Margery Morgan Lowens collection on Edward MacDowell
Collection
0350-SCPA
The Margery Morgan Lowens collection on Edward MacDowell includes holographs, correspondence, photographs, and publications created by MacDowell or his associates. The collection features unpublished works, including the beginnings of a string quartet (noteworthy as MacDowell did not publish any). Dr. Lowens was a musicologist, collector, and MacDowell scholar who amassed this private collection over several decades.
Materials are in English, German, and Western music notation.
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the Lowens Room for Special Collections in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.
While these materials are in public domain, the rights may still reside with the heirs and assigns. Furthermore, no copyright was transferred to the University of Maryland with the physical gift of the materials. The University of Maryland Libraries is granted permission for the use in scholarly research by the Libraries’ patrons under fair use in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act.
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The Margery Morgan Lowens collection on Edward MacDowell includes 41 holographs, 77 items of correspondence, seven photographs, and three publications created by MacDowell or his associates. The collection features unpublished works, including the beginnings of a string quartet (noteworthy as MacDowell did not publish any). Dr. Lowens was a musicologist, collector, and MacDowell scholar who amassed this private collection over several decades. The collection spans 1882 through 1956, with the bulk of material appearing between 1891 and 1916.
Gift of Margery Morgan Lowens via the executrices of her estate, March 3, 2016. Dr. Lowens amassed this collection of manuscripts, holographs, and publications over the course of decades from various dealers. She also donated her research files on MacDowell, which will be integrated at a later date.
Part of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library