Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Henry Cowell transferred records from the Music Distritubiton Project office at the New School for Social Research to the Library of Congress in 1943. The remaining records were created at the Library of Congress as part of the American Music Libraries Loan Project and retained in the Music Division's archives.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
Jane Cross and Rachel McNellis processed the American Music Loan Libraries Project Records in 2021. Cross and Anthony Edwards coded the finding aid in 2021.
Related Material
The Seeger Family Collection contains writings and correspondence regarding Inter-American music topics during the 1940s. Tours by Aaron Copland and the American Ballet Caravan to Latin America in 1941 were sponsored by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
Other Repositories
More information about the American Music Loan Libraries Project may be found at the National Archives and Records Administration in Record Group 229, Records of the Office of Inter-American Affairs, in the Nelson A. Rockefeller Papers at the Rockefeller Archive Center in New York, and in the Gilbert Chase Papers at New York Public Library.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container or reel or digital ID number], American Music Loan Libraries Project Records, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.