Edward and Marian MacDowell Collection, 1861-1960 Span: 1861-1960 Bulk: 1900-1956 English collection 25 ft. 73 boxes In 1903, Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) gave the Library of Congress the manuscript of his Zweite (indianische) Suite, op. 48, a gift that inspired Music Division chief Oscar Sonneck to begin collecting the celebrated composer's original music manuscripts and first editions. After MacDowell's untimely death in 1908, his widow, Marian MacDowell (1857-1956), promised his papers to the Library. Marian MacDowell accumulated her own impressive archive through her work for the MacDowell Colony, the artists' colony the MacDowells founded in 1907 on their farm in Peterborough, New Hampshire, which continues today as a leading artists' residency program. Her papers join those of her husband to form the Edward and Marian MacDowell Collection. The collection is organized into three sections: the papers of Edward MacDowell, the papers of Marian MacDowell, and the early papers of the MacDowell Colony. Music manuscripts, correspondence, biographical materials, writings, programs, press clippings, business papers, and photographs. There are MacDowell materials in Manuscripts Division, Prints and Photographs Division, and Motion Pictures/Broadcasting/Recorded Sound Division. Microfilm 92/20009 <mus>, Microfilm 92/20010 <mus> Edward and Marian MacDowell Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress MacDowell, Edward Music and papers of the esteemed composer, and his wife who founded the MacDowell Colony. Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. American Composers Piano Music Songs Women in the Performing Arts Strong, Templeton MacDowell, Edward MacDowell, Marian Bernstein, Leonard Cather, Willa Copland, Aaron Carreño, Teresa MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.) ML31.M198 Performing Arts Encyclopedia A Place for the Arts: The MacDowell Colony 1907-2007 with Robin Rausch http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4214 web cast scdb Music Division, Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu2005.wp.0024 IHAS 120830 loc.natlib.scdb.200033591