Madsen, Florence Jepperson, 1886-1977

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Florence Jepperson Madsen was born December 15, 1886, in Provo, Utah, of Danish ancestry. She received the B.A. degree from Brigham Young University, graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music, and was awarded the B.M. and M.M. degrees from the Chicago Musical School, and honorary doctoral degrees from the Chicago and Boguslawski Colleges of Music. On August 30, 1922, she and Franklin Madsen were married in the Salt Lake Temple. They raised three adopted girls: Marion (Mrs. Wendell Morgan); Ruth (Mrs. William L. Bracy); and Georgia (Mrs. George W. Baker). At the dedication of the Harris Fine Arts Center, a recital hall was named in honor of Franklin and his wife Florence. Florence died in 1977.

From the description of Florence Jepperson Madsen scrapbook, 1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 438317135

From the guide to the Florence Jepperson Madsen scrapbook, 1963, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

BYU professor of music, and member of LDS General Relief Society Board.

From the description of Papers, 1901-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367537178

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associatedWith Brigham Young University corporateBody
associatedWith Brigham Young University. Dept. of Music. corporateBody
associatedWith Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center (Provo, Utah). corporateBody
associatedWith Gibbons, Helen B. person
associatedWith Harold B. Lee Library. Dept. of Archives and Manuscripts. corporateBody
associatedWith Peterson, Hugh W. (Hugh Wickman), 1893-1982, person
associatedWith Relief Society Singing Mothers corporateBody
associatedWith Reynolds, Alice Louise, 1873-1938. person
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Relief Society
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Birth 1886

Death 1977

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