Guide to the Otto Kinkeldey Papers,
1902-1966

Collection Number: 14-20-1000

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M.E. Warren
Date completed:
July 1985
EAD encoding:
Ann Hubert, June 2004

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Otto Kinkeldey papers, 1902-1966.
Collection Number:
14-20-1000
Creator:
Otto Kinkeldey, 1878-1966.
Quantity:
12.4 cubic ft.; 2 rolls.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, manuscripts, music scores, photographs, programs, clippings, printed material.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Professional papers include correspondence pertaining to his professorship and librarianship at Cornell and as a visiting professor elsewhere. Personal papers include correspondence with friends and family in Germany.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Music (1923-1927) and University Librarian (1930-1946), Cornell University.

CHRONOLOGY
1878 Born in New York City
1898 CCNY - A.B.
1898-1902 Organist and Choirmaster, Episcopal Chapel of the Incarnation, New York City
1900 NYU - M.A.
1902-1909 Student, University of Berlin and Royal Academic Institute for Church Music in Berlin
1906-1907 Research, Germany; Cataloging and describing the musical scores and books on music in the libraries of the central German states
1909 Ph.D. thesis: "Orgel und Klavier in der Music des 16. Jahrhunderts"
1909-1914 Instructor in organ amd music theory at University of Breslau
1909- Librarian of the Royal Academic Institute for Church Music
1910-1914 Lecturer in Music History in the Faculty of Philosophy (Breslau)
1914-1923 New York Public Library - Head of Division of Music
1914-1917 United States Army
1923-1927 Cornell University - Chairman, Department of Music; University Organist, Sage Chapel Choir Director
1927-1930 New York Public Library
1930-1946 Cornell University Librarian and Professor of Musicology
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Professional papers include correspondence pertaining to his professorship and librarianship at Cornell and as a visiting professor elsewhere (1946-1958); organizations include the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Musicological Society, and the Music Library Association; correspondents include Carl Becker, Stephen Vincent Benet, Morris Bishop, Lane Cooper, Walter Damrosch, Albert Einstein, Stephen A. McCarthy, William Sulzer, Oliver Strunk, Walter Toscanini, and Paul J. Weaver. Personal papers include correspondence with friends and family in Germany, especially after World War II when he aided many with Care packages; also, unpublished manuscripts, music scores, photographs, concert programs, clippings, and other printed material.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Kinkeldey, Otto, 1878-1966.
Becker, Carl Lotus, 1873-1945.
Benet, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943.
Bishop, Morris, 1893-1973.
Cooper, Lane, 1875-1959.
Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
McCarthy, Stephen A. (Stephen Anthony), 1908-
Strunk, W. Oliver (William Oliver), 1901-
Sulzer, William, 1863-1943.
Toscanini, Walter, 1898-1971.
Weaver, Paul John, 1889-1946.
American Council of Learned Societies.
American Musicological Society.
Cornell University. Library.
Cornell University. Dept. of Music.
Music Library Association.

Subjects:
Music--Instruction and study.
Library science.
College teachers--United States.
Librarians--United States.

Places:
Germany--Social conditions--20th century.

Form and Genre Terms:
Scores.
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Otto Kinkeldey papers, #14-20-1000. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Personal Papers, 1922-1966, preserved in original order, include family correspondence, buisness papers, photographs, post cards Box 1
Series II. Alphabetical Files, 1924-1966, arranged alphabetically and chronologically by correspondent, organization, or subject, include correspondence, music manuscripts, programs, buisness papers, biographies, recommendations, photographs, war posters, post cards, newsclippings. Note - Hans Erdmann and Erdmann Guckle are the same person - filed under Erdmann Boxes 1-6
Series III. Subject Files, 1922-1965, include correspondence, programs, lists, newsclippings, bibliographies related to work and organizations, arranged alphabetically and chronologically Box 6
Series IV. Subject Files (individual)
Subseries A. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1942-1962, includes correspondence, programs, announcements, pamphlets, reports re AAAS, arranged chronologically
Box 6
Subseries B. American Council of Learned Societies, 1926-1940, includes correpondence, minutes, agenda, announcements, re ACLS, arranged chronologically
Boxes 6-7
Subseries C. American Music Society, 1955, includes correspondence, bills, lists, papers, music re AMS, arranged chronologoically
 Box 7
Subseries D. Berkeley, correspondence during 1954-1955, includes correspondence, small watercolor, minutes, bills, proof, print, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
Box 7
Subseries E. Columbia University Press, 1932-1952, includes correspondence, newsclippings, telegrams, re Musicology Committee and advice on publications, arranged chronologoically
[Box 7
Subseries F. Denton, 1951-1952, correspondence while at Denton, Texas, includes programs, reports, recommendation, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
Box 7
Subseries G. German Papers (legal size folder), 1901-1910, include job recommendations, letters (copies), contracts, papers, certificates re Music Society, arranged chronologoically
Box 7
Subseries H. Harvard Summer, 1936-1941, includes correspondence, reports, constitution, list, announcements, postcards, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
Box7
Subseries I. Harvard, 1947-1948, includes correspondence, instructions re teaching at Harvard summer session, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
Box 7
Subseries J. Harvard, 1962, 1931-1962, includes correspondence, telegrams, roll sheets and grades, newsclippings re teaching at Harvard, and publications by Harvard University Press, arranged chronologoically
Box 7
Subseries K. Music Libraries Association, 1931-1965, includes correspondence, rules, lists, minutes, bulletins, by-laws, excerpts, cataloging code, drafts re MLA
Box 8
Subseries L. National Music Council; 1941-1944, 1950, includes correspondence, by-laws, reports, bulletins
 Box 8
Subseries M. New York Public Library, 1963, includes correspondence, reports, acknowledgments
 Box 8
Subseries N. Society for Ethnomusicology, 1955-1956, includes correspondence, programs, minutes, certificates of incorporation
 Box 8
Subseries O. Texas I, 1948-1949, includes correspondence, announcements, minutes, programs, bulletins, article, newsclippings, invitations, review, telegrams
Box 8
Subseries P. Texas II, 1949-1950, includes correspondence, minutes, bulletins, programs, bills, outlines, lists, postcards, newsclippings, telegrams, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
Box 8
Subseries Q. Urbana, correspondence during 1953-1954, includes correspondence, papers, contents, report, list notes, statement, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
Box 8
Series V. Lecture notes, correspondence, bibliographic notes, pamphlets, programs, certificates, newsclippings; 1901-1926, 1953 Boxes 9-12
Series VI. Miscellaneous materials and material from a file; pamphlets, music scores (ms., engraved and printed), programs, correspondence, patent, lecture notes Box 12
Series VII. Photographs, artifacts, memorabilia Box 13
Series VIII. Diplomas and certificates Rolls 1-2
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I. Personal Papers, 1922-1966, preserved in original order, include family correspondence, buisness papers, photographs, post cards
Family Correspondence, 1922-1953
Box 1 Folder 1
Carl Kinkeldey Estate, 1934-1936
Box 1 Folder 2
Carl W. Kinkeldey Estate, 1946 , 1950-1951
Box 1 Folder 3
Carl Kinkeldey Letters, 1930-1946
Box 1 Folder 4
Clara Kinkeldey Estate, 1934-1950
Box 1 Folder 5
Max Kinkeldey Letters, 1928 , 1933-1953
Box 1 Folder 6
Max Kinkeldey Letters, 1954-1959
Box 1 Folder 7
Max Kinkeldey Letters, 1960-1966
Box 1 Folder 8
Series II. Alphabetical Files, 1924-1966, arranged alphabetically and chronologically by correspondent, organization, or subject, include correspondence, music manuscripts, programs, buisness papers, biographies, recommendations, photographs, war posters, post cards, newsclippings. Note - Hans Erdmann and Erdmann Guckle are the same person - filed under Erdmann
Aarhus - Adams
 Box 1 Folder 9
African - Albion
 Box 1 Folder 10
Aldrich
 Box 1 Folder 11
Allen - American
 Box 1 Folder 12
American Piano - Anderson
 Box 1 Folder 13
Andiron Club, 1926-1934
Box 1 Folder 14
Andiron Club, 1934-1942
Box 1 Folder 15
Andiron Club, 193-1964
Box 1 Folder 16
Andrews - Aronson
 Box 1 Folder 17
Associated - Austin
 Box 1 Folder 18
Authors Club
 Box 1 Folder 19
Auto - Ayars
 Box 1 Folder 20
Babaian - Barber
 Box 1 Folder 21
Barbour
 Box 1 Folder 22
Barenreiter-Verlang - Bauman
 Box 1 Folder 23
Bayliss - Beckmann
 Box 1 Folder 24
Beethoven - Beveridge
 Box 1 Folder 25
Bibliogrpahical - Bizony
 Box 1 Folder 26
Blaauw - Blume
 Box 1 Folder 27
Board - Bottger
 Box 1 Folder 28
Bodoin - Barzier
 Box 1 Folder 29
Breitkopf and Hartel
 Box 1 Folder 30
Breslau - Brown
 Box 2 Folder 1
Bruck - Burnham
 Box 2 Folder 2
Burns - Byzantine
 Box 2 Folder 3
Cairns - California
 Box 2 Folder 4
Campbell - Carapetyan
 Box 2 Folder 5
CARE
 Box 2 Folder 6
Carlton - Catholic
 Box 2 Folder 7
Cazden - Century
 Box 2 Folder 8
Challis - Cincinnati
 Box 2 Folder 9
City College of New York
 Box 2 Folder 10
Clark - Collis
 Box 2 Folder 11
Columbia University
 Box 2 Folder 12
Commin - Corn
 Box 2 Folder 13
Cornell - Cornell University, 1923-1933
Box 2 Folder 14
Cornell University, 1934-1944
Box 2 Folder 15
Cornell University, 1945-1965
Box 2 Folder 16
Coupon - Cuyler
 Box 2 Folder 17
Damrosch - Davis
 Box 2 Folder 18
Davison - Dello
 Box 2 Folder 19
Delphic - Diamant
 Box 2 Folder 20
Dickinson
 Box 2 Folder 21
Dictionary - Doyle
 Box 2 Folder 22
Drinker - Dykema
 Box 2 Folder 23
Earhart - Einstein
 Box 3 Folder 1
Elkus - Endicott-Johnson
 Box 3 Folder 2
Engel
 Box 3 Folder 3
Englander - Evans
 Box 3 Folder 4
Fahnestock - Fitch
 Box 3 Folder 5
Flanders - Fox
 Box 3 Folder 6
Frampton - Fuller
 Box 3 Folder 7
Gabrilowitsch
 Box 3 Folder 8
Gelrud
 Box 3 Folder 9
General Foods - Gleason
 Box 3 Folder 10
Goldthwaite - Grant
 Box 3 Folder 11
Gray - Group
 Box 3 Folder 12
Grout - Gsellius
 Box 3 Folder 13
Guggenheim
 Box 3 Folder 14
Guglielmo - Guttman
 Box 3 Folder 15
Haas - Hammond
 Box 3 Folder 16
Handschin - Hazmuka
 Box 3 Folder 17
Health - Heyer
 Box 3 Folder 18
Hibberd
 Box 3 Folder 19
Hickmann - Hirsch
 Box 3 Folder 20
Hobart - Hymn
 Box 3 Folder 21
I
 Box 3 Folder 22
Jack - Jenny
 Box 3 Folder 23
Jeppesen - Johnson, Harold
 Box 3 Folder 24
Johnson, H. Earle - Julliard
 Box 3 Folder 25
Kaidin - Kensico
 Box 4 Folder 1
Keogh - Koch
 Box 4 Folder 2
Koestler (Kostler)
 Box 4 Folder 3
Kopfermann - Kuttner
 Box 4 Folder 4
Ladenburg - Landshoff
 Box 4 Folder 5
Lang
 Box 4 Folder 6
Lange - Lee Higginson
 Box 4 Folder 7
Leeser - Lewiston
 Box 4 Folder 8
Library of Congress
 Box 4 Folder 9
Library Journal - Loeb
 Box 4 Folder 10
Lomax - Lundeberg
 Box 4 Folder 11
Lutge
 Box 4 Folder 12
Lutje - Lyman
 Box 4 Folder 13
MacArdle - Maguire
 Box 4 Folder 14
Mailmann - Meyer-Reinach
 Box 4 Folder 15
Mead - Meyer
 Box 4 Folder 16
Meyer-Baer - Missouri
 Box 4 Folder 17
Modern - Music Supervisors
 Box 4 Folder 18
Music Teachers' National Association
 Box 4 Folder 19
Music - Meyers
 Box 4 Folder 20
Nabokoff - National
 Box 4 Folder 21
Neisser - New York
 Box 4 Folder 22
Newark - North Carolina
 Box 4 Folder 23
North Texas - Nussbaum
 Box 4 Folder 24
Oberdoerffer - Olsson
 Box 4 Folder 25
O'Meara
 Box 4 Folder 26
Organ - Parrish
 Box 4 Folder 27
Parthenia - Pfatteicher
 Box 4 Folder 28
Phi Beta - Phi Beta Kappa
 Box 5 Folder 1
Phi Kappa Phi
 Box 5 Folder 2
Phi Kappa Sigma
 Box 5 Folder 3
Phi Mu Alpha - Pittsburgh
 Box 5 Folder 4
Plamenac - Poladian
 Box 5 Folder 5
Polemann - Priaulx
 Box 5 Folder 6
Princeton
 Box 5 Folder 7
Princeton Univrsity Bicentennial Conference
 Box 5 Folder 8
Pro Muscia - Quarterly
 Box 5 Folder 9
Radin - Reicher
 Box 5 Folder 10
Reifsnider - Richmond
 Box 5 Folder 11
Richtmyer - Rockefellar
 Box 5 Folder 12
Rockefeller Fund
 Box 5 Folder 13
Rockwell - Ryan
 Box 5 Folder 14
Sabine - Schapiro
 Box 5 Folder 15
Scheide - Scholes
 Box 5 Folder 16
Schrade
 Box 5 Folder 17
Schramm - Seeger
 Box 5 Folder 18
Seery - Silver Burdett
 Box 5 Folder 19
Simon
 Box 5 Folder 20
Sinclair - Slovac
 Box 5 Folder 21
Smith
 Box 5 Folder 22
Social Security - South Orange
 Box 5 Folder 23
Southern California - Starrett
 Box 5 Folder 24
Stasse
 Box 5 Folder 25
Stechert - Straus
 Box 5 Folder 26
Strunk, W. Oliver
 Box 5 Folder 27
Stuckenschmidt - Syracuse
 Box 5 Folder 28
Tabb - Terry
 Box 6 Folder 1
Texas
 Box 6 Folder 2
Theremin - Travelers
 Box 6 Folder 3
Treman - Typewriter
 Box 6 Folder 4
Ulrich - United
 Box 6 Folder 5
University - Utley
 Box 6 Folder 6
Vail - Vincent
 Box 6 Folder 7
Vining - Vroman
 Box 6 Folder 8
Waschmann - Wardman
 Box 6 Folder 9
Washington - Wayne
 Box 6 Folder 10
Waever - Welch
 Box 6 Folder 11
Wellesz - Williston
 Box 6 Folder 12
Wislon - WNYC
 Box 6 Folder 13
Wolf - Women's
 Box 6 Folder 14
Wood
 Box 6 Folder 15
Woodcock - Zincograph
 Box 6 Folder 16
Series III. Subject Files, 1922-1965, include correspondence, programs, lists, newsclippings, bibliographies related to work and organizations, arranged alphabetically and chronologically
A-B
 Box 6 Folder 17
C
 Box 6 Folder 18
D-J
 Box 6 Folder 19
K-M
 Box 6 Folder 20
O-P
 Box 6 Folder 21
R-Y
 Box 6 Folder 22
Series IV. Subject Files (individual)
Subseries A. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1942-1962, includes correspondence, programs, announcements, pamphlets, reports re AAAS, arranged chronologically
1942-1962
Box 6 Folder 23
Subseries B. American Council of Learned Societies, 1926-1940, includes correpondence, minutes, agenda, announcements, re ACLS, arranged chronologically
1926, 1929, 1931-1934
Box 6 Folder 24
1935
Box 6 Folder 25
1936
Box 6 Folder 26
1937
Box 6 Folder 27
1938
Box 6 Folder 28
Ja. 1939-Apr. 1939
Box 6 Folder 29
May 1939-Dec. 1939
Box 6 Folder 30
Jan. 1940-May 1940
Box 6 Folder 31
June 1940-Dec. 1940
Box 6 Folder 32
1941-1943
Box 7 Folder 1
1944
Box 7 Folder 2
Jan. 13, 1945 : Committee on Encyclopedia of Music
Box 7 Folder 3
1945
Box 7 Folder 4
1946-1958
Box 7 Folder 5
Subseries C. American Music Society, 1955, includes correspondence, bills, lists, papers, music re AMS, arranged chronologoically
1955 , Joint Annual Meeting
Box 7 Folder 6
Subseries D. Berkeley, correspondence during 1954-1955, includes correspondence, small watercolor, minutes, bills, proof, print, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
A
 Box 7 Folder 7
B-G
 Box 7 Folder 8
H-L
 Box 7 Folder 9
M-P
 Box 7 Folder 10
R-W
 Box 7 Folder 11
Subseries E. Columbia University Press, 1932-1952, includes correspondence, newsclippings, telegrams, re Musicology Committee and advice on publications, arranged chronologoically
1932-1934
Box 7 Folder 12
1935
Box 7 Folder 13
1936
Box 7 Folder 14
1937
Box 7 Folder 15
1938
Box 7 Folder 16
1939-1941
Box 7 Folder 17
1942-1952
Box 7 Folder 18
Subseries F. Denton, 1951-1952, correspondence while at Denton, Texas, includes programs, reports, recommendation, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
A
 Box 7 Folder 19
B-G
 Box 7 Folder 20
H-L
 Box 7 Folder 21
M-R
 Box 7 Folder 22
S-W
 Box 7 Folder 23
Subseries G. German Papers (legal size folder), 1901-1910, include job recommendations, letters (copies), contracts, papers, certificates re Music Society, arranged chronologoically
1901-1910
Box 7 Folder 24
Subseries H. Harvard Summer, 1936-1941, includes correspondence, reports, constitution, list, announcements, postcards, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
1936-1938
Box 7 Folder 25
1939-1942
Box 7 Folder 26
1940-1941 , correspondence
Box 7 Folder 27
Subseries I. Harvard, 1947-1948, includes correspondence, instructions re teaching at Harvard summer session, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
A-B
 Box 7 Folder 28
C
 Box 7 Folder 29
D-G
 Box 7 Folder 30
H-L
 Box 7 Folder 31
M-R
 Box 7 Folder 32
S-X
 Box 7 Folder 33
Subseries J. Harvard, 1962, 1931-1962, includes correspondence, telegrams, roll sheets and grades, newsclippings re teaching at Harvard, and publications by Harvard University Press, arranged chronologoically
1931-1938
Box 7 Folder 34
1939-1946
Box 7 Folder 35
1947-1948
Box 7 Folder 36
Harvard Summer, 1949
Box 7 Folder 37
1949-1955
Box 7 Folder 38
1952-1962
Box 7 Folder 39
Harvard University Press, 1943-1954
Box 7 Folder 40
Subseries K. Music Libraries Association, 1931-1965, includes correspondence, rules, lists, minutes, bulletins, by-laws, excerpts, cataloging code, drafts re MLA
1931
Box 8 Folder 1
1932
Box 8 Folder 2
1933-1935
Box 8 Folder 3
1936-1938
Box 8 Folder 4
1939-1940
Box 8 Folder 5
1941
Box 8 Folder 6
1942-1950
Box 8 Folder 7
1951-1960
Box 8 Folder 8
1961-1965
Box 8 Folder 9
Subseries L. National Music Council; 1941-1944, 1950, includes correspondence, by-laws, reports, bulletins
1940
Box 8 Folder 10
Jan. 1941-Apr. 1941
Box 8 Folder 11
May 1941-Dec. 1941
Box 8 Folder 12
Jan. 1942-May 1942
Box 8 Folder 13
July 1942-Dec. 1942
Box 8 Folder 14
1943-1945
Box 8 Folder 15
Subseries M. New York Public Library, 1963, includes correspondence, reports, acknowledgments
1915 , 1927-1928
Box 8 Folder 16
1939-1963
Box 8 Folder 17
Subseries N. Society for Ethnomusicology, 1955-1956, includes correspondence, programs, minutes, certificates of incorporation
Society for Ethnomusicology, 1955-1965
Box 8 Folder 18
Subseries O. Texas I, 1948-1949, includes correspondence, announcements, minutes, programs, bulletins, article, newsclippings, invitations, review, telegrams
A-B
 Box 8 Folder 19
C
 Box 8 Folder 20
D-G
 Box 8 Folder 21
H-K
 Box 8 Folder 22
L-M
 Box 8 Folder 23
N-R
 Box 8 Folder 24
S
 Box 8 Folder 25
T-Y
 Box 8 Folder 26
Subseries P. Texas II, 1949-1950, includes correspondence, minutes, bulletins, programs, bills, outlines, lists, postcards, newsclippings, telegrams, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
A
 Box 8 Folder 27
B-D
 Box 8 Folder 28
F-G
 Box 8 Folder 29
H-L
 Box 8 Folder 30
M-P
 Box 8 Folder 31
S
 Box 8 Folder 32
T-W
 Box 8 Folder 33
Subseries Q. Urbana, correspondence during 1953-1954, includes correspondence, papers, contents, report, list notes, statement, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically
A
 Box 8 Folder 34
B-G
 Box 8 Folder 35
L-R
 Box 8 Folder 36
S
 Box 8 Folder 37
T-W
 Box 8 Folder 38
Series V. Lecture notes, correspondence, bibliographic notes, pamphlets, programs, certificates, newsclippings; 1901-1926, 1953
Gynasium zu Gotha - graduation programs, 1901-1902
Box 9 Folder 1
Lecture Notes, July 1902
Box 9 Folder 2
Lecture Notes, 1902
Box 9 Folder 3
Lecture Notes, c. 1902
Box 9 Folder 4
Bermudo-Biblio. Notes, c.1902-1906
Box 9 Folder 5
Lecture Notes, Aug. 1902-Jan. 1903
Box 9 Folder 6
Lecture Notes, May 1903-July 1903
Box 9 Folder 7
Lecture Notes, Oct. 1903-Dec. 1903
Box 9 Folder 8
Lecture Notes, Oct. 1903-Jan. 1904
Box 9 Folder 9
Lecture Notes, Oct. 1903-Mar. 1904
Box 9 Folder 10
Notes - Composition, 1903
Box 9 Folder 11
Notes - Bermudo and Sancta Maria, c. 1903
Box 9 Folder 12
Notes - Mozart, 1903-1904
Box 9 Folder 13
Catalog - British Museum and others
 Box 9 Folder 14
Berlin KGL Biblio. Call Slips, 1904-1908
Box 9 Folder 15
Lecture Notes, Jan. 1904-Mar. 1904
Box 9 Folder 16
Lecture Notes, Music of the Middle Ages, Apr. 1904-June 1904
Box 9 Folder 17
Lecture Notes, Schubert to Brahms, May 1904-July 1904
Box 9 Folder 18
Lecture Notes, Kant's Philosophy, May 1904-July 1904
Box 9 Folder 19
Lecture Notes, History of the Symphany, May 1904-Aug. 1904
Box 9 Folder 20
Lecture Notes, Old Music, 1904
Box 9 Folder 21
Lecture Notes, Music History of the 16th and 17th Centuries, England
 Box 9 Folder 22
Lecture Notes, History of Music in Italy
 Box 9 Folder 23
Notes on Kontrapundt, Oct. 1905
Box 9 Folder 24
Lecture Notes, History of Opera, 1905
Box 9 Folder 25
Lecture Notes, c. 1905
Box 9 Folder 26
Bibliographic Notes, c. 1906
Box 10 Folder 1
Bibliographic Notes, c. 1906-1907
Box 10 Folder 2
Bibliographic Notes, 1906-1907
Box 10 Folder 3
Bibliographic Notes, 1906-1907
Box 10 Folder 4
Bibliographic Notes, 1907
Box 10 Folder 5
Bibliographic Notes, and list of organists at Langewiesen, 1907
Box 10 Folder 6
Bibliographies, c. 1907-1909
Box 10 Folder 7
Bibliographies, c. 1907
Box 10 Folder 8
Lecture Notes - Breslau, Summer, 1911
Box 10 Folder 9
Lecture VI, Jan. 19, 1910
Box 10 Folder 10
Lecture Notes, Summer Semester, 1913
Box 10 Folder 11
Lecture Notes, Winter Semester, 1913-1914
Box 10 Folder 12
Lecture Notes, History of Symphany, Jan. 8, 1910
Box 10 Folder 13
Lecture Notes, Summer Semester, 1910
Box 10 Folder 14
Lecture Notes, Palestrina and Bach, 1910
Box 10 Folder 15
Lecture Notes, Winter Semester - History of Song, 1911-1912
Box 10 Folder 16
Lecture Notes, Brahms, Oct. 28, 1913
Box 10 Folder 17
Lecture Notes, Opera Lecture, May 1910-June 1910
Box 10 Folder 18
Lecture Notes, July 5, 1910
Box 10 Folder 19
Lecture Notes, July 5, 1910
Box 10 Folder 20
Biographical Notes, Folk Song, c. 1910
Box 10 Folder 21
Erlebach Notes, c. 1910
Box 10 Folder 22
Biographical Notes, c. 1910
Box 10 Folder 23
Lecture Notes, Beethoven, 1911
Box 10 Folder 24
Bibliography, Breslau, c. 1909-1914
Box 10 Folder 25
Lecture Notes, History of Choir Music; 1911 , 1913
Box 11 Folder 1
Biographical and Lecture Notes; 1912-1913
Box 11 Folder 2
Bibliographic Notes before 1914
Box 11 Folder 3
Bibliographic Notes on Songs before 1914
Box 11 Folder 4
Bibliographic Notes before 1914
Box 11 Folder 5
Bibliographic Notes, 1914
Box 11 Folder 6
Introduction to Alexander Wheelock Thayer's Life of Beethoven, 1914
Box 11 Folder 7
Dr. Escher, Zurich, on libraries, 1918-1920
Box 11 Folder 8
Bibliographic Notes, 1918
Box 11 Folder 9
List of books ordered for New York Public Library, May 5, 1922
Box 11 Folder 10
European Trip - hotel bills; 1921-1922
Box 11 Folder 11
from Dr. Ercdmann, "The Crisis of the Small Theatre," 1922
Box 11 Folder 12
from Dr. Ercdmann on the Berlin Theatre, 1922
Box 11 Folder 13
from Dr. Ercdmann, description and criticism of "Der Pierrot," Monodrama von Otto Suchland, mit Musik von Hans Erdmann, 1922
Box 11 Folder 14
from Dr. Ercdmann, memoirs of WWI, 1922
Box 11 Folder 15
Bibliographic Notes, 1922
Box 11 Folder 16
Lecture Notes from Opera first term, 1925-1926
Box 11 Folder 17
Invoices, 1949
Box 11 Folder 18
Notes, The Harmonic Series
 Box 11 Folder 19
Biographic and Bibliographic Notes
 Box 11 Folder 20
Biographic Notes
 Box 11 Folder 21
Notes
 Box 11 Folder 22
Bibliographic Notes
 Box 11 Folder 23
Misc. Notes
 Box 11 Folder 24
"Musik in Schlesien," mss. notes (copies)
 Box 11 Folder 25
"Musik in Schlesien," mss. notes (copies)
 Box 11 Folder 26
Programs and newsclippings re Kinkeldey, 1924-1953
Box 11 Folder 27
Misc. Notes
 Box 11 Folder 28
Misc. Notes
 Box 11 Folder 29
Beethoven Bibliographic Notes
 Box 11 Folder 30
Bibliography with Notes from Pepys' Diary
 Box 11 Folder 31
Notes on William Henry Fry
 Box 11 Folder 32
Notes on Graduals
 Box 11 Folder 33
Beethoven Notes
 Box 11 Folder 34
Classification system of books on music at Staatsbibiothek, Berlin
 Box 11 Folder 35
Misc. Notes
 Box 11 Folder 36
Misc., certificates, lists, etc.
 Box 11 Folder 37
Bibliographic Notes
 Box 11 Folder 38
Pamphlet: Rules of Etiquette and Dress, 1681
Box 12 Folder 1
Two mss. music scores, 1733
Box 12 Folder 2
Music Scores, 1759
Box 12 Folder 3
Concert Program, Feb. 12, 1764 ; Pamphlet, Guide to Mohra, 1871 ; Bibliographic Notes
Box 12 Folder 4
Mss. Music Score, 1788
Box 12 Folder 5
Mss. Exercise Book for Bass Voice, c. 18th Century
 Box 12 Folder 6
Mss. Copy of 1591 Music Score
Box 12 Folder 7
Music Score
 Box 12 Folder 8
Series VI. Miscellaneous materials and material from a file; pamphlets, music scores (ms., engraved and printed), programs, correspondence, patent, lecture notes
Cataloging: Germany, 1911
Box 12 Folder 9
Cataloging: Germany, 1911-1913
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Programs, includes Dedication of Organ at St. Patrick's Cathedral, N.Y.; 1902 , 1911 , 1930
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A, 1912
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B, 1910-1913
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Breslau Lecture Notes (5 Sets) 1909
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Breslau (includes patent for Elecktrische, direkt wirkende Orgeltraktur) 1911-1913
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D, 1912
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E, 1913-1914
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F; 1912 , 1914
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G; 1911 , 1913
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Guttmann includes draft of "Zur Physiologie und Psychologie des Singens und Sprechens"
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Guhrau, Gerbruder Walter, pamphlet, "Uber Pflege und Erhaltung der Orgel," 1905
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H; 1912 , 1914
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I, 1912
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J, 1912
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K; 1910 , 1912
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L, 1912
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M, 1911-1912
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O; 1910 , 1913
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Princeton, 1950-1951
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R, 1912-1913
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Siebs, 1910-1913
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S, 1910-1912
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Strauss, Richard Notes
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V, 1910-1914
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Unidentified and misc.
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"American Musicians and Composers," and other mss. and drafts for Dictonary of Modern Music, 1922
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Music Examinations 1927
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Production of "Orfeo," 1913
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"Breslau - Organ Revision Papers - Palestrina and Bach Newspaper Note," 1909-1911
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"Cock Crow"
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Music Composition, 1902
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Harmony Book I, 1900-1901
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Harmony Book II, 1900-1901
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Harvard Summer Scool, 1901
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Music Problems, Music 100b, May 1947
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Music Problems, Music 100b, Grace E. Lawless, May 1947
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Opera Announcements, K.K. Hof-Operntheatre; 1898 , 1902
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Printed Matter
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1. The Ballad Burlesques and Extravaganzas; II Current Chronicle; Walter H. Rubsamen, reprint from The Musical Quarterly, 1950
2. Robert Schumannund die Romantik in der Musik, von Wilibald Gurlitt, 1950
3. Music Research in Italian Libraries, Walter Rubsamen, reprint from the quarterly journal of the Music Library Association, NOTES, Vol. VI, nos. 2 and 4, and Vol. VIII, no. 1, Mar. 1949-Sept. 1949 and Dec. 1950
4. La Cliquette, un Instrumrnt d'Oercussion Egyptien de l'Epoque Copte par Dr. H. Hickmann. Le Caire Imprimerie de l'Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale, 1950
5. A Selection of Rare Music and Music Literature catalogue, Otto Haas, London
6. The Commonwealth of Art, a lecture delievred by Curt Sachs, Apr. 25, 1949 , Washington, 1950
7. Catalogue of Rare and Interesting Books. Myers and Co. Ltd., London
Series VII. Photographs, artifacts, memorabilia
Includes Harris Townsend Medal for Notable Achievement, CCNY, 1940 ; autographed picture (copy) of Lane Cooper; framed portrait (unidenified); snapshots (unidenified); photos of Kinkeldey; photo album; ceremonial ribbon; guest book to the Kinkeldeys, from their friends in Ithaca, NY, 1946-1953 ; banquet program/menus
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Series VIII. Diplomas and certificates
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, May 13, 1942
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Phi Kappa Phi, 1934
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Princeton, L.H.D., Apr. 3, 1947
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NYU, A.M., June 7, 1900
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Berlin, P.h. D., June 26, 1909
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