Researchers use our special collections in the Manuscripts & Archives Reading Room (just down the hall from the Music Library in Sterling Memorial Library). For information about services in the MSSA Reading Room, see Using Special Collections - Accessing Materials.

Music Library staff are available to advise researchers; contact us at musicspecialcollections@yale.edu.

You can request special collections directly from the catalogs where you look them up. When you’ve found the item you want in Archives at Yale or Quicksearch Catalog, just click the Request link.

Some of our archival collections have not yet been fully processed, so they don’t appear in the Finding Aid Database. For more information, please contact us at musicspecialcollections@yale.edu.

A few of the Music Library's most important holdings are shelved across the street, at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. To study these items, please consult the Beinecke Library directly.