A.P. Schmidt Company archives, 1869-1958

Collection Summary

Title	A.P. Schmidt Company archives, 1869-1958
Span Dates	1869-1958
Bulk Dates	(bulk 1891-1951)
Call No.	ML31.A2
Creator	A.P. Schmidt Company
Extent	34,775 items
Extent	514 containers
Extent	280 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu017004
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2006577426
Summary	Arthur Paul Schmidt (1846-1921) was a German-born music publisher who pioneered the development and dissemination of American music. The A.P. Schmidt Company Archives documents his firm's publishing activites in Boston, Leipzig and New York, beginning with his tenure, through his successors, and until the firm was absorbed by Summy-Birchard in 1960. The Archives consists of the original manuscripts from which the music was printed, printed music, personal and corporate correspondence, photographs (primarily composers/arrangers), business records, plate books, publication books, stock and cash books.
Online Content	Music manuscripts from the A. P. Schmidt Company Archives are available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://www.loc.gov/collections/a-p-schmidt-collection/.