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by  Melissa Eve Wertheimer

Special Collections in Performing Arts MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ARCHIVES
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library Record Group VI. Notes
University of Maryland, College Park, MD Finding Aid by Melissa E. Wertheimer, MLA Archivist, 2018

MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ARCHIVES: COLLECTION SUMMARY INFORMATION
Finding Aid created with Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition

Repository
Special Collections in Performing Arts, Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

Creator
Music Library Association

Title
Music Library Association Archives

Date
1931 – 2017 [ongoing]

Extent
Approximately 300 linear feet of paper records; 5GB of digital materials; sound recordings

Languages
English with additional documents in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

Preferred Citation
Music Library Association Archives, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland, College Park,
MD
COLLECTION SCOPE & CONTENTS

The Music Library Association Archives contains the official records of the Music Library Association (MLA) that
document the history, activities, and publications of the organization since its founding in 1931. MLA is the
professional association for music libraries and librarianship in the United States with the mission to provide a
professional forum for librarians, archivists, and others who support and preserve musical heritage. Formats in the
records include manuscripts, financial ledgers, printed publications, sound recordings, oral histories, photographs,
scrapbooks, microfilm, realia, born-digital files, musical scores, and artwork. The collection also contains records of
select current and former regional chapters, including the Atlantic, Greater New York, Mountain-Plains, and New
England Chapters. Records of the California, Midwest, New York State-Ontario, Pacific Northwest, Southeast, and
Texas Chapters are housed in repositories within their geographic areas.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

The Music Library Association Archives is arranged in eight record groups with series and sub-series: I. Board of
Directors and Executive Committee; II. Special Officers and Other Elected Officials; III. Committees; IV. Oral
Histories; V. National Meetings and Conventions; VI. Notes; VII. Regional Chapters; VIII. MLA Series and
Publications.

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RECORD GROUP VI. NOTES

Record Group Inclusive Dates: 1932 – 2016 [ongoing]

Record Group Extent: 54.80 linear feet [ongoing]
Record Group Description
Record Group VI documents the history of Notes as a musicological, artistic, and business enterprise that was and
continues to be central to the identity of the Music Library Association. After more than 80 years of publication,
the journal has had only 16 editors. MLA first published Notes in 1934 for its members. The first series ran from
1934–1942. The second series began in 1943 and continues as a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal to this day. The
first issue of July 1934 describes Notes as “a magazine . . . of assistance and value to music librarians, and by so
doing to help them solve their problems and to serve more ably and readily the growing number of readers who
come to music libraries for information and relaxation.” The scope of the journal has evolved since 1934 to serve
an international readership with “interesting, informative, and well-written articles in the areas of music
librarianship, music bibliography and discography, the music trade, and on certain aspects of music history.”1 The
seven series include Correspondence and Subject Files; Editorial Staff Records; Drafts and Proofs; Final
Publications; Business Office; Advertising Manager; and Ephemera, Realia, and Publicity Materials. A list of notable
correspondents may be found in APPENDIX I, including composers, conductors, performers, musicologists,
theorists, critics, and other figures in the arts.
Series Outline

Series 1: Correspondence and Subject Files Page 5
Sub-Series 1: Notes Correspondence and Subject Files, 1943 – 1965 Page 6
Sub-Series 2: Notes Correspondence and Subject Files, 1944 – 1970 Page 48
Sub-Series 3: Miscellaneous Notes Files Page 71
Series 2: Editorial Staff Records Page 73
Series 3: Drafts and Proofs Page 93
Sub-Series 1: Notes, First and Second Series Page 95
Sub-Series 2: Installment Articles Page 99
Sub-Series 3: Notes Supplement for Members Page 100
Sub-Series 4: Index to Notes, Second Series Page 100
Sub-Series 5: Record Ratings Page 101
Series 4: Final Publications Page 102
Sub-Series 1: Notes, First Series Page 102
Sub-Series 2: Index to Notes, First and Second Series Page 103
Sub-Series 3: Notes Supplement for Members Page 104
Sub-Series 4: Notes, Second Series Page 105
Series 5: Business Office Page 106
Series 6: Advertising Manager Page 107
Series 7: Ephemera, Realia, and Publicity Materials Page 108

Appendix I: Notable Correspondents in Series 1 Page 109
Appendix II: Series 1 Cross-References for Individuals Page 110
Appendix III: Series 1 Cross-References for Institutions Page 122

1 “Notes, the Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association,” accessed 11 July 2016,
https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/?page=Notes.
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Historical Notes

The first series of Notes, 15 issues, was a joint printing effort among MLA member libraries. Notes was
mimeographed by Sibley Music Library at the Eastman School of Music, Grosvenor Library, Vassar College Music
Library, New York Public Library, Newberry Library, Boston Public Library, and Columbia University Libraries. The
third issue of Notes was the first to include contributed articles written by members; May de Forest Payne and
Albert Riemenschneider both submitted articles about the music of J.S. Bach.

As the contents and responsibilities of Notes grew, editorship was not possible as a solitary effort. Editor Charles
Warren Fox worked with two editorial boards during his tenure from 1941 – 1942. The 1941 Editorial Board
included Margaret M. Mott, Associate Editor; Louise Chapman; and Glen Haydon. Mott and Chapman remained on
the 1942 Editorial Board and Richard S. Hill replaced Glen Haydon.

Richard S. Hill became the third editor of Notes with his launch of the second series in November 1943. He was the
longest serving editor of the journal (1943 – 1960) and even paid for its publication from his personal funds when
MLA experienced financial hardship. In his will, he left funds to MLA to cover lingering Notes expenses. In an
Editor’s Note to his first issue, Hill describes what makes the second series different from the first, from the
printing format to the inclusion of paid advertisements.

Richard Hill’s undertaking required a staff of assistants like his predecessor Charles Warren Fox. Hill worked closely
with William Lichtenwanger, E. Lee Fairley, and Frank C. Campbell. Under Editor Hill, Notes had two tiers of
subscribers, MLA members and non-MLA members, as a way to boost income. From 1947 – 1964, Notes also
published the Supplement for Members as part of an aggressive campaign to increase circulation and combat rising
printing costs. The Supplement for Members included material about MLA chapters, meeting minutes, and
member lists. The year 1947 also began the era of Kurtz Myers writing and editing the Index of Record Reviews and
Lee Fairley editing the “Publications Received” section.

Richard Hill was an early connection between MLA and International Association of Music Libraries (IAML). Hill was
president of IAML from 1951 – 1955, and included reports of IAML meetings in Notes. A memorial fund was
established by MLA after Hill’s death in 1961.

List of Editors:
1934 – Eva Judd O’Meara
1941 – Charles Warren Fox
1943 – Richard S. Hill
1961 – William Lichtenwanger
1963 – Edward N. Waters
1966 – Harold E. Samuel
1971 – Frank C. Campbell
1974 – James W. Pruett (co-editor with Frank C. Campbell)
1975 – James W. Pruett
1977 – William M. McClellan
1987 – Michael Ochs
1992 – Daniel Zager
1997 – Richard Griscom
2000 – Linda Solow Blotner
2004 – James Cassaro
2010 – Jane Gottleib
2015 – Deborah Campana
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Arrangement Notes
Financial Records was originally conceived as Series 2. After re- appraisal in 2015, this series was omitted and the
records were arranged with the creators (i.e., Treasurer, Secretary-Treasurer, etc.). Series 2: Financial Records was
replaced with Series 2: Editorial Staff Records in 2017.

Series 1: Correspondence and Subject Files contains materials related to Series 2: Editorial Staff Records. Records
are arranged separately in order to reflect provenance and custodial history. Records in Series 1 were transferred
from the Library of Congress in 1982; records in Series 2 are submissions from MLA members to the University of
Maryland since 1982. The series are also separate because Series 1 is a closed date range of records and Series 2
includes ongoing accessions.

Provenance
Records in Series 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 were transferred from the Library of Congress to the University of Maryland in
1982.

Series 4, Sub-Series 4.1 includes documents transferred from the the Jacob M. Coopersmith Collection, Special
Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland, College Park. Series 4, Sub-Series 4.2 includes a donation
from Karen R. Little in 1995.

Records in Series 2 and 6 contain records transfers from MLA members to the University of Maryland since 1982.

Processing and Finding Aid Information
Melissa E. Wertheimer wrote the finding aid and three appendixes for Record Group VI from 2015 – 2018. In 2016
she completely processed Series 3: Drafts and Proofs and Series 7: Ephemera, Realia, and Publicity Materials.
Records in Series 1, 2, 4 – 7 are minimally processed; original enclosures remain unless severe deterioration of
enclosures or records was determined. Nicole Horstman and Vincent Novara provided the first wave of reappraisal
in 2013.

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Series 1: Correspondence and Subject Files

Inclusive Dates: 1932 – 1970, undated
Bulk Dates: 1943 – 1970
Extent: 16.78 linear feet

Scope and Contents:
Record Group VI, Series 1 contains a variety of records used by early Notes (second series) editors and staff. The
international business correspondence includes advertisement orders and artwork, subscription orders and
renewals, publishers’ solicitations for book and music reviews, press releases from publishers, Notes inquiries for
publication review copies, editors’ contribution invitations to individuals, annotated drafts of Notes articles, and
reference materials. The files seemed to have served many purposes over time, such as correspondence records,
business and financial records, and vertical files for individuals and subjects.

The creators of these sets of records were Notes editorial staff. Creators of documents in the sets of records
include MLA members, MLA board members, Notes staff, Notes contributors, music publishers and distributors,
book publishers and distributors, record companies, music organizations and journals, non-music publications and
organizations, private foundations, public and academic libraries, universities, museums, and private individuals.

Arrangement: Three sub-series: Notes Correspondence and Subject Files, 1943 – 1965; Notes Correspondence and
Subject Files, 1944 – 1970; Miscellaneous Notes Files.

Arrangement Notes:
Sub-Series 1.1 and 1.2 were accessioned as two complete alphabetical sets of records with related content and
creators. The longer date range of Sub-Series 1.2 is the primary distinction between the sets of records.

Records of Notes editorial staff after 1970 may be found in Series 2. Records in Series 2 are donations from MLA
members to the University of Maryland since 1982. Records are arranged separately from Series 1 in order to best
reflect provenance and custodial history.

Duplication of original folder headings exists across sub-series accessions. Because the creators inconsistently filed
documents under both individuals and the individuals’ institutional affiliations, a complete list of cross-references
across sub-series may be found in APPENDIX II and APPENDIX III.

Languages: English with additional materials in Italian, German, French, Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese.

Formats: Manuscripts, printed materials, photographs, negatives.

Processing Notes:
Galley proofs and annotated or hand-drawn advertisement proofs have been moved to VI.3.1. Files in Series 1 that
contain materials related to VI.3.1 remain in original order and include a cross-reference note. Drafts of
advertisement artwork are also noted but not cross-referenced.

Loose and misfiled documents have been re-incorporated into the original alphabetical arrangement. Folder
headings with misspelled names have been corrected and incorporated into the original alphabetical arrangement.

To improve research access, many original file headings have been expanded in order to include first names of
married women and the institutional affiliations of individuals when cross-references do not exist.

Folders appraised as containing unsubstantial documentation were deaccessioned in 2016.

Provenance: Transferred from the Library of Congress Music Division to the University of Maryland in 1982.
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Sub-Series 1.1: Notes Correspondence and Subject Files, 1943 – 1965
Inclusive Dates: 1943 – 1965, undated
Extent: 9.20 linear feet
Scope and Contents:
This sub-series contains business correspondence and subject files created and used by Notes editorial staff. Topics
of correspondence include placement of advertisements and solicitations to and by the Notes editorial staff for
articles and reviews. The following MLA and Notes affiliates created documents in these files: Richard S. Hill,
William Lichtenwanger, Edward N. Waters, George Henderson, Lee Fairley, Frank C. Campbell, Irving Lowens,
Violet Lowens, Donald Shapiro, Kurtz Meyers, Donald Leavitt, Minnie Elmer, Scott Goldthwaite, Charlotte H.
Villanyi, Dorothy Tilly, Mary Rogers, George Schneider, Harold Spivacke, and Catherine V. Nimitz.
Arrangement: Original order (alphabetical by subject or correspondent)
Processing Note: Folders appraised as containing unsubstantial documentation were deaccessioned in 2016.

Sub-Series Folder Inventory:

Box 1-MLA Accademia di Scienze Lettre e Arti di Modena 1951
Box 1-MLA Abbaye Solesmes 1960 – 1961
Box 1-MLA Adams, Crosby (Mrs.) 1947 – 1949
Box 1-MLA Jack Adams and Company 1951
Box 1-MLA Adler, F. Charles 1952 – 1953
Box 1-MLA Admiral Benbow Inn 1964
Box 1-MLA Ads 1963
Box 1-MLA Affiliated Musicians, Inc. 1953 – 1954
Box 1-MLA Fred Ahlert Music Corporation 1957
Box 1-MLA Aird, Don 1953
Box 1-MLA Akron Public Library 1947
Box 1-MLA Albersheim, Gerhard 1949 – 1950
Box 1-MLA Albrect, Hans 1954
Box 1-MLA Alessandro, Victor 1948
Box 1-MLA Allan, Alfred K. 1954
Box 1-MLA Allegro Records 1950 – 1951
Box 1-MLA Allaire, Gaston G. 1957, 1961
Box 1-MLA Allen, Jay 1944 – 1954
Box 1-MLA Allen, Reginald 1959 – 1960
Box 1-MLA Allen, Walter C. 1962
Box 1-MLA Allen, Warren D. 1944 – 1947
Box 1-MLA The Allen Press 1949
Box 1-MLA Allen, Towne and Heath, Inc. 1947 – 1949
Box 1-MLA Almquist and Wiksell Undated
Box 1-MLA Alpeg Editions 1959
Box 1-MLA Altec-Lansing Corporation 1947 – 1948
Box 1-MLA Altmann, Wilhelm 1949 – 1951
Box 1-MLA Am-Rus Music Corporation 1944
Box 1-MLA Amalthea Verlag 1948 – 1952
Box 1-MLA Amateur Songwriter Magazine 1953
Box 1-MLA American Academy of Arts and Letters 1952
Box 1-MLA American Antiquarian Society 1955 – 1959
Box 1-MLA American Association of University Women 1949
Box 1-MLA American Baptist Convention 1964
Box 1-MLA American Book Company 1949
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Box 1-MLA American Broadcasting Company, Inc. 1950
Box 1-MLA American Council for Emigrés in the Professions, Inc. 1960
Box 1-MLA American Friends of the Hebrew University 1952
Box 1-MLA American Legion Magazine 1955
Box 1-MLA American Library Association 1943 – 1963
Box 1-MLA American Library Service 1958
Box 1-MLA American Museum of Natural History 1951
Box 1-MLA American Music Company 1953
Box 1-MLA American Music Conference 1948 – 1949
Box 1-MLA American Music Teacher 1952
Box 1-MLA American Guild of Organists 1956
Box 1-MLA American Record Collectors’ Exchange 1949 – 1953
Box 1-MLA American Record Letter 1951, 1957
Box 1-MLA American Recorder Newsletter 1953, 1959
Box 1-MLA American Recorder Society 1947, 1956
Box 1-MLA American Record Sets Applications 1955
Box 1-MLA American-Scandinavian Foundation 1949 – 1953
Box 1-MLA American Symphony Orchestra League 1949
Box 1-MLA Amerika, Department of State 1949
Box 1-MLA Les Amis de la Musique 1952 – 1959
Box 1-MLA Andell Publishing Company 1957
Box 1-MLA Anderson, Davis and Platte, Inc. 1946 – 1947
Box 1-MLA Anderson, Emily 1948 – 1953
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Anderson, Garland 1962
Box 1-MLA Anderson, Marianne S. 1951 – 1953
Box 1-MLA Anderson, W.R. 1951
Box 1-MLA Andraud, Albert J. 1944
Box 1-MLA Andrews, James C. 1947 – 1949
Box 1-MLA Andriot, John L. 1947 – 1949
Box 1-MLA Angel Records Before 1970
Box 1-MLA Angell, Richard S. 1944 – 1946
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Angles, Higino 1949 – 1953
Box 1-MLA Ankudowich, Mrs. K. 1945, 1949
Box 1-MLA Antioch Bookplate Company 1946 – 1947
Box 1-MLA Antioch College 1947, 1952
Box 1-MLA Antiquarian Bookman 1960
Box 1-MLA Apel, Willi 1944 – 1964
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Appel, Richard G. 1952 – 1961
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Applebaum, Samuel 1955
Box 1-MLA Apollo Records, Inc. 1951
Box 1-MLA Arbatsky, Yury 1951 – 1957
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Archer, William H. 1957
Box 1-MLA Aria 1956, 1959
Box 1-MLA Arlt, Carl T. 1946
Box 1-MLA Art Publication Society 1950
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Box 1-MLA Artcraft Press 1949
Box 1-MLA Arto 1956
Box 1-MLA Arts, Inc. 1948 – 1949
Box 1-MLA Asch, Moe [Moses] 1957
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Associated Musicians, Inc. 1951 – 1955
Box 1-MLA Association of American Colleges 1945, circa 1948
Box 1-MLA Association of American Railroads 1954
Box 1-MLA Association of American University Presses 1957 – 1958
Box 1-MLA The Association of Research Libraries 1947 – 1948
Box 1-MLA Asow, M. van 1958
Box 1-MLA A Tempo Verlag 1951
Box 1-MLA Atlantic Records 1960
Box 1-MLA Andak Company, Inc. 1951
Box 1-MLA Audio Devices, Inc. 1949
Box 1-MLA Audiocom, Inc. 1959
Box 1-MLA Audiofile 1958
Box 1-MLA Augustana Book Concern 1949
Box 1-MLA Austrian Consulate General 1950
Box 1-MLA Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. 1960
Box 1-MLA N.W. Ayer and Son, Inc. 1948, 1950
Box 1-MLA Babbitt, Milton 1953 – 1962
Box 1-MLA Babin, Victor 1946, 1951
Box 1-MLA Babitz, Sol 1954, 1958
Box 1-MLA Bachem, J.P. 1952, 1955
Box 1-MLA Baer, Curtis O. 1957 – 1958
Box 1-MLA Bailey, Parker 1947 – 1952, undated
Box 1-MLA Bain, Wilfred C. 1948
Box 1-MLA Bainton, Roland H. 1949
Box 1-MLA Baker and Taylor Company 1952 – 1954
Box 1-MLA Bakish, David 1962
Box 1-MLA Baldwin Public Library 1963
Box 1-MLA Bales, Richard 1947 – 1952
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Ball State Teachers College 1958
Box 1-MLA Ballantine Books, Inc. 1953, 1955, undated
Box 1-MLA Barber, Stephanie 1950, undated
Box 1-MLA Barbour, Dr. J. Murray 1948 – 1964
Box 1-MLA Barcus, Thomas R. 1946
Box 1-MLA Bärentreiter-Verlag 1963
Box 1-MLA Barksdale, A. Beverly 1953
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Barlow, Robert 1955 – 1956
Box 1-MLA Barlow, Wayne 1951
Box 1-MLA A.S. Barnes and Company 1947 – 1951
Box 1-MLA M. Baron Company 1948 – 1953
Box 1-MLA Barrett, Herbert 1947, 1949
Box 1-MLA Bartha, Dénes 1964
Box 1-MLA Bartholomew, Wilmer T. 1954
Box 1-MLA Bartlett, Merle C. 1950, 1953
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NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Barry, H.D. 1962
Box 1-MLA Bartok Recording Studio 1950
Box 1-MLA Barzun, Jacques 1951 – 1960
Box 1-MLA Basart, Ann 1961
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Basart, Robert 1960 – 1961
Box 1-MLA Bassi, Stelio 1954
Box 1-MLA Bat-Kol 1960
Box 1-MLA Bate, Peggy G.H. 1949
Box 1-MLA Baton Music Company 1957 – 1960
Box 1-MLA Bauer, Marion 1948, 1952
Box 1-MLA Bauman, Alvin 1954 – 1955
Box 1-MLA Baxter, Martha Lee 1962
Box 1-MLA Beach, Earl 1954
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Beacon Electric Supply Company 1947
Box 1-MLA Beal, Edwin G. 1952
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Beaman, Constance 1953
Box 1-MLA Bechtle Verlag 1953
Box 1-MLA Beck, Blanche Winogron 1954
Box 1-MLA Beck, George T. 1952
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Beckett, Wheeler 1944
Box 1-MLA Beecher, Francis T. 1959
Box 1-MLA Beechhurst Press 1947
Box 1-MLA Beer, Richards, Lane and Haller 1949
Box 1-MLA Beethovenhaus Bonn 1952, 1957
Box 1-MLA Belknap, Mrs. S. Yancy 1947
Box 1-MLA Bellman Publishing Company 1953
Box 1-MLA Belwin Music Publishers 1957
Box 1-MLA Bencowitz, Captain Isaac 1946
Box 1-MLA Bendlin, Willi 1951
Box 1-MLA Benn, Ernest 1964
Box 1-MLA A.S. Bennett Associates, Inc. 1948
Box 1-MLA Bennett, Wilma 1947
Box 1-MLA Benton and Bowles 1945
Box 1-MLA Pierre Berès, Inc. 1947 – 1952
Box 1-MLA Berger, Kenneth 1961
Box 1-MLA Bergquist, Mr. C. Hilding 1961
Box 1-MLA Berio, Mrs. Luciano [Cathy Berberian] 1955
Box 1-MLA Berkovits, George 1951
Box 1-MLA Irving Berlin Music Corporation 1957
Box 1-MLA Berliner Music Shop 1944, 1951
Box 1-MLA Berman, Joel 1959 – 1960
NOTE: contains documents related to VI.3.1
Box 1-MLA Bermuda Library 1953
Box 1-MLA Konservatorium für Musik Bonn 1959
Box 1-MLA Bernache, Leo 1953
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Box 1-MLA Bernard, Robert 1947, 1949
Box 1-MLA Bernardi, Marzino 1953
Box 1-MLA Bernstein, Martin 1947, 1955
Box 1-MLA Berri, Pietro 1959 – 1964
Box 1-MLA Berry, Ray 1949
Box 1-MLA Berry, Wallace 1960, 1962
Box 1-MLA Beveridge, Lowell P. 1944 – 1956
Box 1-MLA Biamonti, Giovanni 1954
Box 1-MLA Bibliofilm 1956
Box 1-MLA Bibliographical Center for Research 1958
Box 1-MLA Bibliographical Society of America 1952 – 1953, undated
Box 1-MLA Bibliographical Society of England 1949
Box 1-MLA Biblioteca Central 1957
Box 1-MLA Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea 1958
Box 1-MLA Biblioteca Conservatorio G. Verdi 1947
Box 1-MLA Biblioteca Musicale 1947
Box 1-MLA Bibliothèque Nationale 1950 – 1962
Box 1-MLA The Billboard 1947 – 1950
Box 1-MLA Binzer, Hans 1955 – 1957
Box 1-MLA Birge, John Kingsley 1950
Box 1-MLA Birke, Joachim 1958
Box 1-MLA H. Bittner and Company 1946 – 1948
Box 1-MLA Black, Helen 1946
Box 1-MLA Blackburn, Margaret 1945
Box 1-MLA Blackwell’s Music Shop 1959, 1962
Box 1-MLA Blake, R.E., Jr. 1951 – 1952
Box 1-MLA Blakiston Company 1951
Box 1-MLA Blanck, Jacob 1950 – 1964
Box 1-MLA Bleecker, Ruth 1963
Box 1-MLA Bleefield, Charles 1953
Box 1-MLA Bleier and Weiss 1954 – 1955
Box 1-MLA Blesh, Rudi 1948 – 1951
Box 1-MLA Blind, E.E. 1951
Box 1-MLA Bloch Publishing Company 1952
Box 1-MLA Bloch, Suzanne 1959 – 1960
Box 1-MLA Blom, Eric 1947 – 1948
Box 1-MLA Blum, Fred 1959
Box 1-MLA Blume, Friedrich 1948 – 1953
Box 1-MLA Blumenfeld, Harold 1949 – 1957
Box 1-MLA Bockhandel, Ge Nabrinks 1947
Box 1-MLA Boelke, Walter R. 1948 – 1958
Box 1-MLA Boepple, Paul 1950
Box 1-MLA Böhlaus Nachfolger, Hermann 1955, 1962
Box 1-MLA Boeringer, James 1957
Box 1-MLA Bolmer, Barbara 1947
Box 1-MLA Bomart Music Publishers, Inc. 1948 – 1954
Box 1-MLA Bomgardner, Esther M. 1951
Box 1-MLA Boni and Gaer, Inc. 1947, 1952
Box 1-MLA Albert Bonnier Publishing House 1947
Box 1-MLA Bonpensiere, Mrs. Luigi [Maria] 1953
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