ARNOLD T. SCHWAB COLLECTI ON - Library of Congress

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Guides to Special Collections
in the Music Division of the Library of Congress
ARNOLD T. SCHWAB
COLLECTION
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu2005.wp.0059
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON 2001
Table of Contents
Introduction ........................................................................iii
Biographical Note ................................................................... iv
Scope and Content Note .............................................................. v
Description of Series ................................................................. vi
Container List ...................................................................... 1
WRITINGS OF ARNOLD T. SCHWAB ........................................... 1
CORRESPONDENCE ......................................................... 1
ICONOGRAPHY ............................................................ 19
SCRAPBOOKS ............................................................. 20
INDEX CARDS ............................................................. 20
PAMPHLETS ............................................................... 32
MICROFILMS .............................................................. 32
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS .............................................. 33
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Introduction
The Arnold T. Schwab Collection was given to the Music Division of the Library of Congress by
Professor Arnold T. Schwab of Westminster, California in 2000.
There are no restrictions on viewing any of the materials in this collection.
Some of the materials in this collection are fragile and patrons are asked to use extreme care in
handling.
This Finding Aid was prepared with Corel WordPerfect 8; an online version of this Finding Aid is
available in the Performing Arts Reading Room.
Number of containers: 58
Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 16
Approximate number of items: 23,380
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Biographical Note
Arnold T. Schwab, who was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1922, received his A.B. from UCLA, where
he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate, and his MA and PHD from Harvard University. For most of his career,
he was professor of English at California State University, Long Beach until his retirement in 1980. He is
the author of numerous scholarly articles, lectures and poems including “James Gibbons Huneker, Critic of
the Seven Arts” published by Stanford University Press in 1963 and “Canadian poets : vital facts on
English-writing poets born from 1730 through 1910" published by Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova
Scotia in 1989 and several articles on Edward and Marian MacDowell and the MacDowell Colony.
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Scope and Content Note
The Arnold T. Schwab Collection is an archive of materials related to the life and work of Marian
Nevins MacDowell, wife of composer Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) and founder of the MacDowell
Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The collection was given to the Library by Professor Arnold T.
Schwab of Westminster, California and it reflects his longtime interest in the MacDowell legacy. This gift
joins the Music Division’s Edward and Marian MacDowell Collection and the Manuscript Division’s
Marian MacDowell Collection and MacDowell Colony Collections thereby making the Library the foremost
center for study in the life of these two important icons of American cultural history.
Marian Griswold Nevins, who was born in 1857, was an accomplished pianist when she met Edward
MacDowell in Germany where she had intended to study with Clara Schuman, wife of composer Robert
Schumann. Instead, Nevins began her study with MacDowell and eventually married him. After spending
time in Europe, the couple returned to the United States settling in Boston and then in New York where
Edward MacDowell joined the faculty of Columbia University to establish its music department. Edward
MacDowell was considered to be the most prominent and internationally recognized American composer of
the era.
In 1896, the MacDowells bought a 75-acre farm in Peterborough, New Hampshire; a place that they
hoped would be a source of inspiration for the composer. A decline in Edward MacDowell’s health,
however, prompted them to transform the farm into a place where creative artists could find freedom to
concentrate on their work; a goal that would consume Marian MacDowell until her death in 1956.
Schwab collected these materials in preparation for a biography of Marian Nevins MacDowell, a
work that was never completed. Included in the collection is a large cache of MacDowell-related
correspondence: letters, mostly photocopies, to and from Edward MacDowell dating from 1876-1904, letters,
mostly photocopies, to and from Marian Nevins MacDowell dating from 1884 to 1956, bulking in the period
1929-1955, and others assembled from a variety of sources. Oftentimes, Schwab would stamp the name of
the original source or home repository on the reverse of the first page of the letter. In the Arnold T. Schwab
series of correspondence there are copies of Schwab’s letters to various friends and acquaintances of the
MacDowells and MacDowell Colonists along with the responses. Oftentimes, these materials will contain
supporting documents in addition to correspondence. And, in more than one occasion, the name on the
correspondence folder refers to the subject of the correspondence and not to the correspondent him/herself.
Some notable correspondents include: Carl Carmer, Aaron Copland, Mabel Daniels, Marjorie Chandler
Hazard, George Kendall, Nina Maud Richardson, Cecil Smith, Conrad Spohnholz, Louise Talma and many
others.
A large group of index cards organized by various subjects and, apparently, gleaned from the above-
described correspondence, capsulize various aspects of Schwab’s research. In addition to photographs of
the MacDowells and some of their acquaintances, there are a a group of scrapbooks (1906-1988), assembled
by Schwab and organized by date.
Photocopies of materials collected by Schwab from the Music Division’s Edward and Marian
MacDowell Collection and the Manuscript Division’s MacDowell Collections were not retained. In addition,
a reel-to-reel tape of an interview conducted by Emerson Meyers with Mary Howe and Marian MacDowell
was transferred to Motion Picture, Broadcast and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress.
Robert Saladini, Music Specialist
June 2001
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Description of Series
1 Writings (1 box)
Materials written by Arnold T. Schwab relating to his study of Marian MacDowell, Edward
A. MacDowell and the MacDowell Colony, arranged alphabetically by title
1-33 Correspondence (33 boxes)
Containing copies of letters by and to Edward A. MacDowell, Marian Nevins MacDowell,
Arnold T. Schwab, and others; filed in alphabetical order by subject/correspondent and/or
chronologically
33, 58 Iconography (2 boxes)
Assorted illustrations including photographs, drawings, and related materials filed in
name/subject.
34-39 Scrapbooks (6 boxes)
Scrapbooks assembled by Arnold T. Schwab; arranged in chronological order
40-53 Index Cards (14 boxes)
Index cards with notes created by Arnold T. Schwab retaining the original order; normally
filed alphabetically
54-55 Bound volumes (2 boxes)
Hard bound books; collected by Schwab
54 Pamphlets (1 box)
Miscellaneous pamphlets; collected by Schwab
56 Microfilms (1 box)
Filed alphabetically by title.
57 Miscellaneous materials
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Container List
WRITINGS OF ARNOLD T. SCHWAB
Box/Folder Contents
1 Interviews
Lists of illusive colonists
Rough outline of MacDowell Book
Miscellaneous
CORRESPONDENCE
Edward A. MacDowell Correspondence, Photocopies of letters written by Edward A.
MacDowell collected from various sources, filed in chronological order.
1876
1877
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
undated
miscellaneous letters
English translations of selected letters
miscellaneous drafts
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CORRESPONDENCE
Box/Folder Contents
Edward A. MacDowell Correspondence, Photocopies of letters written to Edward A.
MacDowell collected from various sources, filed in chronological order
1876-95
2 1896-1905, undated
MacDowell family, Correspondence (non-Edward and non-Marian)
Fanny MacDowell to her son, Walter
Fanny MacDowell to her grandson
Mrs. Burgess to Fanny MacDowell
Marian Nevins MacDowell, Correspondence, Photocopies of letters written by Marian
Nevins MacDowell collected from various sources; interfiled with letters from others to Marian
Nevins MacDowell and related materials; bulk in the late 1920s)
1884-99
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
3 1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1027
1928
1929 (1 of 2)
4 1929 (2 of 2)
1930 (1 of 3)
1930 (2 of 3)
1930 (3 of 3)
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CORRESPONDENCE
Box/Folder Contents
1931 (1 of 2)
1931 (2 of 2)
1932 (1 of 2)
5 1932 (2 of 2)
1933 (1 of 2)
1933 (2 of 2)
1934 (1 of 2)
1934 (2 of 2)
1935 (1 of 2)
6 1935 (2 of 2)
1936 (1 of 2)
1936 (2 of 2)
1937 (1 of 2)
1937 (2 of 2)
1938 (1 of 2)
1938 (2 of 2)
7 1939 (1 of 2)
1939 (2 of 2)
1940 (1 of 2)
1940 (2 of 2)
1941 (1 of 2)
1941 (2 of 2)
8 1942
1943
1944 (1 of 2)
1944 (2 of 2)
1945 (1 of 2)
1945 (2 of 2)
9 1946
1947
1948
1949 (1 of 2)
1949 (2 of 2)
1950
10 1951
1952 (folder 1 of 2)
1952 (folder 2 of 2)
1953
1954 (folder 1 of 2)
1954 (folder 2 of 2)
11 1955 (folder 1 of 2)
1955 (folder 2 of 2)
1956
fragments
Mrs. MacDowell’s death and funeral
Miscellaneous letters in reference of Mrs. MacDowell or the Colony
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CORRESPONDENCE
Box/Folder Contents
Letters to Nina Maud Richardson
Arnold T. Schwab, Correspondence Photocopies of letters written by Arnold T. Schwab as
well as letters and other materials received by Schwab. Note: The names on the folders reflect
the subject of the correspondence and not necessarily the name of the correspondent, filed in
alphabetical order by surname/subject, 1972-1979 to 1986
11 Abbe, George
Abel, Frederic L.
Abramson, Eva
Ackerman, Barbara C.
Adams, Crosby
Adams, Katherine
Ahrendt, Karl
Aldis, Mary R.
Alexander, John
Allanbrook, Douglas
Allen, Creighton
Allen, Hervey
Alpha Chi Omega
Ambrose, Edna
American Academy in Rome
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Anderson, Mrs. Joseph C.
Anderson, Tennessee M.
Apthorp, William F.
12 Armes, Ethel
Armes, Clara Louise
ASCAP
Austin, Henry
Avery, Stanley R.
Aydelotte, Dora
“A” Miscellaneous, individuals
“A” Miscellaneous, Institutions
Babcock, Caroline S.
Bacon, Ernst
Bader, Mary
Baetz, Anna
Bailey, Helen C.
Ballantine, Edward
Ballard, Fred
Bannon, Laura
Ballou, Esther Williamson
Barati, George
Barjansky, Catherine
Barnawell, A. V. R.
Barrett, William E.
Bartholomew, Zelina (Zelina de Maclot)
Bass Family
Batchelder, Alice Coleman
Batchelder, Charles F.
Bates, Esther W.
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