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Maynor, Dorothy. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1939-1965.

Title: Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1939-1965.

ArchivalResource: 5 items (5 l.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63559898 View

Benjamin H. Lehman Papers

Title: Benjamin H. Lehman Papers

Chiefly correspondence with his many friends and associates. Also includes manuscripts and writings, as well as other personal papers and memorabilia. Correspondence with numerous American authors and literary figures also included. $b Correspondents include: Ansel Adams, Gertrude Atherton, William Everson, Sara Bard Field, Robinson and Una Jeffers, Oscar Lewis, John Steinbeck, Irving Stone, Thornton Wilder, George Rippey Stewart, Ariel Parkinson, and George Albee.

ArchivalResource: Number of containers: 15 boxes; Linear feet: 6.25

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf4779n70z View

National Orchestral Association collection of rehearsal and concert recordings [sound recording], 1938-1968

Title: National Orchestral Association collection of rehearsal and concert recordings [sound recording] 1938-1968

The collection consists of recordings of concerts and rehearsals of the National Ochestral Association between the years 1938 and 1968. The collection also includes intermission features with various soloists.

ArchivalResource: 26 linear ft. sound discs; 322 sound tape reels

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20444 View

Little Orchestra Society concert recordings collection [sound recording], 1947-1957

Title: Little Orchestra Society concert recordings collection [sound recording] 1947-1957

The collection consists of concert recordings, made for Mr. Scherman, from late 1947 to late 1957.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20440 View

The Papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz., 1784-1991

Title: The Papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz. 1784-1991

Correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the Russian-American pianist Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) and his wife Wanda Toscanini Horowitz (1907-1998)

ArchivalResource: 164 boxes (69 linear ft.)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0055 View

Maynor, Dorothy. Reminiscences of Dorothy Maynor : oral history, 1976.

Title: Reminiscences of Dorothy Maynor : oral history, 1976.

Childhood in Virginia; music tours with Hampton Institute Choir; views on music education; founder and director of New York City School of Arts, 1964- ; impressions of Arturo Toscanini, Eugene Ormandy.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 62 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309733402 View

Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995. Sidney Robertson Cowell collection, 1901-1992 (bulk 1936-1990).

Title: Sidney Robertson Cowell collection, 1901-1992 (bulk 1936-1990).

The collection consists of Sidney Robertson Cowell's personal papers that document her life and work. It includes correspondence with family, friends and colleagues, inlcuding husband Henry Cowell, Ansel Adams, Ernst Bacon, Suzanne Bloch, Bertrand Bronson, Frank Brown, John Cage, Adrian Dornbush, Sam Eskin, Warde Ford, Grete Franke, Alfred Frankenstein, Lou Harrison, H. Wiley Hitchcock, Maud Karpeles, John Kirkpatrick, William Lichtenwanger, John Lomax, Dorothy Maynor, Colin McPhee, Laurence Powell, Bruce Saylor, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Nicolas Slonimsky, Stephen Spackman, Virgil Thomson, Margaret Valiant, Robert Van Hyning, Hugo Weisgall, Yehudi Wyner, and Shinʼichi Yuize. The collection contains materials that document her field recording projects and trips during all phases of her career, including her work with the Resettlement Administration; the W.P.A. California Folk Music Project, which she conceived and directed; the Appalachian collecting trip with Maud Karpeles; the Wolf River/Ford-Walker family, Cape Breton Island, and Aran Islands recording trips; and her travels to Asia and the Middle East with Henry Cowell, during which she recorded many traditional musicians. In addition, it contains published and unpublished written material by Sidney Robertson Cowell, including books, articles, essays, reviews, reports and papers; autobiographical narratives and essays relating to her career and to her personal life; project proposals; and teaching materials. There is material related to Henry Cowell, including transcripts of recorded biographical narratives that Sidney made for a biography of Henry that was never completed; narratives and articles about Henry written by Sidney and others; articles on music written by Henry; a selection of folk songs with piano settings by Henry Cowell in his own hand, and photocopies of a small collection of Henry Cowell holographs, some annotated by Sidney. The collection also contains materials relating to personal and professional interests, including schools where Sidney Robertson Cowell taught, conferences in which she was involved, her travels both alone and with Henry, personal and professional relationships with individuals such as Percy Grainger, John Cage and Roland Hayes, and materials relating to the Cowell's book on Charles Ives. It also contains photographs and song sheets and song books.

ArchivalResource: 5067 items (29 containers, 13 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71128313 View

Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993. National Public Radio, in cooperation with Young Audiences and the Carnegie Hall Corporation presents a gala concert saluting Marian Anderson on the occasion of her 75th birthday, Feb. 27, 1977 [sound recording].

Title: National Public Radio, in cooperation with Young Audiences and the Carnegie Hall Corporation presents a gala concert saluting Marian Anderson on the occasion of her 75th birthday, Feb. 27, 1977 [sound recording]. [1977]

ArchivalResource: 4 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks ; 7 in., 1/4 in. tape.2 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tape.4 sound cassettes : analog, Dolby B processed.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228657819 View

The John Kirkpatrick Papers, 1836-1993 (inclusive)

Title: The John Kirkpatrick Papers 1836-1993 (inclusive)

Correspondence and other writings, music, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American pianist and scholar John Kirkpatrick (1905-1991)

ArchivalResource: 95 boxes (40 linear feet)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0056 View

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Carl Van Vechten collection, ca. 1920-ca. 1955; (bulk 1940-1949).

Title: Carl Van Vechten collection, ca. 1920-ca. 1955; (bulk 1940-1949).

Catalogs, programs, announcements, and invitations documenting African American participation in the visual arts, dance, drama, music, and literature.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft.

https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu/202/ View

Curtis family. Papers, 1797-1991 (inclusive).

Title: Papers, 1797-1991 (inclusive).

Collection consists of correspondence of Curtis family and friends. There is information about the courtship of the parents, family life, travel in U.S. and abroad, golf and other sports, and the lives and careers of the sons and daughters. Upper-class Boston social life is well documented in the correspondence of the five daughters. Letters and clippings provide information about the civic activism of Frances Greely Curtis, and Harriot and Isabella's support for Afro-American education. Margaret's career as a social worker in the American Red Cross and other organizations is documented in her correspondence and professional papers.

ArchivalResource: 12.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122471414 View

Guelph Spring Festival Archives. R.C.A. Victor reproductions of watercolour portraits of recording artists, 1977.

Title: R.C.A. Victor reproductions of watercolour portraits of recording artists, 1977. 1977.

ArchivalResource: 23 ports.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/626964704 View

St. James' Community House. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1966.

Title: Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1966.

Contains letter from Dorothy Maynor.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 l.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63561496 View

Brice, Carol, 1916-1985. Papers. 1905-1978.

Title: Papers. 1905-1978.

Singer and professor of music, University of Oklahoma, Norman. Chiefly programs from Brice's appearances in recitals, concerts, and operas, together with announcements, brochures, posters, clippings, photos, and other related publicity material; and ca. 700 family, personal, and business letters (1927-78), diaries (partial, 1934, 1936, 1946), documents and lists (1940-44), and memorabilia (1916-55). Includes material on her performance at the third inauguration of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941), winning of the Walter H. Naumburg Foundation prize, appearances with Serge Koussevitsky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, tours of South America and Germany, and roles in the operas Regina and Porgy and Bess, and musical Showboat; papers (1968-78) documenting the career of her second husband, Thomas Devore Carey (b. 1931), singer and professor of music, University of Oklahoma; letters by and about her aunt, Dr. Charlotte (Hawkins) Brown (1883-1961), founder of Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N.C., where Brice was educated; letters (1954-60), reflecting struggles of black performers in Europe from singer Vera Little (b. ca. 1915). Material on other black singers and musicians, including Marian Anderson, Harry Thacker Burleigh, Ellabelle Davis, Roland Wiltse Hayes, Dorothy Maynor, Paul Robeson, and Neil Scott (Brice's first husband). Other correspondents include family members and Frank Goodall Harrison, professor of music at Talladega College (Ala.), where Brice also studied.

ArchivalResource: ca. 4000 items. and 6 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18886405 View

Kirkpatrick, John, 1905-1991. The John Kirkpatrick papers, 1836-1993 (inclusive).

Title: The John Kirkpatrick papers, 1836-1993 (inclusive).

The John Kirkpatrick Papers document the life and career of American pianist John Kirkpatrick through his correspondence with composers, performers, music educators, and family members. The Papers also hold an extensive collection of music, including sketches, manuscripts, and published versions of Kirkpatrick's many editions of music by composers such as Charles Ives and Carl Ruggles. Kirkpatrick's life and work are further documented with photographs, programs, reviews, writings, teaching materials, and miscellaneous items.

ArchivalResource: 40 linear ft. (95 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150415 View

Musser, Laura Jane, 1916-1989. Laura Jane Musser and family papers, 1842-1989.

Title: Laura Jane Musser and family papers, 1842-1989.

Correspondence and subject files; biographical materials; wills; financial records; newspaper clippings; diaries, scrapbooks, and other volumes; school records; and related materials documenting the careers and interests of lifelong Little Falls (Minn.) resident Laura Jane Musser, her parents lumberman and Weyerhaeuser partner Richard Drew and Sarah Walker Musser, her sisters Alice and Mary, and related families. There are also a few records of the Pine Tree Lumber Company and its successor, the Pine Tree Manufacturing Company.

ArchivalResource: 44.25 cu. ft. (44 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313854658 View

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Serge Koussevitzky Archive, 1920-1976 (bulk: 1924-1951)

Title: Serge Koussevitzky Archive 1920-1976 (bulk 1924-1951)

The archive is a collection of correspondence, personal and business papers, photographs, and other materials which document some of the most significant aspects of twentieth-century music. Through his work as a conductor and publisher, and his efforts to commission new musical works, Koussevitzky maintained deep ties with many of the finest composers and musicians of the day. These figures are represented in their personal and professional affiliations with the conductor. In addition to serving as a record of Koussevitzky's life and career, the collection extensively chronicles periods in the history of organizations such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire Music Center, the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, and the American International Music Fund. Material in the collection dates from Koussevitzky's years in his native Russia. The bulk of the collection dates from 1924 to 1951; it also contains material created after Koussevitzky's death, reflecting his widow's continuing work with various organizations and projects. Musical compositions commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky are part of the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation Collection, and are shelved in ML30.3c, ML30.3c2, ML30.3c3, and ML30.3e2.

ArchivalResource: circa 13,000 items; 138 boxes; 100 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002008 View

Sidney Robertson Cowell Collection, 1901-1992, (bulk 1936-1990)

Title: Sidney Robertson Cowell Collection 1901-1992 (bulk 1936-1990)

Sidney Robertson Cowell (1903-1995) was a folksong and ethnic music collector and recordist, ethnographer, ethnomusicologist, teacher, writer, and wife of composer Henry Cowell. The collection consists of her personal papers which document all aspects of her life and work. The collection includes correspondence relating to personal and professional matters; fieldwork reports, fieldnotes, song lists and other materials from her field recording projects and trips; articles, essays, reviews, and papers written by Sidney Robertson Cowell; articles and narratives by and about Henry Cowell; autobiographical narratives and essays, clippings, family histories and other materials relating to her professional career and personal life; photographs; teaching materials; and song sheets and song books. In addition, the collection contains photocopies of a selection of Henry Cowell holographs, several annotated by Sidney Robertson Cowell, and a selection of folk songs with piano settings by Henry Cowell in his own hand.

ArchivalResource: 5067 items; 29 containers; 13 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu010010 View

Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989. The papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, 1784-1991 (inclusive).

Title: The papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, 1784-1991 (inclusive).

The Papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz document the lives of the legendary pianist and his wife through the Horowitzes' correspondence with family members, performers, composers, agents, and recording companies. The Papers also contain a large number of photographs, as well as many musical scores from Horowitz's library. In addition, the Papers contain clippings, scrapbooks, financial records, miscellaneous materials, and a number of items related to Horowitz's father-in-law, Arturo Toscanini.

ArchivalResource: 69 linear ft. (164 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150358 View

Papers, ca.1905-1989

Title: Papers, ca.1905-1989

Correspondence, writings, speeches, etc., of Ruth Cowan Nash, war correspondent and writer.

ArchivalResource: 3 cartons, 13 file boxes, 1/2 file box of memorabilia, 8 folio folders, 11 folio+ folders, 5 oversize folders, 1 supersize folder, 2 audiocassettes (T-203), 1 motion picture (MP-32), 1 videocassette (Vt-65) Photographs: 34 folders, 1 folio folder, 1 folio+ folder

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00237/catalog View