A. P. Schmidt Company Archives Guides to Special Collections in the Music Division of the Library of Congress Music Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 1994 Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu017004 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2006577426 Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress Collection Summary Title: A. P. Schmidt Company Archives Span Dates: 1869-1958 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1891-1951) Call No.: ML31.A2 Creator: A.P. Schmidt Company Extent: 34,775 items ; 514 containers ; 280 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: 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 activites in Boston, Leipzig and New York, beginning with his tenure, through his successors, and until the firm was absorbed by Summy-Birchard in 1960. The Archives 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. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Adams, Charles R. Apel, Willi, 1893-1988--Correspondence. Apthorp, William Foster, 1848-1913. Archer, Frederic, 1838-1901. Archer, J. Stuart--Correspondence. Bailey, Parker--Correspondence. Ballantine, Edward, 1886-1971--Correspondence. Barbour, Florence Newell, 1866-1946--Correspondence. Barbour, Florence Newell, 1866-1946. Barnes, Edward Shippen, 1887-1958--Correspondence. Barnes, Edward Shippen, 1887-1958. Bartlett, Floy Little--Correspondence. Bartlett, Floy Little. Bauer, Marion, 1882-1955--Correspondence. Bauer, Marion, 1882-1955. Beach, H. H. A., Mrs., 1867-1944--Correspondence. Beach, H. H. A., Mrs., 1867-1944. Berwald, W. (William), 1864-1948. Biggs, Richard Keys, 1886-1962--Correspondence. Bird, Arthur, 1856-1923--Correspondence. Bird, Arthur, 1856-1923. Bischoff, J. W. (John W.), 1850-1909. Bispham, David, 1857-1921--Correspondence. Blumenschein, W. L. (William Leonard), 1849-1916. Bohm, Carl, 1844-1920--Correspondence. Bohm, Carl, 1844-1920. Bonnet, Joseph, 1884-1944--Correspondence. Bornschein, Franz C. (Franz Carl), 1879-1948--Correspondence. Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956--Correspondence. Braine, Robert, 1896-1940--Correspondence. Branscombe, Gena--Correspondence. A. P. Schmidt Company Archives 2 Brewer, John Hyatt, 1856-1931--Correspondence. Britain, Radie, 1903- --Correspondence. Brown, Rayner, 1912-1999--Correspondence. Brüll, Ignaz, 1846-1907--Correspondence. Buchanan, Annabel Morris, 1888-1983--Correspondence. Cadman, Charles Wakefield, 1881-1946--Correspondence. Calver, F. Leslie (Francis Leslie), 1880- --Correspondence. Carl, William C. (William Crane), 1865-1936--Correspondence. Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973--Correspondence. Chadwick, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931--Correspondence. Chadwick, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931. Coke-Jephcott, Norman--Correspondence. Cole, Rossetter G. (Rossetter Gleason), 1866-1952--Correspondence. Converse, F. S. (Frederick Shepherd), 1871-1940--Correspondence. Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965--Correspondence. Crist, Bainbridge, 1883-1969--Correspondence. Damrosch, Frank, 1859-1937--Correspondence. Daniels, Mabel W. (Mabel Wheeler), 1878-1971--Correspondence. Dennée, Charles, 1863-1946--Correspondence. Dett, R. Nathaniel, 1882-1943--Correspondence. Diamond, David, 1915-2005--Correspondence. Dickinson, Clarence, 1873-1969--Correspondence. Diggle, Roland, 1885-1954--Correspondence. Downes, Olin, 1886-1955--Correspondence. Dupré, Marcel, 1886-1971--Correspondence. Eddy, Clarence, 1851-1937--Correspondence. Engel, Carl, 1883-1944--Correspondence. Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967--Correspondence. Finck, Henry T., 1854-1926--Correspondence. Finney, Ross Lee, 1906-1997--Correspondence. Foote, Arthur, 1853-1937--Correspondence. Foote, Arthur, 1853-1937. Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972--Correspondence. Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972. Fry, Henry S., 1875-1946--Correspondence. Gabrilowitsch, Ossip, 1878-1936--Correspondence. Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972--Correspondence. Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916--Correspondence. Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938--Correspondence. Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938. Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961--Correspondence. Grant-Schaefer, G. A. (George Alfred), 1872-1939--Correspondence. Grout, Donald Jay--Correspondence. Guilmant, Alexandre, 1837-1911--Correspondence. Gurlitt, Cornelius, 1820-1901--Correspondence. Hadley, Henry, 1871-1937--Correspondence. Hagedorn, Hermann--Correspondence. Hale, Philip, 1854-1934--Correspondence. Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981--Correspondence. Harker, F. Flaxington, 1876-1936--Correspondence. Haubiel, Charles, 1892-1978--Correspondence. Henschel, George, Sir, 1850-1934--Correspondence. Hill, Edward Burlingame, 1872-1960--Correspondence. Hopekirk, Helen. A. P. Schmidt Company Archives 3 Howard, John Tasker, 1890-1964--Correspondence. Howe, Mary, 1882-1964--Correspondence. Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956--Correspondence. Huss, Henry Holden, 1862-1953--Correspondence. James, Philip, 1890-1975--Correspondence. Jenkins, Cora W.--Correspondence. Karg-Elert, Sigfrid, 1877-1933--Correspondence. Klein, Bruno Oscar--Correspondence. Kroeger, Ernest R. (Ernest Richard), 1862-1934--Correspondence. Kubik, Gail, 1914-1984--Correspondence. Lemare, Edwin H. (Edwin Henry), 1865-1934--Correspondence. Levenson, Boris, 1884-1947--Correspondence. Lorenz, Ellen Jane, 1907- --Correspondence. Luening, Otto, 1900-1996--Correspondence. MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908. MacDowell, Marian, 1857-1956--Correspondence. Marzo, Eduardo--Correspondence. Mason, Daniel Gregory, 1873-1953--Correspondence. Metcalf, John W., 1856-1926--Correspondence. Neidlinger, W. H. (William Harold), 1863-1924--Correspondence. Nevin, Arthur, 1871-1943--Correspondence. Noble, T. Tertius (Thomas Tertius), 1867-1953--Correspondence. O'Hara, Geoffrey, 1882-1967--Correspondence. Paine, John Knowles, 1839-1906--Correspondence. Paldi, Mari--Correspondence. Parker, Horatio W. (Horatio William), 1863-1919--Correspondence. Pinkham, Daniel--Correspondence. Porter, F. Addison (Frank Addison), 1859-1941. Price, Florence, 1887-1953--Correspondence. Purvis, Richard--Correspondence. Reinecke, Carl, 1824-1910--Correspondence. Reinhold, Hugo, 1854-1935--Correspondence. Rheinberger, Josef, 1839-1901--Correspondence. Riegger, Wallingford, 1885-1961--Correspondence. Risher, Anna Priscilla, 1875-1946--Correspondence. Schmidt, Arthur Paul--Correspondence. Schmidt, Arthur Paul. Schnabel, Artur, 1882-1951--Correspondence. Scholes, Percy A., 1877-1958--Correspondence. Schuman, William, 1910-1992--Correspondence. Schytte, Ludvig, 1848-1909--Correspondence. Shure, R. Deane (Ralph Deane), 1885-1962--Correspondence. Skinner, Ernest M.--Correspondence. Stewart, H. J. (Humphrey John), 1856-1932. Strong, Templeton, 1856-1948--Correspondence. Tapper, Thomas, 1864-1958--Correspondence. Tosti, F. Paolo (Francesco Paolo), 1846-1916--Correspondence. Upton, William Treat, 1870-1961--Correspondence. Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965--Correspondence. White, Clarence Cameron, 1880-1960--Correspondence. Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975--Correspondence. Wilson, G. D. (Grenville Dean), 1833-1897. Woodhouse, George--Correspondence. Wooler, Alfred, 1867-1937. A. P. Schmidt Company Archives 4 Organizations A.P. Schmidt Collection (Library of Congress) A.P. Schmidt Company--Correspondence. A.P. Schmidt Company. A.P. Schmidt Company. Subjects Copyright--Music--United States. Music publishers--United States. Music publishers. Music publishing--United States. Music publishing. Music--Manuscripts--United States. Music--Manuscripts. Music--United States--19th century. Music--United States--20th century. Popular music--Writing and publishing. Sheet music. Form/Genre Articles. Clippings (Information artifacts) Correspondence. Financial records. Photographic prints. Promotional materials. Scores. Writings. Administrative Information Provenance In 1959 the Summy-Birchard Company of Evanston, Illinois purchased the Arthur P. Schmidt Publishing Company. Later in that year, David Sengstack, president of the Summy-Birchard Company, donated the music manuscripts, correspondence, and selected business and financial records of the Arthur P. Schmidt Publishing Company to the Library of Congress. A number of letters that had been written to the Schmidt Company were acquired by the Library in 1957. Accruals No further accruals are expected. Processing History The A. P. Schmidt Company Archives was processed by Timothy Bullard, Cheryl Dempsey, Michael Ferrando, William Nelson, Robert Saladini, Wayne Shirley, Albert Tucker, Claudia Widgery and Jay Kinloch. George Kipper did additional processing-related activities; and revised, edited and coded the finding aid for EAD format in 2016. Copyright Status Materials from the A. P. Schmidt Company Archives are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws. Access and Restrictions The A. P. Schmidt Company Archives is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music