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Christina Gillis, author of Writing on Stone: Scenes from a Maine Island Life,
No full textChristina Gillis, author of Writing on Stone: Scenes from a Maine Island Life, delves into old letters written by Maine writer Ruth Moore in the 1950s. Moore was selling her family\u27s Gotts Island house to Phyllis and Richard Strauss, Gillis\u27s sister and brother-in-law
Gillis, Freda. Interview with Freda Gillis, St. Fintan's, NL.
No full textInterview with Freda Gillis on the topic of the Legge Homestead in Cartyville, NL, which her father (Richard Cook) designed and built. Interviewed by Andrea O'Brien. Gillis discusses her father and his upbringing and obtaining an education in England. Her father worked as a painter and interior designer and built several houses. Her father built many of the houses in Grand Falls Windsor and Cartyville. Gillis grew up in Cartyville, NL. Gillis also discusses the Legge Family. The homestead was built for Richard Legge in 1905. The home is now a regisitered heritage structure with the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Ed Gillis, Memphis Public Works Dept. Employee, 1968
No full textThis is an interview with Ed Gillis. Gillis was a Public Works Department employee in the asphalt division who went out on strike. Before joining T.O. Jones and the Union, Gillis also spent about thirty years at various jobs in Missouri and Arkansas
Gillis, Freda. Richard Cook, father of Freda Gillis. Cartyville, NL
No full textPhotograph of Richard Thomas Cook, father of Freda Gillis. Richard Thomas Cook was born Nov. 18, 1873. Richard Thomas Cook was educated in England and worked in Newfoundland as a painter, carpenter and interior designer. He built many homes in the Caryville and Grand Falls-Windsor area. He built the Legge Homestead, located in Cartyville, in 1905. This house is now a regisitered heritage structure with the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Earl H. "Bud" Gillis Papers
No full textEarle H. "Bud" Gillis, Jr. began his broadcasting career in the early 1940s as chief announcer at WDAN radio, Danville, Illinois, and as staff announcer at WGBF radio, Evansville, Indiana from January 1942 to September 1943. From December 1946 to October 1953, he worked for WHKC radio as a staff announcer, followed by work as a program manager at WLWC/Channel 4, Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, Columbus, Ohio from October 1953 to August 1962. Then, from August 1962 to March 1970, Gillis was the executive secretary for the Ohio Educational Television Network Commission. From January 1971 to November 1975, he served as educational consultant for the Ohio Department of Education and also the coordinator for the newly created Educational Media Center. Finally, from November 1975 to his retirement in June 1988, Gillis was vice president of development at the nation's first licensed public television station, WCET, TV 48, Cincinnati, Ohio. He maintained an on-air presence as "Uncle Bud" on children's programs. The collection documents Gillis' involvement with the Ohio Council on Educational Television, and Ohio educational television in the 1960s
The band music of Don Gillis : an annotated catalog
No full textDon Gillis (1912-1978) was a prolific band composer who combined his compositional efforts in all media with successful careers as an educator, arts administrator, media specialist, and radio producer. Particularly noteworthy was a close professional relationship with Arturo Toscanini while Gillis was employed as the NBC Symphony Program Producer from 1944 to 1954. During his career, Gillis published over sixty original band compositions and transcriptions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the band compositions of Don Gillis. The goal of the study was twofold: (1) to produce an annotated catalog of Don Gillis's band music and (2) to present a biographical sketch of Don Gillis focusing on his composition of works for band. This study offers a survey of over sixty band compositions by Don Gillis. Each composition entry is listed alphabetically and consists of the title, date, dedication, publisher, duration, recording, and author's notes. The works are available either through commercial publishers or from the Gillis family. The biographical section examines events in Gillis's life and influences on his compositional style
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[Advertisement for "Celebrating the Centennial of Don Gillis" Concert]
No full textSegment by Dennis Fisher, conductor of the UNT Symphonic Band, announcing a concert featuring works by composer Don Gillis to celebrate his 100th birthday
[Letter from Duncan Gillis to the Carswell Agency - April 15, 1949]
No full textA letter addressed to the Carswell Agency, Abilene, Texas, from Duncan Gillis, District Passenger Manager, Holland-America Line, Red Star Line, New York 6, N. Y., dated April 15, 1949. EXTENSION OF SUB-AGENCY APPOINTMENT TO APRIL 15, 1950
[Letter from D. Gillis to T. N. Carswell - April 15, 1949]
No full textA letter addressed to T. N. Carswell, Carswell Agency, Abilene, Texas, from D. Gillis, Holland-America Line, Red Star Line, New York 6, N. Y., dated April 15, 1949. The letter discusses an extension of sub-agency appointment to April 15, 1950
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