Frances Adaskin fonds. 1930-1994.

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Frances Adaskin fonds. 1930-1994.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/606455506

The fonds consists of material arranged in three series: 1) Reviews, programmes, and correspondence concerning the career of Frances Adaskin; 2) Assorted writing by Frances Adaskin; and 3) Audio Tapes.

14 cm of textual records.3 audio tapes.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781377

University of British Columbia Library

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Adaskin, Frances Marr, 1900-

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Born in 1900 at Ridgetown, Ontario, the daughter of Dr. Del and Eunice Marr, Frances was the eldest of three siblings. Although the family was shaken by the death of her younger brother Charles at the age of three, and despite an early problem with stuttering, Frances Marr remained a positive and optimistic person, devoted to her father and fascinated with the piano. Frances began playing the piano at an early age under the tutelage of Whitney Scherer. Later she would study with Thomas Martin at...