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Leroy J. Robertson papers, 1890s-1990s

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Robertson, Leroy J.
Title
Leroy J. Robertson papers
Dates
1890s-1990s (inclusive)
Quantity
61 linear feet, (62 boxes, 3 oversize folders, 1 microfilm reel)
Collection Number
MS 0038
Summary
The Leroy J. Robertson papers (1890s-1990s) consist mainly of Robertson's original music manuscripts. Many of these manuscripts show the progression from first melody sketches to the completed works. Notes and thematic analyses accompany many of the compositions. The collection also includes correspondence from many prominent musicians, students, friends, and family. There is also correspondence related to his professional activities as a composer. Other materials include school notebooks, pamphlets, receipts, programs, news clippings, and other papers collected by Robertson's daughters, Marian Robertson Wilson and Karen Post. Click here to view an online video tribute on the life and influence of Leroy J. Robertson.
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.

Some original items have been removed and placed in Reserve. Access must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used. Photocopies are available in the collection for research use.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Leroy J. Robertson was born in Fountain Green, Utah, on 21 December 1896, the son of Utah-born Mormon parents. His first musical experiences were simple and personal--he fashioned tunes on a homemade fiddle and played by ear on the parlor organ in his home. In grammar school, after a few rudimentary music lessons, he organized a small orchestra of young friends and taught them to play music of his own devising. He graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in boston under George Whitefield Chadwick in 1923. His later studies were under Ernest Bloch in San Francisco and in Roveredo Capriasca, Switzerland; Hugo Leichtentritt in Berlin; and Arnold Schoenberg in Los Angeles. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Brigham Young University (BYU) and Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He was professor and chairman of the music department at BYU; lecturer of composition at the University of California, Los Angeles; and professor and chairman of the music department at the University of Utah from 1948 until his retirement in 1964. Upon retirement, Robertson received the first Distinguished Research Professorship at that institution. Robertson was an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa; a fellow of the Utah Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters; a member of the Executive Music Committee of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishrs (ASCAP). Robertson's compositions include works for chamber music and orchestra; concertos for violin, cello, and piano; solos, vocal, and instrumental; choral compositions and an "Oratorio from the Book of Mormon" for chorus, soloists, organ, and orchestra. While the Reichhold prize for his "Trilogy" was by far the most impressive, Robertson has a long list of other awards to hs credit. In 1923, he won the Endicott prize for his "Overture in E Minor"; his "Quintet in A Minor for Piano and Strings" won first place in a contest conducted by the Society for Publicaiton of American Music in 1936; his "String Quartet" was chosen by the Critics Circle in New York in 1944; and his "Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra" was given an award by the Utah Institute of Fine Arts in 1945. He received the National Federation of Music Clubs Award of Merit in 1959. Robertson died on 25 July 1971 in Salt Lake City.

Click here to view an online video tribute on the life and influence of Leroy J. Robertson.

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Content Description

Leroy J. Robertson's original manuscripts are the major part of this collection. Many of these manuscripts show the progression from first melody sketches to the completed works. Notes and thematic analyses accompany many of the compositions. The collection includes correspondence from many prominent musicians, students, friends, and family. There is also correspondence related to his professional activities as a composer (publishers, copyrights, royalties, grants, etc.); as head of the College of Fine Arts, University of Utah; as a member of the General Music Committee of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and as a member on the Board of Directors of the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts. Students' works, concert programs, published reviews of compositions and performances, and newspaper clippings and periodicals containing commentaries by music critics or articles by or about Robertson, are a part of the papers. The Hugo Leichtentritt manuscripts include Leichtentritt's autobiography, his "History of the Motet," and his thematic analyses of composistions by Berlioz, Beethoven, Debussy, Hindemith, Mendelsohn, Roussel, Strauss, Shostakovich, and Weber. The collection also includes school notebooks, pamphlets, receipts, programs, news clippings, and other papers collected by Robertson's daughters, Marian Robertson Wilson and Karen Post.

The McKay Music Library holds Robertson's published compositions; click here for a list of the Robertson Collection inventory.

Box 4, Folder 20: "Joy of Christmas," "O Come All Ye Faithful" has been digitized.

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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

Separated Materials

See also the LeRoy Robertson photograph collection (P0038) and the Leroy J. Robertson music recordings (A0241) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Leroy J. Robertson (boxes 1-35) in 1967.

Donated by Marian Robertson Wilson (boxes 36-39) in 1990s.

Donated by Marian Robertson Wilson (boxes 40-54) in 1997.

Donated by Marian Robertson Wilson (boxes 55-58) in 2002, 2003.

Donated by Marian Robertson Wilson (boxes 59-61) in 2007.

Donated by Marian Robertson Wilson (box 62) in 2010.

Processing Note

Processed by Della L. Dye, Karen Robertson Post, Lisa DeMille, and Betsey Welland in 1972-2010.

Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2013.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Compositions

    • Original Choral Works

      • Description: "Alleluia and Choral for Band and Chorus"

        Score, original pencil manuscript; score, print of original pencil manuscript; corrections of score, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 1, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Alleluia and Choral for Band and Chorus"

        Score, reduction for band and chorus, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 1, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Alleluia and Choral for Band and Chorus"

        Score, print of reduction for band and chorus.

        Container: Box 1, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Alleluia and Choral for Band and Chorus"

        Band parts, complete set; choral parts.

        Container: Box 1, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Under the Walls of Paradise," Words by Thomas Buchanan

        Score for soprano solo with ladies four-part chorus and orchestra, original pen and pencil manuscript (incomplete).

        Container: Box 1, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Under the Walls of Paradise," Words by Thomas Buchanan

        Score for mezzo-soprano solo with ladies four-part chorus adn violin obligato and piano, original pen manuscript.

        Container: Box 1, Folder 6
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon"

        Sketches, original pencil and pen manuscript.

        Container: Box 2, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon"

        Score, original pen manuscript.

        Container: Box 2, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon"

        Score, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 2, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon"

        Reduction, piano and chours, original pen manuscript (Part III incomplete).

        Container: Box 2, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon"

        Reduction, piano and chours, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 2, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon"

        Choral parts, published.

        Container: Box 2, Folder 6
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon"

        Orchestra parts, woodwinds, brass, percussion, harp, organ.

        Container: Box 3, Folder 1-7
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon"

        Orchestra, strings.

        Container: Box 3, Folder 8
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon" (excerpts), "Lord's Prayer"

        Score, original pencil manuscript; score, print of original manuscript; orchestra parts, strings; published parts, published

        Container: Box 3, Folder 9
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon" (excerpts), "Pastorale"

        Score, original pen manuscripts.

        Container: Box 3, Folder 10
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon" (excerpts), "Old Things Are Done Away"

        Score, print of original manuscript; orchestra parts (Violin I missing); published copy, published by Galaxy Music Corporation, arranged SA, SATB with keyboard; published copy, published by Jackman Mucis Company, women's and children's choruses.

        Container: Box 3, Folder 11
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Book of Mormon" (excerpts), "How Beautiful Upon the Mountain"

        Orchestra parts, strings and horns; published parts, SATB.

        Container: Box 3, Folder 12
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works
      • Description: "Oratorio from the Book of Mormon"
        Container: Reel 1
        Location: Compositions / Original Choral Works

    • Choral Arrangements

      • Description: "All Creatures of Our God and King"

        Score, original pen manuscript.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "All Creatures of Our God and King"

        Orchestra parts, strings, bass, and timpani.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "All Creatures of Our God and King"

        Vocal score, onion skin, Old English script by Henry Maiben.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "All Creatures of Our God and King"

        Published copy, published by Galaxy Music Corporation.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Come, Come Ye Saints"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Come, Come Ye Saints"

        Score, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 6
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Come, Come Ye Saints"

        Score, print.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 7
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Come, Come Ye Saints"

        Orchestra parts, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, harp, organ.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 8
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Come, Come Ye Saints"

        Published copy, published by Galaxy Music Corporation, chorus and keyboard.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 8a
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Hatikvah for Chorus and Orchestra"

        "Songs of Zion" (compiled and edited by Harry Coppersmith), page 18, "Hatikvah."

        Container: Box 4, Folder 9
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Hatikvah for Chorus and Orchestra"

        "Hatikvah" (words by N. H. Imber, arranged by Henry Lefkowitch), published copy.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 10
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Hatikvah for Chorus and Orchestra"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 11
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Hatikvah for Chorus and Orchestra"

        Score, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 12
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Hatikvah for Chorus and Orchestra"

        Score, xerox copy, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 13
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Hatikvah for Chorus and Orchestra"

        Published copy, published by Leroy J. Robertson, 2 copies, corrections by Leroy J. Robertson.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 14
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Hatikvah for Chorus and Orchestra"

        Published copy, published by Carl Fischer, Inc.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 15
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Hatikvah for Chorus and Orchestra"

        Three translations of poem by N. H. Imber.

        Dates: 1878
        Container: Box 4, Folder 16
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Joy of Christmas"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 17
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Joy of Christmas," "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem"

        Score for chours and orchestra, original pencil manuscript; score for chorus and orchestra, print of original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 18
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Joy of Christmas," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

        Score for chorus and orchestra, original pencil manuscript; score for chorus and orchestra, print of original pencil manuscript; reduction for chorus.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 19
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Joy of Christmas," "O Come All Ye Faithful"

        Score for chorus and orchestra, original pen manuscript; published copy (includes "O Little Town of Bethlehem").

        Container: Box 4, Folder 20
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Joy of Christmas," "Joy to the World"

        Score for chorus and orchestra, original pencil manuscript; score for chorus and orchestra, print of original manuscript; reduction for Pf and chorus, print of original manuscript; published copy.

        Container: Box 4, Folder 21
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Songs of the North and South," "Sweet Evelina"

        Quasi sketch, original pencil manuscript; score for chours and accompaniment, original pencil manuscript; score for chorus and accompaniment, print of original manuscript; published copy, published by Carl Fischer, Inc.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Songs of the North and South," "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript; score for chorus and accompaniment, original pencil manuscript; score for chorus and accompaniment, print of original manuscript; published copy, published by Carl Fischer, Inc.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Songs of the North and South," "Bonnie Blue Flag"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript; score for chorus and accompaniment, print of original manuscript; published copy, published by Carl Fischer, Inc.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Songs of the North and South," "Aura Lee"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript; score for chorus and accompaniment, original pencil manuscript; score for chorus and accompaniment, print of original manuscript; published copy, published by Carl Fischer, Inc.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Songs of the North and South," "Kathleen Mavourneen"

        Original version, original pencil manuscript; final version, original pencil manuscript; proofs, print of original manuscript; published copy, published by Carl Fischer, Inc.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Stephen Foster Songs," "Nelly Bly"

        Ladies three-part chorus adn piano accompaniment, original pencil manuscript; published copy, published by Leroy J. Robertson.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 6
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Stephen Foster Songs," "Open Thy Lattice, Love"

        Male four-part chorus and piano accompaniment, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 7
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Stephen Foster Songs," "Oh, Susanna"

        Mixed chorus and piano accompaniment, print of original manuscript; mixed chorus and piano accompaniment, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 8
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Stephen Foster Songs," "Oh! Boys, Carry Me 'Long"

        Mixed chorus and piano accompaniment, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 9
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Stephen Foster Songs," "Old Uncle Ned"

        Mixed chorus and paino accompnaiment, arrangement no. 1, original pencil manuscript; mixed chorus and piano accompaniment, arrangement no. 1, print of original manuscript; mixed chorus and piano accompaniment, arrangement no. 2, original pencil manuscript; publsiehd copy, published by Leroy J. Robertson.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 10
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Stephen Foster Songs," "Beautiful Dreamer"

        Mixed chorus and orchestra, score, original pencil manuscript, markings by Ormandy; mixed chorus and orchestra, score, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 11
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Stephen Foster Songs," "Beautiful Dreamer"

        Score, reduction for piano and chorus, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 12
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Stephen Foster Songs," "Beautiful Dreamer"

        Published copy, published by Leroy J. Robertson.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 13
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Stephen Foster Songs," "Beautiful Dreamer"

        Orchestra parts, strings, woodwinds, percussion, harp.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 14
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Stephen Foster Songs," "Monsieru de la Fayette"

        Score for male chorus, TTBB.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 15
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements
      • Description: "Stephen Foster Songs," "University of Utah" (words and music by Harold Orlob)

        Score for male chorus and soprano, print of original manuscript; score, words and music by Harold Orlob.

        Container: Box 5, Folder 16
        Location: Compositions / Choral Arrangements

    • Concertos

      • Description: "Concerto for Piano"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript, 93 pages.

        Container: Box 6, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Piano"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript, solo piano and piano reduction.

        Container: Box 6, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Piano"

        Score, original pencil manuscript (there is no duplicate of this score).

        Container: Box 6, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Piano"

        Score, solo piano and piano reduction, 18 pages, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 6, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Piano"

        Complete score, published version.

        Container: Box 6, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violin"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript; sketches, solo violin and piano reduction, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 7, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violin"

        Sketches, onion skin sheets not used in final version.

        Container: Box 7, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violin"

        Score, original pencil manuscript, library copy.

        Container: Box 7, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violin"

        Score, published copy, library copy.

        Container: Box 7, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violin"

        Score, used for recording (Abravanel), with original corrected pages.

        Container: Box 7, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violin"

        Score, published copy.

        Container: Box 8, Folder 6
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violin"

        Score reduction for violin and piano, 6 last pages of original manuscript, violin solo, 2 last pages of original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 8, Folder 7
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violin"

        Orchestra parts, woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, two editions.

        Container: Box 8, Folder 8
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violoncello"

        Score, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 9, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violoncello"

        Score, print of original manuscript, library copy.

        Container: Box 9, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violoncello"

        Reduction, solo cello and piano reduction, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 9, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violoncello"

        Reduction, solo cello and piano reduction and solo cello part.

        Container: Box 9, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Concerto for Violoncello"

        Complete set of orchestra parts.

        Container: Box 9, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Piano Rhapsody"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 10, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Piano Rhapsody"

        Score for orchestra and piano, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 10, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Piano Rhapsody"

        Score for orchestra and piano, original pen manuscript.

        Container: Box 10, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Piano Rhapsody"

        Score for orchestra and piano, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 10, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Concertos
      • Description: "Piano Rhapsody"

        Orchestra parts, print of original manuscript, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and timpani.

        Container: Box 10, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Concertos

    • Orchestral Works

      • Description: "Passacaglia"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 11, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Orchestral Works
      • Description: "Passacaglia"

        Score, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 11, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Orchestral Works
      • Description: "Passacaglia"

        Score, printed copy, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 11, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Orchestral Works
      • Description: "Passacaglia"

        Score, Eugene Ormandy's markings.

        Container: Box 11, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Orchestral Works
      • Description: "Passacaglia"

        Score, published by Galaxy Music Corporation.

        Container: Box 11, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Orchestral Works
      • Description: "Passacaglia"

        Orchestra parts, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion.

        Container: Box 11, Folder 6
        Location: Compositions / Orchestral Works
      • Description: "Orchestra Minuet" (first orchestra work)

        Score, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 11, Folder 7
        Location: Compositions / Orchestral Works
      • Description: "Novelette for Orchestra"

        Score, original pen and pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 11, Folder 8
        Location: Compositions / Orchestral Works
      • Description: "Timpanogas Symphonic Poem"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 11, Folder 9
        Location: Compositions / Orchestral Works

    • Etudes, Organ and Piano Works, and Sonatas

    • Overtures

      • Description: "Overture in C Minor" (Endicott)

        Score, original pen manuscript.

        Container: Box 13, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "Overture in C Minor" (Endicott)

        Orchestra parts, strings.

        Container: Box 13, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "Overture in C Minor" (Endicott)

        Orchestra parts, woodwinds, brass, percussion.

        Container: Box 13, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "Punch and Judy Overture"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript; score, original pencil manuscript (first draft).

        Container: Box 13, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "Punch and Judy Overture"

        Score, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 13, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "Punch and Judy Overture"

        Score, published copy, Galaxy Music Corporation.

        Container: Box 13, Folder 6
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "Punch and Judy Overture"

        Orchestra parts, print of original manuscript, original orchestra parts.

        Container: Box 13, Folder 7
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "Punch and Judy Overture"

        Orchestra parts, second version of woodwinds, brass, timpani, and percussion.

        Container: Box 13, Folder 8
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "Punch and Judy Overture"

        Orchestra parts, published by Galaxy Music Corporation.

        Container: Box 13, Folder 9
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "Saguaro Overture"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 14, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "Saguaro Overture"

        Score, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 14, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "Saguaro Overture"

        Orchestra parts.

        Container: Box 14, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "University of Utah Festival Overture"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript; score, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 14, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "University of Utah Festival Overture"

        Score, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 14, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Overtures
      • Description: "University of Utah Festival Overture"

        Orchestra parts, complete set.

        Container: Box 14, Folder 6
        Location: Compositions / Overtures

    • Quartets and Quintets

      • Description: "American Serenade"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript, Finale (Cakewalk).

        Container: Box 15, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "American Serenade," Quartet Version

        Score, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "American Serenade," Quartet Version

        Score, print of original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "American Serenade," Quartet Version

        Score, published by University of Utah Press.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "American Serenade," Quartet Version

        String parts, print of original manuscript (missing Caprice [Vc] and Nocturne [Vla]).

        Container: Box 15, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "American Serenade," String Orchestra Version

        Score, original pen and pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 6
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "American Serenade," String Orchestra Version

        Score, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 7
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "American Serenade," String Orchestra Version

        Score, published by University of Utah Press.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 8
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "American Serenade," String Orchestra Version

        String orchestra parts, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 9
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "Quartet in E Minor"

        Score, original print manuscript.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 10
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "Quartet in E Minor"

        String part, Violin I, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 11
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "Quartet in E Minor"

        String part, Violin II, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 12
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "Quartet in E Minor"

        String part, Viola, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 13
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "Quartet in E Minor"

        String part, Cello, copy of original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 13a
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "Quintet in A Minor"

        Sketch, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 14
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "Quintet in A Minor"

        Score, original pen manuscript, first draft.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 15
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets
      • Description: "Quintet in A Minor"

        Score and string parts, published by G. Schirmer, two copies.

        Container: Box 15, Folder 16
        Location: Compositions / Quartets and Quintets

    • Symphonies

      • Description: "Desert Symphony"

        Score, original pencil and pen manuscript, Part I.

        Container: Box 16, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Symphonies
      • Description: "Desert Symphony"

        Score, original pencil and pen manuscript, Part II.

        Container: Box 16, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Symphonies
      • Description: "Desert Symphony"

        Score, original pencil and pen manuscript, Part III; score IV is missing.

        Container: Box 16, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Symphonies
      • Description: "Prelude, Scherzo, and Ricercare"

        Orchestra parts, woodwinds, percussion, brass, organ, original pen manuscript.

        Container: Box 16, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Symphonies
      • Description: "Prelude, Scherzo, and Ricercare"

        String parts.

        Container: Box 16, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Symphonies
      • Description: "Trilogy"

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript, four original pages (pp. 119, 120, 121, 122).

        Container: Box 16, Folder 6
        Location: Compositions / Symphonies
      • Description: "Trilogy"

        Sketch, original pen manuscript, first movement only.

        Container: Box 16, Folder 7
        Location: Compositions / Symphonies
      • Description: "Trilogy"

        Sketch, original pen manuscript, final version.

        Container: Box 16, Folder 8
        Location: Compositions / Symphonies
      • Description: "Trilogy"

        Score, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 16, Folder 9
        Location: Compositions / Symphonies
      • Description: "Trilogy"

        Score, print of original manuscript, ending, seond version.

        Container: Box 16, Folder 10
        Location: Compositions / Symphonies
      • Description: "Trilogy"

        Corrections and changes by composer.

        Container: Box 16, Folder 11
        Location: Compositions / Symphonies

    • Anthems, Hymns, and Songs

      • Description: "Daniel Read Anthems"

        Copies of original Read anthems; copies of five Read anthems with Robertson's notes; Read's choral arrangements of Read anthems, original pencil manuscript (for chours and organ); "An Anthem for Easter"; "Christmas Anthem"; "A New Funeral Anthem"; "An Ordination Anthem"; "Before Jehovah's Mighty Throne" (from the anthem "Denmark"), published by Leroy J. Robertson.

        Container: Box 17, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Daniel Read Anthems"

        Xerox copies fo twelve Billings anthems; onion skins of eight Billings anthems; published copies of two Billings anthems ("Retrospect" and "Lamentation Over Boston"); Robertson's choral arrangements of Billings anthems, original pencil notations; "Delieverance An Anthem"; "Anthem, Lamentation Over Boston"; "Anthem, Retrospect"; "An Anthem for Fast Day," two copies;

        Container: Box 17, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Deseret Anthems," Volume II

        Ten original anthems by LDS composers, published by Deseret Book Company (page 37, "Behold a Star Appeareth," by Leroy J. Robertson).

        Container: Box 17, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Song of Prayer" and "Song of Praise"

        Sketches, original pencil sketch; published copy, published by Pioneer Music Press.

        Container: Box 17, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Hymns: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"

        Published copy, published by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; sketches for 1948 hymn book, original pencil manuscript; Leroy J. Robertson's personal copy of 1948 hymn book.

        Container: Box 18, Folder 1
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Hymns from the Crossroads" (arrangements of selected LDS hymns)

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 18, Folder 2
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Hymns from the Crossroads" (arrangements of selected LDS hymns)

        Complete version, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 18, Folder 3
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Hymns from the Crossroads"

        Published by Carl Fischer, Inc., six books arranged for piano and organ, C instruments, B Flat instruments, E Flat instruments, bass instruments, vocal (mixed, male, treble).

        Dates: 1965
        Container: Box 18, Folder 4
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "O Brother Man" (words by John Greenleaf Whittier)

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript; published copy, published by Leroy J. Robertson; published copy, published by Galaxy Music Corporation.

        Dates: 1961
        Container: Box 18, Folder 5
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Son of Man" (words by Michael Cambern)

        Sketches, original pencil manuscript; final version, original pencil manuscript.

        Container: Box 18, Folder 6
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "We Come to Thee" (words by Mary Hogan Cambern"

        Score for mixed chorus with piano arrangements, original pencil manuscript; xerox copy of original version, print of original manuscript; xerox copy of final version, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 18, Folder 7
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Psalm XCVIII"

        Score for mixed chorus, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 18, Folder 8
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Prince of Peace"

        A Christmas carol for mixed voices with piano or organ accompaniment; sketches, original pencil manuscript; final verson, xerox copy, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 18, Folder 9
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Three Songs from the Shadow" (for high voice and piano)

        "Analogies," words by Walt Whitman; "Nightmood," words by Leroy J. Robertson; "Joy Shipmate Joy," words by Walt Whitman; score of three songs, original pen manuscript; "Three Songs," published copy, published by Leroy J. Robertson; "Joy Shipmate Joy," published copy, published by Galaxy Music Corporation.

        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box 18, Folder 10
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Winter Song"

        Score for mixed chorus with piano accompaniment, print of original manuscript; published copy for chours only, published by Leroy J. Robertson, print of original manuscript.

        Container: Box 18, Folder 11
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "When Smoke Stood Up From Ludlow" (words by A. E. Housman)

        Score for solo voice and piano (in E Flat), original pencil manuscript; score for male chorus and piano, incomplete, original pencil manuscripts; score for male chorus and piano, xerox copy, print of original pencil manuscript; published copy, published by Leroy J. Robertson, two copies.

        Dates: 1961
        Container: Box 18, Folder 12
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Ship of State"

        Score for solo and piano accompaniment, original pen manuscript, onion skin.

        Container: Box 18, Folder 13
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Just Be Glad" (for voice and piano)

        Published copy, published by Intermountain Music Publishing Company.

        Dates: 1925
        Container: Box 18, Folder 14
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "Re-creation" (words by Lowry Nelson)

        Score for piano and voice, original pen manuscript.

        Container: Box 18, Folder 15
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "The Dawning Morrow" (for voice and piano)

        Published copy, published by Intermountain Music Publishing Company.

        Dates: 1925
        Container: Box 18, Folder 16
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs
      • Description: "The Lord Hath Brought Again Zion"
        Dates: 1969
        Container: Box 18, Folder 17
        Location: Compositions / Anthems, Hymns, and Songs

    • Early Studies (to 1936) and Unidentified Sketches

  • General Correspondence, 1922-1971

    The correspondence files of Leroy J. Robertson date from 1922-1971 and are arranged alphabetically. Personal correspondence includes letters from musicians, students, friends, family, and the presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Letters of congratulation and tributes for his success as a musician, particulary in regard to his prize-winning "Trilogy" and the "Oratorio from the Book of Mormon," comprise a major portion of this correspondence. In addition, correspondence with various publishers in included in this file. Other corerspondence is filed with related subjects in boxes 24-34. For example, box 25 contains correspondence directly related to the award for "Trilogy" and the commissioning and premiers of "Saguaro" and "Passacaglia," in addition to other material on these subjects. Box 26 is concerned with the General Music Committee of the LDS Church, box 31 with the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts, and box 34 with the Leichtentritt collection.

    • Description: Correspondence A-F

      Thirteen original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.

      Container: Box 20, Folder 1-28
      Location: General Correspondence, 1922-1971
    • Description: Correspondence G-O

      Several original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.X

      Container: Box 21, Folder 1-34
      Location: General Correspondence, 1922-1971
    • Description: Correspondence P-S

      Several original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.

      Container: Box 22, Folder 1-30
      Location: General Correspondence, 1922-1971
    • Description: Correspondence T-Z
      Container: Box 23
      Location: General Correspondence, 1922-1971

  • Subjects

    • Subjects, Am-Br

      • Description: American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

        Applications and reports for ASCAP awards for competitions.

        Dates: 1955-1971
        Container: Box 24, Folder 1-2
        Location: Subjects / Subjects, Am-Br
      • Description: Articles and Speeches

        Leroy J. Robertson, "William Billings," n.d.; Lester A. Hubbard and Leroy J. Robertson, "Traditional Ballads from Utah"; Leroy J. Robertson, three speeches (no titles or dates); Arthur Berger, "Music for Nothing: The Cost of Composing," n.d.

        Dates: 1951
        Container: Box 24, Folder 3
        Location: Subjects / Subjects, Am-Br
      • Description: Awards

        List of awards from 1923-1968; National Jewish Welfare Board for Distinguished Service World War II; "Winners Named for Reichhold Award"; Certificate of Appreciation, Kiwanis Club of Salt Lake City; Distinguished Service Award, Brigham Young University; Distinguished Research Professor, University of Utah; Distinugished Service Certificate for service as head of the Music Department, University of Utah, signed by his colleagues (see map case).

        Dates: 1947-1964
        Container: Box 24, Folder 4
        Location: Subjects / Subjects, Am-Br
      • Description: Biographical and Autobiographical Sketches

        James Robertson, "A Family Tribute to Leroy J. Robertson," manuscript written by his son; Ballard J. Christiansen, "The Talented Country Boy, Biography of Dr. Leroy J. Robertson...," memeograph, n.d.; Boris Kremenliev, "Prominent Musicians of the West: Leroy J. Robertson"; Karl Kreuger, "Leroy Robertson," manuscript, n.d.; sketches and biographical data unsigned.

        Dates: 1952
        Container: Box 24, Folder 5
        Location: Subjects / Subjects, Am-Br
      • Description: Bloch, Ernest

        Mary Tibaldi Chiesa, "Ernest Bloch"; "Ernest Bloch, List of Works," manuscript; Alex Cohen, "Ernest Bloch," manuscript, n.d.; program of "A Concert of Works by Ernest Bloch with the London Philharmonic Orchestra," n.d.

        Dates: 1932; 1954
        Container: Box 24, Folder 6
        Location: Subjects / Subjects, Am-Br
      • Description: Brigham Young University

        Reappointment to professor of Music; receipts; transcript of credits; itemized statements, Student Supply Association; check stubs.

        Dates: 1929-1948
        Container: Box 24, Folder 7
        Location: Subjects / Subjects, Am-Br
      • Description: Brigham Young University

        "Program of Tributes in Honor of Leroy J. Robertson, Brigham Young University."

        Dates: 1947
        Container: Box 24, Folder 8
        Location: Subjects / Subjects, Am-Br
      • Description: Brigham Young University

        Correspondence, three letters concerning the granting of the Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Award to Leroy Robertson; Ninety-third annual commencement convocation.

        Dates: 1968
        Container: Box 24, Folder 9
        Location: Subjects / Subjects, Am-Br

    • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints General Music Committee

    • Compositions

      • Description: Compiled Lists of Compositions and Performances
        Container: Box 26, Folder 1
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: "American Serenade"

        Notes.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 2
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: "Hatakvah"

        Notes; one letter from Mordechai Shaleve, consulate general of Israel; one note from Louis Zucker.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 3
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: Hymns

        Hymns composed and selected for the 1948 LDS hymnal.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 4
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: "Oratorio from the Book of Mormon"

        Notes on composition and published reviews.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 5-6
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: Passacaglia

        Correspondence relating to the commissioning of Robertson to compose selection for Knights of Thermopylae, notes, and reviews.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 7-10
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: "Piano Concerto"

        Notes.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 11
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: "Punch and Judy"

        Notes and one letter.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 12
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: "Quartet in E Minor"

        Notes.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 13
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: "Quintet in A Minor"

        Notes and reviews.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 14-15
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: "Saguaro Overture"

        Correspondence between G. Homer Durham and Leroy J. Robertson relating to the commissioning of Robertson to compose overture for Arizona State University; notes and program of Charter Day Convocation, Arizona State University, premiere of "Saguaro."

        Container: Box 26, Folder 16-17
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: "Trilogy"

        Correspondence and telegrams (premiere); account (checks, etc.) on "Trilogy" award; and notes and thematic analysis.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 18-20
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: "Violin Concerto"

        Notes, thematic analysis, and reviews.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 21-22
        Location: Subjects / Compositions
      • Description: "American Serenade"

        Reviews.

        Container: Box 26, Folder 23
        Location: Subjects / Compositions

    • Concert Programs

      This is a collection of concert programs which include Leroy J. Robertson's compositions when performed.

      • Description: Athens, Greece
        Dates: 1955
        Container: Box 27, Folder 1
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Beloit, Wisconsin
        Dates: 1964
        Container: Box 27, Folder 2
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Berlin, Germany
        Dates: 1959
        Container: Box 27, Folder 3
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Brigham Young University
        Dates: 1938-1944
        Container: Box 27, Folder 4-5
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Carnegie Hall
        Dates: 1960
        Container: Box 27, Folder 6
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan
        Dates: 1945-1961
        Container: Box 27, Folder 7
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Japan; Long Beach, California; Los Angeles, California; Marin, California
        Dates: 1951-1966
        Container: Box 27, Folder 8
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Phoenix, Arizona; San Fernando Valley, California; San Francisco, California
        Dates: 1946-1965
        Container: Box 27, Folder 9
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Roth Quartet
        Container: Box 27, Folder 10
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir
        Dates: 1962
        Container: Box 27, Folder 11
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: University of Utah
        Dates: 1950-1965
        Container: Box 27, Folder 12
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Utah State University
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box 27, Folder 13
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Utah Symphony Orchestra
        Dates: 1953-1978
        Container: Box 27, Folder 14-15
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs
      • Description: Miscellaneous Concert Programs
        Container: Box 27, Folder 16-17
        Location: Subjects / Concert Programs

    • Copyrights and News Clippings

      • Description: Copyrights
        Container: Box 28, Folder 1-2
        Location: Subjects / Copyrights and News Clippings
      • Description: Creativity Institute for Basic Research in the Arts and Humanities

        Institute held at University of Utah, Leroy J. Robertson participating.

        Dates: 1963-1965
        Container: Box 28, Folder 3
        Location: Subjects / Copyrights and News Clippings
      • Description: Gabbrielli Viola

        Correspondence of Leroy J. Robertson and President A. Ray Olpin relating to teh transfer of the Gabbrielli viola to the University of Utah as a gift from Mre. Joseph P. Bay of New York City; transfer arranged by Hans Weisshaar and C. M. Paul; photographs of Gabrielli viola; news clipping announcing acceptance of the viola by the University of Utah.

        Dates: 1958
        Container: Box 28, Folder 4
        Location: Subjects / Copyrights and News Clippings
      • Description: Income Tax Case

        Correspondence between Leroy J. Robertson and his attorneys, Samuel E. Blackham and Clyde D. Sandgren, regarding income tax on the $25,000 Reichhold Award; copy of tax return filed for 1946; brief for petitioner for Supreme Court of the United States, Leroy J. Robertson v. United States; federal supplement (cases argued and determined in United States District Court and United States Court of Claims) for Robertson vs. United States, page 660.

        Dates: 1947-1952
        Container: Box 28, Folder 5
        Location: Subjects / Copyrights and News Clippings
      • Description: Leroy J. Robertson Foundation
        Container: Box 28, Folder 6
        Location: Subjects / Copyrights and News Clippings
      • Description: "Music in America"

        Robertson's manuscript which was used for the recordings of "Music in America," produced by New Records, Inc.; brochure; correspondence.

        Dates: 1951
        Container: Box 28, Folder 7
        Location: Subjects / Copyrights and News Clippings
      • Description: National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities

        Correspondence related to the grant for the Utah Symphony Orchestra in connection with composition and premiere performance of "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra"; brochures, records, and applications.

        Dates: 1966
        Container: Box 28, Folder 8
        Location: Subjects / Copyrights and News Clippings
      • Description: National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities

        Grant on "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra."

        Dates: 1967-1969
        Container: Box 28, Folder 9-10
        Location: Subjects / Copyrights and News Clippings
      • Description: National Music Organization

        Annual meetings.

        Container: Box 28, Folder 11
        Location: Subjects / Copyrights and News Clippings
      • Description: Newspaper Clippings
        Dates: 1937-1970
        Container: Box 28, Folder 12-19
        Location: Subjects / Copyrights and News Clippings

    • General Materials

      • Description: Notes, Quotes, and Poetry

        Written and collected by Leroy J. Robertson.

        Container: Box 29, Folder 1
        Location: Subjects / General Materials
      • Description: Orders, Invoices, and Receipts

        "Old Things are Done Away" and "O Brother Man."

        Dates: 1960-1964
        Container: Box 29, Folder 2
        Location: Subjects / General Materials
      • Description: Paganini Quartet

        Brochure giving the history and organization of the quartet.

        Container: Box 29, Folder 3
        Location: Subjects / General Materials
      • Description: Pearce Music Company

        Newsletter (incomplete).

        Dates: 1958-1961
        Container: Box 29, Folder 4
        Location: Subjects / General Materials
      • Description: Periodicals

        These contains articles about Leroy J. Robertson or make reference to his compositions.

        Dates: 1937-1965
        Container: Box 29, Folder 5-7
        Location: Subjects / General Materials
      • Description: Pioneer Centennial

        Handwritten memo recording a discussion between Arthur Shepherd, Mahonri Young, Tracy Cannon, and Leroy J. Robertson concerning a projected plan for the fine arts program in Utah.

        Dates: 1947
        Container: Box 29, Folder 8
        Location: Subjects / General Materials
      • Description: Recordings (Discs)

        Correspondence relating to the recordings of Robertson's compositions; lists and contracts with recording companies.

        Dates: 1961-1970
        Container: Box 29, Folder 9-10
        Location: Subjects / General Materials
      • Description: Royalties

        Contracts and agreements with publishers; earnings, Australian Record Club, Columbia Records, and Galaxy Music Corporation.

        Container: Box 29, Folder 11-14
        Location: Subjects / General Materials
      • Description: Star Valley Electronics, Inc.

        Manufacturers of electronic musical instruments located in Thayne, Wyoming; stock offering and financial report.

        Container: Box 29, Folder 15
        Location: Subjects / General Materials

    • University of Southern California and University of Utah Materials

    • University of Utah

      These items include student compositions, examinations, papers, thematic analyese of compositions, and other class assignments.

      • Description: University of Utah

        Anderson, D.; Billeter, Judy; Birkenshaw, Scott; Bright, Lynn; Brown, Newell Kay.

        Container: Box 31, Folder 1
        Location: Subjects / University of Utah
      • Description: University of Utah

        Campbell, Hal; Christensen, Paul; Crandall, D. A.

        Container: Box 31, Folder 2
        Location: Subjects / University of Utah
      • Description: University of Utah

        Daum, Ron; Dittmer, Alvin; Gates, Crawford.

        Container: Box 31, Folder 3
        Location: Subjects / University of Utah
      • Description: University of Utah

        Hanks, Paul A., Hatton, Gaylen.

        Container: Box 31, Folder 4
        Location: Subjects / University of Utah
      • Description: University of Utah

        Johnson, Inga; Longhurst, John.

        Container: Box 31, Folder 5
        Location: Subjects / University of Utah
      • Description: University of Utah

        Makoski, Milton; Ottley, Jerry.

        Container: Box 31, Folder 6
        Location: Subjects / University of Utah
      • Description: University of Utah

        Parker, Tom; Petersen, Tracy; Prigmore, James.

        Container: Box 31, Folder 7
        Location: Subjects / University of Utah
      • Description: University of Utah

        Ramsey, Gordon B., Robertson, Marian; Ruff, John A.

        Container: Box 31, Folder 8
        Location: Subjects / University of Utah
      • Description: University of Utah

        Schreiner, Alexander; Sheffield, Ralph; Tall, Robert.

        Container: Box 31, Folder 9
        Location: Subjects / University of Utah
      • Description: University of Utah

        Webber, Robert; Welch, Jay; Wolford, Darwin K.

        Container: Box 31, Folder 10
        Location: Subjects / University of Utah

    • Utah State Institute of Fine Arts

    • Leichtentritt Manuscripts

      • Description: Correspondence

        Between Robertson and Leichtentritt. Also between Robertson and Regina Buchwald after the death of Leichtentritt relating to some of his papers and the manuscript of his "History of the Motet."

        Dates: 1933-1963
        Container: Box 33, Folder 1-2
        Location: Subjects / Leichtentritt Manuscripts
      • Description: Statement and Lecture Program
        Container: Box 33, Folder 3
        Location: Subjects / Leichtentritt Manuscripts
      • Description: Hugo Leichtentritt Autobiography

        In 1940, Leichtentritt and two other fugitives from Nazi Germany were invited by a committee of Harvard professors to write of their lives and experiences under the Hitles regime. Leichtentritt did so, but he states that he did not win the prize offered because his manuscript did not record enough of the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. It was suggested, however, that he enlarge his sketch into a book which would be of interest to musicians and music lovers. Leichtentritt writes in the preface that for several years "on and off" he was busy at this task. In the book, he writes of his love for the city of Berlin, the architecture, the people, the characteristics, the culture. He describes Berlin as he knew it for thirty-eight years of his life and writes what he calls a "sort of requiem on that now dead city." Book III gives a short history of music in the United States in the 1890s.

        Container: Box 33, Folder 4-9
        Location: Subjects / Leichtentritt Manuscripts
      • Description: Thematic Analyses

        These may have been used as class lectures.

        Container: Box 33, Folder 10-18
        Location: Subjects / Leichtentritt Manuscripts
    • Description: "History of the Motet," by Hugo Leichtentritt

      Typescript.

      Container: Box 34
      Location: Subjects
    • Description: "Who's Who in Music"
      Dates: 1962; 1969
      Container: Box 35
      Location: Subjects

  • Addenda

    • Documents

      • Description: Letter to Hugo Leichtentritt from Esther Tipple
        Container: Box 36, Folder 1
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: "The Orchestral Manual," by Adolph Tandler
        Dates: 1946
        Container: Box 36, Folder 2
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Karl Eschman, "Changing Forms in Modern Music"
        Dates: 1945
        Container: Box 36, Volume 1
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Samuel W. Cole, "Solfeggio"
        Dates: 1903
        Container: Box 36, Volume 2
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Rubert Hughes, ed., "Music Lover's Cyclopedia"
        Dates: 1914
        Container: Box 36, Volume 3
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Allen I. McHose and Ruth Northup Tibbs, "Sight Singing Manual"
        Dates: 1947
        Container: Box 36, Volume 4
        Location: Addenda / Documents
    • Description: Certificates
      Dates: 1953-1971
      Container: Box 37
      Location: Addenda
    • Description: Marian Robertson Wilson, "Leroy Robertson, Music Giant from the Rockies"

      This is a transcript. A published copy is available in box 54.

      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 38
      Location: Addenda

    • Publications

      • Description: Hermann Scherchen, "Handbook of Conducting"
        Dates: 1933
        Container: Box 39, Volume 1
        Location: Addenda / Publications
      • Description: Knud Jeppesen, "Counterpoint, the Polyphonic Vocal Style of the Sixteen th Century"
        Dates: 1939
        Container: Box 39, Volume 2
        Location: Addenda / Publications

    • Documents

      • Description: Biographical Notes
        Container: Box 40, Folder 1
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Robertson's Anaylsis of "Trilogy"
        Container: Box 40, Folder 2
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Robertson's Analysis of Beethoven's First and Third Symphonies
        Container: Box 40, Folder 3
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Statement on the Rules of Music
        Container: Box 40, Folder 4
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Leroy Robertson, "Instrumental Combinations and Their Relation to Music"
        Dates: 1932
        Container: Box 40, Folder 5
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Music Education
        Container: Box 40, Folder 6
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: William Billings, BIography
        Container: Box 40, Folder 7
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: P. A. Christensen, Essay and Correspondence
        Dates: 1968-1969
        Container: Box 40, Folder 8
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Leroy Robertson, "Creativity in Music"
        Container: Box 40, Folder 9
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Studies at the University of Southern California
        Dates: 1946
        Container: Box 40, Folder 10
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Leroy Robertson, "Music in an Age of Multiplicity"
        Container: Box 40, Folder 11
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Leroy Robertson, "Energy and the Evolution of Culture"
        Container: Box 40, Folder 12
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: Leroy Robertson, "The Political and Sociial Theories of Milton"
        Container: Box 40, Folder 13
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: "Quintet for Piano and Strings," Performances and Criticisms
        Container: Box 40, Folder 14
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: "Los Angeles Examiner," Review of Robertson's Works
        Dates: 1948
        Container: Box 40, Folder 15
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: "Notes," Vol. 2, No. 3

        LDS newsletter at the University of Southern California.

        Dates: 1957
        Container: Box 40, Folder 16
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: "Passacaglia," Reviews
        Container: Box 40, Folder 17
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: New England Conservatory of Music, Bulletin
        Dates: 1947
        Container: Box 40, Folder 18
        Location: Addenda / Documents
      • Description: News Articles on Robertson
        Dates: 1940s; 1979
        Container: Box 40, Folder 19
        Location: Addenda / Documents

    • Chapters 1-3

      • Description: Robertson, Adams, and Nelson Family Genealogy Information
        Container: Box 41, Folder 1-2
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 1-3
      • Description: Certificates
        Container: Box 41, Folder 3
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 1-3
      • Description: School Records
        Container: Box 41, Folder 4
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 1-3
      • Description: Notebooks
        Container: Box 41, Folder 5-6
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 1-3

    • Chapter 4, New England Conservatory of Music, 1897-1987

      Container: Box 42

    • Chapters 5-8

      • Description: Correspondence
        Dates: 1924-1925
        Container: Box 43, Folder 1
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: Copyright and Publication Receipts
        Dates: 1925-1929
        Container: Box 43, Folder 2
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: Records of Robertson's Private Violin Students
        Dates: 1925-1932
        Container: Box 43, Folder 3-5
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: Receipts and Checks

        Personal and for orchestra instruction.

        Dates: 1927-1930
        Container: Box 43, Folder 6
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: Glee Club Petition and Orchestra Announcements
        Dates: 1925-1926
        Container: Box 43, Folder 7
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: Chicago Musical College, Letters
        Dates: 1927
        Container: Box 43, Folder 8
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: Teaching Appointment Letters
        Dates: 1926-1928
        Container: Box 43, Folder 9
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: Program, Photocopy

        This features Robertson as a director.

        Dates: 1927
        Container: Box 43, Folder 10
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: Record Book

        Lists orchestra selections, music committees, and information on taxes and music students.

        Dates: 1927-1948
        Container: Box 43, Folder 11
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: Leroy Robertson, "Psychology of Music"
        Dates: 1932
        Container: Box 43, Folder 12
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: Concerts

        Includes correspondence, programs, and a permission slip to use Indian themes in an opera.

        Dates: 1931-1932
        Container: Box 43, Folder 13
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: Diplomas for B.A. and M.A.

        Some transcript information is also included.

        Dates: 1932
        Container: Box 43, Folder 14
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8
      • Description: "One Hundred Years," LDS Centennial Celebration Booklet

        Robertson wrote and/or arranged music for this pageant.

        Dates: 1930
        Container: Box 43, Folder 15
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 5-8

    • Chapters 9-10, European Studies

    • Chapter 11

      • Description: Feri Roth, "Memoirs of a Musician"
        Container: Box 45, Volume 1
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: Check Stubs and Receipt

        Flagged pages indicate how much of Robertson's income went for his music.

        Dates: 1942-1946
        Container: Box 45, Folder 1
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: "The Lord's Prayer"

        Notes, correspondence, and clippings are included.

        Dates: 1940-1960
        Container: Box 45, Folder 2
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: Lyceum Series

        Includes programs and notes regarding visiting artists.

        Dates: 1930s-1940s
        Container: Box 45, Folder 3
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: Summer Chamber Music Festivals

        A letter, programs, notes, and news clippings are included.

        Dates: 1937-1946
        Container: Box 45, Folder 4
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor
        Dates: 1940-1947
        Container: Box 45, Folder 5
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: European Compositions
        Dates: 1940s
        Container: Box 45, Folder 6
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: Arthur Shepherd, Notes
        Container: Box 45, Folder 7
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: World War II

        Included are letters and notes from some of Robertson's students that were in the service. Programs and news clippings about the BYU orchestra during the war are also included.

        Dates: 1944-1945
        Container: Box 45, Folder 8
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: "Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra"
        Dates: 1944-1947
        Container: Box 45, Folder 9
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: "Piano Etudes"
        Dates: 1940s
        Container: Box 45, Folder 10
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: "American Serenade"
        Dates: 1945-1948
        Container: Box 45, Folder 11
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: Performances at Utah State University, Notes and Programs
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box 45, Folder 12
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: Symphony Orchestra

        Focuses on post World War II peformances.

        Dates: 1946
        Container: Box 45, Folder 13
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: National Association fro American Composers and Conductors
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box 45, Folder 14
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: Literary Criticism Class Notes and Papers Drafts
        Dates: 1946-1947
        Container: Box 45, Folder 15-16
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: Class Notes
        Container: Box 45, Folder 17
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: Receipts and Checks
        Dates: 1940s
        Container: Box 45, Folder 18
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: "Oratorio," Notes
        Container: Box 45, Folder 19
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11
      • Description: Letter from Student, Jerome Herst
        Dates: 1946
        Container: Box 45, Folder 20
        Location: Addenda / Chapter 11

    • Chapters 12-13, Reichhold Award and Leaving BYU

      Box 46, folders 1-13 relate to "Trilogy."

    • Chapters 14-17, University of Utah

    • Chapter 18, "Passacaglia"

    • Chapters 19-20

      • Description: Society for the Preservation of the American Musical Heritage, Inc.
        Dates: 1950-1977
        Container: Box 49, Folder 1-2
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: LDS Tabernacle Choir
        Dates: 1958-1966
        Container: Box 49, Folder 3
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: "Cello Concerto"
        Dates: 1956
        Container: Box 49, Folder 4
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: "American Serenade" and "Alleluia and Chorale for Bank"
        Dates: 1957; 1960
        Container: Box 49, Folder 5
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: Awards
        Dates: 1959
        Container: Box 49, Folder 6
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: Successes and Sorrows

        This folder was titled by Marian Robertson Wilson.

        Container: Box 49, Folder 7
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: "Book of Mormon Oratorio"

        Recording requests, reviews, notes, news articles, and other documents are included.

        Dates: 1969
        Container: Box 49, Folder 8
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: "Violin Concerto"
        Dates: 1961-1967
        Container: Box 49, Folder 9
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: Retirement from University of Utah Music Department

        Correspondence, notes, and articles.

        Dates: 1961-1963
        Container: Box 49, Folder 10-11
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: "Saguaro Overture"
        Dates: 1964-1965
        Container: Box 49, Folder 12
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: Composer-in-Residence for the University of Utah
        Dates: 1964-1965
        Container: Box 49, Folder 13
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: Distinguished Research Professor

        Robertson was the first ever to received this status.

        Dates: 1963-1964
        Container: Box 49, Folder 14
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: Dismissal from Music Department, Letters and Notes
        Dates: 1965
        Container: Box 49, Folder 15
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: University of Utah Festival Overture
        Dates: 1965; 1967
        Container: Box 49, Folder 16
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: Post-retirement Activities
        Dates: 1965-1966
        Container: Box 49, Folder 17
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20
      • Description: "Piano Concerto"
        Dates: 1966; 1975
        Container: Box 49, Folder 18
        Location: Addenda / Chapters 19-20

    • Chapter 21, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    • Chapter 22, Final Years, 1963-1972

      Container: Box 51

    • After Death

      • Description: Condolences
        Dates: 1971-1972
        Container: Box 53, Folder 1-4
        Location: Addenda / After Death
      • Description: News Clippings Regarding Robertson's Death
        Dates: 1971
        Container: Box 53, Folder 5
        Location: Addenda / After Death
      • Description: Correspondence
        Dates: 1965-1991
        Container: Box 53, Folder 6-10
        Location: Addenda / After Death
      • Description: Royalty Earnings

        These are from Columbia Records; Australian Record Company, Ltd.; Carl Fisher, Inc.; and Philip's Phonographic Industries.

        Dates: 1965-1967
        Container: Box 53, Folder 11-12
        Location: Addenda / After Death
      • Description: Programs
        Dates: 1960s-1980s
        Container: Box 53, Folder 13-17
        Location: Addenda / After Death
      • Description: Programs
        Dates: 1980s-1990s
        Container: Box 54, Folder 1-2
        Location: Addenda / After Death
      • Description: News Clippings
        Dates: 1965-1980s
        Container: Box 54, Folder 3-4
        Location: Addenda / After Death
      • Description: Leroy J. Robertson, "Creativity in Music"
        Container: Box 54, Folder 5
        Location: Addenda / After Death
      • Description: Marian Robertson Wilson, "Leroy Robertson, Music Giant from the Rockies"
        Dates: 1996
        Container: Box 54, Volume 1
        Location: Addenda / After Death
      • Description: Miscellaneous
        Container: Box 54, Folder 6
        Location: Addenda / After Death

    • Certificates and Awards

    • General Materials

      • Description: Correspondence

        Most of this correspondence consists of congratulatory letters to Robertson for his first prize winning in the Symphony of the American Artist competition.

        Dates: 1947-1967
        Container: Box 56, Folder 1-2
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Essay by Robertson
        Dates: 1946
        Container: Box 56, Folder 3
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: William George Jordan, "The Power of Truth"
        Container: Box 56, Folder 4
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Miscellaneous
        Container: Box 56, Folder 5
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Music by Leroy J. Robertson

        The bulk of this box consists of unidentified music sketches by Robertson. A photostat of "Rhapsody" is also in this box.

        Dates: circa 1920s-1930s
        Container: Box 57
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Music by Others
        Dates: circa 1890s-1930s
        Container: Box 58
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Cyril Jenkins Music
        Dates: 1913-1956
        Container: Box 59, Folder 1
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Leroy J. Robertson Foundationn

        Correspondence, programs, and articles.

        Dates: 1971-1975
        Container: Box 59, Folder 2
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Music Sketches
        Dates: 1924
        Container: Box 59, Folder 3
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: News Articles
        Dates: 1930s-1990s
        Container: Box 59, Folder 4
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: News Clipping Scrapbook
        Dates: 1940s-1980
        Container: Box 59, Folder 5-7
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: News Release
        Dates: 1947
        Container: Box 59, Folder 8
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Newsletter
        Dates: 1967
        Container: Box 59, Folder 9
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Performance Programs
        Dates: 1940s-1980s
        Container: Box 59, Folder 10
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Tax Claims and Court Brief
        Dates: 1951
        Container: Box 59, Folder 11
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Oversize News Clipping Scrapbooks

        Two scrapbooks documenting the careers of Robertson and his daughter, Marian Robertson Wilson.

        Dates: 1940s-1970s
        Container: Box 60
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Correspondence
        Dates: 1935-1976
        Container: Box 61, Folder 1-2
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Agreement
        Dates: 1975
        Container: Box 61, Folder 3
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Royalty Statement
        Dates: 1969
        Container: Box 61, Folder 4
        Location: Addenda / General Materials
      • Description: Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

        This book contains musical notations by Robertson.

        Dates: 1931
        Container: Box 62
        Location: Addenda / General Materials

  • Oversize

    • Description: Thematic Analysis According to Schoenberg's System

      More information available in Box 19.

      Container: Map case folder 1
      Location: Oversize
    • Description: "Oratio from the Book of Mormon," by LeRoy J. Robertson

      Includes certificate and poster.

      Dates: 1923, 1953
      Container: Map case folder 2
      Location: Oversize
    • Description: Music graphs of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica")
      Container: Map case folder 3
      Location: Oversize

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Composers--Utah
  • Music--Instruction and study
  • Music--Manuscripts
  • Musicians--Utah

Personal Names

  • Robertson, Leroy J.--Archives

Corporate Names

  • University of Utah. Department of Music

Form or Genre Terms

  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Correspondence
  • Manuscripts for publication
  • Programs (Publications)
  • Scores

Titles within the Collection

  • Book of Mormon--Songs and music

Finding aid created by Della L. Dye, Karen Robertson Post and Lisa DeMille
1980 (last modified: 2013 and 2019)

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