Broms, Wilbur, 1912-1990
Dates
- Existence: 1912 - 1990 March 16
Biographical note
American author and tenor Wilbur Strong Broms was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1912, to Clara and Allen Strong Broms. He was a member of the Marxist youth movement in the 1930s and 1940s and helped found the Progressive Labor Party in the early 1960s, and served in the United States Army during World War II. Broms researched and wrote two books, though neither were published: Beware of the Risen People: A Working Class View of the Irish Rebellion, and They Shall Never Sound in Slavery, a three-volume work about Thomas Moore and musical settings of his poetry, especially by Hector Berlioz. Broms married Dorothy Josephine Stoffer in 1946, and they had two children: Patricia and Martin. The family lived in New York, New York, and St. Paul, Minnesota. Wilbur Broms died on March 16, 1990.
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Wilbur Broms papers
Materials created by twentieth-century American tenor Wilbur Broms, including research notes and drafts for books, articles, and concert programs about Irish poet Thomas Moore, especially musical settings of his poetry by Hector Berlioz. Additionally, there are collected materials and essays about communism, particularly in Ireland.
Collection is open for research.