Search Manuscripts/Mixed Material

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    John Adams music manuscripts and papers,
    John Adams papers Catalog Record Only
    The collection includes music scores by Adams and others, correspondence, business and financial papers, biographical materials, programs and promotional materials, and clippings. The Music series contains two subseries, Music by Adams and Music by Others. Music by Adams contains sketches, manuscript scores, computer printout scores, conducting scores, and occasional parts. Music by Others primarily consists of works that Adams orchestrated, such as the three...
    • Contributor: Ellington, Duke - Cahill, Sarah - Sellars, Peter - Piazzolla, Astor - Liszt, Franz - Cummings, Conrad - Ax, Emanuel - Adams, John - Del Tredici, David - Nagano, Kent ... Ellington, Duke - Cahill, Sarah - Sellars, Peter - Piazzolla, Astor - Liszt, Franz - Cummings, Conrad - Ax, Emanuel - Adams, John - Del Tredici, David - Nagano, Kent - Kernis, Aaron Jay - Goodman, Alice - Plush, Vincent - Reich, Steve - Goodman, Benny - Miller, Glenn - Shere, Charles - Marshall, Ingram - Bowen, Eugene - Rudhyar, Dane - Duffy, John - Hurwitz, Robert - Culp, Jennifer - Ives, Charles - Steinberg, Michael - Wittke, Paul - Ocker, David - Debussy, Claude - Beths, Vera
    • Date: 1925
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    Burt Boyar collection of Sammy Davis, Jr. biographical materials, Catalog Record Only The collection contains drafts, galleys and page proofs for Boyar's books 'Yes I can: the story of Sammy Davis, Jr.'(1965) and 'Sammy: an autobiography' (2000). It also includes taped interviews with Davis and his wife Altovise conducted by Boyar and his wife Jane for their book 'Why me?: the Sammy Davis, Jr. story' (1989). In addition, there are digital media and text files stored...
    • Contributor: Davis, Sammy - Boyar, Burt
    • Date: 1954
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    Mario Davidovsky papers, Catalog Record Only The collection contains music by Davidovsky and other composers, project and business files, correspondence, teaching materials, biographical information, photographs, clippings, promotional materials, and files related to Composers Conference. The Music series contains works by Davidovsky as well as works by other composers, including his students. While Davidovsky's works are primarily represented by holograph manuscripts and sketches, there are also annotated and unannotated Ozalid scores,...
    • Contributor: Brinkmann, Reinhold - Gueglio Saccone, Tomás I. - Sollberger, Harvey - Davidovsky, Mario - Ortiz, Pablo
    • Date: 1933
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    Robert Evett collection, Catalog Record Only The collection contains several scores, sketches, and instrument parts for works composed by R. Evett; biographical information collected by Evett's family after his death and his published book and music reviews for the "Atlantic Monthly," "New Republic," and "Washington Star-News" are also parts of the collection. The Music series is the largest in size and holds full scores, parts, and sketches of compositions by...
    • Contributor: Evett, Robert - Bishop, Elizabeth - Butler, Ethel - Dorati, Antal - Graves, Robert - Gerber, Steven R. - Parris, Robert
    • Date: 1942
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    Research materials on Martha Graham,
    Martha Graham legacy archive Catalog Record Only
    The collection includes transcripts of interviews, photographs, performance and event programs, clippings and publications, correspondence, awards, materials documenting Library of Congress events pertaining to Graham, and other items related to Graham and her company. The Interview Transcripts series contains two file units. The Library Documentation Project includes unedited transcripts of interviews with former Martha Graham company dancers conducted by the Library of Congress Music...
    • Contributor: O'Donnell, May - Graham, Martha - Robbins, Jerome - Barnes, Thea - Horst, Louis - Dudley, Jane - Hinkson, Mary - Lauterer, Arch - Maslow, Sophie - Macy, Gertrude ... O'Donnell, May - Graham, Martha - Robbins, Jerome - Barnes, Thea - Horst, Louis - Dudley, Jane - Hinkson, Mary - Lauterer, Arch - Maslow, Sophie - Macy, Gertrude - Noguchi, Isamu - Melville, Nan - McGehee, Helen - Go, Taijirō - Fonaroff, Nina - Doris Duke Charitable Foundation - Hodes, Stuart - Yuriko - Lang, Pearl - Baryshnikov, Mikhail - Bernstein, Leonard
    • Date: 1928
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    Roy Harris papers, Catalog Record Only 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...
    • Contributor: Harris, Roy
    • Date: 1893
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    Burl Ives collection, Catalog Record Only The collection primarily relates to Ives's career in radio and television, and on the concert stage. It includes articles, correspondence, press releases, promotional and publicity materials, photographs, clippings, scripts, financial and earnings information, and programs. The Biographical Materials series contains published and unpublished articles by and about Burl Ives. There are magazine and newspaper pieces on Ives, his art, and his personal interests and...
    • Contributor: Ives (Burl) Collection (Library of Congress) - Ives, Burl
    • Date: 1919
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    Henry Mancini papers, Catalog Record Only The collection contains original scores and printed music for his films, television shows, recordings, and concert music. In addition, it includes project files, business papers, photographs, correspondence, scripts, writings, programs, promotional materials, scrapbooks, clippings, biographical materials, realia, and other miscellaneous materials. The Music series accounts for approximately eighty five percent of the collection and is divided into six subseries. The first three subseries include...
    • Contributor: Rose, David - Williams, John - Mancini, Henry
    • Date: 1931
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    Daniel Nagrin collection, Catalog Record Only The Helen Tamiris Materials series is arranged in the following subseries: Interview and Conference Panel Transcripts; Publicity Materials; Correspondence; Autobiography; Stage Directions, Choreographic Notes, Class Notes; Writings By or About Tamiris; New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dance Division; The Tamiris Conference, 1986, Arizona State University; and John Brown Materials. Of particular interest are transcripts from 1953 and 1964 interviews with Tamiris....
    • Contributor: Bull, Richard - Nagrin, Daniel - Dorfman, David - Jones, Bill T. - Fenley, Molissa - Cunningham, Merce - Mumaw, Barton - Anthony, Mary - Tamiris, Helen - Shepard, Sam
    • Date: 1920
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    Jessye Norman papers, Catalog Record Only The collection contains correspondence from her managers and assistants, business papers, awards, annotated music, photographs, interviews, and clippings that document her career and philanthropic activities. The Project Files series documents some of Norman's international opera and recital performances and recordings and consists of two subseries: Performances, and Albums and Videos. Each of the performance project files may contain a combination of correspondence, travel plans,...
    • Contributor: Norman, Jessye
    • Date: 1881
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    Performing arts COVID-19 response collection, Catalog Record Only The Performing Arts COVID-19 Response Collection is a curated collection that amasses artistic works and accompanying primary source materials documenting the performing arts creative response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The collection includes scores, scripts, audio and video files, promotional materials, design materials, correspondence, safety protocols, and oral histories.
    • Contributor: Buehler, Markus J. - Howland, Jason - Bernstein, Peter - Dusman, Linda - Folds, Ben - Gunderson, Lauren - Tysen, Nathan - Reyes, Xiomara - Library of Congress. Music Division - Bielawa, Lisa ... Buehler, Markus J. - Howland, Jason - Bernstein, Peter - Dusman, Linda - Folds, Ben - Gunderson, Lauren - Tysen, Nathan - Reyes, Xiomara - Library of Congress. Music Division - Bielawa, Lisa - Potter, Chris - Arco Collaborative - Washington Ballet (Washington, D.C.) - Boyer, Peter - Stevens, Ray - Dessner, Bryce - Cerrone, Christopher - Shaw, Jaleel - Douglas, Dave - Ticheli, Frank - Giroux, Julie - Gibbard, Ben - Simon, Carlos - Esmail, Reena - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra - Domínguez, José Luis
    • Date: 2020
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    Victoria Phillips collection, Catalog Record Only The Victoria Phillips Collection includes materials assembled by the scholar during her doctoral research and other curatorial and research projects. Most of the 3,900-plus items are reproductions of newspaper articles, correspondence and financial reports, photographs, publications, interview notes and transcripts, and FBI files on artists and public figures. Copies of Phillips's publications based on this research are also included. Collection strengths include research on...
    • Contributor: Phillips, Victoria
    • Date: 1914
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    Nicole Plett collection of dance research materials, Catalog Record Only The collection consists primarily of photographs and negatives of Eleanor King and other dancers performing King's choreography. It also contains notes from and portions of interviews that Plett conducted with dance artists, Plett's publications on dance, and an assortment of clippings, programs, and promotional material related to King's professional activities as a choreographer and dancer. The Iconography series contains photographs and negatives, most of...
    • Contributor: Jones, Bill T. - Harris, Rennie - Tharp, Twyla - Hay, Deborah - Childs, Lucinda - Morris, Mark - King, Eleanor - Gordon, David - Plett, Nicole
    • Date: 1935
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    Max Roach papers, Catalog Record Only The collection includes music manuscripts, writings, correspondence, business papers, photographs, programs, sound recordings, and other materials related to his career. It also contains a variety of materials pertaining to vocalist Abbey Lincoln and countless other jazz artists, including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, and Charlie Parker. The collection is not only a comprehensive representation of Roach's music and performing career, but also a...
    • Contributor: Weston, Randy - Roach, Max - Hasaan - Cowell, Stanley - Jordan, Clifford - Harper, Billy - Heath, Jimmy - Lincoln, Abbey - Baraka, Amiri - Bridgewater, Cecil - Brown, Clifford - Sowande, Fela - Simone, Nina - Sanchez, Sonia - Tillis, Frederick
    • Date: 1880
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    Neil Simon papers, Catalog Record Only The collection holds complete and partial drafts of more than 210 individual titles written by Simon for the stage and screen as well as drafts of his two biographies: "Rewrites" (1996) and "The Play Goes On" (1999). Other materials include awards and honors, clippings, correspondence, personal papers and memorabilia, photographs, and sketches and drawings created by Simon. The collection also contains posters and programs...
    • Contributor: Joyce, Elaine - Simon, Neil
    • Date: 1927
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    Claudio Spies papers, Catalog Record Only The collection includes manuscript and printed music by Spies and Stravinsky, correspondence, interview notes, clippings, publicity materials, financial and legal documents, and writings. The Music series contains approximately 104 compositions, with approximately ninety-five by Spies and nine by Stravinsky. The majority of Spies' works are manuscript scores, while Stravinsky's consist primarily of photocopies with Spies' annotations. Spies' pieces include his first twelve-tone work "Five...
    • Contributor: Spies, Claudio - Stravinsky, Igor
    • Date: 1923
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    Morton Subotnick papers, Catalog Record Only The collection includes workbooks of sketches, patch diagrams, and electronics schematics for his compositions, along with a small number of published scores. Also included are subject files of correspondence, reviews and interviews, royalties statements, travel papers, and programs. The Music Series is divided into two subseries, the first of which contains workbooks of his music sketches, electronics schematics, patch diagrams, and performance instructions. Since...
    • Contributor: Rands, Bernard - Czajkowski, Michael - Petlin, Irving - Halprin, Anna - Reynolds, Roger - Breuer, Lee - Denk, Jeremy - Buchla, Donald - Antosca, Steve - Blau, Herbert - La Barbara, Joan - Subotnick, Morton
    • Date: 1956
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    Billy Taylor papers, Catalog Record Only The collection contains materials related to his life and career, including music manuscripts, correspondence, writings by and about Taylor, business papers, promotional and publicity materials, clippings, scripts, programs, photographs, awards, honorary degrees and plaques. The music materials chiefly consist of manuscript scores, lead sheets and parts, by Taylor and other jazz composers and arrangers. The Music series consists of manuscript scores, lead sheets, and...
    • Contributor: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.) - Taylor, Billy - Jazzmobile, Inc - Albam, Manny - Henderson, Luther - Taylor, Theodora Castion - Mardin, Arif - Nelson, Oliver - Wess, Frank
    • Date: 1942
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    10 Hairy Legs dance company archive, Catalog Record Only The collection consists of records documenting performances, educational outreach programs, board of directors activities, video recordings of performances, and remembrances by dancers, administrators, and collaborators recorded following the company's dissolution in December 2020. The Company Records series contains documents generated by the company's board of directors and staff members, including meeting minutes, financial papers, business papers, and company policies. This series also contains materials...
    • Contributor: Bour, Julie - Parker, David - Varone, Doug - Dorfman, David - Barruch, Adam - Kelly, Raja - Petronio, Stephen - 10 Hairy Legs (Dance Group) - Porter, Claire - Keigwin, Larry
    • Date: 2012
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    Larry Warren collection on Anna Sokolow and Lester Horton, Catalog Record Only This collection documents the research conducted by dancer, choreographer, and educator Larry Warren (1932-2009) while writing his biographies Lester Horton: Modern Dance Pioneer (1977) and Anna Sokolow: The Rebellious Spirit (1991). The bulk of the collection is devoted to Warren's research on Sokolow, but there is also significant documentation on the movement technique Horton created and taught. The Anna Sokolow series collects Warren's extensive...
    • Contributor: Warren, Larry
    • Date: 1903
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    Charles Wuorinen papers, Catalog Record Only The collection includes scores by Wuorinen and others, correspondence, writings, photographs, personal papers, and business papers pertaining to his music career as well as many of the organizations of which he was a member. The Music series consists of three subseries. The Music by Wuorinen subseries contains Wuorinen's sketches, fair copies, and printed scores for his solo, chamber, orchestral pieces, and operas, many of...
    • Contributor: Grauer, Victor - Schoenberg, Arnold - Sessions, Roger - Wuorinen, Charles - Feldman, Morton - Wolpe, Stefan - Josquin
    • Date: 1922
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    Roy Harris papers, 1893-1998 Roy Harris was an American composer. The collection contains materials that document his life and career, including 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.
    • Contributor: Harris, Roy
    • Date: 1893
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    Billy Taylor papers, 1942-2004 Billy Taylor was an American jazz pianist, composer, educator, broadcaster, lecturer and advocate. The collection contains materials related to his life and career, including music manuscripts, correspondence, writings by and about Taylor, business papers, promotional and publicity materials, clippings, scripts, programs, photographs, awards, honorary degrees and plaques. The music materials chiefly consist of manuscript scores, lead sheets and parts, by Taylor and other jazz...
    • Contributor: Taylor, Billy - Albam, Manny - Henderson, Luther - Taylor, Theodora Castion - Mardin, Arif - Nelson, Oliver - Wess, Frank
    • Date: 1942
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    Burt Boyar collection of Sammy Davis, Jr. biographical materials, 1954-2000 Author Burt Boyar is the biographer of American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. The collection contains draft materials for his books Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr. (1965) and Sammy: An Autobiography (2000), and taped interviews with Davis used in writing the book Why Me?: The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1989).
    • Contributor: Davis, Sammy, Jr - Boyar, Burt
    • Date: 1954
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    Daniel Nagrin collection, circa 1920-2006 Daniel Nagrin (1917-2008) was an American dancer, choreographer, teacher, and writer. The collection contains materials relating to his life and career, and includes holograph and published scores, choreographic and dance technique notes, photographs, correspondence, marketing and fundraising materials, clippings, programs, teaching and administrative materials, production elements, articles by Nagrin and others, drafts of his books, business papers, and personal and biographical files. In addition,...
    • Contributor: Nagrin, Daniel - Tamiris, Helen
    • Date: 1920