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The Juma Sultan papers includes a large collection of performances from the loft era in New York City, a significant but under-documented period of jazz history. The recordings collection of circa 430 items, spanning the period from 1965-1975 (on open reel and cassette) contains unique, unreleased concert recordings, with the exception of a small amount of the collection included in the box set of Aboriginal Music Society recordings, Father of Origin (Eremite records, 2011). The recordings document not only the music of Sultan's own groups, such as the Aboriginal Music Society, but also a wide variety of recordings of other bands at Studio We, at other loft spaces in Lower Manhattan (e.g., Studio Rivbea, Artist House, the Ladies Fort, and Ali's Alley), as well as in Woodstock.

Correspondence, documents and photographs primarily relating to Greiner's years spent as a secretary for the American YMCA in the Soviet Union. There are numerous photographs of Greiner's family and friends in the U.S., and his summerhouse in Claverock, N.Y.

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs and printed materials of Pavel P. Tutkovskiĭ, including poems, short stories, a historical novel, and music compositions. There is also a short biography of Tutkovskiĭ by his wife, Ekaterina Konstantinovna. Also included are Tutkovskiĭ's personal documents, and several photographs. Printed materials include concert programs, flyers, and reviews, and novels by Tutkovskiĭ, such as "Orden Novykh li︠u︡deĭ" and "Deti komety.".

Contain first drafts of his writings, correspondence related to his personal and professional life (including exchanges with Tom Wolfe and Edward R. Murrow, among others), as well as posters, original arwork, multiple binders of CBS advertisements, and other visually interesting documentation of his career.