Eva J. O'Meara

With Vivian Perlis and Brooks Shepard

New Haven, CT

June, 1969

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a                                                                                                                         pp. 1-13

O'Meara becomes music librarian--foundation of the Music Library Association--Dr. Kinkeldey--officers elected--Notes is conceived--Notes and Queries column--expansion of the Music Library Association--Newberry Library--Carleton Smith pursues private collectors--evolution and organization of the M.L.A.--Dr. Dickinson--Barbara Duncan, the Sibley Library, its rivalry with Yale for rare items--Dr. Kinkeldey aims for a working library.

Side b                                                                                                                        pp. 13-27

Otto Albrecht--Dick Hill research--University policy with respect to rare materials--Brooks Shepard joins the M.L.A.--Dick Hill's contribution to the M.L.A.--financial support for Notes--indexing--journals--problems of library cataloguing efforts--dating music by plate number--collation rules--card catalogue.

Side c                                                                                                                         pp. 27-38

Joel Sumner Smith--necessity of studying abroad--Ives--Parker--his political problems with the University--the Music School is not respectable in the University--Ives and David Smith--Ives at Yale College.

Recollections                                                                                                            pp. 39-42

[Typewritten addition to transcript] Job as music librarian--acquisitions--Horatio Parker--famous students--Grippen donation--dealing with new technology--Paul Hindemith--retiring.