Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [194-]-2015 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
7.2 m of textual and graphic records, and sound recordings.
10 photoprints
55 slides
13 CDs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian composer, violinist, violist and educator Quenten Doolittle was born in Elmira, New York, on May 21, 1925 and came to Canada in 1960. Biographical information available in Encyclopedia of music in Canada. 2nd ed., p. 378.
Archival history
Donated by Q. Doolittle between 1989 and 2010. MsC 281 donated by The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2002.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence; research material; manuscripts of libretti, speeches, articles and notes to accompany music; manuscript scores, ranging from sketches to full scores, of instrumental, operatic and vocal works, as well as incidental music for the theatre; recordings of the complete works of Q. Doolittle on 18 CDs; promotional and production material; concert and festival programs; workshop and concert series brochures; photographs; newsclippings; and correpondence, promotional and other material relating to various musical and educational organizations with which Q. Doolittle was affiliated. Fonds also includes one small appendix, MsC 281, consisting of scores for Four songs for soprano and viola including vocal score, viola score and transfigurations for viola and piano.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some items restricted.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
File level inventory available at repository.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
For additional material relating to Quenten Doolittle, see Joyce Doolittle fonds.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Note
Includes 133 photographs and 41 sound recordings.
Note
Further accruals expected.