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Joseph S. Daltry papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-107

Scope and Contents

Materials from Daltry's career teaching music at Wesleyan, and recordings of Simsbury Light Opera Company Performances from 1948-1950.

Dates

  • Creation: 1934-1961

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Biographical / Historical

Married Faith Merriman, 1926. 3 children: Alice Marshall (b.1927), Mary Augusta Merriman (b.1930), and Faith Barbara (b.1932). Married Marjorie Suzanne Rice, 1959. Died September 27, 1967. Chronology List October 23, 1899 Daltry was born in Heckmondwick, Yorkshire, England. 1918-1929 Organist, chorus and orchestra director, Wesleyan University 1929 Associate of the Royal College of Organists, London 1929-1931 Associate Professor of Music at Wesleyan University 1931 Received an MA from Wesleyan University. Was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. 1931-1967 Professor of Music at Wesleyan University 1933 Fellow of the American Guild of Organists 1933-1937 President of the New England College Glee Club Association 1940-1941 Lyric Opera Company 1946 Author, Basic Musicianship 1949-1950 President of the College Music Association 1953-1962 Director of the Summer School, Wesleyan University 1967 Died in Haddam, Connecticut

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet (1 hollinger box, 2 half hollinger boxes, and 2 flat oversize boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Materials from Daltry's career teaching music at Wesleyan, and recordings of Simsbury Light Opera Company Performances from 1948-1950.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received prior to 1999 (Acc. 1000-107), and received from Margery Rosenbaum in 2006 (Acc. 2006-49), and 2007 (Acc. 2007-01).

Title
Joseph S. Daltry papers, 1934-1961
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by Valerie Gillispie, January 2007 Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, January 2007
Description rules
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Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository

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