Glaser, Victoria. Papers, 1900-1922: A Container List

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America

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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
April 2007

Descriptive Summary

Call No.: 2007-M59
Repository: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Creator: Victoria Glaser
Title: Papers, 1900-1922
Quantity: 6 cartons (including 4 reels of microfilm), 1 file box (including 21 audiotapes, and slides), 1 folio box, 1 folio+ box

Processing Information:

Preliminary inventory: April 2007

By: Katherine Gray Kraft

Acquisition Information:

Accession number: 2007-M59

The papers of Victoria Glaser were given to the Schlesinger Library by Victoria Glaser in April 2007.

Access Restrictions:

Access. The papers are unprocessed but available for research.

Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Victoria Glaser is held by Victoria Glaser during her lifetime. Upon her death, copyright descends to her niece, Kristin Glaser. Upon the death of Kristin Glaser, or sooner if negotiated in writing with Kristin Glaser, all right, title and interest, including copyright and all extensions and renewals thereof, in and to the work, transfers and is assigned to the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the director of the Schlesinger Library before publishing quotations from materials in the collection.

Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.

Preferred citation for publication:

Victoria Glaser Papers, 1900-1992; item description, dates. 2007-M59, folder name. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

BIOGRAPHY

Music educator, arranger, and composer Victoria Merrylees Glaser was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, September 11, 1918, the daughter of Otto Charles and Dorothy Gibbs Merrylees Glaser. A graduate of Radcliffe College (A.B., 1940, A.M., 1943), Glaser lived in Massachusetts and taught at Wellesley College (1943-1946), Dana Hall School in Wellesley (1945-1959), New England Conservatory Music Extension Division in Boston (1957-1982), and Longy School of Music in Cambridge (1972-1993). Many of her choral arrangements and compositions were published.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Unprocessed papers may contain documents with dates earlier or later than those noted in this record. Many documents were found loose, or in unlabeled envelopes. Folders are not numbered.

The papers contain music scores by Glaser and others; writings (book drafts, short stories, plays); Radcliffe College class notes; teaching notes from Dana Hall School, Wellesley College, New England Conservatory, and Longy School of Music; concert programs; correspondence; contracts with music publishers; audiotapes; slides; a few photographs; and other material.

INVENTORY

Carton 1.

Radcliffe College class notes, teaching notes, "Sea with New Eyes or Charity Begins" [play and music], music scores, etc. Also, 2 reels of microfilm, apparently of works by Glaser.

Carton 2.

Alphabetical files removed from file cabinet: A - People [correspondence and related]. Also, 2 reels of microfilm, apparently of works by Glaser.

Carton 3.

Alphabetical files, continued: pictures [a few PHOTOGRAPHS included], publishers, theatre, women; contracts with Schirmer Music and other companies; drafts of Glaser's "The Animal Musician"; Training for Musicianship [1971 textbook by Glaser used in New England Conservatory Music Extension classes]; Beaver Country Day School diploma, 1936; Johns Hopkins yearbook, 1900; Dana Hall School yearbook, 1957; correspondence and cards, some PHOTOGRAPHS [found loose].

Carton 4.

Music scores, notes, programs for concerts

Carton 5.

Music scores; writings, including drafts of Glaser's "The Inquisitive Music Lover," 1992, and short stories.

Carton 6.

Music scores, teaching notes, etc.

File box 7.

Audiotapes (6 reel-to-reel, 15 audiocassettes), slides

Folio box 8.

Music scores

Folio+ box 9.

Music scores, drawings, diploma, PHOTOGRAPH of Dorothy Glaser

Additional catalog entries

The following catalog entries represent persons, organizations, and topics documented in this collection. An entry for each appears in the Harvard On Line Library Information System (HOLLIS) and other automated bibliographic databases. THIS IS NOT AN INDEX.

Subjects

Composers--United States
Music teachers--United States
Musicians--United States
Radcliffe College--Curricula
Radcliffe College--Students
Radcliffe College. Class of 1940
Scores
Women composers--United States
Women music teachers--United States
Women musicians--United States

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