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clippings, performance programmes, personal documents including legal material, photographs, writings, published and unpublished music by Reiner and other composers, audio and visual recordings of Reiner and other performers, books, and awards.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.

Includes programmes for solo performances and programmes for collaborative performances with: Igor Oistrakh and Henryk Szeryng.

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.

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

Includes documents relating to Szeryng’s career and his collaboration with Reiner, published biographical materials following his death, and a letter to Reiner from Henryk’s wife, Waltraud (includes a photo of Henryk’s tombstone).

The series is arranged by subject as indicated.

Includes letters from Alfred Cortot (1949), Rudolf Firkusny (1954), Irene Serkin (1957), and Rudolf Serkin (n.d.), and a letter to Sir Ernest MacMillan (1951).

Includes signed programme to Charles Reiner by McHenry Boatwright; programme for performance with Rosabelle Jones and the Montreal Bach Choir (Le Chorale Bach de Montréal); and programmes for collaborative performances with: Salvatore Accardo, McHenry Boatwright, Arthur Garami, Johanna Martzy, Mary McMurray, Richard Verreau, and Zvi Zeitlin.

The series is arranged by subject as indicated.

Includes three unidentified sketches; one is possibly complete (perhaps a concerto cadenza?) and one is entitled "With Hairbrush".