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John Emerson fonds
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0.13 m of textual records
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John Emerson was born in Vancouver on March 13, 1911. He was educated at Lord Roberts Grade School, King George High School and the University of British Columbia. Emerson studied as a violinist under the tutelage of Holroyd Paul and in 1920, won the gold medal at the B.C. Music Festival. He subsequently switched to the piano as his major instrument and by 1929 was a student at UBC. During the 1930s he had his own Radio series on CJOR and worked on CNR Alaska cruise ships. He was involved in many CBC productions as an actor. Between 1954 and 1956, he created tab versions of well-known musical comedies at the Arctic Club. In 1956 he married Mary McLeod of Vancouver. Their son Jean was born in 1957. He was Musical Director for the productions of "Salad Days", 1963, and "The Fantasticks", 1964 at the Freddie Wood Theatre. In 1964 illness forced his retirement. He died in 1968.
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The fonds contains subject files which consist primarily of incoming correspondence, both personal and business, typescripts of outgoing correspondence to Vera Thompson, receipts, two notebooks with various writings and newspaper clippings.
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Records donated by Mrs. D. Imredy in 1978.
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File 34 previously part of Add. MSS. 474.