Scope and Content Note
Materials from the Louis Kaufman Collection span the period 1925 to 2008. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence to Louis and Annette Kaufman from prominent musical and artistic figures of the 20th century, including Milton Avery, Samuel Barber, Robert Russell Bennett, David Burliuk, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Carlos Chávez, Aaron Copland, David Diamond, Olin Downes, Vernon Duke (Vladimir Dukelsky), Albert Einstein, Gerald Finzi, Morton Gould, Jonathan Griffin, Bernard Herrmann, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Bohuslav Martinů, Darius Milhaud, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Walter Piston, Quincy Porter, Francis Poulenc, George Rochberg, Miklós Rózsa, Henri Sauguet, William Grant Still, Ernst Toch, Alice B. Toklas, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The correspondence also reflects the Kaufmans’ involvement with art collecting and lending to various art galleries and museums, as well as their philanthropic activities with important artists.
The subject files relate to individuals or organizations of personal or professional interest to Louis and Annette Kaufman. The programs contain printed concert programs for performances by Louis and Annette Kaufman, and for concerts they attended. Nineteen scrapbooks compiled by the Kaufmans document their professional music activities. The photographs include publicity shots and candid photographs of Louis and Annette Kaufman, and photographs of their friends and colleagues from the music world. The collection also includes publicity posters, an award, and a bronze bust of Ernst Toch.