Halliday, John R.
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1911 - 1988
Biographical History
John R. Halliday (1911-1987) was a music professor in Utah. He worked at Brigham Young University, and served as a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John R. Halliday memoirs
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328533]
Identifier: MSS SC 2963
Scope and Contents
Includes a two-page vita, and recollections of the author's ancestors, family and youth; professional life; church activities; and hobbies. He served a Latter-day Saint mission in Germany, 1931-1933; studied music at the State Academy of Music in Berlin, Germany, 1933-1934; and worked in the Department of Music at Brigham Young University, 1936-1938 and again beginning in 1942. Material was dictated by John R. Halliday in June 1971, and later transcribed.
Dates:
1971
Oral history interview with John R. Halliday
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 113
Scope and Contents
Professor Halliday was interviewed by Alma Heaton on August 29, 1983 as part of the Joint Oral History Project for the Brigham Young University Archives and Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. The interview was transcribed in 1984. The material gives a brief sketch of Halliday's life and concentrates on the time he served as a professor of Music at Brigham Young University. He mentions serving as the mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Dates:
1983-1984
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- Autobiographies 1
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- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1
- Colleges and Universities 1
- Education 1
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 1
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions 1
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Germany 1
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Germany 1
- Milan (Italy) 1
- Missions and Missionaries 1
- Music in churches 1
- Music in universities and colleges -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Music teachers -- Utah -- Provo -- Biography 1
- Oral histories 1
- Photocopies 1
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