A.P. Schmidt Company Archives, 1869-1958

Music manuscripts from the A.P. Schmidt Company Archives. "Arthur Paul Schmidt (1846-1921) was a German-born music publisher who pioneered the development and dissemination of American music. The A.P. Schmidt Company Archives documents his firm's publishing activities in Boston, Leipzig and New York, beginning with his tenure...until the firm was absorbed by Summy-Birchard in 1960. The Archive consists of the original manuscripts from which the music was printed, printed music, personal and corporate correspondence, photographs (primarily composers/arrangers), business records, plate books, publication books, stock and cash books. The collection is particularly rich in music manuscripts by women." Maintained by the Library of Congress.