Date range
(1891)1923-1946
Biography / History
Marguerite Merington (1857-1951) was an American journalist and writer, an author of dramas and short stories. Acquisition Note: Gift ca. 1956.
Abstract
The collection contains private and official correspondence of Marguerite Merington (1941-1949) and materials and notes for the book “Intimate Memories of Paderewski”. There are also manuscripts and typescripts for the book by: Clarence Adler, Elinore Altman, Elisabeth Armstrong, Zlatko Balkovic, Cornelia Barnes-Rogers, Alexander Brachocki, Leslie Bright, Angela Bryer, Jan Ciechanowski, Margaret Chandler-Aldrich, James Francis Cook, Frank La Forge, Marjorie Fitz-Gibbon, Hugh Gibson, Francesca Gilder-Palmer, Virginia Gerson, Walter Golde, Joseph C. Grew, Rupert Hughes, Frank Howell-Holden, Don Jonson, Eric P. Kelly, Vernon Kellog, Charlotte Lewino, Madeline Mason-Menheim, Helena Morsztyn, Richard Ordynski, Frederick Peterson, Edgar M. Pope, Olga Samaroff-Stokowski, Tadeusz Styka, Martinus Sieveking, Rose Szewc, Philip Stokes, Lyman Beecher Stowe, Sigismond Stojowski. There are also biographical data and press clippings on Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Edwin Hughes, James Francis Cooke, Helena Morsztyn, Don Jonson. Arrangement in Series: Personal Papers, Works – Edition of the book: “Intimate Memories of Paderewski”.
Language
English, Polish, French.
| No. | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Papers | ||
| 1 | Correspondence (undated) | |
| 2 | Correspondence (1941) | 1941-1941 |
| 3 | Correspondence (1942) | 1942-1942 |
| 4 | Correspondence (1942) | 1942-1942 |
| 5 | Correspondence (1943) | 1943-1943 |
| 6 | Correspondence (1944) | 1944-1944 |
| 7 | Correspondence (1945) | 1945-1945 |
| 8 | Correspondence (1946-1949) | 1946-1949 |
| Works - Edition of the book: "Intimate Memories of Paderewski" | ||
| 9 | Announce of the book and notes. Correspondence with authors. | 1942-1946 |
| 10 | Materials and text. Introduction and epilogue by Marguerite Merington. Materials and notes. | 1942-1942 |
| 11 | Materials and text. Part 1. Manuscripts by: Clarence Adler, Elinore Altman, Louis Anspachen, Elisabeth Armstrong, Dorothy Appelton-Weld, Zlatko Balkovic, Cornelia Barnes-Rogers. | 1942-1942 |
| 12 | Materials and text. Part 2. Manuscripts by: Emil Baume, Ernesto Berumen, Mildred Bliss, Alexander Brachocki, Leslie Bright, Angela Bryer, Jan Ciechanowski, Margaret Chandler-Aldrich, James Francis Cook. | 1942-1942 |
| 13 | Materials and text. Part 3. Manuscripts by: Elisabeth Crafts, Mabel Deering, Downs Olin, Frank La Forge, Marjorie Fitz-Gibbon, Hugh Gibson, Francesca Gilder-Palmer, Virginia Gerson, Walter Golde. | 1942-1942 |
| 14 | Materials and text. Part 4. Manuscripts by:Joseph C. Grew, Rupert Hughes, Frank Howell-Holden, Don Jonson, Eric P. Kelly, Vernon Kellog, Charlotte Lewino, Madeline Mason-Menheim | 1942-1942 |
| 15 | Materials and text. Part 5. Manuscripts by: Helena Morsztyn, Richard Ordynski, Frederick Peterson, Edgar M. Pope, Olga Samaroff-Stokowski, Tadeusz Styka, Martinus Sieveking. | 1942-1942 |
| 16 | Materials and text. Part 6. Manuscripts by: Rose Szewc, Philip Stokes, Lyman Beecher Stowe, Sigismond Stojowski. | 1942-1942 |
| 17 | Research materials and notes. Biographical data on authors: Edwin Hughes, James Francis Cooke, Helena Morsztyn, Don Jonson. Biographical data of Jan Styka. | 1940-1944 |
| 18 | Research materials and notes. Music score: "Selections from the Repertoire of Ignace Jan Paderewski Op.14, No.1 Menuet a'L'Antique", published by Charles F.Tretbar in New York | |
| 19 | Research materials and notes. Paderewski Testimonial Fund Inc. | 1942-1944 |
| 20 | Research materials and notes. Pamphlet: "Ignace Jan Paderewski Diamond Anniversary 1860-1935", published by the Polish American Historical Society, Chicago, IL, 1935 | 1935-1935 |
| 21 | Research materials and notes. Pamphlet: "Paderewski, His Country and Its Progress", published by the Koociuszko Foundation, New York, 1928 | 1928-1928 |
| 22 | Research materials and notes. Photographs and postcards with Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Photo of a sculpture by Malvina Hoffman. | 1923-1946 |
| 23 | Research materials and notes. Pieces of original correspondence of Paderewski. Photograph of Ignacy Jan Paderewski with Mary Hopkins Emerson in Switzerland. | 1936-1936 |
| 24 | Research materials and notes. Press clippings on Ignacy Jan Paderewski | 1932-1945 |
| 25 | Research materials and notes. Programs of Paderewskis concerts in the USA | 1891-1933 |
| 26 | Research materials and notes. The Testimonial Dinner to the Hon. Ignace Jan Paderewski, 1941. | 1941-1942 |