Finding Aid for the Adolph Altman Collection of Photographs PASC-M.0109

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Adolph Altman Collection of Photographs
Creator: Altman, Adolph
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0109
Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1937-1938
Abstract: Photographs of musicians, including Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Frank Black, Irving Caesar, Abram Chasins, George M. Cohan, Walter Damrosch, Duke Ellington, Leopold Godowsky, Ferde Grofe, David Guion, Fritz Kreisler, Albert Spalding, and Rudy Vallee.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Acquisition Information

Gift, Adolph Altman, 1992

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Adolph Altman Collection of Photographs, 109-M, University of California, Library Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9948557823606533 

Biography

No information about Adolph Altman is available.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of photographs of musicians, including Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Frank Black, Irving Caesar, Abram Chasins, George M. Cohan, Walter Damrosch, Duke Ellington, Leopold Godowsky, Ferde Grofe, David Guion, Fritz Kreisler, Albert Spalding, and Rudy Vallee.

box 1, folder 1

Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10
box 1, folder 2

Frank Black 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10
box 1, folder 3

Irving Caesar 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted

Scope and Contents note

ASCAP
box 1, folder 4

Irving Caesar 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 5

Irving Caesar 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 6

Irving Caesar 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 7

Abram Chasins 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10
box 1, folder 8

George M. Cohan 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10
box 1, folder 9

George M. Cohan 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 10

Walter Damrosch 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 11

Walter Damrosch 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted

Scope and Contents note

N.B.C. Orchestra
box 1, folder 12

Walter Damrosch 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 13

Duke Ellington 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted

Scope and Contents note

Cotton Club (?)
box 1, folder 14

Duke Ellington 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 15

Leopold Godowsky 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 6 1/2 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 16

Leopold Godowsky 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 17

Leopold Godowsky 1938 [?]

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10
box 1, folder 18

Ferde Grofe 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 19

Ferde Grofe 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted

Scope and Contents note

Bowl Manhattan
box 1, folder 20

Ferde Grofe 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 21

Ferde Grofe 1938 [1937?]

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted

Scope and Contents note

Conducting
box 1, folder 22

David Guion 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted

Scope and Contents note

Home on the Range
box 1, folder 23

Fritz Kreisler 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 24

Fritz Kreisler 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 25

Albert Spalding 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10, mounted
box 1, folder 26

Rudy Vallee 1938

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10
box 1, folder 27

Unidentified man and female child n.d.

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10
box 1, folder 28

George Gershwin's funeral 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10

Scope and Contents note

Temple Emanuel, N.Y. - shown: Gene Buck, president of ASCAP and Mayor LaGuardia
box 1, folder 29

George Gershwin's funeral 1937

General Physical Description note: B/W, 8 x 10

Scope and Contents note

Temple Emanuel, N.Y.