Scott Schwartz
Archivist for Music and Fine Arts
Associate Professor
236 Harding Building
1106 S. Sixth St.
Champaign, IL 61820
217.333.4577
schwrtzs@uiuc.edu
Previous Position(s)
- 2004-2005: Adjunct Professor of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.
- 1993-2003: Archivist, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute.
Education
- 1991: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.
- 1987 - Doctoral Research: West Virginia University, Morgantown.
- 1984 - Masters of Music Education and History: Michigan State University, East Lansing.
- 1980 - Bachelors of Music Education: State University of New York at Fredonia.
Awards and Distinctions
Awards
- 2006: University of Illinois Civic Commitment in the 21st Century Award.
Grants Awarded
- 2007: NEH Challenge Grant/University of Illinois.
- 2006: Music and Art of the 17th and 18th Centuries/Illinois Humanities Council.
- 2006: University Friends Preservation Grant/University of Illinois.
- 2005: NEH Challenge Grant/University of Illinois.
- 2004: Institutional Cost Recovery Redistribution/University of Illinois.
- 2004: NEH Challenge Grant/University of Illinois.
- 2004: Illinois Humanities Mini Grant.
- 2003: Scholar's Travel Grant/University of Illinois.
- 2003: NEH Challenge Grant/University of Illinois.
- 2003: Research Equipment Grant/Smithsonian Institution.
- 2002: Save America's Treasures Grant/National Park Service.
- 2000: Research Opportunities Travel Grant/Smithsonian Institution.
- 1999: Research Equipment Grant/National Museum of American History.
- 1999: Research Opportunities Travel Grant/Smithsonian Institution (Received two awards for this
year).
- 1997: Web Development Grant/National Museum of American History.
- 1997: Research Opportunities Travel Grant/Smithsonian Institution (Received two awards for this
year).
- 1996: Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra Travel Grant/Smithsonian Institution (Received two
awards for this year).
- 1995: Studies and Services Travel Grant/Center for Appalachian Studies, East Tennessee State
University.
- 1993: Research and Development Committee Grant/ East Tennessee State University.
- 1991: Presidential Grant-In-Aid/East Tennessee State University.
- 1986: Folger-Shakespearean Fellowship/Folger-Shakespearean Institute.
Recent Publications
Articles
- Schwartz, S., et. al. “Archon: A Unified Information Storage and Retrieval System for Lone
Archivists, Special Collections Librarians and Curators.”
Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research
(2007).
- Schwartz, S., et. al. “A Unified Platform for Archival Description and Access.”
International Conference on Digital Libraries (2006):157-166.
- Schwartz, S. “Discovering America’s Voice: Arts Preservation in Action.”
Performance, Newsletter of the Society of American Archivits’ Performing Arts Roundtable
(Summer 2006): 7-10.
- Schwartz, S. “Define Place and a Sense of Community through Collaboration.”
CLIR Issues, 50 (2006): 7-11.
- Schwartz, S. “Breathing Art into Brass: Herbert L. Clarke and Claude E. Gordon’s Synergistic
Legacy - parts 1, 2, and 3.”
The Brass Herald, 7 (2005): 54-55; 9 (2005): 54-55; 10 (2005): 54-55.
- Schwartz, S. “The Cornet, Trumpet, and Fleugelhorn (sic) in the Band,” (An annotated
transcription of Herbert L. Clarke’s presentation to the 1932 American Bandmasters Association.)
The Brass Herald, December (2004).
- Schwartz, S. “John Philip Sousa - parts 1 and 2.”
The Brass Herald, 5 (2004): 30-31; 6 (2004): 64-65.
Other Publications
- Kearton R., La France, R. and Schwartz, S.
Music and Art of the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Quartet of Ornamented String Instruments by
Antonio Stradivari, (Exhibit Catalog). Krannert Art Museum in association with the Smithsonian
Institution, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, the University of
Illinois Library, and the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music: October 20-December 3,
2006.
- Schwartz, S. “The Dutch Jazz Orchestra Plays the Music of Billy Strayhorn,” (Challenge
Records 4-CD set of Strayhorn Recordings): Reviewed for
Ellingtonia, Newsletter of the Duke Ellington Society, 10/12 (2002).
- Schwartz, S. “Appalachian Revivals,” and “North America Serpent- and Fire-handling Believers,”
entries for
Encyclopedia of Religious Revivals in American, ed. Michael McClymond. Greenwood Press,
2006.
- Schwartz, S. “Appalachian Fire Handlers,” entry for
Encyclopedia of Appalachia. University of Tennessee Press, 2005.
Recent Presentations
- Schwartz, S. "On the Seventh Day Let There Be Public Programming OR A Gift that Gives and
Gives Not."
Annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists, Chicago, IL: August, 2007.
- Schwartz, S. "Why So Many Piccolos Mr. Sousa? Saving America's Music Heritage."
Alumni Club of Greater New York, NY: June 21, 2007;
Alumni Club of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA: on June 23, 2007;
71st annual meeting of the University of Illinois Foundation, Urbana, IL: September 15,
2006.
- Schwartz, S. "Developing an Open-source and Standards-compliant Descriptive Tool for Loan
Arrangers."
Annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists, Washington, D.C.: August, 2006.
- Schwartz, S. "Mentoring: How to Keep the Profession Vital."
Annual meeting of the Midwest Archives Conference, Bloomington-Normal, IL: April 27-29,
2006.
- Schwartz, S. "Dueling Transistors: Preserving the Sal-Mar Construction and the Legacy of
Electronic Music at the University of Illinois."
Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries, Bloomington, IL: March 29-31,
2006.
- Schwartz, S. "Preserving America’s Band Heritage."
Annual meeting of the Society for American Music, Chicago, IL: March 16-19, 2006;
National Marching Band Conference, Urbana-Champaign, IL: June 2-4, 2005.
- Schwartz, S. “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”
Annual meeting of the Appalachian Studies Association, Dayton, OH: March, 2006.
- Schwartz, S. "Discovering America’s Voice Through Arts Preservation in Action."
Midwest Archives Conference, Chicago, IL: April 28-30, 2005.
- Schwartz, S. "Why So Many Piccolos Mr. Sousa? Saving America’s Music Heritage."
27th Annual Convention of the Association of Concert Bands, Quincy, IL: April 14,
2005.
- Schwartz, S. "Ten Easy Steps to Practical Archival Preservation."
27th Annual Convention of the Association of Concert Bands, Quincy, IL: April 14,
2005.
- Schwartz, S. "So We’ve Been Counted, Now What? Making Sense of A Census."
Midwest Archives Conference, Des Moines, IA: October 28-30, 2004.
- Schwartz, S. “Barnstorming with Grandpa: Preserving and Celebrating Community Identity.”
Bicentennial celebration for the town of Westfield, New York: July 2002.
- Schwartz, S. “The Cricket Sings a Merry Song: Music’s Power to Empower Women Musicians of the
Kentucky Holiness Community.”
Annual meeting of the Appalachian Studies Association, Helen, GA: March, 2002.
- Schwartz, S. “Benny Carter: The Unrecognized Genius?”
Washington Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society, Washington, D.C: December, 2001.
- Schwartz, S. “Don’t Let the Byte Bite You: Copyright and the Digital Archive.”
Annual meeting of the Society of Georgia Archivists, Macon, GA: November, 2001.
- Schwartz, S. “Translating Music into History: Documenting the Jazz Experience.”
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Richmond, Virginia: October, 2001.
- Schwartz, S. “Music and Moral Order: Music and Gender of the Kentucky Holiness Believers.”
Annual meeting of the Appalachian Studies Association, Snowshoe, WV: March, 2001.
- Schwartz, S. “Gypsy Amour: Suite Ellington and the Guitar.”
Washington Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society, Washington, D.C.: December, 2000.
- Schwartz, S. “Improving Relationships between SAA and Regional Archival Organizations.”
Joint meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference and the Midwest Archives
Conference, Cleveland, OH: October 20, 2000.
- Schwartz, S. “Strange Universe: Exploiting Kentucky Holiness Values and the Destruction of
Community.”
Appalachian Studies Association, Knoxville, TN: March, 2000.
- Schwartz, S. “Women Can Talk the Talk, but They Can’t Walk the Walk: Gender Roles and Coding in
a Kentucky Holiness Church.”
Quarterly Washington chapter meeting of the American Musicological Society, College Park,
MD: September 23, 2000;
Annual meeting of the Rural Woman’s Studies Conference, St. Paul, MN: June 22-25, 2000.
Professional Service
- University of Illinois Library Promotion and Tenure Committee
- American Musicological Society
- Appalachian Studies Association
- Duke Ellington Society
- Ethnomusicological Society
- Midwest Archives Conference, President's Award Nomination Committee (Illinois
Representative)
- National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Grant Reviewer
- Society of American Archivists, Donald Peterson Student Scholarship Award Committee
- Society for American Music
- Society of Southwest Archivists
