Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934

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Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and was sometimes referred to as the "King of New York". In business, he was best known as a partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. who reorganized and consolidated railroads. In his personal life, he was a great patron of the arts, where among things, he served as the chairman of the Metropolitan Opera.
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referencedIn Convent of the Sacred Heart (New York, N.Y.). Convent of the Sacred Heart architectural records, 1902-1918. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Paramount Publix Corporation. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1930-1934. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Ernest Bloch Collection, 1888-1981, (bulk 1912-1959) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Walcott, Frederic Collin, 1869-1948. Frederic Collin Walcott papers, 1850-1948 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Thomas McKee papers, 1890-1933 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf McKee, Thomas. Thomas McKee papers, 1890-1933. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn George and Böske Antheil Papers, circa 1875-1984, (bulk 1920-1958) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Parker, Horatio W. (Horatio William), 1863-1919. The Horatio Parker papers, 1863-1972 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins. Architectural records. Series II: Project Records. Subseries 30: Files, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), 1880-1949 (bulk 1900-1925). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Fonds Kochno [microform], ca. 1911-1929 The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
referencedIn MacKaye, Percy, 1875-1956. Percy MacKaye papers, 1879-1956. Harvard University, Harvard Theater Collection, Harvard College Library
creatorOf On the Square Publishing Company (Saint Paul, Minn.). Corporate records, 1917-1918. Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
referencedIn Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. Papers, 1918-1958. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Samaroff, Olga, 1882-1948. Autograph letters signed (3) and letters signed (2), dated : Philadelphia, 1917 and 1921, and [New York], 1928-1929, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1917 Mar. 3. and 1928 Sept. 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress, circa 1000-circa 1990 Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Fonds Edward Gordon Craig Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des arts du spectacle
referencedIn Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Meyer, Annie Nathan, 1867-1951. Annie Nathan Meyer papers, 1858-1950 (bulk 1885-1948). The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
referencedIn Ivy Ledbetter Lee Papers, 1881-2003, 1915-1946 Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections.Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Public Policy Papers.
creatorOf Lee, Ivy L. (Ivy Ledbetter), 1877-1934. Ivy L. Lee papers, 1881-1989 (bulk 1915-1946) Princeton University Library
referencedIn Gilbert, Henry F. B. (Henry Franklin Belknap), 1868-1928. The Henry Gilbert papers, 1821-1980 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Dorothy Nevile Lees papers relating to Edward Gordon Craig and, The Mask, 1905-1963. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Duveen Brothers. Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Gilbert, Henry F. B. (Henry Franklin Belknap), 1868-1928. The Henry Gilbert papers, 1821-1980 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn The Ernest Trow Carter Papers, 1879-1974 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn Carter, Ernest Trow, 1866-1953. The Ernest Trow Carter papers, 1879-1974 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. Papers, [microform] 1918-1958. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Frederic Collin Walcott papers, 1850-1948 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Duveen Brothers. Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Parker, Horatio W. (Horatio William), 1863-1919. The Horatio Parker papers, 1863-1972 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Moscow State Yiddish Theatre correspondence, 1928 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981, 1909-1964 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Wendell family papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Deinard, Benedict Spinoza. Motion picture censorship scrapbooks and pamphlets, 1914-1922. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934. Typed letter signed : New York, to Isadora Duncan, 1915 Feb. 27. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn Gebhard, Harold E. Otto Kahn residence, Huntington, NY [technical drawing] / Harold E. Gebhard, architect. Joint Free Public Library, Morristown/Township
referencedIn Gray, David, 1870-1968. David Gray and Maude Livingston Hall Gray papers, 1883-1939. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Navrátil, Karl, 1867-1936. Autograph letters signed (4) and autograph postal card signed, dated : Prague, 1928-1929, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1928-1929. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Enters, Angna, 1897-1989. Correspondence, 1921-1973. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi evreiskii teatr imeni S.M. Mikhoelsa. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre correspondence, 1928. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Lehman Brothers records, 1868-2007 (inclusive) Baker Library, Harvard Business School
creatorOf Johansson, Ronny. Miscellaneous correspondence with Ruth Page and Thomas H. Fisher: J-K. New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
referencedIn Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton papers, circa 1917-1948 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1928-1931. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Angna Enters correspondence, 1921-1973 The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
referencedIn The Motion Picture Censorship Scrapbooks and Pamplets, 1914-1922. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Duveen Brothers. Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Richard Aldrich papers, 1842-1956 (inclusive), 1883-1938 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn The Horatio Parker Papers, 1863-1972 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
creatorOf Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934. Otto H. Kahn papers, 1908-1934 (bulk 1920-1933) Princeton University Library
referencedIn Carter, Ernest Trow, 1866-1953. The Ernest Trow Carter papers, 1879-1974 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
creatorOf Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934. [Addresses. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Antheil, George, 1900-1959. George and Böske Antheil papers, 1875-1984 (bulk 1920-1958). Library of Congress
referencedIn Review of Reviews (New York, N. Y.), Golden Book Magazine, editorial correspondence, 1921-1935. Houghton Library
referencedIn Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Hector Berlioz papers, 1825-1994. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Howard, James Raley, 1873-. Papers, 1873-1982 (bulk 1873-1959). Iowa State University, Parks Library
referencedIn New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities. Suspected radical propaganda file, [ca. 1890-1919]. New York State Archives
referencedIn George S. Kaufman papers, [microform], 1918-1958 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Harry Weinberger papers, 1915-1944 Yale University Library
referencedIn Edward L. Bernays Papers, 1777-1994, (bulk 1920-1990) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. [Papers, 1925-1926]. Northwestern University
referencedIn Dorfman, Joseph, 1904-1991. Joseph Dorfman papers, 1890-1983. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn The Henry Gilbert Papers, 1821-1980 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn Carl W. Ackerman Papers, 1910-1962. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Residence for Mr. Otto Kahn, Cold Spring, Suffolk Co., N.Y. [graphic] : [detail drawings of driveway and porch vaults in plans and sections] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Ekstrom Collection: Diaghilev and Stravinsky Foundation, 1902-1984 V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
referencedIn Hart Crane Collection, (1910-1972) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Photograph collestion, [ca.1888]-1989. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Glaenzer, Richard Butler, 1876-1937. Papers of Richard B. Glaenzer [manuscript], 1885-1936. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kahn, Otto Herman, 1867-1934. Letters to George Sylvester Viereck, 1913-1934. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Adolph S. Oko letters, 1905-1941 Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Kuhn, Loeb & Company. Correspondence to Gustav Mahler, 1908. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Liebling, Georg, 1865-1946. Toccata Americana : for piano : op. 83 / composed by George Liebling. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948. Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton papers, circa 1917-1948. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Jacques Barzun's Collection of Hector Berlioz Records, 1825-1994 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Antheil, George, 1900-1959. George and Böske Antheil papers, 1875-1984 (bulk 1920-1958). Library of Congress
referencedIn Hugo Gellert Papers, Bulk, 1934-1944, 1934-1980s, (Bulk 1934-1944) Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959. Papers, 1876-1960 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Edward Mandell House papers, 1885-2007, 1885-1938 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
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associatedWith Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William), 1890-1970 person
associatedWith Aldrich, Richard, 1863-1937 person
correspondedWith Antheil, Böske person
correspondedWith Antheil, George, 1900-1959. person
associatedWith Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948. person
associatedWith Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. person
correspondedWith Bernays, Edward L., 1891-1995. person
correspondedWith Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959 person
associatedWith Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959 person
associatedWith Carter, Ernest Trow, 1866-1953. person
correspondedWith Century Company corporateBody
associatedWith Convent of the Sacred Heart (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Craig, Edward Gordon (1872-1966) person
associatedWith Crane, Hart, 1899-1932. person
associatedWith Deinard, Benedict Spinoza. person
associatedWith Deinard, Benedict Spinoza. person
correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
associatedWith Dorfman, Joseph, 1904-1991. person
associatedWith Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927, person
associatedWith Duveen Brothers. corporateBody
associatedWith Duveen Brothers. corporateBody
associatedWith Ekstrom, Parmenia Migel., 1908-1989 person
associatedWith Enters, Angna, 1897-1989. person
associatedWith Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. person
associatedWith Gebhard, Harold E. person
correspondedWith Gellert, Hugo, 1892-1985 person
associatedWith Gilbert, Henry F. B. (Henry Franklin Belknap), 1868-1928. person
associatedWith Glaenzer, Richard Butler, 1876-1937. person
associatedWith Gray, David, 1870-1968. person
associatedWith Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins. corporateBody
associatedWith House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938. person
associatedWith Howard, James Raley, 1873- person
correspondedWith Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 person
associatedWith Huntington (N.Y. : Town). Town Historian. corporateBody
associatedWith Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. person
associatedWith Kochno, Boris person
founderOf Kuhn, Loeb & Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Lee, Ivy L. (Ivy Ledbetter), 1877-1934. person
associatedWith Lees, Dorothy Nevile. person
associatedWith Lehman Brothers. corporateBody
associatedWith Liebling, Georg, 1865-1946. person
associatedWith MacKaye, Percy, 1875-1956. person
associatedWith McKee, Thomas person
associatedWith McKee, Thomas. person
associatedWith Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Meyer, Annie Nathan, 1867-1951. person
associatedWith Moldenhauer, Hans. person
associatedWith Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi evreiskii teatr imeni S.M. Mikhoelsa. corporateBody
associatedWith Navrátil, Karl, 1867-1936. person
associatedWith New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities. corporateBody
associatedWith Oko, Adolph S. (Adolph Sigmund), 1883-1944. person
associatedWith On the Square Publishing Company (Saint Paul, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Paramount Publix Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Parker, Horatio W. (Horatio William), 1863-1919. person
associatedWith Review of Reviews (New York, N. Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith R. Guastavino Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Sachs, Paul J., 1878-1965 person
associatedWith Samaroff, Olga, 1882-1948. person
associatedWith Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 person
associatedWith Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962, person
correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
associatedWith Walcott, Frederic Collin, 1869-1948. person
associatedWith Weinberger, Harry, 1888- person
correspondedWith Wendell family. family
correspondedWith Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Mannheim 01 DE
Manhattan NY US
Subject
Theater
Actors
Actresses
Art patronage
Art patrons
Arts
Bankers
Banks and banking, International
Business
History
Investment banking
Opera
Opera companies
Philanthropists
Political science
Railroad companies
Occupation
Art patrons
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Birth 1867-02-21

Death 1934-03-29

Americans

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German

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