Correspondence, 1964-1999

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John Davison's friends and family write casually, and others write regarding his compositions. Gordon Adams, Guy Davenport, Eloise Hollett Davison, John Greppin, and Noel Waterman write most frequently.

Other correspondents: Laurie Adams; Jay Anderson; George Becker, Jr.; Terry Belanger; Sandy Blachly; Hugh Borton; Frank Boyden, Headmaster, Deerfield Academy; David J. Challis (Haverford class of 1963); Lt. Boutlas Constantine Costas; Hollett Davison; Roderic Davison; Jacky Duvalé; Giorgio Gaggia; Richard Grossman; Ellen 'Ellie' Halpern; Howard Hanson; Jeffrey Hauser; Ernest Hagen, Jackson Hole Fine Arts Foundation; Owen Jander; Christopher Kauffman; Winifred Keane; Anthony 'Tony' Kooiker; Theodore 'Ted' Kopf; Jerome Landsman; John Henry 'Jack' Liesveld, Jr. (Haverford class of 1963); Margaret Massey-Stewart; Bernard Fitzgerald, Project Director, Music Educators National Conference; Frederic Narciso; Robert Palmer; David Parker; John Pierce; George Ridenour; Jane Robbins; Edgar Smith 'Ted' Rose; S.S.A.; Edward 'Ned' Snyder; George Steiner; Alfred Swan; Randall Thompson; Jay Van Buen; Richard Vernon; Louis Vyner; Alan Williamson; Donald Wilson

Highlights include:

Belanger, Terry. 12/5. Christmas letter and card, including poem written by Terry Belanger about Christmastime.

Challis, David J. 2/17. About creating a series of programs and lectures at Johnstown College using the work of Haverford professors. This could include a group of Haverford and Bryn Mawr music students coming to give a performance, or John Davison coming to perform some of his own piano compositions.

c.25 items

While the letters in this file span from 1948-1979, all letters from 1962-1964 are in their own respective files. In 1948, the headmaster of Deerfield Academy, Frank L. Boyden, writes to John Davison's father, Walter S. Davison, congratulating JD on achieving first in his class at Haverford. The other letters are mostly casual correspondence from friends and family.

Correspondents:

1948: Frank L. Boyden; Eloise Hollett Davison

1952: 'Bun'; Pvt. David Burrows; Theodore 'Ted' Kopf; Alberto V. Lanaldes; Ludwig Mestler; G. Wallace Woodworth

1953: Louise Erickson; Edward 'Ted' Handy

1955: Henry Eisner; André LaMorte

1956: Holmes, Marie, and Pearl Coleman

1957: Henry Eisner; Joel Mandelbaum

1967: Laura E. Randall

1968: Joan Gaines, Director of Public Relations, Music Educators National Conference

1975: Roderic Davison

1979: Jonathan Lutz

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Many write to John Davison about performances and publications of his compositions. In addition, W. Phillips Davison sends a set of writings he found while cleaning out their uncle Herbert Davison's attic. Roderic Davison sends a newspaper article about his experiences during World War II. Hollett Davison sends a letter that JD had written to Kay Davison in 1947, on the occasion of Hollett's birth.

Correspondents:

1980: Sy Branders

1981: W. Phillips Davison; Roderic Davison

1982: Hollett Davison

1983: Edward Arian; Harry and Elizabeth Hewitt

1984: Giorgio Gaggia

1988: Bert Seager

1989: Elizabeth Bullard; Amy Camus; Richard Evans; David Fetter; David Katz; Barry Kilpatrick; Karl MacKenzie; Joel Mandelbaum; Joseph Primavera; Robert Thayer Sataloff; Ken Simpson; Rheta Smith; Bennett Zon

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The majority of the letters in this file are casual correspondence from friends and family. Others write about John Davison's or their own musical compositions.

Correspondents:

(Undated): Marietta Chang; Germandy Vavilov

1990: David Allan Plaine, President, Advertising Associates, Inc.; Committee for the Robert Palmer 75th Birthday Retrospective Concert; Guy Davenport; W. Phillips Davison 1991: Kimberly Beamon; Roderic Davison; David Lesniaski; Laurence Wyman

1992: Mark Hartman; Laurence Wyman

1993: Raffaello 'Ray' Orlando; Bruce Partridge; Harrison 'Harry' Roper; John 'Jack' Wheatcroft

1994: Gordon Adams; Richard Conant; John 'Jack' Wheatcroft

1995: W. Phillips Davison; Sarah Davison; Joel Mandelbaum

1996: Donald dal Maso; John 'Jack' Wheatcroft

1997: John 'Jack' Wheatcroft

1998: Stéphane de Messières (Haverford class of 2001); Margaret Massey-Stewart; Robert McBride

1999: Michael Johns; Richard Teitelbaum

2000: Christopher Nicholson, Director of Alumni Relations, Collegiate School