Louisa Hoe Cawood Papers
Dates
- 1937 - 1995
- Majority of material found within 1957-1962
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Biographical / Historical
Born in 1914 in Middlesboro, Kentucky Louisa Hoe Cawood was destined to have a career in music. With a range of F below middle C to High F about High C, Mrs. Caewood had the rare talent of having perfect or absolute pitch. In addition to English, Cawood had the ability to sing in French, German, and Italian and at one point had memorized over 1000 different songs.
With a beautiful soprano voice, she attended Carson Newman College where she graduated in 1935 with her Bachelor of Arts and later moved to Chicago to further her education and musical career. Winning numerous awards and high praise, she went on to work with the Chicago Opera Company from 1936 to 1943. During this time she was also a soloist with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. During a decade long stay in New York City, she became a soloist at Radio City Music Hall and was featured on the Bing Crosby Hour.
In 1957, Cawood returned to her native region after her mother passed away. She took the position of Head of the Music Department at Lincoln Memorial University at a time in which the university had no musical degree program. While a choral leader at LMU, she directed operas, musicals, concerts, and oration performances. Although Cawood left LMU in 1962, it was not before leaving an indelible mark on many of her students. Louisa Hoe Cawood passed away in 2002.
Sources: Louisa Hoe Cawood's resumes found within the collection, a phone interview with Mrs. Helen Kalfas Rusnak, and information gathered from Find A Grave website: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Cawood&GSiman=1&GScid=661548&GRid=97136976&
Extent
1 Legal-sized Hollinger Box (0.4 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Louisa Hoe Cawood Papers
- Author
- Originally processed and written by Travis Souther May/June 2016. Finding Aid uploaded and edited by Olivia Coyne (2025)
- Date
- 2016 May/June, edited 2025
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives & Special Collections Repository
Lincoln Memorial Univesity
Carnegie-Vincent Library
6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway
Harrogate Tennessee 37752 United States
archives@lmunet.edu