Donating Materials to the CBMR Library and Archives

The CBMR welcomes and encourages donations and bequests of materials that will increase the research value and utility of its holdings, particularly sheet music, photographs, film and video footage, recordings, and archival and manuscript materials concerning all aspects of black music and dance. Of special interest to the CBMR are scores and papers of contemporary composers, recordings and other materials about gospel music, and recordings of and materials about popular music idioms throughout the African diaspora.

Please contact the CBMR Library and Archives before sending materials.

Center for Black Music Research Library and Archives
Columbia College Chicago
600 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone (312) 369-7586
Fax (312) 369-8029
E-mail: cbmrref@colum.edu