Scope and Content of Collection
The James Sclater collection on Reginald Kell covers the period of 1927-2001. It consists of articles, newspaper clippings, interviews, critic reviews, photographs, personal and professional correspondence, newsletters, and ephemera related to the life and career of the English clarinetist Reginald Kell. This collection also contains multiple working drafts, sketches, revisions, and handwritten notes for Sclater's "Reginald Kell: Clarinetist Without a Country," as well as scores of clarinet pieces by Holbrook and Stravinsky, artwork by Kell, cassette tapes, and a VHS.