Research Catalog

Title

Mary Howe papers, 1884-1972.

Author

Howe, Mary, 1882-1964.

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Additional Authors

• Howe, Walter Bruce, 1879-1954.
• Hull, Anne.
• Kindler, Hans, 1892-1949.
• Strickland, William.
• Huntington Hartford Foundation.
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
• MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.)
• National Federation of Music Clubs.
• National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.)

Description

36.3 linear feet (72 boxes)

Summary

The Mary Howe papers document the life and career of the American composer, pianist, and patron of music.

Subjects

• Pianists
• National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.)
• Howe, Mary, 1882-1964
• Strickland, William
• Scrapbooks
• Howe, Walter Bruce, 1879-1954
• Correspondence
• Women music patrons > United States
• National Federation of Music Clubs
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
• Pianists > United States
• MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.)
• Composers
• Washington (D.C.) > Intellectual life > 20th century
• Washington (D.C.) > Social life and customs
• Hull, Anne
• Scores
• Music patrons
• Programs
• Photographs
• Huntington Hartford Foundation
• Women composers > United States > 20th century
• Music patronage > Washington (D.C.)
• Kindler, Hans, 1892-1949

Genre/Form

• Correspondence.
• Photographs.
• Programs.
• Scrapbooks.
• Scores.

Note

• The Mary Howe papers were reprocessed in 2005, incorporating materials that had been described formerly in the catalog as Selections and List of musical works.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography (note)

• Mary Howe (1882-1964) was an American composer, pianist, and patron of music in Washington, D.C.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

JPB 04-39

OCLC

NYPG05-A10118

Author

Howe, Mary, 1882-1964.

Title

Mary Howe papers, 1884-1972.

Biography

Mary Howe (1882-1964) was an American composer, pianist, and patron of music in Washington, D.C. Born Mary Carlisle, she studied piano in Germany and the United States and received a degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory in 1922. As a pianist, she toured in a two-piano team with Anne Hull from 1917-1935. A prolific composer, Howe worked in many genres and often reorchestrated the same composition for multiple settings. She also created many song settings for poems, in addition to her other orchestral work. Howe and her husband, Walter Bruce Howe, were prominent Washington socialites and were among the co-founders in 1931 of the National Symphony Orchestra. Howe was close friends with the orchestra's first music director, Hans Kindler and also had a significant working relationship with the conductor, William Strickland. She was active in numerous local and national organizations, including the National Federation of Music Clubs and she was also a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and the Huntington Hartford Foundation. Towards the end of her life, Howe was on the board of the National Cultural Center (later renamed the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts).

Location of Other Archival Materials

See also the Mary Howe collection of noncommercial recordings (*L(Special) 90-18) in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Composers.

Music patrons.

Pianists.

Added Author

Howe, Walter Bruce, 1879-1954.

Hull, Anne.

Kindler, Hans, 1892-1949.

Strickland, William.

Huntington Hartford Foundation.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)

MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.)

National Federation of Music Clubs.

National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.)

Research Call Number

JPB 04-39