Olin Downes papers, Series 7. Personal and Family Papers, 1908-1962

Summary

Creator:

Downes family

Date:

1908-1962

Extent:

13.8 Linear Feet (37 boxes & 1 oversized folder)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Olin Downes papers, Series 7. Personal and Family Papers, ms688.series7, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The Personal and Family papers consist of personal papers of the Downes and Miles families from 1908-1962. Includes family correspondence, financial records (1916-1962), newspaper clippings, notebooks and engagement books, and some personal effects such as gloves. The bulk of the series is comprised of the family correspondence of Olin Downes (1906-1955), his wife Irene Miles Downes (1936-1946), his mother Louise Courson Downes (1908-1940), his sisters Dorothy Downes Culthe (1909-1956) and Frances Downes Behre (1911-1962), and his daughter Nancy Downes Smith (1922-1955). Also includes correspondence between Irene Miles Downes and her mother Laura M. Miles and her brothers and sisters.

Biographical / historical:

Olin Downes (1886-1955) was an American music critic with the Boston Post (1906-1924) and the New York Times (1924-1955).

Arrangement:

The materials are organized into four subseries: 1. Diaries, Notebooks and Calendars; 2. Genealogy and Family Correspondence; 3. Financial papers; and 4. Miscellaneous.

This finding aid represents just one portion of the Olin Downes papers, which all together consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, printed materials, articles, music manuscripts, and lectures.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Music critics -- United States.

Names:

Miles family
Downes family

Preferred citation:

Olin Downes papers, Series 7. Personal and Family Papers, ms688.series7, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.