Series 1
Correspondence
1900-1948
Physical Description:
1 carton, 18 folders
Scope and Contents
Consists of letters from Estelle's sister, Edith Capenter Shepard, as well as
letters received from Estelle's brother-in-law (and Edith's husband) Thomas
Munroe Shepard. Additional correspondence relating to Estelle's position as
a music educator, including reports, letters of appreciation, and blank
stationery from organizations and public events.
Arrangement
Series 1 is divided into two subseries: 1.1: Correspondence with Edith
Carpenter Shepard, and 1.2: Professional and personal correspondence.
Subseries 1.1
Correspondence with Edith Carpenter
Shepard
1913-1947
Physical Description:
10 folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Existence and Location of Originals
Includes photocopies of letters held at the Northampton Historical
Society, from a collection of papers of Edith
Carpenter Shepherd, Estelle's sister.
Carton 1, Folder 9
Correspondence with Thomas Munroe
Shepard
1908-1917
Carton 1, Folder 10
Fragments and miscellaneous
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Subseries 1.2
Professional and Personal Correspondence
1900-1948
Physical Description:
8 folders
Arrangement
Arranged by type of material.
Carton 1, Folder 11
Reports to Superintendent of Schools and California
Federation of Music Clubs
1916-1940,
1941-1943
Carton 1, Folder 12-14
Miscellaneous correspondence
1908-1945
Carton 1, Folder 15-16
Letters of appreciation
1900-1948
Carton 1, Folder 17
Letters and tributes commemorating career at
retirement
1945-1946
Carton 1, Folder 18
Stationery from organizations and public events
1909-1935
Series 2
Articles and Publications
1897-1948
Physical Description:
1 carton, 17 folders
Scope and Contents
Consists of whole publications, fragments, and typescripts and manuscripts of
articles written by and about Estelle Carpenter. Included are miscellaneous
biographical materials, consisting of encyclopedia entries, obituaries and
other articles, and genealogical materials relating to the Carpenter family.
Publications include several different education and music society
bulletins, as well as newspaper clippings, a bound compendium of
music-related articles, and the typescript and related materials of a KNBC
radio broadcast about Ms. Carpenter's life.
Arrangement
Series 2 has been divided into four subseries: 2.1: Biographical Materials;
2.2: Typescripts and Manuscripts; 2.3: Printed Materials; 2.4: News
Clippings.
Subseries 2.1
Biographical Materials
1932-1949
Physical Description:
2 folders
Arrangement
Arranged by type of material.
Carton 2, Folder 1
Miscellaneous biographical articles and
obituaries
1932-1949
Carton 2, Folder 2
Carpenter genealogy
undated
Subseries 2.2
Typescripts and Manuscripts
undated
Physical Description:
4 folders
Arrangement
Arranged by type of material.
Carton 2, Folder 3-4
Articles and speeches by Estelle Carpenter
undated
Carton 2, Folder 5-6
Articles and radio broadcasts about Estelle
Carpenter
undated
Subseries 2.3
Printed Materials
1906-1951
Physical Description:
8 folders, 1 volume
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by publication title.
Carton 2, Folder 7
California Federation of Music
Clubs
1923-1927
Carton 2, Folder 8
California Parent-Teacher Bulletin
1929-1939
Carton 2, Folder 9
Journal of Education,
San Francisco Public Schools Bulletin
1907-1927,
1945-1949
Carton 2, Folder 10-12
Miscellaneous publications
1906-1948
Carton 2, Folder 13
KNBC Broadcast -
This is Your Home
1951
Carton 2, Volume 1
Music and Dance in California and the
West
1948
Oversize Box 1, Folder 1
Music and the Allied Arts
1935-1936
Subseries 2.4
News Clippings
1897-1948
Physical Description:
4 folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 2, Folder 16-17
Miscellaneous clippings
undated
Series 3
Notebooks, Scrapbooks, and Memorabilia
1891-1948
Physical Description:
1 carton, 16 folders
Scope and Contents
Consists of Estelle Carpenter's personal effects and memorabilia including
programs, invitations, tickets, announcements, and certificates, notebooks
and workbooks containing writing and sewing and art exercises, and
scrapbooks reflecting her interests in poetry and culture.
Arrangement
Arranged into 2 subseries: 3.1 Programs and Memorabilia, and 3.2 Notebooks,
Scrapbooks, and Workbooks.
Subseries 3.1
Programs and Memorabilia
1891-1948
Physical Description:
5 folders, 1 volume
Scope and Contents
Contains miscellaneous programs, annoucements, and invitations to various
public events, as well as certificates of achievment and membership to
various clubs and organizations.
Arrangement
Arranged by type of material.
Carton 3, Folder 4
Announcements and certificates
1895-1948
Oversize Box 1, folder 4
Where Nature Leads Through Paths of
Peace
1916
Dedication of Elizabeth Carpenter's (Estelle Carpenter's mother)
internment at Cypress Lawn Cemetery.
Subseries 3.2
Notebooks, Scrapbooks, and Workbooks
1894-1924
Physical Description:
11 folders
Arrangement
Arranged by type of material.
Carton 3, Folder 6
Music notation workbooks
undated
Carton 3, Folder 7
Textbooks, publications and receipts
undated
Carton 3, Folder 8
Weaving and sewing workbooks
undated
Carton 3, Folder 9-10
Miscellaneous workbooks
undated
Carton 3, Folder 16
Rubber stamps [3 items]
undated
Series 4
Sheet Music
undated
Physical Description:
2 folders
Scope and Content
Consists of some whole and some fragmentary sheet music either used or
composed or adapted by Estelle Carpenter.
Arrangement
Arranged in two folders.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 2-3
Series 5
Audio Recordings
undated
Physical Description:
8 phonograph records
Scope and Contents
Consists of eight 78 RPM phonograph records pertaining to Estelle Carpenter's
life and career as a music educator. It includes 2 discs from the
Standard School Broadcast series, a Standard Oil-produced music education program,
on whose advisory board Ms. Carpenter participated. 4 discs comprise a 1951
KNBC broadcast of a show entitled
This is Your Home, a regular series of San
Francisco reminisences written by Samuel
Dickson, in which the author recounts his experience as a
student of Ms. Carpenter's. Also included is a recording of
California Lullaby, performed by Rudy Seiger's Fairmont Hotel Orchestra. Ms.
Carpenter led a performance of this song with a cadre of her students,
accompanied by Mr. Seiger's orchestra, at the Fairmont hotel.
Box 1, Disc 1-2
Standard School Broadcast
undated
Box 1, Disc 7
Freedom's Call, by Schreiber, Felix
undated
Box 1, Disc 8
California Lullaby/
My Dearest Prayer performed by
Rudy Seiger's Fairmont Hotel
Orchestra.
undated
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