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Accession: SC1998.60
Location: M2A 8,6
Size: .25 feet
Provenance: The catalogs were gathered by members of the Library's staff in earlier years. It appears that they were intended as a reference file of catalogs felt to be of particular significance.
Scope and Content: The collection contains sale catalogs of string instruments predominantly from the first half of the twentieth century.
Associations: Watanabe Special Collections possesses an unprocessed collection of general music antiquarian catalogs from the same time period.
Restrictions: none
Series: 1
Series Name: General
Series Description: The series consists of dealers' catalogs.