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Peggie Sampson fonds
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Photographs of Peggie Sampson and others

File consists of photographs of Peggie Sampson with family, friends and fellow musicians, including HRH Prince Charles, Ida Sampson, Juliette del Junco, Bruce Greenwood, Boyd McDonald, Ruth Waddell, Joan Dickson, Hans-Martin Linde, Gunther Hellwig, Donald Francis Tovey, Nadia Boulanger, Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatte, Kathleen Ferrier and Christine Mather. Also included are photocopies of most photographs and descriptive captions.

Peggie Sampson fonds

  • F0492
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1914]-2004

Fonds consists of personal diaries, teaching notes and writing, performance and family memorabilia, diplomas, correspondence, sheet music, photographs and audio recordings pertaining to the personal life and professional career of Peggie Sampson, including her early activities as a music student, her work as a professor of music, and her performances on the cello and viola da gamba. These records also document her associations with early teachers Guilhermina Suggia, Donald Francis Tovey, Nadia Boulanger and Pablo Casals, as well as her work with the Manitoba University Consort during the 1960s and the Quatre en Concert in the 1970s. The personal diaries in the fonds span Sampson's time in Edinburgh and London during World War II to her immigration to Canada in 1951 to teach at the University of Manitoba and her employment at York University from 1970 to 1977.

Sampson, Peggie, 1912-2004

Correspondence

File includes letters sent to Peggie Sampson's mother praising Peggie's progress as a music student in Edinburgh, as well as letters sent to Peggie by Harold King, Ruth Waddell, Rosalind Maitland, Joan Dickson, and Dr. M.I.J. Urquhart.

Newspaper articles and reviews

File consists of reviews of the Manitoba University Consort and a newspaper clipping regarding a recital of the Corydon String Trio including a photograph of Peggie Sampson, Lea Foli, Gerald Stanick and Mario Bernardi.

Correspondence

File consists of miscellaneous correspondence regarding Sampson's charitable donations, awards and honorary degrees, trusts and real estate, and music projects. Also included are reference letters written in 1964 in support of Sampson and photographs of the Music Library at the University of Manitoba.

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