http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2s2004kd No online items Finding Aid for the Harry Kaufman Papers, 1900-1961 Processed by Phyllis Herzog; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Harry 872 1 Kaufman Papers, 1900-1961 Finding Aid for the Harry Kaufman Papers, 1900-1961 Collection number: 872 UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Los Angeles, CA Contact Information Manuscripts Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ Processed by: Phyllis Herzog, 26 May 1965 Encoded by: Caroline Cubé Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by: Apex Data Services Online finding aid edited by: Josh Fiala, April 2002 © 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Harry Kaufman Papers, Date (inclusive): 1900-1961 Collection number: 872 Creator: Kaufman, Harry, 1894-1961 Extent: 23 boxes (11.5 linear ft.) Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Abstract: Harry Kaufman (1894-1961)was a pianist and music teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. He was also a successful piano soloist with orchestras in the U.S. and Europe, and accompanied such artists as Joseph Szigeti, Toscha Seidel, Nathan Milstein, George London, William Primrose, and others. The collection consists of correspondence between Harry Kaufman and his family, but mostly with people in the world of classical music. The collection also contains photographs of musical personalities, programs, clippings and scrapbooks. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Restrictions on Access Finding Aid for the Harry 872 2 Kaufman Papers, 1900-1961 COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access. Additional Physical Form Available A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact: Public Services Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: [email protected] Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Lillian Kaufman, 1963-1982. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Harry Kaufman Papers (Collection 872). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 1972962 Biography Kaufman was born on September 6, 1894 in New York City; he was a pianist and music teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia; for 17 years he headed the Department of Accompanying, during the time his former piano teacher Joseph Hofman was director of the Institute; he had a career as a piano soloist with orchestras in the U.S. and Europe, and accompanied such artists as Joseph Szigeti, Toscha Seidel, Nathan Milstein, George London, William Primrose, and others; he died on Aug. 21, 1961. Scope and Content Collection consists of correspondence between Harry Kaufman and his family, but mostly with people in the world of classical music. Also contains photographs of musical personalities, programs, clippings, scrapbooks, 34 issues of Overtones, personal financial material, and a copy of Great Ballet Prints of the Romantic Era by Parmenia Migel (c. 1981). Correspondents include: Wilhelm Backhaus, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Van Wyck Brooks, Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco, Dorothy Chandler, Will and Ariel Durant, Pierre Fournier, George and Ira Gerschwin, Joseph Hofmann, Sol Hurok, Eric Leinsdorf, Joseph Lhevinne, Lawritz Melchior, Gian Carlo Menotti, Henry Miller, Eugene Ormandy, William Primrose, Fritz Reiner, Jean Renoir, Arthur Rodzinski, Mikl? Rozsa, Arthur Rubenstein, Elizabeth Schuman, Gertrude Stein, William Steinberg, Leopold Stokowski, Igor Stravinsky, Joseph Szigeti, Henri Temianka, Virgil Thomson, Lilly Toch, Louis Untermyer, Alfred Wallenstein, Meredith Willson, and Efrem Zimbalist. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-5,17,20-23). 2. Photographs (Box 6). 3. Ephemera (Boxes 7-11,15-16,18-19). 4. Scrapbooks (Boxes 12-13). 5. Overtones, the monthly publication of the Curtis Institute of Music (Box 14). 6. Great ballet prints of the romantic era (Box 21). Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Kaufman, Harry, 1894-1961--Archives. Curtis Institute of Music--Faculty--Archival resources. Pianists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Archival resources. Finding Aid for the Harry 872 3 Kaufman Papers, 1900-1961 Correspondence, 1900-1961 Correspondence, 1900-1961 Scope and Content Note Box 1, A - D; Box 2, E - I; Box 3, J - R; Box 4, S - Z; Box 5, Kaufman family correspondence. Added entry cards have been filed in the Collections Catalogue for the following correspondents: Box 1 Adams, Esther Mrs. Franklin Pierce Adams. Scope and Content Note 20 letters to Harry Kaufman and to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Adams, Franklin Pierce, 1881-1939. Scope and Content Note 4 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 An, Ikt'al. Scope and Content Note 4 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Auer, Leopold, 1845-1930. Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Harry Kaufman. Box 1 Auer, Wanda Mrs. Leopold Auer d. 1961. Scope and Content Note 18 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Backhaus, Wilhelm, 1884- Scope and Content Note 5 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Bailly, Louis, 1882- . Scope and Content Note 2 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Balaban, Emanuel, 1895- . Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Barber, Samuel, 1910- . Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951. Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Behrman, Samuel Nathaniel, 1893- . Scope and Content Note 3 letters to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Bernstein, Leonard, 1918- . Scope and Content Note 3 letters to Lilian Kaufman. Finding Aid for the Harry 872 4 Kaufman Papers, 1900-1961 Correspondence, 1900-1961 Box 1 Bornschein, Franz Carl, 1879-1948. Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Harry Kaufman. Box 1 Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886- . Scope and Content Note 10 letters to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Burnstein, George, 1920- . Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Cadman, Charles Wakefield, 1881-1946. Scope and Content Note 2 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 California. University, Berkeley. Office of the dean. Scope and Content Note 2 letters to Howard Kaufman. Box 1 California. University, Los Angeles. Library. Scope and Content Note 3 letters to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895- . Scope and Content Note 8 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Caston, Selma Mrs. Saul Caston. Scope and Content Note 3 letters to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Chandler, Dorothy (Buffum) Mrs. Norman Chandler 1901- . Scope and Content Note 1 letter and enclosure to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Chang, Hsin-hai, 1898- . Scope and Content Note 7 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Chasins, Abram, 1903- . Scope and Content Note 6 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Cherkassky, Shura, 1911- . Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Cholmondelay, Archer, 1892- . Scope and Content Note 2 letters to Lilian Kaufman. Finding Aid for the Harry 872 5 Kaufman Papers, 1900-1961 Correspondence, 1900-1961 Box 1 Chotzinoff, Samuel, 1889- . Scope and Content Note 6 letters to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Clemens, Clara Langhorn Scope and Content Note 28 letters to Lilian Kaufman(FOLDER). Box 1 Cohen, Harriet, 1895- . Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Collins, Anthony, 1893- . Scope and Content Note 2 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Cotten, Joseph, 1905- . Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Curtis, Harry Alfred, 1884- . Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Harry Kaufman. Box 1 The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Harry Kaufman. Box 1 Davenport, Marcia (Gluck) 1903- . Scope and Content Note 2 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Déak, Margaret Mrs. Stephen Déak. Scope and Content Note 2 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Doenhoff, Albert von, 1880-1940. Scope and Content Note 1 letter to Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Dukelsky, Vladimir, 1903- . Scope and Content Note 5 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman. Box 1 Durant, Ariel, Mrs. William James Durant. Scope and Content Note 83 letters to Harry Kaufman and Lilian Kaufman (letters from Ariel and Wil Durant filed together in 1 folder).