Administrative Information
Provenance
In 1959 the Summy-Birchard Company of Evanston, Illinois purchased the Arthur P. Schmidt Publishing Company. Later in that year, David Sengstack, president of the Summy-Birchard Company, donated the music manuscripts, correspondence, and selected business and financial records of the Arthur P. Schmidt Publishing Company to the Library of Congress. A number of letters that had been written to the Schmidt Company were acquired by the Library in 1957.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The A. P. Schmidt Company Archives was processed by Timothy Bullard, Cheryl Dempsey, Michael Ferrando, William Nelson, Robert Saladini, Wayne Shirley, Albert Tucker, Claudia Widgery and Jay Kinloch. George Kipper did additional processing-related activities; and revised, edited and coded the finding aid for EAD format in 2016.
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/.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], A. P. Schmidt Company Archives, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.