Center for US-China Arts Exchange records, 1956-2019, bulk 1977-2003

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Series VI: Administrative, 1976-2010

Series VI comprise proposals, grant-related correspondence and reports from/submitted to foundations including the Ford and the Rockefeller, notes from board meetings and communications with individual board members, and additional administrative files. Subseries 5 consists of notes, reports, trip books resulted from research trips to China and other regions of East and Southeast Asia by Chou Wen-chung, Sarah L. Rhodes, and other Center staff members. Subseries 7 comprise Chou-related materials such as correspondences, interview documentation, drafts of speeches and articles by Chou.


Subseries VI.1: Endowments and Proposal



Box 79 Folder 1 Chinese Performing Artists to Columbia, 1978


Box 79 Folder 2 Background Information on the Center, circa 1978


Box 79 Folder 3 Columbia University Correspondence, re: Center Establishment, 1978


Box 79 Folder 4 Proposal for a Center for U.S.-PRC Arts Exchange, 1978 January


Box 79 Folder 5 Center Status at Columbia University, 1979-1989


Box 79 Folder 6 Center Statement of Purpose; Letter to Wang Zicheng, English and Chinese, 1980


Box 79 Folder 7 Center Draft: Long-range Plan, 1981 July


Box 79 Folder 8 Endowment Campaign: Correspondence, notes, 1985-1986

T.C. Hsu, Starr Foundation; Heyns, Hewletter Foundation; Armstrong, Luce Foundation; Geithner, Ford Foundation


Box 79 Folder 9 Endowment Campaign: Letters, 1986-1987


Box 79 Folder 10 Endowment Scenarios, 1993 September 09


Box 79 Folder 11 Endowment Press Release, 1987 Spring


Box 79 Folder 12 Moore letters and proposal, 1985 December


Box 79 Folder 13 Proposal: Marin Community, 1986-1988

Endowment Press release; Proposal; Heyns Letter, Hewlett Foundation


Box 79 Folder 14 Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) Interim Grant Report, 1980-1981


Box 79 Folder 15 Proposal: Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) Arts Education Conference Funding, 1987 August


Box 79 Folder 16 Proposal: Exxon Corporation for Support of Projects for Center, 1981 July


Box 79 Folder 17 Proposal: Fellows in the Arts Program, 1982 February 01


Box 79 Folder 18 Proposal: Summer Enrichment Program for Chinese Students in the Arts, 1982 February 22


Box 79 Folder 19 Proposal: Henry Luce Fellows in the Arts, 1982


Box 79 Folder 20 Program Summary: Exchange ofArtists, prepared for 1985 February 15 meeting, 1984-1988


Box 79 Folder 20 Center Program, prepared for NEA meetings, 1984-1988


Box 79 Folder 21 Proposal: International Arts Exchange Festival of Hong Kong, 1986 August

Include correspondence


Box 79 Folder 22 Proposal: Museum Project, 1988 March


Box 79 Folder 23 Proposal: Fellowship Program for Chinese Artists and Arts Specialists, 1988 Spring


Box 79 Folder 24 Fundraising Letters to Foundations, 1985-1986

Mary Livingston Griggs, Burke Foundation; RBF Proposal, Increase General Support; Proposal for General Funds Grant; Henry Luce Foundation proposal; Skaggs Foundation; IBM Proposal; L.A.W. Proposal; Ford Foundation Proposal


Box 79 Folder 25 Draft Proposal: Ford Continuation of Yunnan Nationalities Cultures Project, 1994 October


Box 79 Folder 25 Proposal: Ford Review Conference, 1994 July 14


Box 79 Folder 25 Proposal: Freeman Foundation, 1995 July


Box 79 Folder 26 Proposal: Cities, East and West, 1994 July


Progress Report, Program Report, Financial Report


Box 79 Folder 27 In English, 1979 July


Box 79 Folder 28 In Chinese, 1979 May, July


Box 79 Folder 29 1980 August 28


Box 79 Folder 30 1979-1982


Box 79 Folder 31 1982


Box 79 Folder 32 Annual report covers, 1980s


Box 79 Folder 33 1978-1980


Box 79 Folder 34 1980-1981


Box 79 Folder 35 1981-1982


Box 79 Folder 36 1982-1983


Box 79 Folder 37 1983-1984


Box 79 Folder 38 1984-1985


Box 79 Folder 39 1985-1986


Box 79 Folder 40 1986-1987


Box 79 Folder 41 1987-1988


Box 79 Folder 42 1988-1989


Box 79 Folder 43 1989-1990


Box 79 Folder 44 1990-1991


Box 79 Folder 45 1991-1992


Box 79 Folder 46 1992-1993


Box 79 Folder 47 1993-1994


Box 79 Folder 48 1994-1995


Subseries VI.2: Foundations



Box 50 Folder 21-22 Foundation Data Sheets, 1981


Box 50 Folder 23-25 Foundation Notebook, Volume I, 1979-1995

Include: ACC, Arco Foundation, J. Aron Charity Foundation, Burke Foundation, Exxon


Box 50 Folder 26-29 Foundation Notebook, Volume II, 1971-1998

Include: Ford Foundation, H. J. Heinz, Hewletts, Esther and Walter Hewlett Foundation, International Communication Agency, ITT, JDF 3rd Fund



Box 51 Folder 1-4 Foundation Notebook, Volume III, 1978-1997

Include: Kunstadter Foundation, Luce Foundation, Merrill Lynch, New York Times, Occidental, O'Neill Gift


Box 51 Folder 5-7 Foundation Notebook, Volume IV, 1979-1996

Include: Philip Morris Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Sackler Foundation, Dr. & Mrs. William Shaw, Starr Foundation, United Board of Christian Higher Education, Video Music Production, L.A.W. Fund & DeWitt Wallace, Individuals, potential individuals and foundations/corporations


Box 51 Folder 8-11 Ford Foundation Notebook I, 1984-1996


Box 51 Folder 12-14 Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Foundation Notebook, 1978-1996


Box 51 Folder 15 America-China Society, 1989


Asian Cultural Council


Box 51 Folder 16 Ralph Samuelson, China Trip, 1986


Box 51 Folder 17 Correspondence, Hong Kong, 1990-2001


Box 51 Folder 18-21 Correspondence, 1979-2002


Asia Society



Box 52 Folder 1-3 Correspondence, 1979-1996, 2001


Box 52 Folder 4 Programs, Pamphlets, Publications, 1986-1988, 1996


Box 52 Folder 5 Cambodia Conference, 1992 June


Box 52 Folder 6 Asia House Gallery, 1980-1993


China Institute in America


Box 52 Folder 7 Correspondence, 1980-1996, 2001


Box 52 Folder 8 Award, 1985


Box 52 Folder 9 U.S. China Business Council: Robert Kapp, 1982-1995


Box 52 Folder 10 Yale-China Association, 1980-1995


Box 52 Folder 11 Arts International, 1983-1989


Box 52 Folder 12 Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), 1986


Box 52 Folder 12 Council on International Education Exchange (CIEE), 1991


Box 52 Folder 13 Foreign Policy Association, 1986-1988


Institute of International Education (IIE)


Box 52 Folder 14 Elisabeth Luce Moore Leadership Program for Chinese Women, 1995


Box 52 Folder 15 Hong Kong/Taiwan Applications, 1995


Box 52 Folder 16-17 Correspondence, 1986-1998


Box 52 Folder 18 Conservancy Project, 1997-1998


Box 52 Folder 19 Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Grant, 1997-2005


Box 52 Folder 20 J. Aron Charitable Foundation, Inc., 1988-1995


Box 52 Folder 21 Flora Family Foundation, 1999-2002


Ford Foundation


Box 52 Folder 22-25 General Correspondence, 1983-2001


Box 52 Folder 26-29 Anthony Saich, 1994-2000


Box 52 Folder 30-32 Peter Harris, 1990-1996



Box 53 Folder 1 Peter Geither, 1984-1995


Box 53 Folder 2-5 Andrew Watson, 1990-2001


Box 53 Folder 6 Report, Phase II Part II, 1999


Box 53 Folder 7 Proposal, Phase III, 1999


Box 53 Folder 8 Freeman Foundation, 1993-1995


Box 53 Folder 9 Fund for Folk Culture, 1993-1994


Box 53 Folder 10 Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation, 1982-1984


Box 53 Folder 11 Hewlett Foundation; Lingnan Foundation, 2000


Box 53 Folder 12 Johnson Foundation, Inc. (Wingspread), 1990-1992


Box 53 Folder 13 Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation, 1998-2001


Henry Luce Foundation


Box 53 Folder 14-16 Correspondence, 1983-1998


Box 53 Folder 17 Two Cities Project, 1984-1993


Box 53 Folder 18 Woodrow Wilson Center, Lunch and Reception, 1997


Box 53 Folder 19 Visual Arts Grant, 1993-1994


Box 53 Folder 20 60th Anniversary (1936-1996) Booklet, 1996


MacArthur Foundation


Box 53 Folder 21 Correspondence, 1988-1995


Box 53 Folder 22 Gaoligongshan, 2002-2003


Box 53 Folder 23 Gaoligongshan Project, 2003-2004, 2008

Include 1 CD


Box 53 Folder 24 Yunnan Initiative; Gaoligongshan; Proposal, 2006-2010


Box 53 Folder 25 Grant Awards, 2005-2006


Box 53 Folder 26 Reports, 2008-2009


Box 53 Folder 27 Report on Activities, Booklet, 1999


Box 53 Folder 28 Dan Martin, 1998-2000


Box 53 Folder 29 Conservancy Leadership, 1997-2000


Box 53 Folder 30 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): Bill Ivey, 2000-2001



Box 54 Folder 1 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), 1979-1999


Box 54 Folder 2 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 1989-1997


Box 54 Folder 3 Sackler Foundation, 1987


Box 54 Folder 3 Trace Foundation, 2000


Box 54 Folder 4 Starr Foundation, 1979-1995


Rockefeller Brothers Fund


Box 54 Folder 5-6 General Correspondence, 1984-2003


Box 54 Folder 7 Annual Report, Booklet, 1991


Box 54 Folder 8 Publicity, 1988-1996


Box 54 Folder 9-10 United Board for Christian Higher Education: David Vikner, 1980-1998


Box 54 Folder 11 United Board for Christian Higher Education: Annual Reports, 1994-1997


Box 54 Folder 12 World Monuments Fund, 2000


Subseries VI.3: Advisory Council, Board of Managers and Members


Board of Managers and Members


Box 54 Folder 13 Gerald W. Adelmann, 1992-1995


Box 54 Folder 14 Gerald W. Adelmann, Canal Corridor, 1991-1992


Box 54 Folder 15 Robert E. Armstrong, 1987-1992


Box 54 Folder 16 Shuyler Chapin, 1980-1999


Box 54 Folder 17 William Delano, 1980-1987


Box 54 Folder 18 Norma F. Flender, 1993-1996


Box 54 Folder 19 Milos Forman, 1980-1985


Box 54 Folder 20 Joan W. Harris, 1985-1993


Box 54 Folder 21 Richard C. Holbrooke, 1980-1990


Box 54 Folder 22 Robert D. Hormats, 1987-1990


Box 54 Folder 23-24 Geraldine Kunstadter, 1994-1999


Box 54 Folder 25 David Michael Lampton, 1990-1995


Box 54 Folder 26 Terry E. Lautz, 1992-1995


Box 54 Folder 27 Ming Cho Lee, 1981-1996


Box 54 Folder 28 Robert A. Levinson, 1984-1998


Box 54 Folder 29 Jimmy Lin Cho-Liang, 1983-1995


Box 54 Folder 30 Yo-yo Ma, 1987-1999


Box 54 Folder 31 Arthur Miller, 1981-1999


Box 54 Folder 32 Arthur Miller, Publicity, 1983-1985


Box 54 Folder 33 Michael Morris, 1991-1995



Box 55 Folder 1 Doug Murray, 1991-2001


Box 55 Folder 2-5 Waldemar A. Nielsen, 1981-1996


Box 55 Folder 6 Waldemar A. Nielsen, Meishujiaoyu/美术教育, Issue 1-5, 1981


Box 55 Folder 7 I.M. Pei, 1981-1991


Box 55 Folder 8 I.M. Pei, Publicity, 1983-1989


Box 55 Folder 9 Joseph W. Polisi, 1984-1996


Box 55 Folder 10 Frederick Rose, 1980-1981


Box 55 Folder 11 Arthur Rosen, 1981-1995


Box 55 Folder 12 Norman Ross, 1980-1998


Box 55 Folder 13 Henry P. Sailer, 1980-1987


Box 55 Folder 14 Walter Scheuer, 1979-1987


Box 55 Folder 15 Martin E. Segal, 1979-1996


Box 55 Folder 16 Peter Smith, 1987-1995


Box 55 Folder 17 Larry Snoddon, 1987-1996


Box 55 Folder 18-19 Michael I. Sovern, 1979-1999


Box 55 Folder 20 Helen Walker Spencer, 1993-1996


Box 55 Folder 21 Isaac Stern, 1979-2001


Box 55 Folder 22 Audrey Topping, 1981-1993


Box 55 Folder 23 Carl Wolz, 1993-1999


Box 55 Folder 24 Herman Wouk, China Trip, 1980-1984


Box 55 Folder 25 Herman Wouk, 1980-1987


Box 55 Folder 26-27 Russell Phillips, 1980-2001


Box 55 Folder 28 George Rupp, 1993-1995


Box 55 Folder 29 Jonathan R. Cole, 1993-1996


Box 55 Folder 30 A. Doak Barnett, 1979-1984


Box 55 Folder 31 Leonard Bernstein, 1980-1994


Box 55 Folder 32 Leonard Bernstein, Publicity, 1980-1994


Box 55 Folder 33 John Bresnan, 1981-1988


Box 55 Folder 34 John Chancellor, 1981-1993



Box 56 Folder 1 Ana Daniel, 1983-1988


Box 56 Folder 2 Esther B. Hewlett, 1985-1992


Box 56 Folder 3 Porter McKeever, 1980-1992


Box 56 Folder 4 Robert B. Oxnam, 1980-1994


Box 56 Folder 5 Committee of 100 Ad Hoc, 1990-1996


Box 56 Folder 6 Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 1987-1991


Box 56 Folder 7 Harrison Salisbury, 1983-1993


Box 56 Folder 8 Meyer Schapiro, 1981-1994


Box 56 Folder 9 Joseph E. Slater, 1982-1988


Box 56 Folder 10 Theodore White, 1984-1987


Box 56 Folder 11 Chen Ning Yang, 1980-1996


Box 56 Folder 12 Board Members, Bio Info, 1983


Board Meetings and Other Files


Box 56 Folder 13 Meetings, 1979-1980

Name list


Box 56 Folder 14 Meetings, 1981 December

First meeting



Box 100 Folder 7 Meetings, 1981 December, Photographs

First meeting



Box 56 Folder 15 Meetings, 1982 November

Second meeting


Box 56 Folder 16 Meetings, 1981

Development Committee Meetings: Corporate, Board of Directors


Box 56 Folder 17 Meetings, 1982-1983

Development Committee Meetings: Name list, Reference


Box 56 Folder 18 Meetings, 1982-1983

Development Committee Meetings


Box 56 Folder 19 Meetings, 1984

Development Committee Meetings


Box 56 Folder 20 Meetings, 1985

Development Committee Meetings


Box 56 Folder 21 Meetings, 1987 January

Development Committee Meetings


Box 56 Folder 22 Meetings, 1987 May


Box 56 Folder 23 Meetings, 1987 September

Nominating Committee Conference Call


Box 56 Folder 24 Meetings, 1988 April


Box 56 Folder 25 Meetings, 1988 June

Ad Hoc


Box 56 Folder 26 Meetings, 1990 April

Executive Committee


Box 56 Folder 27-28 Meetings, 1991 February


Box 56 Folder 29 Meetings, 1991 July

Executive Committee



Box 57 Folder 1-3 Meetings, 1993 December

Include caricature of Board members


Box 57 Folder 4 Meetings, 1994 June


Box 57 Folder 5 Meetings, 1995 June


Box 57 Folder 6 Meetings, 1995 June 19


Box 57 Folder 7 Meetings, 1995 August

Hosted by J. Adelmann


Box 57 Folder 8 Meetings, 2000 December


Box 57 Folder 9 Meetings, 2001 October


Box 57 Folder 10 Rotation, 1990-1991


Box 57 Folder 11 Rotation, 1992-1993, 1996


Box 57 Folder 12 General Matters, 1989-1993


Box 57 Folder 13 Important Information, 1987-1988


Box 57 Folder 14 Structure, 1981-1993


Box 57 Folder 15 Original Advisory Council Profiles, 1980-1981


Box 57 Folder 16 Status, 1984-1985


Box 57 Folder 17 Form Letters, Sheets, undated


Box 57 Folder 18 Memoranda and letters sent to all members, 1987-1993


Box 57 Folder 19 Meeting Contact List, 1988, 1990


Box 57 Folder 20 Appointment of a Deputy Director, 1987 July


Subseries VI.4: Early Documents


Box 57 Folder 21 Chou Wen-chung, China Trip, with National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, 1977-1978


Box 57 Folder 22 Visit of the Delegation of Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs to the U.S., 1977


Box 57 Folder 22 National Committee Board of Directors Delegation to the PRC, 1977


Box 57 Folder 23 Zhongshan University Delegation, Delegate list, circa 1978


Box 57 Folder 24 Visit of the Delegation of the China International Travel Service to the U.S., 1978


Box 57 Folder 25 China Foreign Language Educator Visit, 1978


Box 57 Folder 26 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Delegation, 1979


Box 57 Folder 27 Visiting Delegation from Chekiang University/Zhejiang University, 1979


Box 57 Folder 28 China Travel Service, Correspondence, 1978


Box 57 Folder 29 Incoming Correspondence, 1978-1979


Box 57 Folder 30 Incoming Correspondence, PRC, 1978


Box 57 Folder 31 Incoming Correspondence, China, Beijing, 1978


Box 57 Folder 32 Incoming Correspondence, China, Shanghai, 1978


Box 57 Folder 33 Incoming Correspondence, Chinese Embassy, 1978


Box 57 Folder 34 Outgoing Correspondence, 1978


Box 57 Folder 35 Outgoing Correspondence, Central Conservatory, Shanghai Conservatory/上海音乐学院, 1978-1979


Box 57 Folder 36 Selection of Materials to China, 1978


Box 57 Folder 37 Schuyler G. Chapin's, China trip, 1981-1982


Box 57 Folder 38 Center Project List for 1979-1993, 1994


Subseries VI.5: Trip Reports, 1977-1996


Box 57 Folder 39 Trip Report, 1977 November 03-20


Box 57 Folder 40 Trip Planning, 1979 October


Box 57 Folder 41 Correspondence, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1979


Box 57 Folder 42 Travel Letters from Clara to Gilbert, 1980 July-October


Box 57 Folder 43 Ministry of Culture Delegation, 1980


Box 57 Folder 44 China Trip, 1980 December

Preparatory and budget, itinerary with name list, trip planning and itinerary, meeting notes, CFLAC meeting notes, final report


Box 57 Folder 45 Art Briefing, 1981 Fall


Box 57 Folder 46 China Trip, 1981 December

Travel arrangement, correspondence, planning, meetings and discussion summaries, performance programs, incoming telegrams


Box 57 Folder 47 China Trip: Hong Kong, Meeting notes, 1981-1982


Box 57 Folder 48 China Trip, Summary sheets, Itinerary, 1983 March


Box 57 Folder 49 China Trip, Notes, 1983 March


Box 57 Folder 50 China Trip, Notes, 1983 May


Box 57 Folder 51 China Trip: Planning, Itinerary, Transcript and Trip Report, 1983 December


Box 57 Folder 52 China Trip: Agenda, Transcript, 1983 December



Box 58 Folder 1 China Trip: Notes, 1984 June


Box 58 Folder 2 China Trip: Artist Information Sheets, 1984 June


Box 58 Folder 3 China Trip: Briefing sheets, 1984 June


Box 58 Folder 4 China Trip: Briefing, Schedule, Notes, 1984 June


Box 58 Folder 5 China Trip: Debriefing, original, 1984 June


Box 58 Folder 6 China Trip: Trip report, 1984 June


Box 58 Folder 7 Southeast Asia/China Trip: Travel planning, 1984 November-December


Box 58 Folder 8 Southeast Asia/China Trip: Prep sheets, 1984 December


Box 58 Folder 9 Southeast Asia/China Trip: Correspondence, Clippings, 1984 December


Box 58 Folder 10 Southeast Asia/China Trip: Debriefing Report, 1984 December


Box 58 Folder 11 Southeast Asia/China Trip: Notes, 1984 December


Box 58 Folder 12 China Trip: Trip Book, 1984 December


Box 58 Folder 13 China Trip: Debriefing, 1984 December


Box 58 Folder 14 China Trip: Itinerary, Travel Arrangement, 1985 March


Box 58 Folder 15 China Trip: Correspondence, 1985 March


Box 58 Folder 16 China Trip: Notes, Business cards, 1985 March


Box 58 Folder 17 China Trip: Hong Kong, 1985 March


Box 58 Folder 18 China Trip: Chengdu, Guilin Travel maps, guides, menus, clippings, 1985 March



Box 100 Folder 4 China Trip: Xiamen, 1985 March



Box 58 Folder 19 China Trip: Collected materials, clippings, 1985 March


Box 58 Folder 20-22 China Trip: Trip report, 1985 March


Box 58 Folder 23 China Trip: Itinerary, Correspondence, Meeting summaries, 1985 September


Box 58 Folder 24 China Trip: Chou Wen-Chung Trip prep, 1985 September


Box 58 Folder 25 China Trip: SLR Trip prep, 1985 September


Box 58 Folder 26 China Trip: Trip report, 1985 September


Box 58 Folder 27 China Trip: Travel and trip prep, 1986 June


Box 58 Folder 28 China Trip: Shanghai, Hong Kong notes, 1986 June


Box 58 Folder 29 China Trip: Beijing, 1986 June


Box 58 Folder 30 China Trip: Trip book, from tapes, 1986 June


Box 58 Folder 31 China Trip: Trip book, 1986 June


Box 58 Folder 32 China Trip: Trip report, 1986 June



Box 59 Folder 1 China Trip: Susan L. Rhodes report, 1987 July


Box 59 Folder 2 China Trip: Meeting summaries, 1987 September


Box 59 Folder 3 China Trip: Trip book, Beijing, Shanghai, 1987 September


Box 59 Folder 4 China Trip: Trip book, 1987 November-December


Box 59 Folder 5 Briefing Readings on the Historical and Current Situation in Tibet, 1987


Box 59 Folder 6 Korea Trip, 1988 May

Collected programs, clippings, correspondence


Box 59 Folder 7 China Trip: Hong Kong, 1988 September


Box 59 Folder 8 China Trip: Trip book, 1988 October-November

Schedule, contacts, letters, ISCM


Box 59 Folder 9 China Trip: Agenda, Notes, Invitations, business cards, etc., 1987-1988


Box 59 Folder 10 Yunnan Trip: Notes, 1990 December-1991 January


Box 59 Folder 11 Yunnan Trip: Meeting notes, notes, 1991-1993


Box 59 Folder 12 Yunnan Trip: Itinerary, reference materials, 1991-1993


Box 59 Folder 13 Yunnan Nationalities Museum, Design/云南民族博物馆:设计, 1991


Box 59 Folder 14 Yunnan Joint Plan, Ford Proposal, in Chinese, 1991


Box 59 Folder 15 Yunnan Trip: Trip book, 1991


Box 59 Folder 16 Yunnan Trip: Trip report, 1991 June-July


Box 59 Folder 17 Susan L. Rhodes China Trip Book, 1991 June-July


Box 59 Folder 18 Southeast Asia Trip: Debriefing, notes, itinerary, contact list, 1992 January


Box 59 Folder 19 Southeast Asia Trip: Debriefing, 1992 January


Box 59 Folder 20 Southeast Asia Trip: Trip book, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, India, 1992 January


Box 59 Folder 21 Southeast Asia Trip: Notes, 1991-1992


Box 59 Folder 22 Southeast Asia Trip: Trip Report, 1992


Box 59 Folder 23 SLR Trip report, Washington D.C., 1992 June 10-12


Box 59 Folder 24-26 Yunnan Trip: Trip file, 1993 January-February



Box 60 Folder 1 SLR Trip book: Washington D.C., 1993 March


Box 60 Folder 2 Trip book: Memphis, 1993 March


Box 60 Folder 3 Chou Wen-Chung/SLR Trip book: Chicago, 1993 March


Box 60 Folder 4 Yunnan Museum Project, U.S. Mission Tour, 1993 April-May


Box 60 Folder 5 Yunnan Museum Project, Study Tour, Chinese comments, 1993


Box 60 Folder 6 Yunnan Trip: Itinerary, contact list, reports, 1993


Box 60 Folder 7 China Trip: Merce Cunningham, 1993


Box 60 Folder 8 China Trip: Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Campbell and Riggs visit to China, correspondence, 1993


Box 60 Folder 9 China Trip: Trip report, Stephen Becker, Laurel Kendall, 1993 June


Box 60 Folder 10 Yunnan Visit, 1993 June


Box 60 Folder 11 Yunnan Contacts, 1993 June-July


Box 60 Folder 12 Yunnan Trip: Debriefing, Chinese Resumes, Conference Information, 1993 June-July


Box 60 Folder 13 Yunnan Trip: Trip report, 1993 June


Box 60 Folder 14 China Trip: Yunnan Nationalities Institute/云南民族大学, meeting notes, 1994


Box 60 Folder 15 China Trip: Meeting notes, in Chinese, 1994 January


Box 60 Folder 16-18 Chou Wen-Chung/Yu Jian Trip book, 1994 January-February


Box 60 Folder 19 China Trip: Trip Debriefing, 1994 February


Box 60 Folder 20 Yunnan Nationalities Institute/云南民族大学, Proposal, in Chinese, 1994 Fall


Box 60 Folder 21 Yunnan Nationalities Institute Delegation, Itinerary, Correspondence, 1994 October-November


Box 60 Folder 22 Yunnan Nationalities Institute's Educators, Visits to the U.S., 1994 Fall


Box 60 Folder 23 Yunnan Nationalities Institute Delegation, Thank You Letters, 1994 November


Box 60 Folder 24 China Trip: Trip book, 1995 February


Box 60 Folder 25 Yunnan Joint Plan, 1995


Box 60 Folder 26-28 Yunnan Joint Session, SLR Trip book, 1995-1996


Box 60 Folder 29 Ken Hao's Trip book, 1996 June



Box 29 Folder 22 Yunnan Trip File, 1996 June


Box 29 Folder 23 China Trip: Trip notebook, February


Box 29 Folder 24 Yunnan Joint Plan: Current Status, 1997 November


Box 29 Folder 25 Yunnan: Trip Reports, 1997-1998

Includes trip reports by Barry Bergey, Martin Perkop, Ramon P. Santos, Paul J. Smith, Thomas H. Wilson, Judy Van Zile


Box 29 Folder 26 Yunnan Nationalities Folk Arts Survey Project, 1997-1998


Subseries VI.6: Budgets and Financial Reports



Box 79 Folder 49 Budgets, 1996-2001


Box 79 Folder 50 Budgets, 1999-2001


Box 79 Folder 51 Budget Notes, 2001


Box 79 Folder 52 Financial Statements, 1978-1982


Box 79 Folder 53 Financial Statements, 1979-1980


Box 79 Folder 54 Financial Statements & Proposals, 1985-1986


Box 79 Folder 55 Program Report and Budget, 2000-2001



Box 78 Folder 15 Budget Notes, 1998-1999


Box 78 Folder 16 Budget Notes, 1999-2000


Box 78 Folder 17 Budget Notes, 1994-1999


Box 78 Folder 18 Salary Negotiation, 1989-1995


Box 78 Folder 19 Financial Report, 1997 April


Box 78 Folder 20 Expenses and Correspondence, 2001 March


Box 78 Folder 21 Foundation Grants, 2000 February-April


Subseries VI.7: Chou Wen-Chung File



Box 61 Folder 1 List, Chinese American Artists, circa 1980s


Box 61 Folder 2 List, Student Musicians, 1982


Box 61 Folder 3 List, Chinese American Donors, circa 1980s


Box 61 Folder 4 Varese Reception, RSVP list, circa 1980s


Box 61 Folder 5 Reception Guest List, 1980-1985


Box 61 Folder 6 List, Foundation, 1980


Box 61 Folder 7 List and Information, American Arts Leaders, 1980


Box 61 Folder 8 Chinese Contact Lists and Correspondence, 1981-1982


Box 61 Folder 9 List, Chinese Government Officials, 1982


Box 61 Folder 10 List, Chinese Literary and Art Organizations, 1979-1980


Box 61 Folder 11 List, Chinese Contacts, Delegation Itineraries, 1981


Box 61 Folder 12 Chinese Name List, Collected during early delegations to China, 1980-1981


Box 61 Folder 13 Chinese Name List, 1983


Box 61 Folder 14 Arts, Articles, 1982-1984


Box 61 Folder 15 Asia Society, 1982-1986


Box 61 Folder 16 Asian Cultural Council, 1984


Box 61 Folder 17 China Institute: US-China 200, 1984


Box 61 Folder 18 China Institute Symposium, 1985


Box 61 Folder 19 East-West Center: Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳) Visit to NY, 1984 January


Box 61 Folder 20 East-West Center: Sino-American Educational and Cultural Exchange, 1985 February


Box 61 Folder 21-23 National Committee on US-China Relations, 1979-1986


Box 61 Folder 24 Collected Performance Programs, in Chinese, 1980 December


Box 61 Folder 25 Correspondence, Support Letters, 1980


Box 61 Folder 26 US-China Cultural Agreements and Accords, 1978-1985


Box 61 Folder 27 Articles: From Waif to Composer; Yin yue xin xi (音乐讯息1981年第二期), 1980-1981


Box 61 Folder 28 Congress, Notes and Correspondence, 1979-1981


Box 61 Folder 29 Werner Torkanowsky, circa 1980s


Box 61 Folder 30 Resumes and Articles, Chinese Scholars and Musicians, 1981


Box 61 Folder 31 Beaux Arts Trio, 1979


Box 61 Folder 32-33 Correspondence, 1979


Box 61 Folder 34 Chinese Poems, circa 1981-1982


Box 61 Folder 35 Visual Arts Exchange, 1983-1984


Box 61 Folder 36 Corning Glass Museum, 1984


Box 61 Folder 37 Notes on Concert Halls, circa 1984


Box 61 Folder 38 Dance, 1984


Box 61 Folder 39 Music, Oberlin, 1981-1983


Box 61 Folder 40 Shangri-la, Clippings, 1999


Box 61 Folder 41 New York Times Clippings, Art and Music, 2000


Box 61 Folder 42 Magazine Articles, Heritage Sites, 1999


Box 61 Folder 43 Sichuan Chamber Music Festival, circa 1990s


Box 61 Folder 44-45 Northern Telecom (Nortel), 1995-1996


Box 61 Folder 46 Bonnie R. Cohen, Undersecretary of State, 1998


Box 61 Folder 47 Chou Wen-Chung Letter to New York Times, re: Orville Schell article on China, 1981 December


Box 61 Folder 48 Guggenheim Project, 1997


Box 61 Folder 49 Correspondence, 1984, 1994


Box 61 Folder 50 Chinese Artists, 1982-1983


Box 61 Folder 51 Chinese Institutions, 1979


Box 61 Folder 52 Chou Wen-Chung, Curriculum Vitae, 1998-2001


Program Notes by Chou Wen-Chung


Box 61 Folder 53 All in the Spring Wind, undated


Box 61 Folder 53 And the Fallen Petals, 1960

With scorebook


Box 61 Folder 53 Beijing in the Mist, 1986


Box 61 Folder 53 Landscape, circa 1949


Box 61 Folder 53 Introduction to Yu Ko, in Chinese, 1988 March


Box 61 Folder 53 Windswept Peaks, 1990


Box 61 Folder 53 String Quartet, Clouds, undated


Box 61 Folder 53 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, 1997


Box 61 Folder 53 Ameriques, undated


Box 61 Folder 53 Tuning Up, circa 2001


Box 61 Folder 53 Dance for Burgess, circa 1998


Box 61 Folder 54 String Quartet, Premiere, Lincoln Center, 1996 December


Box 61 Folder 55 Otto Lenning's Memorial Concert, 1996


Box 61 Folder 56 Varese Festival, Lyon, France, 1996



Box 62 Folder 1 Crosscurrents: Asian Aesthetics, Gala Concert in Honor of Chou Wen-Chung, Asia Society, 1995-1996

Include invitation, program, correspondence, thank you letters, and clippings


Box 62 Folder 2 A Retrospective Concert of Music by Chou Wen-Chung, 1993 April 01

Include flyers, programs, biographical, correspondence, budget, etc., fundraising letters from Norma Flender, press and publicity


Box 62 Folder 3 Cello Concerto, 1992

Include copyright, American Music Center; Ellen Highstein, Concert Artist Guild; Janos Starker; American Composers Orchestra


Box 62 Folder 4 Windswept Peaks, New Music Consort, 1990 January 25


Box 62 Folder 4 Windswept Peaks, Premiere, Brunswick, Maine, 1990 Summer


Box 62 Folder 5 Windswept Peaks, Hunter Playhouse, 1990


Box 62 Folder 6 Echoes from the Gorge, Rehearsal Notes, circa 1995


Box 62 Folder 7 Asia Society Concert, 1989 April 27


Interviews with Chou Wen-Chung


Box 62 Folder 8 Megachine/magazine, attempt interview, 1992 August


Box 62 Folder 8 Interviews, 1991


Box 62 Folder 8 League-ISCM, Boston, Interview by Robert Kyr, 1990


Box 62 Folder 8 Chou Wen-Chung article in Barnard Bulletin, 2000 May 03


Box 62 Folder 9 Dictionary Entries by Chou Wen-Chung, undated


Articles on Chou Wen-Chung


Box 62 Folder 10 Peters Notes, 1997 Winter


Box 62 Folder 10 Fanfare, 1996 April


Box 62 Folder 10 Disserations on Chou Wen-Chung, List, undated


Box 62 Folder 10 Comments on Chou Wen-Chung's music, undated


Box 62 Folder 10 Review of Chou Wen-Chung's Echoes from the Gorge, 1995


Box 62 Folder 10 Music of Chou Wen-Chung, Echoes, Press Release, crica 1995


Box 62 Folder 10 School of Arts Perspective, "From Higher Point of View", by Perry Goldstein, 1991


Box 62 Folder 10 Beijing Review, US-China Arts Exchange "Come on over, the Climate Fine", 1988 March 07-13


Box 62 Folder 10 Phases of the Moon, 1981 December


Box 62 Folder 10 CRI Recording Review in Musical Quarterly, by Bruce Archibald, undated


Box 62 Folder 10 The Sound World of Chou Wen-Chung, by Alfred Frankenstein, undated


Box 62 Folder 10 American Record Guide, 1970 July

See page 886


Box 62 Folder 11 American Composers Alliance Bulletin, by Nicolas Slonimsky, 1961


Box 62 Folder 11 Review of Nocturnal, by Eric Salzman, undated


Box 62 Folder 11 Four Asian Contemporary Composers, by Francisco F. Feliciano, undated


Box 62 Folder 11 America's Music, Gilbert Chase, undated

Includes comments on Chou Wen-Chung


Box 62 Folder 11 Clipping on Chou Wen-Chung, 1992


Box 62 Folder 12-13 Chinese Press/Articles on Chou Wen-Chung, 1982-1996


Writings and Speeches by Chou Wen-Chung


Box 62 Folder 14 Wenren and Culture, 文人與人文, 1999


Box 62 Folder 15 US-China Arts Exchange: A Practice in Search of a Philosophy, 美中艺术交流:对哲学的一次探索, 1988, 1990-1991

Manuscript in Chinese and English, Published in 1990


Box 62 Folder 16 From Adventure to Discoverty: A Quarter-Century of Varese's Vision, 1998 June


Box 62 Folder 17 Asian Music Today? What is it? 什麼是當今的亞洲音樂?, 1994, 1996


Box 62 Folder 18 Independent is the key word, Address to the Festival Europe-Asia in Kazan, Tatarstan, 1993


Box 62 Folder 19 Four for Flute, Ewha University, Currents in Musical Thoughts, 1991


Box 62 Folder 20 Music by Asian Composers, Speech given at University of Cincinnati, 1996 March


Box 62 Folder 21 Music-What is its Future?, 2001 March-April


Box 62 Folder 22 What is Happening to Music? Commodification or Creativity?, 2005 May 02


Box 62 Folder 23 Statement on Music, undated



Box 63 Folder 1 Minds for History Conference, Directory, 1990 October


Box 63 Folder 2 Minds for History, Correspondence, 1990-1991


Box 63 Folder 3 Keynote speech at ISCM-ACL World Music Days Festival, Hong Kong, 1988


Box 63 Folder 4 Edgard Varese: Legacy of a Seminal Genius, Symphony Magazine, 1983 December


Box 63 Folder 5 Asian Aesthetics and World Music, Asian Composers Conference, Hong Kong, 1981 March 06

Include Asian Composers Conference Final Report


Box 63 Folder 6 Keynote speech: Asian Music for Tomorrow: Towards a new Mainstream, at the 6th Asian Composer's League Conference-Festival, Seoul, Korea, 1979


Box 63 Folder 7 ISAM Monograph #11: The New Worlds of Edgard Varese, Article on Ionisation, 1979


Box 63 Folder 8 Influence or Confluence? 6th Symposium on the Arts in Asia, National Academy of Arts, Seoul, Korea, 1977 October


Box 63 Folder 9 Chinese Historiography and Music, in the Music Quarterly, 1976 April


Box 63 Folder 10 Asian Concepts and 20th Century Western Composers, in the Music Quarterly, 1971 April


Box 63 Folder 11 Single Tones as Musical Entities: An Approach to Structured Deviations in Tonal Characteristics, 1970


Box 63 Folder 12 East and West, Old and New, Asian Music, 1968-1969 Winter


Box 63 Folder 13 Towards a Re-Merger in Music, Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music, 1967


Box 63 Folder 14 Open Rather Than Bound, in the Perspectives of New Music, 1966


Box 63 Folder 15 Varese: A Sketch of the Man and his Music, 1966 April


Box 63 Folder 16 Edgard Varese, Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music, undated


Box 63 Folder 17 The Nature and Value of Chinese Music, undated


Box 63 Folder 18 Varese: Who is He? In Grand Street, Number 63, 1998


Box 63 Folder 19 Incomplete list of Chou Wen-Chung's students, undated


Box 63 Folder 20 Chou Wen-Chung Bio, in Japanese, Chinese, English, 1999-2004


Box 63 Folder 21 Chou Wen-Chung, Brochures, circa 1980s-1990s


Box 63 Folder 22 Chou Wen-Chung material mailing list, 1988 March


Box 63 Folder 23 St. John's University Alumni Association, 1986-1987


Box 63 Folder 24 Contact list, Delegation/Project Members, 1979-1985


Box 63 Folder 25 Festival of Music by Contemporary Chinese Composers, SUNY Buffalo, 1994 April 16


Box 63 Folder 26 Trip to Taiwan, Correspondence, Zheng Yali/鄭雅麗, 1995 November


Box 63 Folder 27 Syracuse Symphony, Youth Orchestra, Charles Paltz, 1995 March


Box 63 Folder 28 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1995 December


Box 63 Folder 29 International Festival of Modern Chamber Music Europe-Asia, Kazan, Tatarstan, 1993


Box 63 Folder 30 Connecticut College, 1990 April-May


Box 63 Folder 31 Bangkok Music Festival, 1994-1995


Box 63 Folder 32 Festival of Sino-American Music and Culture, University of Cincinnati, 1996


Box 63 Folder 33 University of California, Santa Cruz Music Festival, Hikyung Kim, 1996


Box 63 Folder 34 Budapest Spring Festival, Janos Karpati, 1996 January


Box 63 Folder 35 Thesis Research on Varese, Marian van Dijk, Correspondence, 1993-1994


Box 63 Folder 36 Fiddlefest, 1994 October


Box 63 Folder 37 Asian Composers' League Conference and Festival, 1994 May


Box 63 Folder 38 Rainer Bohlke, 1993


Box 63 Folder 39 Openlands Project, Koussevitsky Foundation, 1992-1993


Box 63 Folder 40 Barbara Mittler, 1992


Box 63 Folder 41 Voyager Record Project, Murmurs of Earth, Flowing Streams, 1992-1993


Box 63 Folder 42 Boston Musica Viva, 1979, 1987-1992


Box 63 Folder 43 Berlin, 1990


Box 63 Folder 44 Music in the Dialogue of Cultures: Traditional Music and Cultural Policy, 1988


Box 63 Folder 45 Fritz Reiner Center, 1984


Box 63 Folder 46 Margaret Fairbank Joy, 1996


Box 63 Folder 47 Overseas Chinese Artists Conference notes/海外中國藝術家座談會發言記錄, 1991 June 10


Box 63 Folder 48 Speech, CWC named Honorary Professor of Composition by the Central Conservatory of Music/中央音乐学院名誉教授, circa 2004


Box 63 Folder 49 Beyond Identity, Keynote at Asian Music Festival in Japan, 2003