mo-11 Minnesota Orchestra Photographic Collection Finding aid created by Leslie Czechowski University of Minnesota Libraries 11 July 2003

University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455

EAD encoding by Leslie Czechowski, 11 July 2003 English Minnesota Orchestra Staff Minnesota Orchestra Photographic Collection ca. 1910-[ongoing] University of Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archives, Manuscripts Division [paa] 47 boxes (20 linear feet) The collection includes photographs, negatives, slides, and transparencies of Minnesota Orchestra music directors, musicians and staff, Orchestra Hall and other venues, and concerts, tours, and other events. PA 12 Series 11 English Audio-Visual Room, S-2 Restrictions on Access

Materials are open to research without restriction except for portions designated as restricted, confidential, or sealed. For the latter material, prior permission in writing from the President of the Minnesota Orchestral Association is required.

Permission to examine this collection will be granted to any qualified researcher upon completion of an application form. The original documents do not circulate and may only be used in the Reading Room of the Manuscripts Division.

Restrictions on Use

Photoreproduction and audio reproduction of any materials in which the Minnesota Orchestral Association holds copyright, shall be performed only with the written permission of the MOA except for photoreproduction of any published materials of the Association in the public domain. The Orchestra does not hold copyright for the majority of the images in this collection.

Preferred Citation

Minnesota Orchestra Photographic Collection (PA 12, Series 11), Minnesota Orchestra Archives, Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

Acquisition

Materials in this collection have been transferred to the archives on a ongoing basis since 1975.

Processing Information

The collection is being processed and the finding aid written by Leslie Czechowski from 2001-2003.

Accruals

Public Affairs' staff will transfer materials into this collection on a regular basis.

Organization of the Collection

The collection is organized into the following subseries. Note that most items in the collection are 8"x10" black-and-white photographs.

Series 11.1 Music Directors Box 1 -- Oberhoffer--Dorati Box 2 -- Skrowazcewski Box 3 -- Marriner Box 4 -- de Waart Box 5 and 5A -- Oue Box 6 -- Oversize photographs (11"x14") Box 7 -- Ovesize photographs (14"x17" and 16"x20") Box 8 -- Oversize photographs (16"x20") Series 11.2 Class Photographs and Other Photographs of the Entire Orchestra Box 1 -- Class photographs Box 2 -- Oversize photographs (9"x14" and 16"x20") Box 3 -- Oversize photographs (28" wide) Oversize photographs (that don't fit in boxes) Series 11.3 People Associated with the Orchestra Box 1 -- Danz Band and Assistant & Associate Conductors (Dutoit--Slatkin) Box 2 -- Assistant & Associate Conductors (Slatkin--Zinman) and Composers-In-Residence Box 3 -- Concertmasters (Carol--Fleezanis) and Orchestra musicians (through 1980s) Box 4 -- Orchestra musicians (1980s--92) Box 5 -- Orchestral Association, WAMSO, and Orchestra presidents (Engle--Hyslop) Box 6 -- Orchestra managers, program annotators, Orchestra staff Box 7 -- Oversize photographs (notably a series of mounted photographs of Orchestra musicians, possibly from the early 1970s) Box 8 -- Digital photographs and 5"x7" prints Series 11.4 Guest Artists Box 1 -- Guest conductors and composers Box 2 -- Guest artists Box 3 -- Signed guest artist photographs, 1975-98 Box 4 -- Signed guest artist photographs, 1991-98 Box 4 -- Signed guest artist photographs (previously hung backstage at Orchestra Hall) Box 5 -- Signed guest artist photographs (previously hung backstage at Orchestra Hall) Box 6 -- Signed guest artist photographs (previously hung backstage at Orchestra Hall) Box 7 -- Oversize photographs (mounted on 12"x14" mats; from 1977-78) Box 8 -- Oversize photographs Box 9 -- Conductors and musicians Series 11.5 Concerts, Events, Tours Box 1 -- Concerts (1946-82) Box 2 -- Concerts (1982-92) Box 3 -- Concerts (1992-2001) Box 4 -- Minnesota Orchestra Association Events Box 5 -- Pops Box 5A--Pops Box 6 -- Sommerfest (1980-84) Box 7 -- Sommerfest (1985-89) Box 8 -- Sommerfest (1990- ) Box 9 -- Symphony for the Cities Box 10 -- Children's Events (incl. YP concerts and AIM) Box 11 -- Children's Events (incl. Kaleidoscope and Master Classes) Box 12 -- Kinder Konzerts Box 13 -- Young People--School Visits Box 14 -- Tours (1949-88) Box 15 -- Tours (1992-98) Box 16 -- Metropolitan Opera Box 17 -- Miscellaneous Box 18 -- Miscellaneous Box 19 -- Oversize photographs Box 20-26 -- Miscellaneous Concerts and Events Box 27 -- Concerts and Events 2006 Box 28 -- Concerts and Events 2007 Box 29 - Concerts and Events 2007, 2006, 2001 (bulk 2007) Series 11.6 Orchestra Hall Construction & Other Auditoriums Box 1 -- Other auditoriums (Northrop, Ordway, O'Shaughnessy) and early construction work of Orchestra Hall Box 2 -- Orchestra Hall construction and later photographs of the Hall, interior and exterior Scrapbook (interior photographs of Hall ca. 1983) Series 11.7 Related Collections Robert Gubbins photographs (photocopies only) Photographs available at Minneapolis Public Library Historical Note

The Orchestra has been using photographs of music directors, guest conductors and other guest artists since its inception. Many of those were taken by staff photographers of the local newspapers of which there are a few in this collection.

In the 1970s the Orchestra began hiring photographers to document various activities and to produce publicity photographs of the music directors, musicians, and staff. In addition, publicity photos of guest artists that were sent to the Orchestra were filed by the staff for future needs.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs, negatives, slides, and transparencies were found in boxes from numerous offices at the Orchestra, most notably Public Affairs and Artistic Administration. Initial processing involved locating the materials and sorting them into broad subject areas. For the most part, this has been done. Many of the photographs are identified and the arrangement of them is complete. An extensive finding aid that lists many individual photographs is available in the Archives; but complete description with a detailed finding aid is not yet available.

Photographs of the Orchestra's music directors are located in Series 11.1. There are comparatively few photographs of the first five music directors. Beginning in the 1970s with Stanislaw Skrowaczewski's tenure, extensive photographs were taken. For these later music directors, the photographs are grouped by type: portraits, photographs with other people, conducting shots, etc.

Class photographs and other photographs of the entire Orchestra are in Series 11.2. Class photographs date from Oberhoffer's era and show the musicians and conductor formally posed on stage.

Series 11.3 includes photographs of people associated with the Orchestra beginning with the Danz Band in the early 20th century. There are folders for many of the assistant and associate conductors including Dutoit, Eddins, Severinsen, Slatkin, Smith, Tate, Tennstedt, Trautwein, and Zinman. There are extensive photographs of musicians including group photographs, photos shot backstage, groups of musicians in performance, and many publicity photographs. This series also includes photographs of Association presidents and board members, WAMSO members and activities, and Orchestra staff including managers and program annotators.

Series 11.4 contains guest artist photographs, mainly publicity photos from their agents. The photographs are organized by conductors, composers, and performers.

Series 11.5 is the most extensive group of photographs in the collection. It contains photographs of concerts (beginning in 1946) that document such significant events as Tonight Scandinavia; events sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestral Association (receptions, annual meetings, etc.); Cabaret Pops; Sommerfest; Symphony for the Cities; Children's concerts including those sponsored by the Orchestra, YPSCA, and WAMSO and special young people's activities such as school visits and side-by-side rehearsals; tours; and miscellaneous activities such as recording sessions and audience photographs.

The construction of Orchestra Hall is carefully documented in Series 11.6 from photographs of the demolition of the Lyceum Theatre (Soul's Harbor) through all stages of construction to photographs both interior and exterior of the completed Hall.

Series 11.7 includes lists of photographs in other repositories and photocopies of photographs owned by Robert Gubbins.

Related Material

Additional photographs are available in the Arthur Gaines photograph collection (PA 12 A), the Dottie Carpenter photograph collection (PA 12 B), the Elbert L .Carpenter collection (PA 12 D), the Danz collection (PA 12 F), and the the Maddy/Angelucci collection (PA 12 H).

There is a collection of historic slides in Series 12.6 Slide-tape Shows; many of them duplicate photographs, negatives and slides in Series 11.

Photographs of the Orchestra when it played at Northrop Auditorium are in the collections of the University Archives, the University of Minnesota. The Minneapolis Public Library also has a signficant collection of Orchestra photographs.

Other Finding Aids to the Collection

A more detailed finding aid for the photographic collection is available in the Archives.

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Oberhoffer, Emil--Photographs Verbrugghen, Henri--Photographs Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985--Photographs Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960--Photographs Dorati, Antal--Photographs Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw, 1923- --Photographs Marriner, Neville--Photographs Waart, Edo de--Photographs Oue, Eiji--Photographs Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra--Photographs Minnesota Orchestra--Photographs Orchestra Hall--Photographs Photographs Musicians--Photographs Detailed Contents

More detailed information about the photographic collection is not available online at this time. Please consult the archives for further information.