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Guide to the Bessie Bartlett Frankel Papers

Finding aid was created by Russell Michalak, 2009 Ella Strong Denison Library Scripps College 1090 Columbia Avenue Claremont, California 91711 Phone: (909) 607-3941 Fax: (909) 607-1548 Email: [email protected] October 2009

Guide to the Bessie Bartlett d1959.2 1 Frankel Papers Descriptive Summary Title: Bessie Bartlett Frankel Papers Creator: Frankel, Bessie Bartlett Dates: 1854-1972 Extent: 16 boxes Repository: Claremont Colleges. Library. 1090 Columbia Avenue Claremont, California 91711 Abstract: Bessie Herbert (Bartlett) Frankel was a founder of the California Federation of Music Clubs and established the Chamber of Music Series at Scripps College. She was also active in various music organizations in Southern California, such as the Friday Morning Club and Young People Concerts and a founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hollywood Community Chorus. The collection consists of photographs, music, and scrapbooks. Collection Number: d1959.2 Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Physical Location: Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College, Claremont University Consortium. Restrictions on Access This collection is open for research with permission from Ella Strong Denison Library staff. Publication Rights Property rights reside with Scripps College. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library staff. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Bessie Bartlett Frankel Papers. Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College, Claremont, California. Acquisition Information Gift of Bessie Bartlett Frankel, 1959 or 1967. Processing Information Processed by Jennifer Bicknell for Archival Studies 311, Claremont Graduate University, Spring 2009. Accruals No addition to the collection is anticipated. Biography of Bessie Bartlett Frankel Bessie Bartlett Frankel was born in an unknown year. At home she studied voice, piano and composition and dramatics at the Cumnock School. In 1909, she went to New York to study voice with David Bispham and Herbert Witherspoon. Later she underwent two years of study in Europe, specifically oratorio in England and opera in Italy under Carlo Sbastaino. In 1912 she married Cecil Frankel, an insurance executive associated with Equitable Life and also known to be an accomplished cellist. Mrs. Frankel went on to become a music composer, vocalist, music patron, business executive, and dramatic narrator. Her father, Albert Griffith Bartlett, established the Bartlett Music Store, which later became the Southern California Music Company. Her father brought to Los Angeles such well-known musicians as, Adelina Patti, Rosenthal and de Pachmann. Today the Pantages Theater stands where the Bartlett Family's home used to be. Throughout her life Bessie Frankel was active in the Arts and was a member of such groups as, the Friday Morning Club, the Women's Committee for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles, Young Peoples' Concerts, and many others. She founded the California Federation of Music Clubs and became Vice-President of the National Federation of Music Clubs. She also instituted the Hollywood Community Chorus and in memory of her father, Mrs. Frankel founded the Bartlett-Frankel String Quartet. Having established the Chamber of Music Series at Scripps College, Bessie Bartlett Frankel was made an honorary alumna of the College in 1931. She died in 1959. In her will she left a sizeable gift to Scripps College, which was used to build the Bessie Bartlett Frankel and Cecil Frankel Hall. Scope and Contents of the Collection Collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, notebooks, postcards, correspondence, music, compositions, and ephemera related to her travels abroad and her career as a musician, composer, and philanthropic work in the world of music. Series Arrangement Series 1 Notebooks, Albums, and Scrapbooks

Guide to the Bessie Bartlett d1959.2 2 Frankel Papers Series 2 Publications Series 3 Blank Postcards Series 4 Music Series 5 Photographs Series 6 Education and Philanthropic Work Related Material Bessie Herbert Frankel Papers, 1905-1959, (Collection 447). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/data/13030/1h/kt0v19q11h/files/kt0v19q11h.pdf Subject Headings The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection Frankel, Bessie Bartlett music Women's studies Western Americana -- 1900-1999 musical scores

Series 1 Notebooks, Albums, and Scrapbooks, 1869-1972 Scope and Content Note Contains notebooks used during Mrs. Frankel's studies, philanthropic work, and time spent as a homemaker and hostess; scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, photographs, and a postcard collection; albums that belonged to Mrs. Frankel's mother, Mamie McKeeby; and one folder of correspondence.

Box 1, folder 1 Notebook, 1939-1952 Scope and Content Note Contains typed and hand written recipes and recipes from newspapers and magazines.

Box 1, folder 2 Notebook, 1934-1950 Scope and Content Note Contains recipe clippings from newspapers and magazines, along with some handwritten and typed recipes.

Box 1, folder 3 "Mental Photographs: an Album for Confessions of Tastes, Habits, and Convictions", 1869, 1874. Includes a series of surveys in which individuals answer questions regarding their tastes and habits, questions includes "Your Favorite object in Nature" and "Favorite name in History." Box 1, folder 4 "Leaves of Friendship", 1873-1877 Scope and Content Note Belonged to Mamie McKeeby and was a gift from her brother Charlie McKeeby. The Album is a collection of letters from Mamie McKeeby's classmates and teachers from Washington College, interspersed amongst various drawings.

Box 1, folder 4 "Leaves of Friendship", 1873-1877 Scope and Content Note Belonged to Mamie McKeeby and was a gift from her brother Charlie McKeeby. The Album is a collection of letters from Mamie McKeeby's classmates and teachers from Washington College, interspersed amongst various drawings.

Box 2, folder 1 Includes 32 postcards, 1 Christmas card, and 1 letter from Mrs. Frankel's friends and acquaintances, 1900-1916 and 1932, 1937, undated

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Box 3, folder 1 Education-Notebooks, 1972 and undated Scope and Content Note Bessie Bartlett Frankel's Notebooks from the Chicago School of Music and a notebook titled "Folkdance Notebook".

Box 4, folder 1 Notebook-Young People's Concerts, undated Scope and Content Note The notebook has the inscription "Mrs., Cecil Frankel Los Angles Cal." in the lower right hand corner. Inside the notebook are the names and addresses of the founding members of the Young People's Concerts society.

Box 7, folder 1 Scrapbook, 1951-1952 Scope and Content Note Includes newspaper clippings that mostly pertain to religious topics such as "Grace for Today".

Box 7, folder 2 Scrapbook, Undated Scope and Content Note Has handwritten title "History" on first page. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of poems, pictures, and stories of which the creator felt held a historical nature.

Box 8, folder 3 Scrapbook of blank postcards mostly from Europe, Undated Box 8, folder 4 "Alaska Views", Undated Scope and Content Note Contains scenic photographs from a trip to Alaska.

Series 2 Publications 1904-1935 Scope and Content Note Contains journal publications including Masters in Music and Sigma Alpha Iota: National Music Fraternity, and published work including Postcards: The World in Miniature by Watson Cole, Mona Lisa by Max Schillings and L'Amore Dei Tre Re by Sem Benelli.

Box 3, folder 2 Journal Publications-Masters in Music, 1904-1905 Box 3, folder 3 Journal Publications-Sigma Alpha Iota: National Music Fraternity, 1933 Box 4, folder 8 Journal Publications-Sigma Alpha Iota: National Music Fraternity, 1933 Series 3 Blank Postcards, Undated Scope and Content Note Contains blank postcards from Mrs. Frankel's travels, mostly spanning the European and American continents.

Box 6, folder 1 Austria-Vienna Box 6, folder 2 Canada-Montreal Box 6, folder 3 Canada-Ontario Box 6, folder 4 Canada-Quebec Box 6, folder 5 Cuba-Havana Box 6, folder 6 Czechoslovakia - Prague Box 6, folder 7 Europe-Miscellaneous Box 6, folder 8 France-Paris Box 6, folder 9 France-Versailles Box 6, folder 10 Germany-Berlin Box 6, folder 11 Germany-Dresden Box 6, folder 12 Germany-Hamburg Box 6, folder 13 Germany-Koblenz Box 6, folder 14 Germany-Leipzig Box 6, folder 15 Ireland-Miscellaneous

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Box 6, folder 16 Italy-Capri Box 6, folder 17 Italy-Como Box 6, folder 18 Italy-Florence Box 6, folder 19 Italy-Milan Box 6, folder 20 Italy-Naples Box 6, folder 21 Italy-Pompei Box 6, folder 22 Italy-Rome Box 6, folder 23 Italy-Venice Box 6, folder 24 Luxembourg-Miscellaneous Box 6, folder 25 Mexico-Miscellaneous Box 6, folder 26 Miscellaneous Box 6, folder 27 Switzerland-Basel Box 6, folder 28 Switzerland-Gotthardbahn Box 6, folder 29 Switzerland-Lucrence Box 6, folder 30 United States-Alaska Box 6, folder 31 United States-California Box 6, folder 32 United States-Grand Canyon Box 6, folder 33 United States-New Hampshire Box 6, folder 34 United States-Massachusetts Box 6, folder 35 United States-New York Box 6, folder 36 United States-Miscellaneous Box 6, folder 37 United States-Mount Vernon Box 6, folder 38 United States-Washington, D.C. Box 6, folder 39 United States-Yosemite National Park Series 4 Music, 1854-1959 Scope and Content Note Contains an assortment of published instrumental music, vocal music, foreign language music, musical recitations and the work of Mrs. Frankel and J.C. Bartlett. Also contains manuscript and sheet music.

Box 11, folder 1 Assortment of Published Instrumental Music, 1901 Box 11, folder 2 Assortment of Published Instrumental Music, 1893 Box 11, folder 3 Assortment of Published Instrumental Music, 1911 Box 11, folder 4 Assortment of Published Instrumental Music, 1901, 1905, 1923, and undated Box 11, folder 5 Assortment of Published Instrumental Music, 1854, 1897, 1904, 1959, undated. Box 11, folder 6 Assortment of Published Instrumental Music, 1900, 1908 Box 11, folder 7 Assortment of Published Instrumental Music, 1904, undated Box 11, folder 8 Assortment of Published Instrumental Music, 1909, 1912, undated Box 11, folder 9 Assortment of Published Instrumental Music, 1906, 1909, 1911 Box 11, folder 10 Assortment of Published Instrumental Music, 1910 Box 12, folder 1.1 Assortment of Published Musical Recitations, 1898, 1915, 1917 Box 12, folder 1 Assortment of Published Musical Recitations, 1911, 1918 Box 12, folder 2 Assortment of Published Musical Recitations, 1906, 1911 Box 12, folder 3 Assortment of Published Musical Recitations, 1904, 1910, 1920 Box 12, folder 4 Assortment of Published Musical Recitations, 1902-1904, 1914, 1920 Box 12, folder 5 Assortment of Published Musical Recitations, 1905, 1911, 1913 Box 12, folder 6 Assortment of Published Musical Recitations, 1898, 1905, 1913, 1917, undated Box 12, folder 7 Assortment of Published Musical Recitations, 1900, 1906, 1909, 1912 Box 12, folder 8 Assortment of Published Musical Recitations, 1900, 1906, 1909, 1912 Box 12, folder 9 Manuscript Music by Abbie Norton Jamison, Undated Box 13, folder 1 Manuscript Music by Arthur Koermer, Undated Box 13, folder 2 Manuscript Music by Arthur Koermer, Undated Box 13, folder 3 Manuscript Music by Arthur Koermer, 1916 and Undated Box 13, folder 4 Manuscript Music by Arthur Koermer, 1913 and Undated Box 13, folder 5 Miscellaneous Manuscript Music, Undated

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Box 13, folder 6 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1897,1898, 1913, 1914 Scope and Content Note Includes, "Well-Beloved California," "Scriptural Songs," "Cycle of Songs from Tennyson's Maud," and "Anthems for Mixed Voices."

Box 13, folder 7 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1878, 1895, 1924 Scope and Content Note Includes "Christ Went Up into the Hills," "Canciones del Pais de California," and "A Collection of the Most Favorite Italian Songs with English Translations."

Box 13, folder 8 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1905, 1907, 1910, undated Scope and Content Note Includes "I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby," "Gems of German Songs," "G. Schirmer's Collection of Part-Songs and Choruses for Men's Voices," and "Miniatures: A Series of Little Songs."

Box 13, folder 9 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1896 Scope and Content Note Includes "Richard Strauss: Song Album."

Box 13, folder 10 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1909 Scope and Content Note Includes, "Lasca."

Box 13, folder 11 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1900, 1904, 1905, 1909, 1910 Scope and Content Note Includes, "G. Pfeifer Melodies," "Kate Vannah Songs," "Frederick Stevenson Secular Songs," "I Once Loved A Boy," "Favorite Songs by Franz Liszo."

Box 14, folder 1 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1869, 1903, 1904, 1908, 1929 Scope and Content Note Includes "The Friend of You," "O Perfect Love," "The Day When You'll Forget Me," "Songs by James G. MacDermid," "They Shall Hunger No More," "Songs by H.J. Stewart."

Box 14, folder 2 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1907, 1914 Scope and Content Note Includes "Gitanjali," "James Lee's Wife."

Box 14, folder 3 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1888, 1923 Scope and Content Note Includes "Gitanjali," "James Lee's Wife."

Box 14, folder 4 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1909 Scope and Content Note Includes "Soprano Songs."

Box 14, folder 5 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1901 Scope and Content Note Includes "Opera Songs."

Box 14, folder 6 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1905 Scope and Content Note Includes "Anthology of Sacred Songs."

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Box 14, folder 7 Miscellaneous Published Vocal Music, 1904 Scope and Content Note Includes "La Savoyarde."

Box 15, folder 1 Music in French, 1897 Box 15, folder 2 Music in French, 1884, 1897, undated Box 15, folder 3 Music in German, 1900, undated Box 15, folder 4 Music in German, 1936, undated Box 15, folder 5 Music in German, 1905 Box 15, folder 6 Music in German, 1895, 1905 Box 15, folder 7 Music Related Ephemera, 1865, 1910, undated Box 15, folder 8 Music in Spanish, 1897, 1898 Box 15, folder 9 Published Music - Bessie Bartlett Frankel, 1932 Box 15, folder 10 Published Music - J.C. Bartlett, 1895 Box 16, folder 1 Published Music - Other Authors, 1904, 1912 Box 16, folder 2 Published Music - Other Authors, 1902 Box 16, folder 3 Published Music - Other Authors, 1912 Box 16, folder 4 Published Music - Other Authors, 1924, undated Box 16, folder 5 Published Music - Other Authors, 1907 Box 16, folder 6 Published Music - Other Authors, 1884, 1898, 1907, 1912, 1915, undated Series 5 Photographs, 1873-1876, 1902-1949, 1962 Scope and Content Note Contains photographs of Mrs. Frankel and various members of her family as well as autographed portraits of musicians from the United States and various European countries.

Box 9, folder 1 Arden, Cecil, 1923 Box 9, folder 2 Auday, Rosette, 1932 Box 9, folder 3 Bond, Carrie Jacobs, 1919, 1931 Box 9, folder 4 Cadman, Charles Wakefeild, undated Box 9, folder 5 Casals, Pablo, 1902 Box 9, folder 6 Clark, William Andrew (Jr.), 1928 Box 9, folder 7 Cuter, Augua, 1930 Box 9, folder 8 Dale, Esther, Undated Box 9, folder 9 Davis, Douglas, Undated Box 9, folder 10 Dux, Claire, 1930 Box 9, folder 11 Fernandez, Arbos Enrique, undated Box 9, folder 12 Friml, Rudolf, 1908 Box 9, folder 13 Galfrui (?), Kath, undated Box 9, folder 14 Ganz, Rudolf, undated Box 9, folder 15 Giannini, Dusolina, undated Box 9, folder 16 Gunster, Frederick, undated Box 9, folder 17 Gzevchauiuoff, S., 1932 Box 9, folder 18 Hagen, Mina, undated Box 9, folder 19 Hertz, Alfred and Lily (Mr. and Mrs.), 1922, 1924 Box 9, folder 20 Hess, Myra, undated Box 9, folder 21 Iturbi, Jose, undated Box 9, folder 22 Johnston-Bishop, Genevra, 1907 Box 9, folder 23 Klemperer, Otto, 1933-1934 Box 9, folder 24 Kochanski, Paul, 1932 Box 9, folder 25 Landowska, Wanda, (?), 1930 Box 9, folder 26 Lheuinne, Josef, 1930 Box 9, folder 27 Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Trip to Mexico, undated Box 9, folder 28 Lummis, Charles Flecther, undated Box 9, folder 29 Lyons, Lucile M., undated Box 9, folder 30 Mason, Edith, 1903 Box 9, folder 31 McKeeby, Griffin B., undated

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Box 9, folder 32 McKeeby, L.C., undated Box 9, folder 33 Mills, R. Watkin, 1909-1910, undated Box 9, folder 34 Milstein, Nathan, 1929 Box 9, folder 35 Miscellaneous, undated Box 9, folder 36 Molinari, Bernardino, 1929, 1933 Box 9, folder 37 Prokofieff, Serge, 1929, 1933 Box 9, folder 38 Ritchie, Bell, 1927 Box 9, folder 39 Rodzinski, Artur, 1932 Box 9, folder 40 Rubenstein, Artur, undated Box 9, folder 41 Sauret, Emile, 1875 Box 9, folder 42 Sessious, Archibald W., 1908 Box 9, folder 43 Sylva, Marguerita, undated Box 9, folder 44 Templeton, Alec, undated Box 9, folder 45 Tibbett, Lawrence, undated Box 9, folder 46 Ventura, California, undated Box 9, folder 47 Wallenstein, Alfred, 1941 Box 9, folder 48 Zoellner Quartet, 1923 Box 10, folder 1 Frankel, Bessie Bartlett, undated Box 10, folder 2 Frankel, Cecil, undated Box 10, folder 3 Groups, undated Box 10, folder 4 Monteaux, Pierre, 1935 Box 10, folder 5 Monteux, Nanci, 1935 Box 10, folder 6 Moore, Grace, undated Box 10, folder 7 Moore, Mary Carr, 1949, undated Box 10, folder 8 Piatigorsky, Gregor, 1929 Box 10, folder 9 Ponselle, Rosa, 1931 Box 10, folder 10 Schneevoigt, Georg, 1928 Box 10, folder 11 Schneevoight, Sigrid, 1928 Box 10, folder 12 Schuchari, Sadah, 1930 Box 10, folder 13 Steinberg, William, 1943 Box 10, folder 14 Thomas, John Charles, undated Box 10, folder 15 Thomas, Rose Fay, 1922 Box 10, folder 16 Unidentified-Children, undated Box 10, folder 17 Unidentified-Children, undated Box 10, folder 18 Unidentified-Men, 1909, 1930, 1944,1962, undated Box 10, folder 19 Unidentified-Men, undated Box 10, folder 20 Unidentified-Men, undated Box 10, folder 21 Unidentified-Women, 1873, 1876, undated Box 10, folder 22 Unidentified-Women, undated Box 10, folder 23 Yalkousky, Isabelle, 1930 Series 6 Education and Philanthropic Work, 1891-1948 Scope and Content Note Contains materials pertaining to Mrs. Frankel's education and philanthropic work with organizations such as, Ebell of Los Angeles, American Legion, The Friday Morning Club, the Historical Society of Southern California and the Women's Committee for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles.

Box 2, folder 3 Education-Transcribed Works, 1913 Scope and Content Note Song of the Bell by Worden

Box 4, folder 9 Education-Published Works, undated Scope and Content Note No Room In the Inn by Patterson Green work contains handwritten annotations.

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Box 2, folder 2 Education-Notes, undated Scope and Content Note No Room In the Inn by Patterson Green work contains handwritten annotations.

Box 4, folder 2 American Legion Pamphlets, 1932, undated Scope and Content Note Contains two pamphlets.

Box 4, folder 3 Ebell of Los Angeles Yearbook, 1947-1948 Box 4, folder 4 Historical Society of Southern California Roster, 1950 Box 4, folder 5 Friday Morning Club Materials, 1891-1945, undated Scope and Content Note Contains programs, bulletins, directory, roster, and a yearbook.

Box 4, folder 7 Women's Committee for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles Program, 1945 Box 5, folder 1 Friday Morning Club Gavel presented to Frankel, ca. 1939 Scope and Content Note Inscribed "Mrs. Cecil Frankel President The Friday Morning Club 1935-1939".

Box 8, folder 1 Small leather book cover, undated Box 8, folder 2 Large leather book cover, undated

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