Jack Wainwright Collection
Abstract
The Jack Wainwright Collection contains five scrapbooks of materials, mostly relating to school band contests in which Wainwright was involved between 1923 and 1926.
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Historical Note
Jack Wainwright was born in Lisbon, Ohio on 30 October 1889. Wainwright moved to moved moved to Oberlin, Ohio in 1910 where we worked as a linotype operator for the Oberlin Review. He entered the Oberlin Academy and played in the college band and conservatory orchestra. He later become director of the band and organized other bands in Wellington, Elyria, Berlin Heights, Lorain, and Olmstead Falls.
In 1913, Wainwright organized the Oberlin Boys Band and the next year they toured the eastern United States and played for President Wilson. In 1918 Wainwright enlisted in the Cleveland, Ohio Naval Reserve Band. It was while on tour with this band that Wainwright was asked to move to Fostoria, Ohio and organize a school band. In 1919, Wainwright and his wife (Jeanette Streeter) moved to Fostoria. Wainwright left Fostoria in 1930 to accept a position at Short Ridge High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was next appointed head of the music department of South Side High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a position he held from 1933 to 1944.
After his retirement, Wainwright served three consecutive terms in the Indiana State Legislature where he served on the penal committee. He immediately organized a band in the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, where he taught music and instrument repair. Wainwright died on 5 January 1960. Wainwright is best known for being the director of the first band to win a national school band contest (in 1923). In addition, he established the first nationally known band camp, the Wainwright Band and Orchestra Camp at Oliver Lake, Indiana, in 1926. In 1943, after Wainwright's retirement, the library of this camp was given to Purdue University.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Jack Wainwright Collection consists of five scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and photographs.
Custodial History and Acquisition Information
The scrapbooks were prepared by the Wainwright family and loaned to Lynn Sams before coming to the American Bandmasters Association Research Center.
Processing Information
Finding aid processed by Amanda May, November 2011.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Scrapbooks, 1923-1926 (1.00 linear foot)
This series contains five scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs, and letters relating to Jack Wainwrights life.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | Item | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 Newspaper Clippings, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | ||
| The Wainwright Scrapbooks, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 1.0 | |
| John (Jack) Wainwright Biography, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 2.0 | |
| First National School Band contest in history, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 3.0 | |
| J.W. Wainwright, Director, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 4.0 | |
| Captain Wm. H. Santelmann, Leader U.S. Marine Band, Washington D.C. Judge, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 5.0 | |
| Other Contestants and Scores, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 6.0 | |
| Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper June 8, 1923 story and huge photo of massed bands, with Jack Wainwright conducting, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 7.0 | |
| Fostorias welcome home to Wainwright and his great band., 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 8.0 | |
| 1923 Telegrams and Letters, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | ||
| Telegrams and letters, congratulations, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | item 1.0 | |
| Schools bands of American $1000 check to Fostorias winning band, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | item 2.0 | |
| Fostoria Bands Score (34 points out of a possible 40), 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | item 3.0 | |
| Ohio State School Band contest of 1924, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | item 4.0 | |
| Competing bands in Ohio state contest, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | item 5.0 | |
| Wainwrights 300 piece Ohio State Fair band, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | item 6.0 | |
| C.M. Tremaine (Secy National Bureau for The Advancement) Letters, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | item 7.0 | |
| A.R. McAllister (Dir. Joliet, Illinois, High School Band) Letters of congratulations, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | item 8.0 | |
| Herbert L. Clarke, letter, 1923 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | item 9.0 | |
| 1924 Newspaper Clippings, 1924 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 3 | ||
| Ohio state band contest, June 5-6-7, 1924, 1924 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 3 | item 1.0 | |
| Competing bands, 1924 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 3 | item 2.0 | |
| Judges, 1924 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 3 | item 3.0 | |
| Fostoria, Ohio, winner, 1924 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 3 | item 4.0 | |
| Photographs of bands, 1924 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 3 | item 5.0 | |
| Newspaper clippings and articles, 1924 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 3 | item 6.0 | |
| 1925 Newspaper Clippings, 1925 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | ||
| State of Ohio school band contest Akron, Ohio, May 2-22, 1925, 1925 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | item 1.0 | |
| Fostoria, Ohio, winner 1st place, 1925 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | item 2.0 | |
| Judges, 1925 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | item 3.0 | |
| Competing bands and their directors, 1925 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | item 4.0 | |
| Contest program, classes of competition, 1925 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | item 5.0 | |
| Placings of other competing bands, 1925 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | item 6.0 | |
| Newsclippings and articles, 1925 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | item 7.0 | |
| 1926 Newspaper Clippings, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | ||
| Fostoria, Ohio chosen host for 1926 national high school band contest, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 1.0 | |
| Mansfield, Ohio defeats Fostoria in the Ohio state contest of 1926, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 2.0 | |
| Mansfield decides against competing with Fostoria in the forthcoming national, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 3.0 | |
| Notes and newsclippings telling how bands raised money to come to Fostoria, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 4.0 | |
| National high school band association organized during the 1926 Fostoria national officers elected: Hyrum Lammers, Ogden, UT, president; A.R. McAllister, Joliet, IL, 1st vice president, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 5.0 | |
| J.W. Wainwright, Fostoria, OH, 2nd vice president, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 6.0 | |
| C.M. Tremaine (secy, national bureau for the advancement of music, NY City), Sec-Treas., 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 7.0 | |
| Joliet, IL high school band wins first place, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 8.0 | |
| Fostoria, OH, second place, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 9.0 | |
| Ogden, UT, third place, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 10.0 | |
| Louisville, KY, fourth place, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 11.0 | |
| Judges, White, Robinson, Maddy, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 12.0 | |
| Jack Wainwright tributes, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 13.0 | |
| Mrs. Jack Wainwright honored at 50th anniversary of Ohio Music Educators Conference, 1926 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | item 14.0 | |
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