Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles Harlan Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1958-1969
Collection number: ARCHIVES HARLAN 1
Creator:
Harlan, Charles Leroy, 1920-1972
Extent: Number of containers: 1 flat storage box
Linear
feet: 0.3
Repository: The
Music Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Acquisition
1991
Donor
Cabrillo Community College (Aptos, Calif.)
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in
writing to the Head of the Music Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] Charles Harlan papers, ARCHIVES HARLAN 1, The Music Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Biographical Sketch
Charles Leroy Harlan was born in Lewiston, Idaho (December 4, 1920), and died in Seaside,
California (February 14, 1972). He studied with Joseph Brye at the University of Idaho,
Roger Sessions at the University of California (Berkeley), and received a doctorate
(Ed.D.) from Colorado State College in 1961. He taught at the California public schools
from 1957 and at Monterey from 1970 until his death in 1972.
His orchestral works include
Arioso,
Lysistrata (2-act
Ballet, 1958), Overture for Orchestra,
Psalm 98 (with chorus, 1961), and
Suite for Strings and Percussion (1969). His chamber music includes Trio for Brass
(trumpet, horn, and trombone), and
Fantasy (for alto saxophone).
Scope and Content
This collection consists of entirely music scores. They are ozalid reproductions of his
manuscripts of two compositions:
Lysistrata, and Overture for Orchestra
with orchestral parts for both.
Arrangement
The manuscripts are arranged chronologically. There is only one series.