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Conservatory of Music

 Organization

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Artist Series and Jazz Series Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG11-001
Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of season announcements and programs for the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music Artist Series and Jazz Series, annual series of concerts featuring outside artists, from 1908 to the present. Some photographs are also included.

Carl Waterman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-122
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials relating to Carl Waterman, Conservatory of Music faculty member from 1910 to 1953 and Dean of the Conservatory from 1920 to 1949. Materials include articles and biographical information, correspondence relating to a retirement gift for Waterman, and photographs.

Conservatory of Music Subject Files

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG11-005
Scope and Contents This collection consists of subject files documenting departments, ensembles, events, and general history of the Conservatory of Music at Lawrence University, dating from 1868 to the present. Materials primarily include newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, and brochures.

Edith Raisler Scrapbook

 Collection — Container: Shared Box 9
Identifier: LU-MS-078
Scope and Contents This scrapbook was created by Edith Raisler when she was a conservatory student at Lawrence College. Contents includes photos of the old conservatory, as well as photos of conservatory students.

Fred Schroeder Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: LU-MS-147
Scope and Contents This collection contains newspaper clippings and magazine articles highlighting Schroeder's musical career, personal correspondence, biographical materials, and photographs. Schroeder served as the Director of Bands at Lawrence University from 1951 to 1978.

Jack L. Barta Photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: LU-MS-015
Scope and Contents This collection consists entirely of photographs taken by Jack L. Barta, Lawrence University class of 1969. The bulk of the photographs depict the interiors of campus buildings, although photographs of conservatory ensembles and people are also included.

James Ming Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-MS-158
Scope and Contents This collection contains annual reports, concert programs, correspondence, newpaper clippings, materials documenting Ming's teaching and education experiences in Europe, information about his retirement, and photographs. Ming taught piano and composition at Lawrence University from 1944 to 1971.

Marshall Hulbert Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-MS-047
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials documenting the tenure of Marshall Hulbert at Lawrence University as a student (class of 1926), Secretary of the Conservatory and Professor of Singing, Director of Admissions, Dean of Administration, College Dean, and Vice President. Materials date from 1925 to 1985 and include correspondence, annual reports, recital programs, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, photographs, and transcripts of interviews Hulbert conducted with former presidents Wriston, Knight,...

Music-Drama Center Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG08-006
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of materials documenting the history of the Music-Drama Center, the home of the Conservatory of Music and Theatre department that was built in 1959. The collection includes correspondence, building plans, articles about the building, and photographs. Materials on Harper Hall, Cloak and Stansbury Theatres, and Waterman Library are also included.

Norma Yahr Scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: LU-MS-046
Scope and Contents Norma Yahr's Scrapbook contains personal correspondence, invitations to events at Lawrence College, name cards, photographs, programs from events at the Conservatory of Music, ticket stubs, and personal essays written in the seventh and eighth grade. Norma attended Lawrence in 1914-1915.