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Biographies of Beesley family
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 853
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a letter to LeGrand Baker, an archivist at BYU, briefly discussing the ancestors of Mrs. Fifield, biographies of Frederick Beesley and his wife Elizabeth Ellen Solomon Beesley, and a short history of the Beesley Music Co.Frederick Beesley was a musician who conducted the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, an accountant, a shoemaker, one of the founders (along with his father) of the Beesley Music Co., and the secretary/treasurer of the Salt Lake Philharmonic...
Dates:
1975
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Collection of Cecil B. DeMille recordings
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3203
Scope and Contents
Contains two CD copies of a radio transcription disk made by the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. The first CD contains two broadcasts: track one is a broadcast of the Salt Lake City Tabernacle Choir from November 9, 1958 (RED 586), and track two is an excerpt from a speech by Cecil B. DeMille on the Ten Commandments given at the University of Southern California and distributed by the Trojan Digest program (IED 626). The second CD contains only the address by DeMille.
Dates:
Broadcast: approximately 1958
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Richard Condie papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 7767
Scope and Contents
This collection includes press clippings from national and local publications highlighting events in Condie's career, especially in relation to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; photographs, books, and scores annotated and marked by Condie during performance or study; and other personal materials such as a typescript of an oral history given by Condie, circa 1950-1970.
Dates:
approximately 1950-1970
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
J. Spencer Cornwall papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1897
Scope and Contents
Printed and handwritten music scores, correspondence, programs, speeches, a biography of Mary Ellen Spencer, a scrapbook, magazines, notes, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to Cornwall's work as director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Dates:
1915-1980
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
J. Spencer Cornwall papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3151
Scope and Contents
Collection contains letters, speeches, photographs, and other materials relating to J. Spencer Cornwall's activities and work with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Dates:
approximately 1916-1979
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
J. Spencer Cornwall photographs
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3781
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of J. Spencer Cornwall ad various choirs and orchestras, as well as a group photograph of the Salt lake City District Music Supervisors from 1929-1980, including J. Spencer Cornwall, Dr. Lorin F. Wheelwright, Merva R. Morris, Vernon J. Lee Masters, and Margaret C. Richards. Also in the collection are five pages of sheet music for hymns.
Dates:
1927-1980
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Lowell M. Durham papers
Series
Identifier: MSS 8150
Scope and Contents
Contains sheet music, drafts, and clippings by Durham. Includes sheet music for his pieces, as well as compositions by composer Crawford Gates. Collection also contains several materials related to Durham's book on Maurice Abravanel, his research as well on Mormon musicians, and many newspaper and magazine clippings with news on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony, and music programs at the University of Utah. Some personal papers are also included, such as notes, personal report cards,...
Dates:
1920-1994
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Viola Pratt Gillette McFarlane papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 328
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, publications, and an autobiography. These materials relate to McFarlane's singing career in the United States.
Dates:
1897-1951
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
C. R. Savage scrapbook
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 824
Scope and Contents
This collection is the scrapbook of Savage. It includes newspaper clippings, copied poems and songs, a brief autobiography, correspondence, memorabilia, and other miscellaneous items including the newspaper notices of his death. It also has some press releases relating to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Dates:
1883-1909
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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