The HistoryMakers video oral history with Donald White.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 39 min., 2 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.015 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | White, Donald, 1925-2005, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Williams, Regennia N., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Donald White |
| Portion of title | Donald White |
| Abstract | Cellist Donald White was born in Richmond, Indiana on July 9, 1925. The middle of seven children, began playing the cello when he was sixteen. After he was drafted into the United States Navy in 1943, he played bass tuba and peckhorn in the Navy band while continuing his cello studies. After leaving the U.S. Navy, he earned a music degree at Roosevelt University in Chicago. White then earned a fellowship from the University of Hartford, granting him the position of assistant principal cellist of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He received his M.A. degree from the University of Hartford and worked four years with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. After successfully auditioning with Maestro George Szell, White was invited to join the Cleveland Orchestra in 1957. He was the first African American member of the orchestra. White married pianist, composer, and retired educator, Dolores White. He passed away July 31, 2005. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Regennia Williams, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Cleveland, Ohio 2005 January 13. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2005.015 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |