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Card Catalogs in the Yale Music Library
- 1. Manuscripts--Single manuscripts held by the Music Library
Catalog 1, beginnings to 1972 (1 drawer):
- > Includes most of the Lowell Mason Library manuscripts
Manuscripts Catalog 2, from 1973 to 1980 (5 drawers)
- 2. Microfilm cataloged before 1981, split into two files:
- Editions
- Collections: This catalog preserves the old filing arrangement for European manuscripts by city, library name, and shelfmark: e.g., Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, fonds francais 8221.
Composers, titles, and subject headings
Performers
- > Catalog 1: 1952 to 1972
- > Catalog 2, for the Recordings Library: 1973 to 1980
Please Note: There are no public catalogs for recordings in the Historical Sound Recordings Collection. Please consult Mark Bailey, from HSR.
- 4. Old Card Catalog 1: Books and scores, now cataloged in Orbis. Some analytics for titles in sets appear in this catalog that were not reproduced in Orbis.