The USC School of Music teaching subseries consists of Dahl's notes, teaching materials, examinations, grade sheets, student papers, clippings, programs, notebooks, musical scores, syllabi, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and forms, created or collected by Dahl in the course of his teaching activities.

The USC School of Music teaching subseries consists of Dahl's notes, teaching materials, examinations, grade sheets, student papers, clippings, programs, notebooks, musical scores, syllabi, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and forms, created or collected by Dahl in the course of his teaching activities.

The USC School of Music teaching subseries consists of Dahl's notes, teaching materials, examinations, grade sheets, student papers, clippings, programs, notebooks, musical scores, syllabi, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and forms, created or collected by Dahl in the course of his teaching activities.

The USC School of Music teaching subseries consists of Dahl's notes, teaching materials, examinations, grade sheets, student papers, clippings, programs, notebooks, musical scores, syllabi, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and forms, created or collected by Dahl in the course of his teaching activities.

The USC School of Music teaching subseries consists of Dahl's notes, teaching materials, examinations, grade sheets, student papers, clippings, programs, notebooks, musical scores, syllabi, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and forms, created or collected by Dahl in the course of his teaching activities.

The Radio Shows and Film Music series contains arrangements of popular music, cue sheets, radio scripts, and a transcript of a writers' seminar, used or created by Dahl in his work with radio personalities, including Victor Borge and Gracie Fields, and his work with film music.

The contents of the Clippings and catalogs series are records of publicity of Dahl's own work as composer, conductor and performer, and also document the work and careers of other composers and performers with whom Dahl worked, or whom Dahl knew personally.