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Call number
JPB 87-65
Physical description
ca. 100 items in 2 boxes
Preferred Citation
Photographs of G. Schirmer, Inc, Music Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Music Division
Access to materials
Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials

G. Schirmer, Inc., music publisher in New York City, has had the following addresses: 1866-1880, 701 Broadway; 1880-1910, 35 Union Square; 1910-1960, 3 E. 43rd St.; after 1960, 609 Fifth Ave. with retail store at 4 E. 49th St.; 1973, executive offices moved to 866 Third Ave. 46 photographs of exterior and interior views of G. Schirmer, Inc., chiefly at 3 E. 43rd St., portraits of Gustav Schirmer (1829-1893), Hans Heinsheimer, Rudolph Schirmer, Stanley Adams (president of ASCAP) and composers and others associated with the company; 1 drawing and 1 clipping containing architectural drawing. Includes duplicates of many photographs and some negatives.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

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Using the collection

Location

Music Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Access to materials

Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials