Scope and Contents 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...

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...

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Chronological Correspondence. Arranged chronologically.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Note: Almost all of the ensuing original autograph/typed letters have been published in 'The Letters of Teilhard de Chardin & Lucile Swan,' edited by Thomas M. King, S.J., and Mary Wood Gilbert (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1993). The pages on which the published letters appear are indicated in this finding aid in parentheses, e.g., (p.20). The published work is extensively annotated and indexed. This finding aid will not endeavor to duplicate the work of the editors;...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Note: Almost all of the ensuing original autograph/typed letters have been published in 'The Letters of Teilhard de Chardin & Lucile Swan,' edited by Thomas M. King, S.J., and Mary Wood Gilbert (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1993). The pages on which the published letters appear are indicated in this finding aid in parentheses, e.g., (p.20). The published work is extensively annotated and indexed. This finding aid will not endeavor to duplicate the work of the editors;...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Note: Almost all of the ensuing original autograph/typed letters have been published in 'The Letters of Teilhard de Chardin & Lucile Swan,' edited by Thomas M. King, S.J., and Mary Wood Gilbert (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1993). The pages on which the published letters appear are indicated in this finding aid in parentheses, e.g., (p.20). The published work is extensively annotated and indexed. This finding aid will not endeavor to duplicate the work of the editors;...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Note: Almost all of the ensuing original autograph/typed letters have been published in 'The Letters of Teilhard de Chardin & Lucile Swan,' edited by Thomas M. King, S.J., and Mary Wood Gilbert (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1993). The pages on which the published letters appear are indicated in this finding aid in parentheses, e.g., (p.20). The published work is extensively annotated and indexed. This finding aid will not endeavor to duplicate the work of the editors;...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Note: Almost all of the ensuing original autograph/typed letters have been published in 'The Letters of Teilhard de Chardin & Lucile Swan,' edited by Thomas M. King, S.J., and Mary Wood Gilbert (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1993). The pages on which the published letters appear are indicated in this finding aid in parentheses, e.g., (p.20). The published work is extensively annotated and indexed. This finding aid will not endeavor to duplicate the work of the editors;...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Note: Almost all of the ensuing original autograph/typed letters have been published in 'The Letters of Teilhard de Chardin & Lucile Swan,' edited by Thomas M. King, S.J., and Mary Wood Gilbert (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1993). The pages on which the published letters appear are indicated in this finding aid in parentheses, e.g., (p.20). The published work is extensively annotated and indexed. This finding aid will not endeavor to duplicate the work of the editors;...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Note: Almost all of the ensuing original autograph/typed letters have been published in 'The Letters of Teilhard de Chardin & Lucile Swan,' edited by Thomas M. King, S.J., and Mary Wood Gilbert (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1993). The pages on which the published letters appear are indicated in this finding aid in parentheses, e.g., (p.20). The published work is extensively annotated and indexed. This finding aid will not endeavor to duplicate the work of the editors;...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Consists of 75 folders comprising a clippings file maintained by Lawrence Gilman. Arranged in the original order created by Gilman, who kept the documents in several letter books. Gilman arranged the clippings first into chronological segments (1931-32, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935, and literary clippings) and then alphabetically by name or topic. The material is almost exclusively non-Gilman related. It consists primarily of newspaper clippings. Most of the material is music related, and many...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: [Folders 1:1 - 6:13] Correspondence received by CBL from 1933 through 1971. Includes carbon replies from CBL. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent for each year. To maintain the integrity of a series of correspondence by certain individuals, a given year may include letters from preceding years. In such cases, correspondence is filed by the most recent date in the series. Content is primarily social and personal. Some unclassified official correspondence is included. (Further official...

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This series is comprised of miscellaneous items belonging to the America Magazine Archives.

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The Raphael - Teilhard de Chardin Collection consists of thirty-seven letters, a manuscript drawing, two typed manuscripts, and a number of offprints on evolution and anthropology, all from the collection of Mrs. Francoise Raphael, an old friend of Teilhard from his early days in China. There is also a folder of black-and-white photographs.