Author: Anna Juliar
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The Philadelphia Orchestra, an Argentinian researcher, and the Free Library of Philadelphia
STORIES FROM THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION RECORDS In honor of National Library Week, I’m sharing a story of The Philadelphia Orchestra, a scholar from Argentina, and the Free Library of Philadelphia. While processing the files of the Orchestra’s administrative staff, I came across a letter written in Spanish, addressed to the “Orquesta Sinfonica Filadelfia, U.…
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What’s in a name? An Alternate Identity of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and a Brief Foray into its Recording Activities
STORIES FROM THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION RECORDS Many of us are aware that some of the most famous movie stars of the 20th century had stage names. Handsome, debonaire Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach, and “bombshell blonde” Marilyn Monroe was Norma Jeane Mortenson before achieving her iconic status. Before their time, authors published…
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Introducing the Philadelphia Orchestra Association records
STORIES FROM THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION RECORDS After a year and a half of hard work, and with a healthy dose of support and some heavy lifting (literally) contributed by my wonderful colleagues at the Special Collections Processing Center at Penn Libraries, I’m very pleased to announce that the first portion of the archives of…
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Fiddle Music, Fishing and Dreaming of Michigan
As a new project processing archivist at Penn Libraries, I had the distinct pleasure of beginning my term at Kislak by processing the H. Owen Reed papers (1920-2016), gifted to Penn by his grandson. Herbert Owen Reed (1910-2014) was an American composer, musician, music educator and author. Born in Odessa, Missouri to musical parents (his…
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