Musicians -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Viva Skousen Bluth Brown autobiographical writings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2095
Scope and Contents
Includes a 525-page autobiography, completed in 1994, and a five-page autobiographical sketch dated 1995. The material details her early life as a Mormon in Colonia Juarez, Mexico; musical talents, especially in piano; work as a school teacher; family activities; travels; and temple and family history work. Autobiography contains significant information about her husband, Egbert Daniel (Buster) Brown, and other family members, and includes numerous photographic images. Autobiographical...
Dates:
1944-1995
Franklin Madsen collection of biographies
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1143
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biographies of musicians, composers, and painters from various places in Europe. Also included are questions and summaries of chapters found in the "Essentials in Music History." The dates of the compositions of these items are uncertain.
Dates:
approximately 1950
Our life together : a personal history of the Max and Janet Berryessa family
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328780]
Identifier: MSS SC 2954
Scope and Contents
Recounts his significant life experiences, including early life in Boise and Gooding, Idaho, and Ogden, Utah; marriage to Janet Greaves, 1944; service in the U.S. Navy, 1943-1945, during World War II; career on faculty of Brigham Young University in Education Department, 1948-1988; travels throughout the world; family life; and service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as bishop, member of Child Correlation Committee, missionary, and temple sealer. Includes details of his...
Dates:
1998
Leroy J. Robertson scores and other material
Collection
Identifier: MSS 7768
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of published scores with accompanying manuscripts and/or photocopies of many of Robertson's works, as well as computer-burned sound recordings and a typewritten draft copy of Wilson's book, "Leroy Robertson: Music Giant from the Rockies," with annotations, circa 1930-2007.
Dates:
approximately 1930-2007