Collections

The Association of Performing Arts of India documents the history of the Association of Performing Arts of India (APAI), an organization based in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The materials document events prior to the organization of the APAI, as well as the activities of the APAI from 1998 onwards.

Published and unpublished poetry, chapbooks, documents, scrapbooks, photographs, and slides documenting the life and work of poet Dorothea Leona Dubler, 1959-2010.

Printed piano sheet music of the "Florida State College for Women College Song," with words and music composed by Dr. William George Dodd. Five pages. Published in 1915 by the Willis Music Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. It is noted on the item that the song was "Published for the College by the Class of 1918."

This collection is comprised of materials about summer institutes, workshops and programs, for teachers, students and their families at Florida State University. Programs for students include Arts and Crafts camp, Boy's State, Girl's State, cheerleaders clinic, 4-H club, mathematics camp, music camp, the Press Institute for High School Students, science camp, state science fair, summer school, scholarships, and twirling camp. Programs for teachers and parents include the Association for Childhood Education, coaches clinic, programs in school administration and supervision, counseling and guidance training, crafts workshops for teachers, an industrial nurses workshop, programs about mental health and the gifted child, the National Science Foundation Institute, PTA workshops, personnel appraisal and development, Psychiatric Nursing Conference, school lunch personnel training, Southern College and Research Library workshop, Southern School Press Institute, Speech Institute, summer institues for teachers of biology, science and math, workshops on teaching migrant children, vocational and adult education programs, and workshops on cancer education and office machines. The collection also contains a variety of photographs of these programs and workshops.

This collection consists of a diary of G. Frank Hatheway regarding his life and work, as well as examples of poetry, and a funeral announcement for his daughter, Julia. A scrapbook kept by Hatheway (originally MSS 0-138) is also part of the collection. The scrapbook contains a collection of poetry, clippings of historical interest, old prints, and pictures. The poetry is a mix of poetry Hatheway copied and original compisitions. A page of music in manuscript form, The Indian Maid, may be an original composition as well.

The collection consists one photograph album, four scrapbooks, one box of loose items, and three boxes containing primarily press clipping, programs, and concert announcements along with a small amount of correspondence. The collection also includes 38 1/2 inch tape reels, 8 cassettes, 4 oversized ampex reels, and10 LPs.

In 2004, the family of Joseph Schrogin donated his collection of original manuscripts. Joseph Schrogin was a Lithuanian composer immigrated to the United States in 1921 and lived between New York and Chicago, establishing his home with his wife Manya Schrogin (nee Ptashe) and their two children in Los Angeles. While Mr. Schrogin was not a formally trained musician, he learned to play the piano and mandolin. According to the family, Mr. Schrogin studied harmony and had a gift for melody. After 30 of composing music and publishing a book of his songs titled Gezangen, he passed away at the age of 53 in Los Angeles.

Booklet and album by Will McLean