- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".75 linear ft. (3 boxes)"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 86-10", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20052", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Ira Arthur Hirschmann papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library, Music Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Ira Hischmann Papers provide information on the founding and activities of The New Friends of Music. Hirschmann's personal correspondence with famous musicians is included as well."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>The Ira Hirschmann Papers, JPB 86-10, Music Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Ira Arthur Hirschmann was born in 1901. An American patron of the arts and department store executive, Ira Hirschmann founded the concert series New Friends of Music in 1936. Having been instrumental in the first symphonic radio broadcast in 1924, he later founded the short-lived FM station WABF.</p> <p>In 1944 as Special Attaché of the State Department stationed in Ankara, Turkey, he helped to rescue Jewish refugees from Romania. During the 1930s and 1940s he also helped establish many musicians fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. His friends included Arturo Toscanini, Artur Schnabel, and Fiorello LaGuardia to whom he suggested founding the Hgh School of Music and Art.</p> <p>Ira Hirschmann's autobiography was published in 1994 as <span class=\"title\">Obligato: untold tales from a life with music</span>.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Ira Hirschmann papers deal chiefly with The New Friends of Music.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Ira Arthur Hirschmann papers are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20052#c531849'>Series 1: Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20052#c531855'>Series 2: Programs</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20052#c531860'>Series 3: Scripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20052#c531862'>Series 4: Press releases</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20052#c531864'>Series 5: Clippings</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Works are arranged alphabetically by title.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers were a gift of Ira Hirschmann in 1980.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to copy or publish please contact the Music Division.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Ira Hirschmann's memoirs (typescript and published versions) are cataloged separately. See CATNYP for more information, and items not related to music.</p>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1934-1956 (inclusive", "type"=>"inclusive"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hirschmann, Ira Arthur, 1901-", "type"=>"persname"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Ira Hirschmann, 1980.</p>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Martha Grutchfield; machine-readable finding aid created by Robert Kosovsky.</p>"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1934
- date_inclusive_end
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1956
- keydate
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1934