This flyer advertises Leon Bates' residency at the University of Michigan School of Music from March 28–April 1, 1988. The advertised events include a master class, meeting with Minority Music, Dance & Theater students, guest recital, DMA seminar, and piano literature class.
Patterson requests assistance in securing funding from the KCP program for Josephine Love to teach "The Music of Black Americans" while Rae Linda Brown is on a post-doctoral fellowship. The following enclosure are attached to the memorandum:
Memorandum from Willis Patterson to Charles Moody regarding Supplement to the School of Music MLK/Chávez/Parks Visiting Professor Program, 1988-89, dated September 2, 1988. This is Patterson's initial funding request.
Memorandum from Linda Largin to Willis Patterson regarding Nomination of Josephine Love as a King/Chávez/Parks Visiting Professor, dated September 22, 1988. This is the program's request for additional information.
Proposals for 1988–89 KCP visiting professors, including David Baker, Charlotte Heth, Undine Smith Moore, Hale Smith, and Andre DeShields. This file is incomplete as only the first two pages of the memorandum are present, and it is abruptly cut off at the end.
It is unclear whether or not this memorandum was sent—it is unitialed and undated. It discusses funding shifts and potential KCP visiting professors that align with the 1989–90 KCP discussions in other materials.
This memorandum primarily discusses some changes to the KCP visiting professorship funding, as well as possible nominees for 1989–90. It also provides some insight into the wide range of other simultaneous projects that Patterson was working on.
Letter clarifying complications resulting from the School of Music's attempt to switch out a previously approved KCP visiting professor, Nina Kennedy, for a different artist, T.J. Anderson.
Announcement about Josephine Love's upcoming residency as a KCP visiting professor and a concert marking the twentieth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death.
A request to transfer funds to provide reimbursements for KCP visiting professors, including Fransisco Rivera-Batiz, Hazel Carby & Henry Gates, Pearl Primus & Onwin Borde, Andre DeShields, Undine Smith Moore, and Al Young.
An update about Leontyne Price's lack of availability. Patterson suggests inviting Adolphus Hailstork, Eileen Southern, Samuel Floyd, and/or Leon Bates.
Acknowledges recent funding request to the King-Parks Coordinating Committee in support of a Frederick Douglass oratorio, and requests a budget for a visit from Adolphus Hailstork during Black History month for the oratorio's performance.
Contains the School of Music's final nominations for the next KCP visiting professorships—Adolphus Hailstork, Leon Bates, and Josephine Harreld Love—with their biographies and a projected budget.
This letter inquires about Leontyne Price's potential availability for a two week visiting professorship. General George Price is potentially Leontyne Price's brother or uncle.
Notification of Adolphus Hailstork's schedule as a KCP visiting professor September 26–October 2, 1987, for publicity purposes. The schedule includes coaching, class visits, meetings with faculty and student groups, and rehearsals for October 2, 1987 concert.
Memorandum from the provost's office by way of Niara Sudarkasa, associate vice president for academic affairs, about the newly appropriated funds for Martin Luther King, Jr.-Rosa Parks educations programs. Visiting professorships, graduate fellowships, and a College Day program are described, and candidate nominations for the visiting professorships are solicited.
Memorandum from the provost's office about the new visiting professorships program, here called the Martin Luther King, Jr.-Rosa Parks Visiting Professorships Program, supported by the King-Parks Educational Fund. A February 16, 1987 University Record article about the program is attached to the memorandum. Nominations are solicited by Holmes and the provost's office.
The expense report for King/Chavez/Parks Visiting Professor Leon Bates, who visited campus March 28–April 1, 1988. The expenses total $8,244.00, and $6,800 of this is Bates' honorarium.
