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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 Latter-day Saint 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...
Dates: 1920-1994

Hymnology

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 369
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft. "A study of the historical, doctrinal, prophetical, and promise content of our L. D. S. hymns and classification based on the propriety of hymn selection." The work is a history and an analysis of LDS hymns and of those who wrote them. The item was coauthored by Florence J. Madsen (1886-1977).

Dates: approximately 1920

Leroy Robertson : music giant from the Rockies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2887
Scope and Contents

Typed copy of the book manuscript, "Leroy Robertson," a noted musical composer, which was written by his daughter. The item describes Robertson's life and works, including his teaching in the music department of Brigham Young University (1925-1948) and the University of Utah (1948-1965) and his involvement with music in the Mormon Church. Also included is a published copy of the book signed by the author.

Dates: 1996

Eugene M. Stoddard research papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1830
Scope and Contents

Research notes, drafts, transcipts of interviews, and correspondence. The materials relate to Stoddard's research into the life and career of Frances Elliott Clark, a music teacher and author in Indiana and Utah. Stoddard's research led to his dissertation on Clark.

Dates: 1907-1968