Special Collections
Rare Books and Treatises, Published 1700-1900
270 linear feet
Rare Music Scores, Published 1602-1900
135 linear feet
19th Century American Tune-books
12 linear feet
Music Manuscripts, 1700-2000
90 linear feet
Americana Collection of Manuscript Scores, Orchestral Parts and 1st Editions
(includes collected works of the following composers):
- Percy Atherton (1871-1944)
- Edward Ballantine (1886-1971)
- Amy Beach (1867-1944)
- John Parsons Beach (1877-1953)
- John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)
- George W. Chadwick (1854-1931) (for digitized versions of many of Chadwick's manuscripts, visit our Institutional Repository)
- Frederick Converse (1871-1940)
- Silvio Coscia (1899-1977)
- Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1878-1971)
- Arthur Elson (1873-1940)
- Louis C. Elson (1848-1920)
- Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
- George Foote (1886-1956) (includes oral history)
- Wallace Goodrich (1871-1952)
- Henry Hadley (1871-1937)
- Edward Burlingame Hill (1872-1960)
- Carl Howard (b.1907)
- Charles Loeffler (1861-1935)
- Carl McKinley (1895-1966)
- Horatio Parker (1863-1919)
- J. C. D. Parker (1828-1916)
- F. Addison Porter (1859-1941)
- Thomas Ryan (1827-1903)
- Robert Selig (1939-1984)
- Arthur Shepherd (1880-1958)
Miscellaneous Music Manuscript Collections
- Louis Alter (1902-1980)
- Johnny Burke (1908-1964)
- Avram David (1930-2004)
- Norma Farber Collection of Vocal Music by 20th Century Composers
- Barry Galbraith (1919-1983)
- Elise Hall Collection of Saxophone Music by 20th Century Composers
Claude Debussy's Esquisse d'une "Rhapsodie mauresque" : pour orchestre et saxophone principal
- Carl C. Howard (1907- )
- Margaret Mason (1901-1971)
- Toots Mondello (1911-1992) (unprocessed)
- Voice of Firestone Collection (Arrangements for Radio/TV Shows)
- Vaughn Monroe Collection (Arrangements for Radio/TV Shows)
Correspondence and Papers
- Isabelle Thompson Moore Collection
- Preston Collection of autograph letters
Historic Audio/Visual Collections
- Charles Rhodes Collection of Classical Radio Broadcasts
- Vaughn Monroe Camel Caravan Radio Performances (see Vaughn Monroe's Alumni collection).
- Voice of Firestone Radio Broadcasts
- Voice of Firestone TV Broadcasts
Miscellaneous Collections
- Folk Song Society of Greater Boston (FSSGB)
- Pappoutsakis Flute Competition Archives
- Oscar Shapiro Collection of Paganinia
- Oscar Shapiro Collection of Performing Arts Memorabilia
- Agnes Storer Collection
- Frank T. Hubbard Collection
- Carol Baum Shisler Harp Collection (unprocessed)
- Susanna Willard Collection