Finding Aid for the Music in Contemporary Life Collection

Collection processed and machine-readable finding aid created by UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections staff.
UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections
University of California, Los Angeles, Library
Performing Arts Special Collections, Room A1713
Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Phone: (310) 825-4988
Fax: (310) 206-1864
Email: speccoll-paging@library.ucla.edu
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/specialcollections/performingarts/index.cfm
© 2002
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

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Arts and Humanities--Music

Finding Aid of the Music in Contemporary Life Collection

Collection number: 14

UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections



University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Contact Information

  • University of California, Los Angeles, Library
  • Performing Arts Special Collections, Room A1713
  • Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575
  • Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
  • Phone: (310) 825-4988
  • Fax: (310) 206-1864
  • Email: speccoll-paging@library.ucla.edu
  • URL: http://www2.library.ucla.edu/specialcollections/performingarts/index.cfm
Processed by:
UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections staff
Date Completed:
Encoded by:
Bryan Griest
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Music in Contemporary Life Collection
Collection number: 14
Creator:
Extent: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: This collection consists mostly of contributors' papers, with brochures, programs, correspondence, clippings, and other documents relating to the Institute
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections for paging information.
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Performing Arts Special Collections. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Performing Arts Special Collections Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Performing Arts Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained.

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Music in Contemporary Life Collection, 14, Performing Arts Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and Content

Collection consists mostly of contributors' papers, with brochures, programs, correspondence, clippings, and other documents relating to the Institute. The Institute was sponsored by the UCLA Department of Music and the Musicians Congress and was held Sept. 14-17, 1944. Contributors include Hoagy Carmichael, Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco, Morton Gould, Roy Harris, Alfred Newman, Lawrence Clark Powell, Miklós Rózsa, and Artie Shaw.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:
  1. Programs, articles, contributors' papers A-C (box 1)
  2. Contributors' papers D-H (box 2)
  3. Contributors' papers I-P (box 3)
  4. Contributors' papers Q-Z (box 4)

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Music in Contemporary Life Institute, (1944: University of California, Los Angeles)--Archival resources.
Music--Social aspects--Congresses--Archival resources.
Music--20th century--Congresses--Archival resources.
University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of Music.
Musicians Congress.


A container list for this collection is not yet available online. For detailed information about the contents of this collection contact UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections at the addresses listed on the title page of the finding aid.