Lowell M. Durham academic and personal papers, 1925-1992

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 8150 Series 6

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains materials relating to Durham's personal life and research. Includes correspondence between Durham and Crawford Gates and his family, correspondence with his son and extended family members, and his personal notes and memos to colleagues and friends. Also contains collected clippings on the obituaries of his friends and colleages, like C. Lowell Lees. Includes some of his report cards from early childhood and newspaper articles on his family members, like his wife and father. Some scrapbook pages are also included, and a copy of Durham's master's thesis. Materials date from between 1925 and 1992.

Dates

Creation: 1925-1992

Creator

Durham, Lowell M. (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 use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical History

From the Series:

Lowell M. Durham (1917-1992) was an Mormon composer and author in Utah, and professor at the University of Utah.

Lowell Marsden Durham was born on March 4, 1917 to George H. Durham and Nellie Marsden in Utah. In 1941, he received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Utah. He also married Betty Dee Divers that year, on April 26, 1941. He then received a Master's degree from the University of Iowa in 1942, and a Ph.D. from there in 1945. His post-doctoral work was completed at Columbia University and New York University. He returned to the University of Utah in 1946 as a faculty member. He served in executive positions on the Music Critics Association and the American Musicological Society, was a music critic for the Salt Lake Tribune, the musical director of KSL, and then Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah in 1955. He retired in 1964. He and his wife Betty had three children: Lowell M., Jr., Susan, and Thomas L. Durham died on November 10, 1992 in Salt Lake City.