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Collection Information

Collection

Jean Cutler materials relating to Kenneth Gaburo and Harry Partch

Location

Gaburo materials in University Archives; Partch materials incorporated into Harry Partch archive in Music and Performing Arts 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 on 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 incorporated with items from Gaburo's estate. Separate record groups have been established by University Archives personnel for materials not related to Kenneth Gaburo. Partch materials are incorporated into Harry Partch archive in the Music and Performing Arts 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