{"value"=>"<p>25 boxes. This series contains correspondence, clippings, programs, publishing files, Kirchner's writings, commission and performance contracts, posters, photographs and military records.</p> <p>Kirchner filed most of his correspondence alphabetically under the heading of \"Correspondence\", but letters also appears under other headings such as Commissions, Former Students, Publishing, and Guest Appearances.</p> <p>Under the heading of Correspondence, the largest files are those for Paul Fromm and Harvard University. The Fromm files contain personal letters from Fromm as well as official correspondence from the Fromm Music Foundation. The Harvard files contain personal and official letters from colleagues and administrators at the university, and departmental memos and correspondence pertaining to the Harvard Chamber Orchestra. The files for the Boston Philharmonic Society and the Boston Symphony Orchestra document Kirchner's involvement and work with both organizations. Other correspondents include Roger Sessions, Arnold Schoenberg, Richard Franko Goldman, David Amram, Ned Rorem, Peter Serkin, Isaac Stern, Virgil Thomson, Walter Trampler, the Continuum music ensemble, Marlboro Music, Mills College, the University of California, Luciano Berio, Leonard Bernstein, John Cage, Aaron Copland, Morton Feldman, Milton Babbitt, Ross Lee Finney, Leonard Stein, Yo-Yo Ma, Darius Milhaud, Dmitri Mitropoulos, Vivian Perlis and Tossy Spivakosky. Though letters from Kirchner can be found throughout the correspondence files, most are filed under his name. Additional correspondence from some composers is in a file Kirchner maintained for Former Students. Correspondence from Janet Baker-Carr contains has a transcript of an interview with Kirchner.</p> <p>Clippings are in two divisions, one for the Harvard Chamber Orchestra and one for general clippings. They extensively document Kirchner's career from 1949 until his activities slowed in the mid-2000s, and consist primarily of concert previews and reviews. The concert programs are also divided into groupings for the Harvard Chamber Orchestra and general programs, which document performances in which Kirchner was either pianist or conductor, or in which his music was performed. The programs extensively document Kirchner's career from the 1940s onward and include performances by orchestras, chamber groups and soloists across the country.</p> <p>Publishing files contain correspondence and contracts with Kirchner's publishers, Associated Music Publishers (later bought by G. Schirmer), and Mercury Music, as well as with the rights organization BMI. They also contain correspondence with the Pulitzer Prize committee.</p> <p>Two of Kirchner's compositions, <span class=\"title\">Lily</span> and <span class=\"title\">Of Things Exactly As They Are</span>, have files of correspondence relating to them. These are filed in this series under Compositions. Other information on his compositions can be found in the Discography file, which lists compositions and recordings.</p> <p>Kirchner's writings include his program notes for each of his string quartets and for <span class=\"title\">Music for Orchestra</span>; speech and lecture notes for instructional and public occasions; and essays on musical and non-musical topics.</p> <p>The Guest Appearances file contains correspondence and contracts with performing ensembles and organizations that engaged Kirchner as conductor or commissioned compositions from him.</p> <p>Photographs document Kirchner from the 1950s to late in his life and include solo portraits as well as group photographs. There are also pictures of Kirchner with Aaron Copland, Seiji Ozawa, Yo-Yo Ma, Darius Milhaud and Jaime Laredo, among others. Photographs of other people consist of autographed pictures of Milhaud and Dmitri Mitropoulos, a portrait of Arnold Schoenberg, and a photo of Gertrude Kirchner with John Kenneth Galbraith.</p> <p>The posters primarily advertise performances by the Harvard Chamber Orchestra, but also include occasions on which Kirchner was featured as guest conductor or composer.</p> <p>The file for Kirchner's 70th Birthday Celebration contains birthday notes and cards and the program for the concert held in his honor, on which music composed for him was played. See also scores by other composers in Series II.</p>"}