Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone: 541-737-2165
Email: archives@oregonstate.edu
Web:
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
Consult repository.
Nash, Wallis.
Nash Family Music Collection
1890-1950
1.85 cubic ft.
The Nash Family Music Collection consists
of published music, primarily for the piano, owned by Wallis Nash and his
family. Nash was a church organist and choir director in Corvallis. His
children, Dorothea and W. Gifford Nash, were music teachers.
Materials in
English.
Biographical Note:
Wallis Nash (1837-1926) immigrated to Oregon from England in 1879. A
writer, lawyer, and builder of the Oregon Pacific Railroad, Nash served on the
Oregon Agricultural College Board of Regents from 1886 to 1898. While he lived
in Corvallis, Nash played the organ and directed the choir at the Church of the
Good Samaritan. His daughter, Dorothea Nash (Class of 1895), was a music
teacher. His son, W. Gifford Nash, taught piano in Portland during the early
1900s and was Professor of Piano at Montana State University from 1915 to 1920.
The Nash Family Music Collection consists of published music (primarily
for the piano, with a few pieces for the violin, flute and choir) owned by
Wallis Nash and his family. It also includes The
Student's Technique: Modern Method for Piano, published by W. Gifford
Nash in 1904.
Nash Family Music Collection, Oregon State University Archives,
Corvallis, Oregon.
Other materials regarding the Nash Family are in the Memorabilia
Collection.
Nash, Dorothea.
Nash, W. Gifford (Wallis Gifford), 1867-1920.
Music--Handbooks, manuals,
etc.
Piano music.
Choral music.
Violin music.
Flute music.
Sheet music.
Student's Technique.
Oregon
Performing Arts