by Davis Moore | Jun 28, 2022 | CURI Summer 2022, Davis Moore
As we continue down the rabbit hole of archival research—falling deeper toward CURI’s core—our process of burrowing into the lives and networks of early Washington Conservatory of Music graduates only gets hotter with the Summer. Still, it remains important to...
by Jack Slavik | Jun 25, 2022 | CURI Summer 2022, Jack Slavik
Gladys Christine Fearing (1893-1924) was a pianist and teacher in early 20th century New Jersey and Washington, DC. Fearing was a 1911 graduate of the Washington Conservatory of Music whose life exemplifies the racial uplift ideals upon which the Conservatory was...
by Maeve Nagel-Frazel | Jun 24, 2022 | CURI Summer 2022, Uncategorized
Wilhelmina B. Patterson (1888-1962) was a highly regarded music educator, vocalist, and pianist in early twentieth century Washington, DC and beyond. As a faculty member at multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) including Prairie View A&M...
by Jack Slavik | Jun 23, 2022 | CURI Summer 2022, Jack Slavik
Archival research is underway, and our team has begun constructing biographies of Washington Conservatory of Music graduates. Though this is my favorite part of the project, I would not have understood the context in which they lived without reading secondary sources....
by Ariana Raduege | Jun 21, 2022 | CURI Summer 2022
Preliminary research into some graduates from the Washington Conservatory of Music has begun, so much of my week has been spent combing through newspaper and genealogical records in search of our graduates. Before we could get into that research, however, we had to...
by Lizzie Gray | Jun 18, 2022 | CURI Summer 2022, Lizzie Gray, Our Process
The Process Yay, archival research! Readings books and getting a feel for context is great, don’t get me wrong, but my favorite part of the project has been exactly what this post will be about: The Archival Research *cue ecstatic music*. I’ve been using databases...
