Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1898, Feb. 12 | Born near Chandler, Okla. to Elmer Harris and Laura Broddle |
| 1921 | Studied at University of California, Berkeley |
| 1924 | Began studies with Arthur Farwell |
| 1926 | Andante for orchestra premiered by Howard Hanson and the Eastman School Orchestra |
| 1926-1929 | Studied with Nadia Boulanger |
| 1927 | Premiere of Concerto for Piano, Clarinet, and String Quartet in Paris |
| 1929 | Completed Symphony--American Portrait 1929 |
| 1931 | Received Creative Fellowship of the Pasadena Music and Art Association |
| 1932 | Joined summer faculty of The Juilliard School of Music |
| 1933 | Completed Symphony 1933 (Symphony no.1) |
| 1934 | Symphony 1933 premiered by Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Completed Symphony no. 2 |
| 1934-1938 | Began teaching at Westminster Choir School |
| 1936 October | Married Beula (Johana) Duffey |
| 1936 | Wrote Quintet for Piano and Strings |
| 1938 | Completed Symphony no. 3 |
| 1939 | Symphony no. 3 premiered by Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony |
| 1939-1940 | Completed Folksong Symphony (Symphony no. 4) |
| 1941-1943 | Began teaching at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. |
| 1941 | Taught summer sessions at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo. |
| 1942 | Completed Symphony no. 5 Received Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Medal "for eminent services to chamber music" |
| 1943-1948 | Began teaching full time at Colorado College |
| 1944 | Completed Symphony no. 6 (Gettysburg) Elected to National Institute of Arts and Letters |
| 1948-1949 | Taught at University of Utah, Logan |
| 1950-1951 | Taught at Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. |
| 1951-1956 | Taught at Pennsylvania College for Women |
| 1952 | Completed Symphony no. 7 |
| 1956-1957 | Taught at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale |
| 1957-1959 | Taught at Indiana University as its distinguished Patten Lecturer |
| 1958 | Traveled to U.S.S.R. with a delegation of American composers sponsored by the State Department |
| 1959 | Organized the International String Congress, with its first session at Greenleaf Lake, Okla. |
| 1959-1961 | Taught at Inter-American University in the newly formed International Institute of Music, San Germán, Puerto Rico |
| 1961-1971 | Taught at University of Calif., Los Angeles |
| 1962 | Completed Symphony no. 8 (San Francisco Symphony) and Symphony no. 9 |
| 1965 | Completed Symphony no. 10 (Abraham Lincoln Symphony) |
| 1967 | Completed Symphony no. 11 |
| 1968 | Completed Symphony no. 12 (Pere Marquette Symphony) |
| 1971-1976 | Taught at California State University, Los Angeles |
| 1973 | Roy Harris Archive founded at California State University |
| 1975 | Completed Bicentennial Symphony 1976 (Symphony no. 13) |
| 1976 | Composed final work, Rejoice and Sing |
| 1979 | Inducted into National Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 1979, Oct. 1 | Died, Santa Monica, Calif. |