BYU Library - Special Collections

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Contains music that was sent to Bernard Zaslav. It also includes a letter from William Primrose. Dated 1959-1980.

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Contains music that was written for Bernard Zaslav and his performing ensembles, music with related correspondence that was given to Bernard Zaslav and his performing ensembles, and Zaslav's collection of materials on Gabriela Lena Frank and Émile Férir. Dated approximately 1800-2011 with the bulk of the materials being from 1956-2011.

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Contains digitized copies of journals and a letter created and collected by Smoot during his service as a Mormon missionary in Samoa and Tonga between 1889 and 1892. Also includes transcriptions of the journals prepared by Loretta Nixon.

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Contains correspondence concerning various awards and honors given to Sir Baden-Powell. Includes letters from multiple foreign dignitaries with documents in French and one document in Italian. Dated 1921-1937.

Scope and Contents Materials contain papers regarding George C. R. Galloway's service in the U.S. Air Force during World War II from 1942-1945. Contains photocopied letters written by Galloway, copied photographs of Galloway's family, his Latter-Day Saint mission in the Southern States, and his military service, copied newspaper articles about Galloway and his brothers Paul and Henry, copied military certificates and documents, copied photographs of all the servicemen in World War II from the 29th Ward of Salt...

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This series contains materials Gordon Childs collected and received from several prominent contemporary viola d'amore players and composers. The collection includes a rare piece of music given to him by the well-known composer, Vaclav Nelhybel, to perform. Dated 1782-2014 with the bulk being from 1900-2014.

Scope and Contents This subseries contains musical scores from Daniel Thomason’s personal music library that he gave to Childs. These scores are in the form of printed music, photocopies of original manuscripts and include Thomason’s own arrangements. The collection also contains a piece written for the very first viola congress that Childs performed with Thomason and Myron Rosenblum in June 1982. A couple of the musical scores also contain correspondence from Thomason to Childs in the form of handwritten...

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This subseries includes programs, newspaper articles, biographies, and other reviews written about Muradian by Gordon Childs, members of the Viola d’amore Society of America, one of Muradian’s teachers, and other well-known musicians. The sub-series also includes quartets, concertos, and sonatas written by Muradian. These are in the form of photocopied handwritten manuscripts and printed musical scores. Some contain personal annotations and markings by Childs. Dated 1955-1998.

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Digitized letters written from de Lalande to Mme. de Piery discussing his work, the current political situation, and personal matters.