This majority of this series consists of general files that span multiple decades, including documents relating to the Opera at Columbia program, the American Recording Society, Group for Contemporary Music, National Public Radio, and other foundations. This series also contains several files from Ditson secretary Kristen Sorteberg, which include copies of guidelines for submission to the Ditson Fund as well as general financial information from the 1990s. Finally, the series features a photograph of Mrs. Alice M. Ditson, the namesake of the fund, dating to circa 1920.
Box 56 Folder 1
Ditson WILL [1940-1982], 1940-1982
Box 57 Folder 5
Alice Ditson – Photograph c. 1920, c. 1920
Box 56 Folder 2
BRITTEN, Benjamin ('41, file from 1981), 1981
Box 56 Folder 3
Opera at Columbia [1946-1966], 1946-1966
Box 56 Folder 4
AMERICAN RECORDING SOCIETY Original Organization [1949-1972], 1949-1972
Box 56 Folder 5
AMERICAN RECORDING SOCIETY Reactivated, 1963-1973
Box 56 Folder 6
AMERICAN MUSICAL ASSOCIATES [1952-1979], 1952-1979
Box 56 Folder 7
OTHER FOUNDATIONS [1977-1986], 1977-1986
Box 56 Folder 8
GROUP FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC (Folder 1 of 2), 1964-1989
Box 56 Folder 9
GROUP FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC (Folder 2 of 2), 1964-1989
Box 57 Folder 4
Group for Contemporary Music 1964-1989, 1964-1989
Box 56 Folder 10
Music Performance Trust Funds + Union [1971-1982], 1971-1982
Box 56 Folder 11
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO [1973-1981], 1973-1981
Box 56 Folder 12
Conductor's Award/ Running File [1974-1991], 1974-1991
Box 56 Folder 13
Minutes and Records: 1975-1988 (Folder 1 of 2), 1975-1988
Box 56 Folder 14
Minutes and Records: 1975-1988 (Folder 2 of 2), 1975-1988
Box 56 Folder 15
AMDF: Description, 1987, undated
Box 56 Folder 16
SORTEBERG KIRSTEN – FINANCIAL REPORTS [1998-2000], 1998-2000
Box 56 Folder 17
SORTEBERG KIRSTEN – DITSON GUIDELINES, 1998-1999
Box 56 Folder 18
SORTEBERG KIRSTEN – ELIZABETH MAHAFFEY, 1998-1999
Box 56 Folder 19
SORTEBERG KIRSTEN – WAITING LETTERS - GRANT RECIPIENTS, 1994-1999
Box 56 Folder 20
SORTEBERG KIRSTEN – CONDUCTOR AWARD, 1994-1996
Box 56 Folder 21
SORTEBERG KIRSTEN – ASSOCIATED LETTERS & MEMOS, 1990-1999
Box 56 Folder 22
SORTEBERG KIRSTEN – MILLER THEATRE, 1997-1999
Box 56 Folder 23
SORTEBERG KIRSTEN (PETTY CASH), 1992-1999