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ASCAP archives

Title: ASCAP archives, 1914-1986 (bulk 1930s-1986).
Author: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 79	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 79	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 78	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 78	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 77	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 77	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 76	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 76	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 75	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 75	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 74	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 74	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 73	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 73	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 72	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 72	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 71	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 71	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 70	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 70	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 69	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 69	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 68	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 68	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 67	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 67	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 66	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 66	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 65	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 65	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 64	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 64	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 63	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 63	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 62	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 62	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 61	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 61	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 60	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 60	Offsite

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Description

32.84 linear feet (79 boxes)

Summary

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is an organization of more than 420,000 artists that protects the copyrights of its members. The ASCAP records represent a portion of the artists who joined the society from the 1930s to the mid-1980s. Many notable recording artists are represented from vaudeville to rock music. The files hold articles, biographical data sheets, broadsides, film strips, memorandum, obituary notices, photographs and photograph negatives,performance brochures, publicity and sheet music.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Black-white-negatives.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Filmstrips.
Photographs.
Printed ephemera.

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required. Inquiries regarding audio and visual materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (rha@nypl.org). Audio and visual materials may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.

Terms of Use (note)

For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Source (note)

Donated by ASCAP, 1986.

Call Number

JPB 12-12

OCLC

884591435

Author

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Title

ASCAP archives, 1914-1986 (bulk 1930s-1986).

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required. Inquiries regarding audio and visual materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (rha@nypl.org). Audio and visual materials may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.

Terms Of Use

For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Source

Donated by ASCAP, 1986.

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Occupation

Actors.

Authors.

Composers.

Musicians.

Research Call Number

JPB 12-12

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