University of California, Riverside

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Carillon Tower at University of California, Riverside

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UC Regent Philip Boyd and and his wife Dorothy gave the 48-bell Paccard carillon and tower, which was dedicated on October 2, 1966 with a recital by Lowell Smith, University Carillonneur.


References
1966 "Bells and Belles," Independent, May 18, 1966, Page 31.

1966 "At the Top," The Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1966, Page 23.

1966 "Carillon Tower Set for UCR Dedication," The Desert Sun, September 21, 1966, Page 6.

1967 "The Carillon of the University of California at Riverside," by Lowell J. Smith, Bulletin of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America 18(1):31-35 (May 1967)

1967 "Duty-Free Entry of Carillon for University of California," S.Rep.460, 90th Congress, 1st Session, July 31, 1967.

1967 An Act to provide for the free entry of a carillon for the use of the University of California at Riverside, Private Law 90-68, August 11, 1967.

2016 "The Bell Tower by the Numbers," UCR The Magazine of UC Riverside, Fall 2016


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