This archive contains documents related to the planning and production the North American New Music Festival, a series of annual festivals of contemporary art music sponsored by the University at Buffalo Department of Music from 1983 to 1993, in 1995, and in 1996.
The collection consists of personal and research papers belonging to Renée Levine Packer, including correspondence and files for her books: This life of sounds and Gay Guerrilla. It also includes recordings of interviews conducted by Levine-Packer for her book research as well as inscribed books and commercial recordings.