Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934

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Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and was sometimes referred to as the "King of New York". In business, he was best known as a partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. who reorganized and consolidated railroads. In his personal life, he was a great patron of the arts, where among things, he served as the chairman of the Metropolitan Opera.
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creatorOf Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934. [Addresses. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Jacques Barzun's Collection of Hector Berlioz Records, 1825-1994 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn The Horatio Parker Papers, 1863-1972 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
creatorOf Deinard, Benedict Spinoza. Motion picture censorship scrapbooks and pamphlets, 1914-1922. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Richard Aldrich papers, 1842-1956 (inclusive), 1883-1938 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Gilbert, Henry F. B. (Henry Franklin Belknap), 1868-1928. The Henry Gilbert papers, 1821-1980 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Ekstrom Collection: Diaghilev and Stravinsky Foundation, 1902-1984 V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
referencedIn Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. Papers, [microform] 1918-1958. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Navrátil, Karl, 1867-1936. Autograph letters signed (4) and autograph postal card signed, dated : Prague, 1928-1929, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1928-1929. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Fonds Edward Gordon Craig Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des arts du spectacle
referencedIn Ernest Bloch Collection, 1888-1981, (bulk 1912-1959) Library of Congress. Music Division
creatorOf Johansson, Ronny. Miscellaneous correspondence with Ruth Page and Thomas H. Fisher: J-K. New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
referencedIn Edward Mandell House papers, 1885-2007, 1885-1938 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Kuhn, Loeb & Company. Correspondence to Gustav Mahler, 1908. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Residence for Mr. Otto Kahn, Cold Spring, Suffolk Co., N.Y. [graphic] : [detail drawings of driveway and porch vaults in plans and sections] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948. Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton papers, circa 1917-1948. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf On the Square Publishing Company (Saint Paul, Minn.). Corporate records, 1917-1918. Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
referencedIn The Motion Picture Censorship Scrapbooks and Pamplets, 1914-1922. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Harry Weinberger papers, 1915-1944 Yale University Library
referencedIn The Henry Gilbert Papers, 1821-1980 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress, circa 1000-circa 1990 Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn George S. Kaufman papers, [microform], 1918-1958 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Angna Enters correspondence, 1921-1973 The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
referencedIn Carter, Ernest Trow, 1866-1953. The Ernest Trow Carter papers, 1879-1974 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton papers, circa 1917-1948 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Kahn, Otto Herman, 1867-1934. Letters to George Sylvester Viereck, 1913-1934. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Duveen Brothers. Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Gray, David, 1870-1968. David Gray and Maude Livingston Hall Gray papers, 1883-1939. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf McKee, Thomas. Thomas McKee papers, 1890-1933. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Carl W. Ackerman Papers, 1910-1962. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1928-1931. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Gilbert, Henry F. B. (Henry Franklin Belknap), 1868-1928. The Henry Gilbert papers, 1821-1980 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Dorfman, Joseph, 1904-1991. Joseph Dorfman papers, 1890-1983. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934. Typed letter signed : New York, to Isadora Duncan, 1915 Feb. 27. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Carter, Ernest Trow, 1866-1953. The Ernest Trow Carter papers, 1879-1974 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Hart Crane Collection, (1910-1972) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Hugo Gellert Papers, Bulk, 1934-1944, 1934-1980s, (Bulk 1934-1944) Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Wendell family papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959. Papers, 1876-1960 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Hector Berlioz papers, 1825-1994. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981, 1909-1964 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn MacKaye, Percy, 1875-1956. Percy MacKaye papers, 1879-1956. Harvard University, Harvard Theater Collection, Harvard College Library
referencedIn Duveen Brothers. Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Liebling, Georg, 1865-1946. Toccata Americana : for piano : op. 83 / composed by George Liebling. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Edward L. Bernays Papers, 1777-1994, (bulk 1920-1990) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Review of Reviews (New York, N. Y.), Golden Book Magazine, editorial correspondence, 1921-1935. Houghton Library
referencedIn Adolph S. Oko letters, 1905-1941 Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Lee, Ivy L. (Ivy Ledbetter), 1877-1934. Ivy L. Lee papers, 1881-1989 (bulk 1915-1946) Princeton University Library
referencedIn The Ernest Trow Carter Papers, 1879-1974 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
creatorOf Glaenzer, Richard Butler, 1876-1937. Papers of Richard B. Glaenzer [manuscript], 1885-1936. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Antheil, George, 1900-1959. George and Böske Antheil papers, 1875-1984 (bulk 1920-1958). Library of Congress
referencedIn Lehman Brothers records, 1868-2007 (inclusive) Baker Library, Harvard Business School
referencedIn Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi evreiskii teatr imeni S.M. Mikhoelsa. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre correspondence, 1928. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Photograph collestion, [ca.1888]-1989. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Gebhard, Harold E. Otto Kahn residence, Huntington, NY [technical drawing] / Harold E. Gebhard, architect. Joint Free Public Library, Morristown/Township
creatorOf Paramount Publix Corporation. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1930-1934. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Convent of the Sacred Heart (New York, N.Y.). Convent of the Sacred Heart architectural records, 1902-1918. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn George and Böske Antheil Papers, circa 1875-1984, (bulk 1920-1958) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Samaroff, Olga, 1882-1948. Autograph letters signed (3) and letters signed (2), dated : Philadelphia, 1917 and 1921, and [New York], 1928-1929, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1917 Mar. 3. and 1928 Sept. 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Thomas McKee papers, 1890-1933 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
referencedIn Walcott, Frederic Collin, 1869-1948. Frederic Collin Walcott papers, 1850-1948 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. [Papers, 1925-1926]. Northwestern University
creatorOf Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934. Otto H. Kahn papers, 1908-1934 (bulk 1920-1933) Princeton University Library
referencedIn New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities. Suspected radical propaganda file, [ca. 1890-1919]. New York State Archives
referencedIn Duveen Brothers. Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. Papers, 1918-1958. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Enters, Angna, 1897-1989. Correspondence, 1921-1973. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Moscow State Yiddish Theatre correspondence, 1928 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Ivy Ledbetter Lee Papers, 1881-2003, 1915-1946 Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections.Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Public Policy Papers.
referencedIn Howard, James Raley, 1873-. Papers, 1873-1982 (bulk 1873-1959). Iowa State University, Parks Library
referencedIn Parker, Horatio W. (Horatio William), 1863-1919. The Horatio Parker papers, 1863-1972 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Frederic Collin Walcott papers, 1850-1948 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins. Architectural records. Series II: Project Records. Subseries 30: Files, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), 1880-1949 (bulk 1900-1925). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Antheil, George, 1900-1959. George and Böske Antheil papers, 1875-1984 (bulk 1920-1958). Library of Congress
referencedIn Meyer, Annie Nathan, 1867-1951. Annie Nathan Meyer papers, 1858-1950 (bulk 1885-1948). The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
referencedIn Parker, Horatio W. (Horatio William), 1863-1919. The Horatio Parker papers, 1863-1972 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Dorothy Nevile Lees papers relating to Edward Gordon Craig and, The Mask, 1905-1963. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Fonds Kochno [microform], ca. 1911-1929 The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
referencedIn Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
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associatedWith Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William), 1890-1970 person
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Mannheim 01 DE
Manhattan NY US
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Death 1934-03-29

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