Conservatory Library Special Collections

The Oberlin Conservatory Library's Special Collections include autographs, rare and unique music, books on music, and sound recordings as well as iconography -- engravings, paintings, posters and playbills.  In addition to the collections highlighted below, the Conservatory recently received the James and Susan Neumann Jazz Collection. For further information on any of these collections, please feel free to contact Jeremy Smith, Conservatory Special Collections Librarian/Curator of the James and Susan Neumann Jazz Collection.

Annapolis Brass Quintet Collection

Best / Shaw / Morrison Autograph & Photo Collection of Musicians and Composers

Frederick R. Selch Collection of American Music History

Roderic C. Knight Musical Instrument Collection

Violin Society of America / H. K. Goodkind Collection