Collection is open to researchers by appointment
Gift, 2010
Collection is arranged by format into five series: Photographs; Paper Format Items; Scrapbooks; Reel-to-Reel and Vinyl Recordings; and Posters and Objects
Sara Louise Holroyd (born February 10, 1925, in Selma, Alabama) was a professor of music (1961-1987), Director of Music Education (1964-1966), Coordinator of Workshops in Music (1966-1968), and UK Choral Activities Director (1972-1987) in the University of Kentucky School of Music. She directed the University Chorus (90-120 singers), the University Choristers (50-55 singers), the University Chorale (17-20 singers), and The Sophisticates (17-20 singers). After her retirement from the University of Kentucky, Holroyd worked as an emergency room nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky (1989-1995).
Holroyd recieved her B.S. in Instrumental Music Education from Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee (1946), and an MA degree from Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York, New York (1951). She completed courses toward her Ph.D. in music education from Indiana University, 1959-1961. She received her AD (1989) and BS (1990) in nursing from Lexington Community College, Lexington, Kentucky.
Prior to her appointment at the University of Kentucky, Holroyd was Band and Choral Director at Deshler High School (Tuscumbia, Alabama, 1946-1949); Choral Director at Tuscaloosa High School (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1949-1950 and 1951-1952); Music Critic Teacher at University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1949-1950 and 1951-1952); and Assistant Professor of Music at University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Greensboro, North Carolina, 1952-1959). From 1960-1961, Holroyd was a graduate assistant and guest music consultant for graduate workshops in music education at Indiana University.
Although Holroyd was appointed as Assistant Professor into a tenure track position, in April 1966, she was denied tenure. She appealed and was eventually granted tenure in July 1966 in a Special Title Series for music education faculty. Special Title Series had been established in April 1965. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 1973 and Full Professor in 1979.
Honors and Awards include Great Teacher Award, 1972, from the University of Kentucky Alumni Association; and induction into the Carl A. Lampert University of Kentucky School of Music Hall of Fame, 1998. Holroyd received a grant from the Kentucky Humanities Council to produce
1987ua004 : [identification of item], Sara Holroyd papers, 1933-2009, undated, bulk 1961-1986, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
The Sara Holroyd papers (dated 1933-2009, undated, bulk 1961-1986; 3.93 cubic feet and 9.28 gigabytes; 2 record storage cartons, 4 document boxes, 1 flat box, and 44 digital files) primarily comprise photographs, audio recordings, scrapbooks, clippings, and programs that document Holroyd's college-level vocal conducting and music education career at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky. Recordings, photographs, clippings, and programs from two choral ensembles, the University of Kentucky Chorale and the University of Kentucky Choristers are also included in the collection (1970s-1980s). In addition, there are two scrapbooks detailing Holroyd's denial of tenure, her tenure grievance process, and the final tenure approval, 1966-1967.
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