Correspondence, 1963-1976

Containers:

Box 4 (MS 10371)

Component identifier:

File 18

Content Summary:

Comprises: letters to Michael Kassler from Alfred D. Hagle of the Library of Congress, Marjorie S. Hooper of the American Printing House for the Blind, and Stella D. Jenkins of the Perkins School for the Blind, regarding the potential development of a computer system to scan printed music and to convert it into Braille music notation, 1963; correspondence of Michael Kassler with the authors Maboth Moseley (1906–1975) and Malcolm Elwin (1902–1973) concerning references by Charles Babbage (1791–1871) or Ada Augusta King, Countess of Lovelace (1815–1852) to the use of Babbage's planned Analytical Engine to process musical data, 1966 ; correspondence of Michael Kassler with Alan Noel Latimer Munby (1913–1974) concerning his catalogue of book sales, 1974; letters from Arthur Mendel (1905–1979) to Michael Kassler regarding computers and music, 1974 and 1976; letters from Peter Isaac (1921–2002), 1975; and copy of a letter from Michael Kassler to Ivan Page, then First Secretary (National Library) at the Australian High Commission, London, suggesting that subscription lists in the National Library's holdings of 18th-century British books be included in a computer database being compiled at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the U.K., 1976.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection has been acquired from Jamie and Michael Kassler in instalments received in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023.

Subjects:

Performing arts
Science and technology

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