Annette R. Dinwoodey photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0141
Scope and Contents
The Annette R. Dinwoodey photograph collection consists of 3 boxes containing black-and-white and color photograph prints, slides, and negatives. Box 1 folders 1-5 contains material donated by Dinwoodey in 1982 and 2000 and contains portraits of Dinwoodey, images of her career, and photographs of other msuicians. Box 1 folders 6-13 and Boxes 2 and 3 contain additional material donated in 2006 relating primarily to Dinwoodey's personal life, family, friends, and genealogical research. Box 3 also contains duplicates of material in other boxes and folders. The collecion dates from 1926 to approximately 2000.
Dates
- 1926-2000
Creator
- Dinwoodey, Annette R., 1906-2007 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Annette R. Dinwoodey photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Permission to publish material from the Annette R. Dinwoodey photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Biographical Note
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey was born on February 17, 1906 in Farmington, Utah, to Alamanda Bradford (1847-1921) and Reverend Linnie Gregory Richardson (1874-1955). An accomplished contralto, and although she never went to college, Dinwoodey won several music scholarships, including ones to Northwestern University and to Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music. She studied under Edna Evans Johnson, Adria Brunati, and Emma Lucy Gates.
In 1928, Annette Richardson married Clinton Mills Dinwoodey (1901-1997) in the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They had two children, Anna Lou Jenkins (1930-2004), and James C. Dinwoodey (1936-1994). Clinton Dinwoodey was an executive for Continental Oil, and through his position the family traveled from Houston to New York, to London. Annette Dinwoodey continued performing after her marriage, singing in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Salt Lake City Tabernacle. During her life, Dinwoodey serenaded the departing troops in World War II, sang for KSL radio (1930-1945), with the Utah Symphony, and was also the artistic director of the Oratorio Society for many years. She sang Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and in 1938, performed Hansel and Gretel with her daughter, Anna Lou Dinwoodey. Professionally, Dinwoodey worked with Dr. Otto Klemperer, Pablo Casals, Maurice Abravanel, Alfred Greenfield, Uri Mayer, and Leopold Stokowski, and was friends with pianist Grant Johannsen.
Annette Dinwoodey was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Through her faith, she became a genealogist and discovered that she was a distant relative of Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate States Army. Dinwoodey wrote a book about her family genealogy titled “Our Virginia and Tennessee Paternal Ancestors: Richardson, Lee, Teel, Martin, Caffery, and Warren.”
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey died on January 21, 2007, a month shy of her 101st birthday.
In 1928, Annette Richardson married Clinton Mills Dinwoodey (1901-1997) in the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They had two children, Anna Lou Jenkins (1930-2004), and James C. Dinwoodey (1936-1994). Clinton Dinwoodey was an executive for Continental Oil, and through his position the family traveled from Houston to New York, to London. Annette Dinwoodey continued performing after her marriage, singing in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Salt Lake City Tabernacle. During her life, Dinwoodey serenaded the departing troops in World War II, sang for KSL radio (1930-1945), with the Utah Symphony, and was also the artistic director of the Oratorio Society for many years. She sang Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and in 1938, performed Hansel and Gretel with her daughter, Anna Lou Dinwoodey. Professionally, Dinwoodey worked with Dr. Otto Klemperer, Pablo Casals, Maurice Abravanel, Alfred Greenfield, Uri Mayer, and Leopold Stokowski, and was friends with pianist Grant Johannsen.
Annette Dinwoodey was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Through her faith, she became a genealogist and discovered that she was a distant relative of Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate States Army. Dinwoodey wrote a book about her family genealogy titled “Our Virginia and Tennessee Paternal Ancestors: Richardson, Lee, Teel, Martin, Caffery, and Warren.”
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey died on January 21, 2007, a month shy of her 101st birthday.
Extent
3 Boxes
Abstract
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey (1906-2007) was a Utah vocalist specializing in opera and choral music. Dinwoodey sang for many organizations and venues in Utah and across the world throughout her career, including Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Salt Lake City Tabernacle. The Annette R. Dinwoodey photograph collection contains photographs related to Dinwoodey's career, including images of other musicians, and photographs of Dinwoodey's family, friends, and genealogy.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Annette R. Dinwoodey in 1982, 2000, and 2006.
Separated Materials
See also the Annette R. Dinwoodey papers (ACCN 0728) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
Creator
- Dinwoodey, Annette R., 1906-2007 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Annette R. Dinwoodey photograph collection, 1926-2000
- Author
- Finding aid created by Mary Ann Curtis (2004), updated by Sara Davis and Claire A. Kempa (2022).
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu