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    Belle Brown collection, 1865-1912 Belle Brown was an American soprano who had a brief operatic career abroad around the turn of the twentieth century. Although little biographical information exists about her, the contents of this collection document her relationships with prominent and respected European performers of the day. She studied with many celebrated performers and pedagogues, including Désirée Artôt, Pauline Lucca, and Jean and Edouard de Reszke. The...
    • Contributor: Brown, Belle
    • Date: 1865
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    Muriel Rukeyser papers, 1844-1986 Poet and biographer. Part I contains correspondence, diaries, appointment books, drafts, notes and notebooks, typescripts, proofs, production material, printed matter, and miscellaneous items relating to Rukeyser's literary contributions in the fields of biography, poetry, and translation, her public speeches and classroom lectures, and her commitment to social protest in support of human rights. Part II supplements the material in Part I and includes holograph...
    • Contributor: Rukeyser, Muriel
    • Date: 1844
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    Gertrude Quastler and Henry Quastler papers, 1895-1965 Gertrude Quastler, painter and printmaker; and her husband, Henry Quastler, radiologist known for applying information theory to the field of biology. Correspondence, photographs, biographical material, notes, price lists, receipts, clippings, and printed matter pertaining to Gertrude’s art and exhibitions, Henry’s medical career and research activities, and their personal lives.
    • Contributor: Quastler, Gertrude
    • Date: 1895
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    Arthur family papers, 1817-1972 Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, writings, printed matter, clippings, and miscellaneous material chiefly of Chester Alan Arthur II (1864-1937), sportsman and rancher, and Chester Alan ("Gavin") Arthur III (1901-1972), author and bohemian, son and grandson respectively of President Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886).
    • Date: 1817
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    Serge Koussevitzky archive, 1880-1978 Serge Koussevitzky was a Russian-born conductor, composer, and double bassist. The archive includes correspondence, personal and business papers, photographs, writings, clippings, scrapbooks, programs, and other materials which serve as a record of Koussevitzky's life and career, and 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...
    • Contributor: Koussevitzky, Olga - Koussevitzky, Serge
    • Date: 1880
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    German national music collection, 1846-1974 The German National Music Collection primarily contains manuscript and published sheet music, songbooks, and lyric sheets related to and written for the German armed forces, with the largest majority of this material having been published during the period of the Third Reich (1933-1945).
    • Contributor: Hill, Richard S. (Richard Synyer)
    • Date: 1846
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    Amos Pinchot papers, 1856-1945 Lawyer and publicist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, notebooks, printed articles, speeches, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and other printed material reflecting Pinchot's interests in civil liberties, labor problems, government, and politics.
    • Contributor: Pinchot, Amos
    • Date: 1856
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    George S. Kaufman and Anne Kaufman Schneider papers, circa 1892-1998 George S. Kaufman was an American playwright, producer, director, drama critic, and humorist. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, scripts, and other materials related to his career. His daughter, Anne Kaufman Schneider (b. 1925), remained active in preserving Kaufman's legacy well into the 1990s. Her correspondence related to these efforts and family photographs are also included in the collection.
    • Contributor: Kaufman, George S. (George Simon)
    • Date: 1892
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    J. Robert Oppenheimer papers, 1799-1980 Physicist and director of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, lectures, writings, desk books, lectures, statements, scientific notes, and photographs chiefly comprising Oppenheimer's personal papers while director of the Institute for Advanced Study but reflecting only incidentally his administrative work there. Topics include theoretical physics, development of the atomic bomb, the relationship between government and science, nuclear energy, security,...
    • Date: 1799
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    Roger L. Stevens papers, 1863-2002 Roger Lacey Stevens (1910-1998) was an American theatrical producer and financial backer with more than 200 shows to his credit; an arts administrator who served as the founding chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the first chair of both the National Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts; and founder, executive officer, and shareholder...
    • Contributor: Ross, Nancy Wilson - Albery, Nobuko - Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy - Smith, Oliver Lemuel - Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) - Rice, Elmer - Prince, Harold - Stevens, Christine - Stevens, Roger L. - Albery, Donald ... Ross, Nancy Wilson - Albery, Nobuko - Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy - Smith, Oliver Lemuel - Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) - Rice, Elmer - Prince, Harold - Stevens, Christine - Stevens, Roger L. - Albery, Donald - Pinter, Harold - Schmidt, Lars - Wax, Emmanuel - Peck, Gregory - Karlweis, Ninon Tallon - Kroll, Lucy - Beaumont, Hugh
    • Date: 1863
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    Samuel Dash papers, 1748-2004 Lawyer, educator, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, legal material and opinions, writings, speeches, engagement file, teaching file, organization and committee file, clippings, photographs, appointment calendars, and other papers relating primarily to Dash's legal career after 1964, and more particularly his role in governmental investigations.
    • Contributor: Dash, Samuel
    • Date: 1748
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    Artur Schnabel collection, 1899-1950 Artur Schnabel was an Austrian-born American pianist, pedagogue, and composer. The collection chiefly consists of music manuscript scores of Schnabel’s compositions. The manuscripts are all, with the exception of a single copyist’s score, in Schnabel’s hand, and represent his compositional essays in a variety of genres, from solo song (voice and piano) to symphonic works. The collection also contains an early published edition of...
    • Contributor: Schnabel, Artur
    • Date: 1899
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    Minna Lederman Daniel collection, 1896-1993 Minna Lederman Daniel was an American writer and editor who specialized in music and dance. A major influence on 20th century music, she was a founding member of the League of Composers, a group of musicians and proponents of modern music. She helped launch the League’s magazine, The League of Composers’ Review (later called Modern Music), which was the first American journal to manifest...
    • Contributor: Cage, John - Lederman, Minna - Oja, Carol J. - Thomson, Virgil - Copland, Aaron
    • Date: 1896
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    Oswald Veblen papers, 1881-1960 Mathematician. Correspondence, diaries, subject files, articles, book reviews, drafts of books, lecture notebooks, financial papers, and miscellany relating primarily to Veblen's work and research in pure mathematics and mathematical physics and reflecting his association with Princeton University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., and the American Mathematical Society. Also includes material relating to Veblen's efforts on behalf of displaced German scholars and...
    • Contributor: Veblen, Oswald
    • Date: 1881
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    George and Böske Antheil papers, circa 1875-1984 George Antheil was a composer, pianist, author and inventor. The collection consists of materials related to the professional and personal activities of George Antheil and his wife, Elizabeth (Böske) Antheil. It contains holograph music manuscripts, printed scores, published and unpublished writings, business and personal correspondence, subject files, photographs, programs and promotional materials, scrapbooks, artwork, biographical materials, and memorabilia which document the life of this...
    • Contributor: Antheil, George - Antheil, Böske
    • Date: 1875
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    Grant Richards collection of A.E. Housman material, 1898-1947 British author and publisher. Correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, galley and page proofs, newspaper clippings, printed material, and musical scores pertaining primarily to Richards's biography of A. E. Housman.
    • Contributor: Richards, Grant
    • Date: 1898
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    Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation collection, 1894-1953 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge was a composer, pianist, and patron of music. In 1925, she created the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation at the Library of Congress in support of chamber music. The collection contains Coolidge's correspondence to and from many of the prominent musical artists of the first half of the twentieth century. Extensive correspondence between Coolidge and Library of Congress librarians and administrators is...
    • Contributor: Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague
    • Date: 1894
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    William D. Leahy papers, 1897-1959 Naval officer, diplomat, and governor of Puerto Rico. Diaries, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Leahy's naval and diplomatic career.
    • Contributor: Leahy, William D.
    • Date: 1897
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    George W. Mixter papers, 1855-1946 Navigation researcher and consulting engineer. Correspondence, writings, notes, lectures, ship’s papers, problem sets, calculations, maps, and other papers chiefly relating to Mixter’s contributions to the study of navigation.
    • Contributor: Mixter, George W. (George Webber)
    • Date: 1855
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    William Edward Dodd papers, 1895-1955 Historian and diplomat. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, autobiographical notes, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Dodd's work as an author, professor of history at the University of Chicago, and ambassador to Germany.
    • Contributor: Dodd, William E. (William Edward)
    • Date: 1895
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    Sol M. Linowitz papers, 1778-1999 Lawyer, businessman, diplomat, and consultant to United States presidents. Diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, interviews, an oral history, organizational records, reports, photographs, printed matter, clippings, and travel files documenting Linowitz's career as an attorney, executive for Xerox Corporation, ambassador to the Organization of American States, co-negotiator of the Panama Canal treaties, and presidential representative to Middle East peace negotiations.
    • Contributor: Linowitz, Sol M.
    • Date: 1778
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    Edna St. Vincent Millay papers, 1832-1992 Poet and writer. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary drafts, legal documents, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, theatrical playbills, reports, printed material, and family papers relating to Millay's life, family, and literary career.
    • Contributor: Millay, Edna St. Vincent
    • Date: 1832
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    F. Holland Day papers, 1793-2010 Photographer and publisher. Correspondence, letterbooks, family papers, writings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Day's life and his work as a pictorialist photographer and co-founder of the Copeland and Day publishing company.
    • Contributor: Day, F. Holland (Fred Holland)
    • Date: 1793
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    Herman Langinger music publishing files, 1889-1972 Herman Langinger was a music engraver, printer, and editor for New Music Society of California and other influential music publishers. The collection contains pre-publication and published music materials, including annotated manuscript and holograph scores and proof copies, as well as correspondence with composers and publishing associates. It also includes a comprehensive run of published editions from New Music and various editions from other publishers...
    • Contributor: Varèse, Edgard - Chávez, Carlos - Schoenberg, Arnold - Ives, Charles - Cowell, Henry - Cage, John - Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario - Ruggles, Carl - Toch, Ernst - Langinger, Herman
    • Date: 1889
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    Robert Lansing papers, 1831-1935 Lawyer, diplomat, secretary of state during the Wilson administration, and member of the American mission to negotiate a peace treaty following World War I. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, resolutions, desk diaries, book manuscripts, speeches, scrapbooks, clippings, printed material, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Lansing's years (1914-1920) as counsel to the Department of State and as secretary of state and particularly to American...
    • Contributor: Lansing, Robert
    • Date: 1831