Black Classical Composers was a 30-episode radio program created by Carolyn Armenta Davis of music written between 1771-1975 by Black composers in the United States, Brazil, England, France, and Nigeria, and aired on Chicago’s WEFM (now WUSN) between June 1976 and December 1977.
The Cage Correspondence collection is comprised of correspondence and ephemera including letters, cards, clippings, catalogs, photographs, negatives, cassette tapes, music scores, and art.
Materials showcasing concert recordings.
Cage sent letters to hundreds of composers, visual artists, and writers soliciting manuscripts for possible inclusion in a book to benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts. Some sent Cage recent creations while others contributed older works.
Audio recordings of Chicago Chamber Musicians concerts and performances.
The Moldenhauer Collection is comprised of music manuscripts, sketches and quotations, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed programs, manuscript texts and other materials which document composers and musicians active between 1683 and 1973.
The Pat Patrick Collection of Sun Ra Materials, 1957-1979, contains the ephemera, sermons and writings of the influential jazz musician Sun Ra.
The John Cage Ephemera Collection is wide-ranging in scope, including correspondence, photographs, writings, programs, scores, books, artworks, artifacts, and audio and audiovisual recordings.
Audio recordings showcasing the work of Robert Marcellus.
Audio recordings of Kongo Langlois Roshi, one of the first American Zen Buddhist priests.
Audio recordings showcasing the work of Ray Still.
Audio recordings of Arnold Jacobs (low brass) from the 1970s - early 1980s.
Musical scores from the collections of Northwestern University Libraries.
Vincent Cichowicz Master Class Audio Archives
Consists of the professional and personal records of experimental guitarist and composer Glenn Branca (1948-2018).
Scrapbooks with photographs and other records of Cage's childhood and formative years
Scores (mostly published) owned by the conductor Fritz Reiner, many with his performance markings.