Guide to the Lou Harrison Papers: Personal materials
Charles Hanson, M.Carey
University of California, Santa Cruz
2016
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Lou Harrison papers: Personal materials
Creator:
Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003
Identifier/Call Number: MS.132.Ser. 4
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
1 document box, 1 legal half carton, 1 folio
Date (inclusive): 1920-2004
Abstract: This series contains biographical
materials about Lou Harrison and family, contracts and awards given to Harrison.
Language of Material:
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by the Lou Harrison Estate.
Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair
use requires permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the user to
determine whether a use is fair use, and to obtain any necessary permissions. For more
information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy on Reproduction and Use.
Preferred Citation
Lou Harrison papers: Personal materials. MS 132 ser.4. Special Collections and Archives,
University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Lou Harrison, 1991-2003
Biography
Scope and Content of Collection
This series contains biographical materials about Lou Harrison such as a certified copy of
Harrison's birth certificate, report cards, passports, etc.; various contracts, royalty
agreements and copyright assignments; and a few of the many awards given to Harrison over
his lifetime.
Funding
Processing Information
Initial processing by Charles Hanson; Final processing by M.Carey, completed March 2016.
EAD encoded finding aid by M. Carey.
Related UCSC Collections
MS94 George Barati Papers; MS93 Ernest T. Kretschmer Archive; MS403 Sticky Wicket
Scrapbook
Other Harrison Finding Aids
- Lou Harrison Papers: Music Manuscripts
- Lou Harrison Papers: Notebooks
- Lou Harrison Papers: Correspondence
- Lou Harrison Papers: Writings
- Lou Harrison Papers: Printed Appearances
- Lou Harrison Papers: Photographs and Media
- Lou Harrison Papers: Artwork
- Lou Harrison Papers: Realia
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Composers -- United States
box:folder 1:1
Curriculum Vitae,
undated
box:folder 1:2
Certified copy of birth certificate,
1955
box:folder 1:3-4
Report Cards,
1924-1929,
1929-1934
box:folder 1:5
Clipping for
Daddy Long Legs production with "Buster" Harrison
in cast at the Hippodrome,
1920
box:folder 1:6
Letter of Recommendation for Mrs. Clarence Harrison,
April 30, 1933
box:folder 1:7
American Academy in Rome application,
February 1, 1951
box:folder 1:8
Passports - Lou Harrison,
1961,
1966,
1975-1976,
1981,
1986
box:folder 1:9
Passports - Bill Colvig,
1963
box:folder 1:10
Proposed House and Study, Aptos Terrace - blueprint,
1950-1980
box-folder 1:11-32
Contracts, royalty agreements, copyright assignments
box:folder 1:11
American University,
September 3, 1939
box:folder 1:12
American Composers Alliance,
September 15, 1953
box:folder 1:13
American Musicological Society,
December 12, 1997
box:folder 1:14
Associated Music Publishers, Inc.,
December 27, 1955
box:folder 1:15
Broadcast Music Inc. [BMI],
1970-2004,
undated
box:folder 1:16
Bomart Music Publications,
1948
box:folder 1:17
Broughton, James,
February 12, 1959
box:folder 1:18
Buddhist Churches of America,
March 23, 1992
box:folder 1:19
C. F. Peters Corporation,
1960-1999
box:folder 1:20
Columbia Records, Inc.,
1951,
1956
box:folder 1:21
Fallen Leaf Press, Berkeley, CA,
1992
box:folder 1:23
Laureate Music Press,
1989
box:folder 1:24
Meridian Music Corporation,
1954
box:folder 1:25
Merdion Music, Inc.,
1963
box:folder 1:26
Music of the United States of America [MUSA],
1997
box:folder 1:27
Music for Percussion,
1954-1961
box:folder 1:28
Peer International Corporation,
1951-2004
box:folder 1:31
Southern Music Publishing Company Inc.,
1951-1978
box:folder 1:32
Theodore Presser Company,
1962-1963
box:folder 1:33
Warner Bros. Publications,
1995,
1999
box 2
LH inscribed paperweight,
undated
General
Glass paperweight
box 2
Cabrillo Music Festival Lou Harrison Award,
July 31, 2004
General
Standing glass award
box 2
MacDowell Award,
2000
Inscription: "To Lou Harrison for his Outstanding Contribution
to Music - The MacDowell Colony, August 20, 2000"
General
Bronze medallion with wooden stand
box 3
Prix de L'Oeuvre Du X éme Siécle,
1954
Award presented by Stravinsky
General
Calligraphed vellum sheet with a list of participants by country
