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Interviewees
Rennolds, Edmund Addison, 1916-2006
Interviewer
Hill, Kathryn Colwell
Description
Ned and Mary Anne Rennolds were founders of the Richmond Symphony and sponsors of many local musical programs, including the Mary Anne Rennolds Concert Series at VCU. Mr. Rennolds was co-founder of the brokerage firm Branch & Co. He was President of the Center for Palladian Studies in America and the James Branch Cabell Associates, and a life-long student of history and architecture. In this interview, Edmund Addison Rennolds, Jr., discusses the history of the Branch, Rennolds, and Addison families; his early married life; his interest in the architect Andrea Palladio; the effect of the Civil War on family businesses; the founding of the Richmond Symphony; the Mary Anne Rennolds concerts at VCU; the musician and composer John Powell; and involvement with VCU Libraries.
Personal Name Subject
Rennolds, Edmund Addison, 1916-2006 -- Interviews; Rennolds, Edmund Addison, 1916-2006 -- Family; Edmund Addison, 1916-2006 -- Homes and haunts; Rennolds, Mary Anne; Rennolds family -- History; Addison family -- History; Branch family -- History; Powell, John, 1882-1963; Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580 -- Influence
Corporate Name Subject
Richmond Symphony -- History; Virginia Commonwealth University
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
oral histories (literary genre)
Local Genre
oral history; sound recording; text
Type
Sound; Text
Digital Format
audio/mp3
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
VCU Oral History Archive
Source
Oral history and related materials of Edmund A. Rennolds, Jr. (Acc: 2004-12-15), Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
ohi_rennoldsedmund_part01.mp3