Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift; from daughter Lotte Klemperer; 1980-1989 and 2003.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The Otto Klemperer Archive was processed by William Nelson, technician, and Wilda Heiss, music specialist, in 2005. Nancy Seeger coded the finding aid for EAD format in 2010.
Transfers
The sound recordings, video recordings, and films were transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division in the Library of Congress where they are identified as the Otto Klemperer Archive Collection (MAVIS no. 1493).
A portion of the music-related printed books were cataloged separately and shelved in the general collections of the Library of Congress, Music Division.
A portion of the non-music printed books were transferred to the Anglo-American Acquisition Division, Exchange Program, Library of Congress.
Other Repositories
Additional materials pertaining to Otto Klemperer may be available at the following institutions: California State University, Music Library, Los Angeles, California; Juilliard School, Lila Acheson Wallace Library, Lonny Epstein Collection, New York; Leo Baeck Institute, New York; Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Gustav Mahler Archiv, Archiv Eleonore Vondenhoff, Frankfurt; Zentralbibliothek, Zurich; Deutsches Literaturarchive, Kroll Archiv, Hans Curjel; Santa Monica College, Music Dept., Santa Monica, California; and Royal Academy of Music, London.
Related Material
Additional materials pertaining to Otto Klemperer may be found in the Moldenhauer Archive, Music Division, Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress Music Division also contains a small collection of correspondence to and from Otto Klemperer shelved separately under ML94.K55.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Otto Klemperer Archive, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.