From the "Sounds & Stories" online exhibit

From the "Sounds & Stories" online exhibit.

Photograph, oral history and transcript of interview.

Oral history and transcript of interview.

Oral history interview.

46 pages of ms. music ; 21 x 32 cm. Title on cover: Songs. Inscribed on final leaf; J. W. D. Salter, ijus liber, Novb. 18th 1806. FRIEDHEIM: THE SALTER-WILLIAMS FAMILY COLLECTION OF MUSIC. M1 .T45 v.11 c. 1

Pencil drawing of a bookplate by Joseph Schillinger illustrating his theories about the "Mathematical Basis of the Arts". Graphite pencil on paper.

Letter from composer Henry Cowell to Arnold Shaw, letting Shaw know that "I'll get at the writing of the introductory remar[k]s pronto."

Mechanical aid constructed by Joseph Schillinger to illustrate his "Schillinger System" of composition. Pasteboard and brass fasteners.

Receipt from the New York Times Company, recording that composer Henry Cowell was paid for his article "Case for system" that appeared in the Sunday Section of the newspaper.