The Inventory of the Sarah Caldwell Collection #1733 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Caldwell, Sarah #1733 5/19/07 Preliminary Listing Note: OCB = Opera Company of Boston I. Correspondence. A. Professional; includes ALS, ANS, TLS, TNS, cards, postcards, invitations, faxes. Box 1 1. 1951-1959; 11 items; notables include: [F. 1] a. Applebaum, Louis (Canadian conductor). TLS, 12/9/58. 2. 1960-1969; approx. 200 items; includes programs from SC's performances at The White House, 4/3/67, 12/9/68; notables include: [F. 1-3] a. Breslin, Herbert (music industry executive). 2 TLS, 2/19/69, 4/15/69. b. Brooke, Edward W. III (U.S. Senator, Mass.) (i) 6 TLS from Boston-area university presidents re: nominations to OCB advisory council to increase student involvement with OCB; notables include: (a) Christ-Janer, Arland F. (president, Boston University, 1967-1970). TLS, 12/2/68. (b) Pusey, Nathan M. (president, Harvard). Letter. (ii) Telegram, photocopy, 2/20/65. c. Morse, F. Bradford (U.S. Congressman, Mass.) TLS from Morse's executive assistant to James Curran (manager, OCB), 5/15/68 d. Van Vleck, John H. (American physicist, Nobel Prize winner). TLS, 4/22/69. 3. 1970-1979; approx. 1,000 items (all notable items in F. 4). [F. 4-14] a. Adler, Kurt Herbert (American conductor). Invitation, 11/19/78. b. Bach, Jan (American composer; Pulitzer Prize nominee). TLS, 2/18/76. c. Bok, Derek (President, Harvard University). TL, 1/9/75. d. Brooke, Edward W. III. 2 TLS, 2/23/76, 8/17/76. Caldwell, Sarah (5/19/07) Page 1 of 83 e. Chavez, Carlos (Mexican composer). i. ALS, 3/2/75. ii. TLS, 2/18/75. f. Coppola, Carmine (American composer; Oscar, Golden Globe winner). ALS, 12/16/78. g. Gossett, Philip (American opera scholar). TLS, 8/16/73. h. Inbal, Shimshon (Consul General of Israel). Invitation, 5/6/73. i. Kalmanoff, Martin (American composer). TLS, 7/26/78. j. La Montaine, John (American composer; Pulitzer Prize winner). 2 TLS, 6/18/75, 8/26/78. k. Lehrman, Leonard (American composer). ALS, 2/28/78. l. Lipton, James (American actor, writer). TLS, 5/9/76. m. McElheran, Brock (Canadian conductor). TLS, 12/22/78. n. Mendenhall, Thomas C. (President, Smith College). TLS, 10/29/73. o. Nagano, Kent (American conductor). TLS, 8/31/76. p. Persichetti, Vincent (American composer and conductor). ALS, 2/10/75. q. Queler, Eve (American conductor; founder, Opera Orchestra of New York). TLS, 6/18/73. r. Rockefeller, David, Jr. (philanthropist). TLS, 8/8/75. s. Sargent, Francis W. (Governor, Mass.) TLS, 10/30/74. t. Sellars, Peter (opera, theater, film director). ALS, 2/17/75. u. Silber, John (President, Boston University). TLS, 6/15/73. v. Sills, Beverly (soprano; director, New York City Opera). Invitation from Mary Owen Greenwood to “Cocktail Supper” in honor of Sills, 1/24/74. w. Totenberg, Roman (Polish-American violinist). TLS, 10/19/78. x. White, Kevin H. (Mayor, Boston). (i) 2 invitations, 2/2/79, 4/4/79. (ii) Mailgram, 8/7/78. (iii) TLS, 11/29/74. Caldwell, Sarah (5/19/07) Page 2 of 83 Box 2 4. 1980-1989; approx. 300 items; notables include: [F. 1-2] a. Brademas, John (president, NYU). TLS, 3/15/82. b. Kennedy, Edward (U.S. Senator, Mass.) TLS, 3/23/88. c. Lahat, Shlomo (Mayor, Tel Aviv, Israel). Mailgram, 11/5/82 d. Nagano, Kent. ALS, 11/25/83. 5. 1990-1999; approx. 300 items; notables include: [F. 3-6] a. Billington, James H. (Librarian of Congress). Fax, 4/6/99. b. Clinton, William J. (U.S. President). 2 invitations, 1/9/97, 9/29/97. c. Crighton, D. G. (British mathematician, physicist). (i) 3 faxes, 1/12/98, 6/30/99, 7/1/99. (ii) 2 TLS, 6/30/99. d. Heinz, Teresa (American philanthropist). TLS, 2/12/96. e. Leacock, Richard (documentary film director). Fax, 4/8/96. f. Senn, Herbert (American designer). Fax, 7/18/98. 6. Undated; approx. 200 items; notables include: [F. 7-9] a. Gorbachev, Mikhail (President, USSR). TL, n.d. b. Harbison, John (American composer). ALS, n.d. b. Nagano, Kent. n.d. c. Nixon, Marni (soprano). Card, n.d. d. Nixon, Richard M. (U.S. President). Invitation to inauguration, 1/20/69. e. Sills, Beverly. ANS to Osbourne McConathy (American conductor), n.d. f. Stravinsky, Vera (wife of composer Igor Stravinsky). TLS re: festival to honor her husband, n.d. g. Wanamaker, Sam (American theatre director). TLS, n.d. B. Personal; includes TLS, ALS, telgrams, cards, postcards from family; may include photographs, printed materials, legal materials. 1. General; approx. 1,000 items, 1948-1994. [F. 10-14] Box 3 a. Ibid. [F. 1-5] 2. Re: Feb. 1985 hospital stay; approx. 250 items; notables include: [F. 6-7] a. Harris, Virginia (chairman, Christian Science board of directors). ANS, n.d. Caldwell, Sarah (5/19/07) Page 3 of 83 b. Newman, Danny (press agent, Lyric Opera of Chicago). TLS, 2/7/85. c. Shaw, Robert Lawson (American conductor). ANS, 3/11/85. d. Yauger, Margaret (mezzo-soprano). Postcard, 3/4/85. 3. Re: Christmas 1975; approx. 50 items; notables include: a. Moffo, Anna (American soprano). Card with ANS. [F. 7] b. Wiesner, Jerome B.(science advisor to U.S. Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy; President of MIT). Card. C. Files; includes ALS, ANS, TLS, TNS, cards postcards; may include printed material, photographs. 1. “1969,” approx. 10 items. [F. 8] 2. “1970,” approx. 30 items; notables include: a. Bing, Rudolph (General Manager, New York Metropolitan Opera). TLS, 9/2/70. 3. “1971,” approx. 80 items; notables include: a. Alessandro, Victor (American conductor). TLS, 10/1/71. b. Brooke, Edward W. III. TLS, 10/1/71. c. Johnson, Howard (chairman, MIT Corporation). TLS, 9/10/71. d. Kalmanoff, Martin (American composer). TLS, 10/13/71. e. La Montaine, John. Letter. f. Steinem, Gloria (American journalist). TLS, 10/22/71. g. Verrett, Shirley (American mezzo-soprano). TLS, 7/21/71. 4. “1971,” re: OCB; approx. 100 items. [F. 9] 5. “1972,” re: OCB; approx. 125 items. [F. 10] 6. “1973,” approx. 50 items. [F. 11] 7. “1974,” re: OCB; approx. 100 items; notables include: a. London, George (bass-baritone). TLS, 6/10/74. 8. “June 1983,” re: OCB; approx. 20 items. 9. “July, August, September 1983,” re: OCB; approx. 25 items. 10. “Dec. 1983,” re: OCB; approx. 15 items. Box 4 11. “Artist Correspondence 1966,” approx. 10 items; notables include: [F. 1] Caldwell, Sarah (5/19/07) Page 4 of 83 a. Bing, Rudolph. 2 TLS, photocopies,10/29/65, 10/30/65. 12. “Auditions - Job Applications,” 8 items. 13. “Bill Benoit,” approx. 10 items. 14. “Caldwell,” approx. 10 items. 15. “China Letter,” approx. 10 items. 16. “Chorus Audition,” approx. 200 items; notables include: [F. 2] a. Harbison, John. ALS, 4/14/75. b. Hume, Paul (music editor, The Washington Post). TLS, 6/16/75. c. Lerman, Leo (American writer, editor). Telegram, 06/02/75. d. Mamlok, Ursula (American composer). ALS, 05/18/75. e. Michener, James A. (American author). TLS, n.d. f. Perry, Julia (American composer). TNS, n.d. g. Ross, Glynn (Opera administrator). TLS, 08/01/75. h. Wiesner, Jerome B. TLS, 6/6/75. 17. “Contract Correspondence (1959),” approx. 15 items. [F. 3] 18. “Hoffnung,” 5 items re: Gerard Hoffnung (artist and musician); includes TLS from Hoffnung, 12/31/58. 19. “Honorary Degrees,” approx. 20 items; includes photographs. 20. “Letters Received – September,” approx. 50 items. 21. “McConathy, Osbourne W.,” 5 items. 22. “Norwood,” 5 items, 1962-1963. 23. “Other People’s Mail,” approx. 20 items, 1982. [F. 4] 24. “South Shore,” TLS, 1/18/63. 25. “Stone, Mrs. David G. – Brookline,” approx. 30 items, 1959. 26. “Stravinsky, Igor,” includes TLS from Igor Stravinsky, 9/5/57. 27. “Sudbury,” approx. 20 items. 28. “Tech Applicants,” approx. 20 items. 29. “To Be Answered,” approx. 20 items; notables include: a. Christoff, Boris (Bulgarian bass). (i) ALS, 12/10/65. (ii) Telegram, 12/20/65. 30. “Vocal Auditions,” approx. 5 items. 31. “Weston,” approx. 20 items. 32. Untitled chronological files. a. 1972; approx. 50 items; notables include: [F. 5] (i) White, Kevin H. TLS, 8/10/72. Caldwell, Sarah (5/19/07) Page 5 of 83 (ii) Wiesner, Jerome B. TLS, 10/27/72. b. 1973; approx. 15 items. c. 1974; approx. 50 items; notables include: (i) London, George. TLS, 6/10/74. (ii) Saunders, Arlene (American soprano). ALS, 6/27/74. d. 1975; approx. 200 items; notables include: [F. 6] (i) Bok, Derek C. Invitation, 11/21/75. (ii) Effron, David (American conductor). TLS, 10/29/75. (iii) Ross, Glynn (Opera administrator). ANS, n.d. e. 1979; approx. 25 items; notables include: [F. 7] (i) Gould, Morton (American composer, pianist). TLS, 2/12/79. (ii) McElheran, Brock (Canadian conductor). TLS, n.d. 33. Untitled, re: auditions; approx. 40 items. 34. Untitled, re: mother’s insurance; 5 items. 35. “Opera Company of Boston,” re: creation and early workings of OCB; includes correspondence re: solicitation and trustees; financial materials, printed materials. Each sub-file contains 5-10 items unless otherwise noted. a. “A Correspondence.” b. “Avalon.” c. “B Correspondence,” approx. 30 items. d. “Bay State Charitable.” e. “Beinecke Foundation.” f. “Beranek, Leo L.” (pioneering scientist in the field of acoustics and radio). g. “Beveridge, F[rank]. S[tanley].” (entrepreneur, philanthropist). h. “Binney Foundation.” i. “Black, L. C.” j. “Bonis, Laszlo” (materials scientist; executive head of OCB; head of touring company). k. “Boston Opera Group - Gifts Received.” [F. 9] l. “Boston Opera Group - Gifts Received Under $100.” m. “Boston Opera Group - Gifts Received Over $100.” [F.