Ulysses Kay papers, 1894-2017, bulk 1938-1995

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Series III: Performance Programs, 1938-1994, 2017

This series contains concert and recital programs kept by Kay. This series is further divided into two subseries: the first includes programs that feature works by Kay and the second contains programs for performances in which no work by Kay was performed. Both subseries are arranged chronologically by year of performance.


Subseries III.1: Programs featuring Kay, 1938-1994, 2017



Box 4 Folder 56 Programs, 1938


Box 4 Folder 57 Programs, 1942


Box 4 Folder 58 Programs, 1943


Box 4 Folder 59 Programs, 1946


Box 4 Folder 60 Programs, 1947


Box 4 Folder 61 Programs, 1949


Box 4 Folder 62 Programs, 1950


Box 4 Folder 63 Programs, 1951


Box 4 Folder 64 Programs, 1952


Box 4 Folder 65 Programs, 1953


Box 4 Folder 66 Programs, 1954


Box 4 Folder 66a Programs, 1955


Box 4 Folder 67 Programs, 1956

(Includes program from University of Michigan with a signed note from Langston Hughes.)


Box 4 Folder 68 Programs, 1957


Box 4 Folder 68a Programs, 1958


Box 4 Folder 69 Programs, 1959


Box 4 Folder 69a Programs, 1960


Box 4 Folder 69b Programs, 1961


Box 4 Folder 69c Programs, 1962


Box 4 Folder 69d Programs, 1963


Box 4 Folder 69e Programs, 1964


Box 4 Folder 70 Programs, 1966


Box 4 Folder 71 Programs, 1967


Box 4 Folder 72 Programs, 1968


Box 4 Folder 73 Programs, 1969


Box 4 Folder 74 Programs, 1970



Box 79 Folder 1a-1b Programs, 1971, (2 Folders)


Box 79 Folder 1c Programs, 1972

(Stokowski Tribute programs accompanied by correspondence and photographs)


Box 79 Folder 1d Programs, 1973

(includes program signed by Valentine Stein)


Box 79 Folder 2a-2b Programs, 1974, (2 Folders)

(The first folder includes correspondence with Denis M. de Coteau)


Box 79 Folder 3 Programs, 1975

(includes correspondence with Clarissa W. Cumbo)


Box 79 Folder 4 to 5 Programs, 1976, (2 Folders)


Box 79 Folder 6 Programs, 1977


Box 79 Folder 7 Programs, 1978


Box 79 Folder 8 Programs, 1979

(Black Arts Festival program contains correspondence)


Box 79 Folder 9 Programs, 1980


Box 79 Folder 10 Programs, 1981


Box 79 Folder 11 Programs, 1982


Box 79 Folder 12 Programs, 1983


Box 79 Folder 13 to 14 Programs, 1984, (2 Folders)

(Holland Community Chorale program in Folder 14 contains correspondence and other related documents)


Box 79 Folder 15 Programs, 1985


Box 79 Folder 16 Programs, 1986

(Program for recital by Herman D. Taylor signed by the artist)



Box 80 Folder 1 Programs, 1987


Box 80 Folder 2 Programs, 1988


Box 80 Folder 3 Programs, 1989


Box 80 Folder 4 Programs, 1990


Box 80 Folder 5 Programs, 1991


Box 80 Folder 6 Programs, 1992


Box 80 Folder 7 Programs, 1994-1996



Box 115 The College of William and Mary Wind Ensemble. Homecoming Concert: A Look Back, October 20, 2017, 2 items



Box 80 Folder 8 Programs, undated



Box 117 Folder 3 Современньіе Американские Композиторьі (Contemporary American Composers) program, 1958-10

Большой Симфонический Оркестр Всесоюзного Радио (Orchestra of the All-Union Radio Committee), conducted by Рой Гаррис (Roy Harris) and Геннадий Рождественский (Gennady Rozhdestvensky) at the Концертньій зал им. П. И. Чайковскогі (Tchaikovsky Concert Hall). Contains a piece by Юлисес Кэй (Ulysses Kay). Multiple copies.


Box 117 Folder 4 The Tercentenary Concert of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra program, 1964

Includes Kay's "Inscriptions from Whitman"


Box 117 Folder 5 "The Woman's Club of Englewood celebrates the New Jersey Tercentenary, 1964

Includes Kay's "Inscriptions from Whitman"


Subseries III.2: Programs Featuring Others, 1946-1989

These are programs that do not feature any works by Kay.



Box 80 Folder 9 Programs, 1946


Box 80 Folder 10 Programs, 1947


Box 80 Folder 11 Programs, 1950


Box 80 Folder 12 Programs, 1952


Box 80 Folder 13 Programs, 1953


Box 80 Folder 14 Programs, 1966-1969


Box 80 Folder 15 Programs, 1971


Box 80 Folder 16 Programs, 1973


Box 80 Folder 17 Programs, 1974


Box 80 Folder 18 Programs, 1975


Box 80 Folder 19 Programs, 1977

(Lincoln Center program contains article that mentions Kay)


Box 80 Folder 20 Programs, 1978-1979


Box 80 Folder 21 Programs, 1981-1982

(Includes a tribute for Carl Haverlin written by Ulysses Kay.)


Box 80 Folder 22 Programs, 1983


Box 80 Folder 23 Programs, 1985


Box 80 Folder 24 Programs, 1988


Box 80 Folder 25 Programs, 1989


Box 80 Folder 26 Programs, 1991-1994