Records pertaining to The history of music in San Francisco Series, 1939-1942

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Records Pertaining to The History of Music in San Francisco Series,
Dates:
1939-1942
Creators:
History of Music Project
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Records pertaining to The history of music in San Francisco series, ARCHIVES WPA HIST 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of archival materials pertaining to the published and unpublished volumes in the series.

Biographical / historical:

A project under the sponsorship of the WPA Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in Northern California, the individual volumes were edited for publication by Cornel Lengyel. Seven volumes were in fact published, but the project ceased with the outbreak of World War II.

Custodial history:

Northern California Writers' Program to the Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley about 1943.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Physical description:
Number of containers: 2 boxes

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by The Music Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying. Date of source: Unknown.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Music Library.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Records pertaining to The history of music in San Francisco series, ARCHIVES WPA HIST 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
(510) 642-2623