Harry Perison papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1940-1978).

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Harry Perison papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1940-1978).

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This collection focuses on the life and works of the composer Charles Wakefield Cadman. It includes correspondence, newspaper and journal articles, notes on singer Tsianina Redfeather and librettist Nellie Eberhart who worked with Cadman, compositions, musical catalogues, and slides. Correspondents include Caroline Eberhart, music copyist Charles Fielder, ethnologist Alice C. Fletcher, Francis La Flesche (Omaha Nation), and other Cadman relatives and associates. The audio portion of the collection includes audiocassettes of radio programs, interviews with Redfeather and Caroline Eberhart, and audio recordings of the Philadelphia Symphony and of various Cadman pieces. Printed musical works include Native American compositions. One microfilm reel contains the sheet music of the Cadman musical piece, Shanewis (The Robin Woman), a Native American opera. There is also a flageolet (a European musical instrument in the flute family).

5 cubic feet + 29 audiocassettes, 16 long-playing records, 1 microfilm reel, and 1 flageolet.

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923

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Alice Cunningham Fletcher was an American ethnologist, anthropologist, and social scientist who studied and documented Native American culture. She credited Frederic Ward Putnam for stimulating her interest in Native American culture. From 1881, Fletcher was involved with the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, an Indian boarding school with a primary objective of assimilating Native American children and youth into Euro-American culture. In 1881, Fletcher traveled to live with and ...

La Flesche, Francis, 1857-1932

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Tsianina, 1892-1985

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Eberhart, Nelle Richmond

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Nelle Richmond Eberhart, poet, writer, teacher and lyricist was born in Nebraska in 1871. Best known for her work with Charles Wakefield Cadman, she is credited with introducing him to the music and culture of Native Americans. They collaborated on both songs and opera including Shanewis, which was performed at the Metropolitan Opera from 1917-1919. She also wrote the words for the opera The Willow Tree, the first opera commissioned for radio. Eberhart died in 1944. From the guide to...

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Fielder, Charles N., 1900-1978

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Eberhart, Caroline

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Perison, Harry D.

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Harry Perison (1928-1983) was Associate Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania State University (1967-1983). He completed a doctoral degree while on sabbatical at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester with the dissertation Charles Wakefield Cadman: his life and works (1978). He previously worked for the Eastman Kodak Company, 1952-1967. From the description of Harry Perison papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1940-1978). (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat re...

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The Pennsylvania Humanities Council designated the year 1985 as "The Year of the Pennsylvania Writer." The PHC funded projects in eight locations throughout the Commonwealth to gain appreciation, understanding, and recognition for past and present Pennsylvania writers. The State College/University Park location held a two-stage conference and related events by five Centre County regional organizations. From the description of The Year of the Pennsylvania writer collection, 1984-1986....