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Series V. Teaching and Appearances, 1975-2013, undated, inclusive

Extent

10.25 Linear Feet in 4 record cartons, 9 manuscript boxes, 6 tall manuscript boxes

Extent

1 Gigabytes in 210 computer files.

Extent

97 audiocassettes

Extent

28 Reels

Extent

5 VHS

Extent

4 Betamax

Scope and Contents

This series includes material accumulated by Polansky while teaching at Mills College and Dartmouth College, as well as work files for external lectures, panels, and conferences he participated in. The Mills College files in this series contain lecture notes and slides for music theory and composition classes; planning notes for student concerts; class evaluations; and music department files. Audio recordings from 1981 to 1990 for the Mills College Contemporary Music Seminar in Formal Methods Series are also in this series. This series also contain Polansky's Dartmouth College Music Department files which include tests, class evaluations, tenure correspondence, and a poster for Polansky's 2013 retirement. Of note is correspondence, clippings, and student lists related to Polansky's class on American Sign Language (ASL) and poetry offered in the 1990s. Also included in this series are bound copies of course readings for classes from the 1990s and 2000s. Paper and electronic files for conference, festival, and lecture preparation material, notes, and slides can also be found in this series. Of note is International Computer Music Association/Conference material from the 1980s and 1990s. Concert ephemera for Mills College and Dartmouth College, as well as select conference and festival material can be found in Series II.

Arrangement

Arranged in alphabetical order by file title.

Audiovisual Recordings, 1982-2001, inclusive

Box: 115 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

VHS, Count: 5

Betamax, Count: 4

Australia Tour 1 Visit, 1988-1996, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Beyond Imprimature Presentation, 1992, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bibliography of Musical Form, circa 1983, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Class Lecture Notes, etc., 2011-2012, undated, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia Colloquia, circa 2005, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Composition Class Schedule, undated, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dartmouth College Department of Music, 1989-2013, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 7-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 33, Folder: 1-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 34, Folder: 1-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Drums Along the Pacific Festival Presentation, 2009, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Educom Talk / Computer Music Pedagogy / Lecture Notes, 1985, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Electro-Acoustic Music at Dartmouth: The Bregman Studio, undated, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_405_ER_41 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Electro-Acoustic Music at Dartmouth: The Bregman Studio: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Experiment / Class Reading, undated, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fluxus Concert Ideas and Class, 2011, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Form and Lecture Slides, 1990, undated, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Grant Proposals for Mills College and Early Dartmouth College, 1985-1995, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Handouts, undated, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Harp Transparencies and Lecture Slides, undated, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hebrew Arts School Agreement, 1981, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hensley Lecture Notes, undated, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hierarchical Music Specification Language (HMSL) / Symposium Presentation Abstract, 1988, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Holocaust Music Talk, 1994, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Humanities Research Institute / Presentation Notes, Slides, 1998, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

International Computer Music Association (ICMA) Notes, 1998, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), 1991-1998, 2006, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 13-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 36, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Introduction to Composers and Theorists in Dialog / Panel, 1996, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Javanese Music Lecture Slides, 1993, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Math Colloquium Xeroxes / Presentation, 2000, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Metatheory Lecture Slides, 1990, undated, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Metrics Talk Lecture Slides, 1991-1996, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mills College Center for Contemporary Music, 1978-2013, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 9-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 37, Folder: 1-20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 38, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mills College Center for Contemporary Music Seminar in Formal Methods Series -- Sound Recordings on Audiocassette, 1981-1990, inclusive

Box: 95 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 96 (Material Type: Audio)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette tapes.

Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts (Faculty), 2005, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Morph Orders Graph and Histograms of Uniform Distributions, undated, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Music 148 Readings, undated, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Music 2 Syllabus Lecture Slides, 1996, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Music in and About Shoah -- Lecture Notes, Slides, 1996, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Music Making, Music Listening Chart, 2004, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mutation Melody, 1991-1992, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New Music Commissioning Project and Indonesia Lecture Slides, undated, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notation Exercise Notes, undated, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes, Dartmouth Student "Inspiration" Panel, 2011, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes, Meeting, Opening for Concert, 2009, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Orpheus Talk -- Why Not Use a Pencil..., 2011, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personal and Lecture Notes, 1983-1986, undated, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

RCS (Ruth Crawford Seeger) The Music of American Folk Song Talk, 2001, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rhythmicana Lecture Slides, undated, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Schedules for Trips and Appearances, undated, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scholz: Economy and Frog Peak Collabs Text Lecture Slides, 1996-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sonneck Society Festival of New Music Talk, 1985, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sound Recordings on Audiocassette -- Lectures and Radio Interviews, 1978-1989, inclusive

Box: 96 (Material Type: Audio)

Sound Recordings on Open Reel, 1975-1986, inclusive

Box: 114 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 106 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 107 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 108 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 109 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 110 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 111 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 112 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 113 (Material Type: Audio)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

1/4" Open Reel (Audio), Count: 28

Talk Notes for MacDowell, 2010, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tenney, Polansky Schedule at York and Toronto, 1990, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

TMJ Transparencies Lecture Slides, undated, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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