Mary Alice Fields Collection of Dr. Harald Rohlig Materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2501
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various materials by and about Dr. Harald Rohlig from Mary Alice Fields, a friend and former student of Dr. Rohlig's.
The majority of the collection is made up of email correspondence between Fields and Dr. Rohlig, recital programs and worship bulletins, and newspaper articles by and about Dr. Rohlig. There is also what appears to be the transcription of an audio recording of his memoirs.
The rest of the collection consists of 190 audiocassettes (all identified to some degree), 2 7" reel-to-reel tapes (all identified), 6 video cassettes, and 14 photographs.
The majority of the collection is made up of email correspondence between Fields and Dr. Rohlig, recital programs and worship bulletins, and newspaper articles by and about Dr. Rohlig. There is also what appears to be the transcription of an audio recording of his memoirs.
The rest of the collection consists of 190 audiocassettes (all identified to some degree), 2 7" reel-to-reel tapes (all identified), 6 video cassettes, and 14 photographs.
Dates
- 1958 - 2008
Creator
- Rohlig, Harald (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Harald Ernst Hermann Rohlig was born in Aurich, Germany, on October 6, 1926. The son of a United Methodist minister who opposed Hitler's regime, Rohlig was forced to join the Hitler Youth at age 10 when his family's food and basic necessities were restricted. His father was later incarcerated at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. In 1943 Rohlig was drafted into the air force. Before World War II ended he was captured by American soldiers, from whom he received good treatment, and spent three years in a French prison camp.
After his release from the prison camp in 1948 Rohlig returned to his musical studies. A musical prodigy who was composing and concertizing before he was in his teens, Rohlig studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in London and earned his doctorate in pipe organ design from Osnabruck Conservatory. In 1953 he immigrated with his wife Ingeborg Lieverz Rohlig, a violinist, to Linden, Alabama, where he taught piano and organ, played the organ, and conducted choirs at the Methodist and Baptist churches. He moved to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 to take a faculty position at Huntingdon College. Dr. Rohlig taught at Huntingdon for more than fifty years, where he was awarded every teaching honor the college grants. During his career he has written over 1,000 pieces of music and published over 300 works. In 2000, the United Methodist Foundation for Christian Higher Education named him Educator of the Year
His wife, Inge, passed away in 1999. In July 2005 he married Jeannette Lynn.
He retired from Huntingdon in 2006 and continues to compose, teach private piano and organ lessons, and serves as organist/choir master at St. John's Episcopal Church in Montgomery, a position he has held since 1962. His legacy includes design of several neo-Baroque pipe organs in the Southeast, including one in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Source: "Dr. Harald Rohlig: A Story of Triumph and Love," Huntingdon College Magazine, Fall 2005, Volume 84, Number 1, pages 8-10
After his release from the prison camp in 1948 Rohlig returned to his musical studies. A musical prodigy who was composing and concertizing before he was in his teens, Rohlig studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in London and earned his doctorate in pipe organ design from Osnabruck Conservatory. In 1953 he immigrated with his wife Ingeborg Lieverz Rohlig, a violinist, to Linden, Alabama, where he taught piano and organ, played the organ, and conducted choirs at the Methodist and Baptist churches. He moved to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 to take a faculty position at Huntingdon College. Dr. Rohlig taught at Huntingdon for more than fifty years, where he was awarded every teaching honor the college grants. During his career he has written over 1,000 pieces of music and published over 300 works. In 2000, the United Methodist Foundation for Christian Higher Education named him Educator of the Year
His wife, Inge, passed away in 1999. In July 2005 he married Jeannette Lynn.
He retired from Huntingdon in 2006 and continues to compose, teach private piano and organ lessons, and serves as organist/choir master at St. John's Episcopal Church in Montgomery, a position he has held since 1962. His legacy includes design of several neo-Baroque pipe organs in the Southeast, including one in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Source: "Dr. Harald Rohlig: A Story of Triumph and Love," Huntingdon College Magazine, Fall 2005, Volume 84, Number 1, pages 8-10
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Contains various materials by and about Dr. Harald Rohlig from Mary Alice Fields, a friend and former student of Dr. Rohlig's, including correspondence, worship bulletins, recital programs, and newspaper articles. The collection also consists of 190 audiocassettes (all identified to some degree), 2 7" reel-to-reel tapes (all identified), 6 video cassettes, and 16 photographs.
Processing Information
Processed by Martha Bace, 2009
- Title
- Guide to the Mary Alice Fields Collection of Dr. Harald Rohlig Materials
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Martha Bace, 2009.
- Date
- August 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository