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The Blumenthal Family Library
The Blumenthal Family Library, including the NEC Archives and Special Collections, holds one of the major music collections in the United States, and provides access, instruction and support to enhance NEC’s teaching, learning, and research.
The collection, which holds more than 150,000 volumes of scores, recordings, and books, also includes subscriptions to music journals and electronic databases and a wealth of manuscripts, first editions, personal papers, and performance recordings by NEC’s renowned composers and musicians.
Semester Hours
Monday – Thursday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
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Library Highlights
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Check out the Archives’ latest exhibit, “Before the World Knew Them,” featuring archival scans of Coretta Scott King’s time at NEC as a student and her enduring legacy. It is now on display in the Schuller Gallery.
Thanks to Austin Engelhardt, Monique Van Willingh, Ashleigh Gordon, La Verne Eagleson, Michael Powell, and Brian Bradshaw from Collegiate Press for their contributions to the exhibit. Special thanks to Clennon King for his research assistance, particularly regarding map locations.
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Check out our latest LibGuides for BIPOC Classical Research and Repertoire, Women and LGBTQ Classical Music and Musicians, Using Libraries Beyond NEC, and Citing Your Sources, created by our Research and Instruction Librarian, Patrick Quinn.
Library Information and Contact
255 St. Botolph Street, 2nd and 3rd Floors
NEC Student Life and Performance Center (SLPC)
Any written correspondence should be directed to NEC’s main address at 290 Huntington Ave.
Library Borrowing
(617) 585-1250 | library@necmusic.edu
Library Research
(617) 585-1156 | library@necmusic.edu
Acquisitions
acquisitions@necmusic.edu | Request a purchase
Heather Woods, Chief Information Officer
(617) 585-1239 | heather.woods@necmusic.edu
Richard Vallone, Library Director
(617) 585-1251 | richard.vallone@necmusic.edu
Jason Coleman, Digital Services Manager
(617) 585-1730 | jason.coleman@necmusic.edu
Hannah Ferello, Catalog and Serials Librarian
(617) 585-1254 | hannah.ferello@necmusic.edu
Brianna Perez, Public Services Supervisor
(617) 585-1368 | brianna.perez@necmusic.edu
Maryalice Perrin-Mohr, Archivist/Records Manager
(617) 585-1252 | maryalice.perrin-mohr@necmusic.edu
Patrick Quinn, Research and Instruction Librarian
(617) 585-1156 | patrick.quinn@necmusic.edu
Laura Smolowitz, Technical Services Associate
(617) 585-1249 | laura.smolowitz@necmusic.edu
Hannah Spence, Head of Cataloging, Acquisitions and Electronic Resource Management
(617) 585-1256 | hannah.spence@necmusic.edu
Performance Library
Andres Almirall Nieves
(617) 585-1759 | andres.almirall@necmusic.edu
