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BOX 1-58, 64, 66R-71R Student Applications, 1923-1980
This series consists of student applications for the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau primarily submitted between 1947 and 1980. While many applications include students’ photographs, résumés, petition letters, reference letters, college and university transcripts, and correspondence with the admission officer, not all of these materials may be present for each application. Observations from the admission officer on students’ materials are also occasionally reported. Travel accommodation and documents relating to financial funding and scholarships also appear with some applications, as well as certificates regarding the specific status of students attending the school with support of the G. I. Bill.
Notable names such as Louise Talma, Nadia Boulanger, and Robert Casadesus frequently recur throughout the series in correspondence. Others, like Germaine Tailleferre, Paul Hindemith, and Darius Milhaud, sporadically appear in the recommendation letters supporting the students’ applications. Students who later gained prominence include Donald Grantham, Philip Glass, Adolphus Hailstork, Andreas Makris, Joe Raposo, and Louise Talma. In the 1970s, institutions such as Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and the University of Tennessee submitted applications for several students as a group, and those groupings have been retained.
While the series provides insight into the selection process and student demographics of the American Conservatory throughout the years, it also shows the personal relationships that some of the students established with the institution and offers perspective on the international and artistic community fashioned in Fontainebleau.
The applications for music students in 1966 are not present.
The transcripts and G. I. Bill eligibility certificates are restricted for 75 years from the date of the transcript and certificate.
Arranged chronologically, then by Music Conservatory, Fine Arts School, and cancellations, and alphabetically by name therein.
Music, 1923
BOX-FOLDER 58/47 Murphy, Elizabeth
Music, 1947
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 Allison, Herman
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Behrens, Herbert
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 Berry, Grace
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 Carr, Frances
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 Chaikin, Lawrence
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 Chapman, Norman
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 Di Bonaventura, Mario
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 Fiske, Harold H.
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 French, Margare A.
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 Franks, Nancy Lee
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Garsoian, Nina
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Hackett, Perry
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 Hansen, Elsie Jo
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 Hinkle, Walter
BOX-FOLDER 1/15 Howarth, Esther
BOX-FOLDER 1/16 Hinton, Mae Weeks
BOX-FOLDER 1/17 Jancovius, William
BOX-FOLDER 1/18 Jenkins, Mabel Borg
BOX-FOLDER 1/19 Johannesen, Grant
BOX-FOLDER 1/20 Kistler, Margot
BOX-FOLDER 1/21 Lanham, Hugh
BOX-FOLDER 1/22 Liegner, Judith
BOX-FOLDER 1/23 Martin, Natalie
BOX-FOLDER 1/24 Miller, Beth
BOX-FOLDER 1/25 Moevs, Robert
BOX-FOLDER 1/26 Morrison, Doris
BOX-FOLDER 1/27 Ostrem, Flora
BOX-FOLDER 1/28 Parisoe, Ruth
BOX-FOLDER 1/29 Phillips, Rosalind
BOX-FOLDER 1/30 Pizzuto, Emanuelina "Emma"
BOX-FOLDER 1/31 Ryvicher, Lydia
BOX-FOLDER 1/32 Saums, Robert
BOX-FOLDER 1/33 Schutzman, Arthur
BOX-FOLDER 1/34 Shepperd, Carmen V.
BOX-FOLDER 1/36 Smith, Frank
BOX-FOLDER 1/35 Smith, Jeannine
BOX-FOLDER 1/37 Starner, Ruth
BOX-FOLDER 1/38 Taylor, Candice
BOX-FOLDER 1/39 Turpin, Edith
BOX-FOLDER 1/40 Walker, George
BOX-FOLDER 1/41 Ziegler, Dorothy
Fine Arts, 1947
BOX-FOLDER 1/42 Bassuk, Bertram Lawrence
BOX-FOLDER 1/43 Breinholt, Herbert C
BOX-FOLDER 1/44 Buechner, Thomas
BOX-FOLDER 1/45 Chafetz, Sidney
BOX-FOLDER 1/46 Christopher, William R.
BOX-FOLDER 1/47 Collins, William
BOX-FOLDER 1/48 Crummey, John
BOX-FOLDER 1/49 Darby, James Grayson
BOX-FOLDER 1/50 Dawson, Thomas L., Jr.
BOX-FOLDER 1/51 DeTurk, Richard S.
BOX-FOLDER 1/52 Dunkel, George E.
BOX-FOLDER 1/53 Eckmann, Alexander J.
BOX-FOLDER 1/54 Feinstein, Malcolm
BOX-FOLDER 1/55 Gibbs, Nancy
BOX-FOLDER 1/56 Godinho, Waldyr
BOX-FOLDER 1/57 Grut, Harvey N.
BOX-FOLDER 1/58 Hammon, Neal
BOX-FOLDER 1/59 Hausman, Alvin Wyler
BOX-FOLDER 1/60 Hingston, Patricia Ann
BOX-FOLDER 1/61 Hirsch, William Irwin
BOX-FOLDER 1/62 Howard, Charles P.
BOX-FOLDER 1/63 Howarth, Milton
BOX-FOLDER 1/64 Ivins, Anthony
BOX-FOLDER 1/65 Katzman, Herbert
BOX-FOLDER 1/66 Lacouette, Jean
BOX-FOLDER 1/67 Lauenstein, Milton
BOX-FOLDER 1/68 Leighton, Howard B.
BOX-FOLDER 1/69 Lent, Robert F.
BOX-FOLDER 1/70 Meltzer, George J.
BOX-FOLDER 1/71 Mootz, Robert
BOX-FOLDER 1/72 Nemiroff, Alfred D.
BOX-FOLDER 1/73 Pecau, William
BOX-FOLDER 1/74 Phillips, Gray
BOX-FOLDER 1/75 Polon, David
BOX-FOLDER 1/76 Ray, Hubert
BOX-FOLDER 1/77 Rembert, Augusta
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 Ritter, Leo J.
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 Rosenquit, Bernard
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 Rossen, Dorothy
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 Shipley, Vernon P., Jr.
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 Solomita, Vincent
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 Steinberg, Goodwin
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 Steinhouse, Rosalind
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 Taylor, Richard
BOX-FOLDER 2/9 Tisdale, Thomas William
BOX-FOLDER 2/10 Villon, Jeanne
BOX-FOLDER 2/11 Warren, Tex
BOX-FOLDER 2/12 Winburn, William J.
BOX-FOLDER 2/13 Winn, Arthur Lerey
Cancellations, 1947
BOX-FOLDER 2/14 Griffith, Patricia
Music, 1948
BOX-FOLDER 2/15 Bailyn, Martin H.
BOX-FOLDER 2/16 Barbour, (Baetzner) Bruce
BOX-FOLDER 2/17 Bourassa, Guy
BOX-FOLDER 2/18 Boyer, Paul
BOX-FOLDER 2/19 Chelimsky, Eleanor Fine
BOX-FOLDER 2/20 Conant, Robert Scott
BOX-FOLDER 2/21 Cox, Mary Anthony
BOX-FOLDER 2/21 Cox, Mrs. Roy R.
BOX-FOLDER 2/22 Danzing, Dorothy
BOX-FOLDER 2/23 Darnell, Robert
BOX-FOLDER 2/24 Doris, Hubert Alexander
BOX-FOLDER 2/25 Egner, Richard
BOX-FOLDER 2/26 Gates, John E.
BOX-FOLDER 2/27 Gigliotti, Joseph
BOX-FOLDER 2/28 Gonzalez, Fili Hilda
BOX-FOLDER 2/29 Goodman, Thomas A.
BOX-FOLDER 2/30 Graham, Gloria
BOX-FOLDER 2/31 Graves, William L.
BOX-FOLDER 2/32 Griffith, Patricia Joan
BOX-FOLDER 2/33 Hall, Vera
BOX-FOLDER 2/34 Handy, Mary
BOX-FOLDER 2/35 Hanson, Suzanne
BOX-FOLDER 2/36 Harder, Paul
BOX-FOLDER 2/37 Hawthorne, Nancy
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