Olin Downes papers, Series 9. Photographs and Sketches

Descriptive Summary
Title: Olin Downes papers, Series 9. Photographs and Sketches
Creator: Downes, Olin, 1886-1955
Inclusive Dates: ca. 1910-1955
Language(s): English
Extent: 5.2 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Collection Number: ms688.series9
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

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

Scope and Content

The Photographs and Sketches consists of photographs of the Olin Downes and the Downes and Miles families from approximately 1910-1955. Includes photographs of Olin Downes; his wives Marion Davenport Downes and Irene Miles Downes; children Dorothy Downes Williams, Nancy Downes Smith, and Edward Downes; Raymond Miles and the Miles family; and various public figures or friends. The series also contains postcards of various locales in the United States and Europe.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in alphabetical order by name of photograph subject.

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.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Olin Downes papers, Series 9. Photographs and Sketches, ms 688.series9, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Abell, Arthur and Louise [see also: Correlo, Lohengrin, Strauss]- with Downes, Olin, and Bachelor, Ruth.

 

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Albeniz, Isaac

 

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Animals (pets, etc.)

 

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Ansermet, Ernest

 

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5

Antiques (furniture)

 

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Arbos, Enrique Fernandez

 

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Ascherfield, Clara

 

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8

Ballets, scenes from- "Central Park" and "American in Paris"

 

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Barbieri, Fedora

 

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10

Bartok, Bela

 

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11

Bauer, Marion

 

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12

Behre, Theodore (brother-in-law)

 

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Berocrie, Thelma

 

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Bertolamiv, Viviane

 

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15

Biggs, E. Power

 

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Bloch, Ernest

 

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Borge, Vincent- in concert

 

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Brahms, Johannes

 

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19

Brevard Music Festival, 1954

 

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Brice, Antonia

 

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Canletti, Guido See also: Toscanini

 

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Corelli, Arcangelo

 

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Cutter, Carl & Family [Downes Brother-in-law]

 

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Davison, A. T.

 

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De Bra, Elizabeth

 

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De Carvalho, Eleasor

 

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De Lanux, Elizabeth

 

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Downes, Irene Miles - Childhood

 

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Downes, Irene Miles - Adolescence

 

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Downes, Irene Miles

 

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Downes, Irene Miles & Family (Miles)

 

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Downes, Irene Miles & Others

 

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Downes, Irene Miles & Others

 

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Downes, Louise Coison

 

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Downes, Olin

 

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Downes, Olin & Irene

 

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Downes, Olin & Others

 

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Downes, Olin & Irene & Others

 

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Downes, Olin & Marion Davenport [1st Marriage]

 

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Eastman Senior Symphony

 

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12

Eroica House [Vienna Austria]

 

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13

Ford Peace Ship, 1915 - 1916

 

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Frugoni, Orazio

 

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Gamer, George Robert with Olin Downes

 

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Gaston, Ward J.

 

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Gilbert, Henry Franklin

 

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Gold, Julius

 

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Gordon, Jacques

 

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Greenberg, M. (etchings by)

 

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Gromyko, A. with Olin Downes

 

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Hale, Philip

 

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Hammerslough, Alec

 

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Hansen, Howard

 

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Harris, Roy & Wife

 

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Heifetz, Jascha

 

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Hubbard, Charles

 

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Hugo, Victor

 

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Ives, Charles

 

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Jalas, Jassi

 

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Kapell, William

 

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Kaltenborn, H.V. & Family

 

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Kelterborn, Louis Wilhelm

 

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Kinkeldey, Otto

 

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Kodály, Zoltán

 

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Koussevitsky, Serge & Olga

 

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Kramer, Walter F.

 

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Kreisler, Fritz

 

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Kurtz, Efrem

 

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Kurtz, Peter

 

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Lenom, Clement

 

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Lewisohn, Irene

 

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Librizzi, Raymond

 

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Malcuzynski, Witold

 

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Miles - Family

 

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Miles - Paternal Grandparents

 

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Miles, Laura M.

 

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Miles, Mildred

 

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Miles, Raymond

 

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Miles, Raymond - Family

 

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Miles, Mark Robin

 

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Miles, William

 

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Miles - [Family?]

 

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Miller, Frank

 

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Miscellaneous

 

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Miscellaneous Column Layouts

 

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Morris, Newbald

 

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Paderewski, Ignace Jan

 

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Peabody Conservatory

 

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Philippe, Isadore

 

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Places

 

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Rachmaninoff, Sergei Vassilievich

 

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Reiner, Fritz

 

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Rodinski, Artur

 

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Rogers, Bernard

 

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Rose, Hugh

 

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Rosenthal, Moriz

 

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Ruggles, Carl

 

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Sargent, Winthrop

 

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Schweitzer, Albert

 

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Shanet, Howard

 

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Shostakovich, Dimitri

 

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Sibelius, Jean

 

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Spalding, Albert

 

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Stillman - Kelly, Egar

 

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Straus, Richard

 

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Tcherepnine

 

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Telmanyi Family Quartet

 

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Thompson, Virgil

 

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Toscanini, Arturo

 

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Vaugh-Williams, Ralph

 

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Villa-Lobos, Heitor

 

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Volpe, Arnold (Bust)

 

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Wagner, Richard & Family

 

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Walter, Bruno

 

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White, Paul

 

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Whitman, Walt (Medallion)

 

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Women in Orchestras - Pictures

 

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Post Cards- various blank picture postcards, often depicting Massachusetts, New York, or European scenes (approx. 200)

 

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Framed sketch (reproduction)- Strauss conducting Mozart

 

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Framed photographs- triptych of Beethoven monuments

 

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Photograph- candid- Sergei Rachmaninoff and Eugene Ormandy

 

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Photograph- candid- Sergei Rachmaninoff and Eugene Ormandy

 

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Photograph- damaged- [illegible] unidentified composer

 

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Photograph- portrait- Jean Sibelius

 

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Clipping re Jean Sibelius

 

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Photograph- portrait- Vaughan Williams

 

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Contact sheet set- Olin Downes

 

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Photograph- portrait- Fritz Kreisler

 

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Photograph- portrait- Olin Downes at piano

 

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Photograph- portrait- Olin Downes as young man

 

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Sketch- Olin Downes

 

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Photograph- portrait- Frank Damrosch

 

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Certificate of honor- for Olin Downes from the Order of the White Rose of Finland, 1937

 

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Clipping: Conductor gives his idea of how orchestras might solve problems, 1950

 

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Sheet Music to song- Among Foes, Music by S. Tanieff, edited by Olin Downes

 

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Honor Roll certificate for Irene L. Miles, 1896

 

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Charcoal sketch (reproduction) Richard Strauss

 

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Framed souvenir program re Wagner from Arthur Abell to Olin Downes , 1952

 

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Framed pencil sketch of woman in profile [Irene Downes], 1952

 

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Photographs- portraits (2)- Philip Hale

 

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6 Sketches of Isadora Duncan, by Abraham Walkowitz

 

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Der Mantel Gogol- 12 Lithographs by Walter Gramatte, 1930