Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Roy Harris papers,

Title

• Roy Harris papers,

Summary

• The collection contains manuscript scores, published and unpublished writings, correspondence, business papers, financial and legal documents, programs, publicity files, photographs, scrapbooks, work files, posters, clippings, and biographical materials.
• The Music series contains holograph or copyist manuscript scores and sketches for Harris' compositions as well as holograph manuscript scores, sketches, arrangements, and printed scores by other composers. There are also notes, clippings, and other materials related to specific Harris pieces.
• The Writings series includes Harris' published and unpublished articles, lectures, scripts, interviews, and drafts, in addition to articles, clippings and reviews about Harris.
• The Correspondence series chiefly consists of letters to and from Roy Harris and his wife Johana. Notable correspondents include Nadia Boulanger, John Cage, Lukas Foss, Eugene Ormandy, Vincent Persichetti, and Janos Starker.
• The Business Papers series contains materials related to Harris' professional life as a teacher and organizer of music conferences, in particular the Pittsburgh International Contemporary Music Festival.
• The Musical Composition Files series, prepared by Harris' Pittsburgh colleague and copyist Robert French, contains notes, clippings, and other materials related to specific Harris pieces.
• The Publicity File series and the Programs series track the performance and public reception of Harris' compositions as well as Johana Harris' career as a pianist.
• The Roy Harris Archive Society series contains materials that document the founding of the Roy Harris Archive at California State University, Los Angeles. In addition, the collection contains financial and legal documents, photographs, scrapbooks, work files, posters, clippings, and biographical materials.
• The Biographical Materials includes assortment of bio notes, pamphlets, and other miscellaneous materials about Roy and Johana Harris.

Names

• Harris, Roy, 1898-1979

Headings

• -  Harris, Roy,--1898-1979
• -  Harris, Roy,--1898-1979--Archives
• -  Harris, Roy,--1898-1979--Manuscripts
• -  Harris, Roy,--1898-1979--Correspondence
• -  Harris, Roy,--1898-1979--Photographs
• -  Harris, Johana
• -  Harris, Johana--Correspondence
• -  Composers--United States
• -  Boulanger, Nadia--Correspondence
• -  Cage, John--Correspondence
• -  Foss, Lukas,--1922-2009--Correspondence
• -  Ormandy, Eugene,--1899-1985--Correspondence
• -  Persichetti, Vincent,--1915-1987--Correspondence
• -  Starker, Janos--Correspondence
• -  Pittsburgh International Contemporary Music Festival--(1st :--1952 :--Pittsburgh, Pa.)
• -  Women pianists--United States

Genre

• Scores
• Arrangements (Music)
• Art music
• Ballets (Music)
• Chamber music
• Concertos
• Motion picture music
• Musical sketches
• Songs
• Symphonies
• Albums (Books)
• Biographies
• Business correspondence
• Interviews
• Legal instruments
• Personal correspondence
• Photographs
• Programs (Publications)
• Articles
• Autographs (Manuscripts)
• Clippings (Information artifacts)
• Financial records
• Lectures
• Writings (Documents)

Notes

• -  Organized into the following series: I. Music, 1893-1988, II. Writings, 1934-1994, III. Correspondence, 1926-1997, IV. Business Papers, 1938-1985, V. Musical Composition Files, undated, VI. Financial and Legal Documents, 1947-1978, VII. Photographs, 1898-1979, VIII. Publicity Files, 1930-1994, IX. Programs, 1926-1998, X. Scrapbooks, 1933-1968, XI. Roy Harris Archive Society Materials, 1972-1985, XII. Biographical Materials, 1973-1979.
• -  Roy Ellsworth Harris (b. Feb. 12, 1898, Chandler, Okla. - d. Oct. 1, 1979, Santa Monica, Calif.) was an American composer.
• -  Collection material in English.
• -  Gift; Roy Harris; 1959-1969.
• -  Gift; Robert French; 2005.
• -  Gift; Patricia Harris Connelly; 2010.
• -  The majority of individually cataloged Harris manuscript scores and sketches are located in ML96.H278.
• -  Sound recordings; Roy Harris Collection (MAVIS collection no. 14220); Transferred to the; Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
• -  Music manuscripts, correspondence, personal papers; Roy Harris Collection of Musical Scores and Personal Papers (formerly Roy Harris Archive); Also located at the; California State University, Los Angeles; 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA.
• -  The Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation Collection (ML29c), the Aaron Copland Collection (ML31.C7), the Harold Spivacke Collection (ML31.S69), and the Serge Koussevitsky Archive (ML31.K66) also contain music manuscripts and/or correspondence by Harris.
• -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu010029
• -  Roy Harris Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress.

Medium

• 6,450 items (88 boxes, 40 linear feet)

Call Number/Physical Location

• ML31 .H37

Repository

• Library of Congress Music Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.home

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2010562511

Rights Advisory

• Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.

Access Advisory

• Open to research.
• Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visit https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2010562511

Additional Metadata Formats

• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record