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Preliminary Inventory of the Records pertaining to The history of music in San Francisco series, 1939-1942
ARCHIVES WPA HIST 1
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Description
Collection of archival materials pertaining to the published and unpublished volumes in
the series.
Background
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.
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in
writing to the Head of the Music Library.
Availability
Collection is open for research.