Greta Hartwig Manschinger and Kurt Manschinger (Ashley Vernon) Papers, 1896-1986
15.72 cubic ft.
This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, opera librettos, songs, short stories, novels, sketches, and critical reviews. It also has personal family papers of Kurt (Ashley Vernon) and Greta Hartwig Manschinger, paintings and writings by and other records from Greta's sister Mela Hartwig and her husband Robert Spira, audio recordings, scores, and sheet music, as well as audio recordings of performances.
1 result
Kendrick Philander Shedd papers, 1889-1953
11 boxesThe Kendrick Philander Shedd Papers include correspondence about his resignation from the University of Rochester faculty for socialist sympathies; reminiscences of the socialist movement in Milwaukee, 1915; personal scrapbooks and autobiography; as well as published and unpublished writings. There are also scrapbooks of minutes, correspondence, and clippings on Socialist Educational Federation of Rochester, sponsored by the Progressive Working People's Lyceum and Local Rochester, Socialist Party, 1914; letters and papers concerning the Rochester Socialist Sunday School and Young People's Socialist League; scrapbooks about the Social Center at School No. 9, Rochester, 1908-10; and a defense of Shedd by Lloyd Somers, with exhibits.
1 result
Serge Prokofiev Archive, circa 1899-2012
294 linear feet
Serge Prokofiev (1891–1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and conductor, and seminal figure in the history of twentieth-century music. The Serge Prokofiev Archive (SPA) contains 58 original music manuscripts and over 10,000 letters and documents primarily from 1918-1936, the years Prokofiev spent in the West. The SPA also includes an expansive collection of music manuscript copies, published scores, concert programs, scholarly books and articles, photographs, and audio and video material, making it the premier research collection for studying Prokofiev's life, work and legacy.
1 result
Sylvia Marlowe papers, scores and recordings, 1941-1993
6.2 Cubic Feet
Harpsichordist Sylvia Marlowe (1908-1981) contributed to popularizing harpsichord music and promoting new works for the harpsichord in the twentieth century. The collection includes personal correspondence, photographs, clippings and programs, contracts and wills, analog audio reels of important albums Marlowe recorded, and a set of scores of classical pieces set in contemporary popular arrangements composed for Marlowe. The collection also contains correspondence and documents relating to the Harpsichord Music Society (founded by Marlowe) and Kenneth Cooper, its director.
1 result
Limit your search
- Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester2
- Berman, Leonid, 1896-19761
- Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library1
- Cooper, Kenneth1
- Craft, Robert (Robert Lawson) (1923-10-20-2015-11-10)1
- Grain, Corney, 1844-18951
- M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives1
- Marlowe, Sylvia1
- Prokofiev, Serge, 1891-1953.1
- Shedd, Kendrick P. (Kendrick Philander), 1866-19531
- Correspondence✖[remove]5
- Photographs5
- Scores✖[remove]5
- Albums (Books)1
- Art1
- Audiotapes1
- Ballet1
- Band work1
- Chamber/instrumental work1
- Clippings1