Repository: ACDA
Creator: Hirt, Charles C. Dr., 1911-2001
Title: Charles C. Hirt Papers
ID: ACDA 002
Date: 1923-2001 (inclusive)
Extent: 15.53 linear feet 18 boxes
Language of Materials note
Collection materials are predominantly in English; some materials in Russian, Hungarian, Romanian, Czech, Polish, French, German, and Chinese indicated at the series level.
Scope and Contents note
This collection documents the professional life of Charles C. Hirt. It contains materials from his school days at Occidental College and the University of Southern California, including his thesis and dissertation. It also contains materials from his teaching and directing career at the University of Southern California, including teaching materials, newspaper clippings and publicity, general correspondence and tribute letters, programs and photographs. This collection also documents Dr. Hirt’s book writing activities; his involvement with the Walt Disney Company and the Olympics, as well as a variety of festivals, clinics, workshops, and tours; and his active participation in the American Choral Director’s Association, in which he served as national president from 1970 to 1972. The collection also includes recordings used as part ofACDA’s Hirt Endowment Fund CD. Materials are largely textual. Other formats scattered
throughout the collection include photographs, microfilm, records, cassette tapes, and artifacts such as plaques.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
ACDA Archives
Conditions Governing Access note
The records of Charles Hirt contain student academic records that are restricted in accordance with archival policy. Restrictions, where applicable are noted at the series, subseries, or file levels.
Controlled Access Headings
Hirt, Charles C., 1911-2001
Collection Inventory
Box 1
Series 1: Early Career 1934-1946
Series 2: Organizations 1940-1986
Series 3: Church Career 1935-1976
Series 4: Awards & Honors 1946-1998
Series 5: Speeches c. 1957-1983
Box 2
Series 6: Schooling 1925-1946
Box 3
Series 6: Schooling 1925-1946
Box 4
Series 7: Course Materials 1943-1972
Series 8: Notes c. 1954-1973
Series 9: Interviews & Articles c. 1947-1973
Box 5
University of Southern California 1944-1983
Box 6
Series 11: Biographical Information c. 1962-1984
Series 12 Cooper, Morton Papers 1967-1974
Series 13: Memorials 2001
Series 14: Robert Shaw Papers 1943-1954
Series 15: Book Papers circa 1958-1963
Series 16: Photographs circa 1912-1991
Box 7
Series 17: Walt Disney Company 1957-1997
Series 18: Olympics 1959-1993
Box 8
Series 19: Engagements circa 1942-1988
Box 9
Series 19: Engagements circa 1942-1988
Box 10
Series 19: Engagements circa 1942-1988
Series 20: Correspondence 1942-1989
Series 21: Miscellaneous circa 1968-1987
Series 22: Personal 1923-1994
Box 11
Series 23: A Coeur Joie 1967-1983
Series 24: America’s Youth in Concert 1977-1984
Series 25: Europa Cantat 1967-1985
Series 26: Ford Foundation Tour 1962-1965
Series 27: International Federation For Choral Music 1982-1995
Series 28: Vienna Symposia 1970-1974
Box 12
Series 29: American Choral Directors Association 1959-1996
Box 13
Series 30: European & Russian Trips Texts 1954-1970
Box 14
Series 32: Scores circa 1957-1983
Box 15
Series 32: Scores circa 1957-1983
Box 16
Series 32: Scores circa 1957-1983
Box 17
Series 32: Scores circa 1957-1983
Box 18
Series 32: Scores circa 1957-1983