The Nina Perera Collier Collection contains a range of materials pertaining to the various organizations and important works that were developed by Collier. The collection is divided into five series. Four of the series (including Youth Concerts of New Mexico, Arts and Audiences, Young Audiences and Young Musicians) contain documents relating specifically to the organizations founded by Nina Collier. Information concerning the nature and operations of each organization, sources of funding, types of educational programs and artists files are included in each series. The final series in the collection includes a compilation of research and administrative documents that were used in preparation of a guide detailing how to establish and organize a youth-based performing arts program. The guide is entitled Guide to Performing Arts Programs in Elementary and Secondary Schools. Youth Concerts of New Mexico: Youth Concerts of New Mexico was a non-profit organization that provided performing arts services for the young people of New Mexico. The series is the most substantial of the four series pertaining to youth organizations. It contains administrative files, information on sources of funding and finances, files on the New Mexico schools that benefited from the programs, reports that were completed by Nina Collier and other affiliates of Youth Concerts, correspondence files, a scrapbook and press releases, folders on the various artists and musicians that were hired by the organization and information on special programs that were organized by Youth Concerts. Arts and Audiences: Arts and Audiences was a national non-profit audio-visual agency that was engaged in developing music teaching films for school and college level students. The series contains administrative files and documents pertaining to a program entitled 'Jazz for Juniors', which features jazz musicians from the Mitchell Ruff Trio. Young Audiences: Young Audiences is a national 'arts-in-education' organization that was originally designed to provide chamber music programs and other classical repertoire for elementary students. The series contains administrative files, information on sources of funding and finances, files on the Young Audiences' chapters, correspondence, reports and publications and publicity on the organization.Young Musicians: Young Musicians is an earlier performing arts program that was based in Baltimore, Maryland. The series contains administrative files, financial information, correspondence and information on concert series and publicity. Guide Preparation: This series contains documents and compiled information on the publication, Guide to Performing Arts Programs in Elementary and Secondary Schools, by Nina Collier, Sherman Van Solkema and Richard Kapp. Included in the series are 2 copies of the guide (one from 1970 and another from 1972), administrative documents relating to publication and copy-right issues, general correspondence, a collection of published books and other documents used in preparing the guide, information on various performing arts programs and arts councils in the United States during the 1960s and 70s and detailed information on the documents compiled for each chapter in the guide.
