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Description

1. 286 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b & w; 22 x 26 cm. or smaller, some mounted.

Summary

1. 123 photographs of students, faculty, physical facilities, and surroundings of Hackley School, Tarrytown, N.Y. ; 163 photographs of the Hudson Valley region. Most were taken by Charles T. Griffes who also appears in some of the images. Series A includes many action shots of athletic events and group portraits of school athletic teams. Images in Series B include trees, hills, rivers and streams, bridges, churches and other buildings, horses, cows, a cat, snow, and further views of Hackley School.

Subject

1. Trees > New York (State) > 1900-1919
2. Negatives > 1900-1919
3. Snow > New York (State) > 1900-1919
4. Cows > New York (State) > 1900-1919
5. Photographs > 1900-1919
6. Silver gelatin prints > 1900-1919
7. Hackley School (Tarrytown, N.Y.) Photographs
8. Athletes > New York (State) > Tarrytown > 1900-1919
9. Horses > New York (State) > 1900-1919
10. Group portraits > 1900-1919
11. Teachers > New York (State) > Tarrytown > 1900-1919
12. Mountains > New York (State) > 1900-1919
13. Bridges > New York (State) > 1900-1919
14. Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920
15. Hudson Highlands (N.Y.) > Photographs
16. Students > New York (State) > Tarrytown > 1900-1919
17. Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > Pictorial works
18. Portrait photographs > 1900-1919
19. Streams > New York (State) > 1900-1919
20. Buildings > New York (State) > 1900-1919
21. Composers

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1900-1919.
2. Group portraits – 1900-1919.
3. Photographs – 1900-1919.
4. Silver gelatin prints – 1900-1919.
5. Negatives – 1900-1919.

Call number

1. JPB 97-68

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Many photographs in Series B are mounted on brown paper, some on both sides, probably removed from an album. Inscriptions on mountings in gold ink in the hand of Griffes.
3. Negatives exist for some items.

Access (note)

1. Advance notice required for access.

Biography (note)

1. Charles Tomlinson Griffes was an American composer whose works include The White Peacock, The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, and Poem for Flute and Orchestra. In 1907, upon his return from music study in Germany, he became a music teacher at the Hackley School for Boys in Tarrytown, N.Y., and continued his own study and composition.

Author

1. Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920.

Title

1. Photographs of Hackley School and the Hudson Valley. [graphic]

Imprint

1. [ca. 1907-1920]

Access

1. Advance notice required for access.

Biography

1. Charles Tomlinson Griffes was an American composer whose works include The White Peacock, The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, and Poem for Flute and Orchestra. In 1907, upon his return from music study in Germany, he became a music teacher at the Hackley School for Boys in Tarrytown, N.Y., and continued his own study and composition.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Occupation

1. Composers.

Research call number

1. JPB 97-68