The Charles Reiner Collection consists of correspondence, newspaper reviews and clippings, performance programmes, personal documents including legal material, photographs, writings, published and unpublished music by Reiner and other composers, audio and visual recordings of Reiner and other performers, books, and awards. Of particular interest is correspondence from Rudolf Serkin, Alfred Cortot, and Kurt Waldheim; legal documents from both before and after Reiner’s immigration to Canada; and the extensive collection of programmes and newspaper clippings that document Reiner’s extensive performance career.

The reviews and clippings are arranged by time period as indicated.

The Reviews/Clippings Series contains Charles Reiner’s clippings or reviews, and other articles from newspapers, magazines, and other published listings. The reviews and clippings are arranged by time period as indicated.

The Correspondence Series contains letters to or by Charles Reiner, in addition to correspondence about him or pertaining to his career. Arranged chronologically by time period as indicated.

The Programmes Series contains concert programmes of his performances from 1950 to 1999 as well as programmes from performances that he attended and kept. The programmes are arranged chronologically.

Includes programmes for solo performances and for collaborative performances with: Margaret Gundara Boake, Charles Castleman, Marie Doré, Sheng Chin Hsu, Erica Ohm, and Gergely Szokolay.

Programmes, 1984–89 in front in container; Programmes, Miscellaneous in rear of container. See Folders 1 and 2 for other years and undated.
BOX 8 (front). Programmes, 1984–89 :
Includes programmes for recitals by Henryk Szeryng and Charles Reiner at Carnegie Hall, Roy Thomson Hall, and Ambassador Auditorium; and programmes for collaborative performances with: Dorothy Bales, Karen Shaffer Baskin, Brian McCue, Jutta Puchhammer-Sedillot, Robert Slappcoff, Eva Svensson-Williams, Henryk Szeryng, Gergely Szokolay, Gyorgy Terebesi, Thomas Williams, and le Quatuor Laval.
BOX 8 (rear). Programmes, Miscellaneous :
Includes programmes for memorial services of Helmut Blume and Margaret Kalil and programmes for performances by: the BBC Symphony Orchestra (cond. Pierre Boulez), Béla Böszörményí-Nagy, ―Celebration…Steinway at Carnegie Hall‖, Karl Engel [one programme signed with dedication to Charles’ first wife, ―Suzy‖], the English Chamber Orchestra (cond. Karl Richter), Rudolf Firkusny, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maureen Forrester, ―Full Symphony Orchestra‖ (cond. Alexander Brott), Emil Gilels, Vladimir Horowitz [one programme with newspaper review], the [Hungarian State Symphony] (cond. László Somogyi), Lili Kraus, Constantin Lifschitz, the Monteverdi Choir and Monteverdi Orchestra (cond. John Eliot Gardiner), the Mozart Festival Quartet, Yaron Ross, the Royal Ballet, the Royal Opera, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Wolfgang Schneiderhan with Albert Hirsch, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Solomon [signed], Paul Stewart, Henryk Szeryng with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood (cond. Seiji Ozawa), and Henryk Szeryng with the New York Philharmonic (cond. Rodney Friend).

Includes a letter from Waltraud Szeryng (1993).

The series is arranged by subject as indicated.