Guide to the Florence Underwood Collection
MUS.0001
Finding aid prepared by Jane Gilvin
Stanford University Music Library
Braun Music Center
541 Lasuen Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, California, 94305-3076
650-723-1212
muslibref@stanford.edu
Descriptive Summary
Title: Guide to the Florence Underwood Collection
Dates: 1905-1988
Collection number: MUS.0001
Creator:
Underwood, Florence White, 1906-1988
Collection size:
9.08 linear feet
Repository: Stanford University Music Library
Abstract: The Underwood collection consists primarily of Florence Underwood's written music and research conducted to write the music.
In addition, scrapbooks, personal and legal papers make up a portion of the collection.
Language of Materials note: English, Unidentified Asian language
Location note: Stanford Music Library, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-3076
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research. May be used on site only.
Conditions Governing Use note
Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Music Library
for assistance.
Preferred Citation note
Florence Underwood Collection, Stanford University, Music Library.
Biographical/Historical note
Florence Underwood was born Florence White on August 27th, 1906 in North Dakota. She married Lloyd Underwood in 1926. They
had one son, Robert Underwood. She and her family moved from Portland, Oregon to the San Francisco Bay area, and lived in
San Mateo County. She studied with Darius Milhaud at Mills College in the 1940s. In February of 1953, her composition "The
Hopi Indian Legend" was premiered by the San Diego Philharmonic Orchestra. Werner Janssen conducted. Several of her compositions
were performed by local orchestras, and she also composed original music for amateur theater groups in the San Francisco Bay
and Portland areas. She taught piano and composition privately and at Multnomah College in Portland. In addition to her music
career, Underwood also worked in public relations at the College of Notre Dame and had her own lapidary business in Belmont,
California. She died June 27th, 1988.
Scope and Contents note
The Florence Underwood Collection is comprised of materials donated in two parts. Florence Underwood donated materials relating
to the composition There's a Land, and her son, Robert Underwood, donated the rest of the materials on February 25th, 2008.
The manuscripts are made up of original and photocopied scores, parts and arrangements written, arranged or edited by Florence
Underwood. A smaller selection of sheet music features other composers' works. Materials related to the research of Underwood's
compositions include original source materials, photocopies of reference texts, correspondence, handwritten notes and typed
stage directions. Underwood maintained scrapbooks consisting of newspaper clippings, programs, greeting cards and photographs.
Her professional and personal life is documented through correspondence and legal paperwork.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged into six series: I. Florence Underwood Music Manuscripts. II. Research. III. Scrapbooks. Subseries
I: Scrapbook I. Subseries II: Scrapbook II. Subseries III: Scrapbook III. Subseries IV: Collected Items. Subseries V: Oversized
Photocopies of Newsclippings. IV. Correspondence V. Legal and Personal Papers. VI. Sheet Music.
Indexing Terms
Constanten, Tom
Janssen, Werner, 1899-1990
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974
Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964
Mowry, Dent
Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941
Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978
White, Floyd C
California
Composers--United States--Biography.
Music--Manuscripts.
Orchestral music
Orchestral music, Arranged
Oregon
Piano music
Women composers--Archival resources.
Women composers--United States.
Florence Underwood Music Manuscripts
1930-1984
Container List
Physical Description:
101 folders
Scope and Contents note
The materials in this series are made up of manuscripts of music written, arranged or edited by Florence Underwood. It includes
orchestral arrangements, scores, and parts; piano arrangements; and vocal arrangements. The manuscripts are handwritten, printed
and photocopied. Multiple copies for several pieces are included, though not all copies are full copies.
Box 1, Folder 1
Bele Aelis
Physical Description:
1 fair copy, 1 pencil sketch
Scope and Contents note
Arranged by Florence Underwood. First item is black ink on paper, melody only. Second item is pencil on paper, partial arrangement.
Box 1, Folder 2
Bele Aelis
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of arrangement by Florence Underwood.
Box 1, Folder 3
The Little Blue Flute (Blue Flute)
Physical Description:
1 handwritten ink manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Southwest American Indian Tone Poem for Piano. Blue ink on manuscript paper.
Box 1, Folder 4
The Little Blue Flute (Blue Flute)
August 1945
Physical Description:
1 handwritten pencil orchestral arrangement
Scope and Contents note
Orchestra score - music inspired by Elias Bechtold poem. Pencil on preprinted orchestral score manuscript paper.
Box 1, Folder 5
The Blue Flute
Physical Description:
1 handwritten pencil orchestral arrangement
Scope and Contents note
Orchestra score arranged by John P. Fairfax. Pencil on preprinted orchestral score manuscript paper with blue and red markings.
Marked original in blue ink.
Box 1, Folder 6
The Blue Flute
5/1/1950
Physical Description:
1 handwritten pencil orchestral arrangement
Scope and Contents note
Orchestra score. Pencil on orchestral score manuscript paper with red and blue marks.
Box 1, Folder 7
The Blue Flute (A Southwestern American Indian Legend)
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Score is a reverse photocopy and is notarized.
Box 1, Folder 8
The Blue Flute
6/30/1950
Physical Description:
1 photocopied manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied & bound score - with photocopy of Waiver of Claim signed by Warren Boswell.
Box 1, Folder 9
The Blue Flute
5/1/1950
Physical Description:
1 photocopied manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied & bound score.
Box 1, Folder 10
Choc'lat Mama
Physical Description:
Partial photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied piano score.
Box 1, Folder 11
Come Back, Sweetheart
Physical Description:
1 handwritten manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Marked original copy. Pencil on hand drawn staves.
Box 1, Folder 12
Come Back, Sweetheart
1930
Physical Description:
1 fair copy and 1 handwritten ink copy
Scope and Contents note
Two copies - one marked original copy with a title page. Blue ink on manuscript paper.
Box 1, Folder 13
Come Back, Sweetheart
Physical Description:
5 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Five complete and incomplete photocopies.
Box 1, Folder 14
Dream of Spring
Physical Description:
1 partial copy
Scope and Contents note
Musical setting for piano and voice of poem by Ts'en Ts'an translated by Arthur Waley in 170 Chinese Poems. Black printed
ink with pencil markings.
Box 1, Folder 15
Dream of Spring
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy.
Box 1, Folder 16
Each Night I Dream
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of arrangement of piece by Mary Ellen Osborne for pipe organ and flute.
Box 1, Folder 17
Earth
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of one partial page.
Box 1, Folder 18
Fascination
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Piano and voice score - text by Ssu Kung Tu, 834 AD. Black printed ink with handwritten corrections.
Box 1, Folder 19
Fascination
1984
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of arrangment by Tom Constanten.
Box 1, Folder 20
Fascination
1984
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of arrangment by Tom Constanten.
Box 1, Folder 21
Fascination
1984
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of arrangement by Tom Constanten.
Box 1, Folder 22
Fascination
1984
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of orchestra score. Text by Ssu Kung Tu, orchestration by Tom Constanten.
Box 1, Folder 23
Fault Line Theme
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial photocopy.
Box 1, Folder 24
Home
April 1945
Physical Description:
2 sketches
Scope and Contents note
Text "From a collection of poems by Joseph Washington Hall (Upton Close)." Pencil on manuscript paper.
Box 1, Folder 25
Theme of Hometown
6/28/1952
Physical Description:
1 sketch
Scope and Contents note
Sketch. Pencil on manuscript paper.
Box 1, Folder 26
Hometown Suite
Physical Description:
1 unfinished manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Arrangement for six voices/instruments. Pencil on manuscript paper.
Box 1, Folder 27
Hometown Suite - Part III - Cosmopoliana
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Score for piano. Pencil on manuscript paper.
Box 1, Folder 28
Hometown Suite
Physical Description:
4 partial photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Four partial photocopies. Blue and red ink marks.
Box 1, Folder 29
Hopi Indian Legend
1947-1952
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Orchestra score - composed 4/1/1947, copyrighted 6/23/1952. Black ink with pencil and blue ink markings, including measure
numbers.
Box 1, Folder 30
Hopi Indian Legend
1947-1952
Physical Description:
1 full set of parts
Scope and Contents note
Orchestra parts - composed 4/1/1947, copyrighted 6/23/1952. Black ink with pencil markings.
Box 1, Folder 31
Hopi Indian Legend
Physical Description:
1 full set of parts
Scope and Contents note
Orchestra parts. Reverse photocopies.
Box 1, Folder 32
Hopi Indian Legend
Physical Description:
1 folder and 2 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Folder titled: 20 Orchestra Parts to Hopi Indian Legend by Florence White Underwood.
Box 2, Folder 1
Hopi Indian Legend
May 1980
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of orchestra score.
Box 2, Folder 2
Hopi Indian Legend
Physical Description:
2 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of orchestra score.
Box 2, Folder 3
Hopi Indian Legend
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of orchestra score.
Box 2, Folder 4
Keep Your Eyes on the Stars and Your Feet on the Ground
Physical Description:
1 sketch
Scope and Contents note
Appears unfinished. Pencil on manuscript paper.
Box 2, Folder 5
Love Song
September 1946
Physical Description:
2 sketches
Scope and Contents note
Original Peire Vidal, piano arrangement by Florence Underwood. Pencil on manuscript paper; black ink on manuscript paper.
Box 2, Folder 6
Love Song
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy.
Box 2, Folder 7
The Mask
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Small ensemble score and some parts. Black ink and pencil on half sized manuscript paper.
Box 2, Folder 8
Memory of Miatti
Physical Description:
3 partial photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Three photocopies - handwritten note "Blue ink portion - suggested counter by Milhaud."
Box 2, Folder 9
Mesa Verde Shining Sea Ballet
Physical Description:
4 partial photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Partial photocopies.
Box 2, Folder 10
Phoenix Ballet
Physical Description:
1 set of parts
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of orchestral parts.
Box 2, Folder 11
San Francisco Impressions I: Silhouette in Fog
April 1947
Physical Description:
2 sketches
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten manuscripts. Pencil and black ink on manuscript paper.
Box 2, Folder 12
Silhouette In Fog
4/1/1947
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy.
Box 2, Folder 13
Sing a Little Jingle
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Piano and voice manuscript. Lyric by Norm Anderson. Printed black ink on manuscript paper.
Box 2, Folder 14
Sing a Little Jingle
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy.
Box 2, Folder 15
Sing a Little Jingle
Physical Description:
3 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Three photocopies.
Box 2, Folder 16
Sing a Little Jingle
1984
Physical Description:
3 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of score, arrangement by Tom Constanten.
Box 2, Folder 17
Sing a Little Jingle
1984
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of score, arrangement by Tom Constanten.
Box 2, Folder 18
Sing a Little Jingle
1984
Physical Description:
2 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of score, arrangement by Tom Constanten.
Box 2, Folder 19
Sing a Little Jingle
3/2/1984
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Orchestra score. Text by Norm Anderson, orchestration by Tom Constanten. Photocopy marked original in red ink.
Box 2, Folder 20
Song of Li Chang
3/2/1984
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of orchestra score. Text by Eleanor Allen, orchestration by Tom Constanten.
Box 2, Folder 21
Song of Li Chang
1984
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of orchestra score. Text by Eleanor Allen, orchestration by Tom Constanten.
Box 2, Folder 22
Smoky Moon - CCC - Song
11/27/1934
Physical Description:
1 fair copy
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten in pencil on manuscript paper. Music by Betty Neupert, words by Floyd C White, edited & corrected by Florence
Underwood.
Box 2, Folder 23
There's a Land - Don't Say Goodbye
Physical Description:
1 partial manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten in pencil voice & piano manuscript.
Box 2, Folder 24
There's a Land - Dream of Spring
Physical Description:
2 full photocopies and 4 partial photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Multiple full and partial copies.
Box 2, Folder 25
There's a Land - Fascination
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy.
Box 2, Folder 26
There's a Land - Fascination
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial photocopy.
Box 2, Folder 27
There's a Land - Fascination
1984
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial photocopy of score, arrangement by Tom Constanten.
Box 2, Folder 28
There's a Land - Fascination
1984
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of score, arrangement by Tom Constanten.
Box 2, Folder 29
There's a Land - Gitanjali
Physical Description:
2 partial photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy, text by Rabindranath Tagore, musical setting by Florence Underwood.
Box 2, Folder 30
There's a Land - Incidental music to the play "The Lady Who Came to Stay"
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten manuscript in brown ink and pencil.
Box 2, Folder 31
There's a Land - Incidental music to the Play "The Lady Who Came to Stay"
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten manuscript in brown ink. Penciled note "For Ralston Ball."
Box 2, Folder 32
There's a Land - Incidental music to the Play "The Lady Who Came to Stay"
Physical Description:
1 set of parts
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten parts in pencil, blue and brown ink.
Box 2, Folder 33
There's a Land - Pacific Ballet/ Shining Sea Ballet/ San Andreas Theme
Physical Description:
4 partial photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies.
Box 2, Folder 34
There's a Land - San Andreas Theme
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 1
There's a Land - Song of Li Chang
6/23/1952
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Marked original copy, handwritten copyright information. Poem by Eleanor Allen. Printed black ink.
Box 3, Folder 2
There's a Land - Song of Li Chang
9/2/1977
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 3
There's a Land - Song of Li Chang
Physical Description:
2 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy. Poem by Eleanor Allen.
Box 3, Folder 4
There's a Land - Song of Li Chang
5/7/1980
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 5
There's a Land - Song of Li Chang
3/2/1984
Physical Description:
2 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of orchestra score, arrangement by Tom Constanten.
Box 3, Folder 6
There's a Land - Song of Li Chang
3/2/1984
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of orchestra score, arrangement by Tom Constanten.
Box 3, Folder 7
There's a Land - Song of the Mountains
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Four part vocal score - words by Floyd C. White, composed by Florence Underwood, arrangement by Matt Howard. Black printed
ink with pencil and blue ink notes.
Box 3, Folder 8
There's a Land - Song of the Mountains
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of four part vocal score - words by Floyd C. White, composed by Florence Underwood, arrangement by Matt Howard.
Also has stage directions.
Box 3, Folder 9
There's a Land - Song of the Mountains
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Two photocopies marked "Barber-shop quartette."
Box 3, Folder 10
There's a Land - Song of the Mountains
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 11
There's a Land - Song of the Mountains
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy marked in red ink "#1 - Opening Male Chorus."
Box 3, Folder 12
There's a Land - Song of the Mountains
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 13
There's a Land - Song of the Mountains
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 14
There's a Land
Physical Description:
1 notebook
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript notebook written in pencil.
Box 3, Folder 15
There's a Land
Physical Description:
1 notebook
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript notebook written in pencil.
Box 3, Folder 16
There's a Land
Physical Description:
1 notebook
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript notebook in pencil and black ink.
Box 3, Folder 17
There's a Land
Physical Description:
1 spiral bound notebook
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript notebook in pencil.
Box 3, Folder 18
There's a Land
Physical Description:
1 spiral bound notebook
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript notebook in blue ink and green ink on cover.
Box 3, Folder 19
There's a Land
Physical Description:
1 partial manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten in blue ink with notes in pencil, green and red ink.
Box 3, Folder 20
There's a Land
Physical Description:
2 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies.
Box 3, Folder 21
The Trojan Women
11/15/1941
Physical Description:
1 fair copy
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten in pencil. Piano score, marked original. "Excerpted for Phoenix Ballet."
Box 3, Folder 22
The Trojan Women
4/23/1942
Physical Description:
1 set of parts
Scope and Contents note
Orchestra parts with notes. Printed black ink with handwritten notes in pencil.
Box 3, Folder 23
The Trojan Women
11/15/1941
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Early piano arrangements. Photocopies.
Box 3, Folder 24
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial copy.
Box 3, Folder 25
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial copy.
Box 3, Folder 26
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial copy.
Box 3, Folder 27
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial copy.
Box 3, Folder 28
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial copy.
Box 3, Folder 29
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial copy
Box 3, Folder 30
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial copy.
Box 3, Folder 31
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
4 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied violin parts.
Box 3, Folder 32
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
3 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied oboe parts.
Box 3, Folder 33
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
3 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied cello parts.
Box 3, Folder 34
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
3 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied harp parts.
Box 3, Folder 35
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
2 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied flute parts.
Box 4, Folder 1
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
3 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied percussion parts.
Box 4, Folder 2
The Trojan Women
Physical Description:
Multiple photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies - unknown order.
Box 4, Folder 3
Unmarked manuscripts
Physical Description:
Multiple manuscript pages
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten in pencil and blue ink.
Box 4, Folder 4
Unmarked manuscripts
Physical Description:
Multiple partial photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies.
Research & Notes
1938-1984
Physical Description:
54 folders
Scope and Contents note
This series contains materials gathered by Florence Underwood while conducting research for her compositions. The majority
of the materials relate to her piece, "There's a Land." Many copies of basic stage directions exist for the piece. Some include
music to be used in the staging, instrumentation and handwritten notes on the stage directions. In addition, copies of poems
or historical research that were featured in or informed her compositions are included here.
Box 4, Folder 5
Chart of Orchestral instruments' range
1943
Physical Description:
1 manuscript page
Scope and Contents note
Attributed to Darius Milhaud. Pencil on orchestral score manuscript paper with attribution in green ink.
Box 4, Folder 6
Li Po Poems
Physical Description:
1 document
Scope and Contents note
Translated by Arthur Waley and others.
Box 5, Folder 1
Shining Sea Ballet Documentation
Physical Description:
2 pages
Box 5, Folder 2
There's a Land - Binder
April 1977
Physical Description:
Typewritten pages
Scope and Contents note
Loose materials.
Box 5, Folder 3
There's a Land - Binder
Physical Description:
1 binder section
Scope and Contents note
Section One: Untitled
Box 5, Folder 4
There's a Land - Binder
Physical Description:
5 binder sections
Scope and Contents note
Section Two: There's a Land
Section Three: Incidental Music
Section Four: Song of the Open Road
Section Five: Song of the Mountain
Section Six: Hopi Indian Legend
Box 5, Folder 5
There's a Land - Binder
Physical Description:
14 binder sections
Scope and Contents note
Section Seven: Shining Sea
Section Eight: The Shining Sea (bal.)
Section Nine: Fault Line Theme
Section Ten: Dream of Spring
Section Eleven: Song of Li Chang
Section Twelve: Fascination/piano
Section Thirteen: Silhouette in Fog
Section Fourteen: Home
Section Fifteen: Untitled
Section Sixteen: Ralston Hall/Grand Ball
Section Seventeen: Tales of the Vienna Woods
Section Eighteen: Phoenix Ballet
Section Nineteen: Cosmopolitana
Section Twenty: Frolic of the Fleas at Pulgas Temple
Box 5, Folder 6
There's a Land - Binder
Physical Description:
13 binder sections
Scope and Contents note
Sections Twenty-one: Belle Aelis
Section Twenty-two: Lament for Richard
Section Twenty-three: Peire Vidal
Section Twenty-four: Hometown Suite
Section Twenty-five: Choclat Mama
Section Twenty-six: Sing a Little Jingle
Section Twenty-seven: Running in the Rain
Section Twenty-eight: Remembrance Soprano
Section Twenty-nine: I'll Go along Singing a Song
Section Thirty: Each Night I Dream
Section Thirty: Parade of the Ethnics
Section Thirty-one: There's Gold in Them There Dumps
Section Thirty-two: Song of the Mountains
Box 5, Folder 7
There's a Land - Correspondence
1978-1981
Physical Description:
13 letters
Box 5, Folder 8
There's a Land - Correspondence
1981-1984
Physical Description:
16 letters
Box 5, Folder 9
There's a Land - Greer family History
Physical Description:
Photocopies
Box 5, Folder 10
There's a Land - Hopi Indian Legend
April 1947
Physical Description:
3 onionskin pages
Scope and Contents note
Composer's notes on piece.
Box 5, Folder 11
There's a Land - Hopi Indian Legend
April 1947
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of composer's notes on piece.
Box 5, Folder 12
There's a Land - Hopi Indian Legend
Physical Description:
1 notebook page
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten notes.
Box 5, Folder 13
There's a Land - Hopi Indian Legend
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of a portion of an unnamed and unattributed poem.
Box 5, Folder 14
There's a Land - Hopi Indian Legend
Physical Description:
2 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Two copies of excerpts from Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian.
Box 5, Folder 15
There's a Land - I Go Along Singing a Song
Physical Description:
4 photocopies
Box 5, Folder 16
There's a Land - I Go Along Singing a Song
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Lyrics.
Box 5, Folder 17
There's a Land - Newspaper clippings
May 1947
Physical Description:
1 article
Box 5, Folder 18
There's a Land - Newspaper clippings
1977
Physical Description:
1 article
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of articles about a new music building at Stanford University.
Box 5, Folder 19
There's a Land - Newspaper clippings
1978-1984
Physical Description:
3 articles
Box 5, Folder 20
There's a Land - Newspaper clippings
Physical Description:
1 article and 1 photograph
Box 5, Folder 21
There's a Land - Newspaper clippings
Physical Description:
2 articles
Box 5, Folder 22
There's a Land - Peg Leg Annie
1/1/1984
Physical Description:
2 letters
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence.
Box 5, Folder 23
There's a Land - Peg Leg Annie
Physical Description:
1 newsclipping and 1 photograph
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clipping and photograph.
Box 5, Folder 24
There's a Land - Peire Vidal
Physical Description:
1 draft
Scope and Contents note
Research on 11th century French troubadour Peire Vidal.
Box 5, Folder 25
There's a Land - Sing a Little Jingle
Physical Description:
1 copy of lyrics
Box 5, Folder 26
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
3 photocopies
Box 5, Folder 27
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Box 5, Folder 28
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
2 photocopies
Box 5, Folder 29
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Box 5, Folder 30
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Box 5, Folder 31
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
3 partial photocopies
Box 5, Folder 32
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Box 5, Folder 33
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 folder with attached photograph
Box 5, Folder 34
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
3 versions
Box 5, Folder 35
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Box 5, Folder 36
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 typewritten copy
Box 5, Folder 37
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
3 photocopies
Box 6, Folder 1
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Box 6, Folder 2
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Box 6, Folder 3
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 notebook page
Box 6, Folder 4
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Box 6, Folder 5
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Box 6, Folder 6
There's a Land - Stage Directions
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Box 6, Folder 7
There's a Land - Wood's Unabridged Rhyming Dictionary
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy.
Box 6, Folder 8
There's a Land
8/30/1938
Physical Description:
1 page handwritten notes
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten notes.
Box 6, Folder 9
There's a Land
Physical Description:
Partial notebook
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten notes.
Box 6, Folder 10
There's a Land
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of pictures dated 1890-1930.
Box 6, Folder 11
There's a Land
Physical Description:
1 notecard, 1 photograph, 1 program
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous.
Box 6, Folder 12
Trojan Women
Physical Description:
1 sketch
Scope and Contents note
Musical sketch.
Box 6, Folder 13
Trojan Women
Physical Description:
1 page handwritten notes
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten notes.
Box 6, Folder 14
Trojan Women
Physical Description:
2 pages handwritten notes
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten notes.
Box 6, Folder 15
Trojan Women
Physical Description:
3 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Copies of poem by John Hall Wheelock.
Box 4, Folder 7
Oversized photocopies of newsclippings
1947-1984
Physical Description:
Photocopies from 1 series
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains photocopies on acid free paper of fragile materials, mainly newspaper clippings.
Scrapbooks
1937-1988
Physical Description:
87 folders
Scope and Contents note
The scrapbooks maintained by Underwood consist of newspaper clippings, programs, greeting cards and photographs. The events
covered by the materials include her performances, performances of her compositions and community events she participated
in or organized. Her obituary is included in one of her scrapbooks, assumed to be added by her son after her death.
Scrapbook I
1941-1988
Physical Description:
32 folders
Scope and Contents note
The earliest of the scrapbooks contained in the collection features invitations, newspaper clippings, programs, greeting cards,
merit certificates and cancelled checks written to Darius Milhaud, who was Underwood's teacher in the 1940's. A copy of Underwood's
obituary is included here.
Box 6, Folder 16
Scrapbook I
1945
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 17
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 18
Scrapbook I
1941
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 19
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 20
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 22
Scrapbook I
1942
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 23
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 24
Scrapbook I
1942
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 25
Scrapbook I
1942
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 26
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 27
Scrapbook I
1945-1948
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 28
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 29
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 30
Scrapbook I
1948-1949
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 31
Scrapbook I
1947
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 32
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 33
Scrapbook I
1945
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 34
Scrapbook I
1945-1949
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 35
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 36
Scrapbook I
1949-1950
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 37
Scrapbook I
1941-1948
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 38
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 39
Scrapbook I
1947
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 40
Scrapbook I
1947
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 41
Scrapbook I
1948
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 42
Scrapbook I
1948
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 43
Scrapbook I
1948
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 44
Scrapbook I
1948
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 45
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 6, Folder 46
Scrapbook I
1988
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Scope and Contents note
Contains a copy of Underwood's obituary.
Box 6, Folder 47
Scrapbook I
Physical Description:
1 empty scrapbook binder
Scope and Contents note
Scrapbook binder.
Scrapbook II
1948-1977
Physical Description:
16 folders
Scope and Contents note
The second scrapbook of this series includes newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, calling cards and photocopied materials
related to Spencer family history.
Box 7, Folder 1
Scrapbook II
1952
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 2
Scrapbook II
1950
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 3
Scrapbook II
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 4
Scrapbook II
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 5
Scrapbook II
1953-1977
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 6
Scrapbook II
1952-1968
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 7
Scrapbook II
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 8
Scrapbook II
1950
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 9
Scrapbook II
1945
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 10
Scrapbook II
1949
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 11
Scrapbook II
1950
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 12
Scrapbook II
1950
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 13
Scrapbook II
1950
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 14
Scrapbook II
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 15
Scrapbook II
1948
Physical Description:
1 scrapbook page
Box 7, Folder 16
Scrapbook II
Physical Description:
1 empty scrapbook binder
Scope and Contents note
Scrapbook binder.
Scrapbook III
1945-1985
Physical Description:
17 folders
Scope and Contents note
Materials from the third scrapbook include newspaper clippings, photographs, greeting cards and programs. A program from the
Diablo Symphony of Walnut Creek documents a 1984 performance of Underwood's The Blue Flute: a Tone Poem.
Box 8, Folder 1
Scrapbook III
Physical Description:
1 notecard
Box 8, Folder 2
Scrapbook III
1984
Physical Description:
4 programs
Box 8, Folder 3
Scrapbook III
Physical Description:
2 miscellaneous items
Box 8, Folder 4
Scrapbook III
Physical Description:
1 page handwritten notes
Box 8, Folder 5
Scrapbook III
1945
Physical Description:
3 newspaper articles
Box 8, Folder 6
Scrapbook III
1957
Physical Description:
1 certificate
Box 8, Folder 7
Scrapbook III
Physical Description:
7 photographs
Box 8, Folder 8
Scrapbook III
Physical Description:
2 photocopies
Box 8, Folder 9
Scrapbook III
1949-1974
Physical Description:
4 newspaper articles
Box 8, Folder 10
Scrapbook III
1968
Physical Description:
1 photograph and 1 program
Box 8, Folder 11
Scrapbook III
Physical Description:
1 lettering set
Box 8, Folder 12
Scrapbook III
1969
Physical Description:
1 program
Box 8, Folder 13
Scrapbook III
1985
Physical Description:
1 program
Box 8, Folder 14
Scrapbook III
1949
Physical Description:
2 notecards
Box 8, Folder 15
Scrapbook III
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Box 8, Folder 16
Scrapbook III
1984
Physical Description:
1 newspaper article
Box 8, Folder 17
Scrapbook III
Physical Description:
1 empty scrapbook binder
Scope and Contents note
Scrapbook binder
Collected Items
1937-1985
Physical Description:
18 folders
Scope and Contents note
The items in this subseries consist of items that were not included in a scrapbook, but are similar in material to the scrapbooks.
This includes recital programs, correspondence and materials related to a farewell dinner for conductor Pierre Monteux including
a transcript of a speech.
Box 8, Folder 18
Collected Items
1937
Physical Description:
1 program
Box 8, Folder 19
Collected Items
1985
Physical Description:
1 program
Box 8, Folder 20
Collected Items
1983
Physical Description:
13 photographs and 1 letter
Box 8, Folder 21
Collected Items
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Box 8, Folder 22
Collected Items
1950-1983
Physical Description:
8 newspaper articles
Box 8, Folder 23
Collected Items
Physical Description:
2 notecards
Box 8, Folder 24
Collected Items
1950
Physical Description:
1 program
Box 8, Folder 25
Collected Items
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Box 8, Folder 26
Collected Items
Physical Description:
1 resume
Box 8, Folder 27
Collected Items
1953
Physical Description:
1 program
Box 8, Folder 28
Collected Items
1956
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 8, Folder 29
Collected Items
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Box 8, Folder 30
Collected Items
1952
Physical Description:
1 program
Box 8, Folder 31
Collected Items
1952
Physical Description:
1 letter
Box 8, Folder 32
Collected Items
1952
Physical Description:
1 letter and 1 program
Box 8, Folder 33
Collected Items
1954
Physical Description:
1 magazine
Box 8, Folder 34
Collected Items
1983
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Box 8, Folder 35
Collected Items
1966-1977
Physical Description:
2 programs
Oversized photocopies of newsclippings
1941-1985
Physical Description:
4 folders
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains photocopies on acid free paper of fragile materials, mainly newspaper clippings.
Box 4, Folder 8
Oversized photocopies of newsclippings for Series 3. Subseries 1.
1941-1949
Physical Description:
Photocopies from 32 folders
Box 4, Folder 9
Oversized photocopies of newsclippings for Series 3. Subseries 2.
1948-1952
Physical Description:
Photocopies from 16 folders
Box 4, Folder 10
Oversized photocopies of newsclippings for Series 3. Subseries 3.
1945-1957
Physical Description:
Photocopies from 17 folders
Box 4, Folder 11
Oversized photocopies of newsclippings for Series 3. Subseries 4.
1937-1985
Physical Description:
Photocopies from 18 folders
Correspondence
1949-1983
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents note
The correspondence included here is mostly of a professional nature, though there are a few pieces of personal correspondence.
It includes correspondence with the Portland, Oregon public library system about composer Dent Mowry, one of Underwood's former
teachers.
Box 8, Folder 36
Correspondence
1949-1983
Physical Description:
8 letters
Legal & Personal Papers
1905-2008
Physical Description:
8 folders
Scope and Contents note
This series contains legal and personal papers that document Underwood's professional and personal pursuits. Her marriage
license, as well as her parents' marriage license are included here. Two versions of her resume and her listing in the publication
Who's Who in the West are also in this series.
Box 8, Folder 37
Business Agreement
1953
Physical Description:
6 agreements
Scope and Contents note
Agreements between Florence Underwood and her husband Lloyd Underwood establishing ownership of her compositions and businesses.
Box 8, Folder 38
Copyright
Physical Description:
2 letters and 1 form
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with the Library of Congress and paperwork for copyright for four of Underwood's compositions.
Box 8, Folder 39
Handwritten notes
Physical Description:
1 notepad
Box 8, Folder 40
Marriage License
1905-1926
Physical Description:
2 certificates
Scope and Contents note
Included here are marriage licenses for Underwood and her husband, Lloyd Underwood; and her parents, Floyd White and Anna
Neal.
Box 8, Folder 41
Resumes
1983
Physical Description:
4 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Two versions of Florence Underwood's resume.
Box 8, Folder 42
Resumes
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Christian W Fueloep-Miller's resume.
Box 8, Folder 43
Who's Who Listing
Physical Description:
3 copies
Scope and Contents note
Copies of Who's Who In the West listings.
Text 8, Folder 44
Donation Papers & Inventory
2008
Physical Description:
3 inventory lists
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains initial inventory lists of materials donated and some paperwork associated with the gift of the materials
to the Stanford University Music Library.
Sheet Music
1909-1950
Physical Description:
23 folders
Scope and Contents note
The sheet music in this series is comprised of pieces written by composers other than Florence Underwood. It is arranged by
composer last name. Underwood is featured as a lyricist for the piece "I Want to Dance With You Tonight" (by José Guillen)
under the name Flo White.
Box 8, Folder 45
Asian Language Sheet Music
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Lyrics, title and composer in Asian language characters.
Box 8, Folder 46
Gaucelm Faidit - Lament for Richard
Physical Description:
1 manuscript page
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten.
Box 8, Folder 47
Gaucelm Faidit - Lament for Richard
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied.
Box 8, Folder 48
Manuel de Falla - Pieces Espagnoles
1909
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Box 8, Folder 49
José Guillen - I Want to Dance With You Tonight, lyrics by Flo White.
03/13/1950
Physical Description:
2 sheet music
Scope and Contents note
Two copies, one signed.
Box 8, Folder 50
José Guillen - I Want to Dance With You Tonight
Physical Description:
3 photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied.
Box 8, Folder 51
Arthur Hardcastle - Prelude
Physical Description:
2 photocopies
Box 8, Folder 52
Henry Levine - Magic at the Piano: A First Piano Book
Physical Description:
1 book
Box 8, Folder 53
Dent Mowry - Gavotte
1923
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Box 8, Folder 54
Dent Mowry - Gavotte
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial photocopy.
Box 8, Folder 55
Dent Mowry - Gavotte
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Arrangement for violins, cello and bass.
Box 8, Folder 56
Dent Mowry - Spanish Gypsy Dance
1923
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Box 8, Folder 57
Dent Mowry - Today
Physical Description:
1 photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Partial photocopy.
Box 8, Folder 58
Nikolai Rimsky-Korssakoff - The Flight of the Bumble Bee
1932
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Box 8, Folder 59
Carlos Salzedo - Fraicheur (Zephyrs)
1933
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Box 8, Folder 60
Henry Van Dyke - The Surf
1938
Physical Description:
1 book
Box 8, Folder 61
Earl Zindars - Tertium Organum
Physical Description:
1 manuscript
Scope and Contents note
Orchestrated by Don Ontiveros.
Box 4, Folder 12
New Music - A Quarterly of Modern Compositions
1933
Physical Description:
1 book
Scope and Contents note
Suite for Piano, Richard Donovan & Prelude No. 4, Arthur Hardcastle.
Box 8, Folder 62
Unmarked photocopied music
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Box 8, Folder 63
Unmarked photocopied music
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Box 8, Folder 64
Unmarked photocopied music
Physical Description:
1 partial photocopy
Box 8, Folder 65
Unmarked printed music
Physical Description:
2 pages
Box 8, Folder 66
Preparatory Materials
Physical Description:
1 page
Scope and Contents note
List of compositions by various composers.