Pehrson, Ethel. Collection of Ethel Pehrson, 1911-1975.GACA Collection 379

 

Pehrson, Ethel.  Collection of Ethel Pehrson, 1911-1975.  GACA Collection 379.  1 Flat box.


ABSTRACT:
The Ethel Pehrson collection contains incoming correspondence, mostly from former students as well as material concerning other family members.  It also contains material submitted for her full professorship at Gustavus Adolphus College.  There are also recital programs for Ethel Pehrson as well as student recital programs.  There are four scrapbooks which contain mostly newspaper clippings from 1928 to 1947.  There are also three manuscript scores written by former students, and three recordings of performances giving by Pehrson in 1943 and 1956.


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:
Ethel Pehrson graduated from Gustavus in 1930 and taught piano as a member of the Gustavus Music Department from 1950-76.  She was promoted to the rank of full Professor in 1974.  Her mother, Ella Pehrson, graduated from Gustavus in 1895 and following her husband’s death became a member of the Gustavus faculty in 1913. Ella remained on the faculty until her retirement in 1947. 

The three manuscript scores were written by W.T. Atcherson, Dan Malloy, and Victor Babin.  W.T. Atcherson was a former student of Ethel Pehrson, who graduated from Gustavus in 1953 and was on the music faculty from 1958 to 1964. Dan Malloy was a pupil of W.T. Atcherson and inscribed his “Fugue of the Times” to Ethel Pehrson.  Victor Babin was also probably a student of W.T. Atcherson.


RESTRICTIONS:
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the College Archives, the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library, and Gustavus Adolphus College.


COLLECTION CITATION:
Pehrson, Ethel.  Collection of Ethel Pehrson, 1911-1975.  GACA Collection 379.  Gustavus Adolphus College Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.


PROCESSED BY:
Sarah Cooper, volunteer, processed this collection and developed the finding aid during January 2015.


RELATED COLLECTIONS IN THE ARCHIVES:
Collection of Ella (Peterson) and Leonard Pehrson, 1895-1956. CAMC Collection 113.


SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Pehrson, Ethel, 1911-1976.
Gustavus Adolphus College--Alumni and alumna.
Gustavus Adolphus College--Students.
Gustavus Adolphus College--Music Department.
Universities and Colleges--Minnesota--Faculty.

 

 

GACA Collection 379

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Material for full Professorship at Gustavus. Includes biographical information, programs, newspaper clippings and quotes from peers, 1939-74

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Clippings Scrapbook, 1927-30

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Clippings concerning Dimitri Mitropoulos, director of the Minnesota Orchestra who died in 1960

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Correspondence and Program Concerning the sculpture “Sonata,” created by Paul Granlund in memory of Ella Pehrson, Ethel’s mother, 1975

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Recital Programs, 1953-75 and Program for Her Uncle Charles Daniel Pearson’s Commencement from St. Paul College of Law, 1911

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Student Recital Programs, 1954-76

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Correspondence, 1955-75, and undated

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Manuscript Score for “Prelude for the Piano” (April 1955) and “Five Piano Pieces” by W.T. Atcherson

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Manuscript Score for “Fugue of the Times” by Dan Malloy, 1963

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Manuscript Score for “Deux Mouvements Dansants” by Victor Babin, undated

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Recording of Ethel Pehrson’s performance of Sonata Opus 109 in E Major by Beethoven, 1956 [LP record]

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Recording of Ethel Pehrson’s performance of Bach’s Prelude in C# Major, 1 May 1943 [LP record]

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Recording of Ethel Pehrson’s performance of Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in A flat, 1 May 1943 [LP record]

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