Scope and Contents: This collection includes an assortment of Chuck Suber's “First Chorus” columns from Down Beat magazine (1958-1982). The article discussed jazz education at a time when it was still controversial, particularly in Middle America. Other materials include the articles “Music in Chicago Schools Crisis” (1972) and “How to Organize a School Jazz Festival/Clinic” (undated typescript), and a log and notes on the CBMR oral history interview conducted by Richard Wang (1996), for which the audio is also available.