About
Connecting the Dots: Henry and Sidney Cowell Writings in the Music Library Association Archives is an online exhibit of archival materials from the Music Library Association. The collection is housed at Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library at the University of Maryland, College Park. The Music Library Association (MLA) was founded in 1931 and has an international membership of librarians, musicians, scholars, educators, and members of the book and music trades. In 2011, MLA became the U.S. branch of the International Association for Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML).
Exhibit Banner: Detail of letter envelope, circa 1940s. Original size: 24.1 cm x 10.5 cm.
Exhibit Curator: Melissa E. Wertheimer, MLA Archivist
UMD iSchool Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael J. Kurtz
Curator of SCPA: Vincent J. Novara
Special thanks to the following staff members of the UMD Libraries for their assistance with this project: Cindy Zhao, David Durden, and John Davis.
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Special Collections in Performing Arts is located in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library on University of Maryland’s College Park campus.