MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.) records, 1869-1970  (bulk 1945-1968). 

 - 35,000  items. 81  3  containers plus  oversize. 1  microfilm reel. 33  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 5 series.  Series 1: Personal Correspondence, 1896-1958; Series 2: Administrative Papers, 1907-1970; Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1869-1958; Series 4: Miscellany, 1884-1967; and Series 5: Oversize, 1869-1962. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, admission application records, minutes of meetings, reports, legal and financial papers, scrapbooks, and miscellany chiefly concerning the administration and operation of the MacDowell arts colony.  Includes material relating to the colony's board of directors and committees, as well as the various artists, writers, and musicians who were chosen as residents.  Persons prominent in the collection, either as correspondents or officers of the colony, include Hervey Allen, Marie Brodeur, Alexander Calder, Padraic and Mary Colum, Aaron Copland, Parker and Louise Dutton Fillmore, Max Frankel, Chaim Gross, Thomas Shaw Hale, DuBose Heyward, Lewis Montefiore Isaacs, George M. Kendall, Marianne Moore, Tillie Olsen, Charles H. Studin, James Johnson Sweeney, Louise Talma, Jean Starr Untermeyer, and Thornton Wilder.  Also includes letters (1936-1938) to Hermann Hagedorn from Parker Fillmore relating to Edwin Arlington Robinson, a longtime resident of the colony. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1996. 
<br/><br/><br/>Photographs and photographic plates <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Motion picture film, audio recordings, and phonograph record <br/>Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Manuscript music scores, manuscript composition books, and other books <br/>Library of Congress Music Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Edward and Marian MacDowell collection <br/>Library of Congress Music Division. <br/>located in 
<br/><br/><br/>Artists' colony in Peterborough, N.H., founded in 1908 by Marian MacDowell in memory of her husband, American composer Edward MacDowell (1860-1908).  Its financial and administrative responsibilities were handled by the Edward MacDowell Association in New York, N.Y., known after 1970 as the MacDowell Colony, Inc. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms996002 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 80055012  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949. <br/>Brodeur, Marie.<br/>Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976. <br/>Colum, Mary.<br/>Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972. <br/>Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. <br/>Fillmore, Louise Dutton.<br/>Fillmore, Parker, 1878-1944. <br/>Frankel, Max, 1914- <br/>Gross, Chaim, 1904- <br/>Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-1964. <br/>Hale, Thomas Shaw.<br/>Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. <br/>Isaacs, Lewis Montefiore, 1877-1944. <br/>Kendall, George M.<br/>MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908. <br/>MacDowell, Marian, 1857-1956. <br/>Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. <br/>Olsen, Tillie.<br/>Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935. <br/>Studin, Charles H.<br/>Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986. <br/>Talma, Louise, 1906-1996. <br/>Untermeyer, Jean Starr, 1886-1970. <br/>Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Artist colonies--New Hampshire--Peterborough.<br/>Artists.<br/>Authors.<br/>Musicians.