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Kenneth S. Clark Papers
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Kenneth Sherman Clark was born in Pittsburgh, PA on May 25, 1882. He attended Kiskiminetas School and Shadyside Academy, and graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. degree in 1905. While at Princeton, Clark was active as a composer and conductor for the Princeton Triangle Club. He went on to write songs for Broadway productions, to write for concert and operetta, and to compose songs for Princeton University.
Clark served on the editorial staff of Musical America from 1912-1917. In 1917, he joined the army, where he served as Army Song Leader with the 79th Division at Camp Meade and in France until 1919. He was in charge of the Bureau of Community Music for War Camp Community Service from 1919-1923. Between 1923 and 1928, he served as the Assistant Secretary of the National Music Week Committee while working on the editorial staff of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music. Clark ended his career as a Supervising Editor at Paull Pioneer Music Corporation, where he worked from 1928 until his death in 1945.
Clark and his wife Florence lived in Princeton, NJ, where he was active in alumni affairs, including helping to compile an edition of the "Carmina Princetonia." He died in Princeton following an extended illness, in January of 1945.
Consists of the personal papers and music of Kenneth Sherman Clark spanning his time at Princeton as well as his later career. Included are correspondence, royalty contracts, scrapbooks, photographs, articles, and sheet music, both handwritten and published copies of Clark's own songs, along with a selection of Princeton-related songs written by others.
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth S. Clark.
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This collection was processed by Janet Begnoche in Spring 2000. Finding aid was written by Janet Begnoche in Spring 2000 and encoded by Christie Peterson in January 2011.
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Collection Inventory
Series 1: Correspondence, 1901-1945 is arranged chronologically within subject-based files, in imitation of the manner in which Clark stored his own correspondence.
1: Correspondence, 1901-1945 contains correspondence written to and by Kenneth S. Clark starting during his time as a Princeton undergraduate and running through the year of his death.
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Series 2: General, 1917-1950 is arranged either chronologically or alphabetically within subjects; the manner in which the folders are arranged is indicated on the folder listings below.
Series 2: General, 1917-1950 contains biographical information, photographs, scrapbooks, and documents other than correspondence.
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Series 3: Music, undated is divided into four subseries: Handwritten, Published, Princeton Related, and Songbooks. The music is arranged alphabetically by title within each subseries.
Series 3: Music, circa 1901-1945 contains music written or arranged by Kenneth S. Clark, as well as music written by others. See the Alphabetical Song Indices at the end of this finding aid for lists of all songs in this series.
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