Music -- United States -- 20th century

The collection contains original music manuscripts from early 20th-century composers, including William Rhys-Herbert, Celius Dougherty, and Deems Taylor.

Antonio Mauro (- 1922) was an Italian composer and organist. The Antonio Mauro manuscript includes one handwritten copy of Mauro's "Grande Grammatica-Dizionario Musicale" a musical dictionary and lesson book.

Lowell Patton (1893-1961) became an organist, working in the Chautauqua and Lyceum circuits in the 1920s, and was organist of the First Methodist Church, Portland, Oregon. He was organist of the First Presbyterian Church, Hempstead, New York from 1932-1957. The collection contains published and manuscript music, biographical material, and photographs.

The collection comprises the papers of composer, musician, and artist Jon Sutton, and includes artifacts, biographical material, professional papers, books and poetry, musical scores, recordings, news clippings and ephemera, and photographs and artwork.