W 24-Ward Project, 1980-1985, undated
-Name list. 6 sheets. Holograph (photocopy). Listed alphabetically against musical terms/musician names and years on parallel columns (Note 1)
-Name list. 1 sheet. Typescript, with handwritten additions (photocopy) (Note 1)
-Rulan Pian’s drafts, with revisions. 1 sheet. Typescript, with handwritten corrections (photocopy). Draft letter soliciting essays for a collection to honor John Ward
-Letter from David Hughes, Rulan Chao Pian, and Anne Dhu Shapiro. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (photocopy). Soliciting essays for a collection to honor John Ward. With duplicate copy (Note 2)
-Letter from Rulan to Yori-san. April 8, 1983. 1 sheet. Typescript (carbon copy). Seeking advice on donors for the volume in honor of John Ward
-Letter from Shigeo Kishibe to Rulan. Jan. 6, 1981. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (photocopy). About the article on Kuzuhara Koto for the Festschrift for John M. Ward (Note 2)
-Nomination form for the Who’s Who in America Achievement Awards. Nov. 2, 1983. 1 form (2 sheets), filled and signed (photocopy). “Received & Entered Nov 8.” Nominating John Milton Ward by Rulan Chao Pian (Note 2)
-Draft remarks introducing David McAllester and Bruno Nettl. 1 sheet. Holograph. Written on the verso of a leaflet for Ethnomusicology Symposium, held December 3, 1983 (Note 2)
-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Wang An(王安). Typescript, with handwritten corrections. Inviting the founder of Wang Institute of Graduate Studies to join in the celebration to dedicate a reading room in honor of Charles Seeger on December 3, 1983
-Aerogramme from 岸邊成雄 (Shigeo Kishibe) to Rulan. Feb. 7, 1984. Typescript, signed. With handwritten Chinese (Note 2)
-John Ward as a teacher. 1 sheet. Typescript, with handwritten corrections (photocopy)
-JWFS topics arranged by function and context. 1 sheet. Typescript. With handwritten notes. “List B”
-JWFS topics in historic/geographic grouping. 1 sheet. Typescript (carbon copy). With handwritten notes. “LIST A”
-Ward Project. Includes:
1) Draft letter to Marshall. Holograph. Written on the verso of the enclosing sheet
2) Letter from RCP to Ann and David. June 25, 1982. 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy)
3) Letter from Anne Dhu Shapiro, David G. Hughes, and Rulan C. Pian. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (photocopy). Accompanied by “List A” (1 sheet) and “List B” (1 sheet) (Note 2)
4) Draft of letter soliciting articles for John Ward Festschrift. By The Committee for John Ward Festschrift. 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy). With handwritten notes (Note 2)
5) Letter from The Committee for the John Ward Festschrift. 1 sheet. Typescript, with handwritten corrections (photocopy). “RCP revision open to further suggestion” (Note 2)
6) Letter from Rulan to Anne and David. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed
7) Letter from Rulan to Anne and David. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (photocopy). With handwritten notes
8) Name list. 6 sheets. Holograph (photocopy). Listed alphabetically against musical terms/musician names and years on parallel columns. With handwritten markings (Note 1)
9) Letter from Bell Yung to Hughes, Pian and Shapiro. February 2, 1981. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (photocopy) (Note 2)
10) A preliminary list of topics offered for the JWFS. 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy)
11) Letter to JWFS Participants—Rough Draft. 10/28/81. 1 sheet. Typescript (carbon copy). With handwritten notes (Note 2)
-Letter from Paul H. Rohmann. October 3, 1980. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (photocopy). On developing a series of publications on the music of many cultures (Note 2)
-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Lorna Marshall. June 4, 1982. 1 sheet, Typescript (carbon copy)
-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Donald Shively. Feb. 17, 1983. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (carbon copy)
-John Ward as a teacher. 1 sheet. Typescript, with handwritten corrections (photocopy)
-Letter from Rulan to Shigeo Kishibe. Jan. 12, 1984. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (carbon copy)
-Financial contributions. 1 sheet. Holograph. Chiefly names and numbers (Note 2)
-Preface to Music and Context, second draft. 3 sheets. Typescript, with handwritten corrections (photocopy). “Ann’s draft as of July ‘84” (Note 2)
-Letter from Lorna (Lawrence Kennedy Marshall) to Rulan. May 18, 1984. 3 sheets. Holograph, signed. With handwritten financial notes on verso of sheet [3] (Note 2)
-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Lorna Marshall. July 10, 1982. Typescript, signed (photocopy) (Note 1)
-Preface to Music and Context, sixth draft. By Anne Dhu Shapiro. 6 sheets. Typescript, with handwritten notes (photocopy) (Note 2)
-Letter from Rulan to Anne. Oct 29, 1984. 2 sheets. Typescript (photocopy)
-Letter from Rulan to Anne. Dec 5, 1984. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed (photocopy)
-Letter from John Ward to Rulan. 7.vii.85. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed. With handwritten additions. On Rulan Chao Pian’s account of “The Twirling Duet” (Note 2)
Dates
- 1980-1985, undated
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Extent
1 file(s)
Creator
- From the Fonds: Pian, Rulan Chao, 1922-2013 (Creator, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the CUHK Library Archival Collections Repository
Special Collections Reading Room
3/F, University Library
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
spc@lib.cuhk.edu.hk