Research Catalog

Title

Margaret Carson papers, 1935-2007 (bulk 1970s-1990s)

Author

Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007

Supplementary Content

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Additional Authors

• Miller, Mitch
• Sperry, Paul, 1934-
• Tuckwell, Barry, 1931-
• Pacific Music Festival

Subject

• Almeida, Antonio de, 1928-1997
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
• Brendel, Alfred, 1931-
• Carson, Margaret, 1935-2007
• Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986
• Marriner, Neville, 1924-
• Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944-
• Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• New England Conservatory of Music
• New World Symphony
• Publicity agents > United States

Genre/Form

• Clippings.
• Correspondence.
• Photographs.
• Press kits.
• Programs.
• Promotional materials.
• Scrapbooks.
• Speeches.

Terms of Use (note)

• Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

JPB 06-26

OCLC

228300030

Author

Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007.

Title

Margaret Carson papers, 1935-2007 (bulk 1970s-1990s)

Description

50 linear feet (112 boxes)

Arranged in four series: I. General office files, 1938-2006, undated; II. Leonard Bernstein files, 1944-2006, undated; III. Other client files, 1935-2007 and undated; IV. Oversized materials, 1951-1997 and undated.

Summary

The Margaret Carson Papers consist of files devoted to her publicity work with classical musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Barry Tuckwell; and organizations such as the Metropolitan Opera, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the New England Conservatory, and the New World Symphony. The majority of these materials date from the 1970s-1990s. Many of her early clients are not well documented. The Papers mainly consist of media clippings, correspondence, promotional material, press kits, photographs, concert programs and artist itineraries. Leonard Bernstein was one of Carson's most important clients; papers concerning him make up the largest portion of the collection devoted to a single artist. There are few personal materials in the collection.

Terms Of Use

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required

Biography

Margaret Carson was born in Salt Lake City in 1911, and lived in Ohio from approximately 1920-1939. Carson majored in political science at the University of Toledo, and received a master's degree in social administration from Ohio State University. Carson's publicity work began in Ohio for the Toledo Community Chest during the years 1937-1938. She married Charles Carson, a reporter and editor in Cleveland, with whom she had a son, also named Charles. They divorced, and she found work in New York City with Constance Hope Associates, the leading public relations firm in the city. In the early 1940s she created the Margaret Carson Agency, where one of her clients was the opera star Gladys Swarthout. Carson was the press representative for the Metropolitan Opera from 1944-1954. After a year off, in 1956 she handled press for her friend Margaret Truman's wedding to Clifton Daniel. Carson's major clients over the years included Leonard Bernstein, Barry Tuckwell, Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony, Benny Goodman, Neville Marriner, Mitch Miller, the Metropolitan Opera, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Music Festival and the New England Conservatory of Music, among many others.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Press agents New York (N.Y.)

Added Author

Miller, Mitch.

Sperry, Paul, 1934-

Tuckwell, Barry, 1931-

Pacific Music Festival.

Research Call Number

JPB 06-26