Robert B. Walls Collection 1916-1974 1947-1974

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Robert B. Walls Collection 1916-1974 1947-1974

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The Robert B. Walls Collection consistsof sound recordings of performances by Oregon State University choirs madeand assembled by Walls, Professor of Music at Oregon State from 1947 untilhis retirement in 1974.

3 cubic feet, including 115sound recordings; 4 boxes

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Oregon State University Libraries University Archives

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Walls, Robert B.

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Robert Boen Walls was Professor of Music at Oregon State University from 1947 until his retirement in 1974. He directed all OSU choral activities for 27 years and was head of the Music Department from 1947 until 1965. He established the Choralaires, a select choir with the most talented singers form the larger men's and women's choruses and led European tours by the Choraliares in 1971 and 1973. Walls was honored as OSU Alumni Distinguished Professor in 1974. Walls was b...

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