Scope and arrangement
The Nathan Broder papers comprises material documenting his professional career. With few exceptions there are no personal papers in the collection. Although there is some material from the 1930s, the bulk of the collection documents Broder's career from the 1940s through the 1960s.
A substantial portion of the collection deals with Broder's relationship to the German encyclopedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Series I (Box 1) consists of correspondence to and from the encyclopedia's editors and includes drafts and galley proofs. Series II (Box 2) contains a collection of the articles Broder contributed to the encyclopedia.
Similarly substantive is Series III (Boxes 3-4) consisting of material relating to Broder's interest in Mozart, resulting in the publication of his book The Great Operas of Mozart as well as the scores to the composer's sonatas and fantasias.
Series IV contains paperwork from Broder's second stint teaching at Columbia University. (There are no papers from Broder's earlier stint as lecturer, 1946-1952.)
Series V (Boxes 5-11) contains the bulk of the collection, an alphabetically-arranged subject file.
Series VI (Boxes 12-15), the final series of the collection, contains primarily Broder's reviews written for the periodical High Fidelity. A single folder (Box 12, folder 4) contains correspondence with the periodical's editors.
The Nathan Broder papers are arranged in six series:
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1954-1967