Archer Lawrie Sheet Music Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Archer Lawrie Sheet Music Collection, Ms1970-004, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.6 Cubic Feet 2 boxes
Creator:
Lawrie, Archer, 1902-1995
Abstract:
This collection contains sheet music for vocal arrangements, piano scores, opera librettos and sacred songs by Chopin, Bach, Schubert, and Haydn, and other classical composers, as well as popular songs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Archer Lawrie Sheet Music Collection, Ms1970-004, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains sheet music, including vocal arrangements, piano scores, opera librettos and hymns by classical and modern composers. Also included are popular songs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the pieces are in French, Italian, Spanish, and other foreign languages.

Biographical / historical:

Archer Lawrie was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1902. He married Mary Eaton, and the couple had four children. Lawrie lived in New York and worked as a sculptor, his largest work being a one-fifth scale replica of the Statue of Liberty in Birmingham, Alabama. Archer Lawrie died in Arlington, Virginia in 1995.

Acquisition information:
The Archer Lawrie Sheet Music Collection was donated to Newman Library in 1970.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Archer Lawrie Sheet Music Collection commenced and was completed in June, 2011.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by item type, then alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Notated music