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William Bailey Collection of Musical Recordings, 1945-1975
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bailey, Wm. H. (William Horace)
- Title
- William Bailey Collection of Musical Recordings
- Dates
- 1945-1975 (inclusive)19451975
- Quantity
- 6.4 linear feet, (6 record cartons, 1 manuscript box)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.422
- Summary
- The William Bailey Collection of Musical Recordings consists of audio tapes, vinyl records, and VHS tapes of miscellaneous artist. This collection, which dates from 1945 through 1975, also contains tapes on faculty, and students, most of which were produced by Bailey during his time as a professor at Whitman College.
- Repository
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
William Horace Bailey was born January 30, 1910, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He began playing music at age five and quickly became proficient in many instruments, including piano and violin. He graduated magna cum laude from Pomona College in Claremont, California with a Bachelor of Arts in 1929. He played in a Southern California music organizations for many years before earning a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He taught music and conducted the civil orchestra at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida for six years, before moving to Walla Walla, Washington in August 1945 for a one-year assignment at the Whitman College music department. He taught there for over thirty years, from 1945 through 1975, working as an instructor of string instruments and music theory, and as the conductor of the Walla Walla Symphony Orchestra. He was a prolific composer, with more than seventy compositions credited to him. He died on April 15, 1977 at the age of 67.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The William Bailey Collection of Musical Recordings consists of audio tapes, vinyl records, and VHS tapes of miscellaneous artists. This collection, which dates from 1945 through 1975, also contains tapes of faculty, and students, most of which were produced by Bailey during his time as a professor at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. This collection documents performances by much of the Whitman College music department, artists that performed at Whitman, and performances by the Walla Walla Symphony.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Composers--Washington (State)--Walla Walla
- Universities and Colleges--Music
Corporate Names
- Whitman College