Leonard Altman papers, 1930-1995

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence



Box 1 Babin, Victor To the editor of Listen, Cleveland, OH, 3 July 1964, 1 t.l.s


Box 1 Bacon, Ernst To Leonard Altman, Middletown, CT, 12 Dec 1963- 19 Feb 1964, 2 a.l.s.


Box 1 Beardslee, Bethany To Leonard Altman, Princeton NJ, 16 Aug 1962 - 1 Oct 1962, 4 a.l.s.


Box 1 Beardslee, Bethany To Leonard Altman, Princeton NJ, 16 Aug 1962 - 1 Oct 1962, 4 a.l.s.


Box 1 Bentley, Eric Russell To Leonard Altman, v.p., 7 Dec 1963 - 1982, 4 t.l.s , 5 t.p.c.s.


Box 1 Biggs, E. Power To Joseph Dash, Cambridge, MA, 14 March 1976, 2 a.l.s.


Box 1 Brown, Earle Homer To Leonard Altman, v.p., 25 June 1964 - 18 Aug 1964, 1 t.l.s,; 2 t.ms.s.


Box 1 Carlisle, Kitty To Leonard Altman, v.p., various [1984 - 1993], 1 t.l.s,; 4 a.l.s.


Box 1 Demus, Jorg To Leonard Altman, Vienna, 23 June 1981 - 21 July 1981, 2 t.l.s.


Box 1 Duke, Vernon To Leonard Altman, Pacific Palisades, CA & Paris, 6 Jan 1964 - 24 May 1966, 9 t.l.s,; 17 a.p.c.s,; 17 a.l.s,; 7 t.ms.


Box 1 Faberman, Harold To Leonard Altman, [New York], [18 May 1964], 1 a.n.s.


Box 1 Feldman, Morton To [the editor of "Listen"], New York, 25 March 1964, 1 t.l.s.


Box 1 Fortas, Abe To Leonard Altman, Washington, 25 Nov 1963, 1 t.l.s.


Box 1 Fuleihan, Anis To Leonard Altman, Tunis, 11 Feb 1963, 2 t.l.s


Box 1 Gebhard, Heinrich To Leonard Altman, Brookline, MA, 4 May 1950, 1 a.l.s.


Box 1 Schonberg, Harold C. To Leonard Altman, New York, 26 Nov 1963 - 7 Sept. 1964, 2 t.l.s.


Box 1 Kassern, Tadeusz To Leonard Altman, [New York], 10 June 1950, 2 a.l.s.

[With 2 snapshots of Kassern, taken at Rev. Hebert Owen's house]


Box 1 Malraux, Madeleine Lioux (Mme. Andre) To Leonard Altman, v.p., various [1973], 5 a.l.s,; 1 a.n.s,; 2 t.l.s.


Box 1 Meyerowitz, Jan [To Leonard Altman], Berlin, 3 May 1964, 10 t.ms.s.


Box 1 Milhaud, Darius [To Leonard Altman], [Oakland, CA], [Dec 1962], 1 Christmas cards.


Box 1 Nestev, Izrail Vladimirovich To Leonard Altman, Moscow, 28 Ma7 1961 - Dec 1965, 2 t.l.s,; 1 t.p.c.s,; 1 a.l.s.


Box 1 Perry, Julia Amanda To Leonard Altman, Akron, OH, [24 Aug 1949], 1 a.p.c.s.


Box 1 Previn, Andre To Leonard Altman, [Los Angeles], 11 May 1963, 1 t.l.s.


Box 1 Reich, Steve To Leonard Altman, n.p., 25 Oct 1978, 1 a.l.s.


Box 1 Reich, Steve To Leonard Altman, v.p., 25 Oct 1978 - 26 Dec 1991, 1 a.l.s,; 2 a.p.c.s.


Box 1 Rochberg, George To Leonard Altman, Newtown Square, PA, 2 Aug 1961 - 28 April 1962, 18 a.l.s.


Box 1 Rodgers, Dorothy Feiner (Mrs. Richard) To Leonard Altman, [New York], [2 Feb 1980], 2 a.l.s.


Box 1 Sargeant, Winthrop To Leonard Altman, [New York], 27 Nov 1963, 1 t.l.s.


Box 1 Schonberg, Harold C. To Leonard Altman, New York, 26 Nov 1963, 1 t.l.s.


Box 1 Schuller, Gunther To Leonard Altman, v.p., various [1962-1988], 5 a.l.s,; 3 a.n.s,; 1 t.l.s.


Box 1 Secrest, Meryle To Leonard Altman, v.p., 23 May 1991 - 2 Jan 1992, 4 t.l.s.


Box 1 Sessions, Roger To Rebecca La Brecque, v.p., 26 May 1979 - 21 July 1980, 1 a.l,; 6 a.l.s,; 1 a.p.c.s.


Box 1 Shapey, Ralph To Leonard Altman, v.p., [27 June 1963 - 31 Dec 1987], 1 t.l.s,; 15 a.l.s,; 3 a.p.c.s,; 1 p.l,; 1 and a.n.s.


Box 1 Sokolow, Anna To Leonard Altman, [New York], [11 July 1990 - 20 Jan 1991], 1 a.l.s,; 2 a.p.c.s.


Box 1 Sowande, Fela To Leonard Altman, v.p., 8 May 1962 - 17 June 1966, 2 a.l.s,; 2 t.l.s.


Box 1 Starer, Robert & Johanna (Mrs. Robert) To Leonard Altman, [Rome], 19 Nov 1964, 1 a.l.s.


Box 1 Stern, Isaac To Leonard Altman, New York, 11 Nov 1974 - 3 Jan 1991, 2 t.l.s.


Box 1 Stern, Vera Lindenblit (Mrs. Isaac) To Leonard Altman, New York, 5 Dec 1991, 1 t.l.s.


Box 1 Stevens, Denis To James Goodfriend, South Croydon, UK, 10 July 1964, 1 t.l.s.


Box 1 Stevens, Rise To [Leonard Altman], n.p., n.y., 1 Christmas card


Box 1 Stravinsky, Igor A Cure for V.D. [Vernon Duke], New York, 14 Aug 1964, 4 t.ms.


Box 1 Tcherepnin, Alexander & Ming Lee To [Leonard Altman], Bach, Switz., [Nov 1964], 1 Christmas card


Box 1 Thorne, Francis Burritt, Jr. To Leonard Altman, New York, 3 April 1984, 1 a.l.s.


Box 1 Tourel, Jennie To Leonard Altman, New York, 4 June 1969, 1 t.l.s.


Box 1 Trampler, Walter To Leonard Altman, [Polensa, Mallorca, Sp.], 13 Sept. 1962, 4 a.l.s.


Box 1 Twining, Nathan To Leonard Altman, [Baltimore], 20 Sept 1972, 1 a.l.s.

[This concerto was first performed on 20 Sept 1972 by Nathan Twining & Martin Berkofsky.]


Box 1 Varese, Louise McCutcheon (Mrs. Edgar) To Leonard Altman, [New York], [18 Nov 1965], 1 a.l.s.


Box 1 Votterle, Karl To Leonard Altman, Frankfurt/Main, 27 Aug 1963 - 30 Sept 1963, 4 t.l.s.


Box 1 Westergaard, Peter To Leonard Altman, New York, 4 April 1962, 1 t.l.s.


Box 1 Wolpe, Hilda Morley To Leonard Altman, New York, 20 Aug 1981 - 30 Jan 1982, 4 t.l.s.

Series II: Uncataloged Material



Box 2 Carnegie Hall Letters, memoranda, lists, printed items, etc., New York City


Box 2 Foster, Norman Recipe, members' book, invitation, program, essay: "Why?"


Box 2 Rudhyar, Dane (1895-1985) Pamphlet, clipping Human Dimensions Vol. 4, No. 3, signed


Box 2 Shapey, Ralph (1921- ) Letters, program, and clippings


Box 2 USSR Lists, essays, clippings. letters


Box 2 Varese, Edgard (1883-1965) Essays, lectures


Box 2 Miscellaneous correspondence, essays, lists, programs