Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift; Hans Moldenhauer
Bequest; Hans Moldenhauer; 1987
Gift; Mary Moldenhauer; 1988-
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
Jon Newsom and Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford led processing of the Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress in the 1990s with the assistance of Susannah Lyson, Linda Fairtile, Gail Miller, Michael O'Brien, Ann Silverberg, Margaret Ball, Esperanza Barrocal, Christine Bisacco, Gregory Capaldini, Betsy Dean, Evelyn Donnelly, Dee Gallo, Marcelo Hazan, Chun-Zen Huang, and Alejandro Muzio. Library staff assisted through their expert knowledge of languages and subjects: Carol Armbruster (French), E. Paul Frank (Hungarian), Grant Harris (European languages), George Kovtun (Czech), Everette E. Larson (Hispanic Literature), Kevin LaVine (Russian), and David Skelly (Russian). Wilda Heiss was instrumental in converting the inventory into a DOS database.
In 2021, Jane Cross processed and described the Segovia, Briskman, and oversized items that were stacked loose on the shelf, and then added those new boxes at the end of the collection. She also ensured that Conservation created phase boxes for several shelf items that required housing, then returned them to the shelf where she found them. Conservation also assisted with placing the large, framed paintings upright in the rack (location "Artwork"), and then updated the finding aid accordingly. Cross added links to entries with digital surrogates availalbe online.
As a telework project in 2021, Rachel McNellis updated the finding for most entries. Nearly all of the description was located in the title field, necessitating that she separate this information into title, date, physical description, and different types of amplifying notes. She also removed all abbreviations. All told, McNellis edited 3,425 entries in the XML document, bringing the finding aid up to current EAD3 and Music Division style standards.
Transfers
Two analog cassettes, nine acetate discs (and tape copies), and thirteen open reel audiotapes from the Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress have been transferred to the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, where they are identified as part of the Hans Moldenhauer Audio Materials (MAVIS collection no. 6373). An inventory of these materials are available in Appendix A.
Other Repositories
In addition to the Library of Congress, eight other insitutions hold substantial amounts of materials from the Moldenhauer Archives: in the United States, at Harvard University, Northwestern University, Washington State University, and Whitworth College; the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel; the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich; the Zentralbibliothek in Zurich; and the Stadtarchiv und Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna.
Related Material
Materials purchased using Moldenhauer Archives Foundation at the Library of Congress funds are cataloged in ML31.M62.
Online Content
Digitized images are available via links from this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.