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Mannes College The New School for Music

 Organization

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Austill records

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-02-01-03
Abstract Allen Austill (1927-2016) joined The New School in 1962. In 1965, he was appointed dean of the Adult Division and in 1987, he was named chancellor of the university and held this position until his retirement in 1989. The Allen Austill records are a small but significant set of materials largely relating to Austill's activities at The New School that fell outside of his primary role as dean of the Adult Division, including new program initiatives. Some documents in this...
Dates: 1957 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1980

College of Performing Arts course catalogs

 Collection
Identifier: MM-05-01-01
Summary

Consists of course catalogs with information about the policies, faculties and courses of Mannes School of Music. Collection includes a limited number of catalogs focused exclusively on the Extension Division, Preparatory Division, Summer School, and Jazz and Contemporary BFA Program, while most cover a broad range of courses.

Dates: 1916-2011

Mannes College of Music administrative records collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA-01-01-01
Abstract

The New School Archives staff created the Mannes College of Music administrative records collection by integrating several collections documenting the Mannes College of Music (now, Mannes School of Music). The collection includes correspondence, event flyers, photographs, legal records, meeting minutes, illustrations, administrative records and reports.

Dates: 1916-2015; Majority of material found within 1964-1990

Mannes College of Music Concert Office collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA-05-04-01
Summary

Collection consists of concert programs for Mannes School of Music student and faculty recitals as well as promotional materials for other school performances. Also includes press releases and event calendars. Mannes was established in 1916 by David and Clara Mannes and became a division of The New School in 1989. As of 2018, Mannes is part of The New School's College of Performing Arts.

Dates: 1944 - 2015

Mannes College The New School for Music Concert Operations programs

 Collection
Identifier: MA-05-04-03
Abstract

Collection consists of Mannes College The New School for Music (now, Mannes School of Music) concert program text covering four consecutive academic years.

Dates: 2008-2012

Mannes School of Music clippings and scrapbook collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA-03-01-01
Summary

This collection consists of news clipping files and scrapbooks that document Mannes from its founding through the early 1990s. The scrapbooks, which cover the school's early history through the 1960s, contain concert programs, advertisements, and news articles. Other scrapbooks, some from before the establishment of Mannes, document the activities of the school's founders, David and Clara Mannes, in their work as musicians and educators.

Dates: 1910 - 1994

Mannes School of Music photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA-04-01-01
Summary

This collection contains several thousand photographs relating to the Mannes School of Music, from its early days in the 1910s through the 2000s, primarily representing the 1970s through the 1990s. Included are images of Mannes buildings; performances put on by different Mannes ensembles; administrative and academic events; the Mannes family; and Mannes personnel, including students, faculty, alumni, and guest artists and performers.

Dates: circa 1914-2004

Miriam Kartch Mannes College of Music administrative files

 Collection
Identifier: MA-01-02-01
Abstract

Miriam Kartch (1924-) was a longtime faculty member of Mannes School of Music, starting under Clara Damrosch Mannes in 1945 and retiring in 2015. This collection consists of administrative documents and notes from Kartch’s tenure at Mannes, most dating from the 1970s to 1990s.

Dates: 1948-1996; Majority of material found within 1978-1996

New School marketing and promotional materials collection

 Collection
Identifier: NS-05-08-01
Summary

Printed publicity materials including but not limited to mailers, viewbooks, pamphlets, and postcards generally advertising The New School, or a particular course or program of study.

Dates: 1939 - 2018