Music recordings, scores, and related personal items (especially correspondence) are a valuable source of research and inspiration for music scholars, musicians, and historians. Everything from audio and video recordings, films, and photographs, to letters and printed emails, manuscripts, memos and concert notices—all of these items may be valuable for research. If you are concerned about the placement of documents representing your life’s work, please contact us. We have organized, processed, and placed collections for composers and other artists in many internationally-known institutions, including the New York Public Library, the New York University libraries, the Juilliard School libraries, U.C.L.A. libraries, Northwestern University Special Collections, the Bibliotheque Nationale, the Milken Archive, the American Jewish Historical Society, and many others. We will arrange for appraisal of your materials and answer questions about this important process.

Many artists have arranged for their materials to be placed long before their elderly years, because it is the best way to ensure that the processing will be done correctly, questions can be answered, and probably because they want to make some space in their homes, garages, and basements! Don’t let items go unmarked, undated, left to damp basements, or worse, left to your family to sort without your input. We have a guide sheet to help you process your own materials, if you wish, making your collection more desirable and valuable to a University or other prestigious institution.

We also believe that all of your copyrights should be renewed as required for the maximum protection under U.S. law. For works created prior to 1978, this involves some research and paperwork.

Give it some thought. Call or email if you would like more information.