Administrative Information
Provenance
Purchase, Music Division, 2000.
In June 2022, Lisa Hooper transferred a letter from Aurelio de la Vega to Lukas Foss dated 1963 September 14 on behalf of the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library at Tulane University. The provenance of the letter prior to Tulane University is unknown.
Accruals
No further accruals expected.
Processing History
The Lukas Foss Papers were processed by Lina Terjesen, Daniel Sanchez, Kelly Cornett, and Christopher Hartten in January 2011. The finding aid was coded for EAD by Christopher Hartten in 2012.
Related Material
The Library of Congress Music Division holds several collections that contain material related to Lukas Foss. The USIA Artistic Ambassador Program Musical Commissions (ML31.U72) contains a holograph manuscript of Foss' Central Park Reel. The Louise Talma Papers (ML31.T34) contain holograph manuscript scores for numerous Foss compositions, as well as correspondence from the composer. The following collections hold additional materials: Leonard Bernstein Collection (ML31.B49) ; Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation Collection (ML29j.C66) ; Aaron Copland Collection (ML31.C7) ; Sidney Robertson Cowell Collection (ML31.C78) ; David Diamond Papers; Irving Fine Collection (ML31.F5) ; Roy Harris Papers (ML31.H37) ; Jascha Heifetz Collection (ML31.H4) ; Serge Koussevitzky Archive (ML31.K66) ; Boris Koutzen Collection (ML31.K68) ; Nikolai Lopatnikoff Collection (ML31.L6) ; Moldenhaur Archives at the Library of Congress (ML31.M6) ; Artur Rodzinski Collection (ML31.R64) ; and Nicolas Slonimsky Collection (ML31.S6) . In addition, the Marian MacDowell Papers in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division contain Foss correspondence.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Lukas Foss Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.