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Réti, Jean. Jean Réti-Forbes papers, 1957-1972.

Title: Jean Réti-Forbes papers, 1957-1972.

The collection consists of papers of Jean Réti-Forbes from 1957-1972. Includes correspondence, subject files, lecture notes, photographs, writings and printed material, musical compositions, and audio recordings. The correspondence contains letters from colleagues, friends, and family. Major correspondents include husbands Rudolph Reti and W. Stanton Forbes, Dorothy Gillam Baker, Lucy Bates, Helen Boyd, Irene Downes, Margaret K. Faulkner, Lucy Forbes, Lynn Stanton Garber, Mary Crovatt Hambridge, Frances Heyn, and Kitty Lindow. The collection also contains a diary kept by W. Stanton Forbes (1960-1972) mainly centered around his life with Réti-Forbes and some diaries and loose diary pages kept by Jean Reti-Forbes.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476578 View

Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. Olin Downes photographs, [ca. 1910-1955].

Title: Olin Downes photographs, [ca. 1910-1955].

The series consists of photographs of the Olin Downes and the Downes and Miles families from ca. 1910-1955. Includes photographs of Olin Downes; his wives Marion Davenport Downes and Irene Miles Downes; children Dorothy Downes Williams, Nancy Downes Smith, and Edward Downes; Raymond Miles and the Miles family; and various public figures or friends. The series also contains postcards of various locales in the United States and Europe.

ArchivalResource: 3.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476560 View

Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. Olin Downes manuscripts, [ca. 1926-1957].

Title: Olin Downes manuscripts, [ca. 1926-1957].

The series consists of manuscripts of Olin Downes from ca. 1926-1957. The manuscripts contain notes, research material, drafts, outlines, typescripts, and galleys of several of Downes' major published and unpublished works including THE ETERNAL SPRING OF MUSIC, TREASURY OF AMERICAN SONG, MEN OF MUSIC, TEN OPERATIC MASTERPIECES, CHOPIN, and OLIN DOWNES ON MUSIC, a compilation of Downes' writings from 1906-1955 edited by Irene Downes. The series also contains materials for a memoir of Downes.

ArchivalResource: 13.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476554 View

Downes, Irene. Irene Downes papers, 1926-1964.

Title: Irene Downes papers, 1926-1964.

The series consists of papers of Irene Miles Downes from 1926-1964. The papers contain mainly correspondence both to Downes and carbon copies of her letters. The correspondence documents Downes' work with the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (N.Y.) and Town Hall, Inc. (New York, N.Y.), the settlement of Olin Downes' estate, the sale of Olin Downes' music library to Florida State University and the library's dedication, royalties from Olin Downes' publications, and personal correspondence with friends and public figures in the music field. Major correspondents include Charles Atkins, George V. Denney, Jean Reti-Forbes, Olga and Hans Kaltenborn, Norman L. Kilpatrick, and Robert Rockmore. The series also contains manuscripts of Downes' writings.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476562 View

Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. Olin Downes family papers, 1908-1962.

Title: Olin Downes family papers, 1908-1962.

The series consists of personal papers of the Downes and Miles families from 1908-1962. Includes family correspondence, financial records (1916-1962), newspaper clippings, and notebooks and engagement books. The bulk of the series is comprised of family correspondence of Olin Downes (1906-1955), his wife Irene Miles Downes (1936-1946), his mother Louise Courson Downes (1908-1940), his sisters Dorothy Downes Culthe (1909-1956) and Frances Downes Behre (1911-1962), and his daughter Nancy Downes Smith (1922-1955). Also includes correspondence between Irene Miles Downes and her mother Laura M. Miles and her brothers and sisters.

ArchivalResource: 16.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476558 View