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Norma Reynolds Dalby Freestone papers, 1910-2006

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Dalby, Norma Reynolds
Title
Norma Reynolds Dalby Freestone papers
Dates
1910-2006 (inclusive)
Quantity
37.75 linear feet, (23 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 2651
Summary
The Norma Reynolds Dalby Freestone papers (1910-2006) contain biographical information, correspondence, musical education material, notes, budget information, books, and music scores, including original scores by Freestone. She was a professor of music and dance at the University of Utah and Sarah Lawrence College, specializing in simultaneous improvisation of dance and music.
Repository
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

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, Spanish; Castilian, German, Czech, Norwegian
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Biographical Note

Norma Reynolds Dalby Freestone was born in 1923. She studied music and dance at Brigham Young University (BYU) and then she taught music at Roland Hall School for Girls and Stevens College in Missouri. She then moved to New York where she taught at Cornell Univeristy and Sarah Lawrence College where she retired in May 1989. Norma was an accomplished musician in areas of technique and composition as well as music director and performer. She also developed music courses for several dance workshops for students of all ages and for films, television, and theatre. Her specialty was piano and percussion. She worked with the Virginia Tanner School of Dance, Ririe Woodbury Dance Co., Repertory Dance Theatre, Children's Dance Theatre, University of Utah School of Dance, and the Royal Academy of Dance, London, England, plus many others. Freestone died in Utah on the 4th of May, 2006.

(Biographical information was taken in excerpts from her obituary printed in the Deseret News, May 9, 2006.)

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Content Description

The Norma Reynolds Dalby Freestone papers contain biographical information, correspondence, musical education material, notes, budget information, books, and music scores, including original scores by Freestone.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is organized in four series: I. Personal and professional documents; II. Music scores by Freestone; III. Music scores by other composers; IV. General oversize material.

Processing Note

Processed by Taylor Ouimette in 2014.

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Separated Materials

Photographs materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Freestone's recorder was seperated, but kept in the Manuscripts Divison of Special Collections. Please contact the Manuscripts Curator to gain access to the recorder.

Related Materials

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Dance teachers--United States--Archives
  • Music--Instruction and study
  • Women composers--United States--Archives
  • Women in the theater--United States

Personal Names

  • Dalby, Norma Reynolds--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Calendars
  • Financial records
  • Instructional and educational works
  • Musical sketches
  • Notated music
  • Personal correspondence
  • Scores
  • Stage directions

Finding aid created by Taylor Ouimette.
2014 (last modified: 2018)

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