Archives
Archives and Ephemera
The Beethoven Center's archival collections include programs, newspapers, advertisements, and other ephemeral materials. Although these materials are not yet cataloged online, our archives finding aid can help you determine what types of materials can be found here.
Some of these materials date from Beethoven's lifetime:
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Concert programssuch as this program of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, |
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Newspaperssuch as this issue of the London Times, November 13, 1817, with a biographical notice on Beethoven |
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Photographsincluding Beethoven performers and scholars as well as monuments and other sites around the world. |
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Postcards, posters, stamps, and other unusal graphicsillustrating the reception of Beethoven in politics and popular culture |
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Special Collectionsincluding archival materials from the descendents of J.N. Hummel and A.W. Thayer, and the Beethoven library of scholar William S. Newman |
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Beethoven Center archivesFlyers, autographed programs, posters, photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, press releases, and other documents of the Beethoven Center's activities since its founding in 1983. |