Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 21/4
Stanton Memorial Carillon Foundation
Records, 1929-[ongoing]

Descriptive summary

creator:	Stanton Memorial Carillon Foundation
title:	Records
dates:	1929-[ongoing]
extent:	5.04 linear feet (11 document boxes)
collection number:	RS 21/4
repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Stanton Memorial Carillon Foundation Records, RS 21/4, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Historical note

Incorporated in 1954, the Stanton Memorial Carillon Foundation works towards the preservation and advancement of Iowa State University's carillon. Foundation membership includes eight alumni who not connected with the faculty or governing body of Iowa State University. These members serve for five year terms with staggered appointments. In addition the Iowa State University treasurer, the president of the Alumni Association, and two directors of the Iowa State Foundation are also members of the Stanton Memorial Carillon Foundation. The foundation meets at Iowa State University each year in April.

The first bells of the carillon were placed in the Campanile in 1899. Since then they have become an outstanding tradition of the University as well as a unique symbol remembered pleasantly by alumni and campus visitors. This is exactly as their donor, Edgar W. Stanton, wished. Stanton graduated with the first class at Iowa State in 1872. He spent 50 years on campus as a student and faculty member, becoming the Head of the Department of Mathematics, secretary to the Board of Trustees, dean of the junior college, vice-president, and on four different occasions, acting President. His first wife was Margaret MacDonald Stanton, first dean of women. When she died, July 25, 1895, she had been closely identified with the University for almost twenty-five years. Stanton wanted to establish a monument so all students and friends of Iowa State would remember her. He finally decided to purchase and have installed a chime of 10 bells in a detached tower on central campus.

Stanton died September 12, 1920, and his will provided that after certain bequests were taken out, the residue of his estate should be turned over to the University for furnishing a memorial to him. His second wife, Julia Wentch Stanton, and the children, decided to request that the University install 26 additional bells, thus forming a musical instrument which became known as the Edgar W. and Margaret MacDonald Stanton Memorial Carillon.

Collection description

This collection (1929-[ongoing] contains correspondence, minutes, secretary records, news clippings, and reports of the Stanton Memorial Carillon Foundation. Also included in the records are documents relating to other carillons.

Related materials

The Special Collections Department holds the following related collections:

Edgar W. Stanton Papers, RS 13/14/13

Herman Knapp Papers, RS 4/1/11

Organization

The collection is listed in chronological order.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
3	4	Correspondence	1926-1953
2	7	Publications, correspondence, plans, and information about a music degree specializing in carillons	1929-1967
8	12	Carillons and Bell Data	1930-1960
8	7	Information about carillons and towers	1933-1957, undated
1	5	J. Taylor Company – correspondence	1933-1969
9	3	Reports, correspondence, and meeting minutes	1944-1975
10	1	Foundation File	1951-1967
4	1	Correspondence and minutes	1952-1954
8	11	University of Kansas Memorial Carillon	1952-1963
2	9	Report on proposed improvements to carillon	1953
11	2	Report on proposed improvements to carillon	1953
7	2	Incorporation	1954-1957
4	2-3	Correspondence and minutes	1955
8	6	Letters	1955-1956
2	4	Meeting minutes, articles of incorporation, and bylaws	1955-1970
2	3	Annual meeting minutes	1955-1975
1	2	Meeting minutes, articles of incorporation, and bylaws	1955-1978
11	1	Reports, music, correspondence, news clippings, and meeting minutes	1955-1988
4	4	Correspondence and minutes	1956
3	1	Correspondence and minutes	1957
8	2	Gifts	1957
3	2	Correspondence and minutes	1958
8	10	Robert A. Taft Memorial Carillon	1958-1959
8	9	University of Wisconsin Carillon	1958-1963
1	4	Correspondence and plans	1959
3	3	Correspondence and minutes	1959
7	3	Bulletin - publication of the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America	1959-1968
5	1	Correspondence and minutes	1960
8	4	Tower Dimensions	1960, undated
5	2	Correspondence and minutes	1961
7	5	Estimates of Quantities, Weights and Unit Loadings Tower and Carillon	1961
5	3	Correspondence and minutes	1962
2	6	Proposal for improvements to carillon	1963
5	4	Correspondence and minutes	1963
5	5	Correspondence and minutes	1964
6	1	Correspondence and minutes	1965
1	3	Guild of Carillonneurs of North America – correspondence and meeting minutes	1965-1969
6	2	Correspondence and minutes	1966
7	6	Plan B revised	1966
8	8	Washington Cathedral Carillon	1966
8	1	Minutes	1966-1967
2	1	Meeting minutes	1967
6	3	Correspondence and minutes	1967
1	7	Information about other carillons – notes and correspondence	1967-1969
10	4	Secretarial Records	1968
10	2	Foundation File	1968-1972
1	6	Correspondence and plans	1969
2	5	Stanton, Nell – Correspondnece	1969
9	4	Secretarial Records	1969
10	3	Reports, correspondence, and meeting minutes	1969-1971
10	5	Reports, correspondence, and meeting minutes	1973
9	2	Reports, correspondence, and meeting minutes	1973-1980
9	1	Reports, correspondence, and meeting minutes	1974-1980
10	6	History of the Stanton Memorial Carillon	1987
2	2	Clapper – publication of the Thomas Rees Carillon Society in Springfield, Illinois	1988-1989
7	1	News clippings	1988-1990
11	5	Correspondence and meeting minutes	1990-1992
11	3-4	Stanton Memorial Carillon Renovation – Correspondence, proposals, and reports	1990-1993
11	8	Articles and Bylaws	1993-2007
11	9	Annual Meetings	2007-2009
11	6	Annual meetings	2009-2010
11	7	Annual Meetings	2011-2012
1	1	Information about other carillons – notes, notebook, and note cards	undated
2	8	Plaques on the carillon – correspondence	undated
6	4	Carillon Plan A	undated
6	5	Carillon Plan B	undated
6	6	Carillon Plan B alt	undated
6	7	Carillon Plan C	undated
6	8	Carillon Plan D	undated
6	9	Plans	undated
7	4	Bell catalogs	undated
8	3	Large Carillons in North America	undated
8	5	Bell Frame Design	undated
8	13	Iowa State University Carillon Data	undated