Friends of Music at Stanford records 1940-1959

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Friends of Music at Stanford records 1940-1959

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Minutes of annual meetings, board of directors, and executive committee meetings; financial records; and miscellaneous informational papers including a history of the Friends of Music by Susan L. Dyer.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Dyer, Susan L.

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Friends of Music at Stanford

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The Friends were officially organized in 1940 to promote musical education at Stanford University by sponsoring concerts, lectures, and scholarships. Lou Henry Hoover and Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge played leading roles in its development. From the description of Friends of Music at Stanford records, 1940-1959, 1940-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 701211540 Biographical/Historical Sketch The Friends were official...

Stanford University. Dept. of Music.

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Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944

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Lou Henry Hoover served as First Lady from 1929 to 1933 as the wife of the 31st President, Herbert Hoover. An avid Chinese linguist and geology scholar, she was also the first First Lady to make regular nationwide radio broadcasts. Admirably equipped to preside at the White House, Lou Henry Hoover brought to it long experience as wife of a man eminent in public affairs at home and abroad. She had shared his interests since they met in a geology lab at Leland Stanford University. She was a fre...

Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague, 1864-1953

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Biographical Note 1864, Oct. 30 Born Elizabeth Penn Sprague, Chicago, Illinois, to Albert Arnold and Nancy Ann Atwood Sprague circa 1872 Began piano lessons with Regina Cohn Watson 1891 Married Frederic Shurtleff Coolidge (died 1915) ...