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|| About the Collection ||
A collection of music manuscripts (holograph and copyist), lyric sheets, and published music donated to the Library of Congress in the early 1960s. Film scores and staged musicals from 1912 to 1957 are represented in this archive.
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1913-1957
- Bulk Dates
- 20th Century
- Major Language(s)
- English
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 2,700
- Number of Containers
- 28
- Linear Feet
- 12
- Contents
- 28 boxes of holograph and copyist music manuscripts, lyric sheets and printed music
- Processing History
- Processed. Finding aid on-line
- Provenance
- Gift of the composer
Access/Copyright
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
- Preferred Citation
- Cole Porter Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
