Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 27, 1978.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Merrill, Evangeline Johnson, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chávez, Carlos, 1899-1978.

Chávez, Carlos.

Philadelphia Orchestra.

Genre:

Interviews.

Oral histories (literary works)

Sound recordings.

Transcripts.

Physical Description:

1 audiocassette : analog

1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tape

digital ; 4 3/4 in.

15 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 727; Box 55, CD 139.

Place of Publication:

Sept. 27, 1978.

Biography/History:

Stokowski's second wife.

Summary:

Merrill discusses going to Mexico with Stokowski, his relationship with the conductor Carlos Chavez, and his relationship with the board of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She mentions Mabel Dodge Luhan, Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Edward Bok, Gertrude Ely, Binney Montgomery, Leopold Seyffert, and Arthur Carles.

Notes:

Telephone conversation recorded on Sept. 27, 1978, Palm Beach, Fla.

Original copy: cassette tape 116; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 139; service copy: one compact disk CD 139. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.