Mary Wallace Davidson

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mary Wallace Davidson early yesterday morning, 11 October 2012.  Mary was a close friend to many in IAML - the following is an excerpt from Jean Morrow's short announcement to the MLA list.

Mary served as President of MLA from 1983 to 1985 and President of the US Branch of IAML from 2005 to 2008; she was also very active in AMS and SAM, serving on their boards and various committees. During her distinguished career, Mary held the position of head music librarian at several major institutions, including Brookline Public Library, Radcliffe College, Wellesley College, the Eastman School of Music and Indiana University.  Among her many professional accomplishments, Mary was responsible for the planning and design of the Sibley Music Library at Eastman, built in 1989; she received MLA’s Citation in Recognition of Distinguished Service to Music Librarianship in 1998 and was the recipient in 2006 of an NEH fellowship for her work on early American music periodicals.  Mary wrote and published widely on topics relating to music librarianship, including library facilities, collection development and copyright and was the co-author with James Fuld of Eighteenth-Century American Secular Music Manuscripts, published in 1983.