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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
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Inventory of the Philip Hart Papers, 1973-1974
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Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Hart, Philip, 1914-2000 |
| Title | Philip Hart Papers |
| Dates | 1973-1974 |
| Extent | 0.2 linear feet (4 folders) |
| Abstract | Small collection of letters and other materials about Theodore Thomas, founding music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra collected by Philip Hart, a music historian and former assistant manager of the CSO. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS 135 |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 35 3 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Philip Hart Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, Philip Hart, 1990.
Processed by
Virginia Hay Smith, 2008.
Access
The Philip Hart Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Philip Hart Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Philip Hart
Former manager of various symphony orchestras; writer.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Small group of letters regarding Theodore Thomas, founding conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which were collected by Philip Hart, music historian and former CSO assistant manager. Hart, while penning a biography of conductor Fritz Reiner, was also thinking about writing about Thomas. Much of the correspondence is between Hart and Theodora Schultze, Chairman of The National Committee to Preserve Felsengarten, Thomas’s summer home. Other correspondents are Ezra Schabas, who wrote a biography of Thomas, Irving Lowens, and CSO Board Chairman Louis Sudler. Also, a copy of an inventory of Thomas’s library at Felsengarten, and a photograph of a statue of Thomas.
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Arrangement
Papers arranged by type of material.
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Hart, Philip, 1914-2000
- Lowens, Irving, 1916-1983
- Schabas, Ezra, 1924-
- Schultze, Theodora
- Sudler, Louis C. (Louis Courtenay), 1903-1992
- Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905
- Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905 -- Library -- Catalogs
- Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905 -- Statues -- Photographs
Subjects
- Conductors (Music) -- Biography
- Correspondence -- 1951-2000
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Musicians -- Portraits
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| Folder | Contents | ||||||||||
| 1 | Outgoing correspondence, 1973-1974 | ||||||||||
| 2-3 | Incoming correspondence, 1973-1974 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Miscellaneous material: inventory and photograph, n.d. | ||||||||||