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Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. The Charles Ives papers, 1874-1983 (inclusive).

Title: The Charles Ives papers, 1874-1983 (inclusive).

The Charles Ives Papers contain the manuscript scores and sketches of Ives's musical works, including 4 symphonies, 3 violin sonatas, string quartets, piano sonatas, and other major compositions and smaller pieces. The Papers also hold Ives's collection of music by other composers and his writings on musical and political subjects. The correspondence contains letters to and from Ives and his family, business associates, and other musicians. Ives's life and work are further documented by: scrapbooks and diaries; photographs; programs; and articles and reviews.

ArchivalResource: 51 linear ft. (70 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702152855 View

Johnson, Frances H. Frances H. Johnson Papers, 1885-1947.

Title: Frances H. Johnson Papers, 1885-1947.

Contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs from musical performances, fliers, wedding invitations, and minutes and other related material from the Hartford Philharmonic Society and Hartford School of Music. The letters, most of which were written by others to Johnson, pertain largely to musical matters, whether artistic or business-related. The largest batch of letters is from the Scottish-born pianist and composer Helen Hopekirk (1856-1945), who was a teacher and longtime friend of Johnson's. A few letters in the collection were written by others to people other than Johnson, including a letter from 1921 written by the composer Camille Saint-Saens to Isidore Philipp, who gave it to Johnson..

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/643107821 View

Out But Not Down (Organization). Out But Not Down Club records, 1952-1998.

Title: Out But Not Down Club records, 1952-1998.

The records of the club consist of memos, correspondence, photographs, treasurer's reports, meeting minutes, invitations, financial records, newsletters, officers lists, CVs of members, mailing lists, speeches, and information about the various speakers over the years.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/643109741 View

Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924. Autographs collected and letters received by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922).

Title: Autographs collected and letters received by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922).

The letters consist primarily of social notes to Mrs. Ward from authors, some artists, and musicians. Some concern her work for the committees on literature for children, and children's day at the Chicago World's Fair. Susan B. Anthony, Hamlin Garland, George F. Root, and Jane Addams are mentioned. Letters, works in progress, philanthropies, and family news are common topics. The collection contains a facsimile of a 1705 September 14 letter from Isaac Newton to Dr. Sloane. Also, a manuscript of "The Tower of Flame" by Richard Watson Gilder is included, as are autographs and letters collected by Mrs. Coonley Ward.

ArchivalResource: 294 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647833840 View

Starbuck, Walter F. Walter F. Starbuck collection, 1894-1940.

Title: Walter F. Starbuck collection, 1894-1940.

Collection consists of letters to Starbuck, including some written by notable New England Conservatory figures such as George W. Chadwick, Carl Faelten, Arthur Foote, and Helen Hopekirk. Additional noteworthy correspondents are Edward Burlingame Hill, Edward MacDowell, Marian MacDowell, Arthur Nikisch, and Emil Paur. Also contained in this collection are several autographs and autographed programs collected by Starbuck. The collection was originally in scrapbook form.

ArchivalResource: ca. 60 items in 1 box (0.15 lin. ft.) ; 27 x 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607563912 View

A.P. Schmidt Company. A.P. Schmidt Company archives, 1869-1958 (bulk 1895-1920).

Title: A.P. Schmidt Company archives, 1869-1958 (bulk 1895-1920).

The A.P. Schmidt Company archives contains music, correspondence, business and financial records, and related documents. These materials provide a detailed look at the management, daily operations, and history of the Schmidt firm. In the music series, which contains manuscripts and some printed music and is the largest part of the collection, are examples of music composed by Americans at the turn of the twentieth century and selected for publication by Schmidt. The majority of the music in the collection is in autograph form; some are holographs in the hand of the composer and many are the work of Schmidt company editors and arrangers. It is from these manuscripts that the Schmidt company prepared its publications. The music in the collection is principally for voice, chorus or piano, with some examples of large-scale orchestral music as well. It should be noted that none of the manuscripts of Edward MacDowell, one of Schmidt's most important composers, accompanied the collection to the Library of Congress. It may be assumed that after MacDowell's death, most of his manuscripts were returned to his widow, Marian MacDowell (see the Edward and Marian MacDowell Collection). Among the major correspondents in the collection are Edward Ballantine, Florence Newell Barbour, Floy Bartlett, Mrs. H.H.A. Beach, Robert Braine, Gena Branscombe, F. Leslie Calver,Rosseter G. Cole, Mabel Daniels, Roland Diggle, G. A. Grant-Schaefer, Cora W. Jenkins, Boris Levenson, Marian MacDowell, John W. Metcalf, T. Tertius Noble, Mari Paldi, Anna Priscilla Risher, Thomas Tapper, and George Woodhouse. Other notable correspondents include Paul Ambrose, Willi Apel, J. Stuart Archer, Parker Bailey, Edward Shippen Barnes, Marion Bauer, Richard Key Biggs, Arthur Bird, David Bispham, Carl Bohm, Joseph Bonnet, Franz Bornschein, Felix Borowski, John Hyatt Brewer, Radie Britain, Rayner Brown, Ignaz Brüll, Annabel Morris Buchanan, Charles Wakefield Cadman, William C. Carl, Pablo Casals, George Whitefield Chadwick,Norman Coke-Jephcott, Rossetter G. Cole, Frederick S. Converse, Henry Cowell, Bainbridge Crist, Frank Damrosch, Charles F. Dennée, Robert Nathaniel Dett, David Diamond, Clarence Dickinson, Olin Downes, Marcel Dupré, Clarence Eddy, Carl Engel, Geraldine Farrar, H. T. Finck, Ross Lee Finney, Arthur Foote, Rudolf Friml, Henry S. Fry, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Rudolph Ganz, W. W. Gilchrist, Leopold Godowsky, Percy Grainger, Donald J. Grout, Alexandre Guilmant, Cornelius Gurlitt, Henry K. Hadley, Hermann Hagedorn, Philip Hale, Howard Hanson, F. Flaxington Harker, Charles Haubiel, George Henschel, Edward Burlingame Hill, John Tasker Howard, Mary Howe, Rupert Hughes, Henry Holden Huss, Philip James, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Bruno Oscar Klein, Ernest R. Kroeger, Gail Kubik, Edwin H. Lemare, Ellen Jane Lorenz, Otto Leuning, Eduardo Marzo, Daniel Gregory Mason, William H. Neidlinger, Arthur Nevin, Geoffrey O'Hara, John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, Daniel Pinkham, Florence B. Price, Richard Purvis, Carl Reinecke, Hugo Reinhold, Josef Rheinberger, Wallingford Riegger, Artur Schnabel, Percy A. Scholes, William Howard Schuman, Ludwig Schytte, R. Deane Shure, Ernest M. Skinner, Templeton Strong, Paolo Tosti, William Treat Upton, Edgar Varese, Clarence Cameron White, Thornton Wilder, John Wesley Work and many others. Some composers whose works are represented in the collection include Charles R. Adams, William F. Apthorp, Frederick Archer, Florence Newell Barbour, Edward S. Barnes, Floy L. Bartlett, Marion Bauer, Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, W. Berwald, Arthur Bird, J. W. Bischoff, W. L. Blumenschein, Carl Bohm, George Whitefield Chadwick, Arthur Foote, Rudolf Friml, Leopold Godowsky, Helen Hopekirk, Edward A. Macdowell, F. A. Porter, H. J. Stewart, G. D. Wilson, Alfred Wooler, and many others.

ArchivalResource: 212 linear ft. (514 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71129993 View

Starbuck, Walter F. Walter F. Starbuck collection, 1894-1940 [microform].

Title: Walter F. Starbuck collection, 1894-1940 [microform].

Collection consists of letters to Starbuck, including some written by notable New England Conservatory figures such as George W. Chadwick, Carl Faelten, Arthur Foote, and Helen Hopekirk. Additional noteworthy correspondents are Edward Burlingame Hill, Edward MacDowell, Marian MacDowell, Arthur Nikisch, and Emil Paur. Also contained in this collection are several autographs and autographed programs collected by Starbuck. The collection was originally in scrapbook form.

ArchivalResource: ca. 60 items in 1 box (0.15 lin. ft.) ; 27 x 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607572107 View

Chadwick, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931. George Whitefield Chadwick collection, 1873-1936, (bulk 1885-1930).

Title: George Whitefield Chadwick collection, 1873-1936, (bulk 1885-1930).

In the first series there is a smattering of professional correspondence from 1904, however the majority spans the years 1910-1931. The trove of over 1500 personal letters to/from Chadwick and/or Mrs. Chadwick includes substantial correspondence from Frederick Converse, Henry Higginson, Helen Hopekirk, Horatio Parker, Frederick Stock, Carl Stoeckel, Templeton Strong, and Theodore Thomas, as well as limited correspondence from Amy Beach, Walter Damrosch, Antonin Dvorak, Gabriel Faure, Arthur Foote, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Percy Grainger, Henry Hadley, Charles Loeffler, Edward MacDowell, Walter McEwen, Josef Rheinberger, Jean Sibelius, John Phillip Sousa, and Leopold Stokowski. The photograph series includes: a small number of Chadwick portraits; Chadwick family photos; several group photos taken at the Bohemian Grove (San Francisco) of Chadwick with colleagues including Clarence Eddy, William McCoy, Henry Hadley, and Joe Redding; staged performance photos from Bohemian Grove; and individual portraits of several other figures such as Frederick Converse, Henry Dunham, Wallace Goodrich, William McCoy, Karl Muck, Horatio Parker and Templeton Strong. Series five consists primarily of Chadwick's date-books from the years 1889-1931 and desk calendars from 1927-1931. Also included are several of Ida May Chadwick's travel diaries, an accounts ledger, and an address book. The sixth series contains over five hundred newspaper clippings, primarily reviews of Chadwick's music, dating from the late 1880s to 1931. Works of Chadwick discussed in these articles include: Antony and Cleopatra, Aphrodite, Cleopatra, Jubilee, Noel, Melpomene, Judith, The Lily Nymph, Phoenix Expirans, Sinfonietta, Symphony no. 3, Symphony in C, Suite Symphonique, String Quartet in E minor, Symphonic Sketches,Tabasco, and Tam O'Shanter. Chadwick's memoirs(diaries) and day-books make up series seven. There are eighteen volumes of memoirs - some bound, and some loose - some handwritten and some typewritten. They span the years of Chadwick's childhood (recollections and family history) through 1930.In addition there are sixteen bound daybooks spanning the years 1905-1930. While the earlier daybooks have little writing in them, the later volumes contain a good deal of writing, making them similar to the memoirs. The eighth series consists of programs, primarily of performances that included Chadwick's music both at and outside of NEC. The writings of Chadwick - speeches, tributes, reports, and articles make up series nine. The tenth series consists of three scrapbooks, presumably assembled by Chadwick himself. The first, consisting of approximately twenty-five pages, includes mainly newspaper clippings from the years 1884-1886, many of which discuss Chadwick's music. Towards the back of the scrapbook there are a number of pages that contain clippings of poetry. The second scrapbook, spanning the years 1873-1896, includes various programs, invitations, articles, and correspondence to Chadwick. The third volume in this series which dates from 1904-1906 is a combination scrapbook/memoir. It contains programs and clippings, many of which are accompanied by Chadwick's handwritten annotations. This volume also contains some daily journal entries, mainly from January-May 1906. Some items in the eleventh series, the miscellaneous material category, include: biographical information about Chadwick, contemporary information/criticism relating to specific Chadwick works, inventories of Chadwick's music and his music collection, and records of Chadwick's music royalties from several publishers. Series twelve, a small collection of artifacts, includes Chadwick's wallet and its contents, a medal awarded to Chadwick by the American Academy of the Arts and letters in 1909, and a silver bowl given to Chadwick in 1914 by the NEC faculty. The microfilm reels contain Chadwick's memoirs, diaries, and scrapbooks, along with some musical works (Te Deum in D major, Quartet no. 2, vocal score to act 1 of Pontius Pilate), and music sketchbooks from 1885, 1894, and 1897.

ArchivalResource: 20 linear ft. (39 document cases; 5 drop front boxes; 3 scrapbooks; and 34 volumes of memoirs/day-books)11 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.11 microfilm reels : negative ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320837750 View

Hopekirk, Helen. Helen Hopekirk collection, 1875-1930.

Title: Helen Hopekirk collection, 1875-1930.

The collection consists of papers and music manuscripts including: 82 Hopekirk manuscripts (scores, parts, sheet music); 6 sketchbooks; 13 manuscripts of other composers (mostly for piano solo and voice with piano); 21 published piano works by other composers inscribed to Hopekirk; 5 scrapbooks of press notices (1875-1921) and programs (1880-1939); 6 literary manuscripts; 12 folders of biographical material produced for program notes, articles, and press releases.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear feet (16 boxes, 200 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71129962 View

Hopekirk, Helen. Papers of Helen Hopekirk, 1880-1945.

Title: Papers of Helen Hopekirk, 1880-1945.

This collection consists primarily of approximately 250 letters received by Hopekirk from a variety of friends and admirers. Most of the letters are in English, some are in French or German. Among these letters are a number of letters from artists Hopekirk studied with, including American composer George Whitefield Chadwick, and E.F. Richter. Many of the letters are regarding Hopekirk's compositions, performances and rehearsals, as well as her travels in Europe and the United States. Included is a letter from Booker T. Washington, in which he thanks her for the books she sent to the Tuskegee Institute. Also within the collection is a folder of miscellaneous materials. These materials include: press notices, invitations, a performance program, and a certificate from the Library of Congress regarding the donation of autographed scores.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57359628 View

Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)

Title: Nicolas Slonimsky Collection 1873-1997 (bulk 1920-1990)

Collection contains materials collected by Slonimsky throughout his lifetime that document his life and work as musicologist, composer, conductor, lecturer and author. Included are personal biographical materials; Slonimsky's writings (drafts, typescripts, reprints, etc.) of newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgar Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mosly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's and The international cyclopedia; music collected by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed and multi-composer collections; among the manuscripts are many short holographic works and fragments; scrapbooks; and iconographical material, such as family photographs an those of composers and musicians from the former Soviet Union, as well as little known musicians from the United States and elsewhere.

ArchivalResource: circa 118,600 items; 354 boxes; 500 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002011 View

Helen Hopekirk papers, 1880-1945

Title: HelenHopekirk papers, 1880-1945

This collection consists primarily ofapproximately 250 letters received by Hopekirk from a variety of friends andadmirers.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear feet

http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/uoa/UAMS378.xml View

Sharp, William, 1855-1905. Autograph letter signed "Fiona Macleod" : Murrayfield, Midlothian, to Helen Hopekirk, [no year].

Title: Autograph letter signed "Fiona Macleod" : Murrayfield, Midlothian, to Helen Hopekirk, [no year].

Thanking her for setting some of the Fiona Macleod poems to music.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270662556 View

The Charles Ives Papers, 1874-1983 (inclusive)

Title: The Charles Ives Papers 1874-1983 (inclusive)

Music, correspondence and other writings, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American composer and insurance executive Charles Ives (1874-1954)

ArchivalResource: 70 boxes (51 linear feet)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0014 View

Hopekirk, Helen. Papers of Helen Hopekirk, 1885-1894.

Title: Papers of Helen Hopekirk, 1885-1894.

ALsS from Oliver Wendell Holmes to Helen Hopekirk (Helen Wilson) pertaining chiefly to poetry, Hopekirk's music and performances, and personal matters; ALS (7 Sept. 1885; Bay Shore, Long Island, N.Y.) from Mary Mapes Dodge to Hopekirk regarding introductions to Oliver Wendell Holmes and others; and an interview of Holmes in the Boston Daily Advertiser (29 Aug. 1894).

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82780283 View