Sheet Music Collection
Scope and Contents
This is an artificial collection created to provide ease of access to original and photocopied sheet music that pertains to Iowa, Davenport, or the Quad-Cities, was composed by or connected to a local citizen, or sold in a local music store.
Dates
- Creation: various
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials are available for use in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center only.
Request permission before copying materials.
Personal digital cameras and scanners are allowed in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center on a case-by-case basis. The items that a researcher may want to scan or photograph must be examined and evaluated for physical condition, copyright issues, and donor restrictions by staff.
Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Extent
1.17 Linear Feet (in 1 oversize flat box and 1 2.5" letter manuscript box.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The music is arranged first based on size, then by accession number.
Physical Location
Range 33 Section 09 Box 1: Oversized Selections
Range 33 Section 09 Box 2: Letter size or smaller Selections
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository
321 Main Street
Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States
specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com