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Robert Craft Typescripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.MUS.0011
Abstract The conductor/librettist Robert Craft (1923-2015) is most well-known for his associations with the composer Igor Stravinsky. This small collection consists of computer-printed drafts of what eventually would become Craft’s memoirs An improbable life (Vanderbilt University Press, 2002) and Places : a travel companion for music and art lovers (Thames & Hudson, 2000), as they were supplied to Mark Wait, Dean of the Blair School of...
Dates: 1996 - 1999
Found in: Anne Potter Wilson Music Library

Merrill Moore and Louise Davis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0302
Scope and Contents

The Merrill Moore and Louise Davis Collection, 1943-1956, includes an Autobiographical sketch of Merrill Moore, correspondence, poetry, bibliography and articles, publication materials, articles about Merrill Moore, and personal and biographical materials. The collection is small, only 1/3 of a cubic foot. The majority of this collection is focused on the person of Merrill Moore, both as a doctor and a poet.

Dates: 1943 - 1956
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

John W. Morton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0306
Abstract

This collection contains a handwritten memoir from 1861-1864 written by Captain John Watson Morton. The memoir details the story of "Morton's Battery" under General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Dates: 1861 - 1864 November 5
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

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