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Interview with Bonnie Eggars and Susan Schwartz. Eggars is the reference librarian at Cleveland Institute of Music and Schwartz is the director of marketing and communications. They discuss the history of CIM and its role as a conservatory as well as a music school for non-professionals. They also relate the histories of many of its past…

Gene Roy was born in Alfred, New York and first moved to Cleveland in 1947. After moving away for some time she returned to the area in 1970. She taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music. During her tenure with CIM the school moved from Mather Mansion to University Circle. She and her husband were involved in the Cleveland music scene. Her…

Kathleen Shamp, originally from Wooster, came to Cleveland to work for the Cleveland Public Library. She lived off and on at the Evangelist Church that doubled as a Salvation Army sponsored women's home. Throughout her life Shamp has been involved in the Cleveland music scene. She sang in multiple church choirs, including the Cleveland Orchestra…

Gene Roy, a resident of Judson Manor, discusses her life and her interests. She was an accomplished double bass player. She studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and later taught there. She describes the building that housed the Institute and the professors who taught there. She also played at the Eastman School of Musicand the Rochester…