Benjamin F. Swalin and Maxine M. Swalin Papers, 1903-2006

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Benjamin F. Swalin and Maxine M. Swalin Papers, 1903-2006

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Benjamin F. Swalin (1901-1989) wasconductor and director of the North Carolina Symphony, musician, composer,performer, author, teacher, and advocate for music in North Carolina. His wife,Maxine M. Swalin (1903-2009), also an accomplished musician, supported the work ofthe North Carolina Symphony as its executive assistant for many years. The collection contains biographical information,writings, correspondence, subject files, and photographs of Benjamin F. Swalin andMaxine M. Swalin. Materials document Benjamin F. Swalin's life from childhoodthrough his music studies, teaching career at the University of North Carolina, andhis 33 years as conductor and director with the North Carolina Symphony. Publishedand unpublished writings include notes, poetry, musical scores, and materialsrelating to Benjamin F. Swalin's (1987), a history of the North Carolina Symphony, and to Maxine M. Swalin's (1996), a reminiscence of her childhoodin Iowa and life with her husband and with the North Carolina Symphony.Correspondence chiefly concerns North Carolina Symphony operations and the Swalins'social and professional relationships with acquaintances and advocates in the artsand legal communities. Subject files include materials relating to the Symphony,especially Benjamin Swalin's forced retirement in 1971; a run of that Adeline McCall wrote for theSymphony's Children's Concert Division, 1950-1973; items relating to music educationand appreciation in North Carolina; and other materials. Photographs document theSwalins from early childhood to old age. Hard Circus Road An Ear to Myself Symphony Stories

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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North Carolina Symphony

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The North Carolina Symphony was formed in 1932 under the direction of Pulitzer Traveling Fellow Lamar Stringfield. The Symphony was a Works Progress Administration project in the 1930s; in the 1940s, it was the first orchestra to receive state funding on a continuous basis. Benjamin Swalin and Maxine Swalin led the Symphony from 1939 to 1972. They promoted the idea of taking the orchestra out to all parts of the state, a tradition that began in 1943 when the North Carolina State Legislature pass...

Swalin, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1901-1989

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Benjamin Franklin Swalin led the North Carolina Symphony for 33 years, from 1939 to 1972, revitalizing and expanding the project that Lamar Stringfield had started under the WPA. In 1945, Swalin's work resulted in the passage of North Carolina Senate Bill 248 (dubbed the Horn Tootin' Bill ). This was the first time that an orchestra was recognized as a state agency in the United States. Swalin was a tireless promoter of classical music and the North Carolina Symphony. Un...

Swalin, Maxine M. (Maxine McMahon)

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Benjamin Franklin Swalin led the North Carolina Symphony for 33 years, from 1939 to 1972, revitalizing and expanding the project that Lamar Stringfield had started under the WPA. In 1945, Swalin's work resulted in the passage of North Carolina Senate Bill 248 (dubbed the Horn Tootin' Bill ). This was the first time that an orchestra was recognized as a state agency in the United States. Swalin was a tireless promoter of classical music and the North Carolina Symphony. Un...