Leonard Bernstein Collection Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress Music Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2005 Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/ perform.contact Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm99096358 Finding Aid encoded by Library of Congress Music Division, 2005 Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/ eadmus.mu998001 Latest revision: 2011 October Collection Summary Title: Leonard Bernstein Collection Span Dates: 1900-1994 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1933-1990) Call No.: ML31.B49 Creator: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 Extent: around 350,000 items ; 396 boxes ; 405 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, writer, lecturer, and pianist. The collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, writings, personal business papers, and the extensive archives for his corporate identity, Amberson Inc. In addition, it contains music manuscripts for many of his compositions, including The Age of Anxiety (Symphony no. 2); Candide; Chichester Psalms; Fancy Free; Jeremiah (Symphony no. 1); On the Waterfront; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Serenade (after Plato's "Symposium"); Trouble in Tahiti; West Side Story; and Wonderful Town. Note: The processing of the Leonard Bernstein Collection and construction of the finding aid are currently to be considered works in progress. Written requests for access to the "un-processed" materials in the collection should be addressed to Head, Acquisitions and Processing Section, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington DC 20540-4710. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993--Portraits. Antoniou, Theodore, 1935- --Correspondence. Antoniou, Theodore, 1935- --Portraits. Balanchine, George--Portraits. Behrens, Hildegard--Portraits. Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973--Portraits. Bernstein, Felicia--Portraits. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990--Archives. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990--Autographs. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990--Correspondence. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990--Portraits. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997--Portraits. Blitzstein, Marc--Correspondence. Blitzstein, Marc--Portraits. Boulanger, Nadia--Correspondence. Boulanger, Nadia--Portraits. Boulez, Pierre, 1925- --Correspondence. Burton, Humphrey, 1931- --Portraits. Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981--Correspondence. Callas, Maria, 1923-1977--Portraits. Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007--Portraits. Carter, Jimmy, 1924- --Portraits. Leonard Bernstein Collection 2 Chavez, Carlos, 1899-1978--Correspondence. Comden, Betty--Correspondence. Comden, Betty--Portraits. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990--Correspondence. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990--Portraits. Culshaw, John--Portraits. DePreist, James, 1936- --Correspondence. Diamond, David, 1915-2005--Correspondence. Diamond, David, 1915-2005--Portraits. Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969--Correspondence. Farberman, Harold, 1929- --Correspondence. Fine, Irving, 1914-1962--Correspondence. Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925- --Portraits. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009--Portraits. Frantz, Justus--Correspondence. Frantz, Justus--Portraits. Gebhard, Heinrich, 1878-1963--Portraits. Ginastera, Alberto, 1916-1983--Correspondence. Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986--Portraits. Gottlieb, Jack--Portraits. Gould, Morton, 1913-1996--Correspondence. Green, Adolph--Correspondence. Green, Adolph--Portraits. Green, Johnny, 1908-1989--Correspondence. Hadley, Jerry--Portraits. Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984--Portraits. Horne, Marilyn--Portraits. Hume, Paul, 1915-2001--Correspondence. Ives, Charles, 1874-1954--Correspondence. Jones, Quincy, 1933- --Portraits. Kaplan, Abraham, 1931- --Portraits. Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980--Correspondence. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951--Correspondence. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951--Portraits. Levine, James, 1943- --Portraits. Lieberson, Goddard, 1911-1977--Correspondence. Lipkin, Seymour--Correspondence. Ludwig, Christa--Portraits. Markevitch, Igor, 1912-1983--Correspondence. Mauceri, John--Correspondence. Mauceri, John--Portraits. McClure, John--Portraits. Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007--Correspondence. Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999--Portraits. Midori, 1971- --Portraits. Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974--Correspondence. Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960--Correspondence. Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960--Portraits. Moseley, Carlos--Correspondence. Moseley, Carlos--Portraits. Munch, Charles, 1891-1968--Portraits. Nabokov, Nicolas, 1903-1978--Correspondence. Nagano, Kent, 1951- --Correspondence. Newman, Phyllis, 1935- --Portraits. Leonard Bernstein Collection 3 Nolen, Timothy--Portraits. Oppenheim, David, 1922-2007--Portraits. Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985--Correspondence. Ozawa, Seiji, 1935- --Correspondence. Ozawa, Seiji, 1935- --Portraits. Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960--Correspondence. Peress, Maurice--Correspondence. Perle, George, 1915-2009--Correspondence. Perlman, Itzhak, 1945- --Portraits. Piston, Walter, 1894-1976--Correspondence. Popp, Lucia--Portraits. Prawy, Marcel, 1911-2003--Correspondence. Prawy, Marcel, 1911-2003--Portraits. Previn, André, 1929- --Portraits. Resnik, Regina, 1922- --Portraits. Riegger, Wallingford, 1885-1961--Correspondence. Robbins, Jerome--Correspondence. Robbins, Jerome--Portraits. Rodzinski, Artur, 1892-1958--Correspondence. Rorem, Ned, 1923- --Correspondence. Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1927-2007--Correspondence. Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1927-2007--Portraits. Réaux, Angelina--Correspondence. Schuman, William, 1910-1992--Correspondence. Schuman, William, 1910-1992--Portraits. Shapero, Harold, 1920- --Correspondence. Sheng, Bright, 1955- --Portraits. Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991--Correspondence. Smit, Leo, 1921-1999--Correspondence. Sondheim, Stephen--Correspondence. Sondheim, Stephen--Portraits. Stern, Isaac, 1862-1932--Correspondence. Stern, Isaac, 1862-1932--Portraits. Stevens, Roger L.--Correspondence. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971--Correspondence. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971--Portraits. Styne, Jule, 1905-1994--Correspondence. Thomas, Michael Tilson, 1944- --Portraits. Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984--Portraits. Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989--Correspondence. Thorne, Francis--Correspondence. Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957--Portraits. Tourel, Jennie--Correspondence. Tourel, Jennie--Portraits. Urquhart, Craig--Portraits. Wadsworth, Stephen--Correspondence. Wadsworth, Stephen--Portraits. Walker, Nancy, 1922-1992--Portraits. Watts, Andre--Portraits. Yannatos, James--Correspondence. Yardumian, Richard--Correspondence. Zeffirelli, Franco--Correspondence. Zeffirelli, Franco--Portraits. Zirato, Bruno--Portraits. Leonard Bernstein Collection 4 Organizations Amberson Inc. Subjects Composers--United States--Correspondence. Composers--United States--Portraits. Conductors (Music)--United States--Correspondence. Conductors (Music)--United States--Portraits. Musicians--United States--Correspondence. Musicians--United States--Portraits. Form/Genre Business records. Correspondence. Photographs. Scrapbooks. Writings (document genre) Administrative Information Provenance Beginning in 1953, and continuing until 1967, Leonard Bernstein gave many of his most significant music manuscripts to the Library; between 1965 and 1983, Bernstein gave 104 scrapbooks to the Library (five additional scrapbooks were given by Brandeis University in 1973). Other sources of material: Helen Coates, Bernstein's longtime friend and secretary, left Bernstein related items to the Library in her will (received in 1991); 1991 and 1993 gifts of the Springate Corporation (representatives of the Bernstein estate); in 1997, Burton Bernstein, brother of Leonard Bernstein, gave the Library ninety-five additional items to add to the Bernstein Collection, originally from their mother's apartment. Custodial History Beginning in 1953, and continuing until 1967, Leonard Bernstein gave many of his most significant music manuscripts to the Library of Congress, including: The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2), Candide, Chichester Psalms, Fancy Free, Jeremiah (Symphony No. 1), On the Waterfront, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, Serenade (after Plato's "Symposium"), Trouble in Tahiti, West Side Story, and Wonderful Town. Between 1965 and 1983, Bernstein gave 104 scrapbooks to the Library (five additional scrapbooks were given by Brandeis University in 1973). Helen Coates, Bernstein's longtime friend and secretary, left ninety-four letters, music manuscripts and other Bernstein related items to the Library in her will. The Library received the items in 1991. An additional 600 letters, which had been in the possession of Helen Coates, were also given to the Library by the Springate Corporation in 1991. In 1993, the Springate Corporation, representatives of the Bernstein estate, increased the size of the Bernstein Collection many times over by giving to the Library hundreds of thousands of additional items. This included, not only additional music manuscripts, but correspondence, writings of all types, photographs, commercial and non-commercial recordings and audio-visual materials (now housed in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division), business papers, programs, fan mail, date books, realia, and other less common items. In addition to Bernstein's personal business papers, the extensive