Box 3

The Alexander Kouguell Papers chronicle Alexander Kouguell's (1920-2022) personal life, career, and 68-year tenure at Queens College. The collection contains personal, performance, and academic records as well as photographic, audio, and music manuscripts. A noted cellist, Kouguell's papers detail his career as a performer, an educator, and provide researchers cultural snapshots of the greater New York area's orchestral scene throughout the 20th century.

This series includes programs, flyers, ephemera, and schedules of the performances associated with Alexander Kouguell. Programs include Kouguell's performances as a member of the Bennington Chamber Soloists, the Musica Aeterna Orchestra, the Clarion Music Society of New York, the Silver Mine Quartet, and the New York Chamber Soloists. Many of the prorgams include performances of Arkadie Kouguell's compositions, as well as notes and additional program performers.

Kouguell's New York Chamber Soloists subseries includes programs, schedules, travel/hotel itineraries, and personal notes that detail his time as a cellist with the New York Chamber Soloists (NYCS).

Kouguell's Silvermine Quartet subseries includes programs, flyers, newspapers, and other ephemera that describe his introduction to the Silvermine Quartet as their fourth and final member.