Finding Aid for the Zoellner Family Collection of Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Papers
, 1890-1990
Collection processed and machine-readable finding aid created by Performing Arts Special Collections staff.
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Arts and Humanities--Music
Finding Aid of the Zoellner Family Collection of Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Papers, 1890-1990
Collection number: 61
UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- University of California, Los Angeles, Library
- Performing Arts Special Collections, Room A1713
- Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Phone: (310) 825-4988
- Fax: (310) 206-1864
- Email: speccoll-paging@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www2.library.ucla.edu/specialcollections/performingarts/index.cfm
- Processed by:
- UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- 1/17/86
- Encoded by:
- Bryan Griest
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Zoellner Family Collection of Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1890-1990
Collection number: 61
Creator:
Zoellner Collection
Extent:
9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: This collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, miscellaneous documents,
posters, programs, brochures, essays, and memorabilia
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF.
Advance notice is required for access to the collection.
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Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Performing Arts Special Collections. All requests
for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in
writing to the Librarian for Performing Arts Special Collections. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the Performing Arts Special Collections as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Mr. and Mrs. Hix Jalof; gift; 1986 and 1992.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item],
Zoellner Family Collection of Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Papers, 61, Performing Arts Special Collections, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Joseph Zollner was born in 1862 in Brooklyn, N.Y.;
studied in Germany and N.Y., and established a
reputation as a pianist and violinist; formed the
Zoellner Quartet in 1903 in Brooklyn with his
three children: Antoinette, Amandus, and Joseph,
Jr.; they lived in Stockton, Calif. from 1903-6,
where Joseph had a music store, and from 1906-12
toured and studied in Europe; returned to the U.S.
in 1919, and settled in Los Angeles, where the
four founded the Zoellner Conservatory of Music in
1922; Joseph, Sr. died in 1950, but the school
continued, while Joseph, Jr. formed another
quartet which toured the U.S. throughout the
1950s.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, miscellaneous documents,
posters, programs, brochures, essays, and memorabilia relating to the Zoellner Quartet and Zoellner family of musicians.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Zollner family--Archives.
Zoellner Quartet--Archives.
Musicians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Scope and Content Note
Paintings, pictures, misc.
Box 1, Folder 2
Scope and Content Note
Zoellner quartet, Radio - KNJ 1927, KSD, Times
Mirror Radio KNJ, Columbia Record recordings
Box 1, Folder 3
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Quartet programs, Culbertson notices.
Box 1, Folder 4
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Joseph Zoellner Jr.: Letters regarding Army and
invitations to King of Belgiums visit 1918-1919.
Box 1, Folder 5
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Folders 5a-4b. Quartet photos.
Box 1, Folder 6
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Folders 6a-6d. Quartet and single photos.
Box 1, Folder 7
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Scrapbook made from various "musical magazines."
Box 1, Folder 8
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Programs/recitals 1911
Box 1, Folder 9
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Programs/recitals 1913-1914.
Box 1, Folder 10
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Programs/recitals 1915.
Box 1, Folder 11
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Programs/recitals 1916.
Box 1, Folder 12
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Programs/recitals 1917.
Box 1, Folder 13
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Programs/recitals 1918.
Box 1, Folder 14
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Programs/recitals 1919.
Box 1, Folder 15
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Programs/recitals 1920.
Box 1, Folder 16
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Programs/recitals 1921.
Box 1, Folder 17
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Programs/recitals 1922.
Box 1, Folder 18
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Programs/recitals 1923.1924.1925.
Box 2, Folder 1
Scope and Content Note
various information and programs regarding
Zoellner Quartet and Joseph Zoellner Jr,
handwritten music. 9 envelopes (a-i)
Box 2, Folder 2
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Programs/recitals of Conservatory 1922-1934.
Box 2, Folder 3
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbook.
Box 2, Folder 4
Scope and Content Note
Joseph Zoellner Jr. - New Quartet & pupils &
teaching 1938-1941, scrapbooks, programs,
recitals, articles, Carlton College, University of
Redlands, Pepperdine College.
Box 2, Folder 5
Scope and Content Note
Black photo album scrapbook.
Box 3, Folder 1
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
Box 3, Folder 2
Scope and Content Note
Typescripts (articles and essays).
Box 3, Folder 3
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Programs.
Box 3, Folder 4
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Photographs.
Box 3, Folder 5
Scope and Content Note
Material on Zoellner Conservatory.
Box 3, Folder 6
Scope and Content Note
Folders 61-6b. Article clippings.
Box 3, Folder 7
Scope and Content Note
Folders 7a-7b. Misc.
Box 4, Folder 1
Scope and Content Note
Address book (at end - army patch).
Box 4, Folder 2
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Isaac N. Danforth (died May 1911). Articles
and booklet apropos of Mrs. Elizabeth Skelton
Danforth Memorial Hospital, Kiu Kiang, China
(1901-1906), pedigree of Drake or Shibden Hall.
Box 4, Folder 3
Scope and Content Note
1903 trip to Quartet to Sierras and Yosemite. Log
book and collection (dry) flora.
Box 4, Folder 4
Scope and Content Note
Mabel Zoellner - Wedding record 1922, family
record 1858. Joseph Zoellner Jr.
naval/teaching/clubs/etc. 1907, children's records
health/school/etc. (Patricia, Joseph Zoellner
III).
Box 4, Folder 5
Scope and Content Note
Zoellner quartet reviews and tours 1908-1912
Europe to/from U.S. (Theo. Roosevelt), reference
to Cesar Thomson, De Greef, Van Heck, ex-press.
Roosevelt.
Box 4, Folder 6
Scope and Content Note
Quartet recitals 1919-1933, Biltmore hotel series,
Ebrll Club series, conservatory, misc.
Box 4, Folder 7
Scope and Content Note
Zoellner quartet ads 1912-1927, conservatory
notices, Albert Ruff - vocal - et al.
Box 5, Folder 1
Scope and Content Note
Folders 1a-f. Quartet - preludes - talks on guest
artists and works. Over 100 bits of commentary on
various composers.
Box 5, Folder 2
Scope and Content Note
Zoellner Quartet 1908-1913. Brussels - Europe to
Carnegie reference to: American consulate;
Brussels; Col. Theo. Roosevelt' Carnegie Lyceum;
Aeolian Hall.
Box 5, Folder 3
Scope and Content Note
Photos, signatures, letters. Includes Elsa
Einstein and Ernestine Schumann-Heink.
Box 5, Folder 4
Scope and Content Note
Harmony - Exercises Book I.
Box 5, Folder 5
Scope and Content Note
Address/telephone book.
Box 5, Folder 6
Scope and Content Note
Folder 6a-6b. Programs - no dates.
Box 5, Folder 7
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbook: Early personal, photos, some signed
1908-1917.
Box 6, Folder 0
Scope and Content Note
Posters.
Box 7, Folder 0
Scope and Content Note
Posters; Ecole de Musique d'Etterbeck (1909),
"Grand audition de musique de chamber" Theatre de
ville (1909), Concert family Zoellner Salle Erard
(Nov. 22, 1909), Zoellner String Quartet Aeolian
Hall.
