The Grasshopper: a Tragic Cantata, 1878

Scope and Content

Series I: Correspondence (Folders 1-2)

This series contains correspondence relating to Volck. Folder 1 consists of correspondence of Mrs. Frank H. (Henrietta) Falkinburg (Adalbert Volck's daughter) with Baltimore museums concerning exhibitions of her father’s work and with Dr. George Anderson, a collector of Volck's work. Folder 2 contains 6 letters from Adalbert Volck. Two of the letters have small sketches.

Series II:Published material related to Adalbert Volck and his work (Folders 2-12)

Folder 3 contains items describing Volck's works including, Adalbert Johann Volck, D.D.S., 1828-1912. Photographs of Dr. Volck's work collected by George M. Anderson, D.D.S., a small pamphlet containing descriptions of 29 of Volck's works that were in the possession of George Anderson. There is also a copy of a Volck medallion "The Massacre at Henrico." Folder 4 contains photocopies of newspaper clippings pertaining to exhibitions of Volck’s work. This series also contains items Volck provided artwork for including The Grasshopper: a Tragic Cantata, a piece of sheet music written for the Wednesday Club, and a program for the Academy of Music. There is also a record of a dinner given in honor of Volck's seventieth birthday by the Association of Dental Surgeons of Baltimore on April 14, 1898.

Series III: Sketchbooks

This series consists of 7 of Volck's sketchbooks. Sketchbook #1 contains preliminary sketches for "Don Quixote and Sancho Panzo," as well as for Civil War sketches. Sketchbook # 5 appears to contain early sketches for the Wednesday Club. The brown, unnumbered Sketchbook contains preliminary sketches for "Lee at Jackson's Grave" and "Butler at Great Bethel" as well as what appears to be preliminary sketches for Volck's Civil War sketches. There is also one album containing newspaper clippings of exhibitions of Volck's work and a few sketches.