"From the Four Winds . . . A Rare Triple Æolina and a Typotone Both Added to the Alan G. Bates Collection," National Music Museum Newsletter 30, No. 3 (August 2003), pp. 4-5. Reprinted in The Trumpet Call (Harmonica Collectors International) 5, No. 3 (September 2003), pp. 4-5.

"Look--it's a Guitar, It's a Vielle à Roue, It's a Concertina--No, Wait--It's a Mélophone!" America's National Music Museum Newsletter 29, No. 2 (May 2002): 4-5.

Edwin Link Pipe Organ at SUNY Binghamton (Binghamton, New York: SUNY at Binghamton, 1973).

"Josua Pockh" and "Johann Paul Kraemer," in The Harpsichord and Clavichord, An Encyclopedia, Igor Kipnis, editor (New York and London: Routledge, 2006).

American Musical Instrument Society (amis.org), 2001-2005. Webmaster.

"A Brief History of the Conn Company (1874-present)," 1997-present. Creator, webmaster.

National Music Museum (www.nmmusd.org), 1996-present. Creator, webmaster.

"Avery Brown (1852-1904), Musician: America's Youngest Civil War Soldier," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 28, No. 1 (February 2001): 7-8.

"Drum Traps Snare Collectors," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 22, No. 1 (February 1993): 10-11.

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow . . . [Snare Drum from 42nd Rainbow Division, WWII], National Music Museum Newsletter 31, No. 1 (February 2004), p. 3.

"Vitrine Vignettes: A Sampling of Recent Acquisitions, Each with a Fascinating Story to Tell--Vintage 'Black Beauty' [snare drum] Rolls Out of Closet," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 27, No. 2 (May 2000): 5.

"Ask AMIS," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 21, No. 3 (October 1992): 15.

"The Collection, Preservation, and Use of Historic Musical Instruments: The Museum Perspective," Continuo (Toronto, Canada) 8, No. 2 (December 1984), pp. 2-8.

"Dakota Territory Bandsman Captured on the Internet," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 25, No. 5 (November 1998): 3.

"Exploring the South Dakota Composers' Archive . . . Elmer Lyle Carey (1892-1971)," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 15, No. 3 (May 1998): 2.

"Florence [Italy] Exhibits Musical Instruments," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 9, No. 3 (October 1980), pp. 2-3.

"FoMRHI An Active Society," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 7, No. 3 (October 1978), p. 2.

"Perspectives on the Ethics, Preservation, and Use of Our Instrumental Heritage," co-authored with Charles Beare (London) and Andrew Dipper (Minneapolis), Journal of the Violin Society of America 12, No. 2 (1992): 23-44.

"Please Don't Touch the Theremin: Stein Collection of Electronic Instruments Donated to Museum," The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 23, No. 3 (April 1996): 1-3.

"Recent Acquisitions at The Shrine to Music Museum," Comité International des Musées et Collections d'Instruments de Musique Newsletter 12 (1985), pp. 51-57.

"The Shrine to Music Museum & Center for Study of the History of Musical Instruments," Selmer Woodwind Notes (Spring 1996): 6.

"A Visit to the Musée Instrumental in Paris," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 10, No. 2 (June 1981), p. 3.

"WNAX Radio Memorabilia Donated," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 27, No. 4 (November 2000): 4-5.

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Contact Information:

Dr. Margaret Downie Banks
Senior Curator of Musical Instruments
National Music Museum
The University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion SD 57069-2390

E-mail: Margaret.Banks@usd.edu