archives.nypl.org -- Photographs of Hackley School and the Hudson Valley. [graphic] (original) (raw)

Creator

Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920

Call number

JPB 97-68

Physical description

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

Preferred Citation

Photographs of Hackley School and the Hudson Valley. [graphic], Music Division, The New York Public Library

Repository

Music Division

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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. 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.