Philip Hart papers
Scope and Content of the Collection
Small group of letters regarding Theodore Thomas, founding conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which were collected by Philip Hart, music historian and former CSO assistant manager. Hart, while penning a biography of conductor Fritz Reiner, was also thinking about writing about Thomas. Much of the correspondence is between Hart and Theodora Schultze, Chairman of The National Committee to Preserve Felsengarten, Thomas’s summer home. Other correspondents are Ezra Schabas, who wrote a biography of Thomas, Irving Lowens, and CSO Board Chairman Louis Sudler. Also, a copy of an inventory of Thomas’s library at Felsengarten, and a photograph of a statue of Thomas.
Dates
- Creation: 1973-1974
Creator
- Hart, Philip, 1914-2000 (Person)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The Philip Hart papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Philip Hart papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections at reference@newberry.org
Biography of Philip Hart
Former manager of various symphony orchestras; writer.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet (4 folders)
Abstract
Small collection of letters and other materials about Theodore Thomas, founding music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra collected by Philip Hart, a music historian and former assistant manager of the CSO.
Arrangement
Papers arranged by type of material.
Collection Stack Location
1 1 2
Provenance
Gift, Philip Hart, 1990.
Processed by
Virginia Hay Smith, 2008.
Subject
- Schabas, Ezra, 1924- (Person)
- Schultze, Theodora (Person)
- Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905 -- Statues -– Photographs (Person)
- Hart, Philip, 1914-2000 (Person)
- Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905 -- Library -– Catalogs (Person)
- Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905 (Person)
- Lowens, Irving (Person)
- Sudler, Louis C. (Louis Courtenay), 1903-1992 (Person)
Genre / Form
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Philip Hart papers, 1973-1974
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Virginia Hay Smith
- Date
- ©2008.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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