Music Library director files

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Terms of access:

The collection is open for research use.

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held and maintained by the University of Virginia.

Preferred citation:

RG 12/30 Music Library files, box number, folder number, Albert and Shirtley Small Special Collections Library, Univeristy of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2 Cubic Feet 4 legal document boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

RG 12/30 Music Library files, box number, folder number, Albert and Shirtley Small Special Collections Library, Univeristy of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This addition contains the Music Library's director files. It includes correspondence, guides, donor files, bibliographies, notes, reports, and photographs that document the work and collections of the Music Library. Documented collections include those of Randall Thompson, Jefferson's Music Library, Lenneberg report, John Powell collection, and the Constantine record collection, among others. In addition to these records, there are bibliographies, guides, and materials related to oral history projects conducted by the library as well as gift files maintained by the library primarily from 1991-2005. Also included is an album of polaroid's of student workers and some informal photographs of librarians.

Biographical / historical:

The Music Library at the University of Virginia supports research in musicology, theory, and analysis, composition, performance, jazz, musical theater, ethnic and world music, popular music, and folk music. The music collection at the University of Virginia is one of the most significant in the southeastern United States, including more than 150,000 books, scores, and sound recordings as well as extensive online collections, including access to more than one million tracks of music. the library occupies the lower floors of Old Cabell Hall located on UVA's grounds.

Physical description:
Good
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Music
Places:
University of Virginia -- Library