Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Dorothy Huttenback Papers,
- Dates:
- 1941-1977
- Creators:
- Huttenback, Dorothy, 1896-
- Abstract:
- Dorothy Huttenback (1896-1987) was the manager of the Music Guild of Los Angeles (1952- ), which brought well-known chamber music ensembles and artists to the Wilshire Ebell Theater. She served for 33 years as president of the organization. The collection consists of correspondence between Huttenback and various persons in the music world, some photographs and ephemera.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Dorothy Huttenback Papers (Collection 1224). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of correspondence of Music Guild of Los Angeles concert manager Dorothy Huttenback with various persons in the music world, including George Szell, William Steinberg, Reginald Stewart, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, Erich Kleiber, Egon Petri, and Lilly Toch. Also includes some photographs and ephemera.
- Biographical / historical:
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Dorothy Alice Marcuse was born on October 30, 1896 in San Francisco, California; her mother took her to Berlin in 1907, where she was rejected entry into the Berlin Conservatory because of her youth; composer Engelbert Humperdinck, one of the audition jury, helped take responsibility for her further musical education; she played on the concert stage until 1922, when she married Dr. Otto Huttenback; with the rise of Hitler, the Huttenbacks moved to London in 1933, and with the threat of war, moved again in 1939 to California; in 1952 she became the manager of the Music Guild of Los Angeles, which brought well-known chamber music ensembles and artists to the Wilshire Ebell Theater; served for 33 years as president of the organization; she died in April, 1987 in Santa Monica, California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Dorothy Huttenback, 1979.
- 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.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house card file, November 2003 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: October 1980 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Dorothy Huttenback Papers (Collection 1224). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988