John Alden Carpenter collection, 1891-1961 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

Container	Contents

BOX 1, 10	Writings, circa 1913-1951
BOX 1, 10		Carpenter's program notes for various productions, typescript texts for songs and dramatic works that include emendations in Carpenter's hand, and writings by others, including a typescript entitled The Art of the Theatre by designer Robert Edmund Jones, who worked with Carpenter on a number of his stage productions, and a humorous illustrated book by Deems Taylor entitled Moments Mousical (1949), with drawings by Walter Kumme.
BOX 1, 10		Writings of John Alden Carpenter
BOX-FOLDER 1/4			"A Foreword to the Wise" (manuscript)
BOX-FOLDER 1/5			"Words of Wisdom" (typescript)
BOX-FOLDER 1/6			Program notes on Adventures in a Perambulator
BOX-FOLDER 1/7			Program notes on The Birthday of the Infanta
BOX-FOLDER 1/8			Program notes on Gitanjali
BOX-FOLDER 1/9			Program notes on Krazy Kat
BOX-FOLDER 1/10			Program notes onThe Seven Ages
BOX-FOLDER 10/2			Program notes on Skyscrapers
BOX 1		Writings of Others
			Jones, Robert Edmund
BOX-FOLDER 1/11				The Art of the Theatre
BOX-FOLDER 1/11					[typescript]
			Koo, T. Z. (compiler)
BOX-FOLDER 1/12				Songs of Cathay: An anthology of songs current in various parts of China among her people Shanghai, China: The Association Press, undated
			Pierson, Thomas C.
BOX-FOLDER 1/13				John Alden Carpenter. Dissertation proposal, Eastman School of Music, Nov. 1951
			Taylor, Deems
BOX-FOLDER 1/14				Moments Mousical. Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 1949
BOX-FOLDER 1/14					Drawings by Walter Kumme.
			Young, Stark
BOX-FOLDER 1/15				Somebody's Saint
BOX-FOLDER 1/15					[typescript]
BOX-FOLDER 1/16			Birthday of the Infanta, text excerpts
BOX-FOLDER 1/16				Manuscript and typescript
BOX-FOLDER 1/17			Hyacinth, incomplete text
BOX-FOLDER 1/17				Typescript
BOX-FOLDER 1/18			Khaki Sammy
BOX-FOLDER 1/18				Typescript with pencil emendations in hand of Carpenter
BOX-FOLDER 1/19			Song of Faith, text
BOX-FOLDER 1/19				Typescript with title and attribution in hand of Carpenter
BOX-FOLDER 1/20			Miscellaneous poetry texts
BOX-FOLDER 1/20				Manuscript and typescript
BOX 2-3	Correspondence, 1910-1940s
BOX 2-3		Includes correspondence from Carpenter to his second wife Ellen Borden and correspondence to and from Carpenter by various colleagues and friends, including a considerable amount between Carpenter and his publisher, G. Schirmer.
BOX 2-3		Letters from John Alden Carpenter to Ellen Carpenter
BOX 2-3			Arranged either by category or chronologically.
			Letters by Category
				Arranged according to categories devised by Ellen Carpenter (formerly Mrs. Waller Borden).
BOX-FOLDER 2/1				"Imagery and Humor"
BOX-FOLDER 2/2-3				"Interest and Ideas"
BOX-FOLDER 2/4				"Referring to Music"
			Letters by Year
				Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 2/5				1910-1922
BOX-FOLDER 2/6-7				1923
BOX-FOLDER 2/8-9				1924
BOX-FOLDER 2/10-12				1925
BOX-FOLDER 2/13				1926
BOX-FOLDER 3/1				1927
BOX-FOLDER 3/2				1928
BOX-FOLDER 3/3				1929-1930
BOX-FOLDER 3/4				1931-1935
BOX-FOLDER 3/5-7				undated
BOX 3		Letters to John Alden Carpenter
BOX 3			Arranged alphabetically by name.
			American Institute of Arts and Letters see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
			Barrère, Georges see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961
BOX-FOLDER 3/8			Benedek, Theodore Alfred
BOX-FOLDER 3/9			Biancolli, [?]
BOX-FOLDER 3/10			Bloch, Joseph
			Cadman, Charles Wakefield see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
			Cameron, Basil see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942
			Chadwick, George Whitefield see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
BOX-FOLDER 3/11			Chasins, Abram
			Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942
BOX-FOLDER 3/12			Copland, Aaron
BOX-FOLDER 3/13			Damrosch, Walter See also: Scrapbook, 1943-1961
			De Lamarter, Eric see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942
BOX-FOLDER 3/14			Dumesnil, Maurice
			Engel, Carl see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
BOX-FOLDER 3/15			Fisher, Renée B.
BOX-FOLDER 3/16			Flagler, Harry H.
BOX-FOLDER 3/26-27			G. Schirmer, Inc.
			Gilman, Lawrence see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942
			Gold, Julius see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
BOX-FOLDER 3/17			Golschmann, Vladimir See also: Scrapbook, 1914-1942
BOX-FOLDER 3/18			Grainger, Percy Aldridge See also: Scrapbook, 1943-1961
			Gunn, Glenn Dillard see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
			Harvard University see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
			Hasselmann, C. see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
BOX-FOLDER 3/18a			Hurlbut, Byron Satterlee
			Janssen, Werner see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942 see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961
BOX-FOLDER 3/19			Jones, Robert Edmund
			Kernochan, Marshall see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942
BOX-FOLDER 3/20			Kindler, Hans
			Koussevitzky, Serge see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961
			Lewis, [John?] Hamilton see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
BOX-FOLDER 3/21			MacKinnon, Douglas A.
BOX-FOLDER 3/22			Massine, Leonide
BOX-FOLDER 3/23			Mueller, Herb
BOX-FOLDER 3/24			N., "Hump" T.
			Piatigorsky, Gregor see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961
			Rodzinski, Artur see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961
BOX-FOLDER 3/25			Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
			Schirmer, G. see G. Schirmer, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 3/28			Serkin, Rudolf
BOX-FOLDER 3/28				(to Mrs. Carpenter)
			Sousa, John Philip see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961
BOX-FOLDER 3/29			Stock, Frederick A. See also: Scrapbook, 1914-1942
BOX-FOLDER 3/30			Stokowski, Leopold See also: Scrapbook, 1943-1961 See also: Degree certificates from: American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, IL
			Stone, John Timothy see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942
BOX-FOLDER 3/31			Swarthout, Gladys
			U. S. George Washington Bicentennial Commission see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942
BOX-FOLDER 3/32			University of Rochester See also: Scrapbook, 1943-1961
			Walter, Bruno see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942
			Young, Steve see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
			Ziehn, Bernard see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
			Ziehn, Emma see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933
BOX 4-9 MAPCASE 3	Music, 1904-1951
BOX 4-9 MAPCASE 3		Includes primarily holograph manuscripts of Carpenter's songs, chamber and orchestral pieces, and dramatic works. Many of his printed scores feature holograph annotations or alterations. Selected scores are cataloged and shelved under ML96.C274, ML96.5.C33, ML96.N22c, ML29c.C3, and ML96.D42 and are indicated as such in this finding aid.
BOX 4-8 MAPCASE 3		Manuscripts, 1913-1949
BOX 4-8 MAPCASE 3			Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 4/1			About my garden
BOX-FOLDER 4/1				Holograph score ; [2] p.
				MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
BOX-FOLDER 4/2			Ad domnulam suam
BOX-FOLDER 4/2				Holograph score, incomplete ; [1] p.
				On p. 1: May 1913.
				MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
			Adventures in a perambulator
				Holograph score, revised version ; 105 p.
				see ML96.C274
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