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Papers of Frank Damrosch and Other Damrosch Family Members, 1836-1969 (continued)
Correspondence of Frank Damrosch, 1881-1942 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 5/37 Yale University, 1904-1937
BOX-FOLDER 5/38 Ysaÿe, Eugène, undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/23 Unidentified
Correspondence of Other Damrosch Family Members, 1888-1959
This subseries includes letters to and from family members. There is also correspondence from Georges Barrère, Teresa Carreño, Pablo Casals, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek (regarding John Tee Van's zoo pandas), and John D. Rockefeller. Many of these are condolence letters received after Frank Damrosch's death, while others reveal more familiar relationships.
Arranged alphabetically by author, then chronologically therein.
Adams, Frank S.
see New York Times
BOX-FOLDER 5/39 Aiken, Robert, 1919
BOX-FOLDER 5/40 Aldrich, Markska, 1908
BOX-FOLDER 5/41 Alten, Bella, 1905
BOX-FOLDER 5/42 Barrère, Georges, undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/43 Bornn, Hugo, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 5/44 Carreño, Teresa, 1910
BOX-FOLDER 5/45 Casals, Pablo, undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/46 Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame, 1947
BOX-FOLDER 5/47 Clark-Kerr, Archibald, 1947
BOX-FOLDER 5/48 Damrosch, Frank Jr., 1912
BOX-FOLDER 5/49-51 Damrosch, Helene, 1888-1889 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/52 Damrosch, Hetty Mosenthal, undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/53 Damrosch, Walter, 1929-1934 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/54 Dethier, Edouard, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 6/1 Engel, Carl, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 6/2 Fremstad, Olive, 1910 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 6/3 Goodrich, Wallace, undated
BOX-FOLDER 6/4 Heimburg, Marie von, undated
BOX-FOLDER 6/5 Koussevitzky, Serge, 1942
BOX-FOLDER 6/6 Krehbiel, Henry Edward, undated
BOX-FOLDER 6/7 Leschetizky, Theodore, 1906
BOX-FOLDER 6/8 Mannes, Clara Damrosch, 1888-1889 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 6/9 Mason, Daniel Gregory, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 6/10 Mitchell, Grant, undated
BOX-FOLDER 6/11 New York Times, 1959
BOX-FOLDER 6/12 Paderewski, Ignacy Jan, 1908
BOX-FOLDER 6/13 Pendleton, Lillian Blauvelt, 1903
BOX-FOLDER 6/14 Powell, John, 1915
BOX-FOLDER 6/15 Pratt, Waldo Selden, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 6/16 Reese, Gustave, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 6/17 Reszke, Jean de, undated
BOX-FOLDER 6/18 Rockefeller, John D. Jr., 1910-1937
BOX-FOLDER 6/19 Rodin, Auguste, 1901
BOX-FOLDER 6/20 Scharwenka, Xaver, 1910
BOX-FOLDER 6/21 Schuman, William, 1946
BOX-FOLDER 6/22-23 Seymour, Elizabeth Damrosch, 1888-1889, 1929
BOX-FOLDER 6/24 Sheridan, Frank, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 6/25 Thompson, Oscar, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 6/27 Westminster Choir College, 1942
Williamson, John Finlay
see Westminster Choir College
BOX-FOLDER 6/26 Unidentified, undated
Writings
This series contains writings by Frank and Walter Damrosch.
Arranged alphabetically by author, then title therein.
Damrosch, Frank
BOX-FOLDER 6/28 Hail orpheus...
Poem
BOX-FOLDER 6/29-31 Some essentials in the teaching of music
Contents:
  • Manuscript
  • Typescript
  • Untitled poem, signed by Frank, Walter, and Marie
Damrosch, Walter
BOX-FOLDER 6/32 The Scarlet Letter, 1906
Libretto
Note: Published by Transatlantic
Music, 1887-1939
This subseries contains works composed by Frank Damrosch and Alex Guilmant.
Arranged alphabetically by composer and title therein.
Damrosch, Frank
BOX-FOLDER 10/6 Her answer, 1887
Holograph piano-vocal score
BOX-FOLDER 6/33 Right makes might, 1939
Arranged by Kenneth Downing
Chorus score for mixed voices, 4 parts
G. Schirmer
BOX-FOLDER 6/34 Right makes might, 1939
Arranged by Kenneth Downing
Chorus score for women's voices, 3 parts
G. Schirmer
BOX-FOLDER 6/35 Sea, mountain, and prairie, 1900
Chorus score for mixed voices, 4 parts
G. Schirmer
BOX-FOLDER 6/36 Song of New York, 1903
Chorus score for unison voices, optional second part
G. Schirmer
Guilmant, Alex
BOX-FOLDER 10/7 Trope ou séquence en l'honneur de Ste. Cecile, undated
Holograph piano-vocal score
Legal and Financial Papers, 1836-1914
Certificates, passports, a receipt, and a wedding announcement comprise the Legal and Financial Papers series.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 10/8 Colorado National Guard, 1885
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 10/9 Damrosch, Frank, 1897
Passport
BOX-FOLDER 6/40 Damrosch, Frank and Hetty, 1888
Wedding announcement
BOX-FOLDER 6/39 Damrosch, Frank and Walter, 1891
Passports
BOX-FOLDER 10/10 Damrosch, Helen, 1914
Passport
BOX-FOLDER 6/38 Damrosch, Helene 1836
Birth certificate
BOX-FOLDER 6/37 Museum of the City of New York, undated
Receipt
Programs, 1867-1963
This subseries contains programs for concerts and events the Damrosch family attended or that Frank Damrosch conducted.
Arranged alphabetically by organization or event and chronologically therein.
BOX-FOLDER 7/1 Chamber Orchestra of Boston, 1931
BOX-FOLDER 7/2 Walter Damrosch, Golden Jubilee, 1935
BOX-FOLDER 7/3 Denver Chorus Club, 1883
BOX-FOLDER 7/4 Dinner given in honor of Signor Giulio Gatti-Casazza and Signor Arturo Toscanini, 1908
BOX-FOLDER 10/11 Festival of the Trinity Choirs, 1867
BOX-FOLDER 10/12 Fourth Symphony Concert for Young People, 1906
BOX-FOLDER 7/5 Kneisel Quartet's 25th anniversary supper, 1885
BOX-FOLDER 7/6 Kreisler's fiftieth birthday dinner, 1925
BOX-FOLDER 7/7 Mendelssohn Glee Club, 1906
BOX-FOLDER 7/8 Metropolitan Opera House, The man without a country, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 7/9 New York Symphony, undated
BOX-FOLDER 10/13 Oratorio Society of New York's 90th anniversary dinner, 1963
BOX-FOLDER 7/10-14 People's Choral Union of New York, 1908, 1917, 1928-1929, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 7/15 Seidl, Anton, memorial services, 1898
BOX-FOLDER 7/16 Sembrich, Marcella, 25th anniversary dinner, 1909
Note: Includes signatures of Enrico Caruso (with signed caricature of Frank Damrosch), Geraldine Farrar, H. E. Krehbiel, Gustav Mahler, Antonio Scotti, and Marcella Sembrich
Scrapbooks, 1904-1937
This subseries consists of two largely deteriorated scrapbooks.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 Frank Damrosch scrapbook, 1904-1935 and undated
Fragments and loose clippings
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 Obituary scrapbook, 1937
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