Patterns of Contrast for 2 Flutes and 2 Clarinets, First Performance: San Jose State College, 1961 May, Festival of American Music ; Impromptu Fantasy for Flute, Clarinet and Piano (revised version-1960) L.A. County Museum series, 1964 February 23; Theme and Variations for Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Violoncello, First Performance: NAAC Concert, New York 1946

The collection contains materials created by, collected by, and about conductor and composer Joseph Wagner. Materials include music scores composed by Wagner and collections of scores by others; bundles of symphony orchestra sheet music parts for musicians; loose sheets of music manuscripts (like drafts, or with notes); vinyl record albums of Wagner's work and other music; recordings of Wagner's compositions on magnetic audio reels; video reel recordings from Wagner's travels; subject files and unorganized papers including programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, publicity, and other items; photographs and photograph albums of pictures of Wagner's and also groups of photographs of other musicians with personal inscriptions given to Wagner; workbooks and books written by Wagner; and a small collection of colorful sheet music. Items range in date from approximately the 1923 to the 1974.