Vanett Lawler ISME papers

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Vanett Lawler ISME papers

1945-1974 and undated (majority 1958-1971)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/14897

Vanett Lawler (1902-1972) was an administrator in the field of music education both in the United States and abroad. Her work for the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) (now known as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME)), the Pan American Union, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the International Society for Music Education (ISME) helped create new legislation favorable to the arts, encourage and publish research pertaining to music education, and promote international music education and cooperation. This collection contains her professional papers pertaining to her work with the International Society for Music Education, as Secretary General from 1953-1955 and as Treasurer from 1956 until her death in 1972. There are also materials from the founding of ISME pre-dating her official role as Secretary General. Materials include correspondence, periodicals, photographs, articles, meeting information and agendas, program proposals and outlines, speeches, and various other professional papers.

3.00 linear feet

eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Lawler, Vanett (ISME)

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Vanett Lawler, an administrator in the field of music education and an active promoter of the subject internationally, was born in Rochester, Minnesota in 1902. After abandoning plans to pursue a career as a concert pianist, she instead enrolled in the School of Business and Commerce at the University of Wisconsin, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in 1924. Lawler worked in various advertising and publishing companies until applying for the position of office manager at the newly opene...