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|| About the Collection ||
The Mannes-Damrosch Collection comprises correspondence and other materials that documents the connections of two of America’s most significant musical families: the Mannes (music educator/violinist/conductor David and Clara Damrosch Mannes and their children Leopold and Marya Mannes) and members of the Damrosch family, including composer/violinist/conductor Leopold Damrosch and his sons, Frank and Walter, both conductors and educators. These materials complement two related collections in the Music Division: the Damrosch-Blaine Collection and the Damrosch-Tee Van Collection.
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1848-1986
- Bulk Dates
- 1900-1950
- Major Language(s)
- English, German
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 1700
- Number of Containers
- 36
- Linear Feet
- 12
- Contents
- Biographical materials, correspondence, writings, original and copyists’ music manuscripts, financial and legal papers, programs, scrapbooks and clippings, photographs, artwork, awards and a subject file.
- Processing History
- Processed in January 1995 and revised in March 1997
- Provenance
- The materials in the Mannes-Damrosch Collection were acquired by the Library of Congress as a gift of Marya Mannes in 1966 and gifts from her son, David Blow, in 1990 and 1991.
Access/Copyright
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
- Preferred Citation
- Mannes-Damrosch Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.