Woodward, Henry L. (Henry Lynde), 1908-1998

Henry Lynde Woodward (b. 1908; d. Chapel Hill NC June 23, 1998). American music professor, composer, and organist. He attended Cornell University and the College of Music of Cincinnati. He studied organ and composition with Sidney Durst while at Cincinnati; he later studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He received his Ph.D. in musicology from Harvard University in 1952. He taught at the College of Music of Cincinnati, Western College, Vassar College, Harvard, and Cornell, before going to Carleton College in 1942. He was the Chairman of the Music Department at Carleton for 25 years before retiring to Chapel Hill, NC in 1973. The collection primarily contains manuscript scores but also sketches, notes, and other composition materials as well as teaching materials.

From the guide to the Collection of musical scores and papers, 1924-1998, (Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard College Library)