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Joint Army/Navy Sub-Committee on Music

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This collection consists of the working papers of the Sub-committee on Music of the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation, of which Dr. Harold Spivacke, Chief of the Music Division from 1937 to 1972, was chairman. Included among the collection are other war-related materials that were given to the Music Division of the Library of Congress by the War Department on June 24, 1943. On September 25, 1941, the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation announced the appointment of a Sub-committee on Music, formed to advise the Army, Navy and Marine Corps on all matters pertaining to musical activities within military camps and reservations during and after World War II (1941-1946). The sub-committee was also to aid in coordinating plans for musical entertainment of the soldiers in the communities outside the camps and stations In addition, the collection contains some related materials that were given to the Music Division on June 24, 1943, by the Industrial Service Division, Bureau of Public Relations, War Department, Washington, D.C. Before the collection was processed these War Department materials, which were designated "for War Collection, Music Division," were interfiled among the sub-committee's papers.

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General

Span Dates: 1941-1945
Bulk Dates: 1940s
Major Language(s): English
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Physical Collection

Number of Items: 10000
Number of Containers: 45
Linear Feet: 18
Contents: The collection represents the working papers of the Sub-committee: correspondence from members to, among others, Aaron Copland, Leonard Feist, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, Erich Leinsdorf, Alan Lomax, and Walter Toscanini; song book pamphlets ("Army Hit Kits"), sheet music; non-music publications; and administrative papers. The bulk of the collection consists of an alphabetically arranged correspondence and subject file. Present are letters from original members of the sub-committee. A sub-series of correspondence addressed to member publishing companies of the Music Publishers' Protective Association from servicemen requesting complimentary sheet music, is included in the collection.
Processing History: The Papers of the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation Sub-committee on Music was processed in 1994.
Provenance: Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.

Access/Copyright

Access Permissions: Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
Copyright Info: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Preferred Citation: Papers of the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation, Sub-Committee on Music, Music Division, Library of Congress