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Frye, Charles A. Charles A. Frye papers, 1964-1995.

Title: Charles A. Frye papers, 1964-1995.

The Charles A. Frye Papers, 1964-1995, reflect the teaching and writer career of this professor of African and African-American philosophy, religion and literature. The collection consists of files regarding his teaching career and general correspondence with colleagues, among them Fela Sowande, one of his professors at Howard University. Correspondence dealing with conferences pertains to themes of multiculturalism, literature, black studies curricula and related subjects. Only the folder for the Institute of the Black World contains conference papers including papers presented by St. Clair Drake and James Turner. Correspondence with publishers discusses manuscripts Frye submitted for publication including his novel "The Peter Pan Chronicles." The Writings series, 1964-1993, contains drafts and in some instances, photocopies and background materials for articles and other writings he authored, most of which were published. Among other topics, he wrote on African and African-American studies, black philosophy, and aspects of his study of the Don Juan figure. Included are some of his college papers, Master's thesis and Ph. D. dissertation, academic books, The Peter Pan Chronicles, an unpublished screenplay "Solina," short stories, and poems. Manuscripts for his unpublished novel "A Good Night's Leap," his unfinished study "Peasant Ways of Knowing," and papers presented at seminars and conferences also form part of this series. There are also files pertaining to Frye's consultancies and board membership as well as syllabi and course materials gathered from courses Frye took as a student and from those he taught. Reference material includes papers presented at conferences concerning the subjects which interested Frye, e.g. black studies curricula, African and African-American religion, philosophy and ideology. There are a number of articles by Fela Sowande.

ArchivalResource: 11.2 lin. ft. (10 record cartons and 3 archival boxes)

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Altman, Leonard, 1920-1996. Leonard Altman papers, 1930-1995.

Title: Leonard Altman papers, 1930-1995.

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, notes, printed material, and photographs of Leonard Altman concerning his work as editor of LISTEN and board member of Carnegie Hall as well as his other professional and personal interests.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. ( 2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/426030852 View

Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)

Title: Nicolas Slonimsky Collection 1873-1997 (bulk 1920-1990)

Collection contains materials collected by Slonimsky throughout his lifetime that document his life and work as musicologist, composer, conductor, lecturer and author. Included are personal biographical materials; Slonimsky's writings (drafts, typescripts, reprints, etc.) of newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgar Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mosly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's and The international cyclopedia; music collected by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed and multi-composer collections; among the manuscripts are many short holographic works and fragments; scrapbooks; and iconographical material, such as family photographs an those of composers and musicians from the former Soviet Union, as well as little known musicians from the United States and elsewhere.

ArchivalResource: circa 118,600 items; 354 boxes; 500 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002011 View