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Alice M. Ditson Fund Records, 1940-2009
42.2 linear feetThe Alice M. Ditson Fund was established at Columbia University in 1940 and is still active in its primary function of providing financial support to composers, performances, and recordings of contemporary American music. The fund also gives out the annual Ditson Conductor's Award, established in 1945, which honors conductors who have a distinguished record of championing American music. The collection includes files regarding the selection of this prize across several decades, as well as financial records, meeting minutes, applicant files, and subject files for the general Fund since its creation.
Alvin Singleton papers, 1952-2021
9.22 Linear FeetDaniel Gregory Mason papers, 1894-1953
35 linear feetManuscript materials which include correspondence, business papers, composition scrapbooks and musical scores; books; clippings; records; and photographs.
George Edwards papers, 1963-2012
16 linear feetJack Beeson papers, 1854-2013
80 linear feetJerome Moross papers, 1924-2018
70.25 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscript music scores, copies of scores, playscripts, scenarios, watercolor drawings and other stage designs, contracts, legal papers, programs, clippings and other printed materials, microfilms, records, tape recordings, and photographs. Among Moross's work are the musical play, "The Golden Apple"(1954), dance music for "Ballet Ballads"(1945) and for "Frankie and Johnny"(1938), the film score for "The Big Country"(1958) and for "The Cardinal"(1963), and his Symphony No. 1 (1943). There are some financial papers and production records for the staging of his works. Among the cataloged correspondents are Aaron Copland, Agnes George De Mille, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, and Thornton Wilder.
John Latouche papers, 1930-1960
2.5 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, copies of scores, drawings, programs, clippings and other printed materials, and photographs. Among the cataloged correspondents are: Leonard Bernstein, Carol Channing, and Douglas Moore.