Found 114 collections related to Sound recordings

Geraldine Louise Wilson (1931-1986), was an early childhood specialist, poet, writer and civil rights activist. Wilson would begin her educational career in Philadelphia. She moved to New York City and would eventually become Director of the Regional Training Office for the Head Start Program. She also worked as a consultant. During the 1960s Wilson joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and was a co-planner of the Mississippi Institute for Early Childhood Education. The collection, dating from the 1950s to the 1980s, mostly focuses on Wilson's career as an educator, consultant and poet and to a lesser extent the Civil Rights Movement. There are audio and moving image materials that support the collection. less

The Bryant Park Concerts of Recorded Music were free public programs featuring orchestral, vocal, and instrumental selections from the record library held by the New York Public Library's Music Division which became the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. The collection contains concert programs, announcements, articles, correspondence, and photographs dating from 1948-1968. less

Patricia Spears Jones (born in 1951 in Forrest City, Arkansas) is a Black American poet, playwright, writer, educator, editor, and publisher. Her papers date from the 1970s to the 2010s, and chronicle Jones' career and personal life through correspondence; publishing contracts; drafts of poems; notebooks; ephemera; interviews; press clippings; photographs; and recorded poetry readings and performances. The collection illuminates her development as a social justice and environmental activist through her work as a poet, educator, volunteer, and non-profit development officer and administrator. less

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7th, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Harlem born and raised, Rollins is considered among the players to have defined the instrument through his prolific practicing, performing and recording over a career that spans sixty decades and more than eighty albums. Created and collected by Sonny Rollins, the 2475 item audio and moving collection includes interviews, profiles, live performances, practice sessions and studio recordings. The holdings are available in the Moving Image and Recorded Sound (MIRS) Division. less

The Lincoln Center Theater was formed as a non-profit in 1985 to present and develop theatrical works and make the performing arts accessible to a wide audience through the use of low cost and free tickets for culturally under-served populations. The Lincoln Center Theater records hold production files and audio and video recordings from the group's early seasons (1985-1991) as well as files documenting the group's 1985 restructuring and transition from earlier management. There are also financial and facilities rental materials from the theater's time under the Lincoln Center Theater Company which managed the physical theater's operations from 1979 to 1985. less

Michael John LaChiusa is an American composer, lyricist, and librettist working in musical theater and opera. His papers (1970s-2015) document the development and performance of his original operas and musicals, his collaborations with other writers and composers, and his contributions to revues and other shows. The collection contains scores, scripts, librettos, notes, recordings, press clippings, and other materials. less

Helen Weaver (1931-2021) was a literary translator, author, and astrologer. The Helen Weaver papers include research files, correspondence, and manuscripts related to the publication of her book The Awakener: A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties. The book describes Weaver's brief romantic relationship with Jack Kerouac, and friendships with Allen Ginsberg and Lenny Bruce. less

Elizabeth Swados (1951-2016) was a theater composer, musician, director, writer, poet, and illustrator. The Elizabeth Swados papers, Additions (1950-2015) document her career and works through scripts, scores, contracts, photographs, publicity materials, posters, artwork, and audio and moving image recordings. less

Actor and director Frederick O'Neal (1905-1992) was best known for co-founding the American Negro Theatre (ANT) with playwright Abram Hill in 1940. O'Neal was also active in the leadership of a number of professional, cultural, and labor organizations. The collection consists of seventeen sound recordings and two video recordings documenting O'Neal's activities in three organizations: the Actors' Equity Association (AEA), the American Federation of Labor-Congress of International Organizations (AFL-CIO), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), from 1962 to 1989. less

The Allen Ginsberg interview file and correspondence with Jan Castro contains correspondence, an interview transcript, notes, press, and an audio recording collected by Castro in preparation for her interview of Ginsberg, published in 1982 in her literary magazine River Styx. less

Edward Thomas (1924-2022) was a composer of orchestral works, chamber music, opera, and musicals. A student of the composer Tibor Serly, Thomas was also one of the founders of Forrell and Thomas, Inc., a company that produced advertising jingles and other commercial music. The Edward Thomas papers, dating from 1953 to 2021, document mainly Thomas's compositions through notated scores and sound recordings. There are also recordings of Thomas's arrangements and productions for Forrell and Thomas, Inc. less

Henry Grimes (1935-2020) was an American jazz double bassist who performed with some of the leading jazz performers of the 1950s and 1960s including Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, Joe Henderson, and many others. The Henry Grimes papers (1950-2018) document his life as a performer through sound and video recordings, notebooks, business files, correspondence, photographs, notated music, and artwork. less

Cliff Jahr (1937-1991) was an American journalist and writer. This collection consists of research files for celebrity profiles and other articles about the entertainment industry published between 1972 and 1991, and files on the 1988 book Detour: A Hollywood Tragedy -- My Life with Lana Turner, My Mother, which Jahr co-wrote with Cheryl Crane. less

Thomas Meehan (1929-2017) was an American librettist best known for writing the books for the Broadway musicals Annie, The Producers, and Hairspray. The Thomas Meehan papers, dating from the 1960s to 2017, contain drafts for his major theater work, as well as notes, programs, press clippings, agreements, and audio and video recordings. The collection also holds drafts of Meehan's short stories and unrealized theater, film, and television projects. less

Carol Channing (1921-2019) was an American actress, singer, and comedian best known for her leading roles in the Broadway musicals Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Hello, Dolly! The Carol Channing papers, dating from the 1910s to 2010 (bulk dates 1940s-2010), trace her career as an entertainer through project files, correspondence, photographs, press clippings, publicity materials, scripts, drafts for her memoir, notated music and lyrics, and audio and moving image recordings. less

Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007) was a Black American violinist and composer associated with the avant-garde jazz movement of the 1970s. A charter member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Jenkins' work as a player and composer pushed the limits of jazz, while Jenkins' work as a composer included operas, orchestral works, and dance. The Leroy Jenkins papers date from the 1930s to 2022 and include scores, charts, notes, notebooks, correspondence, photographs, and recordings. less

Joan Didion (1934-2021) and John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003) were writers closely associated with the New Journalism movement who wrote novels, essays, long-form nonfiction, and screenplays. Didion and Dunne's papers date from the 1840s through 2022 (bulk dates 1950s-2010s) and chronicle their literary and screenwriting careers through correspondence, publishing files, notes for writing projects, photographs, and research files. The papers also include objects from their home lives, certificates and awards, personal and family ephemera, and artwork. less

Gary Miller (born 1946) served as the first director of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus (NYCGMC) from 1980 to 1998. During his tenure, the Chorus performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, toured Europe multiple times, and commissioned dozens of compositions. The collection chronicles Miller's administrative and creative involvement with the chorus from 1980 to 2015 via audiovisual recordings, clippings, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, playbills, programs, and scores. less

Marga Richter (1926-2020) was a Long Island-based American composer and pianist who had a long and productive career, with her work performed by many notable ensembles and soloists. Her papers, dating from 1924-2020, strongly document the composer's music and working life, mostly from the early-1940s until her death in 2020. The papers consist of scores; subject files; business and personal correspondence; programs; clippings; information on compositions and performances; photographs; and sound and video recordings. less

Edward Gallardo (1949-2019) was an American writer, lyricist, and actor of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Venezuelan descent born and raised in the Bronx, New York. Gallardo's best-known play, Simpson Street, was performed throughout the United States and toured in Spain, Puerto Rico, Columbia, and Mexico. Gallardo's papers date from 1910 to 2020 and chronicle mostly his work as an actor and writer through contracts, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, scrapbook albums, script drafts, and audio and video recordings. less

Cineaste is an American quarterly film magazine that was established in 1967. The Cineaste interviews are a collection of audio recordings that provided the basis for articles in the Cineaste magazine. Interviewees include actors, filmmakers, and other film industry professionals. less

Mischa Mischakoff (1895-1981), a Ukrainian American, was a renowned violinist and concertmaster for several symphony orchestras including the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini. The collection, dated from 1895 to 2011, mostly focuses on Mischakoff's career in the United States with several symphony orchestras in the United States after he emigrated from Russia in 1922. The files include correspondence, certificates, contracts, correspondence, memorabilia, music scores, photographs, posters, programs, and sound recordings. less

Alvin Lucier (1931-2021) was an influential American composer of experimental music known for exploring the nature of sound and sonic environments. His papers, dating from 1920 to 2022, strongly represent his career as a composer and pedagogue over five decades. Most of the collection consists of sound and video recordings, scores, subject files, photographs, correspondence, and programs. Also present are datebooks, diaries, posters, notebooks, and clippings. less

Michael Shamberg was a film and video producer best known for his music video production work and creative partnership with the British rock band, New Order. The collection chronicles Shamberg's varied creative endeavors, including his work as a film director, writer, and visual artist. Shamberg's papers consist of business and production files from his career in the music, film, and television industries, as well as audio and moving image recordings of the artists and musicians he helped to produce, promote, and distribute. less

Otto Luening (1900-1996) was a noted American composer, teacher, conductor, and flutist. A pioneer in the use of recorded and electronic sound in composition, he also co-founded the American Music Center and the recording label Composers Recordings Inc. The Otto Luening papers, dating from 1800 to 2019, document Luening's life; his career as composer, pedagogue, performer, and conductor; and his family history through professional and personal files, scores, audio and video recordings, and family papers. less

Kevin Oldham (1960-1993) was an American pianist and composer. The Kevin Oldham papers, dating from 1976 to 1997, document primarily the musician's professional life and career. The collection holds sound and video recordings, scores, correspondence, subject files, programs, publicity files, photographs, and personal writings. less

James Kirtland (J. K.) Randall (1929-2014) was an American music theorist, composer, and early creator of electronic music. The bulk of his collection, dating from 1953 to 1999, consists of the composer's scores and other papers documenting his compositions. The remainder comprises Randall's personal files containing his writings, theoretical notes and analyses, correspondence, and concert programs. There are also audio and moving image recordings of his compositions as well as two interviews with Randall. less

Lesley Gore (1946-2015) was an American popular singer and songwriter who had major hit singles in the early to mid-1960s, including the songs "It's My Party," "You Don't Own Me," "Judy's Turn To Cry," "Maybe I Know," and "She's A Fool," among others. The Lesley Gore papers, dating from 1900 to 2017 (bulk dates from 1946 onward), document her life and career through audio and moving image recordings; notated music and lyrics; personal files of photographs, writings, clippings, posters, and scrapbooks; and business files. less