Scope and Contents The papers of Noel Da Costa, a violinist, composer, and professor who taught music at Rutgers University for over 30 years. The collection primarily consists of music manuscripts by Da Costa, audio recordings (by Da Costa, his students/contemporaries, and commercial recordings), and music manuscripts by others. The collection also contains concert, recital, and event programs, posters, correspondence, photographs, course and research notes, articles and press clippings, and other items. ...

Scope and Contents The collection documents the career of Mickey Thomas Terry as an organist and historian of African American classical music.It includes correspondence, music programs, posters, interviews with George Walker and Jean Guillou, music recordings (of Terry and others), clippings, and other materials related to African American composers and organists. Other individuals who are represented in the collection include David Hurd, Ruth Norman, Noel Da Costa, and William B. Cooper, among...

Scope and Contents The Thomas Dodd, Jr. Papers contain biographical materials, speeches, chronological files, photographs, and newspaper clippings that detail the life of Thomas Dodd Jr. (b. 1935), U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay from 1993 to 1997 and U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica from 1997 to 2001. Of great importance are the chronological files which essentially serve as personal diaries maintained by Dodd Jr. to record his daily diplomatic experiences. The speeches cover mostly his time in Uruguay and Costa...

Scope and Contents The collection primarily consists of music manuscripts created by William B. Cooper, dating from around 1945 to 1987. In addition to the music manuscripts, it also includes lyrics, a list of compositions by Cooper, abstracts of compositions, a manuscript on modern church music, programs, clippings, and other related documents. The collection includes one phonograph (LP) recording titled "We Praise Thee O Lord." It features music played by Cooper, William Farley Smith (conductor),...

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Letters written to the Countess Rachele Maria Carolina Toussaint de St. Seigne (b.1875 - d.1954). Correspondents include Amleto Giovanni, Cicognani Elia Cardinal Dalla Costa, Giovanni Battista Montini (Pope Paul VI), Francis Cardinal Spellman, and Domenico Tardini.

See External Documents below for folder list. Added folder #11 contains biographical information re Mary A. Benjamin and Walter R. Benjamin.

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The collection comprises the extensive research files of journalist/historian Daniel James on Che Guevara, the Mexican Communist Party (Partido Comunista Mexicano), and in general on Latin American and Caribbean political affairs from 1960 to 1985.

Scope and contents note The Richard X. Evans Collection consists of family papers of or relating to the Smith, Mills, Dimitry, and Evans families. The bulk of the earliest material deals with the professional and private life of Robert Mills (1781-1855), who was State Engineer and Architect of South Carolina (1820-1830), Architect of Public Buildings of the United States (1836-1851), and designer of many houses and monuments, among them the Washington monuments of Baltimore and the District of Columbia. Alexander...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The material in this collection reflects the consultation Michel Chevalier was requesting from a Minister, probably in Paris or a nearby capital, as to how he should approach Chamorro. This Minister was probably a Central American diplomat in Europe, possibly Peralta. The letter which Chevalier eventually sent to Chamorro is also in the collection. It seems clear that Chevalier's claims were so weak by the time of this correspondence that he would not receive his concession, which was...

Scope and Contents Papers pertaining to the family of Gladys Hinckley Werlich (1891 - 1976), Washington society matron, consisting of correspondence, diaries/journals, financial accounts, sundry manuscripts, documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The papers are divided into seven series, consisting of the papers of McCeney Werlich (1892 - 1936), foreign service officer; Robert Hinckley (1853 - 1941), portrait painter; Thomas Hinckley (1888 - 1918), foreign service officer; Robert...

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The collection consists of music manuscripts of compositions by Eugene W. Hancock. It also includes biographies of Hancock and other Black composers, a letter from Robert J. Batastini (G.I.A. Publications), "Spiritual Lullaby" by William B. Cooper, "Funf Stucke fur Orchester" by Anton Webern, and the 1990-1991 choral music schedule for West End Presbyterian Church.

Scope and Contents The collection consists musical compositions authored by pianist and composer Ruth Norman, including music manuscripts and printed scores. Norman produced a variety of works, including piano solo compositions, organ solo compositions, choral compositions, solo vocal compositions, and orchestral compositions. The collection also includes a small amount of related documents, such as concert programs, correspondence, promotional flyers, and composition lists. Finally, the collection also...

Collection-level scope and content note The Alfaro Family Papers consist of five series as follows: 1. Alfaro Family Series (Box 1, 31 folders): Consists of correspondence received/sent/about various family members, as well as autograph/printed ephemera relating to them. Notable items in this series include material pertaining to Amelia Lyons de Alfaro, consisting of correspondence to friend Jeannette T. Blum; an accounts book 1905-1973; and a record of lists of books read, acquaintances, places visited (1899 to...

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The collection consists of the papers of author Sophy Burnham, including manuscripts of her written works, correspondence related to her works (particuarly her books and articles on angels), her diaries, files related to publishing, and audiovisual and digital media.

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The collection contains materials related to Pan African composers and musicians that was collected by Hildred Roach. It includes music scores from a variety of Black composers, Hildred Roach concert programs, and music recordings (phonograph records, compact discs, and open reel). The collection includes William Grant Still, Ulysses Kay, George Walker, and many others.

Please see the External Documents section below for preliminary inventories of the collection.

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Published sheet music, photocopies, and occasional manuscripts composed by others, including historical composers, Da Costa's teachers, contemporaries, and students. These files also contain copies of violin compositions performed by Da Costa. Additional sheet music can be found under the composer's name in the Individuals files, box 22. Published, bound sheet music, mostly European classical composers (box 32).

Scope and Contents S, chorus, soprano and tenor saxophone, orchestra. Finished manuscripts on vellum (parts and full score), working copies and performance copies of parts (boxes 3 & 4). Finished manuscript of conductor's score on vellum, disbound conductor's performance copy, large format copies (box 28). Notes, sketches, drafts, finished, reduced score, choral master, and section copies. Includes planning correspondence with The New World Symphony (box 19). Sketches, drafts, and notes under the title...

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Prepared in Costa Rica by Jimenez & Tanzi Ltd., with the collaboration of the National Geographical Institute and the Costa Rican Tourism Institute.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains the research and subject files, interview tapes, including transcripts, and related material of the noted writer and journalist Larry Collins. Included in this collection are the materials for Collins' five collaborative works with French journalist and writer Dominique Lapierre, as well as the three novels he authored alone. The collection has been arranged chronologically according to the dates of publication for his works. The collectins holds material related to...