Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation collection, 1894-1953 |
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Span Dates | 1894-1953 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1920-1953) |
Call No. | ML29 |
Creator | Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague, 1864-1953 |
Extent | 56,680 items |
Extent | 109 containers |
Extent | 48.50 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu012012 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2012562124 |
Summary | Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge was a composer, pianist, and patron of music. In 1925, she created the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation at the Library of Congress in support of chamber music. The collection contains Coolidge's correspondence to and from many of the prominent musical artists of the first half of the twentieth century. Extensive correspondence between Coolidge and Library of Congress librarians and administrators is also included. The remaining materials in the collection, including photographs, scrapbooks, business papers, programs, publicity materials, iconography, realia, and clippings, are available for research and will be incorporated into the finding aid at a later date. Music manuscripts of works commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge or the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress comprise a substantial portion of the collection and are cataloged individually. |