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Sam Raphling scores

 Collection
Identifier: Raphling

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  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

Contains manuscripts, copies, and published scores of Raphling’s compositions.

Dates

  • 1945 - 2013
  • Other: Majority of material found within 1945 - 1988
  • Other: Date acquired: 02/12/1991

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is stored off-site and requires two business days advance notice for retrieval. Please contact the McCormick Library at specialcollections@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3635 for more information or to schedule an appointment to view the collection.

Extent

90.00 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Contains manuscripts, copies, and published scores by American composer and pianist Sam Raphling (1910-1988).

Arrangement Note

Arranged alphabetically.

Source of Acquisition

Irving Abrams

Method of Acquisition

Gift of Irving Abrams.

Accruals and Additions

Received first shipment of compositions on Dec. 2, 1991 with continuing shipments through 1996.

Additional material received from Kenneth Nielsen in 2014.

Processing Information

Finding aid written by Ruth Young, 2014; revised by Morris S. Levy.

Processing Information

Oversize scores which were designated with regular box and folder numbers but housed separately in oversized pocket folders have been added to newly created Boxes 91 and 92 and their numbers reassigned. A note indicating the former Box/Folder designation has been added to each item.

The following Box/Folder numbers no longer exist in the collection in favor of the new arrangement: 19/3, 23/10, 27/3, 43/11, 51/12, 55/13, 55/8, 59/1, 60/3.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Sam Raphling music scores
Status
Completed
Author
Ruth Young; revised by Morris S. Levy
Date
03/10/2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Library Details

Library Details

Part of the Music Library Repository

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