Otto Kinkeldey papers

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Professional papers include correspondence pertaining to his professorship and librarianship at Cornell and as a visiting professor elsewhere (1946-1958); organizations include the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Musicological Society, and the Music Library Association; correspondents include Carl Becker, Stephen Vincent Benet, Morris Bishop, Lane Cooper, Walter Damrosch, Albert Einstein, Stephen A. McCarthy, William Sulzer, Oliver Strunk, Walter Toscanini, and Paul J. Weaver. Personal papers include correspondence with friends and family in Germany, especially after World War II when he aided many with Care packages; also, unpublished manuscripts, music scores, photographs, concert programs, clippings, and other printed material.

Dates

1902-1966.

Creator

Kinkeldey, Otto, 1878-1966. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Music (1923-1927) and University Librarian (1930-1946), Cornell University.

1878 Born in New York City
1898 CCNY - A.B.
1898-1902 Organist and Choirmaster, Episcopal Chapel of the Incarnation, New York City
1900 NYU - M.A.
1902-1909 Student, University of Berlin and Royal Academic Institute for Church Music in Berlin
1906-1907 Research, Germany; Cataloging and describing the musical scores and books on music in the libraries of the central German states
1909 Ph.D. thesis: "Orgel und Klavier in der Music des 16. Jahrhunderts"
1909-1914 Instructor in organ amd music theory at University of Breslau
1909- Librarian of the Royal Academic Institute for Church Music
1910-1914 Lecturer in Music History in the Faculty of Philosophy (Breslau)
1914-1923 New York Public Library - Head of Division of Music
1914-1917 United States Army
1923-1927 Cornell University - Chairman, Department of Music; University Organist, Sage Chapel Choir Director
1927-1930 New York Public Library
1930-1946 Cornell University Librarian and Professor of Musicology

CHRONOLOGY

1878
: Born in New York City
1898
: CCNY - A.B.
1898-1902
: Organist and Choirmaster, Episcopal Chapel of the Incarnation, New York City
1900
: NYU - M.A.
1902-1909
: Student, University of Berlin and Royal Academic Institute for Church Music in Berlin
1906-1907
: Research, Germany; Cataloging and describing the musical scores and books on music in the libraries of the central German states
1909
: Ph.D. thesis: "Orgel und Klavier in der Music des 16. Jahrhunderts"
1909-1914
: Instructor in organ amd music theory at University of Breslau
1909-
: Librarian of the Royal Academic Institute for Church Music
1910-1914
: Lecturer in Music History in the Faculty of Philosophy (Breslau)
1914-1923
: New York Public Library - Head of Division of Music
1914-1917
: United States Army
1923-1927
: Cornell University - Chairman, Department of Music; University Organist, Sage Chapel Choir Director
1927-1930
: New York Public Library
1930-1946
: Cornell University Librarian and Professor of Musicology

Extent

12.4 cubic feet.

1 mapcase folders.

Additional Description

Abstract

Professional papers include correspondence pertaining to his professorship and librarianship at Cornell and as a visiting professor elsewhere. Personal papers include correspondence with friends and family in Germany.

SERIES LIST

Subseries A. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1942-1962, includes correspondence, programs, announcements, pamphlets, reports re AAAS, arranged chronologically: Box 6
Subseries B. American Council of Learned Societies, 1926-1940, includes correpondence, minutes, agenda, announcements, re ACLS, arranged chronologically: Boxes 6-7
Subseries C. American Music Society, 1955, includes correspondence, bills, lists, papers, music re AMS, arranged chronologoically: Box 7
Subseries D. Berkeley, correspondence during 1954-1955, includes correspondence, small watercolor, minutes, bills, proof, print, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically: Box 7
Subseries E. Columbia University Press, 1932-1952, includes correspondence, newsclippings, telegrams, re Musicology Committee and advice on publications, arranged chronologoically: Box 7
Subseries F. Denton, 1951-1952, correspondence while at Denton, Texas, includes programs, reports, recommendation, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically: Box 7
Subseries G. German Papers (legal size folder), 1901-1910, include job recommendations, letters (copies), contracts, papers, certificates re Music Society, arranged chronologoically: Box 7
Subseries H. Harvard Summer, 1936-1941, includes correspondence, reports, constitution, list, announcements, postcards, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically: Box7
Subseries I. Harvard, 1947-1948, includes correspondence, instructions re teaching at Harvard summer session, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically: Box 7
Subseries J. Harvard, 1962, 1931-1962, includes correspondence, telegrams, roll sheets and grades, newsclippings re teaching at Harvard, and publications by Harvard University Press, arranged chronologoically: Box 7
Subseries K. Music Libraries Association, 1931-1965, includes correspondence, rules, lists, minutes, bulletins, by-laws, excerpts, cataloging code, drafts re MLA: Box 8
Subseries L. National Music Council; 1941-1944, 1950, includes correspondence, by-laws, reports, bulletins: Box 8
Subseries M. New York Public Library, 1963, includes correspondence, reports, acknowledgments: Box 8
Subseries N. Society for Ethnomusicology, 1955-1956, includes correspondence, programs, minutes, certificates of incorporation: Box 8
Subseries O. Texas I, 1948-1949, includes correspondence, announcements, minutes, programs, bulletins, article, newsclippings, invitations, review, telegrams: Box 8
Subseries P. Texas II, 1949-1950, includes correspondence, minutes, bulletins, programs, bills, outlines, lists, postcards, newsclippings, telegrams, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically: Box 8
Subseries Q. Urbana, correspondence during 1953-1954, includes correspondence, papers, contents, report, list notes, statement, arranged alphabetically, chronologoically: Box 8

Physical Description

Correspondence, manuscripts, music scores, photographs, programs, clippings, printed material.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: M.E. Warren
Date completed:: July 1985
EAD encoding:: Ann Hubert, June 2004
Date modified:: RMC Staff, September 2018