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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Collection Overview

Restrictions

Online Catalog Headings

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Inventory of the Joseph S. Daltry Papers, 1934-1961


Descriptive Summary
Repository Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University
Creator Daltry, Joseph S. (Joseph Samuel), 1899-1967.
Title Joseph S. Daltry Papers,
Dates 1934 - 1961
Linear Feet 2.5
Archival Boxes 5
Abstract Joseph S. Daltry was a music teacher and professor at Wesleyan University from 1918-1967.
Materials from Daltry's career teaching music at Wesleyan, and recordings of Simsbury Light Opera Company Performances from 1948-1950.
Call Number 1000-107
Location For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff.
Language of Material Material in English

Biographical Note

Married Faith Merriman, 1926. 3 children: Alice Marshall (b.1927), Mary Augusta Merriman (b.1930), and Faith Barbara (b.1932). Married Marjorie Suzanne Rice, 1959. Died September 27, 1967.

Chronology List
October 23, 1899 Daltry was born in Heckmondwick, Yorkshire, England.
1918-1929 Organist, chorus and orchestra director, Wesleyan University
1929 Associate of the Royal College of Organists, London
1929-1931 Associate Professor of Music at Wesleyan University
1931 Received an MA from Wesleyan University. Was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
1931-1967 Professor of Music at Wesleyan University
1933 Fellow of the American Guild of Organists
1933-1937 President of the New England College Glee Club Association
1940-1941 Lyric Opera Company
1946 Author, Basic Musicianship
1949-1950 President of the College Music Association
1953-1962 Director of the Summer School, Wesleyan University
1967 Died in Haddam, Connecticut

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Collection Overview

Materials from Daltry's career teaching music at Wesleyan, and recordings of Simsbury Light Opera Company Performances from 1948-1950.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Daltry, Joseph S. (Joseph Samuel), 1899-1967.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Faculty.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Songs and music.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). Music Dept.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Joseph S. Daltry Papers, Collection #1000-107, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Received prior to 1999 (Acc. 1000-107), and received from Margery Rosenbaum in 2006 (Acc. 2006-49), and 2007 (Acc. 2007-01).

Processing Information

Processed by Valerie Gillispie, January 2007

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, January 2007

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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1 "Music at Wesleyan": Address Delivered at the All Wesleyan Stag Party, by Professor Joseph S. Daltry, 17 November 1934.
Wesleyan University Glee Club Series, Anthems and Part-Songs for Male Chorus, selected and arranged by Joseph S. Daltry. (3 copies)
Missa Salve, Victoria edited by Joseph S. Daltry. (3 copies)
Music Book: Serious Student
Music Book: Freddie Frictionless
Music Book: President Twirler
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2 Musical Appreciation for Undergraduates by Daltry and Sternfeld, 1941
Manual of Sight-Singing and Elementary Harmony by Joseph S. Daltry, 1935
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3 Limericks
Notes for Music 1-2, First Semester 1960-1961
Notes for Music 1-2, Second Semester 1960-1961
Yeomen of the Guard: score with Daltry's notes
Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, April 8-10, 1948: master copy and listening copy on CD. Simsbury Light Opera Company Performance.
Patience or Bunthorne's Bride, April 21-23, 1949: master copy and listening copy on CD. Simsbury Light Opera Company Performance.
The Mikado or The Twon of Titipu, April 20-22, 1950: master copy and listening copy on CD. Simsbury Light Opera Company Performance.
The Yeoman of the Guard, undated: master copy and listening copy on CD. Simsbury Light Opera Company Performance.
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4 "Limericks" scores
Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, April 8-10, 1948: original record albums with accompanying program. Simsbury Light Opera Company Performance.
Patience or Bunthorne's Bride, April 21-23, 1949: original record albums with accompanying program. Simsbury Light Opera Company Performance.
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5 The Mikado or The Twon of Titipu, April 20-22, 1950: original record albums with accompanying program. Simsbury Light Opera Company Performance.
The Yeoman of the Guard, undated: original record albums. Simsbury Light Opera Company Performance.