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Richard Wayne Dirksen Centenary

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900 Writing / Miscellaneous

RWD Annotated Catalog 1993

1942 Letter from Paul Callaway offering him the job at WNC

1957 Paul Callaway Report to Dean

1960 Report on Groton Peal Visit 10.7.1960

1961 Paul Callaway Report to Dean

1963 St. Albans Address: ‘And There Was Light’

Delivered before the Governing Board, Faculty, Students and Parents of St. Albans School, November 12, 1963. A meditation on how a Cathedral gathers and reflects light of all kinds and makes an indelible impression on all around, especially the students of the schools. “There is no shade, no hiding place around a Cathedral.”

1964 Biography

Prepared for application for Dean of Oberlin Conservatory.

1967 Report of Worship Department

1969 Memo re Christmas TV taping

Planning memo for a protest service about the Vietnam War

Planning memo for a 5/17/1970 Council of Churches Choral Festival

Letter to a Cantor 9/9/1970 re Brubeck’s Gates of Justice

1971 Letter to Leonard Bernstein about RWD’s participation in MASS

1974 Program for Installation of John Maury Allin as Presiding Bishop

1976 Report to Chapter

Program for Installation of RWD as Fourth Organist-Choirmaster, October 22, 1978

1978 Report to Chapter

1981 Report to Chapter

Memo re 5/21/81 Evensong & Setting of the Cornerstone of the West Façade

1983 Report to Provost & Chapter

1986 Report to Provost & Chapter

1989 Report to Chapter

1990 Choir Reunion Program

The memo to the former choir members about their quiet participation in the Consecration Evensong found Wayne in an elated mood….

1990 Consecration of the Cathedral

Festival Evensong 9.28.90 4 pm

Raising and Setting of the Final Stone 9.29.90 noon

Thanksgiving Concert & Dedication of Angel Band 9.29.90 8 pm

Consecration of the Cathedral 9.30.90 11 am

1991 Program of RWD Retirement Concert

1991 thank you song for retirement concert

To the tune of “McNamara’s Band.”

2000 Address on Music of the Cathedral for the NCA

2003 Obituary notices and articles

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