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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Contains related material on notable individuals. Includes notes for articles by Paul Hume; newspaper clippings; other printed matter including copies of libretti, performance programs, memorial cards; and photographs.

Scope and Contents Jesuit obituaries: John Harpes (1918), Richard E. Ryan (1919), Angelo Coltelli (1907), Isadore Daubresse (1895), Charles van Quickenborne (1837), Richard Sappington (1852), Ferdinand Farmer (1786), Michael Kavanagh (1882), Thomas Kennedy (1911), Andrew Hofmann (1967), Carlo Odescalchi (1841), Laurence B. Palladino (1927), William H. Powell (1963), Joseph Weber (1890), Dennis O'Kane (1891), Patrick O'Sullivan (1889), Aloysius Suter (1910), James Bidermann (1639), Joseph Adams (1855), James...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Consists of 54 folders containing orchestral program notes. Arranged in the original order designated by Lawrence Gilman, who kept the documents in several letter books. Printed program notes (dated 1930-34) written by various annotators and collected by Gilman appear first in the series. The non-Gilman program notes are arranged alphabetically by last name of composer. Gilman made some marginal notes on many of these programs written by others. Program notes written by Gilman himself appear...

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Diary of St. Peter Claver's Sunday School, an African American sodality for youth and adults connected with St. Alphonsus Church. The diary records the events of the sodality, attendence records, and contains play programs, photos, and negatives.