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Zimbalist, Mary Louise Curtis Bok, 1876-1970

 Person

Biography

Mary Louise Curtis was the daughter of Cyrus Curtis (of Curtis Publishing Co.) and Louisa Knapp. She founded the Curtis Institute of Music in 1924.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Artifact collection

 Collection
Identifier: PPCI-AR
Dates: Majority of material found within 1924-2010; 1895-2011

Carolyn Stanford Adams collection of Mary Curtis Zimbalist letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 43
Scope and Contents

The collection contains letters from Mary Louise Curtis Zimbalist to Carolyn Stanford Adams.

Dates: 1955-1961

Curtis and Nellie Bok collection (MSS 25)

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 25
Dates: 1955-1965

Elizabeth Swenson scrapbook (MSS 37)

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: PPCI-MSS 37
Abstract

Materials primarily related to Curtis and Curtis affiliated musicians; collected by Swenson while serving as assistant to the dean, 1924-1942

Dates: 1924-1942

Florence Frantz Snyder collection (MSS 33)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 33
Dates: 1925-1987

Jane Hill Meyer collection

 Collection
Identifier: PPCI-MSS 05
Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the Curtis Institute of Music, its faculty, and students.

Dates: 1926-1974

Josef Hofmann collection (MSS 50)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 50
Scope and Contents

Letters from Hofmann to Mary Louise Curtis Bok prior to his appointment as director of Curtis as well as letters and postcards to Bok's sons Curtis and Cary, photographs, and publicity materials.

Dates: 1906-1998

Mary Bok charity materials collection (MSS 47)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 47
Dates: 1916-1924

Mary Curtis Zimbalist memorial concert scrapbook (MSS 45)

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 45
Scope and Contents

The scrapbook includes correspondence, photographs, press releases, and clippings concerning a memorial concert held in honor of Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist on 3 July 1970 in Camden, Maine.

Dates: 1970