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Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- General Materials
- Personal Materials
- Writings by Marian Robertson Wilson
- "Leroy J. Robertson: Music Giant from the Rockies"
- Research Materials, Essays and Articles
- Research Materials, Subject Files
- Personal and Teaching Materials
- Teaching Materials
- Thesis Materials
- General Materials
- Coptic Music Materials
- General Materials
- Addendum
- Names and Subjects
Marian Robertson Wilson papers, 1920s-2009
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Wilson, Marian Robertson, 1926-2013
- Title
- Marian Robertson Wilson papers
- Dates
- 1920s-2009 (inclusive)19202009
- Quantity
- 16.5 linear feet, (27 boxes and 1 oversize box)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 0202
- Summary
- The Marian Robertson Wilson papers (1920s-2009) consist of correspondence, article drafts, writings, research materials and other papers. The bulk of the materials relate to Wilson's writings about her father, Leroy J. Robertson, a world-renowned musician and composer, and her research into coptic studies. Wilson (b. 1926) is a musician, as well as a linguist and teacher. She has been recognized internationally as music editor of Coptic Encyclopedia and has lectured and taught at universities throughout the world.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English, French
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Marian Robertson Wilson papers (1920s-2009) consist of correspondence, article drafts, and a program relating to an article written by Marian Wilson about her father, musician and composer Leroy Robertson. The article was published in the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies and is titled: "Leroy Robertson and the oratorio from the Book of Mormon: reminiscences of a daughter." Also included are materials relating to Marian Wilson's studies of Coptic music, drafts of the book entitled: Leroy Robertson, music giant from the Rockies, teaching materials, and drafts of her dissertation entitled: Classical Arabic and colloquial Cairene: an historical linguistic analysis. The collection also contains guides to coptic music recordings, research concerning Ragheb Moftah. Correspondences with Jean Cocteau and Wilson's translations of some of his works are also part ofthe collection.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Box 1 was donated by Marian Robertson Wilson in May 2002 (0.25 linear feet).
Boxes 2-17 were donated by Marian Robertson Wilson in October 2002 (7.75 linear feet).
Boxes 18-23 were donated by Marian Robertson Wilson in November 2002 (3 linear feet).
Box 24 was donated by Marian Robertson Wilson in May 2006 (0.5 linear feet).
Box 25-26 were donated by Marian Robertson Wilson in September 2009 (0.75 linear feet).
Box 27, folder 7 was donated by Marian Robertson Wilson in 2018.
Processing Note
Processed by Lisa DeMille in 2002 and 2007.
Processed by Emma McFarland in 2011.
Processed by Taylor Ouimette in 2014.
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Separated Materials
See also the Marian Robertson Wilson photograph collection (P1043) and audio-visual materials (A0724) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Related Materials
Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
General MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence |
1986-2000 |
| 1 | 2 | Marian Robertson Wilson, "Leroy Robertson and the Oratorio From the Book of Mormon: Reminiscences of a Daughter"
Outlines and drafts.
|
1999 |
| 1 | 3 | Program |
1999 |
Personal MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Correspondence |
1920s-2000 |
| 2 | 2 | Childhood Letters |
1930s |
| 2 | 3 | Grade School Autograph Book |
1936-1938 |
| 2 | 4-5 | Brigham Young University Junior High and High School
Includes 50th reunion items.
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1939-1944; 1998 |
| 2 | 6 | University of Utah, Commencement Program and Presidential Report |
1959-1960 |
| 2 | 7 | Bachelor of Arts Degree |
1948 |
| 2 | 8 | Masters Degree |
1952 |
| 2 | 9 | Doctorage Degrees |
1960; 1970 |
| 3 | 1 | School and Sorority Materials |
1950s |
| 3 | 2 | Scholarship |
1944-1948 |
| 3 | 3 | Oral History |
1979 |
| 3 | 4 | Utah Concerts Council, Correspondence and Program |
1952 |
| 3 | 5 | Association for Mormon Letters Award, Correspondence and Announcement |
1996-1997 |
| 3 | 6 | C. Craig Nelson, Correspondence |
1992-1994 |
| 3 | 7 | "Circus Parade"
Music piece with words by Marian Robertson Wilson and music by Leroy J. Robertson.
|
1933 |
| 3 | 8 | Certificates |
1948; 1950 |
| 3 | 9 | Scrapbook Contents
Items from a dissasembled scrapbook.
|
1930s |
Writings by Marian Robertson WilsonReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | "A Chronology of Egyptian Rulers from Menes to the Arab Conquest with a Brief Outline of the Prehistoric Period" |
1967 |
| 4 | 2 | "A Coptic Melody Sung Interchangeable in Different Languages: Comparisons Thereof and Proposed Dating Therefor" |
1984 |
| 4 | 3 | "Ernest Newlandsmith et sa Notation de la Musique Copte" |
1988 |
| 4 | 4 | "Ernest Newlandsmith's Transcriptions of Coptic Music: A Description and Critique" |
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| 4 | 5 | "The Good Friday Trisagion of the Coptic Church" |
1999 |
| 4 | 6-7 | "The Gulezyan Manuscripts: Possible Remnants of Ancient Coptic Musical Notation" |
1992 |
| 5 | 1 | "The Modern Coptic Tarnimah, 'Farahanin, Farahanin'" |
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| 5 | 2 | "Preserving the Coptic Musical Tradition" |
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| 5 | 3 | "The Reliability of the Oral Tradition in Preserving Coptic Music: A Comparison of Three Musical Transcriptions of an Extract from the Liturgy of St. Basil" |
1982 |
| 5 | 4 | "The Reliability of the Oral Tradition in Preserving Coptic Music, Part II: A Comparison of Two Recordings of the Hymn Tenouosht" |
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| 5 | 5 | "The Reliability of the Oral Tradition in Preserving Coptic Music, Part III: A Comparison of Four Recordings of the Confession of Faith from the Liturgy of St. Basil" |
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| 5 | 6 | "Vocal Music in the Early Coptic Church" |
1984 |
| 5 | 7 | "Which Came First, the Music or the Words?" |
1986-1989 |
| 5 | 8 | "Festschrift" Article |
1997-2000 |
| 6 | 1-5 | "Coptic Encyclopedia" Articles |
1979; 1990-1991 |
| 6 | 6-7 | "Grove" Article |
1994-2000 |
| 7 | 1 | "Grove" Article |
1999-2000 |
| 7 | 2-6 | Topaz Article |
1922; 1998-2001 |
| 7 | 7 | Rocky Mountain Language Association Conference Paper Presentation |
1972-1973 |
"Leroy J. Robertson: Music Giant from the Rockies"Return to Top
Materials related to Leroy J. Robertson, but not necessarily this biography by Marian Robertson Wilson, are also included in this series.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | Correspondence |
1996-1999 |
| 8 | 2 | Permission to Publish Letters |
1996 |
| 8 | 3 | Distribution Lists |
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| 8 | 4 | Announcements and Order Information |
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| 8 | 5 | LDS Archival Recording Project |
1994-1995 |
| 8 | 6-7 | Leroy J. Robertson Biographies |
1948-1995 |
| 8 | 8 | Friends of the University of Utah Libraries Concert |
1993-1994 |
| 8 | 9 | Leroy J. Robertson Administrative Suite Dedication |
2001 |
| 9 | Early and final drafts for the introduction through chapter 14 |
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| 10 | Early and final drafts for chapters 15-22, appendices, epilogue, and bibliography |
Research Materials, Essays and ArticlesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | Louis Badget, "Chants Liturgies des Coptes" |
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| 11 | 2 | Merrill Jenson, "Come unto Christ: The Conversion of Alma the Younger," Review |
2000-2001 |
| 11 | 3 | "The Music of Egypt" |
1976 |
| 12 | Research Materials, Essays and Articles
This box contains short essays and articles, as well as many extracts. Original folder titles were photocopied and put with their correspoding contents.
|
1920s-1990s |
Research Materials, Subject FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 13 | 1 | Ancient Coptic Manuscripts, Copies |
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| 13 | 2-4 | Arabic Fellowship and Studies |
1966-1972 |
| 13 | 5 | Aziz S. Atiya Foundation |
1994-2000 |
| 13 | 6 | Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil |
1990 |
| 13 | 7 | Coptic Music Seminar |
1992-1993 |
| 14 | 1 | Coronation of Shenuda III |
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| 14 | 2 | Diocese of the Armenian Church of America |
1982 |
| 14 | 3-4 | H. Aram Gulezyan Materials |
1947-1995 |
| 14 | 5 | Verlag Herder |
1995-1997 |
| 14 | 6-8 | International Association for Coptic Studies |
1981-2001 |
| 15 | 1 | Library of Congress |
1995 |
| 15 | 2-3 | Ragheb Moftah Collection of Coptic Music Recordings |
1992-1998 |
| 15 | 4 | Music Periodical Listing |
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| 15 | 5 | "Mystery Records" Description |
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| 15 | 6-8 | Newlandsmith's Coptic Church Music |
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| 16 | Newland Smith's Coptic Church Music |
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| Folder | |||
| 17 | 1-7 | Newlandsmith's Coptic Church Music |
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| 17 | 8 | News Articles |
1940s-1990s |
| 17 | 9 | Patriarchs Dates |
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| 17 | 10 | Persian Music |
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| 17 | 11 | Pilgrimages and Monks Clothing |
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| 17 | 12 | Arthur Shepherd |
1949-1955 |
| 17 | 13 | Ute Indian Melodies |
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| 17 | 14 | Miscellaneous |
Personal and Teaching MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 1 | Oral History Manuscript |
1978 |
| 18 | 2 | Ph.D. Materials
Correspondence, notes, and thesis proposal.
|
1967-1970 |
| 18 | 3 | Brigham Young University
Correspondence regarding faculty position.
|
1972 |
| 18 | 4-5 | University of Grenoble, Notebooks |
1950-1951 |
| 18 | 6 | Utah State University, Notes |
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| 18 | 7 | University of Utah, Department of Languages Booklets |
1958 |
Teaching MaterialsReturn to Top
This series contains notes, notebooks, and outlines for classes taught and taken by Wilson.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 19 | Teaching Materials
This box contains notes, notebooks, and outlines for French classes taught by Wilson.
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1944-1969 | |
| Folder | |||
| 20 | 1 | French |
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| 20 | 2-3 | German |
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| 20 | 4 | Greek Theater |
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| 20 | 5 | English D |
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| 20 | 6 | Egypt Studies |
1968-1969 |
| 20 | 7 | Music in the Renaissance |
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| 20 | 8 | Literary Criticism |
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| 20 | 9 | Arabs in the Middle Ages |
1969 |
| 20 | 10 | Persian Studies |
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| 20 | 11 | Russian Studies |
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Thesis MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 21 | Thesis, "Classical Arabic and Colloquial Cairene: An Historical Linguistic Analysis"
This box contains notes and drafts for Wilson's Ph.D. thesis. They are organized by chapter.
|
1970 | |
| Folder | |||
| 22 | 1-7 | Thesis Materials |
1970 |
| 22 | 8 | "Coptic Loan Words in Colloquial Egyptian Arabic: Their Antiquity and Prevalence" |
1972; 1974 |
| 22 | 9 | "Le Drame au XIX Siecles" |
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| 22 | 10 | "Introduction au Romantisme Francais au XIX Siecle" |
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| 22 | 11 | "It's All Greek to Me!" |
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| 22 | 12 | "La Litterature du XVII Siecle" |
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General MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 23 | 1 | Mary Bush, "Looking Back at Mud Lake" |
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| 23 | 2 | Carol Pendleton, Senior Honors Thesis |
1972 |
| 23 | 3 | Jean Cocteau, Correspondence and New Articles |
1950s |
| 23 | 4 | Gerhardt Hamptmann
Essays, correspondence, and articles.
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1961-1964 |
| 23 | 5-6 | "Coptic Encyclopedia"
Correspondence and other materials concerning publishing permissions.
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1984-1990 |
| 23 | 7 | Coptic Research Notes |
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| 23 | 8 | Miscellaneous |
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| 24 | Marian Robertson Wilson, "Eight Plays by Jean Cocteau Translated from French into English"
This box also contains one folder of miscellaneous ephemera found in books separated from the collection.
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Coptic Music MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 25 | 1 | Correspondence
The majority of these correspondeces are exchanges with Laurence Moftah.
|
1998-2008 |
| 25 | 2 | Correspondence Drafts |
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| 25 | 3 | Coptic Music Website Essays |
2009 |
| 25 | 4 | Coptic Chant Recording and Text Inventories |
1992; 2008 |
| 25 | 5 | "Guide to the Ragheb Moftah Collection of Coptic Chant Recordings" |
1997 |
| 25 | 6 | "Guide to the Ragheb Moftah Recording of the Liturgy of Saint Basil" |
2005 |
| 25 | 7 | "Memories of KUED's First Years" |
2008 |
| 25 | 8 | "The Reliability of the Oral Tradition in Preserving Coptic Music, III" |
1989 |
| 25 | 9 | "Revised Guide to the Ragheb Moftah Collection of Coptic Chant Recordings, Vol.1" |
2005 |
| 25 | 10 | "Revised Guide to the Ragheb Moftah Collection of Coptic Chant Recordings, Vol.2" |
2005 |
| 25 | 11 | "Table of Contents for Musical Transcriptions of Coptic Sacred Music" |
1997 |
| 25 | 12 | Articles about Ragheb Moftah by Laurence Moftah |
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| 25 | 13 | Articles by Others and Research Materials |
General MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 26 | 1 | "The Naming of Naomi Peak"
This is an article by Wilson that appeared in the Spring 2007 issue of History Currents.
|
2007 |
| 26 | 2 | Pablo Casals Competition and Master Class Materials
This folder contains correspondence, schedule and competition information concerning the Pablo Casals Competition,1961 and the Pablo Casals Master Class,1962. Also included are newspaper and magazine clippings about Pablo Casals, 1966-1967.
|
1961-1967 |
| 26 | 3 | Jean Cocteau Materials
This folder contains letters from Jean Cocteau, handwritten drafts of Wilson's responses, correspondences held with publishing companies concerning Wilson's translations of Cocteau plays, and magazine articles about Jean Cocteau. Most materials are in French.
|
1951-1963 |
| 26 | 4 | French Course Notes |
1950-1951 |
| 26 | 5 | General Materials
This folder contains sheet music for "My Boy" by Harrison R. Merrill and a talk by Gordon B. Hinckley, "Till We Meet Again."
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| 26 | 6 | News Clippings
These newsclippings refer to nuclear fallout issues in St. George, Utah and flooding in Fountain Green, Utah.
|
1988 |
AddendumReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Music Scores and Writings |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 1 | Libera Me - A Prayer for Eternal Life |
1980 |
| 27 | 2 | Old Things are Done Away |
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| 27 | 3 | Wondering |
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| 27 | 4 | A Glad Song of Love |
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| 27 | 5 | Christmas Song |
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| 27 | 6 | The Prince of Peace
This piece is not written by Wilson.
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| 27 | 7 | "Wanda Robertson: A Teacher for All Children" |
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Oversized items
Besides the two listed folders which contained oversized scores of songs in the previous subseries, this subseries also contains 3 drawings.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 28 | 1 | Libera Me - A Prayer for Eternal Life |
1980 |
| 28 | 2 | Christmas Song |
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Calques
- Comparative linguistics
- Composers--Utah--Archives
- Coptic chants--History and criticism
- Coptic chants--Translating
- Copts--Songs and music--History and criticism
- Copts--Songs and music--Texts
- Copts--Songs and music--Translating
- Women linguists--Utah--Archives
Personal Names
- Robertson, Leroy J.--Archives
- Wilson, Marian Robertson, 1926-2013--Archives
Corporate Names
- University of Utah--Alumni and alumnae
- University of Utah--Employees--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Academic theses
- Articles
- Biographies
- Chants
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Degrees (Academic)
- Instructional and educational works
- Manuscripts
- Notated music
- Personal correspondence
- Research notes
- Scores
- Translations (documents)
Finding aid prepared by Lisa DeMille.
2002 (updated in 2007, 2011, 2014 and 2018)
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