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Collection Summary

Agency History

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement of the Inter-American Music Festival Foundation Papers

Selected Search Terms

Container List

Festivals, 1961-1981

Inter-American Music Festival Foundation Papers

Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress

2010

Collection Summary

Creator Inter-American Music Festival Foundation
Title Inter-American Music Festival Foundation Papers
Span Dates 1961-1981
Abstract: This collection contains concert programs, publicity materials, clippings and correspondence from the nearly 25-year history of the Inter-American Music Festival Foundation. The Foundation was organized by the Inter-American Music Council in 1958 under the auspices of the Pan American Union "to promote closer relations and understanding among the American republics by recognizing and stimulating the development of music of the Americas." The foundation's concerts introduced the finest composers and performers from Latin America, the Caribbean, United States, and Canada. Harold Boxer, chief, Music Branch, Voice of America; Guillermo Espinosa, chief, Music Division, Organization of American States; and Harold Spivacke, chief, Music Division, Library of Congress were responsible for incorporating the foundation in 1965.
Extent: 200 items2 containers1 linear foot
Language: Collection material in English
Identification: ML31.I57

Agency History

The Inter-American Music Festival Foundation was organized in 1958 by the Inter-American Music Council under the auspices of the Pan American Union "to promote closer relations and understanding among the American republics by recognizing and stimulating the development of music of the Americas." The foundation's concerts introduced the finest composers and performers from Latin America, the Caribbean, United States and Canada.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection contains concert programs, publicity materials, clippings, and correspondence from the nearly 25-year history of the Inter-American Music Festival Foundation. Harold Boxer, chief of the Music Branch of Voice of America, Guillermo Espinosa, chief of the Music Division of the Organization of American States, and Harold Spivake, chief of the Music Division of the Library of Congress were responsible for incorporating the foundation in 1965. The collection contains correspondence from Espinosa and Boxer, among others. The Library lacks materials for festivals one and eleven.

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Selected Search Terms

People

  • Boxer, Harold--Correspondence.
  • Espinosa, Guillermo, 1905-1990--Correspondence.
  • Spivacke, Harold, 1904-1977.

Organizations

  • Inter-American Music Council.
  • Inter-American Music Festival Foundation--Archives.
  • Inter-American Music Festival Foundation.
  • Inter-American Music Festival Foundation.
  • Organization of American States.
  • Pan American Union.

Subjects

  • Concert programs--America.
  • Music festivals--America.

Titles

  • Papers of the Inter-American Music Festival Foundation, 1961-1981

Form/Genre

  • Clippings (information artifacts).
  • Correspondence.
  • Programs.

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Arrangement of the Inter-American Music Festival Foundation Papers

The Inter-American Music Festival Foundation Papers are organized chronologically.

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Container List

Festivals, 1961-1981

Festival 2, , Washington, D.C. 1961 Apr. 22-30

Festival 3, , Washington, D.C. 1965 May 7-12

Festival 4, , Washington, D.C. 1968 June 19-30

Festival 4, , Washington, D.C. 1968 June 19-30

Festival 5, , Washington, D.C. 1971 May 18-30

Festival 5, , Washington, D.C. 1971 May18-30

Festival 6, , Washington, D.C. 1974 Apr. 30-May 5

Festival 7, , Washington, D.C. 1976 May 17-24

Festival 8, , Washington, D.C. 1977 May 2-7

Festival 9, , Washington, D.C. 1978 May 3-13

Festival 10, , Washington, D.C. 1979 May 7-12

Festival 12, , Washington, D.C. 1981 May 8-14

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