Correspondence between Douglas Moore, professor of music at Columbia University, and the president, secretary and provost of the University. Correspondence relates to the Department of Music, the University's choirs, and music funds and prizes. Topics related to the Department of Music include: budgeting, appropriations, workshops, equipment, faculty appointments, the curriculum, arrangements for concerts, prizes, faculty affairs, and the purchase of musical scores and recordings. Includes departmental budgets. Includes correspondence documenting the effect of World War II on the department, correspondence regarding Columbia's Core Curriculum, and a report and five year plan (ca. 1954) on the departmental library. Also, correspondence regarding: the Alice M. Ditson Fund, which was established to support musicians and music programs; the Bearns Prize, which supported the publication of American music; and disbursements to musicians and music programs from the Pulitzer Prize Fund. Includes minutes of the Committee on the Alice M. Ditson Fund. Also, correspondence and reports relating to the conflict between the Department of Music and the chapel music director over the administration of the Chapel Choir. Also includes correspondence regarding Moore's personnel issues and professional activities as well as clippings and programs regarding The Ballad of Baby Doe, an operetta which was written by Moore