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Title: Harry Kaufman Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1961
Collection number: 872
Creator:
Kaufman, Harry, 1894-1961
Extent:
23 boxes (11.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Harry Kaufman (1894-1961)was a pianist and music teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. He was also a successful
piano soloist with orchestras in the U.S. and Europe, and accompanied such artists as Joseph Szigeti, Toscha Seidel, Nathan
Milstein, George London, William Primrose, and others. The collection consists of correspondence between Harry Kaufman and
his family, but mostly with people in the world of classical music. The collection also contains photographs of musical personalities,
programs, clippings and scrapbooks.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lillian Kaufman, 1963-1982.
[Identification of item], Harry Kaufman Papers (Collection 872). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1972962
Kaufman was born on September 6, 1894 in New York City; he was a pianist and music teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music,
Philadelphia; for 17 years he headed the Department of Accompanying, during the time his former piano teacher Joseph Hofman
was director of the Institute; he had a career as a piano soloist with orchestras in the U.S. and Europe, and accompanied
such artists as Joseph Szigeti, Toscha Seidel, Nathan Milstein, George London, William Primrose, and others; he died on Aug.
21, 1961.
Collection consists of correspondence between Harry Kaufman and his family, but mostly with people in the world of classical
music. Also contains photographs of musical personalities, programs, clippings, scrapbooks, 34 issues of
Overtones, personal financial material, and a copy of
Great Ballet Prints of the Romantic Era by Parmenia Migel (c. 1981). Correspondents include: Wilhelm Backhaus, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Van Wyck Brooks,
Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco, Dorothy Chandler, Will and Ariel Durant, Pierre Fournier, George and Ira Gerschwin, Joseph Hofmann,
Sol Hurok, Eric Leinsdorf, Joseph Lhevinne, Lawritz Melchior, Gian Carlo Menotti, Henry Miller, Eugene Ormandy, William Primrose,
Fritz Reiner, Jean Renoir, Arthur Rodzinski, Mikl? Rozsa, Arthur Rubenstein, Elizabeth Schuman, Gertrude Stein, William Steinberg,
Leopold Stokowski, Igor Stravinsky, Joseph Szigeti, Henri Temianka, Virgil Thomson, Lilly Toch, Louis Untermyer, Alfred Wallenstein,
Meredith Willson, and Efrem Zimbalist.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-5,17,20-23).
- Photographs (Box 6).
- Ephemera (Boxes 7-11,15-16,18-19).
- Scrapbooks (Boxes 12-13).
- Overtones, the monthly publication of the Curtis Institute of Music (Box 14).
- Great ballet prints of the romantic era (Box 21).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kaufman, Harry, 1894-1961--Archives.
Curtis Institute of Music--Faculty--Archival resources.
Pianists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Archival resources.