Dan Beaty Collection
Collection
Identifier: A-0220
Scope and Contents
Music compositions and lecture notes from his teaching career at Stephen F. Austin State University. Alss included is his thesis dissertation, class notes, and assignments.
Dates
- Creation: 1959-2000
- Event: Donated in 2003
Creator
Language of Materials
The collection is in English and French.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Biographical or Historical Information
Dr. Dan Beaty was born April 25, 1937 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, son of Oneida Vanderburg and Russell Beaty. He received B.M. and M.M. degrees from the University of Tulsa and a Ph.D. in composition from North Texas State University.
During his 35-year teaching career at Stephen F. Austin State University, Beaty taught piano, theory, composition, music history and electronic music. He created the Stephen F. Austin State University's Department of Music computer laboratory, and was named Regents Professor for research in 1982.
Dr. Beaty taught, composed, lectured and played professionally in the United States, France, Holland, Canada and Indonesia before his retirement from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1999. He died on March 12, 2002, at his home in Nacogdoches.
("Beaty, Dan," Vertical Files: Biography. East Texas Research Center. Ralph W. Steen Library. Stephen F. Austin State University).
Extent
11.25 Cubic Feet
Arrangement
This collection is described in 307 folders and housed in eight banker's boxes.
Subject
- Stephen F. Austin State University (Corporate Entity)
- Title
- Guide to the Dan Beaty Collection
- Author
- Anne Kendall
- Date
- 2003
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository
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