Barbara Lockard Zimmerman Papers

Collection

Identifier: MUSIC-001

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents

The Papers contain material representative of Barbara Lockard Zimmerman's career during her time at Bowling Green State University. This includes documents and files, photographs, posters, programs, video recordings and scores. These materials document Zimmerman's involvement in Opera for Youth, the Black Swamp Players, a dinner theater series at the First United Methodist Church, and BGSU's College of Musical Arts.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1975 - 2000

Extent

3.0 Cubic Feet (6 boxes)

Biographical / Historical

Barbara Lockard Zimmerman, born in 1934 in West Frankfort, Illinois, was an opera signer who joined BGSU's musical performance studies department in 1971. She became head of the voice department in 1980. Zimmerman received her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Indiana University, and took part in a USO-sponsored tour of Asia with the Belles of Indiana in 1959.

Zimmerman was president of the National Opera Association's Opera for Youth organization. In Bowling Green, she was active with the Black Swamp Players and directed dinner theater shows at a local church. She was known for her kind support for her students, and a memorial scholarship for vocalists at BGSU's College of Musical Arts was established in her name.

Conditions Governing Access

The Papers are open for research. Video recordings must first be digitized before they can be viewed. Please contact the MLBSSA for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The Papers are arranged in four series: I. Files; II. Photographs and Posters; III. Programs; and IV. Scores and Recordings.

Separated Materials

A number of published books, scores and recordings from Lockard-Zimmerman have been transferred to the Music Library's general collection. These items include the following note in the catalog record, "From the estate of Barbara Lockard-Zimmerman".