This series contains subject files that document Kay's professional activities. Kay's filing system was not exact; materials related to a particular subject (such as a particular work) may be found not only in the file for the specific subject but also in the files for related persons and general subjects. The files include correspondence, announcements, brochures, clippings, contracts, notes, photographs, publicity materials, reviews, and royalty statements.
Box 89 Folder 1
Address Books (2), undated
Box 89 Folder 2 to 3
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1979-1993 (2 Folders), 1979-1993
Mapcase 15-B-4
American Composers Concert (Russia) Poster, 1958 October 15
(With Roy Harris and Gennady Rozdesventsky (Gennadii Rozdesventskii) conducting, featuring works by Kay and others. In Russian.)
Box 89 Folder 4
American Academy in Rome, 1968-1980, 1933, 1968-1980, 1933
Box 89 Folder 5
American Music Center, 1977-1978
(Includes Kay's curriculum vita)
Box 89 Folder 6
Analysis, 1970-1971, undated, 1970-1971, undated
(Analysis of several pieces of music, some annotated)
Box 89 Folder 7
Analysis, 1979-1983
(Primarily related to the City University of New York)
Box 89 Folder 8
Articles on Music, 1962-1979, undated, 1962-1979, undated
Box 89 Folder 9
Arizona, 1960-1980
(Primarily related to the University of Arizona)
Box 89 Folder 10
Bellagio, 1982-1983
(Related to a residency, primarily to work on Frederick Douglass)
Box 89 Folder 11
The Black Composer Speaks
, 1974-1975
(Includes interview transcript)
Box 89 Folder 12
Black Composers, 1974-1976, undated, 1974-1976, undated
Box 89 Folder 13
Black Perspectives in Music
, 1974-1982
(Includes lists of performances of Kay's works, etc.)
Box 89 Folder 14
Bleeker Street Memory, undated
(Photocopies of two holographs. There is no clear relationship between this piece, whose composer is unidentified, and the Bleeker Street Suite.)
Box 89 Folder 15
Books and Articles, 1950-1955, undated, 1950-1955, undated
(Primarily by either Kay or George Rochberg)
Box 89 Folder 16
Boulé (Zeta Boulé Dinner), 1985-1986
Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)
Box 89 Folder 17
General, 1987-1994
Box 90 Folder 1
Autographs, 1975-1979
(Includes lists of works and catalog for brochure)
Box 90 Folder 2
Clearance Forms, 1979-1984
Box 90 Folder 3 to 4
Contracts, 1941-1986 (2 Folders), 1941-1986
(Includes list of titles, 1979)
Box 90 Folder 5
Report, 1976-1983, 1993, 1976-1983, 1993
Box 90 Folder 6
Student Composers Awards, 1987
Box 90 Folder 7
Broadcast Programs, 1972-1973
Box 90 Folder 8
Business Cards, undated
Box 90 Folder 9 to 10
Capitoline Venus, 1971-1973 (2 Folders), 1971-1973
Carl Fischer, Inc.
Box 90 Folder 11 to 12
General, 1974-1990 (2 Folders), 1974-1990
Box 90 Folder 13
Carl Fischer/Cohn and Music Composers of America (MCA)-Belwin,, 1969-1980
Box 90 Folder 14 to 15
Cohn, Arthur, 1976-1992 (2 Folders), 1976-1992
Box 91 Folder 1
Contracts, 1974-1984
Box 91 Folder 2
Mailings, Receipt of Manuscripts, 1975-1984
Box 91 Folder 3
Manuscript Receipts, Publications, Statements, 1974-1976, 1985, 1974-1976, 1985
Box 91 Folder 4
Catalogue, circa, 1979
(Includes several typed lists)
Box 91 Folder 5
C.F. Peters Corporation, 1976-1979
Box 91 Folder 6 to 8
Commissions, 1953-1973 (3 Folders), 1953-1973
Box 91 Folder 9
Composition (Teaching Materials), undated
Box 91 Folder 10
Contemporary Music, 1966-1968
Box 91 Folder 11 to 15
Contracts, 1949-1974, 1980-1988 (5 Folders), 1949-1974, 1980-1988
Box 92 Folder 1
Contracts and Royalty Statements, 1985-1996
Box 92 Folder 2
Copyist, 1966-1980
Box 92 Folder 3
Copyright, 1951-1979
Box 92 Folder 4
Cue Sheets, 1958-1964
(Includes list of Kay's music that was used in television and film)
de Paur, Leonard
Box 92 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1972
Box 92 Folder 6
Project, 1974-1975
(J.C. Penney Bicentennial)
Box 92 Folder 7
Dickinson College, 1978
(Regarding honorary degree and residency)
Box 92 Folder 8 to 10
Dorr, Donald, 1978-1991 (3 Folders), 1978-1991
(The first file is primarily related toFrederick Douglass)
Box 92 Folder 11
Duke University, 1988
Box 92 Folder 12
Eastman School of Music--Correspondence, 1991-1992
Box 92 Folder 13 to 15
Engagements, 1967-1991 (3 Folders), 1967-1991
Box 92 Folder 16
Epigrams and Hymn--Correspondence and Documents,, 1974-1975
Exhibits
Box 92 Folder 17
1979
Box 92 Folder 18
1987
Box 93 Folder 1
FDR: From Third Term to Pearl Harbor--Commission and Contract, 1958
Box 93 Folder 2
Fellowship--Front Sheets, 1973-1986
Box 93 Folder 3
First Nocturne--Correspondence, 1973
Box 93 Folder 4
Foundations, 1968-1970
Frederick Douglass
Box 93 Folder 5 to 6
General, 1976-1991 (2 Folders), 1976-1991
Box 93 Folder 7
Clippings, etc., 1985-1991
(Includes a list of Kay's professional activities for 1978-1987)
Box 93 Folder 8
Contract, 1991
Box 93 Folder 9
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Grant, 1978-1982
Box 93 Folder 10
Going Home--Correspondence, undated
Box 93 Folder 11
Great Lakes Experience (Reunion), 1975-1976
Box 93 Folder 12
Guarantees, circa, 1960-1965
Box 93 Folder 13
Guitar, 1989
Box 93 Folder 14
Harp & Guitar, undated
Box 93 Folder 15
Holland, Michigan Chorale Society, 1981-1984
Box 93 Folder 16
Hotels, 1968-1983
Box 93 Folder 17
Jazz, 1990
Jubilee
Box 93 Folder 23
Jubilee I--Opera/South, 1974-1976
Box 93 Folder 24
Jubilee II--Corrections, 1976-1977
Box 94 Folder 1
Juilliard School, 1974-1977
Box 94 Folder 2
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, 1988-1989
Box 94 Folder 3
Lecture, 1959-1967
Box 94 Folder 4
Lecture Outline, 1987 May 4
Lehman College
Box 94 Folder 5
General, 1968-1980, undated, 1968-1980, undated
Box 94 Folder 6
Administration, 1969-1975, 1984, 1969-1975, 1984
Box 94 Folder 7
Administration, Grant and Letters, 1975-1979
Box 94 Folder 8
Appointments, 1968-1972
Box 94 Folder 9
Faculty File on Kay, 1968-1987
(Includes clippings, press releases, and also materials related toJubilee)
Box 94 Folder 10
Memorial Invitation, 1995
Box 94 Folder 11
Syllabi MST 315 and 316 (Orchestration I and II), undated
Tribute Concert
Box 94 Folder 12
Clippings, 1989
Box 94 Folder 13
Congratulatory Letters, 1989
Box 94 Folder 14
Vita, 1972-1982
Box 94 Folder 15
Library of Congress, 1961-1975
(Includes information on deposits, gifts, and commissions)
Libretti
Box 94 Folder 16 to 17
Libretto, 1954-1968 (2 Folders), 1954-1968
(The first Folder includes an inscribed copy of Langston Hughes' libretto for "Soul Gone Home" (1954) )
Box 94 Folder 18
Don Juan Tenorio and Soriee Musical, circa, 1975
Box 94 Folder 19
Isadora (Outline) by Bernard Reines, undated
Box 94
M.L. Originals, circa, 1963
(Contains a libretto forThe Gamethat includes annotations and corrections)
Box 103
Lucky Strike Advertisement Featuring Kay, circa, 1960
Box 94 Folder 20
Mailings, 1967-1968
Box 94 Folder 21
Meet the Composer, 1980-1983
Box 95 Folder 1
Mu Phi Epsilon, 1976-1978, 1990, 1976-1978, 1990
Box 103
Music Composed for Kay on the Occasion of His Fiftieth Birthday, 1967
Box 95 Folder 2
Music Corporation of America (MCA)-Belwin, 1963-1982
(See Also: Box 90, Folder 13 Carl Fischer/Cohn and MCA-Belwin, 1969-1980)
Box 95 Folder 3
Music Exercises from University, 1942, 1951, 1942, 1951
Box 95 Folder 4
National Black Colloquium and Competition, 1978-1980
Box 95 Folder 5
National Symphony Orchestra--Commission, 1974-1976
Box 95 Folder 6
Negro History Week Citation, 1967 February
Box 95 Folder 7
New Jersey Civil War Centennial Commission--Citation, 1965
New York Philharmonic
Box 95 Folder 8
General, 1980
Box 95 Folder 9
Correspondence and Contracts, 1989-1994
Box 95 Folder 10 to 12
Notes--Miscellaneous Notes, 1975-1989, undated (3 Folders), 1975-1989, undated
(The last folder includes notes onFrederick Douglass)
Box 95 Folder 13
Obituaries, circa, 1969-1991
Opera
Box 95 Folder 14 to 16
General, 1960-1980 (3 Folders), 1960-1980
(These files includes information onThe Boor,The Juggler of Our Lady,Jubilee, and notations on other operas)
Box 96 Folder 1
Agreements with Librettists, 1959-1966
Box 96 Folder 2
Business, 1974-1983
(Primarily related toJubilee)
Box 96 Folder 3
Commissions--Frederick Douglass and Jubilee, 1975-1989
(Includes additional material)
Box 96 Folder 4
National Educational Television Correspondence, 1970-1971
Box 96 Folder 5
Opera/South, 1974
Permissions
Box 96 Folder 6
General, 1947-1972
(Includes permissions both sought by and sought from Kay)
Box 96 Folder 7
The Monkey's Glue, 1977
Box 96 Folder 8
Phi Beta Kappa, 1976-1977
Box 96 Folder 9
Phoebus, Arise (Town Hall)--Reviews, 1959
Box 96 Folder 10
Poems Copied By Kay, undated
Box 96 Folder 11
Press, 1969-1973
Box 96 Folder 12
Press List, 1959-1968
Box 96 Folder 13
Pro Arte Chorale, 1976
Program Notes
(These are Kay's notes written for his own works and programs)
Box 96 Folder 14
A-P, 1957-1987, undated, 1957-1987, undated
Box 96 Folder 15
Q-Z, 1954-1985, undated, 1954-1985, undated
Box 97 Folder 1 to 2
Program Notes and Clippings, circa 1965-1988 (2 Folders), 1965-1988
(Generally related to others)
Box 97 Folder 3 to 4
Programs--Correspondence on, 1962-1991 (2 Folders), 1962-1991
Box 97 Folder 5
Pulitzer Prize Music Jury, 1973-1979
Box 97 Folder 6
Reading, 1980, undated, 1980, undated
Box 97 Folder 7
Requests, 1975-1987
Box 97 Folder 8
Rockefeller Foundation, 1979
Box 97 Folder 9
Royalties, 1981-1983, 1990-1992, 1981-1983, 1990-1992
Box 97 Folder 10 to 12
Royalty Statements, 1980-1997 (3 Folders), 1980-1997
Box 97 Folder 13
Saratoga Performing Arts Center--Ormandy, Eugene (Philadelphia Orchestra),, 1978-1980
(Includes correspondence and other materials related to the commission forChariots)
Box 98 Folder 1
Sigma Alpha Iota, 1970-1992
Box 98 Folder 2
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1963-1979
Box 98 Folder 3
Simple in New York--Correspondence and Script, 1968
(Script is by Langston Hughes)
Box 98 Folder 4 to 5
Solicitations, 1973-1983 (2 Folders), 1973-1983
Box 98 Folder 6
Song Literature, 1968
Box 98 Folder 7
Southeast Regional Metropolitan Orchestra Managers (SERMOM), 1974-1978
Box 98 Folder 8
St. Joseph Symphony, 1987-1988
Box 98 Folder 9
Stephen Crane Set Corrections, 1966, undated, 1966, undated
Box 98 Folder 10
Student Work and Miscellaneous Notes, 1949-1981
Box 98 Folder 11
Sun Like Gold
, 1970-1971
Box 98 Folder 12 to 13
Teaching, 1967-1968 circa 1980s (2 Folders), 1967-1968, 1980s
(The first file includes information about Kay's appointment at Lehman College)
Box 98 Folder 14 to 16
Texts, 1950s-1977 (3 Folders), 1950s-1977
(These are secondary texts, probably sources for Kay's works or texts that he was interested in for work purposes)
Box 99 Folder 1
Timings and Text Sources, 1973, undated, 1973, undated
Box 99 Folder 2
Tributes and Models, circa, 1975-1990
Box 99 Folder 3
Trips to Italy and Yugoslavia, 1960
Box 103
Ulysses Kay Week (Boston), 1988 March
(Posters, clippings, and memorabilia related to the week honoring Kay)
Box 99 Folder 4
University of Arizona Alumni Achievement Award (Commencement Program),, 1980
Box 99 Folder 5
University of Missouri - Honorary Doctorate, 1981
Box 99 Folder 6
Urban League for Bergen County (Paul Robeson Award), 1983
Box 99 Folder 7
Western Paradise
, 1975
Box 99 Folder 8
Who's Who in America
, 1990-1994
Box 99 Folder 9
Writers, 1971-1973
Box 99 Folder 10
Xavier University / The Juggler of Our Lady, 1962
Yaddo
Box 99 Folder 11 to 12
General, circa 1968-1983 (2 Folders), 1968-1983
Box 99 Folder 13
Annual Meeting, 1991
Box 99 Folder 14
Composers Applying, circa, 1973-1980
Box 99 Folder 15
Report, 1970s
Box 99 Folder 16
Miscellaneous Journal Pages, undated
Box 99 Folder 17
Miscellaneous Professional Materials, 1953-1983, undated, 1953-1983, undated
Box 117 Folder 6
Chicago Sinfonietta season brochure, 1988-1989
"Trumpeting our 1988-89 Season"; includes Kay's "Western Paradise"
Box 117 Folder 9
Poster for the Seventh Annual Festival of Contemporary Music, 1963
At the Millikin University School of Music; Kay is the guest composer.
Box 117 Folder 10
Kay's advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes, 1960
Two copies from two different magazines; includes a letter from the advertising agency.
Box 117 Folder 18
Teaching files for Lehman College, 1986, undated
Folder of handwritten lesson plans, notes, lists of recordings, and assignment plans; includes a typewritten syllabus; includes a program for "The Music of the Black Composer" in 1986
Box 117 Folder 22
Notes about the publication of other composers' scores, circa 1970
A page of handwritten notes about "Rondes" by Folke Rabe; a facsimile of "Suoni" by Knut Nystedt (with an annotation about publishing).
Box 117 Folder 23
American Composers Alliance documents, 1956, 1990-1991, 1993
Various memos and administrative documents from the Amercian Composers Alliance. Includes an annotated photocopy of Karol Rathaus and one letter from BMI.
Box 136 Folder 2
Poster for "The Juggler of Our Lady", undated
Xavier University Opera Workshop