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Chapter 6
Ch. 6, Fn. 2 Letter and memo from John Pierce to SDF re: observations of CCRMA
Ch. 6, Fn. 3 Update to CCRMA three-year plan
Ch. 6, Fn. 5 Letter from John Chowning to IRCAM re: return of Ariel board and faculty appointments
Ch. 6, Fn. 6 Dirty Linen article on Mickey Hart
Ch. 6, Fn. 7 NEA grant application for CCRMA summer workshops
Ch. 6, Fn. 10 Update to CCRMA three-year plan
Ch. 6, Fn. 11 Proposal for MA degree in Musical Acoustics, Perception and Synthesis
Ch. 6, Fn. 14 Notes re: CCRMA funding
Ch. 6, Fn. 16 Letter from Chowning to Sherrill Milnes (Metropolitan Opera) re: singing voice project
Ch. 6, Fn. 17 Fundraising letter from John Pierce to Bill Hewlett
Ch. 6, Fn. 17 Fundraising letter from John Pierce to Dave Packard
Ch. 6, Fn. 18 Fundraising letter from John Pierce to Bill Hewlett
Ch. 6, Fn. 19 Letter from John Pierce to David Packard re: visit plans
Ch. 6, Fn. 19 Reply letter from Bill Hewlett to John Pierce
Ch. 6, Fn. 20 Letter from David Packard to John Pierce re: visit plans
Ch. 6, Fn. 21 Letter from John Pierce to Bill Hewlett to follow up on visit from Hewlett's son
Ch. 6, Fn. 21 Letter from John Pierce to Dave Packard to follow up on visit from Packard's son
Ch. 6, Fn. 21 Notes re: visits w/ Hewlett and Packard
Ch. 6, Fn. 22 Memo to Chowning re: foundation support
Ch. 6, Fn. 23 Office memo regarding Gordon Getty visit
Ch. 6, Fn. 25 Office memo regarding Gordon Getty visit
Ch. 6, Fn. 27 Cover memo and letter to Gordon Getty from John Chowning
Ch. 6, Fn. 28 Fundraising letter from John Chowning to Louise Davies
Ch. 6, Fn. 29 Proposal letter to Doreen Townsend
Ch. 6, Fn. 31 Memo re: Doreen Townsend solicitation and gift
Ch. 6, Fn. 32 Memo re: Doreen Townsend solicitation and gift
Ch. 6, Fn. 35 Letter from Chowning to Sony to request equipment gift/loan
Ch. 6, Fn. 35 Reply letter from Sony to Chowning re: request of equipment gift/loan
Ch. 6, Fn. 37 Letter and memo from John Pierce to SDF re: observations of CCRMA
Ch. 6, Fn. 38 Budget proposal for SDF
Ch. 6, Fn. 40 SDF meeting schedule
Ch. 6, Fn. 41 SDF meeting research topics
Ch. 6, Fn. 42 MIT, Stanford, and UCSD joint proposal for computer music research
Ch. 6, Fn. 43 Meeting notes regarding relationship between CCRMA, SDF and Xerox
Ch. 6, Fn. 43 Slides from Don Knuth talk at CCRMA Industrial Affiliates meeting
Ch. 6, Fn. 44 Email from Chowning to Yamaha re: "X" series impact and planned composition
Ch. 6, Fn. 47 Letter from Chowning to Yamaha to request equipment for digital recording studio
Ch. 6, Fn. 49 Snapshot of webpage on history of hardware at CCRMA
Ch. 6, Fn. 56 Snapshot of webpage on history of hardware at CCRMA
Ch. 6, Fn. 57 Memo to announce the retirement of the Foonly and the Samsonbox
Ch. 6, Fn. 58 Memo to announce the retirement of the Foonly and the Samsonbox
Ch. 6, Fn. 64 Email announcement of Music Kit and DSP tools distribution
Ch. 6, Fn. 64 Email from John Chowning to Steve Jobs re: NeXT MusicKit
Ch. 6, Fn. 65 Email announcement of Music Kit and DSP tools distribution
Ch. 6, Fn. 70 Email from Mike McNabb re: inaccuracies in Tribune story about Invisible Cities
Ch. 6, Fn. 72 Letter from Chowning to Joseph Engelberger to solicit support for Invisible Cities
Ch. 6, Fn. 73 Letter from Joseph Engelberger to Chowning re: Invisible Cities project
Ch. 6, Fn. 79 Draft proposal for Marsalis "Computer Jam" project
Ch. 6, Fn. 80 Letter from producer to Stanford re: Marsalis project
Ch. 6, Fn. 83 Final report for NEA grant for Morrill/Marsalis project
Ch. 6, Fn. 84 Invention disclosure for Acoustical Brass MIDI Instrument
Ch. 6, Fn. 85 News article about Biomuse system
Ch. 6, Fn. 86 Correspondence b/t Chowning and Yamaha re: Biomuse system
Ch. 6, Fn. 87 Letter re: Biomuse patent money and further development
Ch. 6, Fn. 90 Max Mathews demonstrates the Radio Baton (video)
Ch. 6, Fn. 91 Stanford OTL newsletter article on Max Mathews and the radio baton
Ch. 6, Fn. 92 Letter from Max Mathews to Bell Labs re: Radio Baton
Ch. 6, Fn. 93 Letter to Roland regarding Radio Drum Controller
Ch. 6, Fn. 94 Notes and list re: Radio Baton distribution
This archive is maintained by Andrew Nelson. Please email updates and corrections to aj (at) ccrma.stanford.edu. Please note that archival materials are intended for non-commercial purposes and may be protected by copyright laws that prohibit further duplication or distribution.

These documents stem largely from the personal collections of various CCRMA-lites. The Special Collections at the Stanford University Libraries (SUL) contain 40 linear feet of additional archival materials. For contents and access, please see the SUL catalog entry and the Online Archive of California collection guide.