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1. John Broven Collection, 1942-2014

   approximately 39,638 items. 115 containers. 47.57 linear feet. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Blues historian. Business files, correspondence, and research gives insight into the operations of Ace Records and the history of blues music.

2. Society for American Music records, 1971-2001

   approximately 40,000 items. 114 containers. 49 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Society for American Music, an educational organization founded in 1975 by a group of American music enthusiasts, is dedicated to promoting the study, teaching, creation, and dissemination of music in the Americas. The society was originally named in honor of American musicologist, librarian, and editor Oscar G. T. Sonneck (1873-1928), the first critical scholar and bibliographer of American music, and first chief of the music division of the Library of Congress. The records range from the founding of the society to 1999, when it changed its name to the Society for American Music. Materials include correspondence, minutes, reports, memorandums, conference materials, bylaws, handbooks, committee records, publicity and promotional materials, financial papers, materials related to its publications American Music and Sonneck Society Bulletin, photographs, and realia.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

3. Phonolog Serial Collection, 1948-2003

   approximately 121,450 items. 347 containers. 145.7 linear feet. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Musical reference guide. The collection contains a nearly complete breadth of all weekly and annual reports and newsletters.