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Arts
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Archives of American Art (AAA) 
 This site presents detailed descriptions of "roughly 16 million letters, diaries, sketches and sketchbooks, photographs, exhibition catalogs, scrapbooks, business records, art periodicals, and other documents" from the Smithsonian's many collections. The finding aids and catalog allow visitors to see exactly what's in the collection. An email reference service provides extended help. http://www.aaa.si.edu/ Topics: Archives, Art by Region, Artists, Correspondence, History, Libraries & Archives by Type, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jun 6, 2007 Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS-NA)
Includes organizational information; events; job postings for "art librarians, visual resources professionals, and related positions"; online publications; a discussion list; and related Web sites. http://www.arlisna.org/ Topics: Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type, Regions of the World Last updated Apr 25, 2004 Beautiful Birds: Masterpieces From the Hill Ornithology Collection, Cornell University Library
This site "traces the development of ornithological illustration in the 18th and 19th centuries and highlights the changing techniques — from metal and wood engraving to chromolithography — during that period." Includes an exhibition, timeline of artists and authors, a guide to the ornithological collections at Cornell University libraries, and a bibliography. Searchable. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ornithology/ Topics: Animals, Libraries & Archives by Type, Literature & Books, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated May 5, 2005 Directory of Music Collections in the Pacific Northwest
This directory lists music collections at all types of libraries in Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington state. Listings include hours, contacts, holdings, circulation and interlibrary loan policies, and other details about services and facilities. Browse by region, subject (such as musical instruments and hymnals), online catalog providers, type of institution, or institution or personal name. From the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Music Library Association. http://www.lib.washington.edu/msd/music_directory/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Music Last updated Mar 27, 2006 Indiana University Sheet Music
"This web site allows you to search some of the holdings from the Lilly Library's approximately 150,000 pieces of sheet music, including those for which there are digitized images available." One can browse by composer, lyricist, arranger, or title; or use the search engine to find digitized music only, and search by publisher, subject, year, and other factors. Includes records for music published back to the early 1800s. From the Indiana University Digital Library Program. http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/web/s/sheetmusic/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Feb 2, 2005 International Dada Archive
This site provides information on the resources and services of the International Dada Archive at the University of Iowa Libraries. The site features a searchable online Dada bibliography, and scanned images of Dada periodicals, books, pamphlets, and ephemera. It also includes an essay about the historic Dada artistic movement and links to additional information about individual Dada writers and artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, and Man Ray. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Nonfiction by Genre, Schools of Art Last updated Jul 28, 2003 International Directory of Art Libraries
A searchable directory of "nearly 3,000 libraries and library departments with specialized holdings in art, architecture, and archaeology throughout the world." Entries include address, telephone, fax, size of collection, email, and website address if available. From the Section of Art Libraries, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). http://artlibrary.vassar.edu/ifla-idal/ Topics: Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Jul 8, 2005 The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music
This collection spans the years 1780 to 1960, but its strength is 19th and early 20th-century American popular music. Thousands of pieces of music are searchable by keyword or browsed by box number or cover art. Information includes title; composer; lyricist; arranger; publication; instrumentation; first line; first line of chorus; dedicatee; artist; and subject. Part of Special Collections at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of The Johns Hopkins University. http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Music, Musical Genres Last updated Sep 30, 2006 Music Library Association (MLA) Clearinghouse
Documents of interest to music librarians. Includes directory of music publishers. http://www.music.indiana.edu/tech_s/mla/index.htm Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Feb 18, 2006 Northwest Archivists
Website for "a regional association of professional archivists, users of archives, and others interested in the preservation and use of archival materials in the Pacific Northwest United States, including Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington." Features job listings, events, continuing education opportunities, scholarships, and organization bylaws, procedure manual, and other documents. http://www.lib.washington.edu/nwa/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Mar 27, 2006 Sheet Music Collections
This site provides access to several sheet music databases and collections available through libraries and archives. All links are to pages that are accessible to and searchable by the public, and helpful annotations to the collections are provided. From the Music Library and Media Center at Duke University. http://library.duke.edu/music/sheetmusic/collections.html Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Music Last updated Feb 17, 2007 SIBMAS: International Dictionary of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
A listing of "over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime). Not only basic information about the institution is provided, but also information about the collections which are to be found within the institutions." Browse alphabetically by name, in both original language and English; by collection; or location. From the Société Internationale des Bibliothèques et des Musées des Arts du Spectacle (SIBMAS). http://www.sibmas.org/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Museums, Performing Arts Last updated Jun 3, 2005 Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century
Materials from the Chautauqua circuit, an early 20th-century traveling show that featured "lecturers, teachers, preachers, statesmen and politicians, actors, singers and opera stars, glee clubs and concert companies, magicians, whistlers and other performers." Features thousands of "publicity brochures, promotional advertisements and flyers." Includes a bibliography, and link to essay "What Was Chautauqua?" From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/chautauqua/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, United States History Last updated May 7, 2006 |
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