Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Leonard B. Smith papers, 1859-2001 |
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Span Dates | 1859-2001 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1920-1980) |
Call No. | ML31.S63 |
Creator | Leonard B. Smith |
Extent | approximately 202,260 items |
Extent | 739 containers |
Extent | 9 mapcase folders |
Extent | 301 linear feet |
Language | Collection material chiefly 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.mu020004 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2006568231 |
Summary | Leonard B. Smith (1915-2002) was an American cornetist, concert band conductor, and band music publisher. Smith is primarily known as the leader of the Detroit Concert Band (1946- circa 1990), and the approximately 3,200 titles in the concert band library comprise the largest portion of the collection. Also included is a portion of the Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra music library, method books, chamber music, cornet and trumpet solos, clippings, correspondence, photographs, programs, and writings. |