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Emma Lucy Gates Bowen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, concert programs, music scores, and miscellaneous items. Includes correspondence of Bowen when she was in Germany as an opera singer from 1898 to 1914 and later when she was a voice and music teacher in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included are letters from her husband, Albert E. Bowen from 1897 to 1923 and Lucy's agent, Catherine A. Bowman. Some of the materials relate to the Lucy Gates Opera Company.

Dates: 1896-1950

Wallace Ray Carter opera collection catalogs

 Collection — Carton: 1
Identifier: MSS 7905
Scope and Contents

Contains catalogs of the opera collection donated by Wallace Ray Carter that was integrated into the general collection, approximately 1960-2001.

Dates: approximately 1960-2001

Gordon Childs papers on the Viola d'Amore

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8507
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to Gordon Childs’ research on, experience with, and study of, the viola d’amore. It includes his personal collection of viola d'amore music, his research on the viola d'amore, and other materials related to well-known contemporary viola d’amore players and composers. Dated 1602-2014 with the bulk being from 1935-1997.

Dates: Publication: 1602-2014; Publication: Majority of material found within 1935-1997

Department of Theatre and Cinematic Arts theatrical production records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5646
Scope and Contents

Contains materials used in the production of various plays and operas at Brigham Young University. Materials include costume sketches, slides, cast lists, playbills, and other play notes. Dates range from 1963 to 1980.

Dates: 1963-1980

Foreword to a life story

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1819
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography of John L. Seymour who taught at Sacramento Junior College for 24 years, produced and directed many plays, composed operas and chamber music. He later moved to Cedar City, Utah after the death of his mother and established a memorial library for her at Southern Utah State College. He discusses the operas he wrote and describes his philosophy of life.

Dates: 1980

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

Morris Miles collected music documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2932
Scope and Contents

Includes an alleged parish register, dated 1691, written over a circa-15th-century monk's chant; "La Marseillaise Chant Patriotique," a printed item written in French, 1848; a silk menu from a banquet held for "the president of the republic," 1898, also in French; and a printed booklet entitled, "Stories of the Operas Produced by the Metropolitan Opera Company" for the 1894-95 season. Morris gathered the items during his world travels.

Dates: 1691-1898

Moore Ethier Company playbill

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 114
Scope and Contents

The folder contains a printed playbill of the opera "The Beautiful Heart Story." The production was to be held at the "Opera House Tonight." The location of the production is uncertain.

Dates: 1920

Roy Samuelsen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8168
Scope and Contents Contains personal and professional papers of Samuelsen. Includes newspaper clippings of his numerous vocal performances in operas and oratorios across the country, with pictures of him performing in them. There are also transcripts of his musings about his childhood in Norway and his life since immigrating to the United States. There are letters from his mission with his wife to Alta, Norway, and recollections on his children. Finally, the collection includes CDs of his singing. Includes...
Dates: 1960-2013

John Laurence Seymour papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 922
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, doctoral dissertation notes, music manuscripts, programs, and newspaper reviews of performances and recordings.

Dates: 1922-1971

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