D. W. Krummel
e-mail: donkay[at]illinois.edu
702 West Delaware Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Personal website, including:
Biographical and Professional. Bibliography. Honors and
Awards.
Biographical Notices. Professional Memberships. Links.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1947-56
- B.Mus. (1951), M.Mus. (1953), M.A.L.S. (1954), Ph.D. (1958).
Teaching Fellow (1952-54), Instructor (1954-56) in Music Literature -
Library of Congress, Washington, 1956-61
- Reference Librarian, Music Division, on leave as U.S. Civil Service Middle Management Intern, 1959-61, on assignment to the Office of Education, National Archives, Department of State, and National Science Foundation; later Library of Congress Processing Department
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Newberry Library, Chicago, 1962-69
- Head of Reference Department (1962-64, Associate Librarian, 1964-69), also responsible for the collections in bibliography and music, leading to the acquisition of the theory books of Alfred Cortot and the American sheet music collection of J. Francis Driscoll
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1970-
- Associate Professor, 1970-71; Professor of Library [and
Information] Science and of Music, 1971-97;
Professor Emeritus, 1997- . -
Rare Book School (Columbia University, University of Virginia), Faculty member, 1990-2008.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
See the Link below. 1. Selected Writings on Bibliography (A); 2. on Bibliography and Library History (AC); 3. on Librarianship (C); 4. on American Libraries and Bibliography (ACD); 5. on Music Bibliography (AB); 6. on American Music Bibliography (ABD)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Scholar in Residence, 1969. ♦ Newberry Library, Traveling Research Fellow, 1969-70. ♦ University College (London), Honorary Research Fellow 1974-75. ♦ Guggenheim Fellow, 1976-77. ♦ University of Illinois, University Scholar, 1991; Centennial Scholar, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1993. ♦ Music Library Association, Duckles Award, 1983; Honorary Member, 1988. ♦ American Library Association, G.K. Hall Award, 1987; Beta Phi Mu Award, 1999. ♦ Sonneck Society (Society of American Music), Lowens Award, 1989; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012. ♦ American Printing History Association, Laureate award, 2004. ♦ National Endowment for the Humanities, project awards, 1976, 1979, 1983, supplemented by support from the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund, 1983. ♦ Henry E. Huntington Library, Grant-in-Aid, 1965. ♦ University of Illinois, "Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Outstanding by their Students" (several)
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES
David Hunter, "Introduction," in Music Publishing and Collecting: Essays in Honor of Donald W. Krummel (Urbana, 1994), pp. 11-15. ♦ Linnea S. Martin, "Pin the Tale on the donkay," Library Trends, 47 (Winter 1999), 375-94. ♦ Who's Who in America (and other Marquis directories), 1973- . ♦ Contemporary Authors, vol. 106, p.299. ♦ Who's Who in Library and Information Science (and successors). ♦ New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980), vol.10, p. 283, and later eds. ♦ “Caxtonians Collect: [no. 69] (Robert McCamant), The Caxtonian, 18/10 (Sept. 2010), p. 11.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS [CURRENT]
Music Library Association (President, 1980-82). American Library Association (Council Member, 1964-68). American Antiquarian Society. American Printing History Association. Bibliographical Society (London). Bibliographical Society of America. Sonneck Society / Society for American Music. Caxton Club (Chicago). Grolier Club.LINKS
Selected Writings
“The Abduction from the Scenario,” (Bibliography, AC, 2011). Samizdat version