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William Oliver Strunk Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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

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Strunk, W. Oliver (William Oliver), 1901-1980

W. Oliver Strunk was a musicologist and served as a professor of music at Princeton University from 1937-1966. During his tenure he was enormously influential for both his students at the university and for American musicology at large.

The collection consists chiefly of some correspondence of Strunk, lecture notes for his Princeton classes (Music 302, 402), and other notes about music and opera. Included are thirty-seven letters by Strunk to his friend Mrs. Rosamond McGuinness, some of which refers to his father's 1918 book The Elements of Style; eighteen letters to Strunk from Paul Hindemith, in both English and German; and one photograph of Strunk with Louis Bagger.

The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject.

The Hindemith correspondence was a gift of W. Oliver Strunk in 1966.

The Rosamon McGuinness correspondence was a gift of Rosamond McGuinness in 2000.

Additional papers were the gift of Professor Kenneth Levy in 2011.

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2006
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Letters and Notes from Paul Hindemith to Strunk, 1937-1948. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

35 TLsS to Rosamond McGuinness and 2 ANsS by Mildred Strunk to Rosmond, 1968-1979. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photo of Oliver Strunk with Louis S. Bagger, 1953. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Binder Filled with Notes on Music, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kastoria Manuscripts (Photocopies), undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notes on Kastoria, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Latin Chant and Notes, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

library of Congress: Credo Fragment, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Music 302 Notes and Papers, 1959. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Notes on Music I, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Notes on Music II, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Notes and Handwritten Music, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Binder of Autograph and Typed Notes, 1958-1972. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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