Don L. Earl papers
Scope and Contents
Collection contains professional correspondence for when Don L. Earl was a professor at Brigham Young University, newspaper clippings of operas and other events in which he was involved, class and student files, photographs and slides including those of operas performed at BYU, music scores, production programs, and other materials relating to Earl's time as faculty at BYU and during his musical career, 1952-1978.
Dates
- Creation: 1952-1978
Creator
- Earl, Don L. (Don Lee), 1917-1997 (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Don L. Earl papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical history
Don L. Earl (1917-1997) was a professor of music at Brigham Young University.
Don Lee Earl was born on August 19, 1917, to Ira Joseph and Ada Lovisa Leavitt Earl. He grew up in Las Vegas and served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bern, Switzerland, before being transferred back to the United States with the outbreak of Word War II. During the war he served as a Navy flight instructor and a light bomber pilot. He married Ruth Lillian Moss on October 22, 1944, in Texas.
He graduated from Brigham Young University in music and received his PhD from Indiana University. He taught music and religion at BYU for 35 years. He conducted many choirs, operas, and symphonies, and ran the BYU Opera Workshop. He was the music director for the Utah Valley Opera in the late 1960's. He was a member of and served as president for the Provo branch of the American Federation of Musicians Union for twenty years. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in several church positions.
Earl died on September 7, 1997, in Provo, Utah.
Extent
12 cartons (12 linear ft.)
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged into four series: I. Don L. Earl professional papers, 1953-1978. II. Don L. Earl class and student files, 1969-1977. III. Don L. Earl photographs and slides, 1952-1976. IV. Don L. Earl scores, undated.
Custodial History
Donated by Don Earl in 1990.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Don Earl; 1990.
Appraisal
Noteworthy LDS composer (Section IV. LDS Music Archives Collection Development Policy January 2011).
Processing Information
Processed; Elizabeth West; May 2011.
Subject
- Brigham Young University. Department of Music (Organization)
- Earl, Don L. (Don Lee), 1917-1997 -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Register of the Don L. Earl papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth West
- Date
- 2011 May 17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States