Collection 45 - Roy Lamont Smith collection

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OTUFM 45

Title

Roy Lamont Smith collection

Date(s)

  • 1899-1946 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

2 cm of textual records

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Name of creator

(1865-1946)

Biographical history

Roy Lamont Smith was born on March 4, 1865 in Fremont, Nebraska and died on February 6, 1946 in San Diego, California. He was a pianist and studied at the Hershey School of Musical Art in Chicago (1883). He taught music in Fremont (1891) and was a professor of music at the Cadek Conservatory of Music in Chattanooga (1904-1942). He wrote various songs for voice and piano accompaniment, including one of the Tennessee state songs "My Homeland, Tennessee" (1925).

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Found in Rare Book Room at the University of Toronto Music Library. Source of material unknown.

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Scope and content

Collection consists of a handwritten book of lyrics for songs written by the American composer Roy Lamont Smith, and a collection of his published and unpublished (manuscript) sheet music.

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Files and items arranged and listed according to the original order in which they were found on the shelf in the Rare Book room at the Music Library.

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OTUFM

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Created September 16, 2019.

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