181 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Art.

  1. Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz correspondence and related material, 1929-1947

    157 items. 2 containers. 0.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Artist, Georgia O'Keeffe, and photographer, Alfred Stieglitz. Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz to filmmaker Henwar Rodakiewicz, along with related printed and typed miscellany.

  2. Aaron Copland collection, 1841-1991

    around 400,000 items. 567 boxes. 306 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    The Aaron Copland Collection consists of published and unpublished music by Copland and other composers, correspondence, writings, biographical material, datebooks, journals, professional papers including legal and financial material, photographs, awards, art work, and books. Of particular interest is the correspondence with Nadia Boulanger, which extent over 50 years, and with his long-time friend, Harold Clurman. Other significant correspondents are Leonard Bernstein, Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, Carlos Chávez, David Diamond, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, Claire Reis, Arnold Schoenberg, Roger Sessions, and Virgil Thomson. The photographic collection of Copland's friend and confidant Victor Kraft, a professional photographer, forms part of the collection.

  3. Ernst Bacon collection, 1898-1990

    approximately 6,000 items. 54 boxes. 16 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Ernst Bacon was an American composer, pianist, and conductor. Largely a self-taught composer, Bacon also became an esteemed administrator and educator, serving as director of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Music Project in 1935 and later as composer-in-residence at Syracuse University from 1947-1963. The collection contains music, writings, correspondence, iconography, programs, clippings, publicity materials, and other miscellaneous items.

  4. Jascha Heifetz papers, 1786-1991

    approximately 17, 500 items. 280 boxes. 52 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Russian-American musician Jascha Heifetz was a virtuosic violinist who became a dedicated teacher. The collection includes his personal music library of original compositions, arrangements, and transcriptions. Concert programs document his performances from 1911 to 1974, and photographs, photo albums, and scrapbooks span the violinist's entire life. The correspondence contains letters from significant twentieth-century musical figures such as Leopold Auer, Benjamin Britten, Sergei Prokofiev, George Bernard Shaw, and Sir William Walton.

  5. Alexandra Danilova collection, 1920-2000

    4,500 items. 46 containers. 30 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Correspondence, writings, including a typescript of Danilova's memoirs titled Choura: The Memoirs of Alexandra Danilova, speeches and lectures, programs, printed material, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, artwork, photographs, and other papers relating to Danilova's career in dance primarily as a teacher at the School of American Ballet. Also includes material from her years with the de Basil Ballets Russes and the Denham Ballet Russe and from her touring company, Great Moments of Ballet.

  6. Dexter Gordon collection, circa 1940-1996

    approximately 7,550 items. 30 containers. 14 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and actor. The collection contains materials documenting his life and work, including biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, programs, clippings, business papers, scripts, awards, and honors. The collection also contains music composed by Gordon and others, including manuscript, holograph manuscript, printed, and photocopied scores, lead sheets, parts, and fragments of pieces. Many of the items are annotated.

  7. Linda Pershing "Ribbon around the Pentagon" collection, 1984-2018

    approximately 1,606 items. 8 containers. 4 linear feet. approximately 288 pages. 5 photographic prints : black-and-white ; 4 x 5 in., 5 x 7 in.. 131 photographic prints : color ; 3 1/2 x 5 in.. 971 photographic transparencies : color ; 35mm. 4 photographic transparencies : color ; 4 x 5 1/2 in.. 1 photographic negative : black-and-white ; 4 x 5 in.. 102 photographic negatives : color ; 35mm. 4 videocassettes (VHS) : analog. 50 audiocassettes : analog. 30 microcassettes : analog. 9 fabric panels : approximately 17 x 45 in.. 1 cleaning microcassette. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Collection of ethnographic research data about Justine Merritt's "Ribbon around the Pentagon" project and subsequent related events. Includes several original Ribbon panels, audio interviews with participants, photographs of various Ribbon project events, video of lectures and documentaries, questionnaire responses, and signed copies of publications written by the collector.

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  8. Frances Densmore papers, 1883-1957

    3,786 items. 23 containers. 12 linear feet. 9 scrapbooks. 11 boxes (9,500 pages). 76 lantern slides. 19 glass negatives. 5 photographic prints: black-and-white. 1 photograph: black-and-white, phonodeik; 38 feet. 1 drawing: birchbark. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Field notebooks, correspondence, lecture notes, manuscripts, scrapbooks, as well as visual material in photographic prints, lantern glass slides and glass plate negatives related to Frances Densmore's collection of Native American music and culture. The materials span 1883 to 1957. The papers include inventories of hundreds of recordings Densmore made over fifty years of studying and preserving American Indian music. The collection includes reprints of Densmore's publications, as well as writings by others. Also included in the collection is a "phonodeik" (a photographic visualization of sound) by Dayton C. Miller and a Chippewa birchbark drawing.

  9. John Philip Sousa collection, 1849-2004

    approximately 9,000 items. 96 containers. 14 mapcase folders. 48.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Though composer, arranger, and conductor John Philip Sousa is best known for his marches, his oeuvre also includes many songs, dances, overtures, suites, fantasies, and operettas, among others. The collection consists largely of holograph full scores for band and orchestra, but there are also some parts, sketches, and printed scores, as well as works by other composers. The business papers document the operations of John Philip Sousa, Inc., primarily after his death. The collection also includes photographs, book drafts, and miscellaneous items featuring Sousa and The Sousa Band.

  10. Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trust archive, 1895-2012

    approximately 108,000 items. 617 containers. 267 linear feet. 7 mapcase folders. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Composer George Gershwin (1898-1937) and his lyricist brother Ira (1896-1983) wrote some of the most significant American popular songs of the first half of the twentieth century. After George's untimely death in 1937, Ira worked with many other notable composers and diligently kept his brother's legacy alive. After Ira's death, his wife, Leonore, founded the Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trusts in 1987 to function as a philanthropic fund endowing organizations in areas such as the arts, education, and medical research. The Gershwin Trusts also handled day-to-day business concerning licensing and royalties, as well as innovating new Gershwin recording projects and new stage musicals. The Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trust materials include scores and parts, correspondence, photographs, programs, business and financial papers, clippings and serials, art work, posters, and promotional materials.

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