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BOX 142-168 MAPCASE 5 Visual Materials, 1888-1973
Chiefly formal and informal photographs of Serge, Olga, and Natalie Koussevitzky, and their family, relatives, friends and notable colleagues. The photographic materials also include slides, contact sheets, and negatives. The artwork includes Olga Koussevitzky's caricatures, drawings and sketches of Serge and Olga Koussevitzky, and photographs of paintings, drawings, and sculptures of Koussevitzky. Other materials include Tanglewood posters and architectural designs, and drawings and designs for the Koussevitzkys' property at Charpignat-Lac du Bourget, in France.
Arranged in four subseries: Photographs, Slides, and Negatives; Artwork; Posters; and Architectural and Landscape Designs.
BOX 142-155, 157-158, 161-168 Photographs, Slides, and Negatives, 1888-1968
Formal portraits and informal snapshots of Serge, Olga, and Natalie Koussevitzky, alone and with family, relatives, friends and colleagues. Includes photographs of Koussevitzky with the double bass, conducting orchestras, and in formal portraits with Boston Symphony Orchestra. Also includes photographs of Berkshire Music Center grounds, buildings and staff, and Koussevitzky homes.
Serge, Natalie and Olga Koussevitzky
BOX-FOLDER 143/4 Serge Koussevitzky (alone)
4 x 6 inches and smaller
Includes Tanglewood postcards and Koussevitzky's passport photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 143/2-3 Serge Koussevitzky (alone)
6 x 8 inches and smaller
(2 folders)
Formal portraits and informal shots taken in various settings.
BOX 142 Serge Koussevitzky (alone)
8 x 10 inches and slightly smaller
(10 folders)
Chiefly formal portraits, with some informal shots taken in both inside and outside settings. Folder 142/1 contains the earliest photographs of Koussevitzky in the archive, including one taken when he was fourteen-years-old.
BOX-FOLDER 157/1-3 Serge Koussevitzky (alone)
9 x 13 inches - 11 x 14 inches
(3 folders)
Chiefly formal portraits, with some informal shots taken in both inside and outside settings.
BOX-FOLDER 163/1-5 Serge Koussevitzky (alone)
14 x 18 inches and slightly smaller
(5 folders)
Formal portraits.
BOX 164 Serge Koussevitzky (alone), 1950
14 x 18 3⁄4 inches
17 photographs
Formal portraits by Lotte Neustein. Each portrait is matted within its own album.
BOX 165/1-7 Serge Koussevitzky (alone)
16 x 20 inches
7 photographs
Both formal and informal portraits on cardboard backing.
BOX-FOLDER 143/1 Serge Koussevitzky (alone)
8 x 10 inches
Formal portraits by Carl Van Vechten.
BOX-FOLDER 157/4 Serge Koussevitzky (alone)
11 x 14 inches
Formal portrait by Carl Van Vechten.
BOX-FOLDER 143/5 Serge Koussevitzky (alone--inscribed)
BOX-FOLDER 143/6-7 Serge Koussevitzky (alone, with double bass)
BOX-FOLDER 157/6 Serge Koussevitzky (alone, with double bass)
9 x 12 inches - 11 x 14 inches
BOX-FOLDER 163/6 Serge Koussevitzky (alone, with double bass)
14 x 18 inches and slightly smaller
BOX-FOLDER 143/13-14 Serge Koussevitzky (conducting)
5 x 7 inches and smaller
BOX-FOLDER 143/8-11 Serge Koussevitzky (conducting)
8 x 10 inches
BOX-FOLDER 157/5 Serge Koussevitzky (conducting)
9 x 12 inches - 11 x 14 inches
BOX-FOLDER 165/8 Serge Koussevitzky (conducting)
15 x 161⁄2 inches
BOX-FOLDER 143/12 Serge Koussevitzky (conducting)
An album containing photographs by Fred Fehl of Koussevitzky conducting.
BOX-FOLDER 157/9 Serge Koussevitzky with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
11 x 14 inches
Formal portraits.
BOX-FOLDER 165/9 Serge Koussevitzky with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1928-1929
12 x 181⁄4 inches
Publicity poster that includes names of the orchestra members.
BOX-FOLDER 165/9 Serge Koussevitzky taking a bow with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
8 x 181⁄4 inches
BOX-FOLDER 166/8 BOX-FOLDER 166/14 Rotogravure sections from the Boston Herald, Boston Sunday Globe, Boston Evening Transcript, and the Berkshire County Eagle regarding Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1924-1928, 1936-1948
Contains articles and photographs of Koussevitzky and the orchestra, includes names of the musicians.
BOX-FOLDER 144/3 Serge Koussevitzky conducting Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
BOX-FOLDER 144/1-2 Serge Koussevitzky conducting Juilliard Orchestra
BOX-FOLDER 157/10 Serge Koussevitzky with the Palestine Orchestra
On 9 1⁄2 x 12 1⁄2-inch board containing inscription to SK and musicians' signatures.
BOX-FOLDER 144/4 Serge Koussevitzky with orchestras
Includes a photograph of the Koussevitzky Symphony Orchestra (circa 1918).
BOX-FOLDER 144/10 Serge and Olga Koussevitzky, and others (unidentified), at the American Embassy Theater event, 1950
BOX-FOLDER 144/7 Serge Koussevitzky with the Army Band at Camp Edwards, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 165/10 Dinner to honor Serge Koussevitzky by the Beethoven Association, 1940
see also Barrère, Georges, and others (with SK)
Formal photograph of the attendees at dinner (12 x 191⁄2 inches).
BOX-FOLDER 144/14-18, 157/11 Serge and Olga Koussevitzky, and others, during trip to Brazil, 1949
Includes a travel album with ten photos of Rio de Janeiro scenes.
BOX-FOLDER 144/6 Serge Koussevitzky at the Haydn concert
Photographs showing Koussevitzky in period wig and costume.
BOX-FOLDER 144/5 Serge Koussevitzky at the Hollywood Bowl
BOX-FOLDER 144/11 Serge and Olga Koussevitzky, and others, in a visit to Israel
BOX-FOLDER 144/12 Serge and Olga Koussevitzky, and others, at Israel Philharmonic events, 1950-1951
Two different events.
BOX-FOLDER 165/10 Reception and supper in honor of Serge Koussevitzky and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 1951
Formal photograph of the attendees at supper (10 x 191⁄2 inches).
BOX-FOLDER 144/9 Serge Koussevitzky and others (unidentified) at Milwaukee event
BOX-FOLDER 144/13 Serge and Olga Koussevitzky, and others, at Russian conservatory in Paris, 1950
BOX-FOLDER 144/8 Serge Koussevitzky at the Weizmann reception, 1948
Accompanied by a letter from the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science.
BOX-FOLDER 144/19 Serge Koussevitzky with students
BOX-FOLDER 157/8 Serge Koussevitzky with young musicians
11 x 14 inches
BOX-FOLDER 144/20-22 BOX-FOLDER 163/7 Serge Koussevitzky, with others (unidentified), indoor settings
BOX-FOLDER 145/1-2 Serge Koussevitzky, with others (unidentified), outdoor settings
BOX-FOLDER 145/3 Serge Koussevitzky, with others (many unidentified), outdoors, possibly vacation shots, circa 1930
These informal photographs were taken, most likely, during various trips. Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Gabriel Paitchadze, Gregor Piatigorsky, Natalie Koussevitzky and Olga Naumov, among others, appear in shots. Includes a negative.
BOX-FOLDER 145/4 Serge Koussevitzky, with American composers and other musical artists, 1939 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 145/5 Barnett, John (with SK), circa 1949
BOX-FOLDER 145/6 Barrère, Georges, and others (with SK)
see also Dinner to honor Serge Koussevitzky by the Beethoven Association
The Board of Directors of the Beethoven Association, including Carleton Sprague Smith and Carlos Salzedo.
BOX-FOLDER 145/7 Bechtereff, Nina (with SK), 1928
BOX-FOLDER 145/8-10 Bernstein, Leonard (with SK)
see also Bernstein with OK and Bernstein alone
Includes formal and informal photographs in different sizes, from different years and various events. Many photographs include other people. One photograph is inscribed from Bernstein to Koussevitzky.
BOX-FOLDER 145/11 Biggs, E. Power (with SK)
BOX-FOLDER 145/12 Bloch, Ernest (with SK)
BOX-FOLDER 145/13 Brailowsky, Alexander, and others (with SK)
BOX-FOLDER 145/14 Britten, Benjamin (with SK)
BOX-FOLDER 145/14a Brown, Beatrice (with SK)
BOX-FOLDER 145/15 Bunin, Ivan and Vera (with SK), 1950
BOX-FOLDER 145/16 Cabot, Henry B. (with SK)
see also Cabot with OK and Cabot alone
BOX-FOLDER 145/17 Carvalho, Eleazar de (with SK)
see also Carvalho alone
BOX-FOLDER 145/17a Chaliapin, Scriabin, and Nikisch (with SK)
BOX-FOLDER 145/18 Contiguglia brothers (with SK)
BOX-FOLDER 145/19 Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague (with SK)
Inscribed to Koussevitzky.
BOX-FOLDER 145/20 Copland, Aaron (with SK)
see also Copland with OK and Copland alone
BOX-FOLDER 145/21 Damrosch, Walter, and others (with SK)
see also Damrosch alone
BOX-FOLDER 145/22 Downes, Olin (with SK)
see also Downes alone
BOX-FOLDER 145/23 Duke, Vernon and Gregor Piatigorsky (with SK)
BOX-FOLDER 145/24 Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (with SK and OK)
BOX-FOLDER 145/25 Elman, Mischa and Martinů Bohuslav (with SK)
BOX-FOLDER 145/26 Heifetz, Jascha (with SK)
BOX-FOLDER 145/27 Hindemith, Paul (with SK)
see also Hindemith alone
BOX-FOLDER 145/28 Lipkin, Seymour (with SK)
see also Lipkin with OK and Lipkin alone
BOX-FOLDER 145/29 Lopatnikoff, Nikolai (with SK)
see also Lopatnikoff alone
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