Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical Notes
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Frederick Zech Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1858-1926
Collection number: ARCHIVES ZECH 1
Creator:
Zech, Frederick, 1858-1926
Extent: Number of containers: 10 boxes
Repository: The
Music Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Donor:
Gift from Mrs. Juanita Benson, San Francisco, on February 16, 1984.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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], Frederick Zech collection, ARCHIVES ZECH 1, The Music Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Biographical Notes
Frederick Zech, born in Philadelphia, spent most of his career in the San Francisco Bay
Area.
Scope and Content
The collection includes (Boxes 2-10) both scores, and instrumental and voice parts, for a
wide variety of compositions. In addition (Box 1) there is found a photograph and
biographical sketch of Mr. Zech by Oliver Hyde, a large scrapbook of programs, music
reviews, and related articles, and a small scrapbook of newspaper reviews.
Remarks: The correspondence of Frederick has been deposited with the California
Historical Society, San Francisco, by Mrs. Benson.