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C.V. Starr East Asian Library

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

102 Linear Feet
This collection of records document the institutional history of the Center for US-China Arts Exchange, established in 1978. Under the directorship of professor and renowned composer Chou Wen-chung, the Center is a not-for-profit organization that connected arts professionals from the US and China through a spectrum of curated programs, conferences, and research trips. Bulk dated between 1977 and 2003, materials in this collection consist of correspondence, reports, photographs, printed materials, as well as audiovisual items. The collection serves as important material evidence that help to tell the recent history of cultural communications among individuals and organizations across the Pacific.
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Columbia University Archives

Academic Review Committee records, 1995-1999

0.42 linear feet

This collection consists of the records of the Academic Review Committee of the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences from the 1990s. It includes copies of the internal and external assessments as well as some departmental self-studies. The files include the Academic Review Committee's final report with recommendations for the department.

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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Marilyn Crispell papers, 1980-2021

7 linear feet

Jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell's career is documented in this collection by programs, reviews, scrapbooks, books, sounds recordings, art, and posters.

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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Edward Said Papers, 1940s-2006

277 linear feet
Edward W. Said was an academic, literary critic, musician, and political activist for the Palestinian cause in the United States. The collection includes appointment books, audiovisual materials, clippings, correspondence, course materials, drafts, journals, notes, research materials, reviews, printed materials and publications.
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Subseries II.2: Articles, 1967-2003

This subseries also includes examples of program notes written by Said for music performances.

Included here are articles, op-eds, and reviews published by Said in newspapers, magazines, and academic journals. Folders generally include edited drafts, research materials, correspondence with the editor, and the issue in which the article was published. In other cases, only clippings or issues of the magazine containing the published versions of the pieces are in the folders.

  1. Series II: Writings, 1963-2006, undated
C.V. Starr East Asian Library

Theodore Richards Conant Collection, 1949-2010, bulk 1953-2000

76 Linear Feet
The Theodore Richards Conant Collection documents the life and film making career of Theodore Richards Conant, dating from 1949 to 2010, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1953 to 2000. The focus of the materials is on the Korean War, Korean culture and society. Materials in the collection consist of his personal papers and a substantial amount of audiovisual materials related to the documentary films created and/or collected by him during his career. The personal papers consist of clippings, ephemera, correspondence, scenarios, notes, catalogs, journals and other unique items. The photographs in the collection document Korea's political and cultural aspect, as well as Conant's work in Korea as a film producer while working in the UN Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA). The audiovisual materials are the documentaries directed and filmed by Conant, related to the Korean War, Korean society and culture.
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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Telford Taylor papers, 1918-1998, bulk 1949-1992

136.75 linear feet

The Telford Taylor Papers collect the work of Telford Taylor as a lawyer, legal scholar, writer, and historian. The documents include Taylor's work in Nuremberg with the International and Nuremberg Military Tribunals, his work within departments created by the New Deal, some of his legal case files (particularly on civil liberties cases), and other professional interests that Taylor had. The collection also contains Taylor's writings including drafts of his books, speeches, interviews, teaching materials, and much of the research behind these pursuits. The genre of materials includes official reports, correspondence, manuscripts, annotated texts and photographs. The collection also contains Taylor's research materials in the form of annotations, notes, and clippings.

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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

June Rose Garrott papers, 1960-2015

22 linear feet

The most substantial part of the collection is the extensive correspondence between Nien Cheng and June Rose Garrott (originals have been scanned onto discs). There are letters; WWW print-outs; email print-outs; artwork; audio cassettes; VHS tapes; DVDs; CDs; photographs; a scroll; a fan; printed ephemera; books; and a bust of Lao She.

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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Alice M. Ditson Fund Records, 1940-2009

42.2 linear feet

The Alice M. Ditson Fund was established at Columbia University in 1940 and is still active in its primary function of providing financial support to composers, performances, and recordings of contemporary American music. The fund also gives out the annual Ditson Conductor's Award, established in 1945, which honors conductors who have a distinguished record of championing American music. The collection includes files regarding the selection of this prize across several decades, as well as financial records, meeting minutes, applicant files, and subject files for the general Fund since its creation.

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Symphony no. 3 in A minor / Randall Thompson., May 15, 1949

presented as the final concert of Columbia University's 5th Annual Festival of Contemporary American Music
. Performer: CBS Symphony Orchestra ; Thor Johnson, conductor.

Recorded live: May 15, 1949, McMillin Theatre, Columbia University. World premiere performance presented as the final concert of Columbia University's 5th Annual Festival of Contemporary American Music. Performer: CBS Symphony Orchestra ; Thor Johnson, conductor.

  1. Series VII: Digitized Audio Recordings, 1944-1986
Columbia University Archives

Department of Music records, 1962-1998, bulk 1970-1989

1 linear foot
This collection contains records of the Music Department of Columbia University and its faculty. The bulk of the collection was gathered by Professor Howard Shanet, who chaired the department from 1972-1976.
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Documents relating to Adolf C. Robinson's 1973, 1975 and 1983 donations to the Music Performance Program and Columbia University Orchestra, 1973, 1975, 1983 Box 1, Folder 3

Documents relating to Adolf C. Robinson's 1973, 1975 and 1983 donations to the Music Performance
to the Music Performance Program and the Columbia University Orchestra: correspondence between Shanet

Materials collected by Howard Shanet to send to President Michael Sovern regarding a $5000 donation to the Music Performance Program and the Columbia University Orchestra: correspondence between Shanet and Robinson, a letter template sent by President Sovern, notes from a phone conversation with Robinson; notes relating to Robinson's 1975 donation of a Heckell bassoon to the Columbia University Orchestra. Notes relating to Robinson's 1973 donation to the Music Department. Tickets and programs for Columbia University Orchestra concerts are interspersed throughout this folder.

  1. Howard Shanet's Music Department records, 1962-1998, bulk 1970-1989
Avery Drawings & Archives

Woodlawn Cemetery records, 1863-1999

300 linear feet
The Woodlawn Cemetery archive documents the history of the grounds, mausolea, monuments, and operations of Woodlawn Cemetery, founded in 1863 in The Bronx, New York, and one of the largest in the United States. The collection includes architectural designs records, maps, photographs, correspondence, construction and maintenance records, and other historical documents, spanning 140 years of the cemetery's operations.
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