| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Joan Terr Ronis |
| Title: | Joan Terr Ronis Papers |
| Dates: | 1942-1999 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Joan Terr Ronis (1927-1994) was a well-known pianist who performed with various Cleveland, Ohio, area orchestras, including the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cleveland Women's Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Suburban Symphony, the Heights Civic Orchestra, and the Euclid Civic Orchestra. She attended Cleveland Heights schools. Later, she was a master student of Boris Goldovsky at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and completed her graduate training from Cleveland State University where she was appointed to the Music Department faculty in 1972. The collection consists of announcements, booklets, bulletins, correspondence, flyers, handbooks, newspaper clippings, notes, and programs. |
| MS Number | MS 5257 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Joan Terr Ronis (1927-1994) was a well-known pianist who performed with various Cleveland, Ohio, area orchestras, including the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cleveland Women's Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Suburban Symphony, the Heights Civic Orchestra, and the Euclid Civic Orchestra. She attended Cleveland Heights schools. Later, she was a master student of Boris Goldovsky at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and completed her graduate training from Cleveland State University where she was appointed to the Music Department faculty in 1972.
Her grandfather John Faust, who emigrated from Russia in 1882, was the director of Faust's Opera House Orchestra and Mandolin Club in Cleveland. In the 1910s, he led an ensemble of musicians including his daughter Fanny at Wohl's Hungarian Restaurant in downtown Cleveland. Fanny married Joseph Terr and gave birth to Joan Terr on November 27, 1927.
Joan Terr was married to Leonard Ronis who was the first General Manager of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. They had two children.
The Joan Terr Ronis Papers, 1942-1999 and undated, consist of announcements, booklets, bulletins, correspondence, flyers, handbooks, newspaper clippings, notes, and programs.
This collection is of value to researchers studying the performing arts in Cleveland, Ohio, and music education locally and nationally. Materials from Roxboro Junior High School and Heights High School in Cleveland Heights may also be of interest. Those studying the musical career of Joan Terr Ronis will find this collection particularly useful. This collection also documents the history of the Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio, during the second half of the twentieth century, particularly activities pertaining to education and the performing arts.
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Separated MaterialAll photographs have been removed to the photograph collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 5257 Joan Terr Ronis Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Laurel Ronis in 2013.
Processed by Elizabeth Fuller, Peggy Wasserstrom, and Philip Wasserstrom in 2014.
Joan Terr Ronis Papers 1942-1999 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Announcements 1979-1991 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Booklet, 20th Reunion of the Class of 1945, Heights High School, Cleveland, Heights June 1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Bulletins, Rio Grande College Bulletin; The Fortnightly Musical Club; Ohio Music Teacher "News"; Temple Emanu El; and The Alumnae Folio October 1942 1961 1964 1966 1968 1970 1979 1966, 1969 1970 1967 1968 1991 December 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Certificates, copy of birth certificate; Ohio Music Teachers' Association; Music Teachers National Association; and Pi Kappa Lambda November 28, 1928 1961 1973 1978 1983 1988 1978-1979 1983 1988 1993 1978 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence 1946-2008 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Directories, Mu Phi Epsilon, Cleveland Heights Alumni Chapter 1965 1991 1994 1996-1999 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Flyers 1944-1991 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Handbooks, Longy School of Music; The Cleveland State University Commencement; The Fortnightly Musical Club 1945-1946 1947-1948 June 1973 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Newsletters, Ohio Music Club News; and The Sound Post February 1969 1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Newspaper, Roxboro Rocket, Roxboro Junior High School May 8, 1942 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Newspaper, The Black and Gold, Heights High School January 19, 1945 May 25, 1945 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Poster, In Concert at Park, The Park Synagogue Members of the Cleveland Orchestra March 31, 1974 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Newspaper clippings 1958-1987 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Notes undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Programs 1939 1943-1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Programs 1950-1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Programs 1960-1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Programs 1970-1979 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Programs 1980-1989 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Programs 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Programs undated | |||||||||