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Abstract
Louis Crowder (1907-1998) was a pianist, music teacher, and music writer. He wrote many published and unpublished books and articles, including books on Anatomy of the Hand, Bones, Muscles, and Keyboards, and articles for Clavier magazine. Crowder also performed a variety of concerts in Europe and taught both piano pedagogy conferences and music at various schools, including Northwestern University, Iowa State Teacher’s College, and the University of...
Dates:
1899-2000; Majority of material found within 1934-1980
Scope and Contents
The Louise Kupelian Collection contains papers and recordings relating to the life and career of pianist, teacher, and composer Louise Kupelian. Kupelian was a distinguished pianist, maintaining an active performing and teaching career. She studied for several years with Olga Samaroff, and the majority of the Kupelian Collection contains documents relating to these lessons. Kupelian kept detailed notebooks of each lesson with Samaroff, including assignments and quotations. These notebooks...
Dates:
1940 - 1997
Abstract
Two scrapbooks compiled by Louise Phillips, a University of Maryland Alumna. She graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Early Childhood Education in 1960 and with an Med. in Curriculum and Instruction in 1991. Phillips was a Montgomery County public school teacher and is the author of children's books. In 1986 she made a documentary about her teaching experiences. The scrapbooks include statements of her philosophy on teaching, vacation photographs, and correspondence. Also included are...
Dates:
1977-1988
Collection
0073-LBR-RG18-003
Abstract
Jay Lovestone was an major leader of the international labor movement through his work with Free Trade Union Committee, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and the AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, among many others. This collection contains a portion of Jay Lovestone's records for the years he worked most closely with the AFL and AFL-CIO. Types of materials in the collection include correspondence, reports, financial records, clippings, publications, photographs,...
Dates:
1939-1974
Abstract
Lowell Mason (1792-1872) is known as the founder of American school music education and co-founder of the Boston Academy of Music. In addition to establishing curricular music in American public schools and teacher training in music, he is also known for the success of his compositions and arrangements of hymn tunes and tune books, including The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music. Some of his other publications, mostly written for...
Dates:
1808-1992; Majority of material found within 1820-1941
Abstract
Edward Lucie-Smith (b. 1933) is a critic, poet, free-lance journalist, and editor. He was a partner in Turret Books, a small private press in London. His most important publications are Towards Silence, Thinking About Art, Movements in Art Since 1945, Concise History of French Painting: From 1930 to the Present, World of the Makers: Today's Master Craftsmen and Women, and Art in Britain, 1969-70. The collection consists of...
Dates:
1963-1975
Abstract
Lynch was an environmental activist and vice president of the Coalition to Preserve Black Marsh. The papers relate to natural conservation campaigns, particularly Black Marsh and North Point State Park in Baltimore County, Maryland. Materials include correspondence, notebooks, news clippings, reports, newsletters, member lists, promotional materials, photographs and negatives, maps, posters, and a sketchbook.
Dates:
1981-1999; Majority of material found within 1990-1993
Abstract
A founding member of the American Bandmasters Association, Lynn L. Sams (1896-1990) was also a businessman and leader in the music industry. For many years, he served as editor of the ABA newsletter and as the ABA historian--both in official and unofficial capacities. Over his lifetime, Sams collected biographical and photographic materials documenting the history of the band in America and the prominent people in the band world. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, photographs,...
Dates:
1900-1986; Majority of material found within 1930-1986
Abstract
Catherine Lynn Steele was an active translator, instrumentalist, singer, and composer. She began composing at the age of nine and had her first composition, "Conglomera," premiered by her Junior High School Orchestra in Hingham, MA in 1964. She received a degree in Spanish from Smith College in 1973, and later studied to be a translator at the Monterey Institute. In 1982, Steele received her Master's degree from American University, where she composed a full length opera, "Dominique," and...
Dates:
1957-2003; Majority of material found within 1970-2003
Abstract
At its height, Lyons was one of the largest music dealers in the country, and was a co-sponsor of the 1st Annual Midwest Band Clinic in 1947. The company, originally based in Chicago, was one of the first to send salesmen on the road, selling instruments all over the country. The Lyons Band Instrument Company was the nation’s exclusive distributor of the Tonette, a recorder-like instrument marketed to elementary students and a method book published by Lyons entitled Melody Fun, which became...
Dates:
1939-2003; Majority of material found within 1956-1980
