Roy Harris Papers
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Roy Harris Papers 1893-1998 (bulk 1933-1979)
Harris, Roy, 1898-1979
Biographical History for: Roy Harris Papers 1893-1998 (bulk 1933-1979)
Biographical Note Date Event 1898, Feb. 12 Born near Chandler, Okla. to Elmer Harris and Laura Broddle 1921 Studied at University of California, Berkeley 1924 Began studies with Arthur Farwell 1926 Andante for orchestra premiered by Howard Hanson and the Eastman School Orchestra 1926-1929 Studied with Nadia Boulanger 1927 Premiere of Concerto for Piano, Clarinet, and String Quartet in Paris 1929 Completed Symphony--American Portrait 1929 1931 Received Creative Fellowship of the Pasadena Music and Art Association 1932 Joined summer faculty of The Juilliard School of Music 1933 Completed Symphony 1933 (Symphony no.1) 1934 Symphony 1933 premiered by Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Completed Symphony no. 2 1934-1938 Began teaching at Westminster Choir School 1936 October Married Beula (Johana) Duffey 1936 Wrote Quintet for Piano and Strings 1938 Completed Symphony no. 3 1939 Symphony no. 3 premiered by Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony 1939-1940 Completed Folksong Symphony (Symphony no. 4) 1941-1943 Began teaching at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 1941 Taught summer sessions at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1942 Completed Symphony no. 5 Received Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Medal "for eminent services to chamber music" 1943-1948 Began teaching full time at Colorado College 1944 Completed Symphony no. 6 (Gettysburg) Elected to National Institute of Arts and Letters 1948-1949 Taught at University of Utah, Logan 1950-1951 Taught at Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. 1951-1956 Taught at Pennsylvania College for Women 1952 Completed Symphony no. 7 1956-1957 Taught at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 1957-1959 Taught at Indiana University as its distinguished Patten Lecturer 1958 Traveled to U.S.S.R. with a delegation of American composers sponsored by the State Department 1959 Organized the International String Congress, with its first session at Greenleaf Lake, Okla. 1959-1961 Taught at Inter-American University in the newly formed International Institute of Music, San Germán, Puerto Rico 1961-1971 Taught at University of Calif., Los Angeles 1962 Completed Symphony no. 8 (San Francisco Symphony) and Symphony no. 9 1965 Completed Symphony no. 10 (Abraham Lincoln Symphony) 1967 Completed Symphony no. 11 1968 Completed Symphony no. 12 (Pere Marquette Symphony) 1971-1976 Taught at California State University, Los Angeles 1973 Roy Harris Archive founded at California State University 1975 Completed Bicentennial Symphony 1976 (Symphony no. 13) 1976 Composed final work, Rejoice and Sing 1979 Inducted into National Academy of Arts and Letters 1979, Oct. 1 Died, Santa Monica, Calif.
Scope and Content Note The Roy Harris Papers span the period 1893-1998, with the majority of the materials dating from 1933-1979. Included are music manuscripts, published and unpublished writings, correspondence, business papers, financial and legal documents, photographs, scrapbooks, work files, programs, posters, clippings, and biographical materials. In the Music series, Harris' musical compositions, written principally between 1930 and 1976, are arranged by performing ensemble or genre: orchestra and band, vocal, chamber, dramatic, and others. These works consist almost exclusively of holograph or copyist manuscript scores and sketches. Manuscript photo-reproductions are often annotated by Harris and other (usually unidentified) conductors or performers. Numerous unidentified sketches and fragments are accompanied by original crate inventory lists that describe folder contents in great detail. All sketch materials in the collection are in Harris' hand unless otherwise indicated on the container list. Many of the composer's early manuscript donations to the Library of Congress are cataloged in ML96.H278. Harris also possessed a variety of manuscripts and arrangements by other composers, some of whom were his students. These materials include holograph manuscript scores, sketches, and printed scores inscribed to Harris. As an author, Harris championed various topics concerning music education and the relationship between music, composer, and American society. Written chiefly between 1934 and 1975, these articles, lectures, scripts, and interviews in the Writings series provide an indication of Harris' passionate (and often controversial) political attitudes toward music and culture. His seminars as the distinguished Patten Lecturer at Indiana University in 1957 provide telling examples of these philosophies. Harris' 1958-1959 articles on music in the former Soviet Union, some of which appeared in International Musician, also received unwanted attention from U.S. authorities for their seemingly praiseworthy portrayal of Soviet musical life. Draft materials for works without finished typescripts are difficult to navigate. Many are undated, extensively annotated, and haphazardly scrawled on oversized or re-used papers. Also included among the writings are a variety of scholarly articles, clippings, and reviews about specific Harris compositions, life events, or related topics. The Correspondence series chiefly consists of manuscript letters to and from Roy and Johana Harris, acquaintances, and colleagues, as well as greeting cards sent to Harris. Routine correspondence is arranged chronologically, while letters from notable individuals are arranged alphabetically by last name. Included are letters from Nadia Boulanger, John Cage, Lukas Foss, Eugene Ormandy, Vincent Persichetti, János Starker, and others. Additional correspondence is found in the Business Papers series, which also includes subject files related to Harris' professional life as a teacher and organizer of music conferences. He enthusiastically promoted American music abroad and contributed substantially to the organization of the International Convention of Composers (1974), the International String Congress (1958-1970), the La Jolla Music Festival (1962-1963), and the Pittsburgh International Contemporary Music Festival (1952), the latter of which accounts for the bulk of material present in this series. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject and also include teaching materials (notes, lesson plans, exams, and exercises), curriculum vitae, and works lists, among other subjects. The Musical Composition Files series, prepared by Harris' Pittsburgh colleague and copyist Robert French, contain notes, clippings, and other materials related to specific Harris pieces. Works are arranged alphabetically by title. The Financial and Legal Documents series contains checks, contracts, royalty statements, tax returns, and real estate documents that follow Roy Harris' academic career in the United States and Puerto Rico between 1947 and 1978. Nearly one hundred photographs in the Photographs series capture the composer at various stages in his life. These are loosely arranged by subject and include publicity and candid shots of Harris alone, as well as images of family members, acquaintances, and others. The comprehensive Publicity Files and Programs series span over fifty years and track the performance and public reception of Harris' compositions. Arranged chronologically, these files principally consist of clippings and promotional materials, some of which pertain to Johana Harris' career as a pianist. These materials form the primary contents of the Scrapbooks series as well. The Roy Harris Archive Society Materials series contains business papers that document the founding of the Roy Harris Archive at California State University, Los Angeles, in 1973 and the subsequent efforts of its members to promote Harris' music. Subjects include meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, publications, and recordings. The final series, Biographical Materials, rounds up an assortment of bio notes, pamphlets, and other miscellaneous materials about Roy and Johana Harris.
series
Music, 1893-1988
subseries
Orchestra and Band, 1930-1988
file
Acceleration, 1941
Holograph manuscript full score
Ad majorem gloriam, Universitatis Illinorum: symphonic tone poem for concert band, 1958
Photocopied holograph manuscript full score
All of us, undated
Sketch
American creed, 1940
Photocopied manuscript full score
American symphony, 1938
Holograph manuscript score
Andantino, 1931
Manuscript score
String parts
Andantino, 1932
Printed score
Parts
Bicentennial aspirations, 1976
Manuscript full score
Bicentennial symphony 1976 (Symphony no. 13), 1975-1976
Viola and double bass parts
The brotherhood of man, 1966
Holograph manuscript piano-vocal score
Ce-Be-eS see Symphonic epigram
Children's hour, 1946
Chorale for orchestra, 1944
Cimarron: symphonic overture, 1941
2 photocopied manuscript full scores
Concert piece, 1930
Sketches
Concert piece, 1932
Concerto for piano and band, 1942
Photocopied manuscript condensed score
Concerto for piano no. 1, 1944
Manuscript score for two pianos
Concerto for piano no. 2, 1953
Holograph manuscript condensed score
Concerto for two pianos, 1946
Photocopied manuscript short score
Concerto for violin, 1938
Manuscript short score
Violin part
Concerto for violin, 1949
Cumberland concerto for orchestra, 1951
Conflict, 1944
Dark devotion, 1950
Elegy and dance, 1958
Elegy and paean, 1948
Epilogue to profiles in courage, 1964
Fanfare for the forces, 1942
Printed full score
Fantasia for piano and band, 1943
Fantasy for orchestra, 1953
Fantasy for piano and orchestra, 1954
Holograph (with photocopied portions) manuscript full score
3 photocopied manuscript full scores
Fantasy for piano and pops orchestra, 1951
Farewell to pioneers: a symphonic elegy, 1935
Folk rhythms of today, 1942
Folksong suite, 1973
Folksong symphony (Symphony no. 4), 1939-1942
Fruit of gold, 1949
Piano part
Horn of plenty, 1964
Photocopied printed full score
Kentucky jazz piece, 1950
Kentucky spring, 1949
The lone prairie, 1940s
March in time of war, 1943
Melody, 1946
Memories of a child’s Sunday, 1945
Mirage, 1945
Ode to consonance, 1956
Ode to truth, 1941
Overture--From the gayety and sadness of the American scene, 1932
Prelude, undated
Prelude and fugue for string orchestra, 1936
The quest: a concert march-passacaglia, 1947
Rhythms of today, 1942
Salute to youth, 1964
The sun from dawn to dusk, 1944
Symphonic epigram, 1954
Symphonic fantasy, 1954
Symphony--American portrait 1929, 1929
Manuscript score for 2 pianos
Symphony for band (West Point), 1952
Symphony 1933 (Symphony no. 1), 1933
Symphony no. 2, 1934
Symphony no. 3, 1938-1939
Symphony no. 4 see Folksong symphony
Symphony no. 5, 1942
Miscellaneous wind parts
Symphony no. 6 (Gettysburg), 1944
Clarinet part
Symphony no. 7, 1952-1955
Symphony no. 8 (San Francisco symphony), 1962
4 photocopied manuscript full scores
Symphony no. 9, 1962
Symphony no. 10 (Abraham Lincoln), 1965
Symphony no. 11, 1967
Sketchbook
Symphony no. 12 (Pere Marquette), 1968
Manuscript piano-vocal score fragment
Symphony no. 13 see Bicentennial symphony 1976
Theme music, circa 1941?
These times, 1963
Time suite (orchestra), 1937
Toccata for orchestra, 1931
Photocopied manuscript score for 2 pianos
Manuscript sketches
When Johnny comes marching home: a free adaptation for band, 1941
Work, 1941
Youth, undated
Unidentified and miscellaneous orchestral and band works
Manuscript scores, sketches, and fragments
Vocal, 1937-1988
Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight: a cantata of lamentation (voice, piano trio), 1953-1954
Photocopied manuscript score
Alleluia: motet for Easter (chorus, brass, organ), 1945
Photocopied holograph manuscript score
2 manuscript vocal scores
Instrumental parts
Alleluia: motet for Easter (chorus, strings, organ), 1947
America, we love your people (chorus, band), 1975
Bank of Stockton: commercial (voice, piano), undated
Blow the man down: a free improvisation of the Sailor's ballad (voices, chorus, orchestra), 1946
Photocopied holograph manuscript piano-vocal score fragment
Cantata to life (voice, winds, string basses, percussion), 1973
Manuscript piano-vocal rehearsal score
Canticle of the sun: a cantata on the words of St. Francis of Assisi (voice, instrumental ensemble), 1961
Challenge 1940 (voice, chorus, orchestra), 1940
Copyist manuscript chorus score
Choral fanfare (chorus), 1939
Choral symphony (voices, chorus, orchestra), 1936
Dark winds, undated
Each hand has need (chorus, organ), circa 1956
Folk fantasy for festivals (folk singers, voices, speakers, double chorus, piano), 1955
2 photocopied manuscript scores
Freedom, toleration (chorus), 1941
Freedom's land (voice, chorus, orchestra), 1941
Orchestral parts
Voice part
Freedom's land (voice or chorus, piano), undated
Freedom's land (voice, chorus, band), undated
Freedom's land (male chorus), undated
Copyist manuscript score
Freedom's land (chorus), undated
2 holograph manuscript scores
Give me the splendid silent sun: cantata for baritone and orchestra, 1955-1956
The hustle with the muscle (men's chorus, band), 1957
If I had a ribbon bow (voices), 1973
Jubilation (chorus, brass, piano, percussion), 1964
Manuscript condensed score
Manuscript vocal score
Lamentation (voice, viola, piano), 1944
The life of Christ (violoncello, chorus, orchestra), 1959-1961
Li'l boy named David (chorus), 1943
Mad Tom o' Bedlam (voice, piano), undated
Mass (men's chorus, organ), 1948
Mi chomocho (voice, chorus, organ), 1946
The net (voice, piano), 1939
On the beach at night alone (voice, English horn, string quartet), undated
Our fighting sons (chorus, brass, piano, organ, percussion), 1942 see also Sammy's fighting sons and Sons of Uncle Sam
Peace and goodwill to all (chorus, brass, organ, percussion), 1970
Vibraphone part
Pep song (chorus, piano), 1955
Photocopied lead sheet
La primavera (voice, piano), 1940
Psalm 3 (chorus), 1940
Psalm 150 (voices), 1957
Red Cross hymn (chorus, band), circa 1951
Manuscript piano-vocal score
Miscellaneous wind and brass parts
Lyric sheets
Rejoice and sing (voice, piano quintet), 1976
Remember November: election day is action day (chorus, piano, four hands), 1952
Robin-a-thrush (voice,piano), undated
Rock of ages (chorus, orchestra), 1944
Printed piano-vocal score
Sammy's fighting sons (chorus, orchestra), 1942 see also Our fighting sons and Sons of Uncle Sam
Photocopied holograph manuscript piano-vocal score
Song cycle on words by Whitman (women's chorus, 2 pianos), 1927
A song for occupations (chorus), 1934
Sons of Uncle Sam (chorus, orchestra), 1942 see Sammy's fighting sons see also Our fighting sons
Summer is icomen in (voices), undated
Sweet and low (voice, piano), 1962
Symphony for voices (on poems of Walt Whitman) (chorus), 1935
Take the sun and keep the stars (chorus, band; unison chorus; or voice, piano), 1944
Vocal parts
Take the sun and keep the stars (band), 1944
They say that Susan has no heart for learning: madrigal (voices, piano), 1953
To thee, old cause (chorus), 1941
Walt Whitman suite (chorus, piano quintet), 1944
Walt Whitman symphony. Tears (voice, orchestra), undated
A war song for democracy
Typescript lead sheet
2 typescript lead sheets
Wedding song (voice, string trio, organ), 1947
When Johnny comes marching home (voices), 1937
Whether this nation (chorus, band), 1971
Lyric sketchbook
Whitman song fragments, undated
Youth (voice), 1968
Holograph manuscript vocal part
Unidentified and miscellaneous vocal works
Sketches and fragments
Chamber, 1936-1988
American ballads: set II (piano), 1942-1945
Childhood memories of ocean moods (piano, string quartet, double bass), 1966-1967
Photocopied manuscript scores
Chorale for organ and brass, 1943
Concert piece for amplified piano, brass, string basses, and percussion, 1971
Concerto for amplified piano, brass, string basses, and percussion, 1968
Concerto for piano, clarinet, and string quartet, 1926
Clarinet and string parts
Concerto for string sextet, 1932
Duo for violoncello and piano, 1975 see also Sonata for violoncello and piano
Violoncello part
Etudes for pedals, 1964 or 1972
Fanfare for four trumpets: Negro breakfast call, early 1940s
Holograph manuscript sketch
Fantasy for violin and piano, circa 1945?
Fantasy for woodwinds, horn, and piano, 1932
Four minutes-20 seconds (flute, string quartet), 1934
Four voice canon (string quartet), undated
Lyric studies (winds, piano), 1950
Poem for violin and piano, 1935
Quintet for piano and strings, 1936
Quintet for two violins, two violas, and violoncello, 1940
Sextet for woodwinds and piano (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano)
Soliloquy and dance (viola, piano), 1938
Sonata for piano, 1928
Sonata for violin and piano, 1941
Sonata for violoncello and piano, 1964-1970s see also Duo for violoncello and piano
3 violoncello parts
String quartet no. 1, 1929
String quartet no. 2 see Three variations on a theme
String quartet no. 3: four preludes and fugues, 1937
Three variations on a theme (String quartet no. 2), 1933
Toccata for organ and brass, 1944
Toccata for piano, 1949
2 manuscript scores
Trio for piano, violin, and violoncello, 1934
Holograph manuscript sketch score
Photocopied printed score
True love don't weep (piano), 1944
Unidentified and miscellaneous chamber works
Dramatic, 1940-1941, 1962
From this earth (ballet), 1941
I want everything: an opera for cinema, undated
Outline and script
One-tenth of a nation (film), 1940
Turn on the night (play), 1961
Miscellaneous parts
2 scripts
What so proudly we hail (dance suite), 1942
Arrangements, 1930s-1940s, 1973, 1987
Chromatic fantasy (J. Sweelinck) (orchestra), undated
Echo (Orlando de Lassus) (orchestra), undated
Fantasia (J. Sweelinck) (orchestra), mid-1930s
Five chorales (J.S. Bach) (chorus, band), 1940s
Four songs (Shaun Harris) (orchestra), 1973
Home on the range: cowboy song (voices, piano), undated
Phaëton. Heureuse une âme indifférente! (J. Lully) (voice, string orchestra), 1934
The star-spangled banner (J. Stafford Smith) (string quartet), 1941-1942
Thésée. Revenez, revenez, amour (J. Lully) (voice, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos, harpsichord), 1934
Miscellany, undated
Chart of asymmetrical architectural arches, undated
Holograph manuscript fragments
Folk transcriptions and originals (Johana Harris), undated
Manuscript and printed scores, sketches, and notes
Oklahoma football song, undated
Photocopied lyric sheet
Study book, undated
Holograph manuscript
Study book. English melodies, undated
Study book. Flemish school melodies, undated
Study book. French melodies, undated
Study book. German melodies, undated
Study book. Gregorian chant, undated
Study book. Ideas, undated
Study book. Italian melodies, undated
Thematic material, undated
Unidentified
Manuscript sketches and fragments
Music by other composers, 1893-1969
Harris, Joanna
Chorale (keyboard instrument), undated
Lahmer, Reuel
American folk hymns (voice, piano), undated
Christe, dei soboles (Orlando de Lassus) (voices), undated
Sauter danser (Orlando de Lassus) (voices), undated
Levin, Alvin Irving
Symphony for strings, 1964
Lundquist, Wray
Sonnet 64 (voice, piano), undated
Mikhailov, Giovani
Choral fantasy for organ, undated
Miscellaneous composers
Miscellaneous instrumental and vocal works, undated
Manuscript scores, parts, sketches, and fragments
Ohannesian, Paul
Paean, op. 3, no. 2 (brass, chimes), 1964
Stojowski, Zygmunt
Concerto for piano and orchestra, 1893
Sulek, Stjepan
Simphonija I, 1950?
Wilcox, A. Gordon
The harbor (voice, piano, saxophone, horn), 1969
Writings, 1934-1994
Writings by Roy Harris, 1934-1975
20th century era for common man. Nashville Tennessean (July 1950)
"Adagio peneroso" in This I believe, vol 2. Edited by Raymond Swing. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954: 70-71
And this is good, America-- Educational Music Magazine (November-December 1941)
Bands of the armed forces. NBC broadcast. Denver. July 15, 1944
"The basis of artistic creation in music" in The bases of artistic creation. New York: Octagon Books, 1969: 19-29
The composer's dilemma, undated
Composing: an art and a living. Music Journal (January 1953): 31, 78
The creative artist and the war. Music News (December 1942): 6-7
The creative musician and the new era, 1944
The creative process in music, circa 1959
The cultural climate of the U.S.A, undated
Culture called need of our era. Peabody Reflector, 22, no. 10 (October 1949): 315
Discussion of the Pittsburgh Symphony situation to date, undated
Down to earth, 1955
Education and the American composer, undated
Expediency and our national culture, undated
Folk material in art music. New York Times, December 1942
Folk songs. House and Garden, 106, no. 6 (December 1954): 112, 165, 170
Folk songs and ways, undated
Folksong: American big business. Modern Music, 43 (1940): 8-11
For stadium concerts review, undated
For young composers only. Music Journal, 14, no. 1 (January 1956): 13, 42
Friendly competition. National Music Council Bulletin, 6, no. 2 (January 1946)
The growth of a composer. Musical Quarterly, 22, no. 2 (April 1934): 188-191
Humanism in the great society, undated
The institution of education. The Peabody Reflector (June 1950): 163
International Musician articles, 1958-1959
Interview transcripts, undated
Lecture at the Desert Sun School, 1973
Lyric sketches, undated
Miscellany, 1938, 1966, undated
Modern melody: its resources, 1937
Music: mirror of man, undated
Music of today in America, undated
Nashville Tennessean articles, 1949-1950
Of proving grounds, cynics, and a road to musical wisdom. San Francisco Chronicle, December 1943
Oral testimony by Roy Harris, composer and director of the International Institute of Music before the Select Sub-committee on Education, House of Representatives (February 1962)
"Our musical scene in two tones" in Twice a year: a book of literature, the arts, and civil liberties, 5-6 (1940-1941): 327-339
Outlook on music in America at mid-20th century, undated
Patten lectures. The audience, 1957
Patten lectures. The composer, 1957
Patten lectures. The music critic, 1957
Patten lectures. The nature of music, 1957
Patten lectures. The performer, 1957
Patten lectures. Society and music, 1957
Paul Rosenfeld, the believer, undated
The people's choice: the influences of audiences on music, undated
Perspective at forty. Magazine of Art, 32, no. 11 (November 1939): 638-639, 667-671
Pittsburgh! Why? Carnegie Magazine (November 1952): 294, 297
Plight of composers in plenty, undated
The pollution of music, undated
A practical musical dream for a frustrated humanity. San Francisco Chronicle, December 2, 1975
"Problems of American composers" in American composers on American music. Edited by Henry Cowell. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1962: 149-166
Problems of composing music for school groups, 1949
Program notes, 1962-1963, undated
Prospectus for an international fellowship to develop and promote talented, disciplined, young string players, circa 1966
Prospectus on Inter-Collegiate Music Center, 1958
Report on the International String Congress. International Musician, 58, no. 3 (September 1959): 10, 38
Sources of musical culture. New York Times, January 1, 1939
South must succor its ailing culture. Peabody Reflector, 24, no. 4 (April 1951): 107
Speech in Pittsburgh, undated
Statement for meeting of the Advanced Center for Great Education Issues, 1962
Taxation without representation. Music Journal, 4, no. 5 (1946): 8-9, 46-48
Thinkpiece no. 1, undated
Thinkpiece no. 2, undated
Time is running out. Texas String News (Summer 1950): 6-7
Totalitarian man, undated
Untitled writings and lectures, 1950, 1967, undated
U.S.S.R. musical travels articles, 1958-1959
We Americans, undated
We wonder as we wander, circa 1972
What are your intentions, sir?, undated
What should the Academy accord the accordion? Musical Newsletter, 41, no. 10 (October 1949): 10
What's American about American music?, undated
You belong to us: a cinematic dance-drama in three parts, undated
Unidentified writings and lectures, undated
Writings about Roy Harris by others, 1930-1994
Anderson, Paul R. Statement on Roy Harris, 1953
Ashley, Patricia. Roy Harris. Stereo Review, 21, no. 6 (1968): 63-73
Bargmann, Theodore John. The third symphony of Roy Harris, 1979
Bialosky, Marshall. Roy Harris: in memoriam (but keep your hats on). College Music Symposium, 22, no. 2 (February 1982): 7-19
Bibliographies, discographies, and work lists, 1960-1961, 1973, 1982, undated
Copland, Aaron. "Roy Harris" in The new music. Revised edition. New York: W. W. Norton, 1968: 118-126
Cowell, Henry. "Roy Harris" in American composers on American music: a symposium. Edited by H. Cowell. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1962: 64-69
Evett, Robert. The harmonic idiom of Roy Harris. Modern Music, 22, no. 2 (Spring 1946): 100-107
Farwell, Arthur. Roy Harris. Musical Quarterly, 18, no. 1 (January 1932): 18-32
Goss, Madeleine. "Roy Harris" in Modern music-makers: contemporary American composers. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952: 283-301
Harris, Johana. How a contemporary symphony becomes a classic. International Musician, 54, no. 9 (March 1961): 30, 33
Miscellaneous articles, 1930-1986, 1994, undated
O'Connell, Charles. "Roy Harris" in The Victor book of symphonies. Revised and enlarged edition. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948: 230-241
Piston, Walter. Roy Harris. Modern Music, 11, no. 2 (January-February 1934): 73-83
Poetry written for Roy Harris, 1975-1978
Program notes, 1947, 1962, undated
Roy Harris: the early years (1926-1935) and the emergence of American music, undated
Salazar, Adolfo. Music in our time, undated
Slonimsky, Nicolas. Roy Harris. Musical Quarterly, 33, no. 1 (January 1947): 17-37
Slonimsky, Nicolas. Roy Harris: a biography, circa 1948?
Slonimsky, Nicolas. The story of Roy Harris--American composer. Etude (1956-1957)
Stehman, Dan. Prologue to an investigation of style: Roy Harris, 1964
Stehman, Dan. Roy Harris and Los Angeles, undated
Roy Harris at seventy-five: stylistic development during the past three decades, 1973
Stehman, Dan and Chesley Gibbs. Roy Harris. Ovation, 5, no. 6 (July 1984): 14-19
Strimple, Nick. An introduction to the choral music of Roy Harris. The Choral Journal (May 1982): 16-19
Correspondence, 1926-1997
Undated
Becker, John, 1934, 1948-1949
Boulanger, Nadia, 1959, 1967, 1973-1978
Cage, John, 1966
Christ-Janer, Albert, 1967
Effinger, Cecil, 1969
Engel, Carl, undated
Finney, Ross Lee, 1943, 1952
Foss, Lukas, 1993
French, Robert, 1950-1964, 1975-1988, 1997
Gilman, Lawrence, 1926, 1935-1939, undated
Greeting cards, 1957, 1977-1981
Kennedy, John F., 1961-1962
Kohs, Ellis B., 1962
Koussevitzky, Serge and Olga, 1939, 1962
Moldenhauer, Hans, 1960
Nixon, Richard, 1973
Ormandy, Eugene, 1961-1962
Persichetti, Vincent, 1981-1986
Pettis, Ashley, 1948-1949
Reed, H. Owen, 1962
Reis, Claire, 1926-1934, 1942-1943, undated
Schickele, Peter, 1965, 1986
Schuman, William and Frankie, 1960, 1979, 1986
Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1962
Spivacke, Harold, 1940, 1964-1965
Starker, János, 1961-1963, 1973
Stern, Isaac, undated
Wickes, George, 1966
Business Papers, 1938-1985
Accusations of Communist leanings, 1948-1953
Albert Christ-Janer Memorial, 1974
Associated Music Publishers, 1955-1957
Course materials, 1964-1968, 1973
Cumberland Forest Festival, 1950-1952
Inter-American University, 1959-1962
International Convention of Composers, Moscow 1974
International String Congress, 1958-1970
Jacobi, Frederick, undated
La Jolla Music Festival, 1962-1963
Levine Philanthropic Foundation, 1973-1974
Larson, Richard, 1972
Louisville, Kentucky,1949-1954, 1985
National Endowment for the Arts, 1976
Peabody College, 1949-1950
Pittsburgh International Contemporary Music Festival, 1952
Puerto Rico, 1960-1961, undated
Requests and recommendations, 1938-1941, 1953, 1961-1977
Roy Harris: an American voice, 1981
Syracuse University, 1960-1961
Musical Composition Files, undated
Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight
American creed
The art of the fugue
Concerto for piano, clarinet, and string quartet
Concerto for string sextet
Concerto for violin
Elegy and dance
Fantasy for piano and orchestra
Farewell to pioneers
Folk fantasy for festivals
Folk rhythms of today
Folksong symphony (Symphony no. 4)
Fruit of gold
Kentucky spring
Little suite
Ode to consonance
Overture--From the gayety and sadness of the American scene
Quintet for piano and strings
Remember November
Soliloquy and dance
Sonata for piano
Sonata for violin and piano
A song for occupations
String quartets nos. 1-3
Symphony--American portrait 1929
Symphony for voices
Symphony 1933 (Symphony no. 1)
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 3
Symphony no. 5
Symphony no. 6 (Gettysburg)
Symphony no. 7
Symphony no. 8 (San Francisco symphony)
Symphonies nos. 9-11
Toccata for orchestra
When Johnny comes marching home
Financial and Legal Documents, 1947-1978
Bank of Stockton, 1967-1974
Checks, 1977-1978
Contracts, 1961-1974
Legal documents, 1952-1962
Loans, 1975-1978
Miscellany, 1961-1969
Real estate, California, 1965-1970
Real estate, Indiana, 1960-1971
Real estate, Pennsylvania, 1952-1957
Real estate, Puerto Rico, 1959-1961
Real estate, Tennessee, 1949
Royalties, 1948-1975
Taxes, 1947-1977
Photographs, 1898-1979
Roy Harris, alone, 1898-circa 1979
Roy Harris, with others, 1913, 1958-1978, undated
Johana Harris, undated
Harris family, undated
Homes and outdoor scenery, 1958, undated
Unidentified, undated
Publicity Files, 1930-1994
Posters, 1965-1973, undated
Programs, 1926-1998
Scrapbooks, 1933-1968
1951 May-1952 February
1952 March-June
1952 April
1952 April-October; 1963
1952 June-October
Roy Harris Archive Society Materials, 1972-1985
Agendas and minutes, 1979-1984
Correspondence, 1972, 1978-1985
Establishment of Roy Harris Archive at California State University, 1973-1979
Financial documents, 1979-1982
Membership and by-laws, 1981, undated
Miscellany, 1973, 1980-1981, undated
NEH grant application, 1979
Performances and recordings, 1977-1983
Publications, 1981-1982, undated
Biographical Materials, 1973-1979
Bio notes, pamphlets, and miscellaneous materials, 1975, undated
Curriculum vitae, undated
Funeral arangements, 1979
Honors and awards, 1973, undated
Johana Harris, 1978, undated