Title: Ronald Klett collection
Inclusive Dates: 1912-1994

Creator:

• Klett, Ronald

Unique Identifier: MML029

Quantity: unbound volumes; photographs; postcards

• 1.75 Linear Feet
• 1 half document box; 1 flat box

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mills Music Library

Abstract:

The collection contains an unpublished book manuscript by Ronald Klett about Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg's activities in the United States, and a small amount of photographs and postcards depicting Mengelberg.

Language: English .

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Organized into two series: I. Papers, II. Photographs and postcards.

Ronald Klett was born in Milwaukee February 25, 1928. He attended Milwaukee State Teachers College from 1946 to 1952. Between 1970 until his death in January 2000, Klett wrote and distributed the newsletter of the Willem Mengelberg Society, a musical appreciation society he founded. The society was dedicated to promoting the legacy of Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg. Klett also wrote several books about Mengelberg which the society published. Klett died in Manotowoc in January 20, 2000.

This collection includes no known access restrictions.

Collection materials may be subject to laws governing rights. Researchers are solely responsible for determining the rights status of the materials they use. Permission may be required for some uses such as publication or reproduction.

Ronald Klett's brother, Roger, donated the collection to the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee in May 2000.

Transferred from the Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, June 2006

[Title of item], Ronald Klett collection. Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Newsletter. Willem Mengelberg Society. Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Willem Mengelberg : the sound recordings from his concerts : the real, the rumored, the fictitious, and the speculative : catalog and discography ; six indexes. Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Willem Mengelberg : catalog of motion picture films & recorded interviews & celebrations ; Three supplements... Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The collection mainly consists of materials produced by Ronald Klett in his capacity as founder and president of the Willem Mengelberg Society. The society's mission was to promote the legacy of Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951), and to research Mengelberg's life and works.

The society published a newsletter (3-4 annually) between 1970 and 2000, and several books about Mengelberg. The activities and products of the society appear to be soley the work of Klett.

The collection is arranged into two series: I. Papers, II. Photographs and postcards. Series I, Papers includes a form letter for prospective subscribers detailing the goals, activities and subscription information of the society (1970?); an incomplete, unpublished book manuscript, "Willem Mengelberg : His American concerts, his American fate" (1994). Series II, Photographs and postcards, includes loose photographs, postcards and menus from dinners honoring Mengelberg (1912-1947).

Conductors (Music)Music -- Societies, etc.Mengelberg, Willem, 1871-1951; Willem Mengelberg Society

Box [89109112375]   1	Series: Papers
folder [89109112375]   1	Willem Mengelberg Society, 1970Other Descriptive Data: General Form letter describing the Willem Mengelberg Society's mission, activities and subscription information.
folder [89109112375]   1   folder 2	Willem Mengelberg : His American concerts, his American fate, chapters 1-5 1994
folder [89109112375]   1   folder 3	Willem Mengelberg : His American concerts, his American fate, chapter 6, part 1 1994
folder [89109112375]   1   folder 4	Willem Mengelberg : His American concerts, his American fate, chapter 6, part 2 1994
folder [89109112375]   1   folder 5	Willem Mengelberg : His American concerts, his American fate, chapters 7-25 1994
Box [89109112375]   1 Box [89109112391]   2	Series: Photographs and postcards	⇧
folder [89109112375]   1   folder 6	Photographs and postcards, undated
folder [89109112391]   2   folder 1	Photographs, 1912-1947