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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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biographical sketches of the life of William Grant
File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 342
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography and diary. Grant wrote his autobiography in 1882. Subsequently he kept a journal in the same volume. The diary consists mainly of monthly summaries of Grant's activities. Grant writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church in England, his migration to American Fork, Utah, and his activities as a businessman and musician. Grant also comments on Mormon polygamy.
Dates:
1882-1910
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles Ludwig Olsen autobiography
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3210
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography. Olsen writes about his birth in Norway, his migration to Salt Lake City, Utah, and his life in Santaquin, Utah. He played dance music in many places in Utah and was tried by a Mormon court for inviting people to a public dance. He later settled in Salem, Utah, and continued to play his violin at dances. He travelled to many towns in Utah and Arizona. He later moved to Payson, Utah. Olsen served on a mission for the Mormon...
Dates:
approximately 1920
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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