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Lester Dequaine collection on Rosa Ponselle
Mary C. Walker papers
This collection contains Mary C. Walker’s papers acquired throughout her time working at Peabody and years thereafter. The collection consists of personal correspondence, working documents, programs, newspaper clippings of music events, photographs, and personal items.
Nicholas Maw papers
Nicholas Maw (1935-2009) was a British composer who taught at the Peabody Institute from 1998 to 2008. The Nicholas Maw papers (approximately 1956-2009) contain manuscripts, scores, and recordings of musical compositions by Maw, including the opera Sophie's Choice. The collection also contains correspondence, programs, reviews, lecture notes, and other personal papers.
Peabody Institute programs
The Peabody Institute has held regular concerts, events, and other public events since the Conservatory opened in 1866. The Peabody Institute programs collection contains concert and recital programs of students, ensembles, faculty, guest artists, and master classes from the Conservatory and Preparatory. The bulk of the programs from approximately 1970 to 2020 are of Conservatory degree recitals and ensemble concerts.
Peabody Institute publications and printed materials
Walter Spencer Huffman music manuscripts and recordings
Walter Spencer Huffman was a composer and music teacher who studied and served on the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in the 1940s and 1950s. From 1955 until his death in 2005, Huffman taught music privately in Maryland and continued to compose. The collection consists of holograph scores of approximately 150 works, including chamber music, symphonies, and choral music.