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|| About the Collection ||
A collection of music manuscripts by one of the most important composers of the American Musical Theater. The materials are unique in both scope and completeness.
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1918-1979
- Bulk Dates
- 20th century
- Major Language(s)
- English
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 2700
- Number of Containers
- 45
- Linear Feet
- 20
- Contents
- 43 boxes of holograph sketches, piano-vocal scores, lyric sheets, copyists' materials, and full scores (many by Robert Russell Bennett), 2 boxes of photographs and papers.
- Processing History
- Processed, Finding aid on-line
- Provenance
- Gift of Richard Rodgers, Gift of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization
Access/Copyright
- Access Permissions
- Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
- Preferred Citation
- Richard Rodgers Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress