Lou Harrison Manuscripts, 1931–2003

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Summary

Creators:
Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003
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Lou Harrison Manuscripts. Northeastern University (Oakland)

Background

Scope and content:

The Lou Harrison Archive in Special Collections at Mills College consists of five record groups. Record Group Descriptions Record Group I: Artwork This record group consists of a signed cartoon of Lou by Antonio Sotomayor. Record Group II: Notebooks This record group consists of five substantial workbooks exuberantly crammed with notes, aphorisms, poems, calligraphy, sketches, notation, gamelan tuning ratios, ideas, quotidian memoranda, guest lists, addresses, and student examination questions. (four notebooks) Record Group III: Ephemera This record group consists of programs for concerts at Mills and elsewhere, some correspondence, a few periodical articles, the prospectus for a book, obituaries and memorials. Record Group IV: Music Manuscripts This record group consists of approximately 200 music manuscripts, some of them calligraphic. Series I: Small format (8 ½ x 11”) with Miller catalogue numbers or Charles Hanson numbers; Series II: Large format (11 x 17”); Box 1. With Miller numbers; Box 2. With Charles Hanson numbers; Series III: Incomplete musical studies and unidentified sketches, none performed (small format); Series IV: Early (undated) music mss (small format). Record Group V: Miscellaneous Printed Matter This record group consists of published writings of Lou Harrison and others in monographs and journals.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

Lou Harrison Manuscripts. Northeastern University (Oakland)

Location of this collection:
Special Collections, F. W. Olin Library
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94613, US