Overview Ernest Manheim joined the Sociology Department at the University of Kansas City, Missouri (now the University of Missouri-Kansas City) as a research scholar in 1938 before being appointed as a professor of Sociology at the same institution in 1940. In addition to his career in academia, Manheim was also a composer. This collection reflects his career as both a sociologist and composer, containing publications, manuscripts, research, compositions, and correspondence to and from Manheim, as...

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Barnes taught in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Kansas for several decades, as well as composing original pieces for concert band and orchestra. This collection includes correspondence, sheet music, music scores, and manuscripts from throughout his professional musical career.

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This collection includes sheet music scores, teaching materials, correspondence, and other records from the career of John Pozdro, a composer who taught for most of his career at the University of Kansas during the latter half of the 20th century.

Overview Personal papers of University of Kansas Music professor L.E. Anderson, predominately handwritten musical scores by Anderson and by some of his students from the 1930s-1960s. The collection includes full orchestral scores and individual instrumental parts, as well as pieces for piano or organ. Student compositions were based on a poem the student selected to put to music. Many pieces in the collection are undated; some pieces are heavily annotated with corrections, and some pages are...