Collection Information
Collection
James W. Hall papers and facsimiles related to American tunebooks
Location
Unknown location as of 2015. May be in University Press Building. Formerly listed as located on “West wall of Music Library, on top of LP shelving”
Provenance
Gift of James W. Hall, chancellor emeritus, Antioch University
When Acquired
May 2002
Description
Facsimiles of tunebooks and other publications about music from the period, assembled by Hall while researching his dissertation “The Tunebook in American Culture 1800-1820”, (Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1967). The dissertation serves as a continuation of a bibliography of American tunebooks compiled by Allan P. Britton for the period from 1780-1800.
Arrangment
Unprocessed
Access/Finding Aids/Bibliography
Unfortunately, no list exists of materials; correspondence may be found in the Collections files.*
*Collections file is missing as of February 2015.