MC 56: PATRICIA CRANDALL COLLECTION, 1902-2002, bulk: 1960-1990

Series 1: Files Relating to Symphony Hall, 1900-2000 Box 1:

Folder 1: Construction/opening of Cohen Wing Menu/Program for opening of Cohen Wing Cohen Wing blueprints Folder 2: Opening/anniversaries of Symphony Hall Boston Globe Magazine, 10/8/2000 Photocopies of newspaper clippings re: Symphony Hall opening/anniversaries, 1900-1987 “A New Arrangement of an Old Classic”, booklet re: 90th anniversary renovation of Symphony Hall Photocopies from book on concert halls from around the world Folder 3: Symphony Hall statues Photocopy of Boston Herald article re: statues, 10/9/1902 Typewritten pages of information re: statues Photocopies of pages from encyclopedias on classical statues Photocopies of pages from P.P. Caproni & Brother catalog Copy of “From Marble Original to Plaster Cast: An history of P.P. Caproni & Bother, Plastic Arts, Boston, Massachusetts” by Roger M. Griffin

Subseries 2: Files Relating to Volunteering with BSO Box 1:

Folder 4: Boston Symphony Youth Concerts Newspaper clippings re: Youth Concerts Letters to Laning Humphrey re: Youth Concerts Youth Concerts meeting minutes Youth Concerts programs Youth Concerts community outreach materials Handwritten note re: Youth Concerts Folder 5: Tour guide information/Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Tour guide information for various special events at Symphony Hall Volunteer nametag for American Symphony Orchestra League’s Symphony Hall visit Historical information on BSO & Symphony Hall for tour guides Several edition of “Guide’s Guide to Boston Symphony Hall”, from 1979-2002 Copy of “Boston Symphony Hall: An acoustician’s tour” by Leo L. Beranek Report from Crandall as head of tour guides for Youth Concerts BSO tour guide job description & information BSAV meeting notices & policy notices Handwritten notes on BSAV matters Copy of “Steps for Becoming a Certified Tour Guide” Excerpt from Pittsburgh Post Gazette article, 10/93 FAQ about BSO & Symphony Hall Copy of “Symphony Hall: The concert hall” Copy of “Symphony Hall: Boston, Massachusetts” Copy of “Glossary of Boston Symphony Hall” Memo from Crandall re: “Symphony Hall: The concert hall” Copy of letter to Thelma Goldberg from Crandall re: “Magic of Symphony” speech for tour groups

Subseries 3: Files Relating to Henry Lee Higginson Box 1:

Folder 6: Henry Lee Higginson Copies of Boston Globe articles re: Higginson, 1902 Article on Higginson from Harvard Magazine, May-June 1999 Article from Harvard Gazette on restoration of Memorial Hall Copy of Harvard Gazette, 9/11/97 Copies of floor plans of Harvard Union Typed & handwritten notes on life of Higginson Letter from Crandall to President of Harvard University, 3/25/96 Report from Crandall to BSO Archives Committee re: Higginson portrait Copy of letter from Crandall to Harvard Magazine editor Higginson article from May-June 1999 issue

Subseries 4: BSO Information Box 1:

Folder 7: BSO information Copy of “The Two Henrys” speech by Crandall Copy of exhibition program “Musical Instruments Bequeathed by the Late Conductor Dr. Serge Koussevitzky to the State of Israel and Loans from Other Collections”, 2/14-3/14, 1953 Various newspaper clippings from various newspapers re: BSO & various musical subjects Copy of Boston Herald special insert “Through Sixty Years with the Boston Symphony Orchestra”, 12/15/40 Copy of “Note to Bridget [Carr]” from Crandall, 7/10/2000 Copy of Opening Night Gala program book, 9/27/90 Copy of handout for annual meeting of Council of the BSO, 5/28/75

Subseries 5: Correspondence Box 1:

Folder 8: Correspondence (1949-2001) Correspondence between Crandall & various other people Correspondence of others, including Laning Humphrey & Arthur Fiedler Undated letters & notes

Subseries 6: Visual Art on Musical Subjects Box 1:

Folder 9: Drawings on musical subjects Original drawings on musical subjects Copies of drawings on musical subjects

Subseries 7: Casadesus Family & Early Instrument Collection Box 1:

Folder 10: Casadesus Family Speech by Gisele Casadesus for visit to Boston, 1990 Photocopy of letters to Henri Casadesus from Camille Saint-Saens and Leon Tolstoy Typewritten paper by Crandall on Casadesus family visit, 1989 Several newspaper articles re: Casadesus family Folder 11: Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (1 of 2) Copy of appraisal of collection by Skinner Auctioneers and Appraisers List of missing instruments BSO instrument information, 1984 Various information on collection and early instruments in general BSAV report re: Boston Early Music Festival, 1987 Information on Casadesus Collection open house, 1993 Copy of BSAV newsletter, February 1991 20 postcards showing historical instruments Biographical information on Henri Casadesus Correspondence between Crandall and Marc Mandel re: collection Photocopy of pamphlet on the Society of Ancient Instruments Various materials used in collection exhibits Two exhibition programs re: historical instruments Newspaper articles re: collection Folder 12: Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (2 of 2) Catalog and exhibition program from opening of collection to the public, 1926 Drawing of instrument case organization for collection Exhibition program from when collection was shown at IBM Gallery in New York City, 1964 Various materials used in collection exhibits Various information on collection and early instruments in general Report on collection by Darcy Kuronen, 1990 List of instruments donated to BSO by John S. Barnet Program for viola d’amore concert, 1994 9 postcards showing historical instruments List of loaned instruments, 1989 List of instruments in collection with detailed descriptions of each Copies of programs of historical instrument concerts Early instrument collection study committee report, 1986 Photocopy of letter to Henri Casadesus from Joseph Joachim Postcard of Paris Opera List of instruments from collection to be used in “Filene’s fashion story”, 1952

Subseries 8: Photographs, Slides & Negatives Box 2:

Folder 13: Casadesus Early Instrument Collection/Casadesus Family negatives & miscellaneous negatives Folder 14: Photo slides of people playing historical instruments & photo slides of Crandall’s trip to France, 1987 Folder 15: Large photos & posters used for Casadesus exhibit Folder 16: Large photos of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (1 of 10) Folder 17: Large photos of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (2 of 10) Folder 18: Large photos of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (3 of 10) Folder 19: Large photos of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (4 of 10) Folder 20: Large photos of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (5 of 10) Folder 21: Large photos of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (6 of 10) Folder 22: Large photos of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (7 of 10) Folder 23: Large photos of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (8 of 10) Folder 24: Large photos of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (9 of 10) Folder 25: Large photos of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (10 of 10) Folder 26: Large photos of Casadesus Family (1 of 6) Folder 27: Large photos of Casadesus Family (2 of 6) Folder 28: Large photos of Casadesus Family (3 of 6) Folder 29: Large photos of Casadesus Family (4 of 6) Folder 30: Large photos of Casadesus Family (5 of 6) Folder 31: Large photos of Casadesus Family (6 of 6) Folder 32: Large photos of Symphony Hall & classical statues inside Symphony Hall Folder 33: Large photos of Henry Lee Higginson Folder 34: Large photos of musicians (BSO & otherwise) Folder 35: Snapshots of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (1 of 3) Folder 36: Snapshots of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (2 of 3) Folder 37: Snapshots of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection (3 of 3) Folder 38: Snapshots of Casadesus family visit (c. 1990) Folder 39: Snapshots of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection featuring Laning Humphrey & Harry Ellis Dickson Folder 40: Snapshots of Casadesus Early Instrument Collection as installed at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Folder 41: Snapshots of Harry Ellis Dickson relating to BSO Youth Concerts Folder 42: Snapshots of Crandall w/ Higginson portrait Folder 43: Snapshots of Seiji Ozawa recordings exhibit Folder 44: Snapshots of P.P. Caproni statuary Folder 45: Snapshots of Symphony Hall blueprints

Subseries 9: Photographic Plates Box 3:

Folder 46: Casadesus instrument photos (plates) Folder 47: Casadesus instrument photos (plates) Folder 48: Casadesus instrument photos (plates) Folder 49: Casadesus instrument photos (plates) Folder 50: Casadesus instrument photos (plates) Folder 51: Casadesus instrument photos (plates) Folder 52: Casadesus instrument photos (plates) Folder 53:Casadesus instrument photos (plates) 54: Casadesus instrument photos (plates)

Subseries 10: Books Extent: Box 4: The Boston Symphony Orchestra: 1881 – 1931 by M.A. DeWolfe Howe (New York: Da Capo Press, 1978) Life and Letters of Henry Lee Higginson, vol. I by Bliss Perry (Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1921) Life and Letters of Henry Lee Higginson, vol. II by Bliss Perry (Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1921) Wallace Clement Sabine: A study in achievement by William Dana Orcutt (Norwood, MA: The Plimpton Press, 1933) Music, Acoustics & Architecture by Leo L. Beranek (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1962) (Title page signed by author) Portrait of a Symphony by Constantine Manos (New York: Basic Books, Inc., c. 1960) Memoir of Colonel Henry Lee, prepared by John T. Morse, Jr. (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1905) Symphony Hall, Boston by H. Earle Johnson (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1950) Life and Letters of Henry Lee Higginson by Bliss Perry (Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1921) Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops: An irreverent memoir by Harry Ellis Dickson (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981) (First page signed by author w/ note addressed to Crandall) Collected Papers on Acoustics by Wallace Clement Sabine (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1964) I Am a Conductor by Charles Munch, trans. by Leonard Burkat (New York: Oxford University Press, 1955) Evening at Symphony: A portrait of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by Janet Baker-Carr (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1977) Philip Hale’s Boston Symphony Programme Notes: Historical, critical, and descriptive comment on music and composers, ed. by John N. Burk (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1935) Endowed Chairs – Boston Symphony Orchestra (Merchants Press, 1987)