Olin Downes papers, Series 12. Scrapbooks, Clippings and Reviews, 1929-1955

Summary

Creator:

Downes, Olin, 1886-1955

Date:

1929-1955

Extent:

14 Linear Feet (9 oversized boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Olin Downes papers, Series 12. Scrapbooks, Clippings and Reviews, ms 688.series12, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Scrapbooks, Clippings and Reviews consists of scrapbooks, clippings and newspapers from 1909-1955. The scrapbooks and folios mainly contain newspaper articles and reviews written by Olin Downes from 1909-1955 (with gaps) for the New York Times pertaining to musical performers and performances at Carnegie Hall, the New York Metropolitan Opera, and the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Other scrapbooks and folios include newspaper clippings of the writings of music critics Virgil Thompson (1940-1954, with gaps) and Ernest Newman (1935-1954).

Biographical / historical:

Olin Downes (1886-1955) was an American music critic with the Boston Post (1906-1924) and the New York Times (1924-1955).

Arrangement:

The materials are arranged by record type and/or year.

This finding aid represents just one portion of the Olin Downes papers, which all together consists of correspondence, photographs, sketches, scrapbooks, printed materials, articles, music manuscripts, and lectures.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Music -- United States -- History and criticism.
Music critics -- United States.
Music -- United States -- Performance.
Scrapbooks.

Names:

Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Newman, Ernest, 1868-1959
Thompson, Virgil

Preferred citation:

Olin Downes papers, Series 12. Scrapbooks, Clippings and Reviews, ms 688.series12, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.