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Michael Daugherty is a composer and Professor of Composition at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Papers include compositions and original scores, correspondence, reviews, previews, programs and brochures for performances of Daugherty's work, and notes and collected materials documenting Daugherty's education, awards, and grants.

The Michael Daugherty papers document the career of composer Michael Daugherty. The collection consists of thirteen series: Biographical Materials, Compositions and Original Scores, Programs, Previews, Reviews, Brochures and Other Promotional Materials, Education and Awards, Correspondence, Contacts and Calendars, Media, Published Scores, Teaching Materials, and Miscellaneous. The collection includes compositions and original scores, programs, previews, brochures, other promotional materials, reviews of performances of Daugherty's compositions, notes and compositions from Daugherty's education, lecture notes and ideas, biographical materials, correspondence, and material documenting awards and fellowships received. The strength of the collection lies in the compositions and original scores and the collected programs, previews, reviews, and promotional materials that document performances of Daugherty's compositions.

Willis C. Patterson, the first African American professor at the University of Michigan's School of Music, was an active faculty member from 1968 to 1999. He was a professor of voice and associate dean for academic affairs. Patterson directed the Men's Glee Club from 1969 and 1975 and spent summers as a faculty member at the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan. While maintaining an active concert career and fulfilling teaching duties, Patterson organized a Black American Music Symposium and compiled several works on African American composers. Patterson played an active role in securing funding and mentorship for students of color and disadvantaged students both at Michigan and in the Ann Arbor community. The collection includes some biographical material, but focuses mainly on his professional career, musical career, and collection of works by African American composers. It includes correspondence, research, photographs, clippings, publications, and topical files.

The Willis C. Patterson papers include some biographical material, but focuses mainly on his professional career, musical career, and collection of works by African American composers. The collection includes correspondence, publications and research material, photographic material, posters, student records, clippings, and topical files.