- Creator
- Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920
- Call number
- JPB 97-68
- Physical description
- 286 photographic prints, silver gelatin b & w, 22 x 26 cm. or smaller some mounted; 286 photographic prints, silver gelatin b & w, 22 x 26 cm. or smaller some mounted
- Preferred Citation
- Photographs of Hackley School and the Hudson Valley. [graphic], Music Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Music Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Charles Tomlinson Griffes was an American composer whose works include The White Peacock, The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, and Poem for Flute and Orchestra. In 1907, upon his return from music study in Germany, he became a music teacher at the Hackley School for Boys in Tarrytown, N.Y., and continued his own study and composition. 123 photographs of students, faculty, physical facilities, and surroundings of Hackley School, Tarrytown, N.Y. ; 163 photographs of the Hudson Valley region. Most were taken by Charles T. Griffes who also appears in some of the images. Series A includes many action shots of athletic events and group portraits of school athletic teams. Images in Series B include trees, hills, rivers and streams, bridges, churches and other buildings, horses, cows, a cat, snow, and further views of Hackley School.
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- Athletes -- New York (State) -- Tarrytown -- 1900-1919
- Bridges -- New York (State) -- 1900-1919
- Buildings -- New York (State) -- 1900-1919
- Cows -- New York (State) -- 1900-1919
- Horses -- New York (State) -- 1900-1919
- Mountains -- New York (State) -- 1900-1919
- Snow -- New York (State) -- 1900-1919
- Streams -- New York (State) -- 1900-1919
- Students -- New York (State) -- Tarrytown -- 1900-1919
- Teachers -- New York (State) -- Tarrytown -- 1900-1919
- Trees -- New York (State) -- 1900-1919
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Music DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor