a fantastic and inspiring teacher. He was extremely demanding and knew how to get the very best out of each student. He leaves behind a legacy of brilliant students, the concert artists of today, including Dr. George Baker, Mary Preston, Wolfgang Rubsam, Carole Terry, Bruce Bengtson, Ross Wood, John Chapell Stowe, Stefan Engels, and scores of others. He demanded much from his students, but he gave back all that he had to give to help and nurture them. He freely shared his immense personal library of books, recordings and musical scores.

Anderson died on May 29, 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Source: Obituary written by Dorothy Faller, Scott Cantrell, and Robert Baker. 2009. Box 1, Folder 35.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Robert T. Anderson papers reflect Anderson’s life as a musician and academic. The collection is divided into ten series that illustrate his love of music, teaching, and travelling. Researchers should note that the Christmas letters at the beginning of series 2 provide annual summaries of Anderson’s life for over twenty years. These letters became shorter as Parkinson’s disease claimed more of his faculties. This collection consists of 42 boxes. 22 shoebox-size cassette boxes house part of his audio collection, one oversize box contains posters, and one box containing student grades is restricted due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

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Arrangement of the Collection
	The collection is organized into 10 series:

		Series 1: Biographical information and student work, 1941-2009
		Series 2: Correspondence, 1950s-2000s
		Series 3: Teaching materials, 1955-2004
		Series 4: Southern Methodist University organs and organ consulting, 1964-2006
		Series 5: Music and publications, 1928-2005
		Series 6: Programs, 1949-2000
		Series 7: Audio, 1951-1994
		Series 8: Video, 1985-1995
		Series 9: Photographs and slides, 1940s-2000s
		Series 10: Oversize material, 1970-1996

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Restrictions

Access to Collection:

Collection is open for research use except for all student records in the final box. This last box is subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) restrictions of 75 years from the date of creation of the record.

Publication Rights:

Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Director of the DeGolyer Library.

Copyright Statement:

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain copyright authorization.

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Access Terms
	This collection is indexed under the following terms in the Southern Methodist University Libraries' online catalog. Researchers desiring related materials may search the catalog using these terms.

		Anderson, Robert T.
		Southern Methodist University – Faculty.
		Organists – United States.
		Organ (Musical instrument) -– Instruction and study.
		Universities and colleges -- Texas – Dallas.
		Photographs.
		Programs.

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Related Material

Meadows School of the Arts, Division of Music records (SMU 2000.0347)

Perkins School of Theology records (SMU 1991.0051)

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Robert T. Anderson papers, Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.

Acquisition Information

Gift, Dorothy Faller, 2009.

Transfer, Larry Palmer, 2010.

Transfer, Hamon Library, 2011.

Processing Information

Materials were boxed by the family and mailed to SMU in 2009. The family sorted most of the collection by format, but did not retain Anderson’s original order. Correspondence seemed to be grouped by person, then chronologically, so this order was maintained. The teaching files were organized by musical periods. All audio, video, photographs were ordered chronologically as they did not appear to be in any order in the boxes in which they were shipped.

All of the slides were wrapped in foil bricks and numbered in black permanent marker on the outside. Slides were organized by reel number and placed in slide sheets. Most of the slides were not individually numbered, so the order in which they were wrapped was preserved. When slides were numbered individually, they were kept in a numbered series. Some foil bricks had double-sided- taped captions, which were transcribed and housed with the slides.

Framed items were unframed and the oversize items placed in an oversize box at the end of the collection. All student folders containing grades were placed in a restricted box, according to FERPA restrictions. Three boxes of musical scores and publications received from Hamon Library in 2011 were distributed throughout the collection.

Collection processed and finding aid written by Cynthia Franco, 2011-2012.

Encoded by

Cynthia Franco, 2012.

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Detailed Description of the Collection



Series 1: Biographical information and student work, 1941-2009 3 boxes
	This series contains documents regarding the life and career of Robert Anderson. Included are elementary school report cards, correspondence regarding the growth of the Meadows School of the Arts, medical condition information, and memorials. Materials from Anderson’s college studies were added in 2011 and placed at the end of the collection in Box 42. Included is his thesis for Union Theological Seminary.
Box	Folder
1	1	Biographical Information
	2-3	Publicity
	4	Passport and identification cards
	5	Membership cards
	6	Ted Anderson [father] newsclipping
	7	Early education, 1941-1947
	8	Hyde Park High School, 1951-1979
	9	Illinois Wesleyan University, 1953-1972
	10	American Guild of Organists exams, 1955-1957
Box	Folder
43	1-2	Papers on organ studies, Union Theological Seminary, 1956-1957
	3	Papers on organ studies, Union Theological Seminary, 1960
	4	Union Theological Seminary thesis: “Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes Passion,” 1960
Box	Folder
41	1	Union Theological Seminary certificates: Master of Sacred Music (1957) and Doctor of Sacred Music (1961)
Box	Folder
1	11	Pi Kappa Lambda certificate, 1963
	12	Dallas house design and furniture, 1968-1988
	13	SMU organ department, 1967-1995
	14	Concert tours list, 1967-1987
	15	Summer expenses and notes, 1976-1989
	16	Business card, key fob, luggage tag, brass name plate
	17	25 years at SMU; Portrait and nameplate for “SMU 30 years of service”
	18	SMU Fall leave, 1984 [ Chartres International Organ competition]
	19	Vita, self-evaluation, faculty load reports, 1993-1996
	20	SMU University Distinguished Professor, 1981-1996
	21	1997 Seville car maintenance, 1997-2000
	22	SMU convocation, 1998
	23	Fax stationery, 1998
	24	[Miscellaneous handwritten list]
	25	Bookplate for Bridwell Library gift collection
	26	Life insurance
	27	SMU retirement, 1964-1996
	28	Speech for Heart Patient of the Year award, 1995
	29	Medical condition, 2001-2002
	30	Hawaii Kai Retirement Community, 2001-2006
	31	SMU directory of students, staff, and faculty 2008-2009
	32	Certificate of Appreciation from the American Guild of Organists, 1992
	32	Contributions to the American Guild of Organists Scholarship Fund from Robert T. Anderson [and generic AGO fundraising letters], 2002-2009
	33	Dallas AGO, 2008
	34	Memorial planning
	35	Memorials and obituaries
	36	Tribute and remembrances of Robert Anderson
	37	Obituaries
	38	Memorial display materials
	39	Two memorial guest books

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Series 2: Correspondence, 1950s-2000s 3 boxes
	This series begins with Anderson’s annual Christmas letters, which provide information on his concertizing, students, and family. Notable correspondents include various organists (some are former students) and composers. The SMU section contains correspondence from SMU staff and faculty.
Box	Folder
2	1	Christmas letters, 1979-1999
	2	Christmas letters, 2000s
	3	Letter to his parents, safety deposit box key, 1959
	4	Dorothy and Adolf Faller [sister and brother-in-law]
	5	Ron Anderson, 1968-1989 [brother]
	6	Family letters, 1972-1979
	7	Condolence letters following the death of his mother, 1979
	8	Albright, William
	9	Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company
	10	Alain, Marie-Claire
	11	Albrecht, Annette [Preston Hollow Methodist Church]
	12-13	Anderson, Chris, 1991-2005
	14	Baer, John [Dallas Symphony Orchestra]
	15	Baker, George
	16	Barone, Michael
	17	Bolcom, William
	18	Bice, Peter
	19	Bommer, David
	20	Bovet, Guy
	21	Cantrell, Scott
	22	Carney, Michael
	23	AGO Hawaii and Kathy Crosier
	24	Catherine Crozier
	25	Damm, Walter
	26	Dello Joio, Norman
	27	Dirst, Matthew
	28-37	Dominick family [Klaus and Heide] 1984-2000
	38	Dominick, Lutz
	39	Engels, Stefan
	40	Fagius, Hans
	41	Fisk, C.B.
	42	Goodwin, Steuart
	43	Guillou, Jean
	44-48	Hilmes, Oliver, 1989-1998
Box	Folder
3	1	Jeans, Lady Susi
	2	Kim, Inwa
	3	Kuby, Karl F.
	4	Langlais, Jean
	5	Lindh, Jody
	6	Merritt, Tim
	7-10	Nurnberger, Uwe, 1985-2003
	11	Palmer, Larry
	12	Persichetti, Vincent
	13	Pfautsch, Lloyd
	14	Preston, Mary
	15	Roberts, Steve
	16	[Publishers]
	17	Ross, Howard
	18	Rosson, Brian
	19	Rubsam, Wolfgang
	20	SMU, A-L
	21	SMU, M-R
	22	SMU, S-T
	23-26	SMU Confidential, 1960-1981
	27	Stark, Dennis
	28	Terry, Carole
	29	Usher, Ken
	30	Walcha, Helmut
	31	Wong, Mark
	32	Unidentified correspondence
	33	A-B
	34	C-D
	35	E-G
	36	H
	37	J
	38	K-L
	39	M-N
	40	P
	41	R
	42	S
	43	T-W
Box	Folder
4	1-3	Appointment books, 1981-1999
	4	Address books
	5	Friends’ addresses
	6	Mailing lists
	7	Contact list, addresses
	8	Blank Christmas cards, 1960-1980

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Series 3: Teaching materials, 1955-2004 4 boxes
	This series contains repertoire lists, syllabi, favorite student papers, and subject files for the various music classes Anderson taught. Folders 20-31 in box 6 contain information on the various trips by Anderson, some of which included recitals, and some were organ tours with colleagues.
Box	Folder
4	9	Remembrances of Walcha
	10	[Various articles on Walcha, organ technique, cantantibus organis]
	11	Perkins Chapel, 1955-2000
	12	Perkins Chapel contracts
	13	Organ repertoire 1967 list
	14	Basic repertoire 1968 list plus revised list, [includes 1967 list]
	15	Stevlingson, April 8, 1974 [music bibliography]
	16	Organ mass
	17	Service music repertoire lists, 1981-1992
	18	Creative service playing workbook by Preston Rockholt
	19	Church music workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, 1985
	20	Notes on music
	21	Organ literature syllabi, 1966-1990
	22	Organ literature
	23	Organ literature class
Box	Folder
5	1	Organ builders
	2	Organ survey class teaching materials
	3	Organ survey
	4	Organ survey- organbuilding
	5	Good organ info
	6	“The Organist …A Total Musician” teacher’s guide
	7	Organ repertoire class
	8	“A Survey of the Organ and Its Literature Before 1500” by Garnet Menger, 1973 [student essay for organ repertoire class]
	9	Chorale prelude
	10	Toccata
	11	Iberian 16-18th century
	12	Italian
	13	English literature
	14	French classic
	15	Bach research articles
	16	Bach registration research – copies
	17	Bach – Providence, include notes on registration, 1982
	18	[J.S. Bach newsclipping and 3 notepads on performance practice and registration of Bach’s organ music, 1982-2000]
	19	Kurt Beals – Bach Te Deum
	20	Bach Press, 1985 [newsclippings]
	21	American Bach Society
	22	German Baroque
	23	Central German
	24	German Romantic
	25	French Romantic
	26	Viennese Classical, “The Organ Literature of the Post-Bach Period” by David L. Brown, 1976 [student essay for advanced organ repertoire class]
	27	“Exploring the Romantic Organ in Europe” manuscript by Robert T. Anderson, 1988
	28	American Romantic and contemporary
	29	Contemporary American
	30	Contemporary
	31	Olivier Messiaen
	32	Articles on Olivier Messiaen
Box	Folder
6	1	Lady Susi Jeans
	2	Tagliavini – Spanish
	3	Michael Brignogan Ferguson composition and letter from Jeff Davis, 1991
	4	Ullrich Bohme, 2000
	5	Marie-Madeleine Durufle-Chevalier, 2000
	6	Contemporary organ styles, design and organ purchase
	7	AGO organ pedagogy conference lecture notes, 1977-1996
	8	Brantigan, C.O. “Effect of beta blockade and beta stimulation on stage fright”. American Journal of Medicine 72 (1982): 88-94.
	9	Notes on Harmon workshops, 1984
	10	[July 12, 1994 notes and handouts regarding Tournemire, Mendelssohn, Bruckner]
	11	Notes and handouts for lectures on George Crowell and Karl-Joseph Riepp
	12	Max Reger postcards and brochure
	13	“Essays on Music History: a Birthday Offering for Herbert Turrentine,” 1988
	14	[Miscellaneous newsclippings, 1988]
	15	Houston, June 1997: Franck, Widor and their Contemporaries organ symposium
	16	AGO conference, Colorado 1998
	17	First United Methodist Church Dallas brochure on organ dedication, 2003; Letter from Steve and newsclipping
	18	[Fragment of New York Times article on Disney Hall organ, 2004]
	19	Wanamaker organ; Chicago stadium organ
		Tours
Box	Folder
6	20	European organ study tour, 1971
	21	Mexico, 1978-1983
	22	Stockholm Cathedral, 1981
	23	Japan, 1979-1982
	24	Concours International D’Orgue Grand Prix de Chartres, 1984
	25	1993 trip
	26	Europe, 1994
	27	Austria, 1996
	28	Brazil, 1996
	29	Europe, 1998
	30	Santa Fe, 1998
	31	South Africa, 1998
Box
42		Student grades 1960-1990s [Restricted: All student records subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) restrictions of 75 years from the date of creation of the record.]

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Series 4: SMU organs and organ consulting, 1964-2006 2 boxes
	Box 6 contains information on the organs in the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU. An Aeolian-Skinner organ op.1438 was installed in Caruth Auditorium in the 1962 and later C.B. Fisk installed a new organ for the Auditorium, op. 101, in 1993. Anderson was very involved in the design and installation process of these organs, as he was with various organs around the country. Box 7 contains Anderson’s files on the C.B. Fisk organ op.100 installed in the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in 1992, as well as his work with the Philadelphia Regional Performing Arts Center.
Box	Folder
6	32	SMU organs/Sipe/Fisk
	33-34	SMU organs
	35	SMU Caruth Auditorium Aeolian-Skinner organ specifications
	36	SMU Caruth Auditorium Aeolian-Skinner organ specifications
	37	SMU Caruth Auditorium Aeolian-Skinner organ plans
	38	SMU Caruth Auditorium Aeolian-Skinner organ, 1966-1969
	39-40	SMU Caruth Auditorium Aeolian-Skinner organ
Box	Folder
7	1-3	SMU Caruth Auditorium Aeolian-Skinner organ
	4	C.B. Fisk organ, Opus 101, 1993: Robert T. Anderson and Wolfgang Rubsam performance on CD
	5	New SMU practice organs, 1964-1984
	6	Chamber organ [SMU Kern Positive organ], 1987
	7	Spanish organ [Meadows Museum], 1975-1992
		Organ consulting
Box	Folder
7	8	Organ consulting
	9	Organ consulting contract forms
	10	Dallas organ builders
	11	New organs in Dallas area, 1989
	12	[Dallas] Symphony Hall, 1982-1983
	13	C.B. Fisk
	14	C.B. Fisk - Pipeline newsletter, 1993-2006
	15-16	C.B. Fisk-Meyerson
	17	Meyerson organ publicity
	18	Action [Dallas International Organ Competition]
	19	Dallas International Organ Competition
	20	Newsclippings – Meyerson/Dallas International Organ Competition
	21	Kirkegaard and Associates
	22	Philadelphia [organ in Concert Hall of the Regional Performing Arts Center], 1999
Box	Folder
44	5	International Society of Organbuilders – 2 three-ring binders

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Series 5:
Music and publications, 1928-2005
2 boxes

All published organ and piano works contain Anderson’s handwritten notations. Some of the Bach works are from the period when Anderson studied with Helmut Walcha. Published works by Anderson, his humor files, and miscellaneous newsclippings are included in this series. The random issues of periodicals were transferred from the organ studio in Meadows School of the Arts. Most of the music scores in box 42X are photocopies of handwritten scores by Robert Anderson.

Box

43X

Three Sketches for Organ, 1955. (3 copies)

Two Extemporizations for Organ, 1956.

Why Should I Call Thee Lord: Sacred Song for Baritone and Organ, 1957. (3 copies)

Triptych, to my esteemed teacher, Robert Baker, 1958.

Give Ear, Lord, Unto My Prayer, solo for contralto and organ, 1959.

Give Ear, Lord, Unto My Prayer, solo for contralto and organ, 1960. (5 copies)

Organ Prelude on “Tender Thought,” Kentucky Harmony 1816, 1959. (5 copies)

A Joyful Thanksgiving, sacred song for soprano and organ, 1956.

Voluntary on the 100th Psalm-Tune for Organ commissioned by University Park Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the church, November, 1964. (6 copies)

Two Hymn-Tone Preludes for Organ, 1967 written for the 1967 Contemporary Arts Festival, boston avenue Methodist Church, Tulsa. (3 copies)

Hoolaulea for 2 Organs. (4 copies)

Photocopy of Georg Knoll’s Aria fur Oboe und Orgel taped to 6 cardboard pieces.

Gott Heliger Geist and Aus Tiefer Not from J.S. Bach’s Clavierubung, Part III.

Box

Bach, J.S. Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist and Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir. [manuscript]

Bach, J.S. Orgelbuchlein und andere kleine Choralvorspiele herausgegeben von Hermann Keller. Kassel: Barenreiter. [1928].

Bach, J.S. Toccata et Fuga C-Dur, BWV 564 and Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom himmel herunter, BWV 650.

Bach, J.S. Trio super: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655.

Bach, J.S. Three Extended Chorales from Church Cantatas arranged for organ solo by Stainton de B. Taylor. London: Hinrichsen Edition Ltd., 1952.

Bach, J.S. Ricercare a 6 voci aus dem Musikalischen Opfer fur die Orgel eingerichtet von Herman Keller. Leipzig: C.F. Peters Corporation, 1942.

Bach, J.S. Ricercare a 6 voci aus dem Musikalischen Opfer Partitur-Orgelubertragung von Helmut Walcha. Frankfurt: Henry Litolff’s Verlag, 1964.

Bach, J.S. Orgelwerke, Kritisch-korrekte Ausgabe Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl und Ferdinand Roitzsch. Bd. 1-3, 5-9. Leipzig: C.F. Peters Corporation.

Bach, J.S. Das Wohltemperierte Klavier. Teil II. Munchen: G. Henle-Verlag, 1950.

Bach, J.S. Konzert für die Orgel mit zwei Manualen und Pedal von J. S. Bach nach Vivaldi. Erste Ausgabe von Friedrich Konrad Griepenkerl. Leipzig: C.F. Peters Corporation.

Paulus, Stephen. Three Temperaments for Solo Organ. Saint Paul, Minn.: Paulus Publications.

20 songbooks

Robert Anderson publications

Anderson, Robert. Rejoice the Lord is King. Carol Stream, Ill.: Hope Publishing Company, 1983.

Robert Anderson at the Redman organ, 1987, cassette liner notes and Mother Dubbers business card

Organ schools: Guilmant Organ School and Les Amis de l’Orgue (1930)

G Music catalogs

7-8

Humor

Organ calendars 1973-1977; 2005 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern calendar

Miscellaneous newsclippings

Magazine subscriptions

Periodicals – includes random issues of Acta Organa Logica

Box

Periodicals – includes random issues of American Organist, L’Art Sacre, Bach-Jahrbuch, The Bach Year in America, Journal of the British Institute of Organ Studies, Cathedral Age, Courant, Marbella Magazine, Musical Heritage Society catalogs, Musical Quarterly, Neue Bachgesellschaft, Organ Handbook, Organ Historical Society catalog, Het Orgel, Prism, Renaissance de l’Orgue, Sacred Music, Turnhahn.

Box

Folder

Early Keyboard Studies Newsletter, 1993-1995; Newsletter of the Westfield Center, 1990s; Institute of Sacred Music Bulletin of Yale University, 1995

Box

Folder

Organ brochures

Box

Folder

Tourist guidebooks

Box

Folder

43X

Miscellaneous clippings

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Series 6:
Programs, 1949-2000
4 boxes

Half of the materials from this series came from Anderson’s family and half were transferred from the organ studio in Meadows School of the Arts. Anderson was the service organist for Perkins Chapel from 1960-1995 and all of the church bulletins from this period are in box 12.

Box

Conference programs, dedications etc. 1950-1988

Conference programs, dedications etc. 1989-2000

Robert T. Anderson recital programs, 1950-1996

Box

Organ recital programs, 1949-1970

Box

Organ recital programs, 1971-1996

Music programs, 1986-2007

SMU music programs, 1964-2001

Box

Perkins Chapel Sunday bulletins, 1960-1995

Church bulletins, 1977-1982

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Series 7: Audio, 1951-1994 22 boxes
	Music on audio reels includes organ recordings by Anderson and other organists, and various musical works. Cassette tapes are housed in smaller cassette tape boxes, with 3 oversize cassette cases in Box 34.
		Reels
Box
13		Handwritten inventory of audio collection
		Amateur audio reels, 1951-1966
Box
14		Amateur audio reels, 1967-1974
Box
15		Amateur audio reels, 1975-1980
Box
16		Amateur audio reels, 1980 and undated
		2 reels of Anderson’s recording session in Japan [format 50—120B]
		Cassettes
Box
17		1966-1981
Box
18		1982-1984
Box
19		1984-1985
Box
20		1985
Box
21		1985-1987
Box
22		1987-1988
Box
23		1988-1990
Box
24		1990-1991
Box
25		1992-1994
Box
26		A-B, undated
Box
27		B-H, undated
Box
28		H-R, undated
Box
29		R-W, undated
Box
30		Blank cassettes/unidentified, undated
Box
31		American Guild of Organists
Box
32-33		Commercially produced cassettes of various musical works
Box
34		Baker, Robert S. Vintage Baker: 1956-1986, Organ and Choral Works performed, conducted by Robert S. Baker.
		Anderson, Robert T. and Kenneth Hart. Vocal Solos for Weddings. American Guild of Organists, 1992.
		Radulescu, Michael. Lecture-recital: Orgelbuchlein, Johann Sebastian Bach. American Guild of Organists, 1991.
		Celebrating the Completion of the Renovation of the Salt Lake Tabernacle Organ, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 19-22, 1989. American Guild of Organists, 1989.
		Fox, Michael J. Lucky Man: a Memoir. Read by the author. New York: Simon & Schuster Audio, 2002.

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Series 8: Video, 1985-1995 1 box
	This box contains both amateur and commercially produced videotapes of music performances.
Box	Folder
34	9	“Robert Anderson, 1/4/1985, Digital master.” 3M Scotch UCA 60 color plus videocassette. [3 cassettes]
	9	“Robert Anderson, Swank #172. 13 KERA-TV.” Dallas, Texas. 3M Scotch UCA 30 Videocassette.
	9	“RTA KERA 1/85: Meadows Caetano video.” VHS.
	9	“Matthew Dirst, Caruth [Auditorium] 4/7/85.” VHS.
	9	“The Organist, a Total Musician.” VHS
	9	“Redlands, CA, 1989.” VHS
	9	The Art of Improvisation I with Harald Vogel, director, The North German Organ Academy. American Organ Academy, 1992. VHS.
	9	“Brian Garner Special Events 1994.” VHS
	9	“Edward Windsor 10/98.” VHS
	9	“This is Compaq Brazil, August 1995.” VHS
	9	“Gonzaga University Christmas Concert 1994.” VHS
	9	Bovet, Guy. The Joy of the Organ. VHS.
	9	“Stations of Bach. Frozen Music – The Meyerson.” VHS
	9	“A Trip Down Memory Lane with Jack Horenberger and Dennie Bridges to Meet the Kresge Challenge.” VHS
	9	“Ashorkopie[?] Robert Anderson”. Beta videocassette.
	9	“Copy of U-matic Souy 1630 Mosher. R.T. Anderson, Granada Hills, Presbyterian Church, Rosales.” Beta videocassette.

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Series 9: Photographs and slides, 1940s-2000s 5 boxes
	This series is in two parts arranged by format. The blue baby photograph book is notable because it includes a list of Anderson’s early childhood music teachers. Photographs of his time with Helmut Walcha and his fellow students are also included. The first three folders of box 38 include handwritten and typed captions for almost all of Anderson’s slides. Slides are arranged by reel number. Most of the slides are not individually numbered, so they are arranged in the order in which they were wrapped. When slides are numbered individually, they are kept in the same numbered series. Some foil bricks had double-sided- taped captions, which were transcribed and foldered with the slides.
		Photographs
Box	Folder
35	1	Baby photograph books
	2	Family photographs
	3	1950s
	4	Helmut Walcha
	5-6	1960s
	7	Europe, 1967
	8	Deiningers
	9-11	1970s
Box	Folder
36	1-2	1970s
	3	Anderson’s students and Marie-Claire Alain, [1970s]
	4	Organ tour, 1971
	5	Tours, 1976
	6	Lady Susi Jeans, 1978
	7	Japan, 1979
	8	Portraits, 1980s
	9	1980s
	10-11	Polaroids, 1980s
	12	Students, 1980s
Box	Folder
37	1-3	1990s
	4	Kuby’s photograph album
	5	Rima and Brett, 1995
	6	Hawaii
	7	2000s
	8	6810 Stichter, Dallas, Texas
	9	Teaching
	10	SMU portraits, undated
	11	Undated photograph of Anderson at organ
	12	Photographs of organs
	13	Postcards of organs
	14	6 prints of organs
		Slides
Box	Folder
38	1	Slide captions for reels 1-34
	2	Slide captions for reels 35-61
	3	Slide captions mostly for Hawaii AGO lecture, October 21, 2003
	4	1976 and misc. earlier 1962 and 1964 reel 1
	5	Europe I, 1977, reel 2
	6	[Europe] II, reel 3
	7	December, 1977-January 1978, reel 4
	8	Mexico, 1977-1978, reel 5
	9	1978, reel 6
	10	Swedish? (all dark), 1980, reel 7
	11	Europe I, 1978, reel 8
	12	[1978], reel 9
	13	Europe IV Spain Salamanca Segovia Aqueduct, 1978, reel 11
	14	Honolulu and family, 1979, reel 12
	15	[Japan, 1979], reel 13
	16	[Japan, 1979], reel 14
	17	[1979], reel 14A
	18	1979 East Germany, Bach, Leipzig, reel 15
	19	Dresden Hof Kirche, 1979, reel 16
	20	[Marie-Claire Alain home, France, 1979], reel 17
	21	[Holland, 1980?], reel 19
	22	Europe, Holland, France, Germany, and Scandinavia, 1980, reel 20
	23	Europe, 1980, reel 22
	24	Mechenheim Germany, organ taken 1981, reel 24
	25	[1982], reel 25
	26	First boat trip – Finland, 1982, reel 26
	27	[1982], reel 27
	28	Granada Hills, CA, Rosales. Mexico Cathedral organ case taken March 1983. Mexico Cathedral Chancel , March 1983, reel 28
	29	Mexico, Germany, Chartres, 1983, reel 29
	30	Europe, Maule, Fall - St. George’s Motel, 1983, reel 30
	31	San Antonio, Spring, Europe 1984, reel 31
Box	Folder
39	1	[Viersen, Munster, 1984], reel 32
	2	Some Europe, some Cleveland, [1984-1985], reel 33
	3	Leipzig [Cathedral Metz, 1985], reel 34
	4	[France, Belgium, 1986?], reel 35
	5	[Altenburg Cathedral, St. Jean; Belfont, France; Millstadt, 1986], reel 36
	6	[Millstadt organ; Neresheim; Albenga, Italy; S’Terontogenbogt organ, 1986], reel 37
	7	[Sion organ; Rolhf organ shop; Ratzeburg Dom; Uppsala organ, 1987?], reel 38
	8	[Uppsala Cathedral; Bouxwiller, Germany; Bates at Jack Littlefield’s Fisk house organ; Werdau, Germany, 1987?], reel 39
	9	[East Germany, Austria, South Germany, 1988?], reel 40
	10	Sweden, reel 41
	11	Europe 1988, House 1989, Europe summer 1989, reel 42
	12	Europe 1989, reel 43
	13	Riga, Latvia, 1990, reel 44
	14	Dresden, Switzerland, 1990, reel 45
	15	Paris, Holland, SMU Portuguese organ, 1990, reel 46
	16	[England, Lady Susi Jeans, Jean Villou, 1991-1992], reel 47
	17	Dresden 1992, reel 48
	18	Germany, Belgium, Caruth Fisk organ, 1992, reel 49
	19	Caruth Fisk organ, German Club, University of Houston, 1992, reel 50
	20	Germany, Switzerland, 1993, reel 51
	21	[Neresheim, Anderson and Marie-Claire Alain recover from heart surgery, 1993], reel 52
	22	Dallas AGO convention, Christmas, 1994, reel 54
	23	Europe 1994; Derek, Richmond, Bates Party 1996, reel 55
	24	Bates house organ, [1997?], reel 56
	25	Garden Her party, Sarah Re, Japan and competition, GIFU, Ken Usher, 1997, reel 57
	26	Dorothy and Carolyn; Japan [1999?], reel 60
	27	Grave stones in Vienna – Strauss, Mozart, Beethoven, etc.,1999, reel 61
	28	Extra slides, 1970s
	29	Europe organs
	30	Buddy’s house
	31	Dallas house move and new apartment, 2001
	32	[Unidentified, 1978-1988]

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Series 10:
Oversize materials, 1970-1996
2 boxes

This series contains various personal items connected to Anderson’s career at SMU as well as visual materials of organs and recitals. Included in the box of business cards is a Kuby’s Sausage House Private Club Lifetime Membership card. Box 41 contains foam-backed recital posters for Robert Anderson, which were transferred from the organ studio in Meadows School of the Arts.

Box

Plaques, 1981-1996

Academic cap

“Robert Anderson” organ stop

Dallas International Organ Competition t-shirt

Signed card from students; 1975 fabric card “You kids will be the death of me yet” signed by students

Lunch bag

Fraternal pins

Leather coin purse

Office door nameplate

Paperweights

Box of assorted business and membership cards

Box

Prints of Otterbeuren organ by Carl J. Riepp; King’s College Chapel, Cambridge; “Sion, Switzerland [the] oldest organ in the world, Bob played here twice”; Strasbourg Cathedral organ; Hamburg, St. Jakobi; 2 unidentified prints of organs

Robert Anderson recital posters:

Box

St. Peter und Paul Erlenbach A. Main, 1985

Propsteikirche Kempen, 1984

St. Jakobi in Lubeck, 1982

Katedraal Brugge, 1982

Cathedrale Ste-Reparate, 1982

[Japan], 1982

Freiburg, 1980

Schlosskirche Lahm/Itzgrund, 1984

Internationale Studienwoche Vokal-und Orgelmusik, St. Peter, 1970

Christuskirche, Karlsruhe, 1983

St. Petri-Kirche Bad Pyrmont-Oesdorf, [undated]

Poster of drawing of organ entitled “The East Front of the New Organ in Salisbury Cathedral Made in the Year 1710 by Mr. Renatus Harris, Organ-Builder.”

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