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Kathleen ParlowA Life in Letters
Lelland Reed | July 5th 2016
International Association of Music Libraries Congress, Rome, Italy
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Introduction
Right [Leopold Auer correspondence to Minnie Parlow containing 1 photograph, January 20
1908]. corr_0041-1. Box 5, Folder 8. The Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of
Toronto Faculty of Music Library, Toronto, ON.
Left [Postcards with Image of Kathleen Parlow]. corr_0387-13. Box 7, Folder 19. The
Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of Toronto Faculty of Music Library, Toronto, ON.
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The Kathleen Parlow Collection at the
University of Toronto Music Library
Collection contents include:
Engagement diaries
Musical scores and parts
Photographs
Press notices
Concert Programs
Miscellaneous items (newspaper clippings/transcriptions, other ephemera)
Correspondence
Correspondence collection contents include:
429 correspondence items
Authored between 1868-1967
Correspondence formats include handwritten and typeset letters, postcards, telegrams, cards, invitations
Attached materials including photographs, musical scores, newspaper clippings and other ephemera
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[Pastor J.C. Herdman letter to Minnie Parlow, February 2 1896]. corr_0002. Box 5, Folder 2.The Kathleen Parlow
Collection. University of Toronto Faculty of Music Library, Toronto, ON.
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[Pastor J.C. Herdman letter to Minnie Parlow, February 2 1896]. corr_0002. Box 5, Folder 2.The Kathleen Parlow Collection. University
of Toronto Faculty of Music Library, Toronto, ON.
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[Cross-hatched letter to Minnie Parlow, February 1 1897]. corr_0004. Box 5, Folder 3.The
Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of Toronto Faculty of Music Library, Toronto, ON.
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[Johan Halvorsen letter to Kathleen Parlow, November 12 1908]. corr_0054. Box 5,
Folder 8. The Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of Toronto Faculty of Music
Library, Toronto, ON.
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[Hans Schouwman letter to Kathleen Parlow, April 21 1916?]. corr_0135. Box 5, Folder 19. The
Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of Toronto Faculty of Music Library, Toronto, ON.
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[Hans Schouwman letter to Kathleen Parlow, April 21 1916?]. corr_0135. Box 5,
Folder 19. The Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of Toronto Faculty of
Music Library, Toronto, ON.
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[Hans Schouwman letter to Kathleen Parlow, April 21 1916?]. corr_0135. Box 5,
Folder 19. The Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of Toronto Faculty of Music
Library, Toronto, ON.
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[Hans Schouwman letter to Kathleen Parlow, April 21 1916?]. corr_0135. Box 5, Folder 19. The
Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of Toronto Faculty of Music Library, Toronto, ON.
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[Leopold Auer letter to Kathleen Parlow, September 16 1917] .
corr_0130. Box 5, Folder 17. The Kathleen Parlow Collection.
University of Toronto Faculty of Music Library, Toronto, ON.
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[Leopold Auer letter to Kathleen Parlow, September 16 1917] . corr_0130. Box
5, Folder 17. The Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of Toronto Faculty
of Music Library, Toronto, ON.
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[Margaret Moscheles letter to Kathleen Parlow, May 20 1926]. corr_0165. Box 6, Folder 7.
The Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of Toronto Faculty of Music Library, Toronto,
ON.
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[Margaret Moscheles letter to Kathleen Parlow, May 20 1926]. corr_0165. Box 6,
Folder 7. The Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of Toronto Faculty of Music
Library, Toronto, ON.
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[Margaret Moscheles letter to Kathleen Parlow, May 20 1926]. corr_0165. Box 6, Folder 7.
The Kathleen Parlow Collection. University of Toronto Faculty of Music Library, Toronto,
ON.
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Challenges Associated With Arrangement and
Description of Correspondence Materials
Deciding what is and is not correspondence materials
Drawing the line between personal and business
correspondence
Identifying signatures
Working with many languages
Deciding on an approach to describing the subject of
correspondence materials
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Tips for Librarians Working With
Correspondence Archival Materials
Allow for time to get to know the collection
Be prepared to do research
Seek out language specialists if needed and feasible
The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) will be your best friend in the event you are working with an
international collection
The MODS <note> field will be your other best friend
The MODS <relatedItem> field can be used to create connections within the collection and broader communities
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The Importance of Correspondence
Materials
Correspondence materials can provide testimony to
events, happenings, and people of the past
Correspondence materials can supplement other
primary source materials
Correspondence materials demonstrate the evolving
nature of communication
Correspondence materials provide us with detailed
pictures of peoples lives
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Thank You!I would like to thank UofT Faculty of Music Librarians Suzanne
Meyers Sawa, James Mason, and Houman Behzadi who supervised this project, as well as the wonderful staff at the Faculty of Music
Library.