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Guides to Special Collections in the Music Division of the Library of Congress ARNOLD T. SCHWAB COLLECTION Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu2005.wp.0059 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON 2001 Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................iii Biographical Note ................................................................... iv Scope and Content Note .............................................................. v Description of Series ................................................................. vi Container List ...................................................................... 1 WRITINGS OF ARNOLD T. SCHWAB ........................................... 1 CORRESPONDENCE ......................................................... 1 ICONOGRAPHY ............................................................ 19 SCRAPBOOKS ............................................................. 20 INDEX CARDS ............................................................. 20 PAMPHLETS ............................................................... 32 MICROFILMS .............................................................. 32 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS .............................................. 33 ii Introduction The Arnold T. Schwab Collection was given to the Music Division of the Library of Congress by Professor Arnold T. Schwab of Westminster, California in 2000. There are no restrictions on viewing any of the materials in this collection. Some of the materials in this collection are fragile and patrons are asked to use extreme care in handling. This Finding Aid was prepared with Corel WordPerfect 8; an online version of this Finding Aid is available in the Performing Arts Reading Room. Number of containers: 58 Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 16 Approximate number of items: 23,380 iii Biographical Note Arnold T. Schwab, who was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1922, received his A.B. from UCLA, where he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate, and his MA and PHD from Harvard University. For most of his career, he was professor of English at California State University, Long Beach until his retirement in 1980. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles, lectures and poems including “James Gibbons Huneker, Critic of the Seven Arts” published by Stanford University Press in 1963 and “Canadian poets : vital facts on English-writing poets born from 1730 through 1910" published by Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1989 and several articles on Edward and Marian MacDowell and the MacDowell Colony. iv Scope and Content Note The Arnold T. Schwab Collection is an archive of materials related to the life and work of Marian Nevins MacDowell, wife of composer Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) and founder of the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The collection was given to the Library by Professor Arnold T. Schwab of Westminster, California and it reflects his longtime interest in the MacDowell legacy. This gift joins the Music Division’s Edward and Marian MacDowell Collection and the Manuscript Division’s Marian MacDowell Collection and MacDowell Colony Collections thereby making the Library the foremost center for study in the life of these two important icons of American cultural history. Marian Griswold Nevins, who was born in 1857, was an accomplished pianist when she met Edward MacDowell in Germany where she had intended to study with Clara Schuman, wife of composer Robert Schumann. Instead, Nevins began her study with MacDowell and eventually married him. After spending time in Europe, the couple returned to the United States settling in Boston and then in New York where Edward MacDowell joined the faculty of Columbia University to establish its music department. Edward MacDowell was considered to be the most prominent and internationally recognized American composer of the era. In 1896, the MacDowells bought a 75-acre farm in Peterborough, New Hampshire; a place that they hoped would be a source of inspiration for the composer. A decline in Edward MacDowell’s health, however, prompted them to transform the farm into a place where creative artists could find freedom to concentrate on their work; a goal that would consume Marian MacDowell until her death in 1956. Schwab collected these materials in preparation for a biography of Marian Nevins MacDowell, a work that was never completed. Included in the collection is a large cache of MacDowell-related correspondence: letters, mostly photocopies, to and from Edward MacDowell dating from 1876-1904, letters, mostly photocopies, to and from Marian Nevins MacDowell dating from 1884 to 1956, bulking in the period 1929-1955, and others assembled from a variety of sources. Oftentimes, Schwab would stamp the name of the original source or home repository on the reverse of the first page of the letter. In the Arnold T. Schwab series of correspondence there are copies of Schwab’s letters to various friends and acquaintances of the MacDowells and MacDowell Colonists along with the responses. Oftentimes, these materials will contain supporting documents in addition to correspondence. And, in more than one occasion, the name on the correspondence folder refers to the subject of the correspondence and not to the correspondent him/herself. Some notable correspondents include: Carl Carmer, Aaron Copland, Mabel Daniels, Marjorie Chandler Hazard, George Kendall, Nina Maud Richardson, Cecil Smith, Conrad Spohnholz, Louise Talma and many others. A large group of index cards organized by various subjects and, apparently, gleaned from the above- described correspondence, capsulize various aspects of Schwab’s research. In addition to photographs of the MacDowells and some of their acquaintances, there are a a group of scrapbooks (1906-1988), assembled by Schwab and organized by date. Photocopies of materials collected by Schwab from the Music Division’s Edward and Marian MacDowell Collection and the Manuscript Division’s MacDowell Collections were not retained. In addition, a reel-to-reel tape of an interview conducted by Emerson Meyers with Mary Howe and Marian MacDowell was transferred to Motion Picture, Broadcast and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress. Robert Saladini, Music Specialist June 2001 v Description of Series 1 Writings (1 box) Materials written by Arnold T. Schwab relating to his study of Marian MacDowell, Edward A. MacDowell and the MacDowell Colony, arranged alphabetically by title 1-33 Correspondence (33 boxes) Containing copies of letters by and to Edward A. MacDowell, Marian Nevins MacDowell, Arnold T. Schwab, and others; filed in alphabetical order by subject/correspondent and/or chronologically 33, 58 Iconography (2 boxes) Assorted illustrations including photographs, drawings, and related materials filed in name/subject. 34-39 Scrapbooks (6 boxes) Scrapbooks assembled by Arnold T. Schwab; arranged in chronological order 40-53 Index Cards (14 boxes) Index cards with notes created by Arnold T. Schwab retaining the original order; normally filed alphabetically 54-55 Bound volumes (2 boxes) Hard bound books; collected by Schwab 54 Pamphlets (1 box) Miscellaneous pamphlets; collected by Schwab 56 Microfilms (1 box) Filed alphabetically by title. 57 Miscellaneous materials vi Container List WRITINGS OF ARNOLD T. SCHWAB Box/Folder Contents 1 Interviews Lists of illusive colonists Rough outline of MacDowell Book Miscellaneous CORRESPONDENCE Edward A. MacDowell Correspondence, Photocopies of letters written by Edward A. MacDowell collected from various sources, filed in chronological order. 1876 1877 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 undated miscellaneous letters English translations of selected letters miscellaneous drafts Arnold T. Schwab Collection 1 CORRESPONDENCE Box/Folder Contents Edward A. MacDowell Correspondence, Photocopies of letters written to Edward A. MacDowell collected from various sources, filed in chronological order 1876-95 2 1896-1905, undated MacDowell family, Correspondence (non-Edward and non-Marian) Fanny MacDowell to her son, Walter Fanny MacDowell to her grandson Mrs. Burgess to Fanny MacDowell Marian Nevins MacDowell, Correspondence, Photocopies of letters written by Marian Nevins MacDowell collected from various sources; interfiled with letters from others to Marian Nevins MacDowell and related materials; bulk in the late 1920s) 1884-99 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 3 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1027 1928 1929 (1 of 2) 4 1929 (2 of 2) 1930 (1 of 3) 1930 (2 of 3) 1930 (3 of 3) Arnold T. Schwab Collection 2 CORRESPONDENCE Box/Folder Contents 1931 (1 of 2) 1931 (2 of 2) 1932 (1 of 2) 5 1932 (2 of 2) 1933 (1 of 2) 1933 (2 of 2) 1934 (1 of 2) 1934 (2 of 2) 1935 (1 of 2) 6 1935 (2 of 2) 1936 (1 of 2) 1936 (2 of 2) 1937 (1 of 2) 1937 (2 of 2) 1938 (1 of 2) 1938 (2 of 2) 7 1939 (1 of 2) 1939 (2 of 2) 1940 (1 of 2) 1940 (2 of 2) 1941 (1 of 2) 1941 (2 of 2) 8 1942 1943 1944 (1 of 2) 1944 (2 of 2) 1945 (1 of 2) 1945 (2 of 2) 9 1946 1947 1948 1949 (1 of 2) 1949 (2 of 2) 1950 10 1951 1952 (folder 1 of 2) 1952 (folder 2 of 2) 1953 1954 (folder 1 of 2) 1954 (folder 2 of 2) 11 1955 (folder 1 of 2) 1955 (folder 2 of 2) 1956 fragments Mrs. MacDowell’s death and funeral Miscellaneous letters in reference of Mrs. MacDowell or the Colony Arnold T. Schwab Collection 3 CORRESPONDENCE Box/Folder Contents Letters to Nina Maud Richardson Arnold T. Schwab, Correspondence Photocopies of letters written by Arnold T. Schwab as well as letters and other materials received by Schwab. Note: The names on the folders reflect the subject of the correspondence and not necessarily the name of the correspondent, filed in alphabetical order by surname/subject, 1972-1979 to 1986 11 Abbe, George Abel, Frederic L. Abramson, Eva Ackerman, Barbara C. Adams, Crosby Adams, Katherine Ahrendt, Karl Aldis, Mary R. Alexander, John Allanbrook, Douglas Allen, Creighton Allen, Hervey Alpha Chi Omega Ambrose, Edna American Academy in Rome American Academy of Arts and Letters Anderson, Mrs. Joseph C. Anderson, Tennessee M. Apthorp, William F. 12 Armes, Ethel Armes, Clara Louise ASCAP Austin, Henry Avery, Stanley R. Aydelotte, Dora “A” Miscellaneous, individuals “A” Miscellaneous, Institutions Babcock, Caroline S. Bacon, Ernst Bader, Mary Baetz, Anna Bailey, Helen C. Ballantine, Edward Ballard, Fred Bannon, Laura Ballou, Esther Williamson Barati, George Barjansky, Catherine Barnawell, A. V. R. Barrett, William E. Bartholomew, Zelina (Zelina de Maclot) Bass Family Batchelder, Alice Coleman Batchelder, Charles F. Bates, Esther W. Arnold T. Schwab Collection 4
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