Ber-Nita C. Meyers papers, 1914-2011 (bulk 1938-1942).

ArchivalResource

Ber-Nita C. Meyers papers, 1914-2011 (bulk 1938-1942).

Diary (1938-1942) of Minneapolis concert pianist Ber-Nita C. Meyers kept while she was a music student at the MacPhail School of Music and at the University of Minnesota, an annotated partial transcript made by Sandra K. Mueller (November 2010), and a volume of photographs and memorabilia about Meyers (1914-1957) compiled by Mueller (2011). The diary mentions many significant individuals in the music profession, including Charles P. Deems, Stanley R. Avery, Dorothy Atkinson, Donald Nivison Ferguson and Helena Morsztyn.

0.25 cubic feet (3 volumes in partial box).

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8153214

Minnesota Historical Society Library

Related Entities

There are 7 Entities related to this resource.

Ferguson, Donald N. (Donald Nivison), 1882-1985

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nw16n2 (person)

Donald Nivison Ferguson received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1904, studied privately in London and began teaching piano and directing the West High School orchestra in 1909. In 1914, he joined the University of Minnesota faculty and founded the University Symphony Orchestra. He received his M.A. in 1922. Ferguson was the author of several books, a founder and director of the Bach Society, and wrote program notes for the Minneapolis Symphony. After mandatory retirement from the U...

Avery, Stanley R. (Stanley Robert), 1879-1967

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vx25d3 (person)

Stanley R. Avery was the music director at St. Mark's Cathedral in Minneapolis MN. From the description of Stanley Avery papers, 1902-1960. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63313925 ...

Meyers, Ber-Nita C. (Ber-Nita Christine), 1914-2002.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q25p1n (person)

Morsztyn, Helena.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sr0pj0 (person)

Atkinson, Dorothy, 1893-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6806rvw (person)

Deems, Charles P.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n890nd (person)

Mueller, Sandra Calvert

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s48fmt (person)