Stanley Reeves Plummer Collection

Collection

Identifier: WCMss-036

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Stanley Reeves Plummer Collection, which dates from 1943 to 2000, collection of Stanley R. Plummer includes assorted musical scores, posters, programs for recitals and other musical performances, notes from lectures to his music classes, and newspaper clippings.

Dates

Creation: 1943-2000

Creator

Plummer, Stanley (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Stanley Reeves Plummer was a Whitman College musical performer and educator. From 1950 until his retirement in 1981, he taught numerous Whitman students piano, organ, harpsichord, music theory and music history.

After retirement, he continued to perform, including a traditional pre-Halloween performance as he provided organ accompaniment to such silent horror films as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Phantom of the Opera", and "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari".

Professor Plummer also served the local Walla Walla community, playing for school graduations, weddings and other events. He performed with the Spokane Symphony, the Utah Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, and the Walla Walla Symphony and chamber orchestras. He also served as harpsichordist and director of music for the Ashland Shakespearean Festival in the 1950s.

Extent

3.2 Linear Feet (2 manuscript boxes, 1 record carton, 1 flat box, 1 small flat box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Stanley Reeves Plummer Collection, which dates from 1943 to 2000, consists of assorted musical scores, posters, programs for recitals and other musical performances, notes from lectures to music classes, and newspaper clippings from the papers of Whitman music professor Stanley Plummer.