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BOX 1-2 |
Correspondence, 1921-2004
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This series consists mainly of professional correspondence from Oppenheim's career
with Columbia Records as well as his time as the Dean of the Tisch School of the
Arts at New York University. Personal correspondence between Oppenheim and his
family and friends, primarily from his years of military service during World War
Two, can also be found in this series. Of note is correspondence between Oppenheim
and a number of prominent conductors, composers, and musicians, including Sir
Thomas Beecham, Leonard Bernstein, Pablo Casals, Alexander Schneider, and Igor
Stravinsky. Other notable names include President Richard Nixon and former New
York City mayor Ed Koch. The miscellaneous correspondence includes a small amount
of newspaper clippings that colleagues sent to Oppenheim. Select correspondence in
this series contains Nazi symbols and paraphernalia. |
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Arranged alphabetically by name or subject. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
Adler, Ellie, 2002 and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1/2 |
Albee, Edward, 1962
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BOX-FOLDER 1/3 |
Beecham, Sir Thomas, circa 1950's
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BOX-FOLDER 1/4-7 |
Bernstein, Leonard, 1942-1949, 1983-1989, and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1/8 |
Casals, Pablo, 1955
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BOX-FOLDER 1/9 |
Craft, Bob, 1959
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BOX-FOLDER 1/10 |
Family of
Man film, 1959-1963
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Note: Between Igor
Stravinsky and Galine Starodubrovsky |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/11 |
Farrand, Noel, 1989
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BOX-FOLDER 1/12 |
Hammerstein II, Oscar, 1942
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Note: To Ira
Gershwin |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/13 |
Hofmann, Josef, 1955
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BOX-FOLDER 1/14 |
Koch, Edward, 1985
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BOX-FOLDER 1/15 |
Langenus, Gustave, 1938
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BOX-FOLDER 1/16 |
Lear, Frances, 1985
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BOX-FOLDER 1/17-20 |
Miscellaneous, 1941-1947, 1954-1962, 1981-1991,
1996
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BOX-FOLDER 1/22 |
New York University, 1988-1991
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BOX-FOLDER 1/23 |
New York University. White House invitations,
1982-1991
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BOX-FOLDER 1/21 |
Nixon, Richard, 1961-1962
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BOX-FOLDER 2/1 |
Oppenheim, David. World War Two,
1943-1945
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Note: This folder
contains Nazi symbols and paraphernalia |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/2 |
Oppenheim family, 1921-1926, 1941-1945, 1962-1966,
1992
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BOX-FOLDER 2/3-4 |
Oppenheim family. World War Two,
1943-1945
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BOX-FOLDER 2/5 |
Ormandy, Eugene, 1961
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BOX-FOLDER 2/6-7 |
Professional correspondence, 1990-1997
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BOX-FOLDER 2/8 |
Rivers, Larry, 1962
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BOX-FOLDER 2/9 |
Rodgers, Richard, 1935
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Note: To George
Gershwin |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/10 |
Sacks, Oliver, 1988
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BOX-FOLDER 2/11 |
Schneider, Alexander, 1983-1986
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BOX-FOLDER 2/12 |
Serkin, Rudolf, 1975-1978, 1991
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BOX-FOLDER 2/13 |
Stokowski, Leopold, 1947
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BOX-FOLDER 2/14 |
Stravinsky, Igor, 1958-1962
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BOX-FOLDER 2/15 |
Walter, Bruno, 1959-1961
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BOX-FOLDER 2/16 |
Westphal, Fred, 1937, 1998, 2004
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BOX 3-4, 7 |
Photographs, 1920-2001
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This series consists primarily of photographs of Oppenheim alone, his work, and
his family. Included are photographs of performances and recording sessions at CBS
and Columbia Records and photographs from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts events.
Notable figures in the series include Lauren Bacall, Pablo Casals, Serge
Koussevitzky, President Richard Nixon, and Barbara Walters. Family photographs
include Oppenheim's immediate and extended family as well as images of him in
childhood through adulthood. The family photographs supplement the family
correspondence and genealogical materials in other series. |
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Arranged alphabetically by subject. |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/5 |
Adler, Stella and Harold Clurman,
2001
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BOX-FOLDER 3/1-2, 7/1 |
CBS, Columbia Records, and
performances, circa 1950s and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 7/2 |
Hofmann, Josef, 1930-1937 and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 4/6-7 |
Japan and Russia trip, 1966
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BOX-FOLDER 3/3, 7/3 |
Miscellaneous, 1942, circa 1950s-1970s, and
undated
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Includes: Shirley
Booth; Pablo Casals; Betty Comden; Serge Koussevitzky; President Richard Nixon;
Lewis Strauss |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/4-6, 7/4 |
New York University, circa 1980's-1990 and undated
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Includes: Lauren
Bacall; Betty Comden; Adolph Green; Jerry Orbach |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/7-10, 4/1 |
New York University. Tisch School 20th
anniversary, 1985
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Includes: Roone
Arledge; Carol Channing; Betty Comden; Adolph Green; Jerry Herman; Mary Beth
Hurt; Anne Jackson; Ed Koch; Walter Matthau; Leontyne Price; Oliver Smith;
Barbara Walters |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/2 |
New York University. Tisch School graduation,
1984
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BOX-FOLDER 4/3 |
Oppenheim family, circa 1920s,
1938-1945
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Includes: Julia Nurko
Oppenheim; Louis Oppenheim; Stanley Oppenheim |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/4 |
Retirement, 1990-1991
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BOX 4 |
Programs, 1944-1999
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This series contains programs for performances in which Oppenheim participated.
Included is a concert program for a performance at the Library of Congress by the
Budapest Quartet with Oppenheim accompanying, as well as a number of concerts
performed under the direction of Pablo Casals. |
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/8 |
1944, 1954-1957 |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/9 |
1959-1960, 1978 |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/10 |
1995-1999 |
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BOX 5 |
Music, 1910-1987
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This series contains scores from Oppenheim's time at Columbia Records and a small
amount of miscellaneous music. The Columbia Records scores were used for recorded
performances and include recording session annotations. One notable item is a
clarinet excerpt from the second movement of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 7 notated by Serge Koussevitzky at Tanglewood for Oppenheim. |
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Arranged alphabetically by composer and title therein. |
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Berlioz, Hector |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/1 |
Symphonie fantastique, 1948
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Brahms, Johannes |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/2 |
Symphony no. 1,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 5/3 |
Symphony no. 4, 1929
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Debussy, Claude |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/4 |
Danses, 1910
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Diamond, David |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/5 |
Quintet, 1957
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Laid in:
Correspondence from David Diamond |
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Enesco, Georges |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/6 |
Rumanian Rhapsody no. 1,
undated
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Haydn, Joseph |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/7 |
Symphony no. 94,
undated
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Mahler, Gustav |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/8 |
Symphony no. 2, 1942
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Mendelssohn, Felix |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/9 |
A
Midsummer Night's Dream,
undated
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Shostakovich, Dmitri |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/10 |
Symphony no. 7 (excerpt), 1942
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Note: Notated by
Serge Koussevitzky |
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Stravinsky, Igor |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/11 |
Berceuses du chat, 1917
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BOX-FOLDER 5/12 |
L'histoire du soldat, 1987
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BOX-FOLDER 5/13 |
Octet, 1952
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BOX-FOLDER 5/14 |
Pulcinella Suite, 1949
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BOX-FOLDER 5/15 |
Rag-Time, 1924
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BOX 6 MAPCASE FOLDER 1 |
Miscellany, 1929-1998
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Assorted materials from both Oppenheim's professional career and personal life
comprise this series. Materials include newspaper clippings, Oppenheim family
genealogical documents, speeches and notes from Oppenheim's time as Dean of the
Tisch School of the Arts, and photocopied notes from Igor Stravinsky and Oppenheim
written during the filming of Stravinsky.
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Arranged alphabetically by subject. |
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BOX-FOLDER 6/1 |
CBS / Columbia Records, 1959-1969
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BOX-FOLDER 6/2-3 |
Clippings, 1944-1969, 1991, and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 6/4 |
Eastman transcript, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER 6/5 |
Family genealogy, 1929, 1942, 1980, and
undated
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MAPCASE FOLDER 1 |
Family tree, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 6/6 |
Langenus, Gustave. Research, 1997
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Note: For David
Ross |
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BOX-FOLDER 6/7 |
Speeches, 1978-1991
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BOX-FOLDER 6/8-9 |
Speech notes, 1976-1983,
1995-1998, and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 6/10 |
Stravinsky film, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 6/11 |
Retirement, 1990
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