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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 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 1	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 5	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 6	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 6	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 7	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 7	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 8	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 8	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 9	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 9	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 10	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 10	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 11	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 11	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 12	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 12	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 13	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 13	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 14	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 14	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 15	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 15	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 16	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 16	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 17	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 17	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 18	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 18	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 19	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 19	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 20	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 12-12 box 20	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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