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John Cage correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Cage Correspondence

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

The Cage Correspondence collection is comprised of correspondence and ephemera including letters, cards, clippings, catalogs, photographs, negatives, cassette tapes, music scores, and art.  Early materials focus on family correspondence and newspaper clippings and are interspersed with Cage's own notes and manuscripts.  Later correspondence is enhanced through Cage's use of "Note-o-Grams" which provides carbon copies of his sent messages.

Dates

  • 1901 - 1993
  • Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Extent

121 Boxes

Acquisition Information

Materials received from John Cage and the John Cage Trust in several donations during the 1970s-1990s.

Title
Guide to the John Cage correspondence
Date
2010-00-00
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
The collection description/finding aid is written in English

Library Details

Part of the Music Library Repository

Contact:
Deering Library, Level 3
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-491-3635