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My life with Cowells : being an account of personal relationships

Title
My life with Cowells : being an account of personal relationships / by Olive Thompson Cowell, 1887- , wife of Henry Clayton Blackwood Cowell, known as Harry Cowell, 1866-1954, father of Henry Dixon Cowell, composer, 1897-1965, husband of Sidney Rovertson [sic] Cowell, 1904- , composed in November, 1972 and finished in May 1973 at the Cowell House, 171 SanMarcos Avenue, San Francisco, Ca. 94116, 1972-1973.
Author
Cowell, Olive Thompson, 1887-1984.

Details

Additional Authors
Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
Description
1 item (44 leaves); 28 cm.
Summary
Includes material on the career of composer Henry Cowell; encounters with many musicians and other artists, the founding of New Music and the New Music Society; an extended trip to Ireland, Russia, and points between in 1929 with Henry; various later trips without Henry; Henry's imprisonment in San Quentin for a morals charge, 1936-1940 (later pardoned); Henry's marriage to Sidney Robertson, 1942; relationship between Henry's parents and Sidney Cowell; Harry's death, 1954; and Henry's death, 1965.
Alternative Title
My life with the Cowells
Subject
  • Cowell, Olive Thompson, 1887-1984
  • Cowell, Harry
  • Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
  • Cowell, Sidney Robertson
  • California State Prison at San Quentin
  • New Music Society of California
  • Composers > United States > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Memoirs.
  • Poems.
Note
  • Typescript with emendations in ink.
  • Caption title: My life with the Cowells.
  • Accompanied by a poem, My heart is full of you, by Henry Cowell (in Poetry vol. xxvii, February 1926).
  • Accompanied by letter (TLS) from Olive Thompson Cowell, San Francisco, Ca., to Frank Campbell, [New York, NY], 1974 July 1, stating conditions for unsealing the document's envelope after the deaths of both Olive and Sidney Cowell.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Olive Thompson, Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State College, married Harry Cowell, writer, tennis instructor and father of composer Henry Cowell. She remained deeply involved in Henry's career throughout the rest of his life.
Source (note)
  • NN
Processing Action (note)
  • Described
Call Number
JPB 99-3
OCLC
NYPW99-A60
Author
Cowell, Olive Thompson, 1887-1984.
Title
My life with Cowells : being an account of personal relationships / by Olive Thompson Cowell, 1887- , wife of Henry Clayton Blackwood Cowell, known as Harry Cowell, 1866-1954, father of Henry Dixon Cowell, composer, 1897-1965, husband of Sidney Rovertson [sic] Cowell, 1904- , composed in November, 1972 and finished in May 1973 at the Cowell House, 171 SanMarcos Avenue, San Francisco, Ca. 94116, 1972-1973.
Terms Of Use
Olive Thompson, Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State College, married Harry Cowell, writer, tennis instructor and father of composer Henry Cowell. She remained deeply involved in Henry's career throughout the rest of his life.
Added Author
Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. My heart is full of you.
Research Call Number
JPB 99-3
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