Collection Summary
Minna Lederman Daniel Collection
1896-1993
(bulk 1960-1990)
1896-1993
(bulk 1960-1990)
ML31.L43
Lederman, Minna
around 21,000 items
24 containers
12.5 linear feet
English
Collection material in
English
Music Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Minna Lederman Daniel was an American writer and editor who specialized in music and dance. A major influence on 20th century music, she was a founding member of the League of Composers, a group of musicians and proponents of modern music. She helped launch the League’s magazine, The League of Composers’ Review (later called Modern Music), which was the first American journal to manifest an interest in contemporary composers. The collection contains her correspondence, financial and legal papers, writings, clippings, and photographs.
Selected Search Terms
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.
People
Cage, John--Correspondence.
Cage, John.
Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012--Correspondence.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990--Correspondence.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
Cunningham, Merce--Correspondence.
Denby, Edwin, 1903-1983--Correspondence.
Hitchcock, H. Wiley (Hugh Wiley), 1923-2007--Correspondence.
Lederman, Minna--Correspondence.
Lederman, Minna.
Lederman, Minna.
Lederman, Minna. Life and death of a small magazine (Modern music, 1924-1946).
Oja, Carol J., 1953-
Oja, Carol J., 1953- --Correspondence.
Perlis, Vivian--Correspondence.
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971--Correspondence.
Thompson, Tazewell--Correspondence.
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989--Correspondence.
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Organizations
League of Composers (U.S.)
Subjects
Avant-garde (Music)
Choreographers--United States--Correspondence
Composers--United States--Correspondence.
Dance--United States.
Modern dance--United States.
Music--United States--20th century--History and criticism.
Musicians--United States--Correspondence.
Musicology--United States.
Titles
League of Composers' review.
Minna Lederman collection, 1896-1993
Modern music (New York, N.Y.)
Form/Genre
Clippings (information artifacts).
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Photographic prints.
Programs (Documents)
Provenance
The Minna Lederman Daniel Collection was acquired by the Library of Congress as a gift from Carol J. Oja on July 8, 2008.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The subject files maintained by Daniel have been retained in their original arrangement. Titles assigned to series and subseries of this collection, which were designated by Minna Lederman Daniel prior to the collection's transfer, have been retained. In 2009, George Kipper processed the Minna Lederman Daniel Collection, wrote the finding aid, and coded it for EAD. Additional collection materials were processed, added to the finding aid, and coded for EAD, by George Kipper in July 2012.
Related Material
Researchers also may wish to consult the [Modern Music Archives] in the Library of Congress Music Division. Donated by Minna Lederman Daniel in 1975, this collection contains photographs, artwork, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to
Modern Music
, the magazine published by the League of Composers and edited by Lederman Daniel.
Copyright Status
Materials from the Minna Lederman Daniel Collection are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
Access and Restrictions
The Minna Lederman Daniel Collection 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.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Minna Lederman Daniel Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Minna Lederman Daniel (b. 17 March, 1896; d. 29 October, 1995) was a writer and editor on music and dance. She received professional training in music, dance, and drama before graduating from Barnard College in 1917. In 1923, she was a founding member of the League of Composers, a group of musicians and proponents of modern music. In February 1924, she helped launch the League’s magazine,
The League of Composers’ Review
, which was the first American journal to manifest an interest in contemporary composers. The magazine changed its name to
Modern Music
in 1925. She served as the sole editor of this magazine from its inception to its demise in late 1946. During this period, she developed the journal’s distinctive literary style and was directly responsible for bringing to readers the literary efforts of significant young composers such as Marc Blitzstein, Leonard Bernstein, Paul Bowles, John Cage, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, Roger Sessions, and Virgil Thomson. Equally important were articles written by scholars, critics, and European composers such as Bartók, Berg, and Schoenberg. The journal had the effect of nurturing an entire generation of composer-critics. For over two decades,
Modern Music
served as a major force within the international music world, chronicling the developments in concert music, jazz, musical theater, film, radio, and dance in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.
Following the demise of
Modern Music
, Mrs. Daniel (who wrote under her maiden name of Lederman) continued to write on music and dance. She edited the anthology
Stravinsky in the Theatre
(1947), and contributed articles to
American Mercury
,
Saturday Review
,
The Nation
,
Show
,
Woman’s Home Companion
, and other journals.
In 1974, Minna Lederman Daniel established the Modern Music Archives in the Library of Congress. In addition to the documentary archives of the magazine, which consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, and set-designs, she also submitted her own material: an essay titled "Footnotes" (to the magazine’s history); biographical sketches of individuals represented in the Archive or otherwise connected to the magazine; and other materials, including unpublished photographs. In 1983 she compiled
The Life and Death of a Small Magazine
, a monograph published by the Institute for Studies in American Music. This compilation of articles, originally written for
Modern Music
by some of the twentieth century’s most celebrated composers, and combined with commentary contributed by Minna Lederman Daniel, won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for distinguished music criticism in 1984. In a 1983
New York Times
article, Joan Peyser wrote that Ms. Lederman “probably shaped pre-World War II American music more than any single composer did.”
Scope and Content Note
The Minna Lederman Daniel Collection consists of the papers of this noted writer and editor. The date span of the collection is from 1896-1993, with the bulk of the materials dating from the 1960s to the early 1990s. The collection includes correspondence, writings, financial and legal papers, programs, periodicals, clippings, and photographs.
Included in this collection is correspondence with major figures in the fields of music, dance, and poetry. Several of these composers, choreographers, and poets were contributors to the magazine
Modern Music
, of which Minna Lederman served as sole editor from its beginnings in 1924 to its end in 1946. Of particular significance is the correspondence with composers Aaron Copland, John Cage, and Elliott Carter.
Organization of the Minna Lederman Daniel Collection
The Minna Lederman Daniel Collection is organized into four series:
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[Subject Files (Personal Names)](subpn)
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[Subject Files (General Subjects)](subgs)
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[Magazines](mags)
-
[Personal Papers of Minna Lederman Daniel and other Daniel Family Members](perpa)
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/2009543859]
Container List
Container
Contents
1-12, 21
6
Subject Files (Personal Names)
(189 folders)
Contains articles, biographical materials, clippings, correspondence, discographies, notes, photographs, programs, writings, and other miscellaneous materials for named individuals.
Arranged alphabetically by individual then type of material, and chronologically therein.
Albee, Edward
1/1
Clippings
Anderson, Laurie
1/2
Clippings
Ashbery, John
1/3
Clippings
Balanchine, George
1/4-5
Clippings
1/6
Correspondence
(1965)
(1965)
1/7
Miscellaneous publications
1/8
Notes (
Apollo
-
Raymonda
)
1/9
Notes (
Serenade
-
Waltz Academy
)
1/10
Notes (Miscellaneous)
1/11
Programs
Barber, Samuel
1/12
Clipping; Program (1958)
(1958)
Bernier, Rosamond
1/13
Clippings; Correspondence (1982-1984)
(1982-1984)
Bernstein, Leonard
1/14
Catalog; Clippings; Program
Blitzstein, Marc
1/15
Articles authored by Lederman: "Memories of Marc Blitzstein," "Marc Blitzstein Remembered," 1964
1964
1/16
Article authored by Oja: "The Cradle Will Rock and Mass-Song Style of the 1930s,"
1989
1989
1/17
Clippings
1/18
Correspondence - Eric A. Gordon; related papers
1/19
Marc Blitzstein Collection: Multmedia Edition Research Grant sheet
1/20
Program (1964)
(1964)
Boulanger, Nadia
2/1
Clippings
Boulez, Pierre
2/2
Clippings
2/3
Correspondence
(1976-1981)
(1976-1981)
2/4
Notes
2/5
Programs
2/6
1986 U.S. Tour: Clippings
Bowles, Paul
2/7
Article authored by Lederman: "The Moroccan Connection," 1980
1980
2/8
Clippings
2/9
Correspondence (1979-1991)
(1979-1991)
2/10
Notes
Cage, John
3/1
MusikTexte 46/47
Serial containing Cage memorial articles.
3/2
Article authored by Lederman: "Farewell to John," 1992
1992
3/3
Article authored by Lederman: "A View of My Own," related correspondence with Jonathan Brent (1981-1982)
(1981-1982)
3/4
Correspondence
Relates to BBC documentary: An Inventor of Genius - John Cage; includes text.
3/5
Catalog:
Musical Works
(Edition Peters); Exhibition brochure:
Score and Prints Exhibition
, Philadelphia, PA, 1982
1982
3/6-8
Clippings
3/9
Clippings (Obituaries)
3/10
Correspondence (Chronological) (1964-1993)
(1964-1993)
3/11
Correspondence (undated)
(undated)
Arranged in original order per Brent Reidy inventory list.
Correspondence not found on Reidy list.
3/12
Correspondence Index (Brent Reidy, Indiana University) (2006)
(2006)
4/1
Discography by Thom Holmes, 1981
1981
4/2
Documentary:
I Have Nothing to Say and I am Saying It,
1990
1990
4/3
Itineraries
4/4
Laura D. Kuhn materials: Correspondence; Writings
4/5
Notes (Pre-1980)
(Pre-1980)
4/6
Notes
4/7
Programs
4/8
Writings (Cage): "Anarchy Lecture," 1988 ; "The First Meeting of the Satie Society," undated ; "The Future of Music," 1974 ; "I Have Nothing Planned . . . " (Harvard Seminar), undated
1988
undated
1974
undated
4/9
Writings (Cage): "James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: an Alphabet," ; "Methodstructureintentin . . . " (Harvard Lecture), 1988 ; "Series re Morris Graves," 1973
1988
1973
Caltibiano, Ronald
5/1
Program (1986)
(1986)
Carter, Elliott
5/2
Clippings
5/3
Correspondence
(1971-1992)
(1971-1992)
5/4
Notes
5/5
Photographs
5/6
Programs (1968-1989)
(1968-1989)
Chanler, Theodore
5/7
Clipping
Chávez, Carlos
5/8
Notes
Copland, Aaron
6/1
Article authored by Lederman: "Aaron Copland at Seventy," 1970
1970
6/2
Article authored by Lederman: "Copland - Then and Now," 1970
1970
6/3
Article authored by Lederman: "It's All the Same Me," 1980
1980
6/4
Article authored by Lederman: "To Aaron at Eighty," [1980]
[1980]
6/5
Articles authored by Lederman: early drafts
6/6
Biographical brochure
6/7
Catalogs: Musical works
6/8
Clippings (Newspapers)
6/9
Clippings (Periodicals)
6/10
Clippings ; Correspondence related to Copland/Perlis book party, (1984)
(1984)
6/11
Correspondence (1944-1980) ; Correspondence (undated)
(1944-1980)
(undated)
6/12
83rd birthday honors
6/13
Notes
21/1
Photograph: Inscribed photograph (11 x 14)
21/2
Photograph:
Aberdeen, August 1974
(10 x 12)
6/14
Programs
6/15
Writings authored by Copland: "Statement on McCarthy," 1953 ; Claire Reis, (undated)
1953
(undated)
Cowell, Henry
7/1
Clippings
Crumb, George
7/2
Clippings
Cunningham, Merce
7/3
Biographical materials
7/4-5
Clippings
7/6
Correspondence
(1964-1993)
(1964-1993)
7/7
Exhibition catalog, 1974
1974
7/8
Notes
7/9
Programs
7/10
Promotional material
Darrell, R. D.
8/1
Clippings
8/2-6
Book (draft): Phono-musical pioneering (Selected writings of R. D. Darrell)
Denby, Edwin
8/7
Article authored by Lederman: "First and Last Glimpses," 1984 ; related correspondence
1984
8/8
Clippings
8/9
Correspondence
(1977-1984)
(1977-1984)
8/10
Memorial service speech, (1983)
(1983)
8/11
Programs
Foss, Lukas
9/1
Clippings
Frueh, Alfred
9/2
Correspondence (1947-1950)
(1947-1950)
Gershwin, George
9/3
Program (1990)
(1990)
Glass, Philip
9/4
Clippings
Haggin, B. H.
9/5
Clippings
(1944-1945); Correspondence (1924-1926)
(1944-1945);
(1924-1926)
Harris, Roy
9/6
Clipping
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
9/7
Clippings; Correspondence (1983-1990)
[
see also Subject Files: General Subjects,
Life and Death of a Small Magazine,
Correspondence (Hitchcock)](wiley)
[; Subject Files: General Subjects, Music criticism, Correspondence (Hitchcock)](edison)
(1983-1990)
Ives, Charles
9/8
Article authored by Lederman: "Some American Composers," 1947
1947
9/9
Clippings
9/10
Correspondence (Harmony Ives) (1947)
(1947)
Jacobs, Paul
9/11
Clipping
Lichtenwanger, William
9/12
Correspondence
(1965-1978)
(1965-1978)
Lott, R. Allen
9/13
Correspondence (1990-1992) ; Writings (Lott)
(1990-1992)
McPhee, Colin
9/14
Article authored by Lederman: "Colin McPhee," 1964 ; Biographical brochure; Clippings; Correspondence (ca. 1949-1964) ; Program (1982)
1964
(ca. 1949-1964)
(1982)
Mehta, Zubin
9/15
Clippings; Commemorative N.Y. Philharmonic magazine, 1984
1984
Moore, Douglas
9/16
Correspondence (1947)
(1947)
Moseley, Carlos
9/17
Correspondence
(1985) ; Notes
(1985)
Nancarrow, Conlon
9/18
Clippings; Correspondence (1970-1993) ; Programs
(1970-1993)
Oja, Carol J.
9/19
Correspondence
(1979-1992)
(1979-1992)
9/20
Writings (Oja): "Colin McPhee: a Composer Turned Explorer," 1984 ; "The Copland-Sessions Concerts and Their Reception in the Contemporary Press," (undated) ; "COS COB Press and the American Composer," 1988 ; "Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock and Mass-Song Style of the 1930s," 1989 ; "Stravinsky in the Journal of
Modern Music
(1924-1946)," 1981
1984
(undated)
1988
1989
1981
Perlis, Vivian
9/21
Clippings
9/22
Correspondence (1975-1990)
(1975-1990)
9/23
Oral history interviews of Minna Lederman, conducted by Vivian Perlis, Oct. 25, 1972;
Mar. 21, 1979
Oct. 25, 1972;
Mar. 21, 1979
Peyser, Joan
9/24
Clippings; Correspondence (1974-1982)
(1974-1982)
Reich, Steve
9/25
Clippings; Program (1980)
(1980)
Rieti, Vittorio
9/26
Clippings
Rorem, Ned
9/27
Clippings
Ruggles, Carl
9/28
Clipping
Sacher, Paul
10/1
Clippings
Satie, Erik
10/2
Program (1974)
(1974)
Schiff, David
10/3
Clippings
10/4
Correspondence
10/5
Opera:
Gimpel the Fool
10/6
Programs
10/7
Writings (Schiff): "Night Fantasies," 1980 ; "Musical Time in Elliott Carter's
Night Fantasies
," [1980] ; "In Sleep, In Thunder: Elliott Carter's Portrait of Robert Lowell," undated ; "Carter for Winds," 1980 ; "Carter in the 1970s," 1979 ; "Elliott Carter: A Mirror on Which to Dwell," 1977 ; "The Century May Already Be At an End," 1991
1980
[1980]
undated
1980
1979
1977
1991
Schoenberg, Arnold
10/8
Catalog
Musical Works
; Clippings; Opera:
Moses und Aron
6/7
Schoenberg caricature
Schuman, William
10/9
Clippings
Sessions, Roger
10/10
Clippings; Notes; Program (1982)
(1982)
Shapero, Harold
10/11
Clippings
Shirley, Wayne
10/12
Correspondence (1975-1991)
(1975-1991)
Siegmeister, Elie
10/13
Correspondence (1972) ; Writings (Siegmeister): "The Council of Creative Artists, Libraries, and Museums," 1971
(1972)
1971
Sondheim, Stephen
10/14
Clippings; Programs
Stockhausen, Karlheinz
10/15
Program (1971)
(1971)
Stravinsky, Igor
11/1
Article authored by Lederman: "Brief Encounters," undated
undated
11/2
Article authored by Lederman: "Fleeting Glimpses - Fragments from an Unpublished memoir," undated
undated
11/3
Article authored by Lederman: "Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971 - A Modest Memorial," [1971]
[1971]
11/4
Article authored by Lederman: "Lunch at Virgil's, Tea at the Ambassador," 1989
1989
11/5
Article authored by Lederman: "Stravinsky in the Theatre Symposium -
Dance Index
11/6
Articles authored by Lederman: Early drafts
11/7
Catalog:
Musical Works
11/8
Clippings
11/9
Homage to Stravinsky Collection, 1947-1949 (Collection gift to the New York Public Library, Lincoln Center Music Library), Sept. 1972
Sept. 1972
11/10
1982 Anniversary events - Correspondence
11/11
Notes
11/12
Programs
11/13
Stravinsky in Modern music (1924-1946)
, 1982 reprint - Correspondence
11/14
Stravinsky in the theatre
, Clippings
11/15
Stravinsky in the theatre
, Contracts; Business papers
11/16
Stravinsky in the theatre
. Correspondence: Arthur Berger (1947; 1972) ; George Balanchine (1972) ; Leonard Bernstein (1972) ; Carlos Chávez (1972) ; Robert Craft (1948-1949; 1972) ; Ingolf Dahl, via Lawrence Morton (1972) ; Alexei Haieff (1972) ; Lincoln Kirstein (1972) ; Paul Magriel (1949) ; Darius Milhaud (1972) ; Nicolas Nabokov (1972) ; Walter Piston (1972) ; Press: New York Philharmonic (1972) ; Vittorio Rieti (1972) ; William Schuman (1972) ; Louise Varèse (1972)
(1947; 1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1948-1949; 1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1949)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
11/17
Stravinsky in the theatre
. 1975 Da Capo Press, Inc. edition. Correspondence: (1975-1976)
(1975-1976)
11/18
Stravinsky in the theatre
: Drafts
11/19
Stravinsky in the theatre (Exhibition: NY Public Library - Library and Museum of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center): Correspondence
11/20
Stravinsky issue -
Dance Index
: Correspondence (1947-1953)
(1947-1953)
Thompson, Tazewell
11/21
Biographical materials
11/22
Clippings
11/23
Correspondence
(1983-1993)
(1983-1993)
11/24
Notes
12/1
Opera:
The Second Hurricane
- Aaron Copland/Edwin Denby commentaries
12/2
Opera:
The Second Hurricane
- Reviews
12/3
Opera:
The Second Hurricane
- Aaron Copland/Edwin Denby - text (1937 Production)
(1937
12/4
Opera:
The Second Hurricane
- Sarah Caldwell (1984 Production)
(1984
12/5
Opera:
The Second Hurricane
- Correspondence (Aaron Copland) (1984-1985 Production)
(1984-1985
12/6
Opera:
The Second Hurricane
- Correspondence (1985 Production)
(1985
12/7
Opera:
The Second Hurricane
- Programs (1985 Production)
(1985
12/8
Programs
12/9
Script:
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
(Bertolt Brecht)
Thomson, Virgil
12/10
Article authored by Lederman: (Untitled)
12/11
Auction catalog (Sotheby's)
Virgil Thomson Estate Sale
(1990)
(1990)
12/12
Clippings
12/13
Correspondence
(1972-1987) ; Correspondence with Jay Sullivan, assistant to Mr. Thomson (1989-1990)
(1972-1987)
(1989-1990)
12/14
Notes
12/15
Opera:
The Mother of Us All
- Libretto; Program (1947) ; Review (1947)
(1947)
(1947)
12/16
Programs
12/17
Writings (Thomson): "A War's End," 1947
1947
Tommasini, Anthony
12/18
Correspondence (1988-1991)
(1988-1991)
12/19
Notes
12/20
Writings (Tommasini)
Tucker, Mark
12/21
Correspondence
(1991) ; Writings (Tucker)
(1991)
Walker, David
12/22
Correspondence (1980-1990) ; Program (undated)
(1980-1990)
(undated)
Wuorinen, Charles
12/23
Clipping
Young, La Monte
12/24
Clippings
13-16
Subject Files (General Subjects)
(47 folders)
Contains clippings, correspondence, financial papers, an Instrument of Gift document, magazines, notes, photographs, press releases, publicity, and writings.
Arranged alphabetically by subject then type of material, and chronologically therein.
13/1
Baden-Baden Music Festival Program, July 25-28, 1929
July 25-28, 1929
13/2
Dance. The Ballet Society. Programs
13/3
Dance. Clippings; Journals
13/4
Dance. Notes
13/5
Dance. Personalities, A-Z
13/6
Dance. Programs
13/7
Dance. Article authored by Lederman: "On Dancing," 1978
1978
13/8
International Composers' Guild. Programs; Publicity materials
13/9
League of Composers. Correspondence : Clare R. Reis (1944)
(1944)
13/10
League of Composers. Correspondence : Clare R. Reis (1945)
(1945)
13/11
League of Composers. Correspondence : Clare R. Reis (1946-1965)
(1946-1965)
13/12
League of Composers. Publicity materials, 1945-1947
1945-1947
14/1
Life and Death of a Small Magazine
. Correspondence, A-Z
14/2
Life and Death of a Small Magazine
. Correspondence: Financial and promotional
14/3
Life and Death of a Small Magazine
. Correspondence: H. Wiley Hitchcock (1979-1983)
(1979-1983)
14/4
Life and Death of a Small Magazine
. Correspondence (Legal): John J. Kominski, Library of Congress (1980-1984)
(1980-1984)
14/5
Life and Death of a Small Magazine
. Correspondence: Permissions
14/6
Life and Death of a Small Magazine
. Correspondence: Permissions (Photographs)
14/7
Life and Death of a Small Magazine
. Photographs
14/8-9
Miscellaneous clippings
14/10
Modern Music
. Articles authored by Virgil Thomson (1940-1947)
(1940-1947)
14/11
Modern Music
. Clippings (1933-1947)
(1933-1947)
14/12
Modern Music
. Correspondence files: List (arranged in alphabetical order)
14/13
Modern Music
. Proposal/Resolution for a Cumulative Index to
Modern Music
, Feb. 3, 1947
, Feb. 3, 1947
14/14
Modern Music
. Financial papers (1943-1945)
(1943-1945)
15/1
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Clippings
15/2
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Correspondence: Nathan R. Einhorn; John J. Kominski; Wayne Shirley; Ed Waters
15/3
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Correspondence: Photographs
15/4
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Instrument of Gift (1975) ; Amendment of Instrument of Gift (1980) ; related papers
(1975)
(1980)
15/5
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Photographs (A-G)
15/6
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Photographs (H-Z)
15/7
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Photographs - Guides
15/8
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Photographs - Library of Congress Exhibition (1975)
(1975)
15/9
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Photographs - Negatives
15/10
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Photographs - Scene designs
15/11
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Press releases - Library of Congress Exhibition (1975)
(1975)
15/12
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Writings (Lederman): Biographical sketches
15/13
Modern Music Archives at Library of Congress. Writings (Lederman): "The Files of Modern Music Correspondence" [miscellaneous writings]; [Promotional writings]; "Modern Music 1924-1946: Footnotes to Its History"
16/1
Music criticism. Articles: "On Being Tasteless," 1982 (William Brooks); "From a Composer's Notebook," 1929 (Aaron Copland); [Several newspaper articles], (Kyle Gann); "Expanding Century," 1979 (David Hamilton); [Several newspaper articles], (Donal Henahan); "Reporter in Europe," 1980 (Jane Kramer); "Little Magazines and Music Criticism," 1946 (Minna Lederman); [Several newspaper articles], (John Rockwell); "Modern Music in Retrospect," 1964 (Eric Salzman); [Several newspaper articles], (Harold Schonberg)
1982
1929
1979
1980
1946
1964
16/2
Music criticism. Clippings
16/3
Music criticism. Correspondence: Lederman (1979) ; H. Wiley Hitchcock (1979)
(1979)
(1979)
16/4
Music criticism. Clippings
16/5
Music press. Clippings
16/6
Possible future projects. Army notes, 1943-1944 , Army town, Anniston, AL; "Summer People - a Maine idyll," Correspondence: 1941-1942 , other related materials; "Sunken Living-Room"
1943-1944
1941-1942
16/7
Publishers and publishing. Clippings
16/8
Publishers and publishing. Correspondence: Bea Friedland, Da Capo Press (1979-1984) ; Peter Garland,
Soundings
(1980) ; Jeffrey Miller, Cadmus Editions (1979) ; Helen A. Stephenson, Author's Guild, Inc. (1980-1981)
(1979-1984)
(1980)
(1979)
(1980-1981)
17
Magazines
(10 folders)
Includes complete magazines, containing articles written by Minna Lederman.
Arranged alphabetically by title of publication.
17/1
Lederman, Minna. "Composers in Revolt,"
The Nation
146, no. 7 (1938 Feb. 12)
17/2
Lederman, Minna. "Music and Monopoly,"
The Nation
151, no. 126 (1940 Dec. 28)
17/3
Lederman, Minna. "France's Turncoat Artists,"
The Nation
155, no. 9 (1942 Aug. 29)
17/4
Lederman, Minna. "Composer Tells All,"
The New Republic
102, no. 13 (1940 Mar. 25) (Review of
The State of Music
by Virgil Thomson)
17/5
Lederman, Minna. [Book review]
The Saturday Review of Literature
29, no. 47 (1946 Nov. 23) (Review of
A House in Bali
by Colin McPhee)
17/6
Lederman, Minna. "Memories of Marc Blitzstein, Music's Angry Man,"
Show
4, no. 6 (1964 June) (copy 1)
17/7
Lederman, Minna. "Memories of Marc Blitzstein, Music's Angry Man,"
Show
4, no. 6 (1964 June) (copy 2)
17/8
Lederman, Minna. "Memories of Marc Blitzstein, Music's Angry Man,"
Show
4, no. 6 (1964 June) (copy 3)
17/9
Lederman, Minna. "American Future: The Music Theatre,"
U.S. Lines: Paris Review
(undated)
17/10
Lederman, Minna. "School Declares an Extra Dividend,"
Woman's Home Companion
(1937 Nov.)
18-20, 22-24
Personal Papers of Minna Lederman Daniel and other Daniel Family Members
(48 folders)
Contains correspondence, financial and legal papers, miscellaneous writings, speeches, and family photographs.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material, and chronologically therein.
18/1
Address/Telephone books
(2)
18/2
Appointment calendars: 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993
1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993
(5)
18/3
Auction: Household furniture and furnishings papers, Sept. 1967
Sept. 1967
22/1
Auction: Art and book auction, Sept. 1977
Sept. 1977
18/4
Autobiographical notes
22/2
Burglaries: Apartment robberies, 1983, 1992
1983, 1992
18/5
Correspondence: Family (1966-1991)
(1966-1991)
18/6
Correspondence: Ferncliff Cemetery (1952-1978) ; related papers
(1952-1978)
18/7
Correspondence: Re. Mell Daniel's paintings (1975-1977) ; related papers
(1975-1977)
22/3
Financial papers: Annuities, 1980s-1994
1980s-1994
22/4
Financial papers: Annuities, Life Insurance, 1980s-1994
1980s-1994
22/5
Financial papers: Annuities, Pension, 1980s-1994
1980s-1994
22/6
Financial papers: Bank statements, 1980s-1994
1980s-1994
23/1
Financial papers: Credit card statements, etc., 1980s-1994
1980s-1994
24/2
Financial papers: Current year's bills, expenses, 1993-1994
1993-1994
24/3-4
Financial papers: Tax papers, 1978-1986
1978-1986
24/5
Financial papers: Tax papers, 1987-1988
1987-1988
24/6
Financial papers: Tax papers, 1989
1989
24/7
Financial papers: Tax papers, 1990
1990
18/8
Legal papers: Appraisal papers (furniture/furnishings), Dec. 1975
Dec. 1975
18/9
Legal papers: Birth certificates; Marriage certificate; Passport; Handgun receipt
18/10
Legal papers: Power of Attorney papers 1981; 1986-1987
1981; 1986-1987
18/11
Legal papers: Trust papers, May 1981
May 1981
18/12
Legal papers: Wills, Nov. 22, 1964 (Mell Daniel); Oct. 16, 1975; Mar. 21, 1981 (Minna Lederman Daniel); related correspondence (1978-1981)
Nov. 22, 1964
Oct. 16, 1975; Mar. 21, 1981
(1978-1981)
23/2-3
Medical records, bills, 1980s-1994
1980s-1994
23/4
Mortgage, property documents, 1959-1977
1959-1977
19/1
Photographs: Vassar College (1914)
(1914)
(12 photographs)
19/2
Photographs: Family photographs; negatives
19/3
Photographs: Mell Daniel World War II photographs; Mell Daniel (early); Wedding photographs of Minna and Mell Daniel (1934)
(1934)
23/5-6
Rental leases; related papers, 1978-1994
1978-1994
24/1
Social Security papers, 1975-1979
1975-1979
20/1
Travel: Germany, 1967 - brochure; postcards; Holland, 1967 - maps; postcards
1967
1967
20/2
Travel: Israel 1968 - brochures; clippings; correspondence; notes; postcards
1968
20/3
Travel: Israel - Greece - Holland, 1968 : papers
1968
20/4
Travel: Riga, Latvia, 1967 - brochures; postcards
1967
20/5
Travel: Rome, Italy, (undated) - postcards
(undated)
20/6
Travel: U.S.S.R., 1967 - art catalog; brochures; clippings; correspondence; maps; miscellaneus papers; notes
1967
20/7
Travel: U.S.S.R., 1967 - postcards; suggestions/travel tips sheets
1967
20/8
Writings: (Lederman): Dance Forum, Y.W.H.A., Nov. 1946 [Speech]
Nov. 1946
20/9
Writings (Lederman): "The Cause of Modern Music From the Point of View of the Editor of Modern Music," MacDowell Club of New York City Dinner, Nov. 27, 1927 [Speech]
Nov. 27, 1927
20/10
Writings (Lederman): Miscellaneous writings
20/11
Writings (Lederman): NBC [Unknown program] (radio broadcast) March 1, 1935 [Speech delivered by Lederman]
March 1, 1935
20/12
Writings (Lederman): NBC Program of League of Composers (radio broadcast) April 16, 1936 [Speech]
April 16, 1936
20/13
Writings (Lederman): "Modern Music as the Editor Thinks of It," Sorosis Social Day, Jan. 1928 [Speech]
Jan. 1928
Appendix : Index of Personal Names
- Albee, Edward
- Anderson, Laurie
- Ashbery, John
- Balanchine, George
- Barber, Samuel
- Berger, Arthur
- Bernier, Rosamond
- Bernstein, Leonard
- Blitzstein, Marc
- Boulanger, Nadia
- Boulez, Pierre
- Bowles, Paul
- Cage, John
- Caltabiano, Ronald
- Carter, Elliott
- Chanler, Theodore
- Chávez, Carlos
- Copland, Aaron
- Cowell, Henry
- Craft, Robert
- Crumb, George
- Cunningham, Merce
- Daniel, Mell
- Daniel, Minna Lederman
- Darrell, R. D.
- Denby, Edwin
- Einhorn, Nathan R.
- Foss, Lukas
- Friedland, Bea
- Frueh, Alfred
- Garland, Peter
- Gershwin, George
- Glass, Philip
- Haggin, B. H.
- Haieff, Alexei
- Harris, Roy
- Hitchcock, H. Wiley
- Ives, Charles
- Ives, Harmony
- Jacobs, Paul
- Kirstein, Lincoln
- Kominski, John J.
- Lederman, Minna
- Lichtenwanger, William
- Lott, R. Allen
- McPhee, Colin
- Magriel, Paul
- Mehta, Zubin
- Milhaud, Darius
- Miller, Jeffrey
- Moore, Douglas
- Morton, Lawrence
- Moseley, Carlos
- Nabokov, Nicolas
- Nancarrow, Conlon
- Oja, Carol J.
- Perlis, Vivian
- Peyser, Joan
- Reich, Steve
- Reis, Clare R.
- Rieti, Vittorio
- Rorem, Ned
- Ruggles, Carl
- Sacher, Paul
- Satie, Erik
- Schiff, David
- Schoenberg, Arnold
- Schuman, William
- Sessions, Roger
- Shapero, Harold
- Shirley, Wayne
- Siegmeister, Elie
- Sondheim, Stephen
- Stephenson, Helen A.
- Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Stravinsky, Igor
- Thompson, Tazewell
- Thomson, Virgil
- Tommasini, Anthony
- Tucker, Mark
- Varèse, Louise
- Walker, David
- Waters, Ed
- Wuorinen, Charles
- Young, La Monte