| Provenance: | Adaskin, Murray
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| Title: | Murray Adaskin fonds
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| Dates: | 1925, 1956-1969
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| Physical desc.: | 4 cm of textual records. -- 2 photographs : prints
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| Bio/Admin History: | Murray Adaskin, 1906-2002, was a musician, composer and professor. He was a violinist on the musical staff of Canadian Pacific, 1930-1941, and leader of a chamber group the Banff Springs Hotel Trio. He and soprano Frances James, 1903-1988, were married in Banff. From the late 1940s onward, Adaskin played, composed and taught extensively before moving to Victoria, British Columbia in 1973.
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| Scope/Content: | Fonds consists of adjudication forms for Alberta Music Festival Association competitor David Zweifel, by Murray Adaskin, 1969; musical scores, articles and biographical material by and about Adaskin; portrait of unknown woman, possibly Frances James Adaskin, with two children; also, photograph of unidentified woman at campsite.
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| Title source: | Title based on accession records
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| Physical desc. note: | Includes oversize items
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| Acq. source: | Acquired by donation, 1968-1970
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| Language: | Language is English
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| Restrictions: | No restrictions on access
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Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
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| Record No.: | M21 / V4
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| Repository: | Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archives and Library |
| Names: | Adaskin, Murray
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| Topic: | Arts
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