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Inventory of the Winifred Bliss Howe Papers, 1922-1986
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SERIES ARRANGEMENT

Box 1

Series I: Correspondence.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Letters from relatives, Arthur Mendel, Ernest Bloch, and other friends. Also includes letters from Howe to her mother and sister. There are a few letters that are not included here; they are a card from Nadia Boulanger, some letters with clippings from Suzanne and Lucienne Bloch. These are in Series IV.
Box 2

Series II: Tapes.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Full-and half-track tapes from concerts of some of Bloch's compositions. A recording of Howe and Bloch playing Bloch's 4-hand composition, Helvetia is included in the collection. There are two cassette tapes, copies of some of the original tapes.
Box 2

Series III: Photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Many photographs of Bloch, of Howe, of Bloch and Howe, as well as pictures of Arthur Mendel and other friends.
Box 2

Series IV: Miscellaneous Materials.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Includes biographical materials on Howe (some collected later, IV:8), Bloch memorabilia, reviews written by Howe for the Monterey Peninsula Herald, and various newspaper clippings.

Container Listing

 

SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE.

 

Subseries A: To Mother (Katherine McFarland Howe)

Box Box 1, Folder 1

August 1922 -May 1923 (Mills College)

Folder 2

August 1923 -May 1924 (Mills College)

Folder 3

1925

Folder 4

1926

Folder 5

1927 -1929

Folder 6

1931

Folder 7

January - May 1932

Folder 8

June - December 1932

Folder 9

1933

Folder 10

1937 - 1945

 

Subseries B: To Alice Harwood (Topsy)

Box Box 1, Folder 11

Jan - Mar 1953

 

Subseries C: To Sister (Katherine Howe Jones)

Box Box 1, Folder 12

1959 (World Tour)

Folder 13

January - April 1960 (World Tour)

Folder 14

May - September 1960 (World Tour)

Folder 15

October - December 1960 (World Tour)

Folder 16

1961 (World Tour)

 

Subseries D: From Mother (Katherine McFarland Howe)

Box Box 1, Folder 17

1939 - 1932

 

Subseries E: From Other Relatives

Box Box 1, Folder 18

1926 - 1929

Folder 19

1930 - 1932

 

Subseries F: From Arthur Mendel (Christopher Robbins, CR)

Box Box 1, Folder 20

March, 1927

Folder 21

April, 1927

Folder 22

June, 1927

Folder 23

September, 1927

Folder 24

October, 1927

Folder 25

November, 1927

Folder 26

January, 1928

Folder 27

February - March , 1928

Folder 28

June - October, 1928

Folder 29

November, 1928

Folder 30

January - February, 1929

 

2/22/29 letter on America:

 

pp. 1-2

 

pp. 3-4

 

pp. 5-6

 

pp. 7-8

Folder 31

March - April, 1929

Folder 32

May - December, 1929

Folder 33

1930

Folder 34

1931 - 1934

 

Subseries G: From Ernest Bloch

Additional Note

O ther letters from Bloch are in the Bloch/Howe Collection, sealed until January 1, 2000.
Box Box 1, Folder 35

1930 - 1953

 

Subseries H: From Franz Lischauer

Box Box 1, Folder 36

1953

 

Subseries I: From Lischauer Family

Box Box 1, Folder 37

1971 - 1983

 

Subseries J: From Others

Box Box 1, Folder 38

1955 - 1986

 

SERIES II: AUDIO TAPES.

Box Box 2, Folder 1

Meggie Teyte (from first Bach Festival?)

Folder 2

Bloch, Second Quintet

Folder 3-4

Bloch, Macbeth (parts 1 and 2)

Folder 5-6

Bloch, America (parts 1 and 2)

Folder 7

Bloch, Helvetia (piano, 4 hands; Howe and Bloch); copy on cassette (1991)

Folder 8

Unknown

 

SERIES III: PHOTOGRAPHS.

Box Box 2, Folder 1

Bloch, Ernest

Folder 2

Howe, Winifred

Folder 3

Howe and Bloch

Folder 4

Group pictures:

 

Arthur Mendel, Helen Poindexter, and Howe

 

Nadia Boulanger's class, 1920s

 

Howe and Bloch with Lillian Hodgehead, Ada Clement, and an unidentified San Francisco Conservatory person

 

SERIES IV: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS.

Box Box 2, Folder 1

Bloch, Ernest -- arrticles on Bloch

Folder 2

Bloch, Ernest -- discography, articles on Bloch

Folder 3

Bloch, Lucienne and Suzanne -- letters and pamphlets from E.'s daughters

Folder 4

Boulanger, Nadia -- card, article,

Folder 5

Carmel Bach Festival -- article from Monterey Peninsula Herald

Folder 6

Ernest Bloch Society Bulletin, 1982-1985

Folder 7

Hodghead, Lillian -- article on LH

Folder 8

Howe, Winifred -- biographical materials

Folder 9

Pedagogy -- grarde sheet for Bloch's course, 1941

Folder 10

Pedagogy -- lecture notes

Folder 11

Programs: 1929 and 1958

Folder 12-13

Reviews by Howe for the Monterey Peninsula Herald, 1934-1936, some undated

Folder 14

Miscellaneous pamphlets

SERIES ARRANGEMENT
Series I: Correspondence.
Series II: Tapes.
Series III: Photographs.
Series IV: Miscellaneous Materials.
Container Listing
SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE.
Subseries A: To Mother (Katherine McFarland Howe)
Subseries B: To Alice Harwood (Topsy)
Subseries C: To Sister (Katherine Howe Jones)
Subseries D: From Mother (Katherine McFarland Howe)
Subseries E: From Other Relatives
Subseries F: From Arthur Mendel (Christopher Robbins, CR)
Subseries G: From Ernest Bloch
Subseries H: From Franz Lischauer
Subseries I: From Lischauer Family
Subseries J: From Others
SERIES II: AUDIO TAPES.
SERIES III: PHOTOGRAPHS.
SERIES IV: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS.
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