COLL/036 Guide to the Llewellyn L. Cayvan Collection Cayvan, Llewellyn L. Collection

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Guide to the Llewellyn L. Cayvan Collection 1950/1966 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Llewellyn L. Cayvan Collection 1950-1966 COLL/036 Cayvan, Llewellyn L., 1879-1966 1.00 0.50 cubic ft. Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Hekman Library 1855 Knollcrest Circle SE Grand Rapids, MI, URL: http://archives.calvin.edu Email: crcarchives@calvin.edu Phone: 616-526-6913 Fax: 616-526-7689
Chemist with the Hekman Biscuit Company, musician, and benefactor to the music department of Calvin College. The collection includes annotated listings of music for stringed instruments, harmony workbook, annotated music, clippings, biographical files, documents, letters to Harriet (De Waard) Seely and Arlene (Liepitz) Smith in which Cayvan shares his love for music and tells about the Saturday Night Student Musicals.
Biographical Information:

Food chemist and music enthusiast, Llewellyn L. (Leo) Cayvan was a generous benefactor to the Calvin College music department. A native of Boston, Cayvan was born in 1879. Cayvan’s interest in music began at 4 years old when he began to play the violin. He played in the Boston Symphony Orchestra and later in life in the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a food chemist. In 1900, Cayvan started his career in the baking business in Chicago. By 1925, Cayvan accepted a position at the Hekman Biscuit Company located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. While living in Grand Rapids, Cayvan became interested in Calvin College’s music program. He became very involved with the music students, even holding Saturday afternoon chamber music sessions at his home. He also donated his instruments and his extensive collection of recordings and sheet music. His late wife, Alice, was also very fond of music playing the viola and timpani. Cayvan passed away in 1966, leaving behind his second wife, Winona.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Corporate Name: Calvin College. Department of Music Saturday Night Student Musicals (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Genre/Form of Material: Music Personal Name: Seely De Waard, Harriet, 1932-1986 Smith Liepitz, Arlene, 1933-1991 Topical Term: String orchestra music
Arrangement of Materials:

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Detailed List of Contents id10212 Benefactor to Calvin College Music Department id10213 1 id10214 1 1 Biography of Uncle Leo Cayvan 1879-1966; presented to Calvin, October 20-21 1966 id10215 1 2 Boston Melodeon, a collection of secular melodies with four-part harmony id10216 1 3 Cayvan's "Harmony" workbook id10217 1 4 Complete Method for Violin, by Julius Eichberg 1876 id10218 1 5 Letters to Arlene Liepitz, former student id10219 1 6 Letters to Harriet 1950-1966 id10220 1 7 List of records donated to Calvin College by Winona Cayvan 1981 id10221 1 8 id10222 1 8 News clippings 1966 id10223 1 8 Copy of his bequest id10224 1 8 Annotated string bibliography id10225 1 8 Grand Rapids Press editorial at Cayvan's death id10226 1 8 Funeral home folder id10227 1 8 Calvin Prism, dedicated to Mr. Cayvan 1960 id10228 1 9 Two personal stamps, "L. L. Cayvan" id10229 1 10 Calvin Spark Summer 2008, "Llewellyn L. Cayvan", "Now, Strings Attached" id10230 1 11 Letters from Ellis B. Porter 1913, 1915 id10231 1 12 Letter to Mrs. Cayvan id10232 Book id10233 The Violin Makers of Bohemia by Karel Jalovec placed in Calvin College Music Department, Fine Arts Center. id10234 Photographs id10235 Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra with Mr. Cayvan, first chair cello id10236 Calvin College Orchestra, Cayvan as assistant