Elaine Brown – Finding Aid

Repository: ACDA
Creator: Janet Yamron
Title: Janet Yamron Collection of Elaine Brown Papers
ID: ACDA 001
Date: circa 1944-2005
Extent: 27.4 linear feet (21 boxes, 1 flip-top box, 1 oversize flat box, 3 oversize
sleeves)
Language of Materials note: English

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Scope and Contents note
This collection documents the professional life of Elaine Brown, founder of Singing City. Included in this collection are Ms. Brown’s documentation of ACDA, her awards, correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, readings, personal music library, and tributes and memories. Of note in the collections is the material from Nadia Boulanger, Eugene Ormandy, Robert Shaw, and Singing City.

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Administrative Information
Publication Information
ACDA Archives

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Conditions Governing Access note
The records of Elaine Brown contain may student academic records that are restricted in accordance with archival policy. Restrictions, where applicable are noted at the series, subseries, or file levels.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

• ACDA. American Choral Directors Association..
• Riverside Church. (New York, N.Y.)
• Singing City.
• Temple University. Boyer College of Music and Dance.
• Geographic Name(s)
• Interlochen, MI
• Phoenix, Arizona

Personal Name(s)

• Boulanger, Nadia, b. 8-16-1887, d. 10-22-79
• Coffin, William S., Rev., Jr., (William Sloane), 1927-2006
• Herford, Julius, b. 02/22/1901 d. 09/17/1981
• Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985
• Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999
• Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977
• Yamron, Janet

Subject(s)

• Academic costume
• Academic regalia
• ACDA – Pennsylvania
• American Choral Directors Association
• Awards
• Bicentennial Celebration
• Boulanger, Nadia
• Brown, Elaine
• Choruses
• Coffin, William S., Rev., Jr., (1927-2006)
• Conferences–Speeches
• Correspondence files
• Eastern Division
• Herford, Julius
• Hoods, Academic
• Lectures and lecturing
• Memorials
• Newspaper Clippings
• Notes
• Ormandy, Eugene
• Photographs
• Programs
• Readings
• Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
• Scores
• Shaw, Robert 1916-1999
• Sheet music
• Singing City
• Speeches, addresses, etc.
• Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977
• Temple University, Boyer College of Music and Dance
• Tributes
• Villanova University. University College
• Yamron, Janet

Collection Inventory