Custodial History
After Harold Spivacke's death in 1977, Mrs. Spivacke donated materials to the Library of Congress. In 1978, she gave a violin bow made for Fritz Kreisler by W. E. Hill & Sons of London, which now is part of the musical instruments collections in the Music Division. She gave additional items in 1979, including twenty-six shellac disc recordings, mostly of ethnic music, which now reside in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, and three pen and ink sketches of floral arrangements by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, signed and dated 1898, which are part of the Music Division's Harold Spivacke Collection.
In 1982, Mrs. Spivacke established the Rose Marie and Harold Spivacke Fund Collection in the Music Division at the Library of Congress. The purpose of this endowment is to assist the Library with the acquisition of books, manuscripts, and other materials for the collections of the Music Division.
Harold Spivacke's 1929 passport was a gift from Robinson's Thrift Shop and added to the Harold Spivacke Collection in 1987.
During Mr. Spivacke's tenure as chief of the Library of Congress Music Division, he donated an assortment of music manuscripts and printed scores, which were catalogued and made part of the general collections; sound recordings, which are housed in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division; and other printed material.