ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

TAMAR C. READ PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL#1332

DATES: 1958-1988

SIZE: 1 linear ft., 1 ledger size book, 31 photographs, and 47 cassette and reel to reel tapes

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Tamar C. Read Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Tamar Read on June 24, 1996 (Accession # 96-2083).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

RELATED MATERIALS:Video tapes of the Ethnic Music Festival are housed in the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. (V62-V80).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Tamar Clothylde Read was born and raised in Olla, Louisiana. She received a bachelors degree in music from LSU in 1942, and a masters degree in music education from the University of Michigan in 1945. She then spent eight years in New York City studying and participating in choruses and orchestras. Read taught at South Dakota State University for two years, and began teaching at the University of North Dakota in 1959 as an Associate Professor of Music. While at UND, she founded and directed the Collegium Musicum in 1963. Read obtained her Doctor of Musical Arts in 1969 from the University of Southern California by presenting her doctoral dissertation: A Critical Study and Performance Edition of Emilio de' Cavalieri's Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo. Tamar Read retired from UND in June of 1988.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Tamar C. Read Papers have been arranged into three series and then alphabetically within each series.

Series I, Biography and Musical Programs.

This series consists of biographical information, music programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous musical materials.

Series II, Ethnic Music Festival.

The Ethnic Music Festival occurred in 1983 as part of UND's Centennial celebration. This series includes information on all participating ethnic groups, including Norwegian, Polish, German- Russian, Native American, French, and Danish. It also contains budget and grant materials, contracts, correspondence, programs, and general information pertaining to the festival.

Series III, Dissertation.

This series contains references and materials used for Tamar's doctoral dissertation: A Critical Study and Performance Edition of Emilio de' Cavalieri's Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo; including rough and final drafts, musical scores, translations, and correspondence.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

SERIES I, BIOGRAPHY AND MUSICAL PROGRAMS

Box 1

Folder 1 Biographical Information

       2 Collegium Musicum Programs

       3 Community Chorus Programs

       4 Correspondence (Miscellaneous)

       5 New Music Ensemble Programs

       6 Newspaper Clippings

       7 The Owl and the Pussycat; By:  D.H. Kavasch

       8 The Play of Daniel, Translation of the Latin Text; By:  Jean Misrahi

       9 The Play of Robin and Marion

      10 The Recorder

      11 Red Detachment of Women Post Cards

      12 "The State of Collegium in America"; By:  Edward K. Kottick

      13 Student Recital Programs

      14 Topeng Dance Theater of Ball

      15 Womens Chorus Programs

SERIES II, ETHNIC MUSIC FESTIVAL

Folder16 Anglo-Saxon

      17 Arabic, Lebanese, Serabic

      18 Bohemian

      19 Budget and Grant Materials

      20 Canceled Contracts

      21 Celts

      22 Consultants

      23 Contracts

      24 Correspondence

      25 Cowboy

      26 Czechs

      27 Danish

      28 Early American

      29 Ethnomusicology

      30 Festival Programs

      31 Folk Festival

      32 Food

      33 French

      34 French-Indian

      35 Fund Summary Reports

      36 German-Russians

      37 Grants and Contracts Correspondence

      38 Housing

      39 Humanities Scholar Report

      40 Hutterites

      41 Icelanders

      42 Jewish

      43 Lists and General Information

      44 Lutefisk and Polkas

      45 Newspaper Publicity

      46 North Dakota Ethnic Soundscapes

      47 Norwegian

      48 Polish

      49 Publicity

      50 Swedish

      51 Turtle Mountain Indian

      52 Ukranian

SERIES III, DISSERTATION.

Folder53 Contents of Preface

      54 Diplomatic Edition, Volume 1

      55 Diplomatic Edition, Volume 2

      56 Dissertation, 1969

      57 Music

      58 Musical Score

      59 Programs and Music

      60 Correspondence

     61 Translations

Loose Item:Musical Score of Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo by: Emilio de' 
Cavalieri

SEPARATIONS RECORD

31 photographs have been separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photographic Collection. The bulk of these are Ethnic Music Festival publicity photos depicting festival performers and various North Dakota ethnic communities.

47 cassette and reel to reel tapes were separated.

#1700-#1722 Ethnic Music Festival

#1723 Grand Forks Symphony

#1724-#1727 New Music Ensemble

#1728-#1737 Community Chorus

#1738-#1740 Women's Chorus

#1741-#1747 Collegium Musicum

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