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Robert Sherman Collection
No full textSon of pianist Nadia Reisenberg, and nephew of thereminist Clara Rockmore, Robert Sherman (b. 1932) is a renowned radio broadcaster, author, and educator whose noteworthy career spans from the 1950s to today. At WQXR in New York, Sherman worked as the Music Director and Program Manager, and he is best known for hosting numerous programs, including "Woody's Children" and the nationally broadcast, "The Listening Room." As an author, Sherman has written columns for The New York Times as well as several books about music, including those co-authored with Victor Borge. The Robert Sherman Collection covers the period from 1950 to 2010; the bulk of the materials date from 1960 to 2008. The collection consists of both personal and professional papers including scripts, recordings, writings, correspondence, event programs, clippings, photographs, and awards related to Sherman's work as a broadcaster, author, and educator. Among the most significant holdings include recordings of his broadcasts, "Woody's Children," "The Listening Room," and "Young Artists Showcase," and correspondence with numerous renowned artists such as Clara Rockmore, Pete Seeger, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, and Leopold Stokowsky
Robert Sherman Collection
No full textSon of pianist Nadia Reisenberg, and nephew of thereminist Clara Rockmore, Robert Sherman (b. 1932) is a renowned radio broadcaster, author, and educator whose noteworthy career spans from the 1950s to today. At radio station WQXR in New York, Sherman worked as the Music Director and Program Manager, and he is best known for hosting numerous programs, including "Woody's Children" and the nationally broadcast "The Listening Room." As an author, Sherman has written columns for The New York Times as well as several books about music, including those co-authored with Victor Borge. The Robert Sherman Collection covers the period from 1932 to 2013; the bulk of the materials date from 1960 to 2008. The collection consists of both personal and professional papers including scripts, recordings, writings, correspondence, event programs, clippings, photographs, and awards related to Sherman's work as a broadcaster, author, and educator. Among the most significant holdings include recordings of his programs "Woody's Children," "The Listening Room," and "Young Artists Showcase," and correspondence with numerous renowned artists such as Clara Rockmore, Pete Seeger, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, and Leopold Stokowski
Letter from Robert Sherman to Alden Partridge, 20 November 1826
No full textRobert Sherman writes from Utica, New York, to Alden Partridge in Middletown, Connecticut; James N. Sherman has his mother's permission to accompany Partridge to Washington, D.C., as part of the upcoming pedestrian excursion to that city planned for students at Partridge's academy.Transcription by Scott Mullins. Transcriptions may be subject to error
Interview with Robert L. Sherman
No full textDr. Sherman is a dentist who served 20 years in the U.S. Navy. He studied advanced dental work, specializing in endodontics, at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Washington D.C
Sherman Oxendine Interview - Part 2 (Knox County)
No full textAn interview with Sherman Oxendine by Robert M. Rennick on the place names of communities in Knox County, Kentucky
Sherman Oxendine Interview - Part 1 (Knox County)
No full textAn interview with Sherman Oxendine by Robert M. Rennick on the place names of communities in Knox County, Kentucky
Author Tom Keneally back stage at the Nimrod Theatre, Sydney, 1980 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Robert McFarlane collection of photographs.; Inscriptions: "Author Tom Keneally back stage Nimrod Theatre 1980 Robert McFarlane"--In pencil on reverse.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6615438
Woody's Children, May 3, 1986
No full textThis episode of Woody's Children features American singer-songwriter Pete Seeger and American arranger Robert De Cormier. Hosted by Robert Sherman, Woody's Children was a radio program on WQXR in New York City that featured interviews with notable American and European folk musicians, unique live performances, and Sherman's insightful commentary
Author Tom Keneally and actor Justine Saunders backstage during the rehearsals of Bullie's House, Nimrod Theatre, Sydney, 1980 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Robert McFarlane collection of photographs.; Inscriptions: "Author Tom Keneally + Actor Justine Saunders backstage Nimrod Theatre 1980 during rehearsal's 'Bulli'es House' Robert McFarlane"--In pencil on reverse.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6615450
Nobody’s Here but Me. Cindy Sherman - ACE285.2
No full textCindy-Sherman-eye-view of her empty studio. Sherman’s VO musing on its emptiness and what might happen. Central Park, New York. Some of Sherman’s photographs. Sherman in taxi. Sherman in her studio. Polaroid photographs. Commentary describes her work as revealing "an unsettling landscape of solitary women". Full size photographs in galleries, including Untitled #228 (1990). Sherman saying that photography is much quicker than painting, and that a photograph "can make people believe anything". Portrait photographs of herself. She finds it more interesting "to tell lies", to photograph "what’s in somebody’s imagination". Photographs from the Disasters series (1988). Sound over is that of police at crime scene. Sherman walking in dark city streets. VO talking about her reactions to New York when she first arrived there. Sherman talks about needing a "street persona", and how she’s changed her appearance from time to time. Untitled #93 (1990). Robert Longo, Artist, talks about Sherman being afraid to leave the house for some weeks. Photographs from contact sheet of Sherman indoors. Helicopter. One of Sherman’s photographs. World Trade Center and back of nearby buildings
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