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Martin Fleming Scrapbook - Ephemera

Accession: SC1998.32

Location: M2A 6,4

Size: .1 feet

Biography: Martin J. Fleming (ca1845-1918) was apparently an amateur scholar of the violin. Little more is known of him than the facts that he was a medical doctor who lived in New York City and compiled a catalog of his library of violin music and an incomplete dictionary of violin and bow makers.

Provenance: The Library acquired the scrapbook in 1923 along with other items from the O.G. Sonneck library.

Scope and Content: The scrapbook contains clippings relating to the violin and violinists from the years 1889-1891, with the anomolous addition of a few items from the late 1830's.

Associations: Among the rare books collection are manuscript copies, apparently in Fleming's hand, of his dictionary and library catalog.

Restrictions: none

Series: 1

Series Name: Ephemera

Series Description: The series consists of one scrapbook.