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Helen Hartness Flanders papers, 1930-1960.

Title: Helen Hartness Flanders papers, 1930-1960.

This collection comprises seven series including: correspondence, publications, lectures/exhibits/conferences, photographs, pamphlets and publications, song texts, and song lists and indexes. These materials relate to Helen Hartness Flanders' work collecting and recording folk songs from around New England from 1930-1960. The majority of these songs have their roots in the traditional music of the British Isles. The collection compiles in-depth information about the music, but also includes correspondence with insight into Flanders' personal life and collecting process as well as materials focusing on the fields of folklore, anthropology and ethnomusicology.

ArchivalResource: 76 document boxes, 13 index boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/747106447 View

Helen Hartness Flanders manuscript collection, 1930-1960.

Title: Helen Hartness Flanders manuscript collection, 1930-1960.

This collection comprises manuscripts of 18th and 19th century folk songs along with their musical scores and context. The majority of these items were typescript copies of songs found in manuscript form in informants' homes and in library collections and typescript copies of songs sent to the collection by respondents to newspaper articles and advertisements which she wrote to solicit information on songs. There are also many handwritten songs (mostly lyrics, but some scores as well) and bound manuscripts.

ArchivalResource: 6 document boxes, 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/747105517 View

Hartness family. Hartness family papers, 1774-2000.

Title: Hartness family papers, 1774-2000.

This collection consists of papers documenting the lives of James and Lena Hartness, in particular, and, more generally, the Hartness and Beardsley families of Springfield, Vermont. These materials were assembled and donated by Mary Hartness Beardsley Fenn, granddaughter of James and Lena Hartness, and document her family research as well as the lives of her grandparents. The general history series in the collection focuses on materials documenting the private and public lives of James and Lena Hartness, especially his term as Vermont Governor (campaign materials and retiring message) and interest in aviation (photocopies of clippings). Also included is more general family history, including a brief history of the family by Mary Beardsley Fenn, miscellaneous correspondence, and family recipes. Lena Hartness' life is represented in a photocopied manuscript memoir and information related to her funeral. The collection also contains an extensive genealogy section with contributions by various family members, along with pedigree and family charts by Bill Lowe derived from Mary Fenn's data. Genealogical information in the collection is focused primarily on the Hartness and Beardsley families; however, the related Pond, Claghorn, and Holt families are also mentioned and documented to a lesser extent. Also included is a large collection of family photographs of people, houses and grounds. Photographs of the Hartness house and grounds as well as of the observatory document some of the material aspects of the Hartness family's lifestyle in the 1930s and also reflect Lena and James Hartness' interests in gardening and astronomy. An inventory of all the contents of Hartness mansion, ca. 1919, also documents the physical household down to the most minute details. The contents of the basement and three stories plus the observatory are described in this inventory.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/761398589 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

League of Vermont Writers. League of Vermont Writers papers, 1928-1942.

Title: League of Vermont Writers papers, 1928-1942.

Correspondence addressed to Dorothy Charlotte Walter in her capacity as Secretary of the League including many prominent authors. Most of the letters were written in 1934.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36065004 View

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Introduction to Ballads migrant in New England.

Title: Introduction to Ballads migrant in New England.

Typescript, with holograph corrections and additions, of his introduction to Helen Flander's Ballads migrant in New England (New York : Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953).

ArchivalResource: 3 leaves ; 13-28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237243564 View

Eloise Hubbard Linscott collection, 1815-2002, 1932-1955

Title: Eloise Hubbard Linscott collection 1815-2002 1932-1955

Eloise Hubbard Linscott’s collection of research materials for her book, (1939) and other folk music research through about 1955. The collection includes correspondence; music transcriptions; sound recordings of folk music, lectures, and radio broadcasts; photographs of Linscott's informants; documentation of events and trips within New England; plus some materials from her estate, dated circa 1815-2002. Folk Songs of Old New England

ArchivalResource: 34 boxes (18 linear feet); 198 folders.; 11 sound cylinders : analog.; 441 sound discs : analog ; various sizes.; 32 sound tape reels : analog ; various sizes.; 1 sound cassette : analog.; circa 200 photographs : photographic prints, negatives ; various sizes.; 12 drawings.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013006 View