12/5/45 Guide to the Harry Partch Estate Archive Partch, Harry Finding Aid Authors: Tom McGeary, Noah Lenstra, Elizabeth Surles and Scott Schwartz.

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Guide to the Harry Partch Estate Archive 1918/1991 The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music Overview of the Collection Harry Partch Estate Archive 1918-1991 12/5/45 Partch, Harry, 1901-1974 6.50 English The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
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Biographical Information:

Born in Oakland, CA in 1901, Harry Partch was an American composer, theorist, instrument designer and performer. He is best known for the work he did with just temperment: developing a 43 tone octave scale, writing pieces to showcase it, and building instruments upon which it could be played. His musical knowledge was largely self-taught and his interest in intonation emerged out of microtonal experimentation conducted on string instruments. Many of his thoughts on the matter are outlined in his 1947 treatise, Genesis of a Music.

By the early 1950s, he had established the Gate 5 Ensemble and record label and begun a musical partnership with fellow composer Ben Johnston that would take him to the University of Illinois in 1956, where Johnston was then teaching. While at Illinois, Partch premiered his large stage work, The Bewitched, as part of the Festival of Contemporary Arts and also composed and had performed the stage works Revelation in the Courthouse Park and Water! Water! He returned to California in 1962 where he completed his last project, the text and music for a film, The Dreamer that Remains before his death in 1974.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Topical Term: Films Instrumental music Manuscripts Music Composition Photographs
Administrative Information Acquisition Information:

Donation

Custodial History:

April 2008 accrual had previously been in the possession of Kenneth Gaburo and then Philip Blackburn, as the basis of the "Enclosures" publication series, edited by Philip Blackburn, Minnesota Composers Forum, Minneapolis.

Accruals:

First donation came in December 29, 1992 directly from Danlee Mitchell. Second accrual in April 2008 came from Mitchell as well.

Conditions Governing Use:

All usage permissions for materials from the Partch Estate archives that fall outside of U.S. fair use statutes must be approved in writing by Danlee Mitchell, executor of the Partch Estate. (August 4, 2017)

Related Materials:

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2005 Harry Partch Guide to the Collection, Music and Performing Arts Library.�?�  This collection finding aid's content has been updated and included in the Harry Partch Archive and Music Library Harry Partch Collection.

Photographic Subject File 39/2/20, Col 3-5.

Arrangement of Materials:

Organized into four series: 1.) Writings. 2.) Personal Papers. 3.) Music Score Manuscripts. Whenever possible an identification of the format of the music for each title (i.e., full score, condensed score, piano score, and parts) has been noted with the following corresponding abbreviations: FS, CS, PS, P. 4.) Films, Tapes, Photographs. Each series, except for 3, is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Scope and Contents

Consists of Harry Partch's personal papers, musical scores, films, tapes and photographs documenting his career as a composer, writer, and producer. Of special note are the scrapbooks in series 2 that contain newspaper and magazine articles about Partch and his music.

See also record series 35/3/68.

Detailed List of Contents id79001 Writings id79002 Writings on musical composition Scope and Contents

Contains Partch's writings about his musical compositions, both completed and projected or unfinished. The texts comprise scenarios, scripts or librettos, outlines, and statements for concert programs, record booklets, or record liner notes. These are primarily written materials, but a few musical sketches relating to a work are included as appropriate. Some items have been published in Harry Partch, Bitter Music: Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions, and Librettos, ed. Thomas McGeary (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991), and in facsimile in Enclosures 3, ed. Philip Blackburn (Minnesota Composers Forum, Minneapolis). Folders are designated by a convenient short title. For full descriptions of each work and the versions referred to, see Thomas McGeary's, The Music of Harry Partch: A Descriptive Catalogue. I.S.A.M monograph no. 31 (1991).

id79011 1 1 "Barstow" Harmonization undated Scope and Contents

Harmonization of text of "Barstow", pencil on two leaves

id79012 1 2 Bewitched (1955 version) (I) 1955 Scope and Contents

The Bewitched--A Ballet Satire-- introduction, outline and imaginary dialogue for dancers/actors. Numerals in boxes seem cued to rehearsal numbers in score. 21 carbon typescript pages; with some pencil additions

id79013 1 3 Bewitched (1955 version) (II) 1955 Scope and Contents

Carbon typescript, 20 pages, "Marin City, California", introduction and scenarios of 10 scenes; this is a set of carbons of text that was used for Bewitched, 1956, Version 2 (see Box 1, Folder 5)

id79014 1 4 Bewitched (1956 version) (I) 1956 Scope and Contents

"Statement on the Bewitched Program Notes", Champaign, Ill. two typescript pages

id79015 1 5 Bewitched (1956 version) (II) 1956 Scope and Contents

"Some New and Old Thoughts Before and After The Bewitched", endorsed by Partch 1958; 33 typescript pages with pencil additions

id79016 1 6 Bewitched (1956 version) (III) 1956 Scope and Contents

The Bewitched: A Dance Satire by Harry Partch, blue ditto copy, 7 pages, argument, prologue and scenarios of 10 scenes and epilogue

id79017 1 7 Bewitched (1956 version) (IV) 1956 Scope and Contents

Introduction and scenario, two parts intended as one complete text: (1) The Bewitched; carbon typescript with "Introduction" and "On the Dancing", followed by scene scenarios (breaks off incomplete in the midst of scene 1), paginated 1-3 with pencil additions and revisions, Marin City, California, undated; (2) continuation begins with "Prologue" and continues with scenarios for the 10 scenes (without "Epilogue"); carbon typescript with pencil additions and revisions. The beginning pages of this group seem to be an expansion of the introduction: it is paginated in ink 4-6, then there is typescript p. 4 (whose text continues part (1); typescript pages 4-20 are renumbered in ink 7-23, in this text, the 1955 scene titles have been altered in pencil to those of the 1956 version, with original typescript of pages 1-3.

id79018 1 8 Bewitched (1956 version) (V) 1956 Scope and Contents

The Bewitched: A Dance Satire by Harry Partch, two-page black-stencil copy of program or record notes

id79019 1 9 Bewitched (1956 version) (VI) ca. 1959 Scope and Contents

The Bewitched: A Dance Satire by Harry Partch, text for program notes (production in 1959), typescript carbon, 4 pages, "Statement", cast, scenario, and scene titles

id79020 1 10 Bewitched (1956 version) (VII) 1957 Scope and Contents

8-page booklet (text reprinted from the program of first performance, March 26, 1957) accompanying Gate 5 Records issue of Bewitched, contains "Argument" and scene scenarios; with pencil annotations and additions

id79021 1 11 "Delusion" - recording (I) 1969 Scope and Contents

Two sets of timings of recording session takes: (1) one 6-page photocopy, (2) one 2-page set in blue felt-tip pen

id79022 1 12 "Delusion" - recording (II) ca. 1969 Scope and Contents

Two sets of editing notes: (1) 4-pages of typescript (Sent to John McClure?); and (2) 10-page pencil set (apparently retyped as set 1)

id79023 1 13 "Delusion" - synopses (I) 1964 Scope and Contents

Contains: (1) "Cry from Another Darkness" synopsis and introduction and for what was later titled "Delusion of the Fury", seven, unnumbered typescript pages, Harry Partch / December 30, 1964); (2) "Cry from Another Darkness" synopsis and early introduction for what was later titled "Delusion of the Fury" 7 (numbered/unnumbered) carbon typescript pages, Van Nuys, Calif., (P.O. Box 3253, December 30, 1964)

id79024 1 14 "Delusion" - synopses (II) 1965 Scope and Contents

Photocopy of 16-page typescript scenario, "Delusion of the Fury" with pencil additions, corrections, and revisions, "Van Nuys, January 17, 1965" with "Exordium" title penciled in

id79025 1 15 "Delusion" - synopses (III) undated Scope and Contents

"Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion" 1 extra-long typescript carbon page (with "Exordium" included)

id79026 1 16 "Delusion" - synopses (IV) undated Scope and Contents

Photocopy of preliminary typescript scenario and introduction prepared for inclusion in Genesis of a Music (2nd edn), pp. 35/147 - 42-154

id79028 1 17 "Dreamer that Remains" - outlines (I) ca. 1971-1972 Scope and Contents

Seven sheets in pencil from spiral-bound notebook, contains among the leaves a 6-page "A Very tentative Verbal outline of music", one leaf is headed "Outline of Music for a Freeman-Pouliot Film Project for 1972: The Dreamer that Remains - A Love Piece -"

id79029 1 18 "Dreamer that Remains" - outlines (II) 1972 Scope and Contents

Sets of very tentative verbal outlines: (1) "The Dreamer that Remains: A Study in Loving", 27 May, 1972, 5 typescript pages with pencil additions, corrections, revisions; (2) "The Dreamer that Remains: A Study in Loving", retyped version of (A) extended to 6 typescript pages with several pen corrections and additions; (3) carbon copy of (2) with pencil corrections, revisions, and additions; (4) photochemical copy of (2) with pencil and pen revisions (added to copy)

id79030 1 19 "Incident at Drake's Bay" 1953 Scope and Contents

"Incident at Drake's Bay, A Music Drama", pencil draft of scenarios, one page of verso of Harry Partch Trust Fund mailing announcement of "Plectra and Percussion Dances", and typescript version

id79031 1 20 "Menota Night" ca. 1944-1947 Scope and Contents

1-page typescript scenario, (probably Madison, Wisc.)

id79032 1 21 "Oedipus" - translation undated Scope and Contents

Carbon copy of 37 page English translation by [Gordan Churchill]

id79033 1 22 "Oedipus" (1951 version) 1951 Scope and Contents

Foreword and text of Partch's original text, carbon typescript, Sausalito, 32 pp.

id79034 1 23 "Petals" undated Scope and Contents

Handwritten items, draft of recording cover text (1 page), 2-page statement about the work, 2 leaves of timings and test of beats, and 1 leaf of ratios for Guitar II

id79035 1 24 "Petals" - movement titles undated Scope and Contents

Movement titles, Seven lists (A-G) of preliminary movement titles for "And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma," with folder titled "And on the Seventh Day" - notes that contains additional movement titles, these early sets of titles contain fanciful names for the movements and alternate titles for the composition

id79036 1 25 "Petals" - notes undated Scope and Contents

Notes, 4 leaves of notes in pencil for "And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma"

id79037 1 26 "Petals" - recording (I) undated Scope and Contents

Typescript draft (with pen additions) of liner notes for projected Gate 5 Record of "On the Seventh Day the Petals Fell in Petaluma," 1 typescript page

id79038 1 27 "Petals" - recording (II) ca. 1966 Scope and Contents

Outline of verses and Statement ("I want, I try, to live in the Big World") prepared for liner notes for CRI recording (not used), 7 carbon typescript pages with pencil and ink additions, and carbon copy

id79039 1 28 "Petals" - sketches undated Scope and Contents

Four sheets of rhythmic notes in pencil for "And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma"

id79040 1 29 "Plectra and Percussion Dances" ca. 1952 Scope and Contents

"Plectra and Percussion Dances, The Rythmic Motivations of Castor and Pollux and Even Wild Horses", 8 carbon typescript pages, endorsed by Partch, with ink additions and revisions

id79041 1 30 "Plectra and Percussion Dances - Castor and Pollux" ca. 1963 Scope and Contents

Castor and Pollux, A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini, Argument and Instructions on Music and Dance, 2 carbon typescript pages with ink additions and envelope (Calendar numbers for Castor and Pollux) with desk calendar with rows of dates cut out

id79042 1 31 "Plectra and Percussion Dances - Even Wild Horses" (I) undated Scope and Contents

"Even Wild Horses, Dance Music for an Absent Drama", 5 carbon typescript pages with ink additions, introduction and synopses of scenes.

id79043 1 32 "Plectra and Percussion Dances - Even Wild Horses" (II) ca. 1961 Scope and Contents

List of French phrases keyed to page numbers, from Rimbauld, A Season in Hell, 4 pencil pages from spiral bound notebook, 2 carbon typescript pages (typed version of above)

id79044 1 33 Poems by Li Po, Six Lyrics by Li Po ca. 1940s Scope and Contents

4-page (one bifolium) typescript carbon of notes about the work

id79045 1 34 "Revelation" - argument undated Scope and Contents

Pencil drafts of early arguments for "Revelation in the Courthouse Park": one 3-page pencil draft, one typescript leaf "Argument", one typescript leaf with pencil additions

id79046 1 35 "Revelation - Incidental Music for Applause" undated Scope and Contents

Typescript statement (2 pages) describing "Incidental Music for Applause" to "Revelation in the Courthouse Park" (paginated 30/54 - 31/55), with pencil additions, corrections, and revisions

id79047 1 36 "Revelation" undated Scope and Contents

Mock newspaper (The Centerburg Gazette) front page describing events paralleling "Revelation in the Courthouse Park", one oversize sheet

id79048 1 37 "Revelation" - notes and drafts (I) undated Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous pencil musical composition notes for "Revelation in the Courthouse Park" pencil, 16 leaves

id79049 1 38 "Revelation" - notes and drafts (II) undated Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of stage in "First Chorus", pencil sketch of fountain, pp. 6 and 9 of carbon typescript description of "Revelation" (with two pen or pencil sketches), pp. 8-10 of typescript description of "Revelation"

id79050 1 39 "Revelation" - program undated Scope and Contents

Suggested program text for "Revelation in the Courthouse Park", "Argument" (2 pages black and red typescript, with p. 1 also present as carbon), cast, instruments, arguments, and chorus/scene titles (3 typescript pages in black typescript)

id79052 1 40 "Revelation" - scripts undated Scope and Contents

Typescript of script for "Revel(ation) in the Courthouse Park", versos of pages seem to have directions for film shots (perhaps made in conjunction with Madeline Tourtelot film of the production), approx. 61 pp. in red-and-black typescript (composed of top and carbon copies including paste-overs, MS corrections, additions, and revisions)

id79053 1 41 "Revelation" - statement undated Scope and Contents

Two versions of "Composer's Statement for Revel": One-page typescript with pencil additions, corrections, and revisions; two-page carbon typscript (two sets), 2 pages with pencil annotations on one set

id79054 1 42 "Rotate the Body" - outlines and notes undated Scope and Contents

"Ball for Gymnasts", excerpts from "Revelation" (2 pages); "Rotate the Body in All Its Planes" musical timings and lyrics (With simple heart and glad regard . . . ) (2 pages)

id79055 1 43 "U.S. Highball" (1942) - notebook 1942 Scope and Contents

Notebook, 4 X 5.5 inch pocket memorandum book carried by Partch on trip to Chicago, containing notations, fragments of overheard conversations, transcriptions, etc., includes memoirs about monophonic works

id79056 1 44 "U.S. Highball" (1942) - scripts 1942 Scope and Contents

Two preliminary scripts for "U.S. Highball": 7 typescript pages with corrections and revisions in pencil, 7 typescript pages plus 1 page in pencil, with envelope labeled "First Drafts of U.S. Highball"

id79057 1 45 "U.S. Highball" - sketches 1942 Scope and Contents

Rhythmic sketches for "Chicago", pencil, 4 leaves

id79058 1 46 "U.S. Highball" (film) (I) undated Scope and Contents

Typescript introduction to film concept, 10 pages, typescript carbon (marked new in pencil)

id79059 1 47 "U.S. Highball" (film) (II) undated Scope and Contents

Introduction to film and shot outline, typescript in red and black, 29 pages with pencil additions, corrections, and revisions

id79060 1 48 "U.S. Highball" (film) (III) undated Scope and Contents

"New Script, U.S. Highball", introduction and shot outline for film, 12 carbon typescript pages with pencil revisions and corrections

id79061 1 49 Various works (I) undated Scope and Contents

Draft scenarios of projected or completed works: "And I'll Tell You My Story", "Dion Isus", "Quick Transit", "The Mock Turtle Song", "U.S. Highball" (rewrite), "Barstow" (rewrite), 3 typescript leaves (with pencil additions) and 1 leaf in pencil (for "Revelation")

id79062 1 50 "Water! Water!" - program 1962 Scope and Contents

Carbon typescript for program for "Water! Water!", 12 pages with pencil additions

id79063 1 51 "Water! Water!" - script 1961 Scope and Contents

Black stencil script of "Water! Water!", apparently Partch's copy of the duplicated script (numbered #81, marked on cover Corrected, 1961) made for use by participants in the production, corrected by paste-overs including one loose, newly-typed sheet (containing alternate dialog between Phoebus and the Producer in Second Prologue), 61 pp. plus one typescript sheet

id79064 1 52 "Windsong" undated Scope and Contents

Materials relating to preparing music for Madeline Tourtelot's film "Windsong": 2-page carbon of Script for suggested "Transformation Sequence", 6-page typescript of shot outline with timings, notes on music, etc., with extensive pencil revisions, three sheets of pencil notes, with one page typescript statement "Windsong" by Madeline Tourtelot

id79003 Lecture Texts, Essays, Drafts, Illustrations, and Statements Scope and Contents

This series contains Partch's writings (final versions and drafts) on various aspects of his work, tuning, and the relationship between music and culture; some printed materials and graphic works included.

id79066 2 1 Bitter Music - illustrations undated Scope and Contents

Illustrations, musical example, and ink drawings (originals and print outs from microfilm) intended to accompany the published Bitter Music (most not included in printed version), with page from California Highways and Public Works magazine with photographs of work camps at Anderson Canyon and Salmon Creek, California, one related drawing in Box 15

id79067 2 2 Bitter Music - music example undated Scope and Contents

One original ink musical example to Bitter Music

id79068 2 3 CBS Bonus Record October 1970 Scope and Contents

Introduction to Bonus Record accompanying "Delusion of the Fury" recording, typescripts with pencil corrections and revisions, 3 pages, October 6, 1970, 3 pages, October 10, 1970, one page, October 1970

id79069 2 4 Artwork 1937 and 1947 Scope and Contents

Two drawings/paintings (both by Partch?): "Incertitude and Infinitude" - Twin Rocks, Ore. - watercolor or tempera on cardboard, of male nude standing on beach; "Maguey Plants", as seen on way the Ensenada, Baja California, ink on paper.

id79070 2 5 "End Littoral" - drawings undated Scope and Contents

Ink drawings (with a few print outs from microfilm) intended to accompany the published journal (none included in printed version), with photograph of cabins overlooking coast, 20 items

id79071 2 6 Instrument Expense Statement ca. 1963 Scope and Contents

Typescript statement of "Expenses of a Research and Experimental - Music-Instrument Project Dating from 1925 to the Present", Petaluma, 8 carbon typescript pages.

id79072 2 7 Films Introductory Notes ca. 1962 Scope and Contents

Introductions to screening of three films ("Rotate the Body", "Windsong", "Revelation"), after ca. 1962 or later, 7 typescript pages, present are p. 1 in original typescript, pages 1-7 in photocopy, with pencil corrections and revisions to original

id79073 2 8 For John Cage undated Scope and Contents

1 typescript page of a personal statement, with ink title and revisions.

id79074 2 9 Genesis of a Music (2nd edn), appendices undated Scope and Contents

Typescript drafts of appendices, with pencil additions, revisions, corrections. Appendix I (incomplete), 2 pages, one typescript, one carbon, Appendix I, pp. 1-5, Appendix II, pp. 6 -14, Appendix III, pp 15 - 19

id79075 2 10 Genesis of a Music (2nd edn) - ch. 12 undated Scope and Contents

Typescript draft of new chapter 12, 51-typescript pages with pencil additions, revisions, corrections

id79076 2 11 Genesis of a Music (2nd edn) ch. 13 1969 Scope and Contents

Typescript draft of new chapter 13, 31 August 1969, 46 pp. with pencil additions, revisions, corrections

id79077 2 12 Genesis of a Music (2nd edn) ch. 14 undated Scope and Contents

Typescript draft of new chapter 14, paginated 1. / (113) - 38. - 150, with pencil additions, revisions, corrections

id79078 2 13 Genesis of a Music (2nd edn), figures undated Scope and Contents

Material for figures for Genesis, two ALS letters from Erv Wilson, mostly photocopies of various versions of the figures as Wilson revised them. (See also Genesis of a Music, 2nd edn. related correspondence in Da Capo Press in Box 5)

id79082 2 14 Genesis of a Music (2nd edn) preface (I) 1969 Scope and Contents

(New Preface to Genesis of a Music) / Preface to the Second Edition, carbon typescript, Encinitas, California, 13 pages with pencil and ink corrections; photocopy of above, as copy edited by publisher

id79083 2 15 Genesis of a Music (2nd edn), preface (II) 1969 Scope and Contents

New Preface to Genesis of a Music / Preface, photocopy of typescript, 12 pp, Encinitas

id79084 2 16 Genesis of a Music (2nd edn), preface (III) 1969 Scope and Contents

Preface, 11 pages with extensive pencil additions, revisions, corrections, dated in pencil 30 May 1969, typescript dated Encinitas, California

id79085 2 17 Genesis of a Music (2nd edn), preface (IV) 1969 Scope and Contents

Preface, earliest typescript notes, on slips pasted up to full pages, with extensive pencil additions, revisions, corrections, 11 pages with partial-page slip, with Partch's envelope

id79086 2 18 Genesis of a Music (2nd edn), preface (V) 1969 Scope and Contents

Preface, 2 typescript pages, top copy and carbon, with partial-page insert, several pencil corrections

id79087 2 19 Lecture - Bewitched 1959 Scope and Contents

Carbon typescript (Note) for talk before dress rehearsal of Bewitched at the Juilliard School, 9 April 1959, 9 pages, 6 pages of text, 2 pages of comments on slides of instruments, one page for introduction musical examples, all with pencil corrections and revisions

id79088 2 20 Lecture - Columbia University 1959 Scope and Contents

Untitled lecture given at Columbia University 9 April 1959, with examples from Bewitched, 11 typescript pages, with pencil on verso of p. 3, with pencil corrections and revisions

id79089 2 21 Lecture - University of Hawaii 1971 Scope and Contents

Untitled lecture presented at the University of Hawaii 9 July 1971, one page program and seven typescript pages of text, with pencil corrections and revisions.

id79090 2 22 Lectures - University of Oregon 1964 Scope and Contents

Typescripts for lectures presented at the University of Oregon: (1) Feb. 16, 7 typescript pages with ink additions and corrections, introduction to films "U.S. Highball", "Rotate the Body", "Revelation", (2) Feb. 17, 12 typescript pages with ink and pencil corrections and revisions, (3) Feb. 17, 23-pages in typescript original and carbon, both with ink and/or pencil corrections and revisions

id79091 2 23 Lecture - American Symphony Orchestra League Convention, San Francisco 1963 Scope and Contents

Untitled lecture presented at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, for the American Symphony Orchestra League convention, (notes by Danlee Mitchell). 10 typescript pages with pencil corrections and revisions

id79092 2 24 Lecture - Pasadena/San Fernando Valley State College 1964 Scope and Contents

Untitled lecture script, 9 typescript pages with pencil corrections, originally presented for Pasadena Art Museum 8 February, revised by paste-over to first page for second delivery at San Fernando Valley State College (University of California Northridge), 20 March 1965

id79093 2 25 Lecture - "Revelation" (I) 1960-1961 Scope and Contents

Partch's statement to the cast before the first rehearsal of "Revelation in the Courthouse Park" (note by Danlee Mitchell), fall semester, 4 typescript pages

id79094 2 26 Lecture - "Revelation" (II) undated Scope and Contents

Introduction to WILL-TV broadcast of "Revelation", 2 typescript pages

id79095 2 27 Lecture - San Francisco Art Institute 1966 Scope and Contents

Untitled lecture presented at the San Francisco Art Institute 28 November 1966, included presentation of slides and musical examples, 8 typescript pages with pencil additions and corrections

id79096 2 28 Lecture - St. Louis 1962 Scope and Contents

Untitled lecture given at St. Louis 24 April 1962, with introductions to tape ("Revelation") and film ("Rotate the Body"), 6 typescript pages

id79097 2 29 Lecture - Tanglewood 1967 Scope and Contents

Typescript (headed "Introduction to Examples") for lecture presented at Tanglewood, summer 1967, with Partch pencil note "The direction toward which I've been going", 12 pages with pencil corrections and revisions

id79098 2 30 Lecture - UCLA 1966 Scope and Contents

Untitled lecture given at UCLA 1 May 1966, 12 typescript pages plus two versions of 1-page "Demonstration Order", with pencil revisions and corrections, text includes list of titles for movements of "And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma"

id79099 2 31 Lecture - "Studies", "Petals", "Exordium", "Barstow", "Daphne", and "Castor and Pollux" undated Scope and Contents

Introductions or synopses to "Two Studies", "Petals", "Exordium" [from "Delusion"], "Barstow", "Daphne", and "Castor and Pollux", 4 typescript pages, apparently spoken introductions to musical excerpts (supervised by Danlee Mitchell)

id79100 2 32 Manual on the Maintenance and Repair of--and the Musical and Attitudinal Techniques for--Some Putative Musical Instruments (I) 1963 Scope and Contents

Ozalid copy, 46 typescript pages on 24 leaves, pp, 1-33, blank, 34-46, blank, main text plus three addenda, pp. 1-33 (Feb. 3, 1963), pp. 34-42 (March 25, 1963), pp. 43-46 (April 12, 1963), with Partch's original folder titled Manual (not the latest draft)

id79102 2 33 Manual on the Maintenance and Repair of--and the Musical and Attitudinal Techniques for--Some Putative Musical Instruments (II) (revised) 1963 Scope and Contents

Ozalid copy, "NEW (revised)" written on master, pp. 1-18 appear identical to previous entry, pp. 19-20 of earlier versions expanded to 3 pages, 47 leaves, arranged and glued accordion-format, with corrections on transparent masters and in pencil, index on first page, paginated 1-47

id79103 2 34 Various Fragments, Notes, and Sketches ca. 1960-1974 Scope and Contents

Complete or incomplete fragments, notes, sketches (most in pencil), some represent ideas developed for later compositions, two photocopies, 31 original sheets

id79104 2 35 Modern Parables 1933 and 1938 Scope and Contents

Typescripts of two parables: (1) "A Modern Parable I", three typescript pages, New York City, Spring, 1933, (2) "A Modern Parable II", three typescript pages, Cajon Pass, San Bernardino County, April 26, 1938

id79118 2 36 Toward a Creative Music 1953 Scope and Contents

Typescript of a series of nine talks delivered over KPFA radio, San Francisco from 9 March to 28 March 1953, (see KPFA Program Folio issues): Creativity in Music (p. 1), Education & New Instruments (p.8), Education and the Record Repertory (p. 17), Education and Acoustics (p. 23), The Writers on Music p. 31), Musical Perspectives (p. 37), My Instruments (p. 44), Castor & Pollux (p. 51) [included musical examples], The Oedipus Dance Music (p. 54). 56 typescript pages with pencil corrections, additions, and revisions

id79105 3 1 Music Philosophy and Work of Harry Partch ca. 1954 Scope and Contents

6-leaf black stencil booklet titled "Presenting a Resume of the Music Philosophy and Work of Harry Partch, Composer, Instrument Builder, and Player-Theorist" (another copy in Scrapbook)

id79106 3 2 Musicians as "Artists" 1947 Scope and Contents

Essay, 12 typescript pages, Madison Wis., dated in pencil

id79107 3 3 On G-String Formality 1946 Scope and Contents

Seven typescript page essay with pencil and ink corrections and revisions, endorsed by Partch, Madison

id79108 3 4 Proposal - Typescript of "Proposal for Work in Advanced Studies" ca. 1962 Scope and Contents

"Proposal for Work in Advanced Studies", Champaign, Ill., 7 carbon typescript pages, proposes to work in Japan

id79109 3 5 Quarter-Saw Section of Motivation and Intonation 1967 Scope and Contents

"Prelude to Talk" and "Introduction to Examples of Intonation", black stencil copy of lecture text, endorsed by Partch, Tanglewood, [i] plus 13 pages

id79110 3 6 Signs undated Scope and Contents

Two ink-on-cardboard signs, apparently posted at Partch's door

id79111 3 7 Somewhat Spoof September 1960 Scope and Contents

3 typescript page essay with ink corrections, Champaign, Ill., September 1960, reprinted in Bitter Music

id79112 3 8 Soul Tormented by Contemporary Music 1957 and 1960 Scope and Contents

10-page typescript of untitled lecture delivered at University of Illinois, March 24, 1957, as introduction to Bewitched, with introductions to instrument demonstrations, with pencil revisions and corrections, endorsed by Partch, typewritten from tape 4/18/60, elsewhere this lecture is titled "A Soul Tormented by Contemporary Music Looks for a Humanizing Alchemy"

id79113 3 9 Statement (I) - (I am a traditionalist) 1960 Scope and Contents

22 May 1960, 2 typescript page

id79114 3 10 Statement (II) - (I am a traditionalist) 1960 Scope and Contents

Eight photocopy pages, four pages of typescript statement, and four pages of extracts from printed promotional and publicity material, dated 31 May 1960

id79115 3 11 Statement (III) 1967 Scope and Contents

Signed statement about "disposition of [his] instruments and scores", San Diego, 12 March 1967, 3 typescript pages with ink revisions

id79116 3 12 Statement (IV) 1970 Scope and Contents

Four-page typescript statement and itemized expenses related to the landlord's irresponsibilities about the workshop at Solana Beach, signed, 21 May 1970

id79117 3 13 Statement for "Arts in Society" ca. 1967 Scope and Contents

Three typescript pages with ink corrections, Petaluma, reprinted in Bitter Music as "The University and the Creative Arts, Comment"

id79119 3 14 University of California San Diego (USCD) - seminar 1967 Scope and Contents

Writings about seminar given at UCSD: (1) statement on education, 5 typescript pages with pencil corrections, (2) "My Seminar in Retrospect", 4 carbon typescript pages, (3) typed extracts from comments on students (on their papers or presentations), 5 carbon typescript pages

id79120 3 15 "Umbilical Cord Still Vibrates" 1952 Scope and Contents

Essay, Mill Valley, California, 18 typescript pages

id79121 3 16 WTTW (Chicago) 25 June 1957 Scope and Contents

Untitled scripts for WTTW television production, lecture and instrument demonstrations: (1) "Tentative WTTW script ideas", 5 carbon typescript pages (2) 10 blue mimeograph pages with pencil additions and revisions, 25 June 1957

id79004 Personal Papers id79005 Correspondence Scope and Contents

Contains Partch's correspondence. Folders are designated by the person or organization corresponded with. Most of the material is in-coming letters. In many cases, though, Partch retained typed carbon copies of his outgoing letters. In some cases, the carbons may represent letters never sent.

id79123 3 17 Tom (Juilliard School) 1959 Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to Bewitched performance, two typescript letters (carbons) from Partch

id79124 3 18 American Symphony Orchestra League (II) 1967 Scope and Contents

Letter of invitation from, to conference

id79125 3 19 Amherst College 1973 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding offer of honorary degree

id79126 3 20 Arnautoff, Phillip 1961-2001 Scope and Contents

Letters from Phillip Arnautoff and photocopies of Partch's replies

id79127 3 21 BBC 1967-1970 Scope and Contents

Correspondence and enclosures between BBC and Partch, originals and carbon copies

id79128 3 22 BMI 1953-1974 Scope and Contents

Correspondence between various persons at BMI and Harry Partch, incl. letters from Carl Haverlin and Oliver Daniel, carbons from Gerd Stern and Harry Partch

id79129 3 23 Barzun, Jacques 1952-1968 Scope and Contents

Correspondence and enclosures between Jacques Barzun and Harry Partch, signed letters from Barzun, carbons from Harry Partch

id79130 3 24 Bollingen Foundation 1962 Scope and Contents

typescript carbon of letter from Harry Partch regarding Peter Yates

id79131 3 25 Brooks, Jack 1939 Scope and Contents

Correspondence from, two postcards and one 3-page handwritten letter

id79132 3 26 CBS Records 1966-1972 Scope and Contents

Correspondence from CBS Records, carbons, lists, and statements from Partch, includes correspondence with and from John McClure

id79134 3 27 CBS Records - "Delusion of the Fury" Bonus Record 1970-1971 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with CBS records and Gene Paul about bonus records, includes 4 drafts for Partch talk for bonus record

id79135 3 28 CRI - The Bewitched 1972-1974 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding Composers Recordings, Inc. release of The Bewitched, includes drafts and photocopies of liner notes

id79136 3 29 CRI - "Petals" 1960-1971 Scope and Contents

Correspondence and enclosures with various persons at Composers Rrecordings I, mostly regarding production of recording of "On the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma", carbon of David Hall's program notes, typescript carbons from Partch

id79137 3 30 Cage, John 1966-1967 Scope and Contents

5 items from Cage, one typescript carbon from Partch

id79138 3 31 Cassandra Foundation 1969-1970 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding receipt of grant, 2 items

id79139 3 32 Cinema 16 1954, 1960, 1965 Scope and Contents

Letters regarding Kenneth Anger "unauthorized" use of music for the film Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, letters regarding rentals of Madeline Tourtelot films

id79140 3 33 Columbia University - The Bewitched 1953-62 Scope and Contents

Partch typescript carbons, includes correspondence with Douglas Moore and Henry Allen Moe

id79141 3 34 Correspondence (I) 1918-1938 Scope and Contents

Letters from various family members (Paul, VIP) and persons to Partch, 1918-1938, with one letter (1935) sent by Partch, 11 items, including receipt from Malkin for organ

id79143 4 1 Correspondence (II) 1952-1959 Scope and Contents

Strip of microfilm (plus paper print-outs) of Partch correspondence (mostly from Mill Valley, Sausalito, Calif., and Champaign, Ill.), filmed at University of Illinois April 18, 1960, approx. 42 pages (film and printout)

id79144 4 2 Correspondence (III) 1953-1974 Scope and Contents

Mostly typescript carbons from Partch to various persons, includes occasional incoming letter(s), including Irving Sablosky, Gil Evans, Jacqueline Onslow-Ford, William Bowen, La Monte (Young?), an unidentified John (not John Cage [inferred from letter]) regarding an arts institute, Ginny (choreographer of Delusion?), 29 items

id79145 4 3 Correspondence (IV) 1954-1971 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with various persons, originals (some photocopies), and typescript carbons of replies from Partch

id79146 4 4 Correspondence (V) 1951-1972 Scope and Contents

Unsorted letters and postcards from various persons, originals (some photocopies), and typescript carbons of replies from Partch

id79147 4 5 Correspondence - Re: articles and reviews 1953-1973 Scope and Contents

Correspondence mostly with critics and editors regarding articles and reviews, some Harry Partch carbons, many recognizable critics and columnists

id79148 4 6 Correspondence - Broadcasts 1953-1962 Scope and Contents

Letters and enclosures from radio broadcast personnel

id79149 4 7 Correspondence - Film, TV 1957-1972 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding projected film projects, cue sheets (for films), includes prospectus for film of The Bewitched, permissions

id79151 4 8 Correspondence - Lectures 1952-1969 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding lecture invitations

id79152 4 9 Correspondence - Performances 1970-1973 Scope and Contents

Letters of inquiry regarding performances

id79153 4 10 Correspondence - Permissions 1962-1973 Scope and Contents

Letters to and from Harry Partch, regarding permissions

id79154 4 11 Correspondence - unsorted letters (I) 1941-1974 id79155 4 12 Correspondence - unsorted letters (II) 1964-1974 id79157 4 13 Correspondence - unsorted letters (III) 1965-1968 id79158 4 14 Correspondence - unsorted letters (IV) 1969-1973 id79159 5 1 Cronyn, George 1937 Scope and Contents

Two typescript letters from Cronyn regarding Partch and the Federal Writers Project, May and June 1937

id79160 5 2 Current Biography 1963 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding Partch's biographical entry

id79161 5 3 Da Capo Press 1968-1974 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding publication of second edition of Genesis of a Music, typescript carbons of letters from Partch, originals from Da Capo, Plenum, et al., approx. 200pp.

id79163 5 4 Daniel, Oliver (primarily BMI) 1953-1971 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Daniel at CBS Radio, Associated Music Publishers, and BMI, originals from Daniel, typescript carbons from Partch, some letters addressed to Gerd Stern, 44 items. With photocopy of typescript text for BMI brochure (4 pages) (see also BMI file, Box 3)

id79164 5 5 "Dreamer that Remains" 1972-1975 Scope and Contents

Letters and enclosures (e.g. publicity materials) to and from Betty Freeman, Stephen Pouliot documenting production of the film Dreamer that Remains

id79165 5 6 Dulac, Edmund 1934-1935 Scope and Contents

Two manuscript letters from Dulac about meeting in London

id79166 5 7 Dutton and Co., E.P. (Publisher) 1962 Scope and Contents

Partch requests permission to use translation of Li Po poems

id79167 5 8 Earls, Paul 1964-1965 Scope and Contents

Letters and enclosures

id79168 5 9 Edmunds, John 1959-1961 Scope and Contents

Letters, enclosures, and two Harry Partch carbons

id79169 5 10 Edwards, Osmon 1935 Scope and Contents

Postcard from Edwards (quoted in Bitter Music, p. 32)

id79170 5 11 Ellsworth, Ray 1956-1965 Scope and Contents

Letters and article by Ray Ellsworth, author

id79171 5 12 Evans, Gil 1961-1962 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79172 5 13 Ford Foundation 1962-1963 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding fellowship application, including 9-page (title page plus 8-page text) typescript carbon of "Proposal for Studies in the Creative Arts"

id79173 5 14 Freeman, Betty 1964-1974 Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Betty Freeman, mostly to Partch, several from Partch and Danlee Mitchell, others to Danlee and other persons

id79174 5 15 Fromm Foundation 1956-1972 Scope and Contents

Letters and enclosers from Paul Fromm, Fromm Foundation, and Harry Partch

id79176 5 16 Fulbright Commission (fellowship) 1959-1961 Scope and Contents

Fulbright Commission, regarding application for fellowship

id79177 5 17 Garland, Peter (Soundings Magazine) 1970-1973 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79178 5 18 Garvey, John 1956-1960 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79179 5 19 Gerdine, Leigh 1955-1960 Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating mostly to the 1957 production of The Bewitched at Washington University

id79180 5 20 Graham Foundation 1962 Scope and Contents

Correspondence and grant proposal

id79181 5 21 Graham, Martha 1952-1953 Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Graham about projected collaborative production in New York, two typescript letters

id79182 5 22 Grayson, John 1969 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79183 5 23 Guggenheim Foundation 1950-70 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79184 5 24 Hall, David (CRI) 1960-1967 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typescript carbons of Partch's letters, 7 items (See also CRI folders, Box 3)

id79185 5 25 Harrison, Lou ca. 1954-1992 Scope and Contents

Includes many of Lou's calligraphic letters

id79186 5 26 Haverlin, Carl (BMI) 1953-1963 Scope and Contents

Letters from Haverlin to Partch and Gerd Stern (as President of the Harry Partch Trust Fund or manager of Gate 5 Ensemble), and typescript carbons from Partch and Stern, with one letter to Dean Wall (UIUC Graduate College), 39 items (See also BMI file, Box 3)

id79187 5 27 Hawkins, Suzy 1974 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79188 5 28 Hewitt, Barnard 1965-1966 Scope and Contents

Four typescript letters

id79189 5 29 Hi Fi/Stereo Review 1960-1961 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding article

id79190 5 30 Institute of International Education 1934-1935 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79191 6 1 International Music Council 1968 Scope and Contents

Letter (and Partch's reply) enclosing check for Whitney Museum concert, 2 items

id79192 6 2 Johnston, Ben 1955-1974 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79193 6 3 KPFA radio 1953-1955 Scope and Contents

Typescript carbon of letter from Partch, three issues of KPFA Program Folio, listing Partch series of talks, Toward a Creative Music

id79195 6 4 King, Eleanor 1957 Scope and Contents

Typescript carbon from Partch asking her to take over Bewitched choreography

id79196 6 5 Knisely (Driscoll), Bertha McCord 1933-1934 Scope and Contents

Two letters including letter from Louis W. Curtis, Los Angeles Board of Education (1933) about supporting her subscription fund for Partch, on version of his letter are names of other subscribers

id79197 6 6 Kostka, Robert 1958 Scope and Contents

Typescript of letter from Partch, regarding choreographer of Bewitched

id79198 6 7 Koussevitzky Foundation (Library of Congress) 1966-1974 Scope and Contents

Letters regarding Koussevitzky commission, one Harry Partch carbon

id79199 6 8 Kvistad, Gary 1974 Scope and Contents

Photocopy of Partch letter, Kvistad letter to Madeline Tourtlot, handout by Kvistad for his film presentation at Northern Illinois University

id79200 6 9 League of Composers 1944 Scope and Contents

Letter from Claire Reis

id79201 6 10 Library of Congress, The Bewitched 1957 Scope and Contents

Letter acknowledging Partch's gift of The Bewitched manuscript

id79202 6 11 Luening, Otto 1943-1991 Scope and Contents

Two photocopies (from microfilm) of typescript letters from Partch (1943), two manuscript letters from Luening (1951), with BMI brochure about Luening (1991)

id79203 6 12 McHugh, Roger 1969 Scope and Contents

Letters from McHugh regarding W.B. Yeats, with two typescript pages of extracts from Yeats letters mentioning Partch, with photocopy and typescript transcription of "To Margot" by Yeats

id79204 6 13 Manoy, Rallou 1965 Scope and Contents

Carbon (2 typescript pages) of letter to Manoy, with typescript note to Danlee Mitchell

id79205 6 14 Marshall, Barry 1970-1971 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79206 6 15 Marshall, Lauriston 1953-68 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Lauriston and Lucy Marshall

id79207 6 16 Mitchell, Danlee 1962, 1972 Scope and Contents

Letters, memos, and notes from Partch to Danlee Mitchell

id79208 6 17 Moldenhauer, Hans 1959 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding obtaining a score

id79209 6 18 Moore, Douglas (Columbia University) 1944-1959 Scope and Contents

Letters, typescript carbons from Partch, typescript originals from Moore, some concerning Martha Graham, 6 items, see also Columbia University folder

id79210 6 19 National Institute of Arts and Letters 1953, 1966 Scope and Contents

Typescript letter from Douglas Moore and typescript carbon of letter from Partch to Leon Kirchner regarding award to Partch

id79211 6 20 Nikolais, Alwin 1956-1957 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Nikolais regarding Bewitched production at University of Illinois, typescript carbons from Partch, 12 items

id79212 6 21 Nin, Anais ca. 1959-1962 Scope and Contents

Three items, with other printed material about Nin

id79213 6 22 Onslow-Ford, Gordon and Jacqueline 1958-1972 Scope and Contents

Letters from Gordon and Jacqueline Onslow-Ford to Partch and Danlee Mitchell

id79214 6 23 Pan American Union 1959-1960 Scope and Contents

Letters, Harry Partch carbons

id79215 6 24 Perrett, Wilfred 1934-1935 Scope and Contents

Manuscript letters from Wilfrid Perrett

id79217 6 25 Pouliot, Stephen 1971-1974 Scope and Contents

Letters from Stephen Pouliot

id79218 6 26 Prockelo, Vincenzo ca. 1962 Scope and Contents

Typed and handwritten poems by Vincenzo Prockelo

id79219 6 27 Radiodiffusion: Television Francaise 1961-1962 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Pierre Schaeffer, with letter from L.A. Hiller to Luigi Nono

id79220 6 28 Record Companies 1954-1961 Scope and Contents

Letters from multiple record companies (RCA Victor, MGM, Mercury, Westminster, Columbia)

id80578 6 29 Records - Correspondence with purchasers (I) 1953-1972 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with purchasers of Harry Partch's privately-released records

id79222 7 1 Records related correspondence 1965-1967 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with purchasers of Harry Partch's privately-released records

id79224 7 2 Rockefeller Foundation 1973 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding a bicentennial American composer project, three items

id79225 7 3 Rockefeller Foundation 1961-1962 Scope and Contents

Regarding application for grant

id79226 7 4 Schell, Linda 1969-1973 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79227 7 5 Schlesinger, K. 1935 Scope and Contents

Two postcards from Kathleen Schlesinger

id79228 7 6 Schuller, Gunther 1962 Scope and Contents

two letters and clippings

id79229 7 7 Simons, Paul Williams 1974 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, enclosures, poetry, and artwork

id79230 7 8 Sitka Spruce Lumber Company 1961 Scope and Contents

Carbon of letter to lumber company

id79231 7 9 Slonimsky, Nicholas 1965 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79232 7 10 Smithsonian Institution 1969-1970 Scope and Contents

Carbons, telegrams, letters from James Morris

id79233 7 11 Source Magazine 1966-1972 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Larry Austin and Art Woodbury

id79234 7 12 Spencer, Sylvia 1959-1960 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, concert program, and grant application

id79235 7 13 Strouse, Robert 1974 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79236 7 14 Thorne, Francis 1967-1972 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79237 7 15 Tours 1966-1976 Scope and Contents

Address lists and correspondence with persons and institutions regarding proposed tours and performances

id79239 7 16 Tourtelot, Madeline 1958-1974 Scope and Contents

Correspondence and enclosures

id79240 7 17 U.S. Information Agency 1957-1960 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding recordings and photos, two copies with annotations by Danlee Mitchell

id79241 7 18 University of California, Los Angeles - Re: Delusion production 1965-1969 Scope and Contents

Correspondence and documents regarding production of Delusion of the Fury, includes carbon typescript copy of (and UCLA Music Department response to) Partch "Statement" about scores and instruments

id79242 7 19 University of California, San Diego 1964-1972 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with UCSD regarding Harry Partch appointment, letters from various administrators, many Harry Partch carbons, exam, expense ledgers

id79243 7 20 University of Hawaii 1971 Scope and Contents

Letters regarding Harry Partch visit

id79244 7 21 University of Illinois 1955-1964 Scope and Contents

Correspondence mostly with administrators regarding Partch's appointments, grants, and activities at the University of Illinois

id79246 7 22 University of South Florida 1969 Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding possible trip

id79247 7 23 University of Wisconsin Press 1952-1971 Scope and Contents

Correspondence and enclosures regarding first edition of Genesis of a Music (1949), includes requests for reprinting

id79248 7 24 Valle, Joe (Valle Music Reproduction) 1963-1974 Scope and Contents

Correspondence and enclosures

id79249 8 1 Yates, Peter - correspondence (I) 1953-1972 Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Partch and Yates

id79250 8 2 Yeats, W.B. 1933-1934 Scope and Contents

Four letters from Yeats, Riverdale, Willbrook, Rathfarnham, Dublin, to Partch, 1933-34, one dated January 6, 1934 (TLS), two undated (one ALS, one TLS), one (TLS) dated August 7

id79251 8 3 Zilch, Art (Time Magazine) 1963 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, 3 typescript leaves

id79252 8 4 Zoller, Buddy 1934-1935 Scope and Contents

Correspondence

id79006 Personal and Financial Records Scope and Contents

Contains Partch's other personal papers and documents, organized by event, film, recording, concerts, productions, projects, or persons of his life and career.

id79261 8 5 A.B. Chase (organ company) undated Scope and Contents

Directions for the Care of Your Organ 7-page 6 x 3 1/2 booklet and certificate of warranty (portion of booklet cover and warranty mounted on card)

id79262 8 6 Address books undated Scope and Contents

Five pocket-sized address books used by Partch

id79263 8 7 American Symphony Orchestra League (I) 1963 Scope and Contents

Program of 1963 convention at Sheraton-Palace Hotel, San Francisco (19-22 June 1963) and review of Partch concert

id79264 8 8 Awards 1966-1974 Scope and Contents

Letters announcing awards, several Harry Partch carbons, awards, and lists

id79265 8 9 Bamboo and Rare Woods 1960-1971 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with dealers of tropical woods and bamboo

id79266 8 10 Bewitched, Nikolais 1957 Scope and Contents

Program and notes for Alwin Nikolais production of Bewitched at the Henry Street Playhouse, 11-13 October 1957

id79267 8 11 Bewitched - Programs of 1959 performances at Illinois and Columbia University 1959 Scope and Contents

Two programs

id79268 8 12 Biographical documents 1919-1966 Scope and Contents

Records of birth (not original birth certificate), Partch's pencil list of residences, leases, seaman certificates, high school transcripts, photocopy of UCSD biographical form, 10 items

id79269 8 13 Burt, Warren Nov. 1982 Scope and Contents

The Music of Harry Partch, 43-pages booklet from Discussion Services Notes

id79271 8 14 Couper, Mildred undated Scope and Contents

Four photographs, photocopy of a Santa Barbara newspaper article about Couper

id79272 8 15 Estey Organ 1960 Scope and Contents

Correspondence and materials regarding reed organs

id79274 8 16 Gate 5 Records undated Scope and Contents

Draft text for announcement

id79275 8 17 Gate 5 Records brochure ca. 1956-1962 Scope and Contents

4-page stencil brochure for issues nos 3-6, Champaign, Illinois

id79276 8 18 Gems from My Scrapbook undated Scope and Contents

"Gems from My Scrapbook 1930-1957", Harry Partch, ten pages of typescript extracts from articles and reviews about Partch, transcribed from his scrapbook

id79277 8 19 Harry Partch Foundation 1969-71 Scope and Contents

Correspondence and documents (minutes, Articles of Incorporation) regarding establishing of Foundation to support his work

id79278 8 20 Harry Partch Trust Fund 1953-1954 Scope and Contents

Account book for Trust Fund recording projects

id79279 8 21 Instruments - Shipping of 1956-69 Scope and Contents

Shipping inventories, invoices, some Harry Partch lists

id79280 8 22 Instruments - technical data ca. 1964-1970 Scope and Contents

Specifications, dimensions, materials, diagrams of musical instruments (mostly bamboo marimba, cloud chamber bowls, and quadrangularum reversum), originals in pencil, and some photocopies

id79281 8 23 Insurance - Health 1968-1973 Scope and Contents

Health and disability insurance correspondence and forms

id79282 8 24 Insurance 1960-65 Scope and Contents

Automobile, life, and instrument insurance

id79283 8 25 Johnston, Ben - ASUC symposium 1967 Scope and Contents

Black stencil copy, 3 typescript pages, text introducing presentation of a taped lecture by Partch (after April 1967), ASUC symposium, Tanglewood

id79284 8 26 Johnston, Ben - "Harry Partch" (I) 1967 Scope and Contents

"Harry Partch", black stencil copy of lecture text (Harry Partch endorsed, Tanglewood, 1967), 4 pages

id79285 8 27 Johnston, Ben - "Harry Partch" (II) undated Scope and Contents

Photochemical copy of 5-page typescript biographical outline of Partch and his career

id79286 8 28 Medical Charges 1973-1974 Scope and Contents

Notebook titled "Income Tax for '73" with lists of medical expenses, and income, copy of letter from Walter L. Johnson MD to Harold Frank MD describing Partch's medical history

id79287 8 29 Mitchell, Danlee - "Partch Film Lecture" undated Scope and Contents

Text of Danlee Mitchell lecture introducing screening of films, Music Studio, Windsong, Rotate the Body, 7 typescript pages, with pencil annotations

id79288 8 30 "Oedipus" 1954 Scope and Contents

Photocopy of program for Sausalito Regatta Children & Arts Fair (as program for Partch "Oedipus" performance), 11-12 September 1954

id79290 9 1 "Oedipus" Trust Fund 1953-1954 Scope and Contents

Proposals, budgets, correspondence (Gerd Stern) about proposed subscription fund for issuing "Oedipus" recording, 5-page typescript prospectus plus 5 additional items

id79291 9 2 Partch poems 1962-1964 Scope and Contents

Three poems written to or about Partch

id79292 9 3 Partch, Paul ca. 1951 Scope and Contents

Two drawings by Paul Partch, photocopy of Paul Partch obituary and first page of Partch letter describing Paul's final illness, with photocopy of page of letter from Paul, 30 July 1951

id79293 9 4 RCA 1957-1963 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, record labels, carbon copies, and shipping notes relating to pressing of recordings by RCA

id79294 9 5 Receipts 1970-1973 id79296 9 6 Records - Labels, jackets, flyers, brochures, printing of - 1953-1964 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with printers and suppliers, printed labels

id79297 9 7 Record pressing and manufacture correspondence 1951-1958 Scope and Contents

Documents and carbon of letters regarding record production and manufacture

id79299 9 8 Record timing lists undated Scope and Contents

Harry Partch's lists of record timings

id79300 9 9 Records and tapes - Inventories and lists undated Scope and Contents

Lists and inventories of records and tapes, manuscript lists of records and tapes (these lists identify acetates and tapes that Marshall later gave to the Partch Archive)

id79301 9 10 "Rotate the Body" - NCGC 1961 Scope and Contents

National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships program booklet, UIUC, 1961, at which Rotate the Body was performed, folder flap with Partch's label included

id79302 9 11 Soundboards/Cimbalon 1963 Scope and Contents

Brochure, correspondence and photocopies regarding soundboard material

id79303 9 12 Taxes 1972-1973 Scope and Contents

Documents, notes, and letters regarding taxes

id79304 9 13 Taxes 1973-1974 Scope and Contents

Documents and letters to accountant regarding taxes

id79305 9 14 Taxes - California tax records 1953-1973 id79306 9 15 Taxes - Income 1951-72 Scope and Contents

Carbons of letters to accountants and other tax documents

id79307 9 16 Tourtelot, Madeline, brochures undated Scope and Contents

Copies of Tourtelot film brochures and poster

id79308 9 17 "U.S. Highball" - Record Brochure 1958 Scope and Contents

Brochure for subscription to the Third Harry Partch Subscription Fund recording of "U.S. Highball", 1 July 1958

id79309 9 18 University of Illinois - Contemporary Arts Festivals 1957, 1961 Scope and Contents

Publicity materials about festivals at which Partch's works were produced

id79310 9 19 University of Wisconsin 1945 Scope and Contents

Carbon of memo from faculty in support of Partch

id79311 9 20 Venice, Calif. - Music Studio 1964-1965 Scope and Contents

Carbons of letters and itemizations of expenses regarding remodeling of studio

id79312 9 21 "Water! Water!" correspondence, expense ledgers, vouchers, and agreement 1960-1962 Scope and Contents

Documents relating to production at University of Illinois

id80571 10 1 Music Studio Announcement ca. 1959 Scope and Contents

Announcement for Music Studio - Harry Partch, a film by Madeline Tourtelot, at Festival of Contemporary Arts, University of Illinois

id79295 10 2 Ledger 1962-1974 Scope and Contents

Account/ledger book listing purchasers of Gate 5 recordings

id79314 10 Ashtray undated Scope and Contents

Made by Partch from bamboo section

id79315 10 California, A Guide to the Golden State 1939 Scope and Contents

Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of California. American Guide Series (New York: Hastings House, 1939). Inscribed on front fly-leaf: Harry Partch, August 14, 1939

id80780 Scrapbooks Scope and Contents

Partch's personal scrapbook, 1930-1968, in two volumes. Contains newspaper clipping and magazine articles about Partch; many are reviews, promotional articles, or profiles. Pasted onto over-size leaves in chronological order.

id79317 16 Wooden Cover, Volume I 1930-1959 id79318 16 Wooden Cover, Volume II 1960-1969 id80772 18 1 Scrapbook Volume I 1930-1950 id80773 18 2 Scrapbook Volume I 1950-1955 id80774 18 3 Scrapbook Volume I 1956-1959 id80775 18 4 Scrapbook Volume II 1959-1961 id80776 18 5 Scrapbook Volume II 1962-1965 id80777 18 6 Scrapbook Volume II 1965-1969
id79007 Music Score Manuscripts Scope and Contents

Consists of autograph (pencil or ink) scores, drafts, and blue-line (ozalid) copies of Partch's musical compositions. The designation "( = HPCat )" indicates those items that are the final score for a version of a composition, and that are catalogued and described in The Music of Harry Partch: A Descriptive Bibliography. See this publication for further information about the compositions and their versions.

id79338 11 1 "U.S. Highball" (FS, P) 1943-44 Scope and Contents

Ink-on-paper score (and chromelodeon part) of "U.S. Highball" (second version, HPCat 35B). Score with numerous pencil additions, cuts, comments, paste-overs, etc. Score on 70 pages, chromelodeon part (also with additions, cuts) on 45 pages

id79376 11 2 "Y.D. Fantasy" (FS, P) 1944 Scope and Contents

Full score and parts for "Y. D. Fantasy" (HPCat 40) plus second flute part to "Two Settings from Finnegan's Wake". Ink score with various pencil and ink corrections and revisions. Presumably the performing material used for the 1944 Carnegie Hall concert. 22 pp. in ink and pencil

id79357 11 3 "Polyphonic Recidivism on a Japanese Theme" (FS) 1945 Scope and Contents

Full score for "Polyphonic Recidivism on a Japanese Theme" (HPCat 21). Ink score. 3pp

id79365 11 4 "Two Psalms" (Version B) (FS, P) 1943-1955 Scope and Contents

"Two Psalms": (1) full score to "The Lord Is My Shepherd" (HPCat 16B), (2) full score and two (of four) parts to "By the Rivers of Babylon" ( HPCat 5B), plus fragment in pencil of "Harmonic Canon" part to "U.S. Highball" (1955 version). 13pp, score in ink and pencil

id79366 11 5 "Two Settings from Finnegans Wake" (FS, P) 1944 Scope and Contents

Full score and parts to "Two Settings from Finnegans Wake" ( HPCat 31). 17pp. in ink

id79360 11 6 "San Francisco" and "Letter from Hobo Pablo" (FS) 1943-1955 Scope and Contents

Original ink-on-paper score, with later pencil additions made in 1955 for enlarged instrumentation. 6 leaves. San Francisco ( HPCat 26A), Letter ( HPCat 15A)

id79341 11 7 "Dark Brother" (FS, P) 1942-1943 Scope and Contents

Ink-on-paper score (HPCat 8B) with parts for voice, viola, and kithara, with pencil addition for Bass Marimba part. 8 leaves of parts, score on 13 pages

id79367 11 8 "U. S. Highball" (FS) 1943 Scope and Contents

Full score of first version of "U.S. Highball" (Feb. - March 1943) ( HPCat 35A). 64pp in pencil

id79348 11 9 "14 Intrusions" (FS, P) 1946-1955 Scope and Contents

Complete ink-on-paper manuscript score as described in (HPCat 13), version A. 56 pages. Also separately, bass marimba parts for "Soldier", "War", "Another War", "Cloud-Chamber Music", and "Lover", (three leaves), soprano part for "Lover" (one leaf), guitar II part for "Vanity" (one leaf), Guitar III part for "Cloud-Chamber Music", and "Soldier", "War", "Another War" (two leaves), kithara and deer hooves rattle part for "Cloud-Chamber Music" (one leaf), diamond marimba & bowls part for "Cloud-Chamber Music" (three pages on two leaves)

id79356 11 10 "Seventeen Lyrics of Li Po" (FS) undated Scope and Contents

Li Po settings (version E) as notated in ratios and Chromelodian notation, (as described in The Music of Harry Partch, A Descriptive Bibliography, pp. 86-89).: nos. 1-9 (p. [1] contains fragment of pencil Bowls solo from "Even Wild Horses", Act 3, scene 2 (information provided by Danlee Mitchell, 12-31-1993); nos. 11-17. Note: "A Dream" (no. 10), original india-ink-on paper score, notated all in ratios on blank paper, originally in folder 10, is now in box 15, folder 4.

id79349 11 11 "Mock Turtle Song" (draft) 1954 Scope and Contents

Pencil draft for full score of "Mock Turtle Song" from "Two Settings from Lewis Carroll" (HPCat 32/1). 15pp. in pencil (torn from 8 1/2 x 7 spiral-bound music notebook)

id79358 11 12 "Potion Scene" (draft) 1931-1955 Scope and Contents

"'Potion Scene' from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet", 16 pages of draft in black and red pencil, numerous performance and interpretive directions, inscribed; rewritten at Gate 5, 10 July 1955, draft for score of second version (cat. no. 22, version b)

id79368 11 13 "U.S. Highball" (FS) 1955 Scope and Contents

Pencil draft of full score of enlarged instrumentation for "U.S. Highball" (HPCat 35C), plus three sheets of instrument tunings. 50 pp. in pencil

id79369 11 14 "Ulysses Departs from the Edge of the World" (draft) 1955, 1958 Scope and Contents

Pencil draft of score of original, first version (Cat. no. 34, version a), with numerous interpretive notes, inscribed Harry Partch, Gate 5. July 20, 1955 (12 pages); pencil parts for "Ulysses" as recorded in Evanston, IL, in 1958, for alto and baritone sax. Two parts on four pages, nineteen numbered, braced systems for chromelodeon, alto and baritone sax, and diamond marimba parts and on two pages (numbered 4 & 5), braced systems numbered 18-33, for diamond marimba and boo parts; (information provided by Danlee Mitchell, 12-31-93)

id79374 12 1 "Windsong" (draft) undated Scope and Contents

Small music notebook containing pencil drafts for musical scenes, each scene with title, cues to film, instrument tunings, indications of performers, tape speed, from front (inscribed percussion beginning here) pages numbered 32-47 [including inside front cover], from back (inscribed strings beginning here) [not including inside cover pages numbered 1-31]; 47 pages of draft score

id79340 12 2 "Bless This Home" (draft) 1961 Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of full score. 3pp in pencil

id79373 12 3 "Water! Water!" (FS) 1961 Scope and Contents

Pencil draft of full score for "Water! Water!" 117pp.

id79339 12 4 "And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma" (FS) 1964 Scope and Contents

Pencil draft of full score. 40pp. in pencil.

id79359 12 5 "Revelation in the Courthouse Park" (FS) undated Scope and Contents

Pencil draft of full score, pencil voice parts, pencil sketch of "Deep Inside", and original pencil manuscript of "Rotate the Body". approx. 250 leaves for full score, part 1 of 2, plus additional ca. 35 leaves

id80771 12 6 "Revelation in the Courthouse Park" (FS) undated Scope and Contents

Pencil draft of full score, pencil voice parts, pencil sketch of "Deep Inside", and original pencil manuscript of "Rotate the Body". Part 2 of 2, approx. 250 leaves for full score, plus additional ca. 35 leaves

id79342 13 1 "Delusion of the Fury" 1965-1966 Scope and Contents

Pencil draft of full score (HPCAt 10), plus related 20pp of sketches. 188pp. in pencil

id79351 13 2 "Oedipus" 1951-1954 Scope and Contents

Blue-line copy of full score of second version of Oedipus with numerous pencil and ink corrections and typed paste-overs (especially of spoken texts). Altered score presumably similar to or prepatory to final (third) version of "Oedipus". 131pp.

id79375 13 3 "Windsong" 1958 Scope and Contents

Blue-line copy of final score for "Windsong", with Partch's pencil notes for later instrumental "concert version" ["Daphne of the Dunes"], 19 pages

id79370 13 4 "Ulysses Departs from the Edge of the World" (FS, P) 1955 Scope and Contents

Blue-line copy of first-version score, except for Partch's manuscript title on first page, no manuscript additions. 11 pages. Also, Bb trumpet part prepared by Jack Logan

id79371 13 5 "Ulysses Departs from the Edge of the World," 2nd version (FS) 1955 Scope and Contents

Blue-line copy of score, second version, title page and 7 pages. No manuscript additions

id79372 13 6 "Ulysses at the Edge of the World," 3rd version (FS, P) undated Scope and Contents

Two blue-line copies of score, third version, (second copy with system numbers in red pencil) with parts for Eb baritone sax and Eb alto sax. No other manuscript additions. 9 pages (for each score) and two parts in Partch manuscript comprising 6 pages. Also, parts (4 pages) for Eb baritone sax prepared by Jack Logan, 1974

id79347 13 7 "Eleven Intrusions" (FS) 1950 Scope and Contents

Blue-line copy of score with numerous pencil or ink markings, annotations, revisions, corrections, especially for nos. 1-2. 22 pages

id80590 14 1 "Monophonic Cycle" cover undated Scope and Contents

Cover only

id79350 14 2 "Oedipus" (FS) 1951, 1954 Scope and Contents

Blue-line copy of full score of second version of Oedipus with Partch's pencil corrections, additions, revisions, type-script paste-overs (carbon copy), prepatory to preparing final (third) version of composition. 131 pages plus five leaves of Jocasta part and leaf marked "Pre-Introduction". Pencil annotations suggest this copy was used for performance and recording purposes

id79343 14 3 "Delusion of the Fury" (FS) 1965-1966 Scope and Contents

Blue-line score made from original set of vellum masters, with many annotations, corrections, and additions made by Partch in pencil or as paste-overs. According to Danlee Mitchell, these were not transferred to the set of vellum masters. Comments provided by Danlee Mitchell about this score: "This score is one of three sets of the complete score with covers made by Betty Richards [wife of Emil Richards] in Los Angeles, shortly after vellum score was finished, for Harry's personal use. I have the second copy, which was the score I used to conduct the work in 1969 at UCLA, and I am keeping it." Pasted onto inside front cover Corrections and additions to data on instruments. Cover plus 250 pages. Systems numbered in red-orange pencil

id80066 15 1 Images from Bitter Music undated Scope and Contents

Labelled as "Oversize folder"

id79362 15 2 Study for Harmonic Canon I and Kithara I (FS) undated Scope and Contents

Pencil draft on one bifolium (t.p. and 3 pp. score); one loose sheet, part for Kithara I in pencil, bass marimba part for "Castor and Pollux" in ink

id79352 15 3 "Seventeen Lyrics by Li Po" (version A) undated Scope and Contents

Li Po settings as notated on 5-line staffs with added ratios: "On the City Street"; "An Encounter in the Field"; "The Intruder" (as described in The Music of Harry Partch, A Descriptive Bibliography, p. 79); Pencil drafts for "Before the Cask of Wine" and "By the Great Wall" on one leaf; Incomplete draft of "A Dream", ink and pencil, one leaf; Incomplete draft of "On Hearing the Flute in the Yellow Crane House", one leaf (without added ratios)

id79353 15 4 "Seventeen Lyrics by Li Po" (version B) 1930-1932 Scope and Contents

Seven Li Po settings (A - G ) notated using ratios on unlined paper, (as described in The Music of Harry Partch, A Descriptive Bibliography, pp. 80-81): "The Long-Departed Love"; "On Ascending the Sin-Ping Tower"; "In the Springtime on the South Side of the Yangtze Kiang"; "The Night of Sorrow"; "On Hearing the Flute in the Yellow Crane House"; "On Hearing the Flute at Lo-cheng One Spring Night"; "A Dream". Note: "A Dream", formerly in box 11, folder 10, and grouped with "Seventeen Lyrics by Li Po" (version E), and described as incomplete, is now properly placed in Folder 4 (manuscript is now complete). On p. [10] of "A Dream" is a pencil transcription by Partch of text of "Christopher Columbus" by Filson Young (pub. Grant Richards, London)

id79354 15 5 "Seventeen Lyrics by Li Po" (version C) (FS) 1931-1933 Scope and Contents

Li Po settings notated on double-lined staffs, (as described in The Music of Harry Partch, A Descriptive Bibliography, p. 82): "A Midnight Farewell" and "On Seeing Off Meng Hao-jan", 3 pp of score on three oversize leaves (two leaves are glued back-to-back); "On the Ship of Spice-wood" and "With a Man of Leisure", 6 pp of score on six oversize leaves (all leaves are glued back-to-back)

id79355 15 6 "Seventeen Lyrics by Li Po" (version D) (FS) 1933 Scope and Contents

Li Po settings as notated using note heads with diacritical marks: "By the Great Wall", ink-on-paper score, (as described in The Music of Harry Partch, A Descriptive Bibliography, p. 85). Examination of the original manuscript provides a corrected description (now reflecting pages that were not microfilmed). Contents: p. [i], dedication to Richard Buhlig, [1:2], dedication and score, [3], key to diacritical notation and ratio.; Pencil drafts for "Before the Cask of Wine" and "By the Great Wall", on one and one-half leaves.; Pencil draft for "I am a Peach Tree", one-half leaf

id79364 15 7 "Two Psalms" 1932 Scope and Contents

Notated in ratios on unlined paper: "By the Rivers of Babylon" (version A), (as described in The Music of Harry Partch, A Descriptive Bibliography, p. 33.); "The Lord Is My Shepherd" (version A), (as described in The Music of Harry Partch, A Descriptive Bibliography, pp. 66-67)

id79363 15 8 "The 'Potion Scene'" from Romeo and Juliet undated Scope and Contents

Notated in ratios on blank paper: "The Potion Scene" from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (version A), (as described in The Music of Harry Partch, A Descriptive Bibliography, p. 95)

id79361 15 9 Southwest Indian music transcriptions ca. 1933 Scope and Contents

Partch's working draft transcriptions of southwest Indian and Mexican songs, some from recordings at the Southwest Museum, Pasadena. (See Richard Kassel, "Harry Partch in the Field, Native American Influences on his Music", Music Works 51, Autumn 1991, 6-15): (1) Pencil transcriptions on double-lined staffs: "Luiseno War Dance", pencil introduction by Partch about the transcriptions [continued on next item]; "Hoopa War Song"; "Cahuilla Bird Dance Song"; "Hoopa Brush Dance Song"; "Hoopa Stick Game"; (2) Pencil draft transcriptions on five-lined staffs (with no indications of microtonal inflections), three leaves of drafts and notes for numerous Indian and Mexican melodies, sources of most are identified, one leaf is dated April 13, 1933); (3) One page (of bifolium) of Lou Harrison's ink copy of Partch transcriptions (From Harry Partch / Indian musics), on five-line staffs (with no indications of microtonal inflections): Hoopa Stick Game, Cahuilla Bird Dance Song, Cahuilla Feather dance, Cahuilla General Dance. With envelope mailed to Partch from G. Herzog, New York, 1936

id79346 15 10 Intonation Examples 1967 Scope and Contents

Two sets of numbered, short extracts (from identified compositions or theoretic sources) illustrating examples of intonation

id79344 15 11 "Dreamer that Remains" (FS) 1972 Scope and Contents

Blue-line copy (1 of 2) of first version of score with Partch's pencil annotations, corrections and revisions preliminary to the second (and final) version of the score (labeled by Partch "Last Dreamer"). Cover and 37 pages

id79345 15 12 "Dreamer that Remains" (FS) undated Scope and Contents

Blue-line score (2 of 2, with systems numbered in red), score incorporates revisions as called for on previous score. Partch's label "Last Dreamer". Cover and 37 pages

id79009 Films, Tapes, Photographs id79377 16-mm films id79380 17 1 Rotate the Body undated Scope and Contents

Reel labeled: # 4501, Creative Films, Rotate the Body, Ans Print, 7" reel

id79379 17 2 Music Studio, Harry Partch undated Scope and Contents

Reel labeled: Music Studio - Harry Partch, print no. 8, Creative Films, eighth print, 10 1/2" reel

id79381 17 3 Windsong undated Scope and Contents

Reel labeled: Windsong, For Harry, With love, Madeline, Madeline Tourtelot print 1, 10 1/2" reel

id79382 17 4 U.S. Highball undated Scope and Contents

Reel labeled: U.S. Highball, Creative Films, 2719 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois, print #1, 12" reel; Note by Tom McGeary: first copy of Madeline Tourtelot original

id79378 17 5 The Music of Harry Partch September 1974 Scope and Contents

Reel labeled: KPBS Television 15, FM Radio 89.5, Sand Diego, Electroprint optical track, new print, 12" reel. Note by Danlee Mitchell: "This film was copied from a mag stripe original and is slightly fast. The voices sound high; if machine is adjustable, slow down to make voices lower and more natural."

id79383 Photographs Scope and Contents

These folders contain groups of photographs, slides, or negatives, grouped by production, place, or photographer.

id79320 9 22 "Delusion of the Fury" 1969 Scope and Contents

Photographs of UCLA production

id79321 9 23 "Dreamer that Remains" 1972 Scope and Contents

Photographs taken at time of filming "Dreamer that Remains"

id79322 9 24 Gualala, CA ca. 1948-1951 id79323 9 25 Instruments (I) ca. 1966-1973 Scope and Contents

35-mm slides taken by Danlee Mitchell, San Diego, studio

id79324 9 26 Instruments (II) 1969 Scope and Contents

B&W negatives, July-October 1969

id79325 9 27 Photographs undated Scope and Contents

Unsorted photos, B&W, color, some identified

id79326 9 28 "Water! Water!" 1962 Scope and Contents

Photographs of University of Illinois production

id79327 9 29 WTTW-TV (Chicago) 1957 Scope and Contents

Photographs during taping of TV program

id79384 1/4 inch reel-to-reel tapes id79398 19 1 Peter Yates lecture undated Scope and Contents

Labeled: Peter Yates KPFK Lecture, no. 1, 7" reel, 2 of 2

id79393 19 2 UCLA lecture May 1966 Scope and Contents

Lecture recital by Partch at UCLA, reel labeled: (1) demonstration of instruments, (2) lecture, 7 1/2 "

id79386 19 3 Partch lecture on Bewitched March 1957 Scope and Contents

Lecture by Partch about The Bewitched, 7" reel (Danlee Mitchell's copy)

id79394 19 4 Partch Hawaii Lecture July 1971 Scope and Contents

Lecture by Partch at the University of Hawaii, July 9, 1971, 1 of 2

id79395 19 5 University of Hawaii lecture 1971 Scope and Contents

Lecture by Partch at the University of Hawaii, July 9 (two 7-inch reels)

id79387 19 6 Harry Partch Talks undated Scope and Contents

Three lectures, 7" reel (Danlee Mitchell's copy): "Plectra and Percussion Dances," KPFA; "Oedipus," KPFA; Bewitched, WNYC

id79391 19 7 "Revelation" rehearsal 1960 Scope and Contents

Reel labeled: Partch, first rehearsal of "Revelation," 7" reel, Note by Tom McGeary: tape of first rehearsal at the University of Illinois, conducted by John Garvey

id79389 19 8 Partch Memorial meeting September 1977 Scope and Contents

Harry Partch Memorial meeting, at Lou Harrison's mother's home, Redwood City. Those present include Betty Freeman, Danlee Mitchell, Jack Larson, Steve Pouliot, 7" reel

id79392 19 9 Paul Simons sings Bewitched May 1979 Scope and Contents

Paul Simons singing Witch parts from Bewitched, May 27, 1979, 5" reel

id79388 10 1 The Letter, film track 1972 Scope and Contents

Adaptation of "The Letter" for "Dreamer that Remains," film, summer 1972, 7" reel (Danlee Mitchell's copy)

id79396 10 2 Peter Yates interview June 1960 Scope and Contents

Harry Partch interviewed by Peter Yates, June 9, 1960, 7" reel

id79390 10 3 Gene Paul interview 1970 Scope and Contents

Harry Partch instrument interview with Gene Paul, Encinitas, CA, May 30, 1970, 7" reel, duplicate copy (with enclosed content notes by Philip Blackburn)

id79397 10 4 Peter Yates lecture undated Scope and Contents

Lecture by Peter Yates, The American Experimental Tradition, (KPFK radio talk?) 7" reel, 1 of 2