Finding aid for the Glenn Tindall scrapbooks 7048
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2017 July
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Glenn Tindall scrapbooks
creator:
Tindall, Glenn
Identifier/Call Number: 7048
Physical Description:
1.73 Linear Feet
2 scrapbooks
Date (inclusive): 1926-1929
Abstract: 2 scrapbooks documenting Glenn Tindall's work with the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles
as music director. Tindall was born in Indiana in 1894, graduated from Northwestern University, and embarked on a career in
music education. He served as superintendent of the music program for the Kokomo, Indiana school stystem before World War
I, and after serving in the Army, moved to Glen Cove, NY to be superintendent of music for the Glen Cove school system. In
the 1920s, he moved to Los Angeles to work for the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Hollywood Bowl as a music director.
Container: 1
Glenn Tindall was born in Indiana in 1894, graduated from Northwestern University, and embarked on a career in music education.
He served as superintendent of the music program for the Kokomo, Indiana school stystem before World War I, and after serving
in the Army, moved to Glen Cove, NY to be superintendent of music for the Glen Cove school system. In the 1920s, he moved
to Los Angeles to work for the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Hollywood Bowl.
2 scrapbooks documenting Glenn Tindall's work with the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles
as music director. Scrapbook #1 consists primarily of photographs documenting Tindall's work, primarily with children, across
Los Angeles--images of children and their homemade ukeleles in Venice, a harmonica band in Downey, making cigar box fiddles
in Echo Park, to name a few. There are also photographs of many city facilities--parks, playgrounds, community centers and
some historic sites. Scrapbook #2 contains clippings from various Los Angeles newspapers discussing Tindall's work, the various
programs mounted by the Department, and musical activities throughout the city.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Glenn Tindall scrapbooks, Collection no. 7048, Regional History Collection, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Vicki L. Ingham, July 10, 2017.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Music -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Clippings
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Tindall, Glenn -- Archives
Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Recreation and Parks -- Archives