Adrian Michaelis Papers
004.014
Finding aid prepared by Tricia Roush and Supriya Wronkiewicz
Processing, cataloging, digitization, and access supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art
Works.
Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library
893B Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA, 94107
July 2016
Title: Adrian Michaelis Papers
Identifier/Call Number: 004.014
Contributing Institution:
Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
24.0 Linear feet
14 cartons, 6 flat file boxes
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1940-1970
Date (inclusive): 1890-2000
Abstract: Adrian Michaelis (1901-2000) was the producer and program manager for Standard Oil Company's
The Standard Hour radio broadcast, subsequent School Broadcast, and television show. In 1919, Michaelis began working for the Standard Oil
Company as a hall boy. In 1926, through a collaboration with the then-struggling San Francisco Symphony, Standard Oil sponsored
a series of broadcasts of the Symphony's performances. Due to his background with the company and strong interest in music,
Michaelis was appointed as the Program Manager for the newly created
Standard Symphony Hour Broadcast, later simply known as
The Standard Hour. Michaelis remained with Standard Oil Company until his retirement in 1966 and worked subsequently as a consultant. Following
his retirement, Michaelis became actively involved with the Los Californianos organization. A small amount of this material
is strictly biographical or personal, but the vast majority of it pertains to Michaelis’ career as Program Manager for the
Standard Oil Company’s music related programs. The collection includes correspondence, libretti, clippings, photographs, negatives,
programs, brochures, flyers, souvenir books, scrapbooks, sheet music, and transcripts. The arrangement of the collection is
as follows:
Biographical,
Correspondence,
All Broadcasts,
Standard Hour Radio Broadcast,
Standard School Broadcast,
Standard Hour Television Broadcast,
People,
Photographs,
Miscellaneous, and
Sheet Music
Language: All materials are in English.
Creator:
Michaelis, Adrian J.
Provenance
Collection donated by Lily Michaelis in 2004.
Access and Restrictions
The Michaelis Papers are open to researchers.
Copyright Information
Museum of Performance + Design holds property rights. Copyright varies with individual items. Please consult MP+D Head Librarian/Archivist
for more information.
Preferred citation
[Folder Title], Adrian Michaelis Papers, Museum of Performance + Design.
Processing History
Processed by Tricia Roush with additional processing by Supriya Wronkiewicz.
Biography and Organizational Note
Adrian Michaelis was born in San Francisco on December 1, 1901. In 1908, his family moved to Oakland, where he attended Oakland
public schools and graduated from Oakland Technical High School. Following graduation, Michaelis began work for the Standard
Oil Company as a hall boy. Over the next few years, he progressed to positions such as typist, clerk, editor of the employees'
magazine, photographer, writer, and finally into positions in advertising and public relations. In 1926, through a collaboration
with the then-struggling San Francisco Symphony, Standard Oil sponsored a series of broadcasts of the Symphony's performances.
Due to his background with the company and strong interest in music, Michaelis was appointed as the Program Manager for the
newly created
Standard Symphony Hour Broadcast, later simply known as
The Standard Hour, a role he would retain until the show's final broadcast in 1955. Alongside this role, Michaelis worked as the Producer-Writer
for
The Standard Hour's companion broadcast, the
Standard School Broadcast. Michaelis also served as creator and producer for the short-lived
The Standard Hour television series in 1952. Michaelis remained with Standard Oil Company until his retirement in 1966 and worked subsequently
as a consultant.
Following his retirement, Michaelis became actively involved with the Los Californianos organization. He was a charter member
when the group formed in 1968 and served as their genealogist for years. He designed distinctive genealogical charts, created
an audiovisual program on the history of Spanish California, and wrote a series of genealogical-historical articles titled
California Hispanica for Los Californianos members.
Michaelis died on May 6, 2000 in Oakland, California.
About
The Standard Hour
In the fall of 1926, the San Francisco Symphony Association faced a deficit, resulting in the Standard Oil Company gifting
the Symphony with the $10,000 needed to save it from bankruptcy. This gift is said to be one of the earliest U.S. corporate
donations to the arts on record, so in gratitude, the Symphony offered Standard Oil the broadcast rights to their concerts
played that season. The Company named Michaelis the program director and created
Standard Symphony Hour Broadcast, later referred to simply as
The Standard Hour. The premiere broadcast was on October 24, 1926 on the NBC Pacific Network. The concerts were broadcast live from the War
Memorial Opera House, which would continue for most of the show's run. The public response was impressive. Shortly thereafter,
featured singers from the San Francisco Opera began making regular appearances on the program. A year later, the program was
established as a weekly full-hour concert. This continued until its final performance on June 5, 1955. Throughout its run,
the broadcast featured prominent local musicians and singers as well popular singers of the era, such as Louis Armstrong.
Renowned conductors such as Carmen Dragon, Gaetano Merola, Pierre Monteux, Arthur Fiedler also appeared on the program several
times over its run. The Standard Symphony and NBC Pacific Coast Network radio was honored with the Peabody Award in 1943 for
Outstanding Entertainment in Music. NBC and the Standard Symphony received the award again in 1952 for the contributions of
the Standard Symphony and
The Standard Hour broadcasts for television.
A companion project was shortly developed as the
Standard School Broadcast, premiering in 1928. The program quickly grew to become a part of the curriculum of schools in the West, continuing its run
after the original
Standard Hour broadcast went off the airwaves. Lesson plans were drawn out for the radio programs to be used in the classrooms. In 1958,
this program was also honored with a Peabody Award. This broadcast continued to 1970.
In 1952, Standard Oil decided to run an experimental televised version of
The Standard Hour broadcast. Michaelis produced the series and thirteen episodes were aired. This allowed for televised broadcasts of previously
radio-only performances. The telecasts featured minimal sets and performers in costume, and for the first time allowed for
the participation of San Francisco Ballet, working in collaboration with then-director Lew Christensen. Unfortunately, production
costs for continuing the series overrode the experiment and the "Thirteen Week Spectacular" was not repeated.
Scope and Contents
This is the personal collection of Adrian Michaelis, the producer and program manager for Standard Oil Company's
The Standard Hour radio broadcast, subsequent School Broadcast, and television show. This collection includes a rich history of the seminal
radio broadcast featuring performers from San Francisco Opera, the San Francisco Symphony, and prominent musical artists of
the day. While being a prominent West Coast radio program,
The Standard Hour helped NBC Radio (which broadcasted the show weekly) win a Peabody award in 1952, proving the broadcast had a national impact.
During that same year when the television show was broadcast, groups such as the San Francisco Ballet were filmed for the
first time for a wider audience. The collections includes correspondence, libretti, clippings, photographs, negatives, programs,
brochures, flyers, souvenir books, scrapbooks, sheet music, and transcripts. A small amount of this material is strictly biographical
or personal, and the vast majority of it pertains to Michaelis’ career as Program Manager for the Standard Oil Company’s music
related programs.
Michaelis was considered very innovative in the teaching of music appreciation. In the 1940s, his presentation of Afro-American
jazz was artistically and educationally accepted by the public, highlighting artists such as Louis Armstrong. He was also
considered a "star finder". Among the artists whose careers he advanced through experience on
The Standard Hour were Claramae Turner, Dorothy Warenskjold (a local singer who became a featured addition to its programming), Raymond Manton,
Lucine Amara, Paulena Carter (a sixteen-year old local pianist), and Jerome Hines (a basso just beginning his career). Conductors
Meredith Willson (creator of
The Music Man) and Carmen Dragon (Hollywood Bowl Orchestra) contributed heavily to the school broadcasts and also the regular Standard
broadcasts. Pierre Monteux (San Francisco Symphony) and Arthur Fiedler (San Francisco Pops Orchestra and Boston Pops Orchestra)
were regular guest conductors. Along with photographs of the aforementioned, the collection includes information regarding
Marian Anderson, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Kirsten Flagstad, Jussi Bjoerling, Gaetano Merola, Ezio Pinza, Lily
Pons, Yehudi Menuhin, and Isaac Stern.
The arrangement is as follows:
Biographical,
Correspondence,
All Broadcasts,
The Standard Hour Radio Broadcast,
Standard School Broadcast,
Standard Hour Television Broadcast,
People,
Photographs,
Miscellaneous, and
Sheet Music. Please note that all items in the Sheet Music series have been cataloged separately in the Museum of Performance + Design
Museum Database.
Organization
This collection has been organized into the following series with content in alphabetical order by subject or person and then
chronologically by year or decade:
- Biographical
- Correspondence
- All Broadcasts
- Standard Hour Radio Broadcast
- Standard School Broadcast
- Standard Hour Television Broadcast
- People
- Photographs
- Miscellaneous
- Sheet music
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Francisco Ballet--History.
San Francisco Opera
San Francisco Opera--History.
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra--History
Standard Hour Program (Radio program)
Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra
Series I: Biographical,
undated, circa 1940s-1990s
Series Description
This series includes official biographies for Adrian Michaelis, personal correspondence, photographs of Michaelis and his
family, records of memberships and other activities, the obituary for his first wife, Irene Michaelis, and a scrapbook of
autographs collected by his daughter, Sylvia. Also included are personal financial information.
Box 1, Folder 1
Biographies of Adrian Michaelis
circa 1950s-1960s
Box 1, Folder 2
Family,
circa 1940s-1960s
Box 1, Folder 3
Family Geneology,
undated
Box 1, Folder 4
Records, documents, certificates, memberships, and other materials,
undated, circa 1940s-1960s
Box 1, Folder 5
Photographs of A. Michaelis,
undated, circa 1940s-1960s
Scope and Contents note
with Pierre Monteux, Igor Stravinsky, Arthur Fiedler, Paulena Carter, and others.
Box 1, Folder 6
Family Photographs,
undated
Box 1, Folder 7
Michaelis, Sylvia autograph book,
undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Finances,
circa 1960s-1970s
Scope and Contents note
Includes receipts, pay stubs, investments, tax information, etc.
Box 1, Folder 9
Personal Correspondence, greeting cards, and calling cards,
circa 1920s-1990s
Box 1, Folders 10-11
Personal letters,
1925-1975
Series II: Correspondence,
circa 1930s-1980s
Series Description
This series includes primarily business related correspondence. This series is arranged in alphabetical order by name of individuals
when separated and the rest is in chronological order.
Box 1, Folder 12
Business related,
circa 1930s-1970s
Physical Description:
11 folders
Box 1, Folder 13
Carter, Nancy Johnson,
1985-1986
Scope and Contents note
Director of the Archives for the Performing Arts
Box 1, Folder 14
Finch, Diana,
1971-1972
Scope and Contents note
San Francisco Symphony Association
Box 1, Folder 15
Guthrie, James,
1953-1972
Scope and Contents note
Conductor, San Jose Symphony.
Box 1, Folder 16
Headley, H. Klyne,
1939-1959
Scope and Contents note
Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Box 1, Folder 17
Madrigal Guild,
1946-1949
Box 1, Folder 18
Michaelis, Kurt,
1948-1961
Box 1, Folder 20
Sanders, Constance,
circa 1980s
Scope and Contents note
PhD student.
Box 1, Folder 21
Still, William Grant,
1939-1974
Scope and Contents note
Composer
Box 1, Folder 22
Waldo, Elizabeth,
1956-1966
Series III: All Broadcasts,
circa 1920s-1990
Series Description
This series includes documents pertaining to aspects of all three broadcasts Michaelis was directly involved in, the
The Standard Hour Radio Broadcast, the
Standard School Broadcast, and the
The Standard Hour Television Broadcast. This includes the score and other related documents to the broadcast's theme,
This Hour is Yours, composed by Julius Haug. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order by subject.
Box 1, Folders 23-24
Awards,
1946-1966
Scope and Contents note
Includes programs, correspondence, scripts, and other related materials
Box 1, Folder 25
Histories: narratives and timelines,
circa 1920s-1960s
Box 1, Folder 26
Histories: Doctoral Thesis by Constance Saunders
1990
Box 1, Folder 27
Technical information,
undated, circa 1940s-1960s
Scope and Contents note
Includes information on recording, broadcasting, productions, etc.
Box 1, Folder 28
Program themes and "ideas" notes,
undated, circa 1960s
Box 1, Folder 29
Scores:
Standard Oil Theme by Julius Haug,
1944
Box 1, Folder 30
Sheet Music:
This Hour is Yours
1944
Scope and Contents note
Theme music for
The Standard Hour Radio Broadcast and
Standard School Broadcast.
Box 1, Folder 32
Repertoire,
circa 1920s-1960s
Box 1, Folder 33
Business Papers,
circa 1920s-1960s
Physical Description:
10 folders
Scope and Contents note
Includes reports, ratings information, statistics, surveys, financials, and other related materials.
Series IV:
The Standard Hour Radio Broadcast,
undated, circa 1920s-1990s
Series Description
This series contains business papers and correspondence, press materials, programs, scripts, and other related documents pertaining
specifically to
The Standard Hour Radio Broadcast (1926-1955). Materials of note include documents regarding the 25th Annniversary Celebration and the scrapbooks documenting
the history of the broadcast. Materials are arranged first in alphabetical order by subject and then in chronological order.
Box 2, Folder 1
Business Papers,
circa 1930s-1950s
Box 2, Folders 2-3
Clippings and articles,
circa 1920s-2000s
Box 2, Folder 4
Clippings and articles: 25th Anniversary,
1951
Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence: 25th Anniversary,
1951
Box 2, Folder 6
Correspondence: Audience,
circa 1930s-1960s
Box 2, Folders 7-8
Correspondence: Business related
circa 1930s-1990s
Box 2, Folder 9
Press releases,
circa 1920s-1960s
Box 2, Folder 24
Promotional materials,
circa 1930s-1950s
Box 2, Folder 25
Scrapbook (1 of 2),
circa 1930s-1950s
Box 3, Folder 1
Scrapbook (2 of 2),
1949-1955
Box 3, Folder 9
Scripts: 60th Anniversary,
1954-1960s
Box 3, Folder 10
Seating, invitations, and tickets,
undated, circa 1940s-1950s
Box 3, Folder 11
Surveys, studies, and reports,
1932
Box 3, Folder 12
Surveys, studies, and reports,
1940s
Box 3, Folders 13-14
Surveys, studies, and reports,
1950s
Series V:
Standard School Broadcast,
undated, 1928-1986
Series Description
This series includes documents specifically pertaining to the
The Standard School Broadcast (1926-1970). This includes business papers, technical information, correspondence, course information (arranged chronologically),
and other related broadcasts. This series includes all courses for the full run of the broadcast.
Box 3, Folders 15-16
Business papers,
circa 1930s-1960s
Box 3, Folder 18
Technical information and production,
1950s-1960s
Box 3, Folders 19-20
Clippings and articles,
1928
Box 3, Folder 21
Clippings and articles,
1930s-1940s
Box 3, Folder 22
Clippings and articles,
1950s
Box 3, Folder 23
Clippings and articles,
1960s
Box 3, Folder 20
Conferences and speeches,
1951, 1955, 1958
Box 3, Folder 25
Correspondence: Audience, 1940s-1960s
Box 4, Folder 1
Correspondence: Business related,
1930s-1950s
Box 4, Folder 9
Course 16,
1943-1944
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Aframerica" jazz.
Box 4, Folder 10
Course 17,
1944-1945
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Aframerican" jazz.
Box 4, Folder 14
Course 21: "American music and folklore",
1948-1949
Box 4, Folder 15
Course 22: "A Music Map of America",
1949-1950
Box 4, Folder 16
Course 23: "Music and the American Family",
1950-1951
Box 4, Folder 17
Course 24: "Musical Portraits of Famous Americans",
1951-1952
Box 4, Folder 18
Course 25: "The World’s Music in America",
1952-1953
Box 4, Folder 19
Course 26: "Music- A Language and an Art",
1953-1954
Box 4, Folder 20
Course 27: "We Are the Music Makers",
1954-1955
Box 4, Folder 21
Course 28: "Music - Voice of the Universe",
1955-1956
Box 4, Folder 22
Course 29: "The Worlds of Music",
1956-1957
Box 4, Folder 23
Course 30: "Storyland of Music",
1957-1958
Box 4, Folder 24
Course 31: "The City The Music Built" or "Music Makes a Map",
1958-1959
Box 4, Folder 25
Course 32: "Musical Tours of Our National Parks",
1959-1960
Box 4, Folder 26
Course 33: "Music: Passport to the World",
1960-1961
Box 4, Folder 27
Course 34: "Music: Passport to the World",
1961-1962
Box 4, Folder 28
Course 35: "Music, Key to the City",
1962-1963
Box 4, Folders 29-32
Courses 36: "I am an American, a Musical Hall of Fame",
1963-1964
Box 4, Folder 33
Courses 36-37: "I am an American, a Musical Hall of Fame",
1963-1965
Box 5, Folders 1-2
Courses 37: "I am an American, a Musical Hall of Fame",
1964-1965
Box 5, Folders 3-4
Course 38: "We are Americans",
1965-1966
Box 5, Folders 5-6
Course 39: "We are Americans",
1966-1967
Box 5, Folder 7
Course 40: "The World’s Great Music Through America’s History",
1967-1968
Box 5, Folder 8
Course 41: "Famous Men in Music and History",
1968-1969
Box 5, Folder 9
Course 42: "Famous Places in America Through Music and History",
1969-1970
Box 5, Folder 10
Demonstrations (Miscellaneous),
1940s
Box 5, Folder 11
Demonstrations (Miscellaneous),
1950s
Box 5, Folder 12
Demonstrations (Miscellaneous),
1960s
Box 5, Folder 13
Demonstrations - Sacramento Music Festival,
1950s-1960s
Box 5, Folder 14
Film and Television projects,
1950s-1960s
Box 5, Folder 15
Film:
This Hour is Yours motion picture,
undated, 1950s
Box 5, Folder 16
Hail America /
I am an American record album and related documents,
undated, 1960s
Box 5, Folder 17
"Hall of Fame of Great Americans", New York University
1960s
Box 5, Folders 18-21
"Outline",
undated, circa 1930s-1960s
Scope and Contents note
Includes information on organization personnel, repetoire, production, budget, and other related documents.
Box 5, Folder 22
Planning documents, notes, and other related materials,
undated, 1950s-1960s
Box 5, Folder 24
Promotional materials,
1930s-1960s
Box 5, Folder 25
Repertoire,
undated, 1940s-1970s
Box 5, Folder 26
Scripts: unknown courses,
undated
Box 5, Folder 27
Scripts: 60th Anniversary,
1986
Box 5, Folder 28
Voice of America broadcasts,
1960s
Box 5, Folder 29
I am an American, a composition by Carmen Dragon and Adrian Michaelis with royalties and related documents,
1950s-1960s
Box 6, Folder 2
Chevron Broadcasts,
undated, 1950s
Scope and Contents note
Includes Chevron radio and School broadcasts.
Box 6, Folders 3-4
Chevron Broadcasts,
1960s
Scope and Contents note
Includes Chevron radio and School broadcasts.
Series VI:
The Standard Hour Television Broadcast,
1950-1953, circa 1960s
Series Description
This series includes materials specifically pertaining to the
The Standard Hour Television Broadcast, such as business papers, correspondence, press materials, programs, repertory, and technical information pertaining to the
broadcast's sole season in 1952.
Box 6, Folders 5-6
Business Papers: Correspondence and Memoranda,
1950s-1960s
Box 6, Folder 7
Business Papers: field research, ratings, and other related documents,
1950s-1960s
Box 6, Folder 8
Business Papers: report by Standard Oil Public Relations Department,
1953
Box 6, Folder 9
Business Papers: technical report,
1953
Box 6, Folder 10
Clippings and articles,
1952-1953
Box 6, Folders 11-14
Correspondence: audience,
1952-1953
Box 6, Folder 15
Correspondence: business related,
1952-1953
Box 6, Folder 16
Personnel, star availabilities,
undated
Box 6, Folder 19
Promotional material,
1952
Box 6, Folder 22
Technical information and production,
1952
Series VII: Standard Oil Company and projects,
1930s-1950s
Scope and Contents note
This series contains information regarding other Standard Oil Company projects not related to the Standard Hour broadcasts
and the Standard Oil Company Public Relations department. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order by topic.
Box 6, Folder 23
Standard Hour Music Therapy Foundation,
1945
Box 6, Folder 24
Standard on Parade radio show,
1930s
Box 6, Folder 25
Standard Oil Company Public Relations Department Miscellany,
1950s
Series VIII: People,
undated, 1920s-1960s
Series Description
This series includes paper based materials and photographic materials pertaining to individuals and groups who participated
with the Standard Hour Broadcasts (Radio, School, Television) and others who Adrian Michaelis interacted with. There are two
subseries:
Papers (this includes all paper-based materials such as clippings, flyers, promotionals materials, and/or correspondence to, from,
or regarding the person in question) and
Photos (this includes photographic materials of various individuals and groups. Arranged in alphabetical order. When possible, other
individuals featured with the artist in question has been identified, but this lists may not be comprehensive as not all individuals
have been identified in this subseries.). Materials have been arranged in alphabetical order with unidentified photographs
at the end of the
Photos subseries.
Box 7, Folders 1-2
Standard Hour Radio Broadcast personnel,
1920s-1960s
Scope and Contents note
Includes information on Standard School Broadcast and Standard Hour Television series. Includes information about personnel,
performances schedules, salaries, press materials, and other related documents.
Box 7, Folder 3
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Abel, David; Abram Jacques; Albanese, Licia; Amara, Lucine; André , Julie; Appleton, Vera; Arrau,
Claudio; Ayars, Ann; Anderson, Marian; Andrews, Helen; Alvary, Lorenzo.
Box 7, Folder 4
Alexander, George (balladeer, guitarist)
Box 7, Folder 5
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Bales, Richard; Balogh, Erno; Bampton, Rose; Barthelson, Joyce; Bartlett,
Ethel; Baum, Kurt; Beach, Olive May; Beecham; Bell, Marian; Bennett, Robert Russell; Benzell, Mimi; Berger, Erna; Bergsma,
William; Berini, Mario; Berkova, Saundra; Black, Frank; Boerner, Charlotte; Bornshein, Franz; Borowski, Felix; Bostelmann,
Otto; Brailovsky, Alexander; Brereton, Robert; Browning, John; Bakalenikoff, Constantin.
Box 7, Folder 6
C
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Carol, Norman; Costa, Mary; Conner, Nadine; Claudio, Cesare; Ciccolini, Aldo; Carr, Nancy; Chabay,
Leslie; Chirinos, Nicholas; Curzi, Caesar; Crist, Bainbridge; Copland, Aaron; Chai, Pyung Chun; Carter, John; Cherkassky,
Shura; Carwin, Nancy (with Claudine Allen); Camajani, Giovanni; Chew, Roxanna; Christy, Eileen; Canley, Eugene; Cavallero,
Carmen.
Box 7, Folder 13
D-F
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials related to: Dow, Dorothy; Davis, Ellabelle; Dyer-Bennett, RIchard; de Fenzi, Aldo; Determann, Jeanne; Duval,
Franca; del Monaco, Mario; Dorfmann, Ania; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickson, Donald; Eustis, Dorothy; Elman, Mischa; Eidus, Arnold;
Eto, Toshiya; Edelglass, Sylvia; Elkus, Tolman; Espinosa, Guillermo; Fiedler, Arthur; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleisher, Leon; Flenn,
Jean; Feuermann, Emanuel; Francescatti; Farrell, Eileen; Firkusny, Rudolf; Francheschi, Vera; Flippen, Jay C.; Fletcher, Grant;
Foldes, Andor; Fernandez, Dick; Fornier, Pierre; Flissler, Joyce; Fragali, Frank; Frantz, Roslyn; de Solis, Solito
Box 7, Folder 14
G
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials related to: Garbousova, Raya; Garden, Mary; Garris, John; Gavin, Bill; Gebauer, Werner; George, Florence;
Gershwin, George; Giannini, Dusolina; Gibson, Barbara; Gimpel, Bronislav; Mannes, Leopold; Silva, Luigi; Gimpel, Jakob; Glaz,
Herta; Glazer, Esther; Glenn, Caroll; Goldberg, Syzmon; Goldovsky, Boris; Gordon, Marcus; Gorin, Igor; Gramm, Donald; Griffis,
Elliot; Grob-Prandl, Gertrude; Grofé, Ferde; Groth, Denali; Grumiaux, Arthur; Gould, Morton; Guarrera, Frank; Guizar, Tito;
Gulda, Friedrich.
Box 7, Folder 15
H-J
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Harmon, Charles; Hong, Bella; Hunt, Lois; Harper, Tony; Harshaw, Margaret; Hayward, Thomas;
Henriot, Nicole; Harrington, Grace; Harrell, Mack; Hokanson, Randolph; Hodge, Leslie; Hart, Charles; Haskins, Virginia; Hero,
Stephan; Hines, Jerome; Hunkins, Eusebia Simpson; Handzlik, Jean; Hurtado, Celso; Istomin, Eugene; Iturbi, Amparo; Iverson,
Jacqueline; Janssen, Werner; Johnson, Christine; Janis Byron; Jepsen, Helen; Jagel, Frederick; James, Joseph; Johannesen,
Grant; Jones, Stan
Box 7, Folder 16
K
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Kaufman, Louis; Kennett, Bash; Kirkpatrick, Ralph; Kemalyan, Stephen; King, Velna Lou; Kirsten,
Dorothy; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Koshetz, Marina; Kilenyi, Edward; Knickerbocker, Paine; Kapell, William; King, Christina;
Keast, Paul; Krasoff, Wanda; Katchen, Julius; Kraus, Lili; Kullman, Charles.
Box 7, Folder 17
L
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Lawrence, Ernest; Larocca, Alicia de; Lehmer, Derrick; Luboshutz, Pierre (with Genia Nemenoff);
Lieurance, Thurlow; Lamoree, Valarie; Lack, Fredell; Lyle, Joy; Lukas, Laura Lee; Lewyn, Helena; Lehmann, Lotte; Lipkin, Seymour;
Lushonya, Mobley; Laster, Georgia; Lichtegg, Max; Ligeti, Desire; Lemay, Paul.
Box 7, Folder 18
M (1 of 2)
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: McKay, James; Manton, Raymond; Marais, Josef; Miranda; Mazzi, Franchesco; Menuhin, Yehudi; Moundry,
Janice; Moisewitsch, Benno; Malcuzynski, Witold; Malbin, Elaine; Maazel, Marvin; Merrill, Robert; MacDonald, Jeanette; Mitchell,
Jeanne; Meier, Ronnie; Mopper, Irving; Mascherin, Enzo; Marvin, Frederick; Macgurn, Muriel; McKinley, Andrew; Marcant, Veronika;
Merriman, Nan; Martini, Louis; Miller, Mildred; Mirovitch, Alfred; Moscona, Nicola; Melchior, Lauritz; McArthur, Edwin.
Box 7, Folder 19
M (2 of 2)
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Merola, Gaetano; Monteux, Pierre; Mulinos, Nicholas; Milanov, Zinka; Maier and Pattison (piano
players); Meyers, Vic; Milstein, Nathan; Manners, Lucille; Mossman, Ted; McVey, Patrick; Maynor, Dorothy; Miller, Mitch; Moffet,
Phyllis; MacWatters, Virginia; La Marquita; Mears, Martha.
Box 7, Folder 20
N-O
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Noonan, Stanley; Noack, Sylvain; Nelson, Ozzie; Nikolaidi, Elena; Novaes, Guiomar; Nelli, Herva;
Newman, Phyllis; Edwards, Sam; Olevsky, Julian; Olvis, William.
Box 7, Folder 21
P-Q
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Pasmore, Mary; Ponselle, Rosa; Potter, Joy; Pagett, Glen; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Paige, Raymond;
Peters, Roberta; Piper, Theresa; Page, Gale; Patrick, Johnny; Piastro, Mischel; Plummer, Stanley; Primrose, William; Petroff,
Ivan; Quartararo, Florence; Pinza, Ezio; Pons, Lily; Previn, André; Pearce, Jan; Pennario, Leonard; Patchin, Philip.
Box 7, Folder 22
R-S
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Ross, Hugh; Ruiz, Adrian; Rahn, Muriel; Rozsa, Miklas; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sawicka, Alexandra;
Schriner, Herb.
Box 7, Folder 23
S
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Schuster, Joseph; Shaw, Robert; Standard, James; Sayao, Bidu; Schlamme, Martha; Sample, James;
Stern, Isaac; Stokowski, Leopold; Szigeti, Joseph; Solomon, Izler; Segovia, Andres; Stoesser, Martha; Sullivan, Brian; Skilton,
Charles Sanford; Sarnoff, Dorothy; Swift, Page; Shore, Frances; Shore, Lev; Slenczynska, Ruth; Singleton, Penny; Steeb, Olga;
Smith, Ernie; Steber, Eleanor; Sunlight Quartet; Stringfield, Lemar; Sevitzky, Fabian.
Box 7, Folder 24
T
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials regarding: Tangeman, Nell; Tassie, Phalen; Teagarden, Jack; Thebom, Blanche; Thomas, Thomas L.; Tourel,
Jennie; Tressel, Willard; Troy, Helen; Tucker, Richard; Turner, Claramae; Twiss, Clinton.
Box 7, Folder 25
V-Z
Scope and Contents note
Inclddes materials regarding: Valleti, Cesare; Varney, Astrid; Vienna Choir Boys; Vronsky, Vitya; Wagner, Joseph; Walker,
Leonard; Wallenstein, Alfred; Walter, Bruno; Warenskjold, Dorothy; Warren, Leonard; Weede, Robert; Weinzweig, John; Wicks,
Camilla; Wild, Earl; Williams, Mason; Wolfe, John; Wolfe, Camilla; Wolfe, John Karr; Tollinger, Ned; Youngman, Althya; Zimmer,
Norma; Willson, Meredith.
Box 7, Folder 26
Press clippings and profiles of radio personalities with photos,
circa 1930s
Box 7, Folder 28
Abato, James
Scope and Contents note
Also known as Vincent James. Pictured with Stokowski, Leopold.
Box 7, Folder 31
Albanese, Licia
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: del Monaco, Mario; Sparks, Hale; Grover, John; Pearce, Jan; Valentino, Francesco; Merola, Gaetano.
Box 7, Folder 32
Alexander, George and Fabrienne
Box 7, Folder 34
Alvary, Lorenzo
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Landi, Bruno, Glaz, Herta; Della Chiesa, Vivian; Sayao, Bidu.
Box 7, Folder 36
André, Julie
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Grover, John.
Box 7, Folder 37
Appleton, Vera
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Field, Michael.
Box 7, Folder 39
Anderson, Marian
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Monteux, Pierre.
Box 8, Folder 1
Baccaloni, Salvatore
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Quartararo, Florence; Conner, Nadine; Merola, Gaetano; Pinza, Ezio; Kullman, Charles.
Box 8, Folder 5
Bartlett, Ethel
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Robertson, Rae
Box 8, Folder 6
Baum, Kurt
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Warren, Leonard; Turner, Claramae; Thebom, Blanche.
Box 8, Folder 13a
Berini, Mario
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Glaz, Herta; Pinza, Ezio; Harshaw, Margaret; Merola, Gaetano; Demers, Muriel.
Box 8, Folder 14
Bjoerling, Jussi
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Bjoerling, Anna-Lisa; Fiedler, Arthur.
Box 8, Folder 19
Bokem, Hilde
Scope and Contents note
This is not confirmed
Box 8, Folder 22
Brereton, Robert
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Mrs. Brereton; Monteux, Pierre.
Box 8, Folder 28
Carter, Paulena
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Dragon, Carmen; Nadi, Aldo; Willson, Meredith; Pearce, Jan; Warenskjold, Dorothy; Merola, Gaetano.
Box 8, Folder 29
Cehanovsky, George
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Conner, Nadine.
Box 8, Folder 33
Christopherson, Eileen
Scope and Contents note
This is unconfirmed.
Box 8, Folder 36
Conner, Nadine
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Pearce, Jan; Merola, Gaetano; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Quartararo, Florence; Pinza, Ezio; Djanel, Lily; Knapp,
Eleanor.
Box 8, Folder 41
Deleriman, Jeanne
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Merrill, Robert.
Box 8, Folder 42
Della Chiesa, Vivian
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Dragon, Carmen; Fiedler, Arthur; Abra-Vanel, Maurice; Barton, Frank; Jagel, Frederick.
Box 8, Folder 43
Demers, Muriel
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Berini, Mario; Glaz, Herta; Pinza, Ezio; Harshaw, Margaret; Merola, Gaetano.
Box 8, Folder 44
Denke, Frank
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Snell, George; Grofé, Ferde.
Box 8, Folder 46
Di Stefano, Guiseppe
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Sayao, Bidu.
Box 8, Folder 47
Djanel, Lily
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Warren, Leonard; Landi, Bruno; Merola, Gaetano; Conner, Nadine; Creed, Cecile; Burns, E.V.; Harrell, Mack.
Box 8, Folder 51
Dragon, Carmen
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Carter, Paulena; Peters, Roberta; Pearce, Jan; Michaelis, Adrian.
Box 8, Folder 53
Dunham, Katherine
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Onardieno, Roger.
Box 8, Folder 57
Ewart, Hugh
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Anderson, Jacqueline; Sample, James.
Box 8, Folder 58
Farmer, Geraldine
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Leff, Henry; Forney, William; Payne, Bill; Standard Male Chorus.
Box 8, Folder 61
Fiedler, Arthur
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Michaelis, Adrian; Carter, Paulena; Merrill, Robert; Grover, John; Sparks, Hale.
Box 8, Folder 63
Flagstad, Kirsten
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Ribbe, John; Kritz, Karl; Svanholm, Set; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Grover, John; San Francisco Opera's Women's
Chorus.
Box 8, Folder 72
Gavin, Bill
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Shaw, Robert; Standard Male Chorus.
Box 8, Folder 74
George, Florence
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with McArthur, Edwin; Stevens, Clarence
Box 8, Folder 76
Gimpel, Bronislav
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Kennedy, Lauri; de Busscher, Henry
Box 8, Folder 78
Glaz, Herta
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Landi, Bruno; Della Chiesa, Vivian; Alvary, Lorenzo; Sayao, Bidu; Merola, Gaetano.
Box 8, Folder 79
Glenn, Carroll
Scope and Contents note
This is unconfirmed.
Box 8, Folder 85
Grofé, Ferde
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with George, Florence.
Box 8, Folder 86
Grover, John
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Dragon, Carmen; Masters, Monty; Paulee, Mona; Stretton, S.E; Smith, J.M.
Box 8, Folder 92
Harmon, Charles
Scope and Contents note
ALso pictured with: Warenskjold, Dorothy; Norman, Stanley.
Box 8, Folder 93
Harrell, Mack
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Stevens, Risë; Ribbe, John; Conner, Nadine; Kullman, Charles; Djanel, Lily; Powell, H.; Creed, Cecile.
Box 8, Folder 94
Harshaw, Margaret
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Castellani, Frances.
Box 8, Folder 96
Haskins, Virginia
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Monteux, Pierre.
Box 8, Folder 97
Haug, Julius
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Kullman, Charles; Harrell, Mack; Djanel, Lily; Conner, Nadine.
Box 8, Folder 116
Johannesen, Grant
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Rosenthal, Manuel.
Box 8, Folder 120
Kaufman, Louis
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Sparks, Hale; Grover, John.
Box 8, Folder 124
King, Christine
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Murray, Earl Bernard
Box 8, Folder 125
Kirsten, Dorothy
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Merola,Gaetano; Sze, Yi Kwei; Kullman, Charles; Sullivan, Brian; Steinberg, William.
Box 8, Folder 127
Knapp, Eleanor
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Conner, Nadine; Alvary, Lorenzo; Pearce, Jan.
Box 8, Folder 131
Kullman, Charles
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with Conner, Nadine; Harrell, Mack; Djanel, Lily; Kirsten, Dorothy; Valentino, Francesco; Stevens, Risë; MacWatters,
Virginia; Merola, Gaetano; Grover, John.
Box 8, Folder 132
Lack, Fredell
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Crawford, Joan.
Box 8, Folder 133
Landi, Bruno
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Glaz, Herta; Della Chiesa, Vivian; Alvary, Lorenzo; Petroff, Ivan; MacWatters, Virginia.
Box 8, Folder 138
Lehman, Lotte
Scope and Contents note
This is unconfirmed
Box 8, Folder 142
Luboshutz, Pierre
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Nemenoff, Genia.
Box 8, Folder 146
MacWatters, Virginia
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Valentino, Francesco; Stevens, Risë; Kullman, Charles; Merola, Gaetano.
Box 8, Folder 159
Mazzolini, Brunetta
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Grover, John.
Box 8, Folder 160
McArthur, Edwin
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Sailor Woodworth
Box 8, Folder 167
Merola, Gaetano
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Garden, Mary; Pinza, Ezio; Conner, Nadine; Hanna, J.L.; Warenskjold, Dorothy; Harmon, Charles; Martin,
Lillian; Doyle, Mary; Carter, Paulena; Stevens, Risë; Pearce, Jan; Kullman, Charles
Box 8, Folder 173
Molinari, Bernadine
Scope and Contents note
Negatives only.
Box 8, Folder 174
Monteux, Pierre
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Pennario, Leonard; Blinder, Naoum; Brereton, Robert; Anderson, Marian.
Box 8, Folder 177
Moritz, Frederick
Scope and Contents note
This is unconfirmed.
Box 8, Folder 179
Murray, Earl Bernard
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: King, Christine.
Box 8, Folder 182
Ory, Kid
Scope and Contents note
Includes negatives and print photographs.
Box 8, Folder 189
Paulee, Mona
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Grover, John; Linden, Eugene; Stretton, S.E.
Box 8, Folder 190
Pearce, Jan
Scope and Contents note
Fiedler, Arthur; Turner, Claramae; Conner, Nadine; Tibbett, Lawrence.
Box 9, Folder 1
Petroff, Ivan
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Alvary, Lorenzo; Conner, Nadine; Knapp, Eleanor; Pearce, Jan; MacWatters, Virginia; Della Chiesa, Vivian;
Landi, Bruno.
Box 9, Folder 5
Pinza, Ezio
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Conner, Nadine; Merola, Gaetano; Baccaloni, Salvatore.
Box 9, Folder 10
Quartararo, Florence
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Pinza, Ezio; Conner, Nadine.
Box 9, Folder 14
Roman, Stella
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Baum, Kurt, Moscono, Nicola; Thebom, Blanche.
Box 9, Folder 18
Sample, James
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Carter, Paulena; Ness, Harriet; Handzlik, Jean; Johnson, Austin; Glover, John; Anderson, Jacqueline; Ewart,
Hugh.
Box 9, Folder 20
Sayao, Bidu
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Merola, Gaetano; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Glaz, Herta; Alvary, Lorenzo.
Box 9, Folder 25
Sevitzky, Fabien
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Menuhin, Yehudi; Warenskjold, Dorothy.
Box 9, Folder 26
Shaw, Robert
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Gavin, Bill; Standard Male Chorus.
Box 9, Folder 35
Stern, Isaac
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Monteux, Pierre.
Box 9, Folder 36
Steinberg, William
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Kirsten, Dorothy; Russell, Gilbert.
Box 9, Folder 37
Stevens, Risë
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Harnell, Mack; Valentino, Francesco; Kullman, Charles; MacWatters, Virginia.
Box 9, Folder 38
Stravinsky, Igor
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Michaelis, Sylvia
Box 9, Folder 43
Sze, Ye Kwei
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Merola, Gaetano; Kirsten, Dorothy.
Box 9, Folder 48
Thebom, Blanche
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Turner, Claramae; Baum, Kurt.
Box 9, Folder 50
Tibbett, Lawrence
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Conner, Nadine; Pearce, Jan; Turner, Claramae.
Box 9, Folder 53
Turner, Claramae
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Pearce, Jan; Conners, Nadine; Albanese, Licia; Svanholm, Set; Chabay, Leslie.
Box 9, Folder 56
Valentino, Francesco
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Stevens, Risë; Kullman, Charles; MacWatters, Virginia; Roman, Stella; Moscona, Nicola; Pearce, Jan; Merola,
Gaetano; Albanese, Licia.
Box 9, Folder 58
Wallenstein, Alfred
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Jarrell, Charles J.; Manning, Irene.
Box 9, Folder 60
Warenskjold, Dorothy
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Carter, John; Gramm, Donald; Merriman, Nan
Box 9, Folder 61
Warren, Leonard
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Baum, Kurt; Roman, Stella; Thebom, Blanche; Harshaw, Margaret.
Box 9, Folder 62
Weede, Robert
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Albanese, Licia; Pearce, Jan.
Box 9, Folder 63
Willson, Meredith
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Carter, Paulena; Gavin, Bill; Harmon, Charles; Mears, Martha; Russell, Gilbert; Piper, Theresa.
Box 9, Folder 64
Wolfe, John
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured with: Tollinger, Ned.
Box 9, Folder 85
Unidentified groups
Scope and Contents note
Images of 2 or more individuals where at least one person has not been identified.
Box 9, Folder 86
Unidentified individuals
Scope and Contents note
Includes portraits and performance images.
Series IX: Photographs,
undated, circa 1930s-1960s
Series Description
This series includes photographs from various events, Standard Hour Television and Radio broadcasts, including the 25th Anniversary
celebration, and images of art reproductions. Also includes are miscellaneous slides and negatives.
Box 9, Folder 66
Art Reproduction photographs
Box 9, Folder 67
Commedia Dell'Arte photographs and art reproductions
Box 9, Folder 68
Hollywood cocktail party,
1964
Box 9, Folder 69
Performances at the War Memorial Opera House, Stern Grove, America's Exposition in San Diego
undated, circa 1930s-1950s
Box 9, Folder 70
San Francisco Ballet televised programs,
circa 1951
Scope and Contents note
Artists pictured include: Christensen, Lew; Hartley, Russell; Carvajal, Carlos; Johnson, Nancy; Vasquez, Roland; Bailey, Sally.
Box 9, Folder 71
San Francisco Opera artist headshots,
circa 1947
Scope and Contents note
Culled from program books and other promotional materials.
Box 9, Folder 72
San Francisco Opera televised programs,
circa 1951
Box 9, Folder 73
San Francisco Symphony group and performance photographs,
undated, circa 1930s-1950s
Box 9, Folder 74
Standard Hour Contact Sheets,
1952 January 27-December 28
Box 9, Folder 75
Standard Hour Contact Sheets,
1953 January 4-December 20
Box 9, Folder 76
Standard Hour Radio Broadcast 25th Anniversary,
1951
Box 9, Folder 77
Standard Hour Radio Broadcast 25th Anniversary scrapbook,
1951
Box 9, Folder 78
Standard Hour Radio Broadcast - Chevron concerts,
1960
Box 9, Folder 79
Standard Oil office personnel, politicians, government workers, teachers,
circa 1920s-1960s
Box 9, Folder 80
Standard School Broadcast - Hall of Fame of Great Americans, New York University,
1950s-1960s
Box 9, Folder 81
Standard Hour Television Broadcast Film Strips (1 or 2 episodes),
circa 1951-1952
Scope and Contents note
Episode(s) in question feature San Francisco Ballet.
Box 9, Folder 82
Standard School Students (photographs and negatives),
undated, circa 1950s
Series X: Miscellaneous,
1980s-1982
Series Description
This series includes reference materials and newsletters collected by Adrian Michaelis.
Box 6, Folder 26
American Name Society newsletters,
1975-1976
Box 6, Folder 27
Davis, Willard S. Jr.,
Death Valley Days television script,
1967
Box 6, Folder 28
Metropolitan opera slide shows,
undated
Box 6, Folder 29
California Hispanica,
1979-1982
Box 6, Folder 30
Outline note for a series of programs,
1890s-1970
Box 6, Folder 31
Miscellaneous California history related documents,
undated,
Box 6, Folder 32
Miscellaneous music related documents,
1950s-1970s
Box 6, Folder 33
Miscellaneous music education related documents,
1930s-1950s
Box 6, Folder 34
Miscellaneous oil related documents,
1920s-1940s
Box 6, Folder 35
National Association for Music Therapy articles and writings,
1950s-1960s
Box 6, Folder 36
Radio related documents,
1950s
Box 6, Folder 37
Television related documents,
1950s
Box 6, Folder 38
Recording-related documents and miscellaneous transcriptions,
1950s
Box 6, Folder 39
Valley of the Moon, a play by Moody, Ralph
1966
Box 6, Folder 40
California Youth Symphony related documents,
1950s
Series XI: Sheet Music
Scope and Contents note
This series includes sheet music collected by Adrian Michalis. Many works were performed as part of a Standard Hour Broadcast.
All sheet music is inventoried in a separate database. Please consult Museum of Performance + Design Head Librarian/Archivist
for more information.