Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autographed manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata," a full set of handwritten parts for Robert Schumann’s String Quartet in A minor op. 41 no. 1 (Heavily...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains documents comprising the personal manuscripts collection of John Gilmary Shea. This series consists of Boxes 21 and 22 and is arranged alphabetically by individual.

Scope and Contents Jesuit obituaries: Charles H. Hessel (1926), Ferdinand Poulton (1641), Blasius Walch (1897), Michael O'Neil (1920), James Slicer (1930), Joseph Mosley (1787), Girolamo Tiraboschi (1794), John S. Creaghan (1960), Dominic Niederkorn (1892), Rufus Duff (1913), Francesco Maria Sforza Pallavicino (1667), Vincent Caraffa (1649), Michael J. Ahern (1951), Jean Marie de Ville (1720), Gregory O'Bryan (1907), Adrian McCormick (1919), James J. Becker (1965), Anthony de Haza-Radlitz (1902), Oliver Skelly...