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COLLECTION: Jean Cutler materials relating to Kenneth Gaburo and Harry Partch
LOCATION AS OF 2001: Gaburo materials in University Archives (undergoing
processing in Horticulture Building annex as of September 2001); Partch
materials incorporated into Harry Partch archive in Music Library.
PROVENANCE: Materials from Cutler's personal collection
WHEN ACQUIRED: 1996
DESCRIPTION: Four cartons of materials received on 22 November, 1996 dealing with donor's theater
productions in which he collaborated with former School of Music composers
Kenneth Gaburo, Lejaren Hiller, and others. Gaburo items complement materials
received previously from Gaburo's estate. Donation received from Cutler
consisted of approximately 1,000 items, including:
41 audio tapes
3 reels/hubs of motion picture film
838 slides, and 51sets of paper documents (scripts, rehearsal plans,
photographs. Cutler's notes and memos, etc.).
Six cartons of materials relating to Harry Partch were received on June 1, 1996, consisting of:
31 reels of video film documenting Partch's activities in Los Angeles in the
1980s, along with soundtrack tapes
29 reels of audio tapes, largely interviews of Partch recorded in September,
1969, but also including lectures and rehearsal tapes; typescript essays,
lecture texts, etc.
correspondence
photographs
documentation of 1962 University of Illinois production of "Revelation;"
other miscellaneous items.
ARRANGEMENT: Gaburo
materials to be incorporated with items from Gaburo's estate undergoing
processing as of September 2001. Separate
record groups to be established by University Archives personnel for
materials not related to Kenneth Gaburo. Partch materials are incorporated into
Harry Partch archive in the Music Library arranged by type of material and/or
donor.
ACCESS/FINDING AIDS/BIBLIOGRAPHY: Collections File ("Cutter, Jean
[includes Gaburo, Hiller, & UIUC Theater items]") has Cutler's inventory
of 9 July 1996; William McClellan's list of contents of cartons 1-4;
and copies of correspondence between McClellan and Cutler. University
Archives will prepare appropriate finding aids for all materials.
An additional Collections File folder ("Partch, Harry (Jean Cutler)")
contains correspondence and memos relating to purchase of Partch materials,
along with extensive notes by Jean Cutler.
INDEX TERMS: Cutler, Jean; Gaburo, Kenneth; Hiller, Lejaren; Partch, Harry
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