The collection consists of the artwork, papers, and photographs of Alan Tompkins during his career as an artist and teacher from the 1930s to 2007. Tompkins artwork in this collection consists of a wide variety of mediums including drawings, sketches, studies, as well as final versions of illustrations, prints, paintings, pastels, and watercolors. These works vary in style and subject matter. His papers consist primarily of his writings which consist of journal entries, notes, and his written thoughts on art and art education. His papers also include some lectures, speeches, research materials, publicity materials, correspondence, as well as items pertaining to his work and family history. The photographs in the collection are often of his artwork. These include photographs of works in progress in his studio and completed murals. However, there are also personal photographs of Tompkins and people who were close to him.
This collection houses the personal and professional papers of Stuart Saunders Smith from the beginning of his career in 1960 to the present (last additions to the collection were in 2018). The most extensive parts of this collection are Smith's compositions, recordings, and correspondence. Photographs, awards, programs, publicity materials, and writings are also included in the collection. All of which reveal the nature of Smith's professional career, family life as a father and son, and the various intersections therein.
The collection consists of publications written by Marcia Seabury including books, chapters, poetry, and articles on a range of topics including interdisciplinary studies, general education, literature, and the University of Hartford All-University Curriculum.
Collection of materials related to Mt. Holyoke in Hartford and Hartford College for Women created by Dorothy Mylchreest Redmond. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and other ephemera from 1935-1988, with the bulk of materials from 1935-1940.
This collection consists mostly of personal and family correspondence, including letters written by Moshe to Pauline while he was in the military during World War I and letters from Myra Hess to Pauline Paranov, among others. The collection also includes newspaper clippings, performance programs, and photographs pertaining to the Paranov family members and their involvement with the Julius Hartt Musical Foundation. The collection also includes some materials pertaining to the Julius Hartt family, of which Pauline was also a part, as well as audio recordings of a few children's operas performed by the Julius Hartt School of Music and an oral history recorded by Pauline Paranov.
The majority of the collection consists of materials pertaining to the creation of opera sets and costumes designed by Elemer Nagy throughout his career as an opera director and stage designer. These materials include colorful drawings, sketches, and tracings of set and costume designs, as well as production notes and large lantern slides he created to project scenery.
The collection consists of scores and sheet music composed and arranged by Edward Miller while he was a faculty member of the Hartt College of Music and Oberlin College.
The collection consists of William S. Millard's Civil War diary, a letter Millard wrote to his mother, his certificate of membership for the 14th Regiment of the New York State Militia (which became New York's 84th Infantry Regiment), as well as a letter from Joseph Millard to his mother, a copy of an etching of Colonel Ellsworth, and a newspaper clipping (undated, but post-civil war).
The Mary Mack Papers consists of programs from various Hartt performances and student recitals, correspondence, and assorted personal and professional papers.
The collection consists of photographs by Jennifer Lester including CDs, negatives, contact sheets, and some colored photos from Hartt School performances from 2001-2007. The photographs cover a wide variety of performances from plays to jazz and dance. The negatives in the collection are not duplicates of the color prints or images on CD.
This collection consists primarily of documents pertaining to Julius Smith Augur from the year of 1901 to 1941. Most of the documents are from his time at Hillyer Evening School as Director and later as Dean of Hillyer Junior College including notes, course catalogs, memorandums, provisional policy, and a report. There are also newspaper clippings, personal correspondence, a Hillyer Junior College patch, a Hillyer Junior College Diploma for Gertrude Augur, and photographs of his family as well as his days as a student.
This collection consists primarily of printed music and scores, and in some cases synopses, texts, and instructions, and correspondence regarding organ compositions and performances. Many of these compositions were composed and/or performed for the International Contemporary Organ Music Festival. The collection also contains programs from Holtz's performances, scrapbooks and publicity materials of his career and the organ festival, as well as notes, writings, and other various papers.
Records in this collection contain a combination of programs from the festivals, newspaper clippings and publicity materials, professional headshots and biographies of the composers, correspondence with guests and the press, and drafts of press releases and program layouts.
The collection consists primarily of recordings from the Hartt Recording Studio, as well as their annotated programs of recorded performances, and a card catalog of the recordings. The annotated programs cover 1952-1999 and primarily provide the identification number(s) of the corresponding analog recordings, as well as corrections or changes to the printed program and the start and stop times of different portions of the performances on the recordings. The card catalog contains information on recordings from 1960-1984 and is searchable by group, performer, and composer.
The collection contains memos, correspondence, reports, and a small number of photographs generated during the tenures of Deans Mattran, Harris, Smith, and Morrison
The collection contains minutes, brochures, concert programs, photographs, accreditation/self-study reports, and other material documenting the Hartt School Community Division.
The Hartt School phonograph records consists of phonograph recordings which feature Hartt School students, faculty, and alumni as performers, conductors, and/or composers in recordings from 1938-1986. The collection was initially started by Moshe Paranov, and has been added to over the years. Recordings include Hartt ensembles, albums featuring Hartt faculty and alumni, as well as radio, festival, and other live recorded performances. The live recorded events oftentimes feature Moshe Paranov as the conductor and are frequently for non-Hartt School ensembles. Some recordings in the collection were accompanied with materials such as programs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, performer information, and other ephemera.
This collection contains material related to the activities of administrators and faculty of the Hartt School. These materials include programs, correspondence, writings, compositions, newspaper clippings, photographs, and faculty data.
These materials consist primarily of the minutes of the Julius Hartt Musical Foundation Board of Trustees and its committees. The collection also contains some supplementary material which may have been used by the board.
Collection contains documents collected by Bess Graham Educational Secretary of the Hartford YWCA regarding the History of Mt. Holyoke and the establishment of the Hartford Junior College. Contents span from 1939 to 1970.
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