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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
Series III. Course Materials, Lectures, and Talks, 1930-1960s, undated
Series IV. Scores by Others, 1883-1952, undated
Series V. Scores, Sketches, and Composition Plans, 1907-1974, undated
Series VII. Recordings, 1944-1968
Series X. Family Materials, 1909-1950, undated
Series XII: Darby Moore gift, 1887-2007, bulk 1912-1969, bulk 1912-1969

Douglas Moore papers, 1883-2018, bulk 1907-1969

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Series IX. Personal and Biographical Materials, 1909-1997, undated

This series includes appointment books, awards, biographical materials, diaries, holiday cards, photographs of Moore and of Moore's friends, school materials, memorabilia, and material related to Moore's activities at Yale University and in the Navy.

Subseries IX.1: Alphabetical, 1909-1997


Box 105 Folder 1 Alfred C. Fuller Music Center Dedication, 1963

Program.


Box 107 Appointment Books, 1925-1934, 1936-1954, 1960, 1962, 1967

These include address book sections. A few include "cash account" information. Try and rebox


Box 106 Folder 2 Appointment to the New York Mayor's Committee for the Commemoration of the City's Golden Jubilee, 1948


Box 104 Folder 1 Awards--American Academy of Arts and Scientists--Medal, 1951

Box 104 Folder 2 Awards--David Bisham Memorial Medal for American Opera (American Opera Society of Chicago), 1944

Box 104 Folder 3 Awards--Henry Hadley Medal, 1960


Box 60 Folder 6 Awards--Honorary Doctor of Music from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, 1946


Box 67 Folder 21 Awards--Huntington Hartford Foundation--Award, 1960


Box 103 Folder 13 Awards--National Arts Club--Awards Dinner, 1967


Box 104 Folder 4 Awards--National Arts Club--Medal of Honor, 1967


Box 105 Folder 7 Awards--New York Singing Teachers Association--Citation, 1968

Box 105 Folder 8 Awards--Parade of American Music Award, 1967


Box 67 Folder 22 Awards--Park Avenue Synagogue of New York City--Award, 1952


Box 101 Folder 1 Baby Doe Tabor Souvenirs, undated

Box 101 Folder 2 Benét, Stephen Vincent--Christmas Cards, undated

Box 101 Folder 3 Benét, Stephen Vincent--Photographs, 1939, undated


Box 11 Biographical Material - with Portraits


Box 101 Folder 4 Civil Action, 1953

Summons and complaint; composers vs. Broadcast Music, Inc. and others.

Box 101 Folder 5 Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925, undated

Box 101 Folder 6 Columbia University, 1909-1997, undated


Box 105 Folder 2 Columbia University, undated

Appears to be two sets of dialogues.


Box 101 Folder 7 Diary, 1906-1909


Box 67 Folder 14 Douglas Moore Foundation, 2000, undated

Undated exhibit photographs, landscape postcards.


Box 101 Folder 8 Dupre?--Photograph, 1923

Box 101 Folder 9 Event Invitations and Programs, 1921-1948, undated

Box 101 Folder 10 Event Programs, 1955-1968

Box 101 Folder 11 Harpers, Paul--Christmas Card, undated

Box 101 Folder 12 Invitation to Kennedy Inauguration, 1961

Telegram.

Box 101 Folder 13 Invitation to Johnson Inauguration, 1965

Not personalized.


Box 67 Folder 15 Life Magazine Advertisements, 1947 September 1

Advertisements for 7Up and Desert Fury (film).


Box 101 Folder 14 MacLeish, Archibald, 1912-1915, undated

Includes a photograph of Moore and MacLeish.

Box 101 Folder 15 Magazines, 1945-1948

Box 101 Folder 16 Marriage Announcement, 1920

Box 101 Folder 17 Myer, Alice Lee--Photographs, undated

Box 101 Folder 18 Myer, Richard and Alice--Christmas Cards, 1922-1945, undated


Box 105 Folder 3 National Institute of Arts and Letters--Clipping, 1954

Box 105 Folder 4 New Republic (Magazine), 1929

Includes memorial to Elinor Wylie.


Box 101 Folder 19 Newspaper clippings, circa 1925,1967

On Moore.

Box 101 Folder 20 Obituaries, 1969

For Moore.

Box 101 Folder 21 Parker, Horatio, 1917

Photograph, inscribed to Moore by Parker.

Box 101 Folder 22 Passport, 1921


Box 106 Folder 1 Photographs--Oversized Photograph, circa 1900


Box 102 Folder 1 Photographs, 1890s, 1934-1968

Box 102 Folder 2 Photographs, 1922-1944, undated


Box 67 Folder 16 Photographs, undated


Box 102 Folder 3 Photographs, 1938-1961, undated

Of Moore and others.

Box 102 Folder 4 Photographs--Headshot, circa 1921-1925


Box 67 Folder 17 Photographs--Headshot (Proof), undated


Box 102 Folder 5 Photographs--Moore's Summer House, 1915

Includes photographs of people.

Box 102 Folder 6 Photographs--Unidentified, undated

Not of Moore

Box 102 Folder 7 Polyphonic Poetry, 1923

The original envelope read "Polyphonic Poetry, written for Cleveland Playhouse 1923, Performances at MacDowell Colony, Vassar and MacDowell Club in N.Y.

Box 102 Folder 8 Polyphonic Poetry, undated

The original envelope read "Poly Poetry," meaning that the poems were probably performed in a "polyphonic prose" evening at Vassar College in 1938 (see Geffen, Joan, "Funny Faculty Commit Glory in I47 Name," Vassar Miscellany News, Volume XXIL, No. 55, 1938); includes some pencil annotations

Box 102 Folder 9 Porter, Quincy, 1967, undated

Box 102 Folder 10 Property Assessment, 1967

Box 102 Folder 11 Publication Announcements, 1938, undated

For Moore's publications.

Box 102 Folder 12 Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Magazine, P.T. Barnum Memorabilia, 1937-1943, undated

Box 102 Folder 13 Roethke, Theodore--Poems, 1960

Inscribed to Moore by Roethke.

Box 102 Folder 14 Royalties Documents, 2001

Box 102 Folder 15 School Materials, 1908-1921

Box 102 Folder 16 Scrapbook, circa 1926-1932

Contains clippings, programs, etc. related to Moore. In poor condition.


Box 67 Folder 18 Scrapbook-Opera Scrapbook Pages, 1909-1911

Includes pages related to performances by Metropolitan Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, etc. These includes photographs and pages from programs.


Box 102 Folder 17 Sizer, Theodore, 1926, undated

Box 102 Folder 18 Sketch of Moore by Simon Glatzer, 1925


Box 67 Folder 19 Souvenir Photographs and Clippings, Opera, 1909-1911, undated


Box 102 Folder 19 Underwood, Pierson, undated

Box 102 Folder 20 Underwood, Pierson--Christmas Card, 1927


Box 104 Folder 5 United States Navy--Dog Tag, 1917


Box 103 Folder 1 United States Navy--Marksman Magazine (U.S.S. Bridgeport), 1919

Box 103 Folder 2 United States Navy--Reimbursement, 1917-1918

Box 103 Folder 3 University of Chicago--Introductory Notes on Moore, 1956 or later

Box 103 Folder 4 White House Dinner, 1961 November 13

Box 103 Folder 5 WPA Concert Program, circa 1935-1940

Wagner program. A handwritten note to Moore about his motet is written on the back.

Box 103 Folder 6 Yale University, 1910-1914

Box 103 Folder 7 Yale University, 1915-1937, undated

Includes photographs; one appears to be a cast photo from the production of A Midwinter Night's Tale by the Yale Elizabeth Club, with Moore playing Queen Elizabeth.

Box 103 Folder 8 Yale University--Grades, 1914


Box 105 Folder 5 Yale University Hat, circa 1915


Box 103 Folder 9 Yale University--Merz, Charles Andrew. A Midwinter Night's Tale, 1915

A one-act play written for the Twelfth Night Celebration of the Yale Elizabethan Club. Moore played Queen Elizabeth.


Box 105 Folder 6 Yale University--Photographs, circa 1915

Unidentified, but appears to be from the production of A Midwinter Night's Tale by the Yale Elizabethan Club, with Moore playing Queen Elizabeth.


Box 60 Folder 7 Yale University--Photographs, 1910s

2 group photographs; both are cracked

Box 60 Folder 8 Yale University--Photographs, 1910s

Unidentified, but appear to be cast photographs from student drama productions.


Box 103 Folder 10 Yale University--Wolf's Head, 1913


Box 59 Folder 1 Yale University--Wooden Paddle, 1915

This item is a carved wooden paddle given to Moore by Yale Class of 1915 classmates Archibald MacLeish and H.A. Pumpelly. All three were all members of the fraternity Psi Upsilon; the Yale Chapter uses the two clasped hands with the Greek letters psi and upsilon in its coat of arms, and these are present on the paddle. The "B" may signify the Beta chapter.


Box 67 Folder 20 Miscellaneous Clippings, 1921-1942, undated


Box 103 Folder 11 Miscellaneous Clippings, 1923-1955, undated

Related to Moore.

Box 103 Folder 12 Miscellaneous, 1962

Subseries IX.2: The Douglas Moore Fund, 1956, 2009, 2013-2016, 2018, bulk 2013-2016

Contains material relating to the Douglas Moore Fund, founded in 2002 to support American opera companies in the development of new comissions, and to promote the work of mid-century American opera composers, like Douglas Moore. This subseries comprises correspondence and administrative documents relating to the operations of the fund, as collected by Miranda Beeson, the daughter of Moore's colleague, Jack Beeson, who served the Fund in a governance and consultancy capacity. These materials document various events and projects that the Fund was involved with, including publications, conferences, and performances, while also providing insights into the Fund's changing mission. The subseries also contains several inventories and chronologies of Moore's compositions, compiled by the Fund for an anthology of Moore's vocal music.


Box 113 Folder 1 National Opera Association, 2015

Material relating to the Douglas Moore Fund's concert "Douglas Moore: Unearthing the Lesser Known Vocal and Operatic Works" at the National Opera Association Convention in Greensboro, NC on 2015, January 8. Includes printed emails, schedules, a convention program, a concert program, repertoire planning documents, handwritten notes, business cards, flyers, a convention center map.

Box 113 Folder 2 "Douglas Moore: A Biography by Jack Beeson", 2014-2015

Three copies. Includes a printed email from Nickel City Opera to Miranda Beeson.

Box 113 Folder 3 Douglas Moore Festival, 2014

In Cutchogue, Long Island. Includes printed emails, a personnel form, sheet music order forms, a postcard.

Box 113 Folder 4 Brevard Music Center Summer Music Festival, 2015

At the Brevard Music Center. Featured a performance of The Ballad of Baby Doe. Includes printed emails, a map of Nashville, festival schedules, business cards, printouts of webpages, travel documents, photocopies of pages from Douglas Moore: A Bio-Bibliography.

Box 113 Folder 5 Amarillo Baby Doe, 2015

Printed emails concerning a production of The Ballad of Baby Doe by Amarillo Opera.

Box 113 Folder 6 Brevard Music Center Summer Music Festival program book, 2015

Contains dog-eared pages and annotations.

Box 113 Folder 7 Douglas Moore Fund correspondence and minutes, 2013-2014, 2018

Includes a personnel sheet, printed emails (between Miranda Beeson and Michael Ching, John Kander, Lisa Brigatino, Anne Gefell, and others), web printouts, Mirand Beeson's handwritten notes, financial records, meeting agendas and minutes, a printed program for the 2014 National Opera Association Convention.

Box 113 Folder 8 Jerry McBride, 2014-2015

Printed emails between Miranda Beeson and Jerry McBride, author of Douglas Moore: A Bio-Bibliography. Includes some printed emails about McBride and his book. Includes a full copy of the New Yorker.

Box 113 Folder 9 New York Public Library, Douglas Moore Fund, Douglas Moore works available, 2014-2015

Printouts of emails and library catalogues regarding Moore's works, The Wings of the Dove and Three Sonnets of John Donne.

Box 113 Folder 10 Sibley, Douglas Moore Fund, Douglas Moore works available, 2015

Printouts of Sibley Music Library catalog records for Moore's works. Includes a typed list of Moore's works for soprano and their publishers.

Box 113 Folder 11 Douglas Moore work listings: initial research, 2013-2014

Includes photocopies of pages from Douglas Moore: A Bio-Bibliography, a sketch of Moore's family tree by Jack Beeson, annotated work lists, printouts of library and music publisher catalogues, Miranda Beeson's handwritten notes, printouts of Amazon and iTunes entries.


Box 114 Folder 1 Michael Ching, Douglas Moore Fund, 2009, 2014-2015

Printouts of email correspondence between Miranda Beeson and Michael Ching. Includes a printout of Ching's Wikipedia page, a list of goals for the Douglas Moore Fund, a printout of David Kanzeg's "DoeHeads" website.

Box 114 Folder 2 Brigatino, Sergïus Kagen, Ching, Stephen King, Cathy Carapella, 2015-2016

Printed email correspondence between Miranda Beeson and Ann-Marie Daehn, Annalee Kagen, Lisa Brigatino, Cathy Carapella; printouts of webpages and magazine clippings about the registration and copyright of musical works; Miranda Beeson's handwritten notes; email correspondence between Michael Ching and Miranda Beeson about adapting Stephen King's The Reach; a program for the 2014-2015 season of the National Opera Center of America.

Box 114 Folder 3 Back chronology of Moore's works, 2016

Printed and annotated lists of Moore works; printed emails between Miranda Beeson and Michael Ching, Jerry McBride, Lisa Brigatino, Trudy Chan; photocopies of pages from Douglas Moore: A Bio-Bibliography; printouts of webpages; royalty liscence agreements.

Box 114 Folder 4 Douglas Moore Fund, John Kander, 2014-2015

Printed email correspondence between Miranda Beeson and John Kander.

Box 114 Folder 5 Center for Contemporary Opera, 2015

Printouts of webpages; printed email correspondence between Miranda Beeson and Jim Schaeffer; a program for a Center for Contemporary Opera performance of an opera by Michael Ching.

Box 114 Folder 6 Tom Welsh, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015

Printed email correspondence between Miranda Beeson and Tom Welsh about a proposed Douglas Moore concert at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Box 114 Folder 7 Moore Chronology "FYIs", 2014-2015

Printed email correspondence, programs, Miranda Beeson's handwritten notes - regarding various performances of Moore's works.

Box 114 Folder 8 New York Opera Alliance, 2015-2016

Printed email correspondence from Miranda Beeson regarding Douglas Moore Fund's membership in the New York Opera Alliance

Box 114 Folder 9 Blitzstein estate, 2016-05-01

The Douglas Moore Fund proposed publishing a book of vocal selections by Moore and his acquaintances which was to include songs by Marc Blitzstein. Includes correspondence from Miranda Beeson about the project and printouts of websites about Blitzstein.

Box 114 Folder 10 Chronological vocal excels and vocal listings, 2014-2015

Printed and annotated lists of Moore's vocal works.

Box 114 Folder 11 Douglas Moore Fund vocal options, 2016

For a proposed book of vocal works by Moore and his acquaintances. Includes printed email correspondence from Miranda Beeson and archivists, composers, and estates regarding copyrights and unpublished materials. Also includes programs and web printouts used for research.

Box 114 Folder 12 Music sales, Kevin McGee, G. Schirmer, 2015

Printed email correspondence between Miranda Beeson and McGee and other web printouts regarding the liscencing and sale of Moore's works. Includes Beeson's handwritten notes and photocopies of pages from Douglas Moore: A Bio-Bibliography.

Box 114 Folder 13 Carl Fischer, Jay Berger, 2014-2015

Printed email correspondence between Miranda Beeson and Jay Berger at Carl Fischer and other web printouts regarding the liscencing and sale of Moore's works.

Box 114 Folder 14 Douglas Moore Fund, LaTouche, 2014

Printed email correspondence from Miranda Beeson regarding the estate of John LaTouche, for a proposed book of vocal works by Moore and his acquaintances.


Box 115 Folder 1 Warner/Chappell and Alfred Music, 1956, 2014

Printed email correspondence and web printouts regarding the liscensing of Moore's works. Includes photocopies of Moore's contracts with Warner Chappell. Includes some similar material relating to Alfred publishing. Also includes email correspondence with Sean Flahaven regarding a proposed reduced orchestration of The Ballad of Baby Doe by Michael Ching.

Box 115 Folder 2 Douglas Moore Fund, Emperor's New Clothes, 2014

Printed email correspondence, web printouts, and photocopied material regarding Moore's opera The Emperor's New Clothes. Includes some other, unrelated material relating to the liscencing of Moore's works.

Box 115 Folder 3 Music publishers (general), 2014

Printed email correspondence and web printouts regarding the liscensing of Moore's works.

Box 115 Folder 4 Boosey and Hawkes, 2014

Printed email correspondence and web printouts regarding the liscensing of Moore's works.

Box 115 Folder 5 ECS, Christa Schuneman, 2014-2015

Printed email correspondence between Miranda Beeson and Christa Schuneman at ECS publishing and web printouts regarding the liscencing and sale of Moore's works.

Box 115 Folder 6 Columbia Music Department Library, Elizabeth Davis, 2014

Printed email correspondence between Miranda Beeson and Davis and other web printouts regarding the Columbia University Library's Douglas Moore holdings.

Box 115 Folder 7 Tams-Whitmark, 2015

Printed email correspondence and web printouts regarding the liscensing of Moore's works.