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CC-35 Centre College Alumni Papers

Collection Outline
  • CC-35.1 Alben Barkley
  • CC-35.2 John Young Craft and Family
  • CC-35.3 Edgar Allen Diddle
  • CC-35.4 Rudolf P. Gilcher
    • A. Sheet music (arranged by opus no.)
    • B. Sheet music (arranged alphabetically)
    • C. Scores
    • D. Miscellaneous
  • CC-35.5 Adlai E. Stevenson
  • CC-35.6 Thomas Bracker Tate
  • CC-35.7 George Vest
  • CC-35.8 Lindsey Blayney
  • CC-35.9 LeCompte Davis
  • CC-35.10 Craig, Hardin
  • CC-35.11 Paxton, William M.
  • CC-35.12 Cowan, John Rice
  • CC-35.13 W. Chauncey Alcock
  • CC-35.14 John D. Jackson
  • CC-35.15 Frederick M. Vinson
  • CC-35.16 John Sherman Cooper
  • CC-35.17 DeWitt Clinton Fort
  • CC-35.18 James Haggin
  • CC-35.25 Given Campbell
  • CC-35.26 Leo Gruszkowski, Class of 1939
  • CC-35.27 Thomas R. Welch

Collection Inventory
CC-35.1 Alben Barkley
Folder 1Check to Barkley from Centre dated Oct. 16, 1931
CC-35.2 John Young Craft and Family
Folder 1Miscellaneous photocopies from newspapers and other sources
CC-35.3 Edgar Allen Diddle
Folder 1Miscellaneous photocopies of alumni information, news releases, and newspaper articles
CC-35.4 Rudolf P. Gilcher
Rudolf P. Gilcher, a native Kentuckian, was a graduate of Centre's class of 1914, and while in college a member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. Gilcher later graduated from Plastics Technical Institute, West Coast University. Gilcher became president of a plastics firm, and author of a book The Fundamentals of Plastic. Gilcher's lifelong love has been in music and composition. He has composed over 169 piano works, a symphony, and a piano concerto. Many of his compositions, including two full scores, are included in this collection
Series A Sheet music (arranged by opus no.)
  • Op. 2, no. 1 Two piano pieces; Prelude in G major
  • Op. 3, no. 1 Nocturne
  • Op. 5, no. 1 Nocturne A flat; no. 2 Nocturne B flat major; no. 3 Nocturne B flat minor
  • Op. 8, no. 1 The haunted house; no. 2 Fountain reverie
  • Op. 9, nos. 6-8 Prelude in C major
  • Op.13, Rhapsody, F sharp minor
  • Op.14, nos. 1-5 Moods
  • Op.16, no. 1 Passing clouds; no. 2 Wind in the trees
  • Op.22, Southern memories
  • Op.22
Series B Sheet music (arranged alphabetically)
  • America, Please remember (words by T. St. John Martyne)
  • Cardiner Song, The (words by Russell D. Sandt)
  • If you were busy (words by David W. Ellis)
  • Impromptu for two pianos
  • Impromptu in D minor
  • In memoriam
  • It can happen to you
  • Lullaby for two pianos
  • Men of Diebold (words by Russell D. Sandt)
  • Mother
  • Song without words in C major
  • Swinging
  • Through all the years
  • Woodland sketches
    • In the woods
    • Along the path
    • April blossoms
    • To a violet
    • Beside the brook
    • Forget me not
    • Under the leafy shade
    • Summer night
    • Under the stars
    • The moon rises

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