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Held at: Archives [Contact Us]1720 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Archives. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
AR
Repository:
Archives
Extent:
29.0 linear feet (22 custom sized boxes and 2 loose objects)
Language:
English
Date:
1924-2010 (bulk) and 1895-2011 (inclusive)
Creator:
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
Abstract:

People
Organization
Subject
Place
Occupation

Publisher
Archives
Finding Aid Author
Barbara Benedett
Finding Aid Date
2017

Collection Inventory

ar_001. Emilio de Gogorza printing block, undated .
Box A1 Compartment 1 Object 1
Physical Description

8x12 inches

ar_002. Mary Louise Curtis Bok printing block, 1927.
Box A1 Compartment 2 Object 2
Scope and Contents

Mary Louise Curtis Bok in academic gown and mortar board

Physical Description

9x6 inches

ar_003. Casimir Hall printing block, 1927.
Box A1 Compartment 3 Object 3
Biographical / Historical

features the newly constructed Casimir Hall at its inaugural recital

Physical Description

7x6 inches

ar_004. Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Lyndon Grange printing block, undated .
Box A1 Compartment 3 Object 4
Biographical / Historical

Lyndon Grange was the home of the Curtis family in Wyncote, PA. Built by Cyrus Curtis with landscaping designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.

Physical Description

7x9 inches

ar_005. Border for Curtis Institute advertisement in Musical America printing block, 19 July 1924 .
Box A1 Compartment 4 Object 5
Biographical / Historical

in use 1924-1927

Physical Description

5x13 inches

ar_006. Locust Street entrance to Curtis Hall printing block , 1924.
Box A1 Compartment 5 Object 6
Physical Description

6 1/2 x 8 inches

ar_007. Advertisement border printing block, 1924.
Box A1 Compartment 5 Object 7
Physical Description

13x9 inches

ar_008. Emilio de Gorgorza printing block , undated .
Box A2 Compartment 1 Object 8
Physical Description

4 x 5 inches

ar_009. Rosario Scalero and students printing block, 1929.
Box A2 Compartment 2 Object 9
Related Materials

see photo ph1_006 for image

Physical Description

6 x 4 inches

ar_010. Amelia al Ballo rehearsal printing block , 1937.
Box A2 Compartment 3 Object 10
Physical Description

6 x 4 inches

ar_011. Rosario Scalero and students printing block, 1929.
Box A2 Compartment 4 Object 11
Physical Description

3 x 4 inches

ar_012. Gian Carlo Menotti and Margaret Daum printing block, undated .
Box A2 Compartment 4 Object 12
ar_013. Scene from Amelia al Ballo printing block, circa 1937.
Box A2 Compartment 5 Object 13
Physical Description

5 x 2.5 inches

ar_014. Swastika (Curtis) String Quartet printing block, circa 1932.
Box A2 Compartment 5 Object 14
Physical Description

4 x 4 inches

ar_015. Mary Louise Curtis portrait printing block, undated .
Box A2 Compartment 6 Object 15
Physical Description

3 x 4 inches

ar_016. Mary Louise Curtis portrait printing block, undated .
Box A2 Compartment 6 Object 16
Physical Description

2.25 x 3 inches

ar_017. Curtis main entrance printing block, undated .
Box A2 Compartment 7 Object 17
Physical Description

5 x 3.75 inches

ar_018. Mary Louise Curtis portrait printing block, undated .
Box A2 Compartment 8 Object 18
Physical Description

4 x 5 inches

ar_019. Rosario Scalero printing block, undated .
Box A2 Compartment 9 Object 19
Physical Description

5 x 4 inches

ar_020. Stringed Instrument printing block, undated .
Box A2 Compartment 10 Object 20
Physical Description

4 x 2

ar_021. Samuel Barber portrait printing block, circa 1941.
Box A2 Compartment 11 Object 21
Physical Description

1.5 x 1.75 inches

ar_022. Samuel Barber portrait printing block, circa 1941.
Box A2 Compartment 12 Object 22
Physical Description

1.5 x 1.75 inches

ar_023. Efrem Zimbalist printing block, undated .
Box A2 Compartment 13 Object 23
Physical Description

ar_026. Elisabeth Schumann printing block, September 1937 .
Box A2 Compartment 16 Object 26
Physical Description

2.5 x 3 inches

ar_028. Engraving plate - Mary Louise Curtis Bok signature , undated .
Box A3 Folder 1 Object 28
Physical Description

4 x 2 1/2 inches

ar_029. Engraving plate - Mary Louise Curtis Bok signature, undated .
Box A3 Folder 1 Object 29
Physical Description

3x 2 1/2 inches

ar_030. Engraving plate - Season's greetings from Mary Louise Curtis Bok, undated .
Box A3 Folder 2 Object 30
Physical Description

7x3 inches

Letterhead plate and seals, circa 1924.
Box Box A5 Object 74
ar_031. Appointment book (blank), 1929.
Box A3 Folder 3 Object 31
ar_032. Sticker with red ink on white background with Curtis seal, undated .
Box A3 Folder 3 Object 32
New student welcome packet, 2010.
Box A15 Object 68

Tile from 1726 Locust Street/235 S. 18th Street, undated .
Box A3 Object 29
Curtis Hall letters, undated .
Box A3 Object 24
Wood floor piece from 1726 Locust Street/235 S. 18th Street, undated .
Box A3 Box 30
Physical Description

3" x 3"

Calendar page , June 1895.
Signed lumber scrap , 1895.
Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 June 1895 .
Guard's clocking device, undated .
Box A16
Lenfest Hall openinng banner (cut), 2011.
Box A17
Cafeteria cutlery, circa 1937.
Box A19
Hard hats with Curtis logo , circa 2010.
Box A17
Biographical / Historical

used during the building of Lenfest Hall

Glass photo transparencies of sketches for scenery for Landara , August 1964 .
Box A3 Object 31
Silk banner from Antony and Cleopatra, 1966.
Box A4 Object 41
Plaque from the mayor of Philadelphia honoring the Curtis Institute on "The Consul" world premiere, 3 March 1950 .
Box A17

50th anniversary sweatshirt (red), 1974.
Box A12 Object 1
Curtis golf shirt, undated .
Box A4 Object 2
75th anniversary tee shirt, 1999.
Box A12 Object 3
Alumni Association tee shirt, undated .
Box A12 Object 4
Far side tee shirt, circa 1990s.
Box A12 Object 5
Verbier/Evian orchestra tour sweatshirt and polo, 1999.
Box A12 Object 6
Curtis tee shirts/sweatshirts, circa 1999-2010.
Box A12 Object 7

ar_033. Button & brochure - From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China , 1980.
Box A3 Folder 4 Object 33
Tote bag.
Box A4 Object 35
Mann Music Center fans, 2004.
Box A6 Object 48
75th anniversary banners, 1999.
Box A10 Object 55
Banner (wrapped), undated .
Object 51 (loose)

American Institute of Italian Culture achievement award honoring student delegates at the Sister City Youth Conference, Florence, Italy, 20-25 June 1973 .
Box A17
Plaque 'Honoring 50 years Association with the Curtis Institute of Music'.
Box A3 Object 37
Betsy Ross Flag Award, June 1989 .
Box A16 Object 69
Philadelphia Marathon medal, 2003.
Box A5 Object 45
Philadelphia Marathon medal, 2004.
Box A5 Folder 49

Barber, Samuel - buttons/pins, 2010.
Box A6 Object 53
Behrend, Jeanne - handwritten musical score, 1933.
Box A6 Object 70
Bernstein, Leonard - concert whites and baton , undated .
Box A4 Object 42
Physical Description

baton is chipped

Bok, Mary Louise Curtis - engraved sterling silver frame, 20th century.
Box A6 Object 71
Bok, Mary Louise Curtis - leather 3-ring binder embossed Mary Curtis Zimbalist, circa 1950.
Box A6 Object 72
Caston, Saul - trumpet mute designed and played by him, undated .
Box A5 Object 43
Graffman, Gary - buttons, circa 1981.
Box A6 Object 67
Graffman, Gary - gala tote and gift list, undated .
Box A7 Object 50
Luboshutz, Lea - cap and gown, circa 1940.
Box A4 Object 32
Galimir, Felix - W.E. Hill Sons violin case , undated .
Object Loose
Immigrants Protective League Award, 17 April 1958 .
Box A13
Northwestern University - Doctor of Fine Arts , 15 June 1959.
Box A13
Loyola University - Doctor of Laws, 7 February 1962.
Box A13
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) certificate, 1960.
Box A13
NARAS certificate - Reiner and Vienna Philharmonic, 1960.
Box A14
NARAS certificate, 1961.
Box A13
NARAS certificate, 1962.
Box A13
NARAS certificate, 1963.
Box A13
Rostropovitch, Mtsislav - medal, undated .
Box A5 Object 44
Smith, William - framed baton with inscription, 1992.
Box shelf Object 46

Woodwind instruments and parts from collection of Hans Moennig, circa 18th - 20th century.
Box A8 Object 51A-J
Biographical / Historical

W. Hans Moennig (1903-1988) was a world-renowed woodwind master craftsman and repairer based at 15 S. 21st St. in Philadelphia from 1926-1983. His cousin William Moennig's violin repair shop still exists today on Locust Street.

Scope and Contents note

Complete flutes, clarinets, and incomplete parts of each, all in wood, from the workshop of Hans Moennig. Includes: piccolo by Thiebouville, Paris; fife by Klemm & Bro., Philadelphia; 12-key flute by G.H. Hüller, Germany; incomplete flute by Rudall, Carte & Co., Ltd., London; flute by Hawes, London; flute by unknown maker; clarinet by Charles Bertin, Paris; clarinet by G.A. Klem, Neukirchen; incomplete clarinet by unknown German maker; incomplete clarinet by Hans Moennig; incomplete clarinet by A. Buffet Paris

Flutes presented to Curtis by conductor Sung Rae Cho, undated .
Box A9 Object 47
Gennusa, Ignatius - first clarinet , circa 1930 .
Object Loose
Biographical / Historical

Purchased in 1930 for $25

General

mounted in shadowbox frame

Beethoven, Ludwig Van - life mask by Franz Klein, 1812.
Box A20
Bolet, Jorge - left hand plaster cast, undated .
Box A18 Object 2
Feuermann, Emanuel - plaster cast of hands, circa 1942 .
Box A19
Koussevitzky, Serge - bust, 1937.
Box: A23
Related Materials

ac2018.07

Biographical / Historical

By French artist Guitou Knoop

Liszt, Franz - right hand plaster cast, undated .
Box A18 Object 1
Schubert, Franz - bronze cast death mask, undated .
Box A21
Wagner, Richard - death mask by Benvenutti, 14 February 1883 .
Box A22

Richard Strauss baton, undated .
Box A9 Object 54
Pewter box, undated .
Box A3 Object 22
Chinese opera miniatures, undated .
Box A11 Object 56

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