Found 9 collections related to Pianists -- United States
Levitzki, Mischa, 1898-1941
Music Division | JPB 04-18
3.34 linear feet (5 boxes)
Mischa Levitzki was one of the most popular American pianists of his era. The collection contains materials related to his work; including scores (published and manuscript), a scrapbook (photocopy), a leaflet, a poster, a program, a music journal,...
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Howe, Mary, 1882-1964
Music Division | JPB 04-39
36.3 linear feet (72 boxes)
The papers of the American composer and patron of music Mary Howe consist primarily of scores, correspondence, biographical material, concert programs and business papers. They also include scrapbooks, photographs and books.
Price, Sammy
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 465
10.21 linear feet (11 boxes)
Sammy Price was a recording artist, house pianist, recording supervisor, and band leader at Decca Records in New York. Additionally, he was the Executive Director of Neighborhood Board no. 2. The Sammy Price Papers, 1929-1992, consist of materials...
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Walberg, Betty
Music Division | JPB 04-14
.5 linear feet (1 Box)
Betty Walberg was a composer, arranger and pianist for ballet, Broadway, motion picture and modern-dance choreographers. The collection consists of 14 music scores.
Lawrence, Vera Brodsky
Music Division | JPB 03-11
19.5 linear feet (38 boxes)
The Vera Brodsky Lawrence Papers document her second career as a music historian and book editor, and include select items from her early years as a pianist.
Mayer, Carrie Mina
Music Division | JPB 06-14
1.5 linear feet (2 boxes)
The Carrie Mayer Papers document the early career of Carrie Mina Mayer, a singer and pianist in the late 1920s and 1930s. The collection includes mostly programs, publicity material, and a small number of clippings and letters.
Spencer, Eleanor, 1890-1973
Music Division | JPB 04-20
1.5 linear feet (2 boxes)
Eleanor Spencer was an American concert pianist. A student of Theodor Leschetizky, she was most active in Europe and America from 1910 to 1938. She gradually went deaf in her 40s and retrained herself, resuming performances in 1947 after an...
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Schuyler family
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Schuyler Family Collection
5127 items (4.7 cubic ft., 20 boxes). 1031 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-col ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 867 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. and smaller. 870 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 9 x 9 cm. and smaller. 13 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 28 x 52 cm. and smaller. 179 photographic prints : col ; 21 x 26 cm. and smaller. 194 photographic postcards : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm. and smaller. 30 polaroid photographic prints : b&w, some col ; 9 x 13 cm. and smaller. 28 halftone photomechanical prints : b&w, some col ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 10 postcards : b&w, some col ; 9 x 14 cm. 8 x 5 cm, 1 tintype (8 x 5 cm). 109 slides : col ; 5 x 5 cm. 13 x 18 cm. and smaller, 19 color transparencies (13 x 18 cm. and smaller). 1 map : line illustration ; 24 x 30 cm. 1 pencil sketch : b&w ; 27 x 23 cm. 1 photostat : col ; 13 x 18 cm. 485 negatives : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 1133 negatives : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm. and smaller. 155 negatives : col ; 7 x 7 cm. and smaller
George Samuel Schuyler (1895-1977) was an African-American journalist and author. Josephine Cogdell Schuyler (ca. 1900-1969), the daughter of a wealthy white Texas family, was an artist and writer who managed Philippa Schuyler's musical career....
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Kerr, Thomas Henderson, Jr.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 763
3.83 linear feet (14 boxes)
Thomas Henderson Kerr, Jr. was a composer, pianist, and teacher; his papers reflect his activities in these various roles.