Found 7 collections related to Autobiographies (literary works)

A Russian-American violoncellist and music teacher, Evsei Beloussoff came to the United States in 1923, made a transcontinental tour, and appeared in New York as a soloist and in sonata recitals with Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Wanda Landowska, and Rubin Goldmark. In later years he taught at the Juilliard Institute of Musical Arts and at the Y.M.H.A. Music School. The collection includes autobiographical writings, official documents, clippings, business correspondence, programs, and cartoons. 2 musical scores have been cataloged in the Scores file (JPB 90-3 and JPB 90-4). 15 scrapbooks of programs of concerts in Beloussoff's home in New York and 5 scrapbooks of programs of other concerts have been microfilmed. less

These paper of Bertha Cox include "My Journey thro' the Interior," her own manuscript account of adventures in 1927-1928, as a missionary to the Indians in the Amazon region of Peru and along the Urubamba River. The papers also include a typescript narrative "Bertha Cox, Missionary," by Arthur Gordon based on Cox's original manuscript, as well as two letters to Gordon from Cox and her daughter less

Known chiefly as an arranger of popular songs and as a composer of music for films, American musician Arthur Lange was also a pianist, a conductor, and a composer of concert works. He wrote the books: Arranging for the Modern Dance Orchestra, and A New and Practical Approach to Harmony. Film scores, music manuscripts, published music, unpublished arrangements for films, sheet music from Tin Pan Alley, photographs, autobiographical material, clippings, and scrapbooks. Most of the musical scores are contained in bound volumes entitled "Alpha to Omega". Some of the film scores were composed in collaboration with other composers, chiefly Charles Maxwell. 8 photographs of Arthur Lange may be found in the Music Division's Iconography collection, and 2 photographs of the Arthur Lange Orchestra may be found in the Music Division's Rare Photograph file: PhE 543 and PhE 544. Scrapbooks have been microfilmed. Phonograph records have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. less

An American pianist, George Copeland introduced the works of Debussy to the United States and also specialized in the works of Spanish composers. His many friends and associates included John Singer Sargent, Mary Garden, Isadora Duncan, Mrs. Fiske, Sarah Bernhardt, Melba, Calvé, Lina Cavaliere, Maggie Teyte, Mrs. Jack Gardner, Debussy, De Falla, Laurette Taylor, and Marie Dressler. Shortly after World War I, Copeland stayed in Kronberg with the family of Margarethe of Hesse, Princess of Prussia, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm. Biographical and autobiographical writings, letters, photoprints and drawings, 3 musical scores, and other items relating to the career of George Copeland. The collection includes drafts of a biographical essay about Copeland by Frederic Bradlee; drafts of Copeland's autobiography; Copeland's essay "Debussy, the Man I Knew" from The Atlantic Monthly, Jan. 1955; 14 letters from Margarethe of Hesse, Princess of Prussia (signed "Margaret") and 7 letters from other members of her family, 1922-30, 1952-54; 2 letters from Mary Garden; 1 letter from Manuel de Falla; 41 photographs and 3 other portraits of Copeland, 26 photographs of Copeland with others of whom 15 are unidentified; 6 photographs of Copeland's mother; 17 photographs of Copeland's friends and colleagues of whom 9 are unidentified; a reproduction of a pencil drawing of Debussy by B. Solofareff; and a manuscript score of the song A Doctor's Advice by Copeland. less

: Katharine Cornell was an American actress and producer. Guthrie McClintic was an American director and producer. They both worked the New York theater from 1915-1960. This collection includes correspondence, personal files, scripts, production materials, programs, photographs, scrapbooks and oversized items. less

Typescript account of Sarah Darrow Oatley's life, spent mostly in Trumbull County, Ohio, during the latter half of the 19th century, recording her trials and afflictions, family illnesses and deaths. Her family moved to Ohio from Boonville, Oneida County, New York when she was ten years old. Includes related clippings and a photograph of the family home. less

Leslie Alexis Marchand (1900-1999), a leading authority on Lord Byron, was born and grew up in central Washington state, graduating from the University of Washington in 1922. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1940, and spent most of his academic career at Rutgers University. His most noteworthy publications are his three-volume Byron: a Biography (1957), and a twelve-volume edition of Byron's personal writings, Byron's Letters and Journals (1973-1982). This collection consists of a typescript memoir, various correspondence, working papers, and Byron-related memorabilia. less