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Dixie College vocal curriculum

 Collection
Identifier: UA-067

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a single "Syllabus for Voice Placement in Singing and Speaking" booklet written by Joseph W. McAllister for Dixie College in 1932. This pamphlet contains 35 lessons and was intended to be a series of exercises to help students develop a confident and clear voice.

Dates

  • Creation: 1932

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open and freely available to researchers during Special Collections’ hours or by appointment. Researchers must complete an Application for Use and show a photo ID prior to accessing materials.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives.

Biographical / Historical

This booklet comes from a course named "Voice Culture", taught by Joseph W. McAllister at Dixie College in 1932. This course was a series of private lessons on various elements of vocal form.

Utah Tech University was established in 1911 as St. George Stake Academy with the original campus on the northwest corner of Main Street and 100 South in Saint George, Utah. High school classes were taught in the original building for the campus, which still stands, and is currently the St. George Children’s Museum. In 1913, the first class of thirteen students graduated from St. George Stake Academy when the population of Saint George was about 1,700 people. The name for the institution changed to Dixie Normal College a few years after its creation, in 1918, when college classes to train new teachers were added to the course offerings. The name was changed to Dixie College in 1923 until 1933 as more college programs were offered. In 1934, the name changed slightly to Dixie Junior College as oversight was transferred to the state. The school’s name legally changed back to Dixie College in 1971, although it may have operated under this name as early as 1952. The campus moved to its current location at 225 South 700 East in 1963, which is when the Dixie High School and Dixie College became separate entities. Then, in 2000, the name was changed to Dixie State College of Utah as bachelor degrees were added. The school became Dixie State University in 2013 as the school was approved to offer graduate degrees. In 2020, Saint George had a population of about 95,300, and the university had approximately 12,000 students enrolled in over 125 programs including masters, bachelors, associates, certificates, and endorsements. The school’s name was once again updated in 2022 to Utah Tech University to strongly identify the location and academic mission of the university outside of Utah.

Full Extent

1 Files (One file in a gray legal document case)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

  • License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Abstract

This collection contains a single "Syllabus for Voice Placement in Singing and Speaking" booklet from Dixie College (1932).

Arrangement

This collection contains one item.

Status
Completed
Author
Madeline White, Special Collections Paraprofessional
Date
May 2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Utah Tech University Special Collections and Archives Repository

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330 Holland Centennial Commons
225 South 700 East
Saint George 84770 United States
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