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Series IV: Personal Files, 1934-1968
Series V: Printed Materials, 1936-1969, bulk 1949-1969

Vladimir Ussachevsky papers, 1932-1969

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Series I: Academic Activities, 1937-1969

Subseries I.1: Academic Career, 1937-1969

Student Papers


Box 1 Folder 1 Essays, 1937-1963

Box 1 Folder 2 to 4 General, 1937-1955, (3 Folders)

Box 1 Folder 5 Barnard Counterpoint, 1951

Box 1 Folder 6 GS Music 37, 1952-1953

Box 1 Folder 7 to 9 General, 1952-1960, (3 Folders)

Box 1 Folder 10 to 11 General, 1955, (2 Folders)

Box 1 Folder 12 Music 37, 1955

Box 1 Folder 13 GS Music 38, 1955


Box 2 Folder 1 Blue Books, 1956

Box 2 Folder 2 Musicianship, 1956

Box 2 Folder 3 Regina Weiss, 1956

Box 2 Folder 4 to 5 General, 1956, (2 Folders)

Box 2 Folder 6 General, 1956-1959

Box 2 Folder 7 Counterpoint 210, 1956-1961

Box 2 Folder 8 to 9 General, 1956-1963, (2 Folders)

Box 2 Folder 10 20th-Century Music, 1963


Box 3 Folder 1 GS Music 38, undated

Box 3 Folder 2 Humanities, undated

Box 3 Folder 3 Music 35-36, undated

Box 3 Folder 4 Grade Sheets, circa, 1950s

[Restricted until 2040]

Teaching Materials

Box 3 Folder 5 Eastman School of Music, 1938-1939

Box 3 Folder 6 Pasadena Junior College and Roosevelt High, 1940-1942

Box 3 Folder 7 Theory Seminar, 1948

Box 3 Folder 8 Seminar, 1949

Box 3 Folder 9 Music 23, Music History, 1950

Box 3 Folder 10 Humanities MB1, 1952

Box 3 Folder 11 Assignments in Modern Music, 1952

Box 3 Folder 12 Music 38, 1956

Box 3 Folder 13 Humanities RMB1, 1956

Box 3 Folder 14 Music 1, undated

Box 3 Folder 15 GS Music 17, undated

Box 3 Folder 16 General, circa, 1950s

Box 3 Folder 17 Mimeograph Exercises, circa, 1950s


Box 4 Folder 1 to 2 Columbia University--Administration Materials, 1949-1968, (2 Folders)

Columbia Department of Music

Box 4 Folder 3 to 4 General, 1952-1967, (2 Folders)

Box 4 Folder 5 Bartok Forum, 1950

Box 4 Folder 6 Mozart Festival, 1955-1956

Box 4 Folder 7 to 10 Sang Prize Submissions, 1969, (4 Folders)


Box 5 Folder 1 to 2 Catalogs of Textbooks and Scores, 1950s-1960s, (2 Folders)

Subseries I.2: Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, 1949-1968

Box 5 Folder 3 to 8 Administrative Files--General, 1949-1969, (6 Folders)


Box 6 Folder 1 Printed Materials, 1955-1968

Box 6 Folder 2 Centre d'Etudes Radiophoniques, 1953-1957

Box 6 Folder 3 Second International Commission on Acoustics Congress, 1956

Box 6 Folder 4 Preliminary Report to the Rockefeller Foundation, 1957

Box 6 Folder 5 Intellectual Content, 1950s-1960s

Box 6 Folder 6 Equipment Catalogs--Audio Fair Materials, 1955

Box 6 Folder 7 to 8 Equipment Catalogs--General, 1955-1969 (2 of 4 Folders), 1955-1969


Box 7 Folder 1 to 2 Equipment Catalogs--General, 1955-1969 (2 of 4 Folders), 1955-1969

Series II: Professional Activities, 1932-1969

Subseries II.1: Associations, 1938-1969

Composer Organizations

Box 7 Folder 3 American Composers Alliance, 1955-1968

Box 7 Folder 4 MacDowell Colony, 1949-1969

Box 7 Folder 5 New Music Edition, 1948-1961

Box 7 Folder 6 General, 1949-1968

Box 7 Folder 7 Trip to Russia, 1961

Box 7 Folder 8 Programs of Others, 1938-1969 (1 of 3 Folders), 1938-1969


Box 8 Folder 1 to 2 Programs of Others, 1938-1969 (2 of 3 Folders), 1938-1969

Box 8 Folder 3 to 4 Programs--Conferences and Lectures, 1953-1966, (2 Folders)

Box 8 Folder 5 Press Releases of Others, 1960s

Box 8 Folder 6 Associations--General, 1951-1968

Subseries II.2: Publicity and Performances, 1949-1969

Box 8 Folder 7 Biographical Information, 1950s-1960s

Box 8 Folder 8 Press Releases and Articles, 1952-1967

Box 8 Folder 9 "Back to Methuselah"--Correspondence and Publicity, 1957-1958

Box 8 Folder 10 Programs, 1949-1969, Undated (1 of 5 Folders), 1949-1969, Undated


Box 9 Folder 1 to 4 Programs, 1949-1969, Undated (4 of 5 Folders), 1949-1969, Undated

Box 9 Folder 5 to 6 News Clippings, 1952-1967, (2 Folders)

Subseries II.3: Writings, 1932-1964

Box 9 Folder 7 Articles--Published, 1958-1960

Box 9 Folder 8 Articles and Lectures--Drafts, 1950s-1960s

Box 9 Folder 9 "Tape Music"--Notes and Drafts, 1950s

Writings by Others


Box 10 Folder 1 "Des Machines a créer de la Musique," by M.A. Moles, 1958

Box 10 Folder 2 "Systematic Musicology," by Charles Seeger, 1951

Box 10 Folder 3 "Preface to a Description of a Music," by Charles Seeger, 1952

Box 10 Folder 4 "Die informationtheoretisch," by VonFritz Winckel, 1964

Conservatory Materials

Box 10 Folder 5 Piano Lessons, 1932

Box 10 Folder 6 General, 1932

Box 10 Folder 7 Sibelius Symphonies, 1936-1937

Box 10 Folder 8 to 9 General, 1938-1939, (2 Folders)

Box 10 Folder 10 Nef's Outline, 1930s

Box 10 Folder 11 General, 1930s

Box 10 Folder 12 Notes from Paul Henry Lang Course, 1952

Series III: Compositions, 1937-1960s

Subseries III.1: Compositions, 1937-1960s

Box 10 Folder 13 "Jubilee Cantata," printed score, 1937

Box 10 Folder 14 "Piano Concerto," draft score, [1950s]

Box 10 Folder 15 Notes and Schematics for New York Philharmonic Concert, 1960

Box 10 Folder 16 to 17 Notes for Compositions--General, 1950s and 1960s (2 of 3 Folders), 1950s, 1960s


Box 11 Folder 1 Notes for Compositions--General, 1950s and 1960s (1 of 3 Folders), 1950s, 1960s

Box 11 Folder 2 Notebooks, 1950s and 1960s, 1950s, 1960s

Box 11 Folder 3 to 4 Score Notebooks, 1950s and 1960s, 1950s, 1960s, (2 Folders)

Textual Sources

Box 11 Folder 5 "Mexican Christmas,", 1941

Box 11 Folder 6 "The Creation,", 1960s

Box 11 Folder 7 "Finian's Rainbow,", 1960s

Box 11 Folder 8 "Material for Cantata,", 1960

Box 11 Folder 9 "Mongolian Prince,", undated

Box 11 Folder 10 General, circa, 1960s


Box 15 Folder 1 Untitled Draft Scores, undated

Subseries III.2: Compositions by Others, 1950s

Box 15 Folder 2 En Blanc et Noir by Claude Debussy, printed score

Box 15 Folder 3 Twelve Pieces for Piano by Keith Robinson, manuscript score, 1950s

Box 15 Folder 4 Holidays Symphony by Charles Ives, parts

Box 15 Folder 5 Students, circa, 1950s


Box 11 Folder 11 Printed Scores by Others, 1950s

Series IV: Personal Files, 1934-1968

Correspondence

Box 11 Folder 12 Special Correspondence, 1942-1964

Box 11 Folder 13 1936-1954

Box 11 Folder 14 College Lecture Tour, 1954-55

Box 11 Folder 15 to 17 1955-1957, (2 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 1 to 4 1958-1968, (4 Folders)

Box 12 Folder 5 Undated

Box 12 Folder 6 Family, 1955-1965

Box 12 Folder 7 By Others, 1942-1964

Box 12 Folder 8 Financial Documents, 1934-1967

Box 12 Folder 9 Personal Files--General, 1950s

Box 12 Folder 10 Holiday Cards, 1950s

Box 12 Folder 11 Photographs, 1950s-1960s

Box 12 Folder 12 Travel Memorabilia, 1949-1968

Series V: Printed Materials, 1936-1969, bulk 1949-1969

Journals

Box 12 Folder 13 American Composer Alliance Bulletin, 1955-1958


Box 13 Folder 1 A-D, 1958-1967

Box 13 Folder 2 D-I, 1956-1969

Box 13 Folder 3 to 5 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1957-1962, (3 Folders)


Box 14 Folder 1 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1962-1963

Box 14 Folder 2 J, 1954-1966

Box 14 Folder 3 J, 1955-1966

Box 14 Folder 4 J-M, 1936-1960

Box 14 Folder 5 M, 1951-1960

Box 14 Folder 6 Origin, 1961

Box 14 Folder 7 R, 1949-1967

Box 14 Folder 8 S-T, 1956-1967

Foreign Language Journals

Box 14 Folder 9 Cybernetics and Music-Musik Revy, 1951-1963

Box 14 Folder 10 Technica, 1956