Administrative Information
Provenance
Purchase; Martha Merz; 2009.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The materials comprising the Benjamin Garber Papers were inventoried by Elizabeth Aldrich in 2009. In 2019, Hannah Reynolds processed the collection and coded the finding aid for EAD format in 2019.
Transfers
Seven audiocassette recordings from the Benjamin Garber Papers were transferred to the Motion picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound division (MBRS) in 2021, where they are identified as part of the Benjamin Garber Papers Collection (MAVIS collection no. 17453). An inventory of this material is available in the Music Division’s collection file.
Related Material
The Library of Congress Music Division holds many major collections that, like the Benjamin Garber Papers, document the life and career of American modern dance pioneer Martha Graham. These include the Aaron Copland Collection ; Armgard von Bardeleben Papers ; Collection of Letters from Martha Graham to Evelyn Sabin ; Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation Collection ; Erick Hawkins and Lucia Dlugoszewski Papers ; Ethel Winter and Charles Hyman Papers ; Jane Dudley Papers ; Helen McGehee and Umaña Papers ; Herta Moselsio Photographs of Martha Graham's Lamentation ; Martha Graham Collection ; Martha Graham Legacy Archive ; May O’Donnell Papers ; Miriam Cole Papers ; Music Division, Old Correspondence Files; Pearl Lang Papers ; Sophie Maslow Papers ; Victoria Phillips Collection ; Yuriko and Susan Kikuchi Papers , among other special collections and sets of correspondence.
Electronic Files
Seven 3.5-inch floppy diskettes and 41 digital files on optical discs, containing materials dated through 2009, were received as part of the Benjamin Garber Papers. Consult reference staff in the Performing Arts Reading Room, Music Division, for more information.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Benjamin Garber Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.