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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2013568038
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
Gift, Mildred Spiegel Zucker, 2013.
No further accruals are expected.
The Mildred Spiegel Zucker Collection of Leonard Bernstein Correspondence and Related Materials was processed by Mark Horowitz in 2013. Janet McKinney coded the finding aid for EAD format in 2013.
Correspondence from and pertaining to Mildred Spiegel Zucker can be found in the Library of Congress Music Division's Leonard Bernstein Collection (ML31.B49).
Materials from the Mildred Spiegel Zucker Collection of Leonard Bernstein Correspondence and Related Materials are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
The Mildred Spiegel Zucker Collection of Leonard Bernstein Correspondence and Related Materials is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Mildred Spiegel Zucker Collection of Leonard Bernstein Correspondence and Related Materials, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Mildred Spiegel was born
The collection includes postcards, letters, telegrams and cards that Leonard Bernstein sent his childhood friend, Mildred Spiegel, later Mildred Spiegel Zucker. The correspondence dates from Bernstein’s time as a counselor at Camp Onata, as a student at the Curtis Institute of Music, and during the beginning of his career in New York. He discusses his family, friends, teachers and mentors, as well as his feelings about music and his future in it. The collection also includes some correspondence with mutual friends, Bernstein biographers, and Bernstein’s business associates. In addition, there is a biographical essay and notes about Zucker’s relationship with Bernstein.
The Mildred Spiegel Zucker Collection of Leonard Bernstein Correspondence and Related Materials is organized in one series: