1735-1971
Offsite Storage Inventory
The Frederick S. Converse papers are stored offsite and must be requested at
least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at
library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request
materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before
requesting cartons by barcode.
Note: This collection is UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending
processing.
There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an
agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be
given access to the collection.
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| Creator: | Converse, Frederick Shepherd,
1871-1940 |
| Title: | Frederick S. Converse
papers |
| Dates: | 1735-1971 |
| Physical Description: | 11 record
cartons |
| Call Number: | OFFSITE STORAGE |
| Repository: | Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org |
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Abstract:
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This collection consists of the personal and
professional papers of composer and New England Conservatory of Music professor
Frederick Shepherd Converse, 1893-1943. Includes correspondence with wife Emma
Tudor Converse, programs, lecture notes, composition drafts, records of
royalties, clippings and account books. Also includes diaries, calendars, and
correspondence kept by Emma Tudor Converse, 1889-1943; Tudor family papers,
1735-91; Converse family papers, 1853-1971; printed copies of music composed by
Converse; and Converse and Tudor family photographs.
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The Frederick S. Converse papers are stored offsite and must be requested at
least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at
library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request
materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before
requesting cartons by barcode.
Note: This collection is UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending
processing.
There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an
agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be
given access to the collection.
The Massachusetts Historical Society does not claim
ownership to the literary rights (copyright) to letters and documents in the
Frederick S. Converse papers. The Massachusetts Historical Society
cannot give permission to publish or quote from documents by individuals for
whom it does not hold copyright. Use of these materials does not imply permission to publish. It is the
sole responsibility of the researcher to obtain
formal permission from the owners of the literary rights (copyright) to publish
or quote from documents in this collection.
Photocopies are for personal use only. Personal
use photocopies may not be donated or deposited in
other libraries or archives, or made available to other researchers without the
written permission of the Massachusetts Historical
Society.
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| Carton | Barcode | Contents |
| | Tudor family papers |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | Volume, "John Tudor's" receipt book,
26 March 1757-28 June 1793, (includes memorandum,
1814-1816) |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | Volume, ledger, [probably kept by John Tudor],
March 1745-1754 |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | "Memorandums from 1709 &c. by John Tudor to 1775 and to 93"
[actual dates of content,
1735-1792]
two photostat copies in cases |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | "Louise Tudor's Very Special Recipes," n.d. |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | Louise Tudor recipes,
1891 |
| | | Ancestral tablets (preprinted tablets for genealogists): |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | | Gash-Page
(2 copies) |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | | Roche-Brook |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | | Tudor-Fenno |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | | Tudor |
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| | Converse family papers |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | Converse family correspondence,
1853-1859, and legal documents,
1860s Mostly letters to Edmund W. Converse (father of Frederick S. Converse)
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| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | Converse family records (photostat copy, made in
1935, of information from family Bible) |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | News clippings and obituary of Edward W. Converse,
1920 (son of Frederick S. Converse and Emma T.
Converse) |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | Miscellaneous clippings about Converse family, n.d. and obituary of
Emma T. Converse,
1948 |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | Poems by Emma T. Converse,
1900-1936 |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | Furniture inventory,
1908 |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | Financial papers and estate papers, relating to Emma T. Converse,
1934-1948 |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | Copyright and legal issues handled by Frederick S. Converse's heirs,
1931-1971 |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | Correspondence of Converse heirs regarding their desire that "the
works of Mr. Converse" [probably manuscript scores] be shifted from the New
England Conservatory's library to the Library of Congress,
1960-1961 (Note: The online catalog of the Library of Congress indicates its
collections include 50 musical scores, 2 biographies, but no manuscript papers
of Frederick S. Converse)
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| | Emma Tudor Converse papers |
| Carton 2 | SH 13E5 P | | Correspondence with friends, children, parents, brother,
grandchildren,
1890-1947 |
| Carton 2 | SH 13E5 P | | Correspondence regarding Emma T. Converse's outreach/ministry work
with a specific prisoner,
1933-1935 (may be restricted when processed)
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| Carton 2 | SH 13E5 P | | Programs, notes, n.d. |
| Carton 2 | SH 13E5 P | | Talks (given to organizations/clubs),
1930-1936 |
| Carton 2 | SH 13E5 P | | Correspondence (letters removed from wooden letterboxes) |
| Carton 3 | SH 13E6 Q | | Diaries, 1889-1943
(41 vols.) |
| Carton 3 | SH 13E6 Q | | Address books, n.d.
(2 vols.) |
| Carton 3 | SH 13E6 Q | | Accounts (family and personal expenses), n.d.,
1894-1947
(3 vols.) |
| Carton 3 | SH 13E6 Q | | "Family record" (lists births, marriages, deaths, events),
1894
(1 vol.) |
| Carton 3 | SH 13E6 Q | | "Letters received and sent,"
1897-1898
(1 vol.) |
| Carton 3 | SH 13E6 Q | | Recipe Book, n.d.
(1 vol.) |
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| | Frederick S. Converse papers |
| Carton 4 | SH 13E7 R | | Correspondence to/from Frederick S. Converse and Emma T. Converse,
1893-1899, (includes etching by Betsy [probably Elizabeth
Converse, daughter of Frederick and Emma],
1927) |
| Carton 4 | SH 13E7 R | | Volume, "History of Clapboard House,"
1900-1904 (journal and family accounts) |
| Carton 4 | SH 13E7 R | | Volume, journal,
1906 (includes lots of loose papers) |
| Carton 4 | SH 13E7 R | | Volume, "Farmer's Almanac To the Four Winds," Westwood, Mass.,
1930 ["Four Winds" was the name of the Converse's house.]
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| Carton 4 | SH 13E7 R | | Volume, sketchbook,
1898 |
| Carton 4 | SH 13E7 R | | Correspondence to Frederick S. Converse,
1918-1929 |
| Carton 4 | SH 13E7 R | | Condolence letters (about death of son),
1920 |
| Carton 4 | SH 13E7 R | | Calendar/appointment books (3),
1938-1940 |
| Carton 4 | SH 13E7 R | | Address book, n.d. |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | Wallets (2) (membership cards, calling cards, etc.) |
| Carton 4 | SH 13E7 R | | Certificates (diplomas and commissions), 1890-1933 |
| Carton 5 | SH 13E8 S | | Correspondence (mostly professional correspondence, one folder of
"fan mail"),
1911-1940 |
| Carton 5 | SH 13E8 S | | Compositions (notes, working drafts of texts for productions,
programs and materials filed by name of work), n.d. |
| Carton 5 | SH 13E8 S | | Royalties,
1918-1946 |
| Carton 5 | SH 13E8 S | | Volume, Royalties,
1937-1940 |
| | | Biographical: |
| Carton 6 | SH 13E9 T | | | Sketches for programs and publications,
1913-1935 |
| Carton 6 | SH 13E9 T | | | Clippings and programs about his life and works,
1911-1942 |
| Carton 6 | SH 13E9 T | | | Condolence letters (to Emma Converse about the death of her husband)
and correspondence about his work,
1940 |
| Carton 6 | SH 13E9 T | | | Writings (dissertations and papers) about Frederick S. Converse,
1932-1969 |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | Lectures and talks,
1927-1935 |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | Published articles by Frederick S. Converse,
1923 |
| | | Miscellaneous: |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | | "A remaining Christmas," by Hilaire Belloc, t.s. |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | | Account book, journal, "Sketches submitted to Citizens Committee for
the Army and Navy...,"
1942-1943 |
| Carton 7 | SH 13EA U | | | Account book, cash, "Order book,"
Nov. 1942-1943 |
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| | Printed material |
| Carton 1 | SH 13E4 O | | Family History in the line of Joseph Convers
of Bedford, Massachusetts, John Jay Putnam, compiler and editor,
(Worcester: F. S. Blanchard and Co., 1897)
(2 copies: one with manuscript notations; one with
correspondence) |
| Carton 8 | SH 13EB V | | Music written by Frederick S. Converse |
| Carton 8 | SH 13EB V | | Music by various composers |
| Carton 8 | SH 13EB V | | Material related to Harvard College |
| Carton 9 | SH 13EC W | | Publications owned by the Converse family |
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| | Photographs |
| Carton 10 | SH 15D9 U | | Loose photos of Converse and Tudor families; Frederick Converse
opera at the New England Conservatory |
| Carton 10 | SH 15D9 U | | 1 loose rolled photograph |
| Carton 10 | SH 15D9 U | | Oversize loose photos |
| Carton 10 | SH 15D9 U | | 2 small tintype albums |
| Carton 10 | SH 15D9 U | | 1 album of family photographs |
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| | Oversize material |
| Carton 11 | SH 15DA V | | Objects and graphics relating to Frederick S. Converse |
| Carton 11 | SH 15DA V | | Manuscript music |
| Carton 11 | SH 15DA V | | Large documents relating to Frederick S. Converse
(diplomas) |
| Carton 11 | SH 15DA V | | Large documents relating to Converse family genealogy |
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| | Materials from the Frederick S. Converse papers remaining
onsite |
| | | Daguerreotype of the children of Frederic Tudor,
ca. 1850
Stored ONSITE in the MHS Photo Archives, Daguerreotype collection,
Photo. 1.464L. An identifying slip of paper reads: "Children of Frederic Tudor I: Effie,
later Countess Kleczkowska, Frederic II, William II, Delia (Wilmer) [?],
Eleanora (Hart)."
(Note: Frederic Tudor's children were born in the following years: Euphemia
in 1837, Frederic in 1845, Delia in 1847, William in 1848, Eleanora Elizabeth
in 1850, and Henry (not depicted in the image) in 1854.)
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Frederick S. Converse papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in
ABIGAIL,
the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers
desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should
search the catalog using these headings.
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| Persons: |
| | Converse, Emma Tudor. |
| | Converse family. |
| | Converse
family--Photographs. |
| | Tudor family. |
| | Tudor
family--Photographs. |
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| Subjects: |
| | Composers--Massachusetts. |
| | Musicians--Massachusetts. |
| | Music--Manuscripts. |
| | Women's diaries. |
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