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Mannes College The New School for Music

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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: 1916-2011; 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 - 2011

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

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