Conditions Governing Use

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing 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.

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.

Content Description

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Music
• University of Virginia -- Library