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Five volumes of typescript poems by contemporary poets including four volumes of poems by Donald Bain of Buffalo, N.Y., and one volume of miscellaneous poems in typescript which were submitted for sale or for use on radio programs. Also, seven music manuscripts, songs by Bernice Ward Stockland of St. Albans, N.Y.

Papers, letters, memoranda, memorabilia, and manuscript music scores assembled by and related to the life and musical activities of Anton Seidl. The collection includes many letters from Cosima Wagner and her children addressed to Anton Seidl and his wife, the opera singer Auguste Kraus Seidl. There are also letters from Lilli Lehman, Edvard Grieg, Antonin Dvorak, Bronislaw Hubermann, Carl Goldmark, Maud Powell, Marianne Brandt, Felix Weingartner, Lyman Abbott, and many others. The letters are chiefly concerned with musical performances, composition, and related affairs. There are journals, diaries, and memoranda in Seidl's hand, as well as photographs and clippings relating to his conducting career. Also, twenty-seven manuscript scores of Seidl's orchestrations of various works.

Music manuscripts, letters, and related items collected by Hunt. Most of the items are of American origin, and reflect Hunt's wide-ranging interests in sacred and secular music. The music manuscripts include sheet music for vocal and instrumental scores, part-books, bound orchestral scores, and miscellaneous music volumes. The collection is particularly strong in hymn scores, verses, and studies. Also, a box of material relating to Stephen Foster.

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, musical scores, audio tape, cassettes, and related printed materials concerning Hispanic culture, immigration problems, parish conflicts, intercultural confrontation, and linguistic discrimination. Included are correspondence with the members, by-laws, minutes of meetings, membership lists, and records of all the organizations activities. Of particular interest are the files of the Cultura Popular Hispana-Gala de la Hispanidad, October 20, 1984, which included a competition for original manuscripts and musical scores for both religious and secular poetry.

The collection consists of three manuscripts by Bela Bartok, 1940-1943. These manuscripts totalling approximately 2,170 pages are as follows: 1) Romanian Folk Music - Vol. 1 Instrumental Melodies, Vol. 2 Vocal Melodies, Vol. 3 Texts; 2) Turkish Folk Music; and 3) Serbo-Croatian Table of Materials. Also, a small group of letters by Bartók and other concerning his association with Columbia University.

Correspondence, scripts, slides, scores, set designs, prompt books, scrapbooks, costume designs, programs, playbills, broadsides, clippings, fliers, photographs, announcements of forthcoming productions, clippings, and related materials. Columbia University theatrical groups include The Columbia Laboratory Players, The Columbia College Dramatic Group, The Wigs and Cues, The Summer Session Classes in Play Production, The Morningside Players, and the Columbia Theatre Associates which superseded all the preceding groups. There is an extensive file on the Columbia Laboratory Players; including production files that document the various stages involved in putting together a dramatic production. In addition there are typewritten scripts representing the spectrum of plays that were produced over the Lab's active years. There are photographs of only a few specific plays. Non Lab materials relate to Rehersal Course productions, a Columbia English Department course that was closely affiliated with the Lab players

The Zarzuela Collection at Columbia University consists of almost five hundred different zarzuelas. Both nineteenth and twentieth century works are represented by libretti, scores, and separate instrumental parts. Formats include printed, typewritten, and handwritten items. Many of the libretti contain role assignments and other handwritten notes which indicate they were used by a traveling zarzuela company. Among the authors of the libretti are Javer de Bergos y Sarragoiti, Jose Estremero y Cuenca, Jacinto Benavente, and the Quintero brothers.

Manuscript materials which include correspondence, business papers, composition scrapbooks and musical scores; books; clippings; records; and photographs.

Boxes 6 and 7 are oversized boxes. 1-4 contain unpublished scores, 5 contain misc. paper and copies of unidentified music. 6 and 7 contain published scores with Miller's own markings. 5 rsc and 2 flat boxes.

Manuscripts of musical scores, memorabilia and photograph. Folder 1 of the collection includes a general index (d. March 1945), photograph, awards, 5 citations, and a biographical sketch. His musical compositions (folders 2-26) are divided in three major categories: sacred and non-sacred vocal music, and musical compositions for instruments. His sacred choruses for mixed voices has been highly praised. His non-sacred vocal music seems to deal with children, nature, and poetic topics; also included are arrangements of Stephen Foster's songs for choruses. Among his musical compositions for instruments are some with Caribbean or West Indian themes

Letters and manuscripts of MacDowell. One group was written to Arthur P. Schmidt, his publisher during MacDowell's years as professor of music at Columbia University. These letters concern the publication and distribution of his compositions and his copyright difficulties with other firms, especially Brietkopf & Härtel. There are eight letters from MacDowell to the American pianist, composer, and pedagogue William Mason. This personal correspondence deals with such things as musical pieces dedicated by each man to the other. A diary and letter book belonging to Marian N. MacDowell (Mrs. Edward) contains draft copies of letters to Nicholas M. Butler and others relating to his controversial career at Columbia University. Also, photocopies of eight letters from the Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection at the Morgan Library. Among the numerous musical scores and sketches are his INDIAN SUITE and the SONATA TRAGICA. Also, two original drawings of MacDowell by Orlando Rowland; and correspondence, manuscripts, catalogs, and other materials relating to the MacDowell Exhibition at Columbia University in 1938.

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.

Printed books and music manuscripts of the Ephrata Cloister. Manuscripts 1-6 are printed books by Johan Conrad Beissel (1690-1768) some with manuscript musical notation. Manuscripts 7-12 are volumes of manuscript musical notation of melodies for hymn texts in various printed books. Most of this collection relates to Beissel's DAS GESÄNG DER..TURTEL-TAUBE, 1747.

Miscellaneous photographs, clippings, and other materials relating to O'Hara, collected by his boyhood friend Burton A. Robie. The collection includes one letter from O'Hara, one music score in his hand, and Handel music from his library.

Manuscripts and lectures notes. The lecture notes are filed in 127 volumes arranged by subject. Professor Barry's interest in music is represented by the holograph manuscript of a voluminous musical composition"The Alcayde" composed in the late 1890s.