Showing Collections: 421 - 430 of 1534
Abstract
Edward Bailey Birge was born in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1868 and died in Bloomington, Indiana on July 16, 1952. Birge was a founding member and later president of the Music Supervisors National Conference. The Edward Bailey Birge papers covers the period from 1890-1952; the bulk of the material dates from 1900-1965. The collection consists published articles about Birge, published and non-published writings and music by Birge, personal and professional correspondence, documents...
Dates:
1890-1966; Majority of material found within 1900-1952
Abstract
Dr. Edward L. Longley (1925 – 2006) was an educator and American watercolor painter from Baltimore, Maryland. He studied at Columbia University Teacher’s College, American University, Penn State College, and the University of Maryland, where he was an Associate Professor of Art Education from 1952 to 1984. His work has been displayed in both prominent and local spaces since 1964. During his tenure, both Jim Henson and Jane Henson studied puppetry in his courses. The Edward L. Longley papers...
Dates:
1954-2008; Majority of material found within 1979-1997
Abstract
Edward L. Rainbow (1929-2002), a professional musician, was involved in a variety of ensembles throughout his career. For many years he performed with groups such as the U.S. Army Band, and the Fort Worth and Sacramento Symphonies. During this time he became an assistant dean at the University of the Pacific, and later a professor of double bass at the University of North Texas. Throughout his life Rainbow was also an avid member of the Music Educators Research Council, part of the Music...
Dates:
1965-2003; Majority of material found within 1968-1976
Abstract
Edwin B. Dooley (1930-1998) was born in Kentucky and grew up listening to 1930s and 1940s radio programs on Cincinnati's WLW clear-channel station. He became an engineer at both WLW radio and WLWT television and remained active in radio, music, and theatre after his retirement. A staunch advocate of radio history, Dooley worked to preserve its legacy by salvaging materials discarded by station management, resulting in a vast collection of recordings spanning several radio broadcasting...
Dates:
1935-1960; Majority of material found within 1940s-1950s
Abstract
Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956), a founder of the American Bandmasters Association and its first president, was a composer, scholar, and prominent conductor. In 1911, he formed his own band which began a summer concert series, later know as the Guggenhiem Memorial Concert Series, in New York City in 1918. This tradition continued under other directors, including Goldman's son, Richard Franko Goldman, who led the band from 1956 to 1979. Goldman championed the performance of neglected band...
Dates:
1895-c.1977; Majority of material found within 1919-c.1977
Abstract
Edwin G. Burrows (1917- 2011) managed the University of Michigan's radio stations WUOM and WVGR. He interviewed about 500 individuals for a cultural arts program titled The Eleventh Hour, including Alvin Ailey, Robert Bly, and Kurt Vonnegut. Burrows helped charter National Educational Radio (NER), the National Association of Educational Broadcasters' radio division. He was chairman and a member of the board of network advisors for the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. Burrows...
Dates:
1964-1988; Majority of material found within 1964-1988
Abstract
Edythe Meserand (1908-1997) was a radio news director and documentarian as well as a founding member and the first president of the professional organization American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT). She is credited with several broadcasting "firsts" while working at WOR in New York: founding the first radio newsroom, producing the first radio documentary, and organizing the station's enduring Children's Christmas Fund Drive.
This collection encompasses the years 1920 to 2000, with...
Dates:
1900-2000 and undated; Majority of material found within 1950s
Abstract
Caroline K. Ehlers received her Master's of Arts from the University of Maryland in 1979. During her course of study, Ehlers was enrolled in a history course entitled "Oral History Editing." The collection consists of her paper "The Vietnamese War and the American Sense of National Tradition: An Oral History Study," as well as the six interview transcripts on which the paper is based.
Dates:
1976
Abstract
Donald Elder (1913-1965) was an editor with Doubleday, Doran and Co., which published the English translation of José Joaquín Fernandez de Lizardi's The Itching Parrot in Katherine Anne Porter's name. He was also the author of Ring Lardner, A Biography. The collection consists of correspondence between him and Porter. Important subjects include writers and writing and Porter's personal interests and opinions, as well as...
Dates:
1940-1963; Majority of material found within 1940-1963
Abstract
Eldon A. Janzen (1928-2022) was an American conductor and educator. A longtime Director of Bands at the University of Arkansas, Mr. Janzen received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Oklahoma State University and his Master of Music Education degree from North Texas State University. Janzen's professional affiliations include American Bandmasters Association, Music Educators National Conference, College Band Directors National Association, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, and Lions...
Dates:
1941-2008; Majority of material found within 1970-1993