Helen McGraw Collection

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Abstract

Title:

Author/Creator:

McGraw, Helen

Collection number:

Size:

13.75 linear feet

Bulk dates:

1922-1978

Inclusive dates:

1883-2002

Collection Area:

International Piano Archives at Maryland

Repository:

International Piano Archives, University of Maryland Libraries, College Park, MD 20742, Tel: 301.405.9224, Email: godowsky@umd.edu

Abstract:

Helen McGraw (a.k.a. Helen McGraw Chambers) (1905-1999) was a piano performer, music educator and composer. She performed solo piano pieces and ensemble works at a variety of places, including at Peabody Conservatory of Music, the National Gallery of Art, and the Phillips Gallery, she was known for performing unfamiliar pieces. McGraw also taught piano lessons at the Eastman School of Music and American University in Washington, DC, among other places, composed various piano works, vocal pieces, and pieces for chamber ensembles, and was active in many musical organizations, including the Friday Morning Music Club and the Baltimore Music Club. The collection contains journal entries, artwork, programs, reviews, articles, correspondence, photographs, scores, publicity flyers, recordings, books, and biographical materials related to McGraws career, her involvement in organizations, and her close relationships, including her relationships with her husband, Robert Chambers, her mom, her performing colleague, Kay Rickett, and her friends, Mary Howe and Esther Ballou.

Important Information for Users of the Collection

Restrictions:

There are no restricted files in this collection.

Preferred citation:

Helen McGraw Collection, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.

Status:

This collection is PROCESSED.

Historical Note

Summary: Helen McGraw was born in the Washington D.C. suburbs on December 23, 1905. She won the Walter W. Naumburg Musical Foundation competition (1930), which launched her as a professional pianist. Helen coached in chamber music with Jacques Gordon, the Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony, and she collaborated with Gordon in concerts. Helen's programs included many unfamiliar works, and she often played first local performances. Helen McGraw died September 18, 1999.

Full History: Helen McGraw was born in the Washington D.C. suburbs, where she grew up as one of four children of middle-class parents of British origins, on December 23, 1905. As a child, she gained local attention for her playing of the violin and piano. The family recognized her talents, but never realized her full possibilities, so it was some time before she was presented for admission to the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. Peabody gave her a scholarship which she held until she graduated in 1930 with its highest honor, the Artists Diploma.

Her teacher was Alexander Sklarevski, a refugee from Communist Russia, and at one time the head of a music conservatory in Czarist Russia. He had formerly worked and socialized with many of the great composers and performers and had become familiar with a wide repertoire. The year of her graduation in 1930, Helen McGraw won the Walter W. Naumburg Musical Foundation competition, which launched her professionally with a New York concert. McGraw also spent a year in Europe playing in London, Paris and other musical centers. She participated in Master Classes of renowned concert pianist Alfred Cortot and pursued studies at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. Helen coached in chamber music with Jacques Gordon, the Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony, and she collaborated with Gordon in concerts. Helen McGraw broadened her programs to include many unfamiliar works. She often played first local performances, and always tried to make the new pieces understandable and easy to enjoy. Helen McGraw passed away September 18, 1999.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Helen McGraw Collection covers the period from 1883 to 2002; the bulk of the materials date from 1922 to 1978. The collection consists of both personal and professional papers including journal entries, artwork, programs, reviews, articles, correspondence, photographs, scores, publicity flyers, recordings, books, and biographical materials related to McGraws performing and composing careers, her involvement in music organizations, and her personal life, including her work with the Gordon String Quartet, with violinist Kay Rickert, and with pianists Alfred Cortot and Alexander Sklarevski.

Custodial History and Acquisition Information

Received from Mike Miller, February 13th, 2002.

Processing Information

Processed by:

This collection was processed by Elizabeth Mason.

Encoded by:

EAD markup created using EAD database in Microsoft Access. Markup completed by Elizabeth J. Mason, March 2013.

Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into six series.

Series 1: Subject Files: McGraw
Series 2: Performance Files
Series 3: Correspondence
Series 4: Subject Files: Miscellaneous
Series 5: Scores
Series 6: Miscellaneous
- Subseries 6.1: Books and Theater Programs
- Subseries 6.2: Recordings

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Subject Files: McGraw, 1922-2001, and Undated (0.75 Linear Feet)

This series contains materials from Helen McGraws journal, as well as materials about her music career, her marriage to Robert Chambers, photographs of McGraw, and materials related to McGraws hobbies, including her travels and her artwork. Materials are arranged chronologically by date.

Subseries 1.1: Helen McGraw Journal and Biography, 1933-1999, and Undated

This subseries contains entries from Helen McGraws personal journal and biographical materials on McGraw.

Description		Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame
Biography, 1936-1999, and Undated		series 1.1	box 1	folder 1
Journal, 1933-1944		series 1.1	box 1	folder 2

Subseries 1.2: Music Activities and Career, 1924-2001, and Undated

This subseries contains materials related to McGraws music career, including her studies at Peabody Conservatory, her teaching activities and compositions, her involvement in music activities, including her performances at the Friday Morning Music Club, and her receipt of the Naumburg Music award.

Description	Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame
Peabody Conservatory, 1924-1990, and Undated	series 1.2	box 1	folder 3
Naumburg Music Contest, 1930-1939	series 1.2	box 1	folder 4
Memberships -- Music and Others, 1923-1999, and Undated	series 1.2	box 1	folder 5
Teaching Activities, 1939-1981, and Undated	series 1.2	box 1	folder 6
McGraw as Composer, 1963-2001	series 1.2	box 1	folder 7

Subseries 1.3: Marriage, 1922-1990

This subseries contains articles about McGraws marriage to Robert Chambers and entries from Chamberss journal.

Description		Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame
Marriage to Robert Chambers, 1928		series 1.3	box 1	folder 8
Journal of Robert Chambers, 1922-1990		series 1.3	box 1	folder 9

Subseries 1.4: Miscellaneous Subject Files--McGraw, 1927-1984, and Undated

This subseries contains materials related to McGraws travels, her artwork, photographs of McGraw, and other materials related to McGraws life, including checks, party invitations, and library cards.

Description	Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame
Overseas Travel, 1929-1932	series 1.4	box 1	folder 10
McGraw -- Photos, 1927-1933, and Undated	series 1.4	box 1	folder 11
Art, 1951-1958	series 1.4	box 1	folder 12
Miscellaneous/Unidentified, 1926-1984, and Undated	series 1.4	box 1	folder 13

Series 2: Performance Files, 1923-1991, and Undated (1.50 Linear Feet)

This series contains concert programs, reviews, and articles related to McGraws recitals, her piano solos, her piano accompaniment performances, and her chamber ensemble performances at various places, including Peabody Conservatory of Music, the National Gallery of Art, NYCs Town Hall, Duke University, and the Friends Meeting House in Sandy Spring, MD. It also contains a scrapbook of concert programs and reviews. Materials are arranged chronologically by performance date.

Description	Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame
Scrapbook, 1926-1991, and Undated	series 2	box 1	folder 14
Lebanon Valley College, 1923	series 2	box 2	folder 1
Lebanon Valley College, 1924	series 2	box 2	folder 2
Engle Hall -- Lebanon Valley College Conservatory of Music, 1924	series 2	box 2	folder 3
Peabody Conservatory of Music, 1924	series 2	box 2	folder 4
Peabody Conservatory of Music, 1925	series 2	box 2	folder 5
Peabody Conservatory of Music -- Soloist, 1926	series 2	box 2	folder 6
Peabody Conservatory of Music -- Recital, 1926	series 2	box 2	folder 7
St. Olaf's Lutheran Church -- With Nils Falkman, 1927	series 2	box 2	folder 8
Peabody Conservatory -- Recital, 1927	series 2	box 2	folder 9
Peabody Conservatory -- Piano Solos, 1927	series 2	box 2	folder 10
Arts Club of Washington, 1928	series 2	box 2	folder 11
Phi Beta Alumni Club, 1928	series 2	box 2	folder 12
Peabody Conservatory, 1928	series 2	box 2	folder 13
Peabody Conservatory -- Piano Solos, 1929	series 2	box 2	folder 14
Peabody Conservatory -- Recital, 1929	series 2	box 2	folder 15
The Arts Club of Washington, 1930	series 2	box 2	folder 16
Peabody Conservatory Recitals, 1930	series 2	box 2	folder 17
Peabody Conservatory Recitals, 1930	series 2	box 2	folder 18
Peabody Conservatory of Music -- Piano Solo, 1930	series 2	box 2	folder 19
Baltimore, MD Recital, 1930	series 2	box 2	folder 20
Matinee Musical Club of York, 1930	series 2	box 2	folder 21
Town Hall, NYC, 1931	series 2	box 2	folder 22
Salle des Fates de lHotel de Ville, 1932	series 2	box 2	folder 23
Salle Chopin -- Pleyel, 1932	series 2	box 2	folder 24
American Students Atelier Reunions, 1932	series 2	box 2	folder 25
Salle de lEglise Americaine France, 1932	series 2	box 2	folder 26
Grotrian Hall, 1932	series 2	box 2	folder 27
Hill Music Hall -- University of North Carolina, 1933	series 2	box 2	folder 28
State Teachers' College -- Farmsville, VA, 1933	series 2	box 2	folder 29
Carlton Hall, 1933	series 2	box 2	folder 30
617 W. Gaston St., Greensboro, NC, 1933	series 2	box 2	folder 31
Cadoa Hall, 1933	series 2	box 2	folder 32
Odell Memorial, 1934	series 2	box 2	folder 33
Alabama -- Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Moble Montgomery -- With Ottokar Cadek (Violin)/Harold Cadek (Cello), 1934	series 2	box 2	folder 34
Birmingham Civic Symphony Orchestra, 1934	series 2	box 2	folder 35
North Carolina Symphony -- Lamar Stringfield -- City Memorial Auditorium, 1935	series 2	box 2	folder 36
State Teachers' College, 1936	series 2	box 2	folder 37
Page Auditorium -- Duke University, 1936	series 2	box 2	folder 38
Willard Hotel, 1936	series 2	box 2	folder 39
Town Hall, NYC, 1936	series 2	box 2	folder 40
Arts Club -- Hood College, 1937	series 2	box 2	folder 41
Graham Memorial, 1937	series 2	box 2	folder 42
Black Mountain College, 1937	series 2	box 2	folder 43
Woman's Club, 1938	series 2	box 2	folder 44
Blacksburg Music Club, 1939	series 2	box 2	folder 45
Pierce Hall -- Washington, DC -- Recital, 1939	series 2	box 2	folder 46
Greenwich House Music School, 1939	series 2	box 2	folder 47
Pierce Hall -- Washington, DC -- With Kay Rickert (Violin), 1939	series 2	box 2	folder 48
Middlebury College -- With Edwin Sherrard (Violin), 1940	series 2	box 3	folder 1
Middlebury College -- With Kay Rickert (Violin), 1940	series 2	box 3	folder 2
Arts Club of Washington, 1940	series 2	box 3	folder 3
2310 S. Street, Washington, DC, 1940	series 2	box 3	folder 4
Marion Civic Entertainment, 1941	series 2	box 3	folder 5
Arts Club of Washington, 1942	series 2	box 3	folder 6
National Gallery of Art, 1943	series 2	box 3	folder 7
Arts Club of Washington, 1943	series 2	box 3	folder 8
The Baltimore Music Club -- The Belvedere, 1944	series 2	box 3	folder 9
National Gallery of Art -- With Kay Rickert (Violin), 1944	series 2	box 3	folder 10
National Gallery of Art -- With Jacques Gordon (Violin), 1944	series 2	box 3	folder 11
National Gallery of Art -- Recital, 1/1945	series 2	box 3	folder 12
Hill Music Hall -- University of North Carolina, 1945	series 2	box 3	folder 13
National Gallery of Art -- Recital, 3/1945	series 2	box 3	folder 14
National Gallery of Art, 1946	series 2	box 3	folder 15
Music Mountain -- With Gordon String Quartet, 1946	series 2	box 3	folder 16
National Gallery of Art, 1947	series 2	box 3	folder 17
Monday Musicales, 1948	series 2	box 3	folder 18
East 39th Street, Baltimore, MD -- Recital, 1948	series 2	box 3	folder 19
Hill Music Auditorium, 1948	series 2	box 3	folder 20
National Gallery of Art, 1948	series 2	box 3	folder 21
Women's Club of Chevy Chase, MD, 1948	series 2	box 3	folder 22
Phillips Gallery, 1949	series 2	box 3	folder 23
Hill Music Hall, 1950	series 2	box 3	folder 24
National Gallery of Art, 1950	series 2	box 3	folder 25
Hamilton Street Club, 1951	series 2	box 3	folder 26
Duke University, 1951	series 2	box 3	folder 27
Phillips Gallery, 1951	series 2	box 3	folder 28
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, 1951	series 2	box 3	folder 29
Hood College Recital, 2/7/1952	series 2	box 3	folder 30
Longwood College, 1952	series 2	box 3	folder 31
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1952	series 2	box 3	folder 32
Hood College Recital, 2/28/1952	series 2	box 3	folder 33
National Gallery of Art, 1952	series 2	box 3	folder 34
National Gallery of Art, 1953	series 2	box 3	folder 35
Rockville Musicales -- Piano Solos, 1955	series 2	box 3	folder 36
Rockville Musicales -- With Mary de Vermand (Piano) and Harriet de Vermand (Bassoon), 1955	series 2	box 3	folder 37
Phillips Gallery -- Recital, 1955	series 2	box 3	folder 38
Phillips Gallery -- With Monroe Levin (Piano), 1955	series 2	box 3	folder 39
Graham Memorial, 1957	series 2	box 3	folder 40
National Gallery of Art, 1957	series 2	box 3	folder 41
Ascension Chapel, 1957	series 2	box 3	folder 42
Ascension Chapel, 1957	series 2	box 3	folder 43
McGraw's Home, 1958	series 2	box 3	folder 44
Phillips Gallery, 1958	series 2	box 3	folder 45
Ascension Chapel -- With Esther Williamson Ballou (Piano), 1959	series 2	box 3	folder 46
John Wesley Powell Auditorium, 1961	series 2	box 3	folder 47
John Wesley Powell Auditorium, 1963	series 2	box 3	folder 48
John Wesley Powell Auditorium, 1965	series 2	box 3	folder 49
Barker Hall -- Y.W.C.A., 1971	series 2	box 3	folder 50
Friends House -- Sandy Spring, MD, 1974	series 2	box 3	folder 51
Friends House -- Sandy Spring, MD, 1976	series 2	box 3	folder 52
Barker Hall -- Y.W.C.A., 1976	series 2	box 3	folder 53
Friends House, 1978	series 2	box 3	folder 54
Friends House, 1979	series 2	box 3	folder 55
Jewish Community Center, 1985	series 2	box 3	folder 56
Miscellaneous Concert Programs, Undated	series 2	box 3	folder 57
Various Articles/Reviews, 1932-1989, and Undated	series 2	box 3	folder 58
Publicity, 1930-1940, and Undated	series 2	box 3	folder 59

Series 3: Correspondence, 1922-1985, and Undated (1.50 Linear Feet)

This series contains both personal and professional letters and postcards to and from various ensembles, music organizations, colleges, conservatories, family, friends, and acquaintances, including correspondence with Helens mother, her brother, Bill McGraw, her friend, Esther Ballou, and her husband, Robert Chambers. The correspondence includes rehearsal arrangements and reminders, Christmas and Easter wishes, correspondence about travels and committee memberships, and congratulatory remarks about concerts, among other subjects. Materials are arranged chronologically by year.

Description	Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame
Correspondence, 1922	series 3	box 4	folder 1
Correspondence, 1923	series 3	box 4	folder 2
Correspondence, 1924	series 3	box 4	folder 3
Correspondence, 1926	series 3	box 4	folder 4
Correspondence, 1927	series 3	box 4	folder 5
Correspondence, 1928	series 3	box 4	folder 6
Correspondence, 1929	series 3	box 4	folder 7
Correspondence, 1931	series 3	box 4	folder 8
Correspondence, 1932	series 3	box 4	folder 9
Correspondence, 1932	series 3	box 4	folder 10
Correspondence, 1933	series 3	box 4	folder 11
Correspondence, 1934	series 3	box 4	folder 12
Correspondence, 1935	series 3	box 4	folder 13
Correspondence, 1936	series 3	box 4	folder 14
Correspondence, 1937	series 3	box 4	folder 15
Correspondence, 1938	series 3	box 5	folder 1
Correspondence, 1939	series 3	box 5	folder 2
Correspondence, 1940	series 3	box 5	folder 3
Correspondence, 1941	series 3	box 5	folder 4
Correspondence, 1942	series 3	box 5	folder 5
Correspondence, 1943	series 3	box 5	folder 6
Correspondence, 1944	series 3	box 5	folder 7
Correspondence, 1945	series 3	box 5	folder 8
Correspondence, 1946	series 3	box 5	folder 9
Correspondence, 1947	series 3	box 5	folder 10
Correspondence, 1948	series 3	box 5	folder 11
Correspondence, 1949	series 3	box 5	folder 12
Correspondence, 1950	series 3	box 5	folder 13
Correspondence, 1951	series 3	box 5	folder 14
Correspondence, 1952	series 3	box 5	folder 15
Correspondence, 1953	series 3	box 5	folder 16
Correspondence, 1954	series 3	box 5	folder 17
Corrrespondence, 1955	series 3	box 5	folder 18
Correspondence, 1956	series 3	box 5	folder 19
Correspondence, 1957	series 3	box 5	folder 20
Correspondence, 1958	series 3	box 5	folder 21
Correspondence, 1959	series 3	box 5	folder 22
Correspondence, 1960	series 3	box 5	folder 23
Correspondence, 1961	series 3	box 5	folder 24
Correspondence, 1962	series 3	box 5	folder 25
Correspondence, 1963	series 3	box 5	folder 26
Correspondence, 1964	series 3	box 5	folder 27
Correspondence, 1966	series 3	box 5	folder 28
Correspondence, 1967	series 3	box 5	folder 29
Correspondence, 1968	series 3	box 5	folder 30
Correspondence, 1974	series 3	box 5	folder 31
Correspondence, 1975	series 3	box 5	folder 32
Correspondence, 1976	series 3	box 5	folder 33
Correspondence, 1977	series 3	box 5	folder 34
Correspondence, 1978	series 3	box 5	folder 35
Correspondence, 1982	series 3	box 5	folder 36
Correspondence, 1983	series 3	box 5	folder 37
Correspondence, 1985	series 3	box 5	folder 38
Correspondence -- Unidentified Date, 1965, and Undated	series 3	box 5	folder 39
Correspondence -- Unidentified Date, 1936-1937, and Undated	series 3	box 5	folder 40

Series 4: Subject Files: Miscellaneous, 1913-2002, and Undated (1.50 Linear Feet)

This series contains concert programs, letters, and photographs related to McGraws friends, classmates, students, teachers, and colleagues, including Esther Ballou, Alfred Cortot, Robert Chambers, Ignace Jan Paderewski, and Alexander Slarevski. It also contains miscellaneous concert programs related to orchestras that McGraw likes, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and miscellaneous publicity flyers related to others. Materials are arranged alphabetically by persons last name.

Description	Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame
American Music Center, 1946	series 4	box 6	folder 1
Association of American Colleges, 1937-1939	series 4	box 6	folder 2
Richard Bales, Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 3
Esther Ballou, 1936-1976, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 4
Baltimore Music Club, 1934-1943	series 4	box 6	folder 5
Harper Barnes, 1935	series 4	box 6	folder 6
Harold Bauer, 1924-1930	series 4	box 6	folder 7
Bethlehem Steel Company, 1932-1939, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 8
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, 1934, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 9
Alexander Brailowsky, 1929-1930	series 4	box 6	folder 10
Bureau of Musical Research, 1952, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 11
Ottokar Cadek/Cadek String Quartet, 1934, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 12
Carolina Pines, Incorporated, 1933	series 4	box 6	folder 13
Robert Chambers, 1922-1951, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 14
Shura Cherkassky, 1923	series 4	box 6	folder 15
Civic Entertainment Group, 1939	series 4	box 6	folder 16
Columbia University, 1937-1946	series 4	box 6	folder 17
Conrad, Austin, 1922-1927	series 4	box 6	folder 18
Cortot, Alfred, 1913-1933	series 4	box 6	folder 19
Paul Creston, 1946	series 4	box 6	folder 20
Davidson College, 1939	series 4	box 6	folder 21
Elizabeth Distler, 1936, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 22
Helen Dower, 1945	series 4	box 6	folder 23
Duke University -- Y.M.C.A., 1936	series 4	box 6	folder 24
John Erskine, 1928-1929	series 4	box 6	folder 25
Rose Lee Finney, 1946-1949	series 4	box 6	folder 26
Virgil Fox, Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 27
Friday Morning Music Club, 1961-1968	series 4	box 6	folder 28
Friends Meeting House, 1979	series 4	box 6	folder 29
Gabrilowitsch, Ossip, 1926-1927	series 4	box 6	folder 30
Gieseking, Walter, 1927	series 4	box 6	folder 31
Jacques Gordon/Gordon String Quartet, 1938-1985, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 32
Edward Haines, 1949	series 4	box 6	folder 33
Charles Haubriel, 1942	series 4	box 6	folder 34
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, DC, 1988	series 4	box 6	folder 35
Hess, Myra, 1925	series 4	box 6	folder 36
Hofmann, 1922	series 4	box 6	folder 37
Hood College, 1951-1952	series 4	box 6	folder 38
Horowitz, 1928	series 4	box 6	folder 39
Mary Howe, 1936-1937, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 40
Ernest Hutcheson, 1922-1936	series 4	box 6	folder 41
IPAM/Helen McGraw Collection, 1993-1999, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 42
Hunter Johnson, 1949	series 4	box 6	folder 43
Berenece Kazounoff, 1945-1946	series 4	box 6	folder 44
Hans Kindler -- National Symphony Orchestra, 1936-1937	series 4	box 6	folder 45
Vera Lampe, 1958	series 4	box 6	folder 46
Jane Lea, 1976	series 4	box 6	folder 47
Library of Congress, 1984-1985	series 4	box 6	folder 48
Lubinsky, 1931	series 4	box 6	folder 49
Fritz Magg, 1985	series 4	box 6	folder 50
Marion College -- Mississippi, 1936, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 51
Edward B. Marks Corporation, 1948	series 4	box 6	folder 52
Massetos, William, 1967	series 4	box 6	folder 53
McGill String Quartet, Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 54
Medtner, Nicholas, 1925	series 4	box 6	folder 55
Mike Miller, 2002	series 4	box 6	folder 56
Monticello College, 1940, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 57
Music Teachers' National Association, Inc., 1952, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 58
Musical Courier, 1937-1938	series 4	box 6	folder 59
Nicholas Nabokov--Missing, Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 60
Alice Nagle, 1976	series 4	box 6	folder 61
National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1986	series 4	box 6	folder 62
National Music League, 1936, and Undated	series 4	box 6	folder 63
Walter Naumburg, 1936-1939	series 4	box 6	folder 64
New York University, 1936-1945	series 4	box 6	folder 65
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, 1933-1954	series 4	box 6	folder 66
Guiomar Novaes, 1940	series 4	box 6	folder 67
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1923-1932	series 4	box 7	folder 1
Peabody Conservatory of Music, 1926	series 4	box 7	folder 2
Perry, Sir Edward Baxter, Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 3
Phillips Gallery, 1949-1958	series 4	box 7	folder 4
Pamela Preston, 1971-1986, and Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 5
Rachmaninoff, 1922-1930	series 4	box 7	folder 6
D.B. Richards, 1953	series 4	box 7	folder 7
Kay Rickert, Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 8
Georges Ryken, Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 9
Olga Samaroff, 1924	series 4	box 7	folder 10
Serkin/Adolf Busch, 1939	series 4	box 7	folder 11
Shenandoah College/Conservatory of Music, 1951	series 4	box 7	folder 12
Sklarevski, Alexander, 1924-1964, and Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 13
Lee Sowerby, 1946	series 4	box 7	folder 14
St. Johns College, 1942, and Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 15
Sallie Stainback, 1936, and Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 16
Paul Stassevitch, 1936	series 4	box 7	folder 17
State Teachers College -- Fredericksburg, VA, 1936-1937	series 4	box 7	folder 18
Everett Stevens, Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 19
Reginald Stewart -- Peabody Conservatory of Music, 1944	series 4	box 7	folder 20
Strauss, Richard, 1921	series 4	box 7	folder 21
Margaret Tolson, 1953-1958, and Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 22
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, 1937, and Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 23
University of North Carolina, 1937	series 4	box 7	folder 24
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 25
Dorsey Whittington, 1934, and Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 26
Miscellaneous Concert Programs, 1921-1923	series 4	box 7	folder 27
Miscellaneous Concert Programs -- Including Philadelphia Orchestra/Stotowski, 1924	series 4	box 7	folder 28
Miscellaneous Concert Programs, 1925	series 4	box 7	folder 29
Miscellaneous Concert Programs -- Including Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, N.Y. Philharmonic Orchestra, and Philadelphia Orchestra, 1926-1927	series 4	box 7	folder 30
Miscellaneous Concert Programs, 1928	series 4	box 7	folder 31
Miscellaneous Concert Programs, 1929	series 4	box 7	folder 32
Miscellaneous Concert Programs -- Including Felix Salmond and The Philharmonic Symphony (N.Y.)/Toscanini, 1930-1932	series 4	box 7	folder 33
Miscellaneous Concert Programs, 1937-1985	series 4	box 7	folder 34
Miscellaneous -- Publicity, Undated	series 4	box 7	folder 35

Series 5: Scores, 1883-1992, and Undated (6.00 Linear Feet)

This series contains published scores and manuscripts by both McGraw and other composers, including manuscripts of McGraws piano works, her vocal pieces, and sketches of her compositions. It also includes published scores and manuscripts by both well-known composers and friends of McGraw. Materials are arranged alphabetically by composers last name.

Subseries 5.1: Published Scores, 1883-1992, and Undated (6.00 Linear Feet)

This subseries contains published scores of pieces for piano solo, piano trios, piano and vocal duets, and concertos for piano and orchestra that McGraw has played by well-known composers such as Aaron Copland, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel, as well as published scores of pieces by lesser-known composers like Vincent Perischetti and Edward MacDowell.

Description	Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame
Isidor Achron -- Suite Grotesque for the Piano, 1943	series 5.1	box 8	folder 1
I. Albeniz -- Album of Eight Pieces for the Pianoforte, 1914	series 5.1	box 8	folder 2
I. Albeniz -- Iberia (Complete Suite), 1936	series 5.1	box 8	folder 3
I. Albeniz -- Navarra, 1912	series 5.1	box 8	folder 4
George Antheil -- Second Sonata, 1931	series 5.1	box 8	folder 5
Erno Balogh -- Pastorale at Dawn, 1947	series 5.1	box 8	folder 6
Samuel Barber -- Sonata for Piano, 1950	series 5.1	box 8	folder 7
Bela Bartók -- From the Diary of a Fly, 1940	series 5.1	box 8	folder 8
Bela Bartók -- Two Elegies, 1950	series 5.1	box 8	folder 9
Bela Bartók -- Sonate for Piano -- Boosey & Hawkes, 1939	series 5.1	box 8	folder 10
Stanley Bate -- Sonatina No. 8 for Piano Solo, 1945	series 5.1	box 8	folder 11
Bauer, Harold -- Cadenza for Beethovens Concerto in C Minor -- Oliver Ditson Company, 1929	series 5.1	box 8	folder 12
William Bergsma -- Three Fantasies for Piano Solo, 1945	series 5.1	box 8	folder 13
Leonard Bernstein -- Seven Anniversaries, 1944	series 5.1	box 8	folder 14
Paul Bowles -- El Bejuco, 1943	series 5.1	box 8	folder 15
Ernest Bloch -- Five Sketches in Sepia, 1924	series 5.1	box 8	folder 16
Ernest Bloch -- Quintet for Piano and Strings, 1924	series 5.1	box 8	folder 17
Johannes Brahms -- Trio in B for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano, 1927	series 5.1	box 8	folder 18
Johannes Brahms -- Trio in B for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano, 1927	series 5.1	box 8	folder 19
Frank Bridge -- Three Sketches for Piano, 1915	series 5.1	box 9	folder 1
Carpenter, John Alden -- Sonata for Violin and Piano -- Schirmer--Score and Part, 1913	series 5.1	box 9	folder 2
Theodore Chandler -- Three Short Pieces for Piano, 1939	series 5.1	box 9	folder 3
Theodore Chandler -- Toccata for Piano, 1947	series 5.1	box 9	folder 4
Abraham Chasins -- 2 Pieces, 1925	series 5.1	box 9	folder 5
Chopin, Frédéric -- 8 Waltzes arranged for piano 4 hands by August Horn -- Peters, Undated	series 5.1	box 9	folder 6
Contemporary Composers -- Collectione Moderne for the Piano, 1936	series 5.1	box 9	folder 7
Aaron Copland -- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra -- Cos Cobb Press--2 Piano Score, 1929	series 5.1	box 9	folder 8
Aaron Copland -- El Salon Mexico, 1941	series 5.1	box 9	folder 9
Aaron Copland -- Four Piano Blues, 1949	series 5.1	box 9	folder 10
Aaron Copland -- Our Town, 1945	series 5.1	box 9	folder 11
Aaron Copland -- Passacaglia Pour Piano, 1922	series 5.1	box 9	folder 12
Daniel-Lesur -- Ballade Pour Piano, 1950	series 5.1	box 9	folder 13
Daniel-Lesur -- Pavane Pour Piano, 1939	series 5.1	box 9	folder 14
Claude Debussy -- Masterpieces -- Selected Compositions for Piano Solo, 1935	series 5.1	box 9	folder 15
Claude Debussy -- Golliwogg's Cake-Walk -- Extrait de la Suite "Children's Corner", 1908	series 5.1	box 9	folder 16
Claude Debussy -- Oeuvres pour le Piano, 1904	series 5.1	box 9	folder 17
Claude Debussy -- Jardins sous le Pluie, 1903	series 5.1	box 9	folder 18
Claude Debussy -- Jardins sous le Pluie, 1903	series 5.1	box 9	folder 19
Claude Debussy -- Douze Etudes pour le Piano, 1916	series 5.1	box 9	folder 20
Claude Debussy -- Douze Etudes pour le Piano, 1916	series 5.1	box 9	folder 21
Claude Debussy -- Images, 1905	series 5.1	box 9	folder 22
Claude Debussy -- Images, 1905	series 5.1	box 9	folder 23
Claude Debussy -- L'Isle Joyeuse, 1904	series 5.1	box 9	folder 24
Claude Debussy -- Pour le Piano -- Prelude, Sarabande, Toccata, 1901	series 5.1	box 9	folder 25
Claude Debussy -- La Danse de Puck, 1910	series 5.1	box 9	folder 26
Claude Debussy -- Compositions and Transcriptions for Piano, 1912	series 5.1	box 9	folder 27
David Diamond -- Sonatina for Piano, 1947	series 5.1	box 10	folder 1
Ernõ von Dohnányi -- Quintet in C Minor, Undated	series 5.1	box 10	folder 2
Ernõ von Dohnányi -- Rhapsodie--F# Minor, 1920	series 5.1	box 10	folder 3
Ernõ von Dohnányi -- Sonata, Op. 21, 1941	series 5.1	box 10	folder 4
Manuel de Falla -- L'Amour Sorcier, 1921	series 5.1	box 10	folder 5
Manuel de Falla -- Danse Rituelle du Feu, 1921	series 5.1	box 10	folder 6
Manuel de Falla -- Pieces Espagnoles, 1909	series 5.1	box 10	folder 7
Gabriel Fauré -- Fourth Baracolle, 1906	series 5.1	box 10	folder 8
Gabriel Fauré -- Quartet No. 1 in C MinorOp. 15 -- For Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, 1956	series 5.1	box 10	folder 9
Jean Français -- Cinq Portraits de Jeunes Filles, 1937	series 5.1	box 10	folder 10
Ross Lee Finney -- Piano Sonata No. 3 in E, 1945	series 5.1	box 10	folder 11
Lukas Foss -- Compositions for the Piano, 1938	series 5.1	box 10	folder 12
Anis Fuleihan -- Dancing, 1940	series 5.1	box 10	folder 13
Anis Fuleihan -- Cypriana -- Five Pieces for the Piano, 1943	series 5.1	box 10	folder 14
Anis Fuleihan -- Twilight Mood, 1940	series 5.1	box 10	folder 15
German, Edward -- Merrie England; Four Dances -- Chappell & Co, 1902	series 5.1	box 10	folder 16
German, Edward -- Nell Gwynn; Three Dances -- Chappell & Co, 1900	series 5.1	box 10	folder 17
George Gershwin -- Preludes for Piano, 1927	series 5.1	box 10	folder 18
George Gershwin -- Rhapsody in Blue, 1925	series 5.1	box 10	folder 19
Gliere, Rheinhold -- Prelude, Op. 43, No. 1 -- Moscow State Music Publishers, 1933	series 5.1	box 10	folder 20
Goloubev, Eugene -- Rapsodie de lOukraine -- Moscow--State Music Publishers, 1937	series 5.1	box 10	folder 21
Louis Moreau Gottschalk -- Souvenir de Porto Rico -- (Marche des Gibaros) for Piano, 1947	series 5.1	box 11	folder 1
Grainger, Percy -- Paraphrase on Tchaikovskys "Flower Waltz" -- Schott, 1916	series 5.1	box 11	folder 2
Edvard Grieg -- Larger Piano Compositions, 1908	series 5.1	box 11	folder 3
Charles T. Griffes -- The Night Winds, 1915	series 5.1	box 11	folder 4
Camargo Guarnieri -- Ficaras Sosinha, 1947	series 5.1	box 11	folder 5
Camargo Guarnieri -- The Little Horse with the Broken Leg, 1944	series 5.1	box 11	folder 6
Camargo Guarnieri -- Lundu, 1947	series 5.1	box 11	folder 7
Camargo Guarnieri -- Maria Lucia, 1947	series 5.1	box 11	folder 8
Camargo Guarnieri -- Sonatina No. 3 (In the G-Clef), 1945	series 5.1	box 11	folder 9
Hadley, Henry -- Concertino for Piano and Orchestra -- C.C. Birchard & Co.--2-Piano Score, 1937	series 5.1	box 11	folder 10
Charles Haubiel -- Noche en Espana, 1938	series 5.1	box 11	folder 11
Charles Haubiel -- Snow Flakes -- In Miniatures, 1938	series 5.1	box 11	folder 12
Haydn, Joseph -- Sonatas, Vol. II (Kohler, Roitzsch, editors) -- Peters, Undated	series 5.1	box 11	folder 13
Haydn, Joseph -- String Quartet, Op. 20/4 -- Arranged for Piano Four-Hands (Hofmeister), Undated	series 5.1	box 11	folder 14
Haydn, Joseph -- String Quartet, Op. 20/5 -- Arranged for piano 4 hands (Hofmeister), Undated	series 5.1	box 11	folder 15
Haydn, Joseph -- String Quartet, Op. 20/6 -- Arranged for piano 4 hands (Hofmeister), Undated	series 5.1	box 11	folder 16
Haydn, Joseph -- String Quartet, Op. 33/2 -- Arranged for piano 4 hands (Hofmeister), Undated	series 5.1	box 11	folder 17
Haydn, Joseph -- String Quartet, Op. 50/4 -- Arranged for piano 4 hands (Hofmeister), Undated	series 5.1	box 11	folder 18
Haydn, Joseph -- String Quartet, Op. 50/6 -- Arranged for piano 4 hands (Hofmeister), Undated	series 5.1	box 11	folder 19
Haydn, Joseph -- String Quartet, Op. 76/2 -- Arranged for piano 4 hands (Hofmeister), Undated	series 5.1	box 11	folder 20
Paul Hindemith -- Sonatas for Piano, 1936	series 5.1	box 11	folder 21
A. Honegger -- Prelude, Arioso, Fughette -- Sur le nom de Bach, 1933	series 5.1	box 11	folder 22
Alan Hovhaness -- Mihr for Two Pianos -- Imitating an Orchestra of Kanoons, 1946	series 5.1	box 11	folder 23
Mary Howe -- Berceuse, 1925	series 5.1	box 11	folder 24
Mary Howe -- Nocturne, 1925	series 5.1	box 11	folder 25
Mary Howe -- Stars, Whimsy, 1938	series 5.1	box 11	folder 26
Charles Ives -- Second Pianoforte Sonata -- "Concord, Mass.: 1840-1860", 1947	series 5.1	box 12	folder 1
Hunter Johnson -- Piano Sonata, 1948	series 5.1	box 12	folder 2
Andre Jolivet -- Mana -- 6 Pieces Pour Piano, 1946	series 5.1	box 12	folder 3
Andre Jolivet -- Sonate Pour Piano, 1951	series 5.1	box 12	folder 4
Dmitri Kabalevsky -- Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, 1946	series 5.1	box 12	folder 5
Dmitri Kabalevsky -- Sonatina in C MajorOp. 13, No. 1, 1945	series 5.1	box 12	folder 6
Dmitri Kabalevsky -- "Youth" Concerto No. 3--Op. 50, 1915	series 5.1	box 12	folder 7
Kent Kennan -- Quintet for Piano and Strings, 1940	series 5.1	box 12	folder 8
Khatchaturian, Aram -- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra -- Am-Rus Music--2-Piano Score, 1936	series 5.1	box 12	folder 9
Wadim Kotchetoff -- Trio pour Violon, Violoncello, et Piano, Op. 6, Undated	series 5.1	box 12	folder 10
Gail Kubik -- Sonatina for Piano, 1942	series 5.1	box 12	folder 11
Mark Lawner -- Cocktail Hour -- Suite for Piano, 1949	series 5.1	box 12	folder 12
Ernesto Lecuona -- Malaguena -- From the Spanish Suite, "Andalucia", 1929	series 5.1	box 12	folder 13
Dai-Keong Lee -- Three Preludes for Piano, 1924	series 5.1	box 12	folder 14
Ch. M. Loeffler -- Partita, 1937	series 5.1	box 12	folder 15
Edward MacDowell -- Hexentanz -- Witches' Dance, Undated	series 5.1	box 13	folder 1
Edward MacDowell -- Sea Pieces, 1898	series 5.1	box 13	folder 2
Edward MacDowell -- Sonata Tragica, Op. 45, 1922	series 5.1	box 13	folder 3
Edward MacDowell -- 3rd Sonata, 1900	series 5.1	box 13	folder 4
Edward MacDowell -- Zweite moderne Suite, Op. 14 -- Breitkopf & Hartel, 1883	series 5.1	box 13	folder 5
Bohuslav Martinu -- Les Ritournelles, 1933	series 5.1	box 13	folder 6
Bohuslav Martinu -- Sonata No. 2, 1944	series 5.1	box 13	folder 7
Daniel Gregory Mason -- Three Preludes, 1943	series 5.1	box 13	folder 8
Jacques de Menasce -- Petite Suite Pour Piano, 1952	series 5.1	box 13	folder 9
Oliver Messaien -- Preludes, 1930	series 5.1	box 13	folder 10
John Mokrejs -- Valick, 1931	series 5.1	box 13	folder 11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Concerto in D Minor for the Pianoforte, 1929	series 5.1	box 13	folder 12
Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, and Carl Ruggles -- New Music, 1947	series 5.1	box 13	folder 13
Paul Nordoff -- Variationen Uber Einen Schuhplatter -- Variations on a Bavarian Dance, 1935	series 5.1	box 13	folder 14
Willson Osborne -- Sonatina for the Piano, 1948	series 5.1	box 13	folder 15
Robert Palmer -- Three Preludes, 1943	series 5.1	box 13	folder 16
J.E. Pedriera -- Plenitude -- Nocturne, 1948	series 5.1	box 13	folder 17
Vincent Perischetti -- Fifth Piano Sonata, Op. 37, 1941	series 5.1	box 13	folder 18
Vincent Persichetti -- Piano Sonatine Nos. 1-3, 1943	series 5.1	box 13	folder 19
Vincent Persichetti -- Poems for Piano, 1947	series 5.1	box 13	folder 20
Vincent Persichetti -- Poems for Piano, 1947	series 5.1	box 13	folder 21
Vincent Persichetti -- Third Piano Sonata, 1945	series 5.1	box 13	folder 22
Vincent Persichetti -- Variations for an Album, 1947	series 5.1	box 13	folder 23
Contemporary Composers of the U.S.S.R. -- Piano Music of New Russia, 1943	series 5.1	box 13	folder 24
Walter Piston -- Concertino for Pianoforte and Chamber Orchestra, 1939	series 5.1	box 13	folder 25
Walter Piston -- Passacaglia, 1943	series 5.1	box 13	folder 26
Walter Piston -- Trio for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano, 1938	series 5.1	box 13	folder 27
Poulenc, Francis -- Sonate pour Violon et Piano -- Eschig--Score and Part, 1944	series 5.1	box 14	folder 1
John Powell -- Rhapsodie Negre, 1922	series 5.1	box 14	folder 2
Sergei Prokofiev -- Allemande, Op. 12, Undated	series 5.1	box 14	folder 3
Sergei Prokofiev -- Gavotte, Op. 12, 1934	series 5.1	box 14	folder 4
Sergei Prokofiev -- Marche de l'Opera, Op. 33, 1922	series 5.1	box 14	folder 5
Sergei Prokofiev -- Shorter Piano Works -- Dover, 1992	series 5.1	box 14	folder 6
Purcell, Henry -- Original Works for the Harpsichord, Vols. 1, 2, 4 -- J & W Chester, Undated	series 5.1	box 14	folder 7
Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Prelude in G., Op. 32, 1915	series 5.1	box 14	folder 8
Maurice Ravel -- Album of Selected Compositions for Piano Solo, 1930-1943	series 5.1	box 14	folder 9
Maurice Ravel -- Gaspard de la Nuit -- 3 Poemes Pour Piano, 1908	series 5.1	box 14	folder 10
Maurice Ravel -- Jeux d'Eau -- Frolic of the Waters (Boston: The B.F. Wood Music Company), 1906	series 5.1	box 14	folder 11
Maurice Ravel -- Jeux d'Eau -- The Fountain (New York: G. Schirmer), 1907	series 5.1	box 14	folder 12
Maurice Ravel -- Menuet Antique, 1908	series 5.1	box 14	folder 13
Maurice Ravel -- Miroirs, No. V, 1906	series 5.1	box 14	folder 14
Maurice Ravel -- Pavane -- (Pour une infante defunte), 1912	series 5.1	box 14	folder 15
Maurice Ravel -- Sonatine, 1905	series 5.1	box 14	folder 16
Maurice Ravel -- Le Tombeau de Couperin, 1918	series 5.1	box 14	folder 17
Maurice Ravel -- Le Tombeau de Couperin -- Toccata, 1918	series 5.1	box 14	folder 18
Riegger, Wallingford -- Finale from the "New Dance" -- Arrow Music Press, Undated	series 5.1	box 14	folder 19
Riegger, Wallingford -- Four Tone Pictures, 1939	series 5.1	box 14	folder 20
Riegger, Wallingford -- New and Old -- Twelve Pieces for the Piano, 1947	series 5.1	box 14	folder 21
Respighi, Ottorino -- Piano Concerto -- Bote & Bock--2 Piano Score--Incomplete, 1926	series 5.1	box 14	folder 22
Anton Rubenstien -- Sonata in D Major, Op. 18, 1902	series 5.1	box 14	folder 23
Hilton Rufty -- Hobby-on-the-Green, 1931	series 5.1	box 14	folder 24
Carl Ruggles -- Evocations -- Four Chants for Piano, 1956	series 5.1	box 15	folder 1
Saint-Saens, Camille -- Cadenza to Beethoven's Concerto No. 4 -- Schirmer, 1920	series 5.1	box 15	folder 2
Saint-Saens, Camille -- Caprice on the Airs de Ballet from Glucks "Alceste" -- Schirmer, 1920	series 5.1	box 15	folder 3
Schoenberg, Arnold -- Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11 -- Universal, 1910	series 5.1	box 15	folder 4
Scarlatti, Domenico -- Capriccio -- Arranged by Tausig (Schirmer), 1901	series 5.1	box 15	folder 5
Scarlatti, Domenico -- Sonata in F Major -- Schirmer, 1901	series 5.1	box 15	folder 6
Joseph Schillinger -- Five Pieces, Op. 12, 1947	series 5.1	box 15	folder 7
William Schuman -- Concerto for Piano and Small Orchestra, 1943	series 5.1	box 15	folder 8
William Schuman -- Three-Score Set, 1943	series 5.1	box 15	folder 9
Schumann, Robert -- Fantasiestucke, Op. 12, Nos. 1-4 -- Enoch & Sons, Undated	series 5.1	box 15	folder 10
Scott, Cyril -- Danse Negre, Op. 58, No. 5, 1908	series 5.1	box 15	folder 11
Scott, Cyril -- Impromptu, Op. 41 -- Elkin & Co., 1904	series 5.1	box 15	folder 12
Scott, Cyril -- Pierette -- Elkin & Co, 1912	series 5.1	box 15	folder 13
A. Scriabine -- Concerto, Op. 20, 1898	series 5.1	box 15	folder 14
Dmitri Shostakovich -- Quintet, Op. 57, 1941	series 5.1	box 15	folder 15
Dmitri Shostakovich -- 3 Fantastic Dances, 1942	series 5.1	box 15	folder 16
Smith, David Stanley -- Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 51 -- Schirmer--Score and Parts, 1924	series 5.1	box 15	folder 17
Enrique Solares -- Estudio en Forma de Marcha -- Study in March Form, 1947	series 5.1	box 15	folder 18
Lee Sowerby -- Suite for Piano Florida, 1939	series 5.1	box 15	folder 19
Lee Sowerby -- Sonata, 1929	series 5.1	box 15	folder 20
Lee Sowerby -- Toccata, 1942	series 5.1	box 15	folder 21
Igor Stravinsky -- Quatre Études, 1925	series 5.1	box 15	folder 22
Alexandre Tansman -- Intermezzi for Piano, 1944	series 5.1	box 15	folder 23
Alexandre Tansman -- Three Ballads for Piano, 1942	series 5.1	box 15	folder 24
Ernst Toch -- Drei Klavierstucke, 1925	series 5.1	box 16	folder 1
Joaquin Turina -- Miniaturas, 1930	series 5.1	box 16	folder 2
Joaquin Turina -- Trois Danses Andalouses, 1913	series 5.1	box 16	folder 3
Godfrey Turner -- Pianoforte Sonata No. 1, 1946	series 5.1	box 16	folder 4
Hector Villa-Lobos -- Prole do Bebe, No. 2 -- La Famille du Bebe--Baby's Family, 1927	series 5.1	box 16	folder 5
Serge Wassilenko -- Trio, 1935	series 5.1	box 16	folder 6
Anton von Webern -- Kinderstuck, 1967	series 5.1	box 16	folder 7
Various Pieces -- Brahms, Bach, Debussy, Tomojiro Ikenouchi, Rosario Scalero, 1911, and Undated	series 5.1	box 16	folder 8

Subseries 5.2: Manuscripts--McGraw--Piano Works, 1958-1966, and Undated

This subseries contains manuscripts of McGraws piano compositions. Materials are arranged alphabetically by title of piece.

Description	Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame
A Fairy Tale, 1966	series 5.2	box 16	folder 9
A Shepherd's Complaint, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 10
Boat Song, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 11
Capriccio, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 12
Choral Fantasy, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 13
Cartege to a Hero, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 14
Far Away Bells, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 15
4ths and 5ths, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 16
Improvisation, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 17
Impromptu, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 18
Invitation, 1962	series 5.2	box 16	folder 19
Nocturne, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 20
Polka, 1962	series 5.2	box 16	folder 21
Serenade, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 22
Sonata, Op. 1, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 23
Sonata No. 1, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 24
Sonata No. 1, Undated	series 5.2	box 16	folder 25
Spring Bird, Undated	series 5.2	box 17	folder 1
Variations -- On an Original Theme, 1958	series 5.2	box 17	folder 2
Whimsey, Undated	series 5.2	box 17	folder 3
Untitled Sketches, Undated	series 5.2	box 17	folder 4
Untitled Sketches, Undated	series 5.2	box 17	folder 5
Untitled Sketches, Undated	series 5.2	box 17	folder 6
Untitled Sketches, Undated	series 5.2	box 17	folder 7

Subseries 5.3: Manuscripts--McGraw--Vocal, Chamber, Sketchbooks, 1960-1961, and Undated

This subseries contains manuscripts of McGraws vocal pieces, sketchbooks of pieces that McGraw composed, and a manuscript of a chamber quartet that McGraw composed. Materials are arranged alphabetically by title of piece.

Description		Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame	Item
Assault -- Words From Second April -- Music By Helen McGraw, 1961-1962		series 5.3	box 17	folder 8
Branch by Branch, Undated		series 5.3	box 17	folder 9
Branch by Branch, Undated		series 5.3	box 17	folder 10
Distressed Mind, Forbear, Undated		series 5.3	box 17	folder 11
Lullaby, Undated		series 5.3	box 17	folder 12
Plea -- Words by Hansi Chambers -- Music by Helen McGraw, 1960		series 5.3	box 17	folder 13
Untitled Vocal Piece on Railroad Tracks -- Allegro Assai, 1961		series 5.3	box 17	folder 14
Quartet -- Quasi Fantasie, Op. 3, Undated		series 5.3	box 17	folder 15
Sketches, Undated		series 5.3	box 17	folder 16
	Original Themes and Sketches by Helen McGraw, Undated	series 5.3	box 17	folder 16	item 1.0
	Untitled Sketchbook, Undated	series 5.3	box 17	folder 16	item 2.0
	Saraband Sketchbook by Helen McGraw, Undated	series 5.3	box 17	folder 16	item 3.0
	Spring Birds--Sketch, Undated	series 5.3	box 17	folder 16	item 4.0
	Untitled Sketchbook, Undated	series 5.3	box 17	folder 16	item 5.0
	Polka--Sketch, Undated	series 5.3	box 17	folder 16	item 6.0
Sketches, Undated		series 5.3	box 18	folder 1
	Choral Fantasie Berceuse Sketchbook, Undated	series 5.3	box 18	folder 1	item 1.0
	Untitled Sketchbook, Undated	series 5.3	box 18	folder 1	item 2.0
	Improvisation--Sketch, Undated	series 5.3	box 18	folder 1	item 3.0

Subseries 5.4: Manuscripts--Other Composers, 1937-1978, and Undated

This subseries contains manuscripts of pieces by other composers that McGraw has played and manuscripts of pieces that other composers have given as gifts to McGraw, including manuscripts of pieces by her friends Esther Baillou and Alexander Sklarevski.

Description		Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame	Item
Mary Howe -- Sonata in D for Violin and Piano, 1937		series 5.4	box 13	folder 4
Mary Howe -- Sonata in D for Violin and Piano, 1937		series 5.4	box 13	folder 5
Homer Keller -- Sonatina for Piano No. 2, 1947		series 5.4	box 13	folder 6
Robert McBride -- Fine Thought -- For violin and piano, score, manuscript, Undated		series 5.4	box 13	folder 7
Robert McBride -- Violin-Piano Sonata, "Depression" -- Score and part, Manuscript, Undated		series 5.4	box 13	folder 8
Manuscripts -- Other Composers -- P-R, 1942-1948, and Undated		series 5.4	box 13	folder 9
Alexander Sklarevski -- Petite Valse for Piano, Undated		series 5.4	box 13	folder 10
Manuscripts -- Other Composers -- S-Z, 1952, and Undated		series 5.4	box 13	folder 11
Manuscripts -- Other Composers -- A-G, 1945-1978, and Undated		series 5.4	box 18	folder 2
	Claude Almand: Sonata No. 1, Undated	series 5.4	box 18	folder 2	item 1.0
	Esther Ballou: Beguine, 1951-1957, and Undated	series 5.4	box 18	folder 2	item 2.0
	Esther Ballou: Beguine, 1951-1957, and Undated	series 5.4	box 18	folder 2	item 3.0
	Esther Ballou: Sonata for Two Pianos, No. 2, 1958	series 5.4	box 18	folder 2	item 4.0
	Esther Ballou: Sonata for Two Pianos, No. 2, 1958	series 5.4	box 18	folder 2	item 5.0
	Esther Ballou: Sonata for Two Pianos, No. 2, 1958	series 5.4	box 18	folder 2	item 6.0
	Esther Ballou: Sonata for Two Pianos, No. 2, 1958	series 5.4	box 18	folder 2	item 7.0
	Louis Cheslock: Sonatina for Piano, 1978, and Undated	series 5.4	box 18	folder 2	item 8.0
	Paul Creston: Sonata for Piano, Undated	series 5.4	box 18	folder 2	item 9.0
	Ross Lee Finney: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Major, 1945	series 5.4	box 18	folder 2	item 10.0
Louis Gereneway -- Sonata for Piano Solo, Undated		series 5.4	box 18	folder 3

Series 6: Miscellaneous, 1899-1988, and Undated (2.00 Linear Feet)

This series contains books about music that McGraw has read, theater programs of performances that McGraw has attended, and recordings of her performances and interviews. Materials are arranged by date.

Subseries 6.1: Books and Theater Programs, 1921-1945, and Undated

This subseries contains books about music that McGraw has read and theater programs of peformances she has attended, including a book by Cortot on French music.

Description		Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame	Item
Theater Programs, 1921-1932, and Undated		series 6.1	box 19	folder 1
La Musique Française de Piano -- By Alfred Cortot, 1932		series 6.1	box 19	folder 2
Early Fiction and Music Books, 1899-1943		series 6.1	box 19	folder 3
	Huneker, J. Mezzotints in Modern Music: Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Richard Strauss, Liszt, and Wagner. Publisher: Charles Scribners Sons., 1899	series 6.1	box 19	folder 3	item 1.0
	Joseffy, R. Old Fogy: His Musical Opinions and Grotesques. Publisher: Theodore Presser, Co., 1913	series 6.1	box 19	folder 3	item 2.0
	Draper, M. Music at Midnight. Publisher: Harper & Brothers., 1929	series 6.1	box 19	folder 3	item 3.0
	Berezowsky, A. Duet with Nicky. Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company., 1943	series 6.1	box 19	folder 3	item 4.0
Miscellaneous Music Books, 1927-1987		series 6.1	box 19	folder 4

Subseries 6.2: Recordings, 1899-1988, and Undated

This subseries contains cassettes, CDs, LPs, and disc records of McGraws performances and interviews for her biography, including orchestra concerts, chamber ensembles, and solo recitals at the National Gallery of Art, the Phillips Gallery, and early wire recordings. Materials are arranged chronologically by recording date.

Description		Series	Box / Reel	Folder / Frame	Item
Cassette Tapes, CDs, and LPs, 1940s-1988		series 6.2	box 19	folder 5
	Early Wire Recordings with Kay Rickert, violin. Respighi: Violin and Piano Sonata, Dohnanyi: Violin and Piano Sonata, Beethoven: Violin and Piano Sonata in G Major (cassette)., 1940s	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 1.0
	National Gallery of Art Performance (Master Compact Disc), 1945	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 2.0
	Unknown PerformanceMcGraw (Master Tape), 1945	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 3.0
	Helen McGraw (from Wire Recordings): Ravel, ShostakovichPolka, StraussStandche, SchubertEarl King, Aaron CoplandCowboys, ScriabinPoem, ProkofievSonata No. 2, BachJesu Joy of Mans Desiring (Cassette), 1949	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 4.0
	Early Wire Recordings, with Kay Rickert, violin. Respighi: Violin and Piano Sonata, Dohnanyi: Violin and Piano Sonata, Beethoven: Violin and Piano Sonata in G Major (cassette), Circa 1950	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 5.0
	Chamber Music Recorded from Wire Tapes: Pieces by Leo Sowerby?, Beethoven Sonata for Cello and Piano, Beethoven Quartet (Cassette), Circa 1950	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 6.0
	National Gallery of Art recital. Barber: Sonata, Op. 26, Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 81a, Granados: Playera, Villa Lobos: The Little Witch Doll (1st compact disc)., 3/2/1952	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 7.0
	National Gallery of Art recital. Barber: Sonata, Op. 26, Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 81a, Granados: Playera, Villa Lobos: The Little Witch Doll (2nd compact disc)., 3/2/1952	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 8.0
	Gallery OrchestraConducted by Richard BalesHelen McGraw, Piano (Cassette), 1953	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 9.0
	National Gallery of Art recital. Bach: Partita in E Minor, Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 101, Ravel: Oiseaux tristes, Prokofieff: Sonata No. 6, Griffes: White Peacock (compact disc)., 2/17/1957	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 10.0
	Phillips Gallery Concert recital. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue, Haydn: Andante & Variations, Ester Ballou: Piano Sonata (1954) (cassette)., 11/2/1958	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 11.0
	Phillips Gallery Concert recital. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue, Haydn: Andante & Variations, Ester Ballou: Piano Sonata (1954) (cassette)., 11/2/1958	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 12.0
	Pieces composed and played by Helen McGraw. Boat song, Polka, Meditation, Valley of Bells, Improvisation, March of the Clowns, The Lone Prairie, Capriccio (7 reel tape)., 12/1965	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 13.0
	Charles Griffith: Sonata; Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue in D Minor, Recorded by Helen McGraw (cassette), 1975	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 14.0
	Performance. Prokofieff: Sonata No. 6, Griffes: Sonata (cassette)., 12/3/1975	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 15.0
	Helen McGraw ChambersMemorial Concert for Louise Ehrman at Jewish Community Center, Washington, DCBach Eb Minor Prelude, Beethoven Sonata Op. 1101st Movement., 3/17/1985	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 16.0
	The Artistry of Pianist Helen McGraw--Beethoven, Albeniz, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Strauss-Gieseking, Schubert-Liszt, Copland, McGraw, Schumann (cassette), 1952-1985	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 17.0
	Biographical Sketch of Helen McGraw Chambers, 7/31/1988	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 18.0
	Biographical Sketch of Helen McGraw Chambers, 7/31/1988	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 19.0
	Helen McGraw, pianist. McGraw: various piano pieces, Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue (cassette)., Undated	series 6.2	box 19	folder 5	item 20.0
Disc Records, 1935-1945, and Undated		series 6.2	box 19	folder 6
	Disc Records, by Helen McGraw--Album A, 1945, and Undated	series 6.2	box 19	folder 6	item 1.0
	Disc Records, by Helen McGraw--Album B, 1935, and Undated	series 6.2	box 19	folder 6	item 2.0

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Helen McGraw Collection

Abstract

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Historical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Custodial History and Acquisition Information

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Arrangement of Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Subject Files: McGraw, 1922-2001, and Undated (0.75 Linear Feet)

Subseries 1.1: Helen McGraw Journal and Biography, 1933-1999, and Undated

Subseries 1.2: Music Activities and Career, 1924-2001, and Undated

Subseries 1.3: Marriage, 1922-1990

Subseries 1.4: Miscellaneous Subject Files--McGraw, 1927-1984, and Undated

Series 2: Performance Files, 1923-1991, and Undated (1.50 Linear Feet)

Series 3: Correspondence, 1922-1985, and Undated (1.50 Linear Feet)

Series 4: Subject Files: Miscellaneous, 1913-2002, and Undated (1.50 Linear Feet)

Series 5: Scores, 1883-1992, and Undated (6.00 Linear Feet)

Subseries 5.1: Published Scores, 1883-1992, and Undated (6.00 Linear Feet)

Subseries 5.2: Manuscripts--McGraw--Piano Works, 1958-1966, and Undated

Subseries 5.3: Manuscripts--McGraw--Vocal, Chamber, Sketchbooks, 1960-1961, and Undated

Subseries 5.4: Manuscripts--Other Composers, 1937-1978, and Undated

Series 6: Miscellaneous, 1899-1988, and Undated (2.00 Linear Feet)

Subseries 6.1: Books and Theater Programs, 1921-1945, and Undated

Subseries 6.2: Recordings, 1899-1988, and Undated

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