J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Marian Robertson Wilson papers
Wilson, Marian Robertson, 1926-2013
ACCN 0202
16.5 linear feet
27 boxes and 1 oversize box
1920s-2009
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.
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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.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
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.
Processed by Lisa DeMille in 2002 and 2007.
Processed by Emma McFarland in 2011.
Processed by Taylor Ouimette in 2014.
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See also the Marian Robertson Wilson photograph collection (P1043) and audio-visual materials (A0724) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
Robertson, Leroy J.--Archives
Wilson, Marian Robertson, 1926-2013--Archives
University of Utah--Alumni and alumnae
University of Utah--Employees--Archives
Composers--Utah--Archives
Women linguists--Utah--Archives
Coptic chants--History and criticism
Coptic chants--Translating
Copts--Songs and music--History and criticism
Copts--Songs and music--Translating
Copts--Songs and music--Texts
Comparative linguistics
Calques
Music
Personal correspondence
Degrees (Academic)
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Manuscripts
Articles
Biographies
Instructional and educational works
Academic theses
Chants
Notated music
Scores
Translations (documents)
Research notes
General Materials
Correspondence
1986-2000
1
1
Marian Robertson Wilson, "Leroy Robertson and the Oratorio From the Book of Mormon: Reminiscences of a Daughter"
1999
1
2
Outlines and drafts.
Program
1999
1
3
Personal Materials
Correspondence
1920s-2000
2
1
Childhood Letters
1930s
2
2
Grade School Autograph Book
1936-1938
2
3
Brigham Young University Junior High and High School
1939-1944
1998
2
4-5
Includes 50th reunion items.
University of Utah, Commencement Program and Presidential Report
1959-1960
2
6
Bachelor of Arts Degree
1948
2
7
Masters Degree
1952
2
8
Doctorage Degrees
1960
1970
2
9
School and Sorority Materials
1950s
3
1
Scholarship
1944-1948
3
2
Oral History
1979
3
3
Utah Concerts Council, Correspondence and Program
1952
3
4
Association for Mormon Letters Award, Correspondence and Announcement
1996-1997
3
5
C. Craig Nelson, Correspondence
1992-1994
3
6
"Circus Parade"
1933
3
7
Music piece with words by Marian Robertson Wilson and music by Leroy J. Robertson.
Certificates
1948
1950
3
8
Scrapbook Contents
1930s
3
9
Items from a dissasembled scrapbook.
Writings by Marian Robertson Wilson
"A Chronology of Egyptian Rulers from Menes to the Arab Conquest with a Brief Outline of the Prehistoric Period"
1967
4
1
"A Coptic Melody Sung Interchangeable in Different Languages: Comparisons Thereof and Proposed Dating Therefor"
1984
4
2
"Ernest Newlandsmith et sa Notation de la Musique Copte"
1988
4
3
"Ernest Newlandsmith's Transcriptions of Coptic Music: A Description and Critique"
4
4
"The Good Friday Trisagion of the Coptic Church"
1999
4
5
"The Gulezyan Manuscripts: Possible Remnants of Ancient Coptic Musical Notation"
1992
4
6-7
"The Modern Coptic Tarnimah, 'Farahanin, Farahanin'"
5
1
"Preserving the Coptic Musical Tradition"
5
2
"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
3
"The Reliability of the Oral Tradition in Preserving Coptic Music, Part II: A Comparison of Two Recordings of the Hymn Tenouosht"
5
4
"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"
5
5
"Vocal Music in the Early Coptic Church"
1984
5
6
"Which Came First, the Music or the Words?"
1986-1989
5
7
"Festschrift" Article
1997-2000
5
8
"Coptic Encyclopedia" Articles
1979
1990-1991
6
1-5
"Grove" Article
1994-2000
6
6-7
"Grove" Article
1999-2000
7
1
Topaz Article
1922
1998-2001
7
2-6
Rocky Mountain Language Association Conference Paper Presentation
1972-1973
7
7
"Leroy J. Robertson: Music Giant from the Rockies"
Materials related to Leroy J. Robertson, but not necessarily this biography by Marian Robertson Wilson, are also included in this series.
Correspondence
1996-1999
8
1
Permission to Publish Letters
1996
8
2
Distribution Lists
8
3
Announcements and Order Information
8
4
LDS Archival Recording Project
1994-1995
8
5
Leroy J. Robertson Biographies
1948-1995
8
6-7
Friends of the University of Utah Libraries Concert
1993-1994
8
8
Leroy J. Robertson Administrative Suite Dedication
2001
8
9
Early and final drafts for the introduction through chapter 14
9
Early and final drafts for chapters 15-22, appendices, epilogue, and bibliography
10
Research Materials, Essays and Articles
Louis Badget, "Chants Liturgies des Coptes"
11
1
Merrill Jenson, "Come unto Christ: The Conversion of Alma the Younger," Review
2000-2001
11
2
"The Music of Egypt"
1976
11
3
Research Materials, Essays and Articles
1920s-1990s
12
This box contains short essays and articles, as well as many extracts. Original folder titles were photocopied and put with their correspoding contents.
Research Materials, Subject Files
Ancient Coptic Manuscripts, Copies
13
1
Arabic Fellowship and Studies
1966-1972
13
2-4
Aziz S. Atiya Foundation
1994-2000
13
5
Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil
1990
13
6
Coptic Music Seminar
1992-1993
13
7
Coronation of Shenuda III
14
1
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
1982
14
2
H. Aram Gulezyan Materials
1947-1995
14
3-4
Verlag Herder
1995-1997
14
5
International Association for Coptic Studies
1981-2001
14
6-8
Library of Congress
1995
15
1
Ragheb Moftah Collection of Coptic Music Recordings
1992-1998
15
2-3
Music Periodical Listing
15
4
"Mystery Records" Description
15
5
Newlandsmith's Coptic Church Music
15
6-8
Newland Smith's Coptic Church Music
16
Newlandsmith's Coptic Church Music
17
1-7
News Articles
1940s-1990s
17
8
Patriarchs Dates
17
9
Persian Music
17
10
Pilgrimages and Monks Clothing
17
11
Arthur Shepherd
1949-1955
17
12
Ute Indian Melodies
17
13
Miscellaneous
17
14
Personal and Teaching Materials
Oral History Manuscript
1978
18
1
Ph.D. Materials
1967-1970
18
2
Correspondence, notes, and thesis proposal.
Brigham Young University
1972
18
3
Correspondence regarding faculty position.
University of Grenoble, Notebooks
1950-1951
18
4-5
Utah State University, Notes
18
6
University of Utah, Department of Languages Booklets
1958
18
7
Teaching Materials
This series contains notes, notebooks, and outlines for classes taught and taken by Wilson.
Teaching Materials
1944-1969
19
This box contains notes, notebooks, and outlines for French classes taught by Wilson.
French
20
1
German
20
2-3
Greek Theater
20
4
English D
20
5
Egypt Studies
1968-1969
20
6
Music in the Renaissance
20
7
Literary Criticism
20
8
Arabs in the Middle Ages
1969
20
9
Persian Studies
20
10
Russian Studies
20
11
Thesis Materials
Thesis, "Classical Arabic and Colloquial Cairene: An Historical Linguistic Analysis"
1970
21
This box contains notes and drafts for Wilson's Ph.D. thesis. They are organized by chapter.
Thesis Materials
1970
22
1-7
"Coptic Loan Words in Colloquial Egyptian Arabic: Their Antiquity and Prevalence"
1972
1974
22
8
"Le Drame au XIX Siecles"
22
9
"Introduction au Romantisme Francais au XIX Siecle"
22
10
"It's All Greek to Me!"
22
11
"La Litterature du XVII Siecle"
22
12
General Materials
Mary Bush, "Looking Back at Mud Lake"
23
1
Carol Pendleton, Senior Honors Thesis
1972
23
2
Jean Cocteau, Correspondence and New Articles
1950s
23
3
Gerhardt Hamptmann
1961-1964
23
4
Essays, correspondence, and articles.
"Coptic Encyclopedia"
1984-1990
23
5-6
Correspondence and other materials concerning publishing permissions.
Coptic Research Notes
23
7
Miscellaneous
23
8
Marian Robertson Wilson, "Eight Plays by Jean Cocteau Translated from French into English"
24
This box also contains one folder of miscellaneous ephemera found in books separated from the collection.
Coptic Music Materials
Correspondence
1998-2008
25
1
The majority of these correspondeces are exchanges with Laurence Moftah.
Correspondence Drafts
25
2
Coptic Music Website Essays
2009
25
3
Coptic Chant Recording and Text Inventories
1992
2008
25
4
"Guide to the Ragheb Moftah Collection of Coptic Chant Recordings"
1997
25
5
"Guide to the Ragheb Moftah Recording of the Liturgy of Saint Basil"
2005
25
6
"Memories of KUED's First Years"
2008
25
7
"The Reliability of the Oral Tradition in Preserving Coptic Music, III"
1989
25
8
"Revised Guide to the Ragheb Moftah Collection of Coptic Chant Recordings, Vol.1"
2005
25
9
"Revised Guide to the Ragheb Moftah Collection of Coptic Chant Recordings, Vol.2"
2005
25
10
"Table of Contents for Musical Transcriptions of Coptic Sacred Music"
1997
25
11
Articles about Ragheb Moftah by Laurence Moftah
25
12
Articles by Others and Research Materials
25
13
General Materials
"The Naming of Naomi Peak"
2007
26
1
This is an article by Wilson that appeared in the Spring 2007 issue of History Currents.
Pablo Casals Competition and Master Class Materials
1961-1967
26
2
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.
Jean Cocteau Materials
1951-1963
26
3
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.
French Course Notes
1950-1951
26
4
General Materials
26
5
This folder contains sheet music for "My Boy" by Harrison R. Merrill and a talk by Gordon B. Hinckley, "Till We Meet Again."
News Clippings
1988
26
6
These newsclippings refer to nuclear fallout issues in St. George, Utah and flooding in Fountain Green, Utah.
Addendum
Music Scores and Writings
Libera Me - A Prayer for Eternal Life
1980
27
1
Old Things are Done Away
27
2
Wondering
27
3
A Glad Song of Love
27
4
Christmas Song
27
5
The Prince of Peace
27
6
This piece is not written by Wilson.
"Wanda Robertson: A Teacher for All Children"
27
7
Oversized items
Besides the two listed folders which contained oversized scores of songs in the previous subseries, this subseries also contains 3 drawings.
Libera Me - A Prayer for Eternal Life
1980
28
1
Christmas Song
28
2