Taylor, Willa, 1900-1987. Willa Taylor papers, 1927-1988. - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Pennsylvania state university

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The Pennsylvania Humanities Council designated the year 1985 as "The Year of the Pennsylvania Writer." The PHC funded projects in eight locations throughout the Commonwealth to gain appreciation, understanding, and recognition for past and present Pennsylvania writers. The State College/University Park location held a two-stage conference and related events by five Centre County regional organizations. From the description of The Year of the Pennsylvania writer collection, 1984-1986....

Taylor, Willa, 1900-1987

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Willa Clare Taylor was born on October 10, 1900, in Mannington, West Virginia. She received a general professional teacher's diploma from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1919, worked as an elementary and junior high school teacher and pursued a bachelor's degree in music from New York University (1931). She came to Penn State in 1931, earned a master's degree in music from New York University (1944) and became an associate professor in 1945. She was named director of the chapel ch...