Scope and Content of Collection
The Abram Chasins Collection covers the period from Circa 1904-1990; the bulk of the materials date from 1932-1985, and the collection is 28.00 Linear Feet. The collection consists of both personal and professional papers including published and unpublished scores, recordings, books, lecture notes, correspondence, photographs, artwork, address books, scrapbooks, subject files, articles, programs, and publicity materials related to Chasins work as a pianist, composer, radio broadcaster, lecturer, and writer, including his piano transcriptions and concertos, his broadcasts for radio stations NBC and WQXR, and his piano duets with his wife, Constance Keene.