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The Kelsey Jones Collection consists largely of drafts, sketches and texts for nearly all of his major compositional works. It also contains selected correspondence, programs and some personal papers that outline his life and career in music, composition, and teaching. These documents were organized by Kelsey Jones himself, into subject groupings such as: “commissions,” “publishers,” “letters from my teachers,” “letters from interesting people,” etc.

The Compositions series contains sketches, texts and manuscripts of 30 of Kelsey Jones’ major compositions. The works are arranged chronologically. Composition dates, durations and instrumentations are provided when possible.

The Biographical Information series contains correspondence, programmes and a photograph of Kelsey Jones. The series consists of cards and letters to or from Kelsey Jones; as well as a selected of programs he found interesting. The series is arranged chronologically, and are divided by subject headings (the subject headings chosen for this section were indicated by Kelsey Jones himself). The series includes correspondence of special note to/from Lord Beaverbrook, John Beckwith, Marvin Duchow, Herman Geiger-Torel, Harold Hamer, Leonard Isaacs, George Johnston, George Little, Ernest MacMillan and Healy Willan.