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Barnard Archives & Special Collections

WBAR Radio Records, 1992-2023

17.30 Linear Feet
This collection consists of materials from WBAR, the Barnard College radio station.
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WBAR writings and articles, 1996-2005 Box 1, Folder 8

Includes an article titled "WBAR Summer Concert 7/19/96" and a pamphlet titled "Guide to NYC Venues

Includes an article titled "WBAR Summer Concert 7/19/96" and a pamphlet titled "Guide to NYC Venues and Record Shops 2005"

  1. Administrative materials, 1996-2023, undated
  2. Correspondence and communications materials, 1998-2023, undated
Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Emily Gresser Papers, 1880s-2004, bulk 1910-1919

4 linear feet

The archive, totaling approximately 4 linear feet, comprises material ranging from scrapbooks, photographs, and correspondence, to books, theatrical scripts, and sheet music, all reflecting Emily Gresser's life in music both in the United States and abroad from the late 1890s to the 1960s, with the majority centered on her professional performing career of 1910-1919.

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Music Box 5, Folder 3

); Chopin, Second Concert for Piano; DeBussy, Quartet for 1 Violins, Viola, Cello; Dvorak, Quartet in F

Becker, Mazurka; Beethoven, 11 trios; Bohm, Lizzie; Brahms, Quartet (violin 1 part, heavily marked); Chopin, Second Concert for Piano; DeBussy, Quartet for 1 Violins, Viola, Cello; Dvorak, Quartet in F Major; Duhamel, La Mie Du Soldat; Emer, L'Accordeoniste

  1. Series III: Music, 1880s-1950s
  2. Subseries III.3: Other Music, 1880s-1950s

Music Box 3, Folder 1

Auer "Concert Transcriptions" for Violin and Piano; F. v. Blon "Whispering Flowers"; Overtures pour

Joseph Achron transcription of Mendelssohn Op.34.No.2 "On Wings of Song", "Hebrew Lullaby"; Leopold Auer "Concert Transcriptions" for Violin and Piano; F. v. Blon "Whispering Flowers"; Overtures pour piano à Deux Mains" by Cherubini; Elgar "Salut d'Amour"; Bouree and Gigue from Much ado about Nothing Pianoforte Solo by Edward German; Stephen Heller "Oeuvres Choisies pour Piano"; "Autumn Leaves" by Kosma/Mercer; Charles Lecocq's Miettes Musicales Vingt-Quatre Esquisses de Style pour le Piano; Mascitti, Michele "Prelude and Allegro" for Violin and Piano

  1. Series III: Music, 1880s-1950s
  2. Subseries III.3: Other Music, 1880s-1950s
Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Virgil Thomson papers, 1920-1981

12.5 linear feet

Prose manuscripts, related correspondence, notes, printed material, and audio tapes of Thomson. Included are notes and drafts of many of Thomson's early articles, written while he was a student at Harvard University and in Paris, and numerous manuscripts of columns published in the HERALD TRIBUNE in the 1940s. Thomson's special interests reflected in these writings are modern music, American hymns, and the performance of music in Europe. Also, manuscripts and related material for six of Thomson's books and for Gertrude Stein's BEE TIME VINE, which was published after her death and for which he wrote the preface; and 125 reels of tapes of Thomson's program on radio station WNCN (New York), 1969-1970. Cataloged correspondents include Chalmers Clifton, Lincoln Kirstein, Alfred A. Knopf, and Man Ray.

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John Cage (#51), September 21, 1970 2 open reel audiotapes Box 25

; Music for Carillon; Concert for Piano and Orchestra.

Guests: No guests. Works: HPSCHP (Miller and Cage); Aria with Fontana Mix; Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano; Indeterminacy; Construction in Metal; The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs; Music for Carillon; Concert for Piano and Orchestra.

  1. Series III: WNCN Radio Broadcast Recordings, 1969-1970
Avery Drawings & Archives

Wallace K. Harrison architectural drawings and papers, 1913-1986, bulk 1930-1980

22 manuscript boxes
The Wallace K. Harrison architectural drawings and papers consists of architectural drawings, photographs, correspondence, notes, speeches, manuscripts, press releases, clippings, memoranda, printed material, job lists, curriculam vitae, contracts, articles, and other material related to Harrison's architectural projects. The collection also contains a significant amount of material regarding Harrison's position as director of the Office of Inter-American Affairs, director of planning of the United Nations Headquarters and biographical material. Approximately a third of the collection is made up of photographs. Photographers include Wendy Barrows, Shirley Burden, George Cserna, Y[uzo] Nagata, and Ezra Stoller, among many others. There is also a collection of 148 art books that belonged to Harrison referred to as his "doodle books." A list of these books with brief descriptions of where Harrison drew in them is contained in the finding aid. Projects documented include Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera House, Rockefeller Center, Albany Mall (Empire State Plaza), United Nations, X City, ALCOA building, Corning Glass building, First Presbyterian Church, La Guardia Airport, Socony-Mobil building, Battery Park City, Radio City Music Hall, New York World's Fair (1939 and 1964), Institute for Advanced Study, National Academy of Science, Pahlavi National Library Competition, Oberlin College's Hall Auditorium, Pershing Memorial, Rockefeller University, Hopkins Center, The Anchorage, Avila Hotel, and numerous other buildings and residences.
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Columbia University Archives

Department of Music records, 1962-1998, bulk 1970-1989

1 linear foot
This collection contains records of the Music Department of Columbia University and its faculty. The bulk of the collection was gathered by Professor Howard Shanet, who chaired the department from 1972-1976.
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Documents relating to Adolf C. Robinson's 1973, 1975 and 1983 donations to the Music Performance Program and Columbia University Orchestra, 1973, 1975, 1983 Box 1, Folder 3

Columbia University Orchestra concerts are interspersed throughout this folder.

Materials collected by Howard Shanet to send to President Michael Sovern regarding a $5000 donation to the Music Performance Program and the Columbia University Orchestra: correspondence between Shanet and Robinson, a letter template sent by President Sovern, notes from a phone conversation with Robinson; notes relating to Robinson's 1975 donation of a Heckell bassoon to the Columbia University Orchestra. Notes relating to Robinson's 1973 donation to the Music Department. Tickets and programs for Columbia University Orchestra concerts are interspersed throughout this folder.

  1. Howard Shanet's Music Department records, 1962-1998, bulk 1970-1989
Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Josefina Báez papers, 1970s-2020

17 Linear Feet

The papers document the audio and video productions of performance theatre pieces, and other ephemera of performances and readings, photographs (contact sheets and negatives), publicity images; portraits; personal snapshots taken on tour, with members of Latinarte/Ay Ombe and other musicians; artwork, and teachings. In addition, the archive contains journals, business records, draft manuscripts and typescripts of her poetry, novels, and important newspaper clippings reviewing her work.

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"Encuentro" (poster) Box 16

Poster (28" x 40") by Jorge Pineda for a concert of Spanish and Dominican composers presented by

Poster (28" x 40") by Jorge Pineda for a concert of Spanish and Dominican composers presented by Latinarte. Performed in New York on October 14, 1988 in Cami Hall, and in Santo Domingo on October 21, 1988 at the National Theater. (2 signed copies, numbered 132/200 and 182/200)

  1. Josefina Báez papers
Rare Book & Manuscript Library

James Sherry Papers, circa 1962-2016

24.5 linear feet
James Sherry (b. 1946) is the author of 13 books of poetry and theory and a leading proponent of both Language Writing and Environmental Poetics. The papers include address books, appointment books, catalogs, correspondence, editorial files, event fliers, manuscripts, notebooks, professional files, and publications.
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Miscellaneous Poems and Related Material, 1970-circa 1976 15 folders Box 8, Folder 6-20

," "Photosynthesis" which appeared in ROOF I; workshop notes, material for a concert/reading "Amin's Dream" at Naropa

Poetry and creative works by James Sherry including multiple drafts of "Lazy Sonnets," "Photosynthesis" which appeared in ROOF I; workshop notes, material for a concert/reading "Amin's Dream" at Naropa 1976; correspondence with Tom Savage; and misc poetry by Beverly Day and Ann Katz.

  1. Series III: Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1962-circa 2014
  2. Subseries III.1: James Sherry Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1962-2013
Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Jonas Coe papers, circa 1786 -- 1822

3.5 linear feet
Jonas Coe (1759-1822) was the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York. This collection contains Jonas Coe's numbered sermons (the sequence is incomplete), other sermons, as well as addresses and speeches on particular occasions.
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Special sermons, circa 1786 -- 1822 Box 7

. Nathaniel Prime, July 14, 1813, Cambridge; Address on sacred music delivered at a concert, Feb. 8, 1820
, Troy; Address to Sagana missionaries, Oct. 17, 1821; Address on sacred psalmody. Concert, July 11, 1821

This file includes Orientation and installation of a minister-notes of persons, places, dates, 1816-1818; Ordination of church officers- notes on places and dates, 1818-1821; Installation of Mr. Nathaniel Prime, July 14, 1813, Cambridge; Address on sacred music delivered at a concert, Feb. 8, 1820, Troy; Address to Sagana missionaries, Oct. 17, 1821; Address on sacred psalmody. Concert, July 11, 1821, Troy; Excommunicatio; Notes in book titled, "Theological School" with some unbound/inserted manuscript note sheets; Exegesis; Adversaria, or a Common Place Book, Dec. 10, 1789; Place Book, June 24, 1786; Contents of different chapters in Old Testament (2 v.); Introduction to expounding the New Testament, June 2, 1793, with four sermons; Other numbered sermons; Other sermons, unnumbered.

  1. Jonas Coe papers, circa 1786 -- 1822
Avery Drawings & Archives

Chip Lord papers on Ant Farm, 1965-2014

11 linear feet
Chip Lord (1944–) is an architect, media artist, and Professor Emeritus of Film & Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Lord is best known for his work with the art and architecture group Ant Farm, which he co-founded with Doug Michels (1943–2003) in 1968. This collection, gathered by Lord, includes correspondence and material produced between 1968 and 1978, when the group disbanded following a fire at their Pier 40 studio in San Francisco, CA. In addition, the collection includes correspondence and material produced in the following decades that document Ant Farm-related products, anniversary celebrations, exhibitions, lectures, and publications, as well as material documenting litigation (including several cases of copyright infringement over use of Cadillac Ranch), licensing, and royalties.
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Inflatables and Inflatocookbook, 1969-73; 2000, 2003, 2005 Box 01, Folder 03

photographs of Ant Farm's "big pillow" at free Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway, CA (December 1969

Sketches; correspondence; Xeroxes; clippings; Inflatocookbook (1971) : 1 item; Inflatocookbook (1973) : 1 item; loose sheets from Inflatocookbook (1971) : 3 items; large photographs : 3 items; small photographs of Ant Farm's "big pillow" at free Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway, CA (December 1969) : 11 items; prints of photographs by Lawrence Fong of Roman Coppola's inflatable for Toyota Prius TV ad (2003) : 2 items

  1. Series I: Project Records
  2. Subseries 1: Projects
Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Tibor Serly papers, 1905-1992

3.15 linear feet
This collection contains the personal papers, including musical scores, of the Hungarian-American composer, arranger, and theorist Tibor Serly.
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Subseries 2: Business and Publicity Materials, 1925-1988

scrapbook spanning his career, from music school concerts in Budapest from 1925; through his active period

Serly thoroughly documented his performing and composing career, best represented in an oversized scrapbook spanning his career, from music school concerts in Budapest from 1925; through his active period in the 1930s and 1940s, playing under Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy, and Arturo Toscanini; to his later years in the Pacific Northwest. Scrapbook includes an almost complete record in programs of performances of Serly's work, as well as clippings, reviews, and personal letters. Also, provides a record of Bartók's reception in New York during his exile and tributes to him after his death. Other notables in the scrapbook include Kodály, Ezra Pound, and Geza Frid. Subseries 2 also contains a file of newspaper clippings kept by Serly; a collection of clippings about Ezra Pound, mostly from the 1970s; a folder of orchestra programs from Serly's career; and original copyright forms and contracts for his published work.

  1. Series II: Personal and Business Materials, 1911-1992

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