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Peter Schickele Papers, 1874-2013, bulk 1955-2013

56.5 linear feet
Peter Schickele (1935-2024) was an American composer, music educator, and satirist. He was best known for his comedy pieces composed by the fictional character P.D.Q. Bach. The collection contains manuscript and engraved scores and parts, sketches, revised and annotated copies of Schickele's work. In addition, the collection contains scripts of dramatic pieces or spoken introductions, correspondence, and memorabilia.
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Series I: Works Composed under Peter Schickele, 1955-2013

Series I: Works Composed under Peter Schickele, 1955-2013
Series I: Works Composed under Peter Schickele consists of material related to compositions created

Series I: Works Composed under Peter Schickele consists of material related to compositions created by Peter Schickele under his name. It includes manuscript scores, arrangements, annotated, revised, and rearranged versions, engraved parts, sketches (identified and unidentified), and notes. The series also includes correspondence on revisions with Schikele's collaborators in the production of the musical drama The Rivals.

Series II: Works Composed under P.D.Q. Bach, 1966-2012

Series II: Works Composed under P.D.Q. Bach, 1966-2012
Series II: Works Composed under P.D.Q. Bach consists of material related to compositions created by
Peter Schickele and presented as the excavated work of the fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach. The series

Series II: Works Composed under P.D.Q. Bach consists of material related to compositions created by Peter Schickele and presented as the excavated work of the fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach. The series includes manuscript scores, annotated and revised versions, engraved parts, and sketches.

Columbia University Archives

Diplomas and Certificates Collection, 1714-2003, bulk 1800-1959

56.87 linear feet
This is an artificial collection of diplomas and certificates awarded to people associated with Columbia University from its founding as Kings College in 1754. Some diplomas found in this collection were awarded to Columbia-related individuals by other institutions. Also includes certificates presented to individuals and to the University as an institution, usually for honorary purposes. Correspondence directly related to some of these honors can also be found in this collection.
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Central Files (Office of the President records), 1890-1984

927 linear feet
Central Files is composed chiefly of correspondence sent and received between Columbia University administrators and other University officers, faculty, and trustees, as well as correspondence sent and received between University administrators and individuals and organizations from outside the university.
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General Alphabetical Columbia-Columbia P, 1972-1973 Box 709, Folder 11

Staff Association; Columbia Composers)

(Subjects: Columbia owned properties; Columbia Players; Columbia Jewish Bayit; Columbia History of the World; Columbia Forum; Columbia employees; Columbia-in-Detroit program; Columbia Glee Club; Columbia Committee for Community Service; Columbia's Academic Eminence (1954); Columbia-Barnard Trustee Committee; Columbia Ad Hoc Committee for Organizing; Columbia-Barnard Course Guide; Columbia Administrative Staff Association; Columbia Composers)

  1. Series III, 1972-1973

Beeson, Jack file, 1961-1967. 7/1961-6/1967 (1 Folder), 7/1961-6/1967 Box 504, Folder 14

and administration of the fund, allocations to composers and performers from the fund, fund finances

Correspondence between Jack Beeson, acting secretary of the Alice M. Ditson Fund in the Department of Music at Columbia University, and University administrators. Records relate to: the organization and administration of the fund, allocations to composers and performers from the fund, fund finances, and information on award recipients. Includes minutes of the Advisory Committee on the Alice M. Ditson Fund dating from 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1967. In addition to other topics, the minutes relate to fund finances and projects that were sponsored by the fund.

  1. Series I: Central Files, 1895-1971
  2. Subseries I.2: Personal Names, 1890-1971
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Lydia Davis papers, 1940-2022

61 Linear Feet
Lydia Davis (1947-) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages. She is the author of several collections of short stories, one novel, two collections of essays, and several translations. The papers include address books, calendars, contracts, correspondence, drafts, interviews, journals, manuscripts, notes, proofs, publications, school records, and teaching files.
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Leo H. Downes Papers, 1789-2014, bulk 1950s-2014

20 linear feet

The collection comprises 753 cassette tapes; 2 videotapes, and 13 boxes of papers.

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Daniel Haberman papers, 1972-1987

5.04 Linear Feet
American poet, translator and graphic designer. Haberman was instrumental in founding the American Poets' Corner at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and was the Cathedral's first Poet-in-Residence (1983-1986).
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Jacques Barzun papers, 1900-1999

225 linear feet
The correspondence, research, and teaching files of French-American cultural historian and Columbia University professor emeritus Jacques Barzun (1907-2012).
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Sid Ramin papers, circa 1957-2009, bulk 1957-1995

120 linear feet
Sid Ramin was a composer, conductor, and arranger for Broadway and Hollywood musicals and for television shows, including All My Children, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Gypsy, and West Side Story.
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Rid Ramin: Composer * Arranger * Conductor, 1971-1972 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4") Box 36, Item 4

Rid Ramin: Composer * Arranger * Conductor, 1971-1972

7.5 ips. Includes track list: "1. Ford Pinto '72; 2. Mellon Bank; 3. Homelite Saws; 4. Maxwell House Ice Coffee; 5. Ballantine; 6. Coral springs; 7. Execedrin Animation; 8. Vaseline Bath Beads; 9. Diet Pepsi '71; Esso 'Alps TV'; 11. Ponderosa; 12. MTWG BY '72."

  1. Series VIII: Audiovisual Materials, 1948-2004
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Anton Seidl collection of musical papers, 1870-1943

30 Linear Feet

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.

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Institute of Current World Affairs records, 1914-2018, bulk 1926-2011

147 linear feet

The Institute of Current World Affairs records document the history of the ICWA, its sister organization, the American Universities Field Staff, and its founders, Charles and John Crane. Documents include first-hand reports authored by Fellows and field staff, correspondence, minutes, planning documents, subject files, financial records, publications, and photographs.

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