Katherine Bacon Collection

A pianist and music teacher, Katherine Bacon (1896-1982) performed many solo recitals, chamber ensemble concerts, and concerts with major orchestras around the world, including the New York Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras. Bacon also taught piano at the Chatauqua School of Music in Chatauqua, NY and Mannes College of Music in New York, and she was on the faculty at the Juilliard School. Her husband, Arthur Newstead, gave performances around the world and taught piano at both the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD and at the Juilliard School. The collection consists of 4.00 linear feet of programs, reviews, promotional flyers, correspondence, photographs, articles, legal documents, scores, and manuscripts related to Bacons career, the ensembles she was involved in, and her relationships with her close colleagues, including her student, Saul Braverman, her husband, Arthur Newstead, and her daughter, Joan Newstead