Box: 2 Fold: 146 Unidentified Correspondence 1986 Box: 2 Fold: 147 Unidentified/undated Correspondence Box: 3 Fold: 1 Benjamin Britten - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 2 Ferruccio Busoni - "Die Brautwahl" Libretto (copy) Box: 3 Fold: 3 Boris Christoff - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 4 Boris Christoff - Photographs Box: 3 Fold: 5 Boris Christoff - Newsclippings Box: 3 Fold: 6 Aaron Copland - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 7 Aaron Copland - Newsclippings Box: 3 Fold: 8 Aaron Copland - Photographs Box: 3 Fold: 9 Robert Evett - "Lauds in Honor of St. Ignatius Loyola" Box: 3 Fold: 10 Robert Evett - Music Program Box: 3 Fold: 11 Abe Fortas - Related Material
Also includes typescripts by Hume regarding the life and work of Fortas as well as copies/clippings of printed articles.
Box: 3 Fold: 12 Paul Fromm - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 13 Rafael Fruhbeck DeBurgos - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 14 Glenn Gould - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 15 Martha Graham - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 16 George Frideric Handel - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 17 Jascha Heifetz - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 18 Jerome Hill - Related Correspondence from Francis Brennan Box: 3 Fold: 19 Jerome Hill - Related Correspondence Box: 3 Fold: 20 Jerome Hill - Notes by Paul Hume Box: 3 Fold: 21 Jerome Hill - Photographs
Jerome Hill portrait b/w, 5x7 dated c.1960
Jerome Hill color negative
Jerome Hill sculpting sand castle b/w, 8x10 dated 1961
James Jerome Hill and Louis Warren Hill b/w 8x10 dated 1911
Photographs of Hill's paintings include: "The Breakfast," "Cap Canaille -- l'Heure Bleu," Lighthouse -- Blue Sea," "Roses dans un cruche verte," "Zinnia and Lavender in the Window," "Untitled, floral still life," "Untitled, portrait of unidentified woman," "Untitled, beach scene near Hill's property in Cassis."
Box: 3 Fold: 22 Vladimir Horowitz - News Releases Box: 3 Fold: 23 Vladimir Horowitz - Newsclippings Box: 3 Fold: 24 Gunnar Johansen - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 25 Marjorie Lawrence - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 26 Lauritz Melchior - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 27 Olivier Messiaen - Related Material Box: 3 Fold: 28 Olivier Messiaen - Photographs Box: 3 Fold: 29 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Related Correspondence Box: 3 Fold: 30 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Correspondence (Copies)
Includes copy of promissory note signed by Paderewski for a loan of $6,000 from the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York, 5/5/1916.
Box: 3 Fold: 31 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Correspondence (Copies) Box: 3 Fold: 32 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Correspondence (Copies) Box: 3 Fold: 33 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Correspondence (Copies) Box: 3 Fold: 34 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Correspondence (Copies)
Box: 3 Fold: 35 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Correspondence (Copies) Box: 3 Fold: 36 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Tributes (Copies) Box: 3 Fold: 37 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Correspondence (Copies) Box: 3 Fold: 38 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Correspondence (Copies) Box: 3 Fold: 39 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Corres. by Ernest Schelling Box: 3 Fold: 40 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Memorial Plaque Dedication Box: 3 Fold: 41 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Memorial Plaque Dedication Photos Box: 3 Fold: 42 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Commemorative Anniversary Box: 3 Fold: 43 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Disposition of Remains Box: 3 Fold: 44 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Paderewski Fund for Composers Box: 3 Fold: 45 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Recital/Concert Programs Box: 3 Fold: 46 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Concert Program: Mosque Theatre Box: 3 Fold: 47 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Concert Program: Woolsey Hall Box: 3 Fold: 48 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Photograph of Sketch Box: 3 Fold: 49 Ignace Jan Paderewski - Article by Paul Hume
1986
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Paul Hume from unidentified individuals.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Undated correspondence to Paul Hume from unidentified individuals.
c.1964
DESCRIPTION: Informational material gathered by Paul Hume on composer Benjamin Britten. Includes typed note by Hume; copies of articles; and a copy of typescript, "Benjamin Britten, a biographical sketch." Also includes xerox copy of typescript of "A Young People's Guide to the Orchestra" by Benjamin Britten with verses by Jerome Rosen.
1912
DESCRIPTION: Xerox copy of libretto for "Die Brautwahl" by Ferruccio Busoni. Forwarded with cover letter to Paul Hume from Leonard Lee Bacon (9/24/1981).
c.1953
DESCRIPTION: Informational material gathered by Paul Hume on opera singer Boris Christoff: typed notes by Hume.
c.1953
DESCRIPTION: 2 photographs of bass singer Boris Christoff (b/w, 8"x10"). One is inscribed and signed: "To my friend John Hill - May your dream come true! Insistently and Sincerely, Boris Christoff, 1953."
1953
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of newspaper articles re bass singer Boris Christoff.
1975
DESCRIPTION: 2 news releases from ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) re testimony of Aaron Copland concerning the importance to composers of income from jukebox performance fees.
1978-81
DESCRIPTION: Newspaper clippings re Aaron Copland.
1978 and undated
DESCRIPTION: 8 photographs (b/w, 8"x10") of composer Aaron Copland. Includes one of the composer's hands.
1964
DESCRIPTION: Printed sheet music for "Lauds in Honor of St. Ignatius Loyola," by American composer Robert Evett (1922-75). Bears the official stamp of the Georgetown Glee Club, Washington, D.C.
May 23, 1975
DESCRIPTION: Program for a concert of music by Robert Evett presented by the District of Columbia Public Library for the Arts, May 23, 1975.
1963-83
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence relating to American lawyer and U.S. Supreme Court judge, Abe Fortas (1910-82): 1. TLS (5/31/1983) from Harold Burson to Paul Hume, re an article by Hume on Fortas' interest in and support of music, particularly at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.; 2. TLS copy (3/3/1983) from Marta Istomin, artistic director, Kennedy Center, to Esther Bloom, sister of Abe Fortas, attaching news release about the Abe Fortas Memorial fund; 3. TLS (6/3/1983) from Dina Koston, Theater Chamber Players of Kennedy Center, to Paul Hume, re Fortas' relationship to the group.
1974-81
DESCRIPTION: Material relating to Paul Fromm (1906-87), director, Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University: 1. TLS (9/1974) from Fromm to Paul Hume, re bringing early 20th century music into the mainstream; and 2. Transcript of address by Fromm before the Trustees and Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, "The Role of Symphony Boards," (April 23, 1981).
1982
DESCRIPTION: Newswire printout re Rafael Fruhbeck DeBurgos, principal guest conductor for the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington, D.C. (1982).
c.1955
DESCRIPTION: Copies of clipping and program of a recital given by Glenn Gould at the Phillips Gallery, Washington, D.C. (1/2/1955). The article is by Paul Hume.
c.1979
DESCRIPTION: Kennedy Center news release re Martha Graham as one of five 1979 honorees.
1972-73
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Paul Hume re George Frideric Handel: 1. TLS (12/8/1972) from G.E. Arrington, Jr., to Anthony D. Holland II, enclosing reprint of an article by the latter, "George Frederick Handel - A Genius in Darkness. A Contribution on his Ocular Disease," (from Virginia Medical Monthly, January 1960), inscribed and signed by Arrington; and 2. TLS (12/12/1973) from Anthony D. Holland to Hume re the aforementioned.
undated
DESCRIPTION: 2 newswire printouts re violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz (1899-1987).
1974
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS (1/11/1974 & 3/8/1974) from Francis Brennan, design consultant/editor, Newsweek, to Paul Hume, re Jerome Hill. Reference to photographs of Hill (see Folder 3:21).
1974
DESCRIPTION: Copies of correspondence to Paul Hume re an article he wrote on Jerome Hill: A.A. Heckman, president and secretary, Jerome Foundation, Inc.; Michael Blecker, O.S.B.; Julian G. Plante, curator and director, Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, St. John's University.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Typed notes by Paul Hume on artist Jerome Hill (1905-72).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Photographs of Jerome Hill and of paintings by Hill. These were made by Francis Brennan for Paul Hume's article on Hill:
1976-77
DESCRIPTION: News releases re pianist Vladimir Horowitz.
1978
DESCRIPTION: Newspaper clippings of articles by Paul Hume on Vladimir Horowitz.
c.1973-74
DESCRIPTION: Copies of printed material relating to pianist Gunnar Johansen, also founder of the Leonardo Da Vinci Academy for scientific research. Includes copies of clippings, citation from University of Wisconsin, proposal for the academy, and academy paper by Lawrence Lessing, "The Coming Hydrogen Economy."
1977
DESCRIPTION: Press release and biographical sketch on Australian dramatic soprano Marjorie Lawrence.
1975
DESCRIPTION: Printed items relating to the memorial honoring Danish singer Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) at Dana College, Blair, Nebraska. Includes programs for dedication of the memorial and for a concert, "Melchior Remembered"; schedule of events for the memorial dedication; a visitor's guide to the memorial; and miscellaneous color postcards of Dana College. Also includes ACS (10/10/1975) to Paul Hume from Dr. Earl R. Mezoff, president, Dana College, forwarding a memento program and a print of Lauritz Melchior.
1979
DESCRIPTION: Articles re French composer Olivier Messiaen. Reference to the renaming, in his honor, of Lion's Peak in Utah, to Mount Messiaen.
1970 & undated
DESCRIPTION: 2 b/w 8x10 photographs of Olivier Messiaen. Also includes photograph of Mount Messiaen named in his honor.
1964-72
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Paul and Ruth Hume re their research Ignace Jan Paderewski. The Humes had written a biography on Paderewski: "The Lion of Poland: the Story of Paderewski," (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1962). Includes TLS (9/25/1964) from Doreen Younghusband; TLS (5/22/1971) from Richard D. Fletcher; and TLS (3/21/1972) from Charles Jahant.
1901-1918
DESCRIPTION: Copies of correspondence used by Paul and Ruth Hume for research on Polish pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941). The letters are to or concerning Paderewski, are arranged chronologically (1901-18), and include: painter Henryk Siemiradzki, composer Edward Elgar; Margaret Asquith (?), Francis Cardinal Gibbons, pianist Jozef Hofmann, William H. Taft.
1919
DESCRIPTION: Copies of correspondence used by Paul and Ruth Hume for research on Polish pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941). The letters are to or concerning Paderewski, are arranged chronologically (1919) and include: academician Gabriel Hanotaux, composer Camille Saint-Saens, Gustav Doret (?), Anne Vanderbilt (Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt). Also includes copy of cover of the agenda for the Peace Congress of Versailles, June 28, 1919.
1920-21
DESCRIPTION: Copies of correspondence used by Paul and Ruth Hume for research on Polish pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941). The letters are to or concerning Paderewski, are arranged chronologically (19) and include: Herbert Hoover, Felix Weingartner, conductor Charles Lamoureux.
1930-36
DESCRIPTION: Copies of correspondence used by Paul and Ruth Hume for research on Polish pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941). The letters are to or concerning Paderewski, are arranged chronologically (1930-36) and include: Henry Morgenthau (1930); Gabriel Hanotaux (1931); conductor Walter Damrosch (1932); Eleanor Roosevelt (1933); artist Rene Morax (1934); Gustave Doret (1934 and 1936); Malvina Hoffman (1935).
1941
DESCRIPTION: Copy of ALS to Ignace Jan Paderewski from his sister Antonina, dated 1/12/1941.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Copies of correspondence used by Paul and Ruth Hume for research on Polish pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941). The letters are to or concerning Paderewski, are undated and include: Edith Churchill (?), John Cardinal Farley, Ian Malcolm, Polish composer Moritz Moszkowski.
1923
DESCRIPTION: Copy of letters of tribute and signatures honoring Ignace Jan Paderewski.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Copies of correspondence by Ignace Jan Paderewksi. Recipients include Charles S. Dewey, Wacio O. Gorski (stepson), Theodore Steinway, Leopold Stokowski.
1895-1932
DESCRIPTION: Copies of correspondence to/concerning Ignace Jan Paderewski. Includes letter from Paderewski to William Steinway (1895); and correspondence (1930-31) by Sylwin Strakacz, Paderewski's personal secretary.
c.1916-17 & undated
DESCRIPTION: Copies of correspondence to Ignace Jan Paderewski from pianist and former pupil Ernest Schelling, dated 1916-17 and some undated (total: 10 letters).
1963
DESCRIPTION: Transcriptions of remarks made by John F. Kennedy at the dedication of the memorial plaque marking the grave of Ignace Jan Paderewski at Arlington National Cemetery, May 9, 1963. Includes clipping of article by Paul Hume.
1963
DESCRIPTION: 2 b/w 8x10 photographs showing John F. Kennedy at the dedication of a memorial plaque honoring Ignace Jan Paderewski buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Dedication ceremony on 5/9/1963.
1981
DESCRIPTION: Reprints of article re the 40th anniversary of the death of Ignace Jan Paderewski commemorated by an exhibition presented by the Library of Congress. Includes program (3 copies) of commemorative events held by the American Legion (6/29/1981).
1990
DESCRIPTION: Newsclippings (including some articles by Paul Hume) re the return of the remains of Ignace Jan Paderewski to his native Poland. Includes typed list of names, "Players in the return of I. Paderewski's body to Poland, as of 17 Apr 90."
1975
DESCRIPTION: TLS (5/7/1975) to Paul Hume from Harrison Keller, trustee for Paderewski Fund for Composers. Reference to the fund's history.
1891-1933
DESCRIPTION: Scrapbook clippings of original programs for concerts by Ignace Jan Paderewski dating 12/19/1891, 1/14/1893, 11/9/1895, 2/29/1908. Includes complete original program for concert given at Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. on 3/22/1933.
May 1, 1939
DESCRIPTION: Printed program for concert by Ignace Jan Paderewski presented by the Griffith Music Foundation at the Mosque Theatre, Newark, N.J., on May 1, 1939.
May 18, 1939
DESCRIPTION: TLS (1/4/1982) to Paul Hume from Graham R. Hodges, minister, United Church of Christ, New York, enclosing printed program "for what I think turned out to be Paderewski's last concert..." Printed items include concert notice, program, and ticket stub.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Photograph (b/w 8x10, undated) of sketch of Ignace Jan Paderewski by Edward Burne-Jones.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Typescript for article/lecture by Paul Hume(?) on Ignace Jan Paderewski, entitled, Paderewski, Wilson, and the Thirteenth Point." Reference to Paderewski's response to Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points."
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