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Individual Program List, 1981

Description: Hour-by-hour breakdown of music played on Music USA, 1981. Includes: Duke Ellington Tribute Programs, April 1978. Handwritten program notes, 1978-1979 and unknown date.
Date: unknown
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA: Transcript of Program Featuring Bing Crosby

Description: Transcript of Willis Conover's interview with Bing Crosby, with scripts for Bing Crosby's introductions to musical selections. Text in the interview places it after Music USA #1422, the Irving Berlin tribute program (November 1958).
Date: 1958?
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA: Transcript of Clifford Brown Memorial Program

Description: Transcript of Music USA program #576-B, a tribute to jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, who died on June 26, 1956. The original interview was done on December 6, 1955, and first aired on Music USA #376-B.
Date: June 30, 1956
Partner: UNT Music Library
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[Catalog of Emeritus College: Spring 2014]

Description: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT's course catalog for Spring 2014. Includes classes available at the University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University.
Date: 2014~
Creator: University of North Texas. Emeritus College.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Catalog of Emeritus College: Spring 2015]

Description: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT's course catalog for Spring 2015. Includes classes available at the University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University.
Date: 2015~
Creator: University of North Texas. Emeritus College.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Conover 101: Intro to Willis Conover [Presentation Notes]

Description: Notes to accompany a presentation on the life and career of Willis Conover for the Willis Conover Centennial Symposium held virtually on December 11, 2020.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: December 11, 2020
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Partner: UNT Music Library

Duke Ellington Through the Eyes and Microphone of Willis Conover [Presentation Notes]

Description: Notes to accompany a presentation on the friendship and collaboration between Willis Conover and Duke Ellington for the 26th International Duke Ellington Study Group Conference. Due to the Covid pandemic, this conference was cancelled early in the morning before it was set to begin.
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Date: March 11, 2020
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Partner: UNT Music Library
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The Houston-Stockholm Pipeline: One Attorney's Passion for Duke Ellington's Music, and a Texas Treasury of Swedish Concerts [Presentation Notes]

Description: Notes accompanying a presentation on the contents and historical context of the Rhodes Baker Collection at the University of North Texas Music Library. It was presented at the 55th Annual Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Conference held virtually May 12-15, 2021.
Date: May 14, 2021
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Partner: UNT Music Library

Music with Friends: The Role of Voice of America's Willis Conover in the Global Reach of Polish Jazz [Presentation Notes]

Description: Notes accompanying a presentation on Voice of America broadcaster Willis Conover's long association with Polish jazz, given at the meeting of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) Congress held in Kraków, Poland July 14-19, 2019.
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Date: July 18, 2019
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Partner: UNT Music Library

Willis Conover’s Music USA and the Continuation of East-West Jazz Connections Formed Before World War II

Description: Notes for a presentation on the historical context of Willis Conover's long-running jazz program, Music USA, on the Voice of America, for the conference Music and the Nation III: Music in Postwar Transitions at the Université de Montréal held on October 18-20, 2018 in Montreal, Canada.
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Date: October 19, 2018
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Partner: UNT Music Library
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