Don Gillis Collection

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Don Gillis Collection

The Gillis Collection is comprised of correspondence, sound recordings, and musical scores.

3 Linear Feet (1 box.)

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Gillis, Don, 1912-1978

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Born in Cameron, Missouri on June 17, 1912, Don Gillis moved with his family to Texas in 1930. He went on to have some impact on nearly every institution of higher education in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as well as the University of South Carolina. Gillis studied composition with Don Mixson at Texas Christian University, and then worked as a band director at TCU, a Director of Productions at the WBAP radio station in Fort Worth, a producer for NBC Radio in Chicago, and a producer and script wri...