Arts and Special Collections Research Center
The Arts and Special Collections Research Center holds over 80,000 unique items of interest to Vocal Music Scholars. This includes:
- The Spencer Sheet Music Collection of popular music of the 19th and early 20th centuries
- Medieval manuscripts like those in the Jennings Collection
- Extensive hymnal collections
- Thousands of Black Gospel recordings from the Golden Age of Gospel from the Black Gospel Archive
- and more!
Explore
Start your exploration of our music special collections here.
Find and Access
Special Collections materials can be discovered in OneSearch. Materials in the Special Collections will display a status of "By Appointment Only." Once you have identified an item or items that you would like to use, please use the Request a Visit form.
Digitized items from the special collections can be searched in our Digital Collections here.
