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Description
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Finding aid of the Germaine Pellerin Collection
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Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use
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Permission for use or reproduction can be obtained from the director of the French Institute, and is subject to the Institute’s user policies.
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Biography, Administrative History and Provenance
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This collection documents Germaine Pellerin’s personal and professional life, with the bulk of it being her collection of sheet music, books about music, and songbooks. The music varies from sacred music, to show and film music, general popular music c. 1890s-1930s, and Franco-American music. This last grouping includes music published or written by Franco-Americans, namely in Manchester, NH, Lowell, MA, and Woonsocket, RI. Included are a few manuscripts, most notably by Pellerin, Alfred Plante, and J. Ernest Philie. Several of the musical compositions exist in multiple copies, some with names (presumably of students learning the piece) written along the top. Much of the sheet music is inscribed with Pellerin’s name, and if not hers, then the names of her brothers. Additional pieces were covered in brown paper by Pellerin. These show signs of frequent use, as well as proof that others were used early on as training tools at Saint George’s School. A complete item-level list of this series is available in the Appendix (available upon request), which includes such details as: title, creator(s), publisher name, location, and date, as well as any associated notes and category type. Regarding the more personal side of this collection, series one includes photographs, concert programs, records of her travels, and notebooks and achievements from her school days. Most notably there are two scrapbooks documenting her professional career, c. 1925-1963. A notebook documenting her performances and piano classes from the 1930s is particularly interesting, as is her personal recipe book.
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Extent
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23 boxes/24.3 linear feet (finding aid is12 pages)
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Arrangement
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This collection includes two series: Personal History and Pellerin's Music Collection
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Notes
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Processed by Kate Bradley in Summer 2022.
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Recommended Citation
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Germaine Pellerin Collection, French Institute, Assumption University
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