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National Resources Commiitee 



The chief objects of the Division of Maps of the Li- 

 brary of Congress are to render geograpliical service 

 to Members of Congress, to the executive and judi- 

 cial departments of the Government, to serious inves- 

 tigators who come to tlie Library, and to the public in 

 all parts of the United States through correspondence. 



Two comprehensive atlases recently compiled 

 through use of the map collection of the Librarj* of 

 Congress are Paullin and Wright's "Atlas of the His- 

 torical Geography of the United States," and "The 

 George Wasliington Atlas." 



The Division of Music 



The collections of the Division of Music number 

 1,168,584 pieces and volumes of music and are among 

 the most comprehensive in the world. The material 

 received by copyright is extended by gift and purchase 

 to include a substantially complete representation of 

 world production, together with a representative and 

 increasingly important collection of rarissima — the 

 holographs of the great musicians and the manuscripL 

 sources of early musical history. Closely related to 

 this holograph and manuscript material are the numer- 

 ous autograph letters of famous musicians, many of 

 them still unpublished. In addition, the Division ad- 

 ministers one of the world's largest collections of opera 

 librettos (some 20,000) and scores (about 3,000 pieces). 

 Important special collections include: 



The Coolidge Foundation Collection (1925- ). — A most 

 valuable collection of musical manuscripts of modern composers, 

 largely acquired by presentation from Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague 

 Coolidge, although some of the items have resulted from com- 

 missions issued by the Foundation. Additions are constantly 

 being made to this collection. 



The Albert Schatz Collection (1909).— More than 12,000 

 librettos, including about 500 17th century and more than 

 4,000 ISth century items, augmented (1911) by Schatz's corre- 

 spondence, statistics, etc. 



The Charles Martin Loeffler Collection (1937).— A vast quan- 

 tity of Loeffler's manuscripts and correspondence bequeathed 

 to the Library of Congress by the Eliza Fay Loeffler estate 

 This material, together with other holographs of the com- 

 poser which had been given by Mrs. Loeffler and G. Schirmer, 

 Inc., forms a practically complete collection of Loeffler manu- 

 scripts. 



The Victor Herbert Collection (1935).— Nearly all the avail- 

 able holographs of Victor Herbert, deposited in the Library of 

 Congress by the composer's daughter, Mrs. Robert Bartlett; 

 supplemented by gifts from G. Schirmer, Inc., and the Na- 

 tional Federation of Music Club.s. 



The Ernest Bloch Collection (1925-30).— A valuable addition 

 to the Library of Congress, this consists of several large pack- 

 ages of holographs, criticisms, scrapbooks, etc. (at present re- 

 .stricted) presented to and deposited in the Library by the 

 composer. The Bloch holographs have been augmented by 

 gifts from Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge and G. Schirmer, 

 Inc. 



Templeton Strong Collection (1930).— Holograph scores and 

 letters of Edward MacDowell and Templeton Strong. 



The Martorell Collection (1910).— About 1,300 full scores of 

 opera arias of the ISth century, but including also nearly 30 

 complete opera scores. 



Oscar G. Sonneck Collection (1929). — 1,422 pieces, the private 

 library of Oscar G. Sonneck. 



Weckerlin Collection (part) (1910). — French folk songs. 



Americana Collection. — A very large and important collection 

 of music published in this country before 1860, acquired by 

 copyright (deposits in the District Courts), purchase, gift, etc. 

 This material offers an unexcelled source for tracing early mu- 

 sical activities In the United States. 



The Archive of American Folk-Song has a collection 

 of upwards of a thousand records of American (United 

 States, Mexico, etc.) foUv songs, each record contain- 

 ing from 2 to 12 songs, recorded from the actual ren- 

 ditions of folk singers by Mr. John A. Lomax and his 

 son, Alan Lomax, under a subvention of the Carnegie 

 Corporation of New York. 



In addition, it may be remarked that the funds and 

 apparatus placed at the disposal of the Division of 

 Music by the Coolidge and 'Wliittall Foundations, 

 though aiming primarily at the production of music, 

 j^et by their very function enable the assemblage of 

 materials for research, often of the most distinguished 

 kind. 



Coolidge Foundation (Mrs. Frederic Shurtleflf Cool- 

 idge) — Its purposes — 



(1) To develop a study of composition and appreciation of 

 music. 



(2) To establish and conduct periodic festival or festivals 

 of music. 



(3) To give concerts. 



(4) To offer and award prizes for any original composition 

 performed for the first time at any festival or concert given 

 under auspices of Library of Congress. 



(5) To further purpo.ses of musicology through the Music 

 Division of the Library of Congress. 



(6) To promote the art of music. 



The gifts of original scores by Mrs. Coolidge and the 

 transference by her of the Berkshire Festival under 

 governmental auspices was really a recognition by the 

 Government of music as one of the fine arts entitled to 

 its concern and encouragement. 



The gift by Mrs. Coolidge of an Auditorium of 

 Chamber Music almost unique in its nature (as fi'om an 

 individual to provide physical resources for the Fed- 

 eral Government) is significant. The choice of cham- 

 ber music is significant because in this form music finds 

 its pm-est and noblest expression. The promotion of 

 new compositions will stimulate the creation of new 

 forms of which some may be tentative and ephemeral, 

 some will prove of permanent beauty and value. The 

 provision for recitals will enable these to find a hearing. 



The Coolidge gift and endowment are consistent 

 with the scheme and policy of the Library as an 

 agency of the Federal Government, which is not to 

 duplicate local or ordinary effort, nor to supplant it 



