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Cambridge, United Kingdom



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Institution names followed by SIBMAS Member  are members of SIBMAS


Anglia Contemporary and Experimental Music Society  
 
14 Thoday Street
Cambridge CB1 3AS
 

E-mail: acemsonline@hotmail.com
Homepage: http://acems.20m.com/


Cambridge Central Library
Cambridgeshire Local Studies
 
 
7 Lion Yard
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QD
 

Telephone: +44 (1223) 712 008
Telefax: +44 (1223) 712 018
E-mail: cambridge.central.library@camcnty.gov.uk
Homepage: http://www.camcngty.gov.uk/library/lib1/libs.htm
Monday: 9:30-19:00
Tuesday: 9:30-17:00
Wednesday: 12:00-19:00
Thursday: 9:30-19:00
Friday: 9:30-17:00
Saturday: 9:30-17:00

Catalogs: Card
Reproductions: By user.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre.
Media:
Programmes.
Special Collections:
Stourbridge Theatre (1791-1805) [playbills]
Theatre Royal (Barnwell) (1806-1899)


Cambridge County Record Office  
 
Shire Hall
Castle Hill
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0AP
 

Telephone: +44 (1223) 717 281
Telefax: +44 (1223) 717 201
E-mail: county.records.cambridge@camenty.gov.uk
Monday: y
Tuesday: 9:00-17:15
Wednesday: 9:00-17:15
Thursday: 9:00-17:15
Friday: 9:00-16:15

Reproductions: By user.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre.
Special Collections:
Everard Papworth


Cambridge University
Cambridge University Library
 
 
West Road
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 9DR
 

Telephone: +44 (1223) 333 000
Telefax: +44 (1223) 333 160
E-mail: rww@ula.cam.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/
Monday: 9:00-19:15
Tuesday: 9:00-19:15
Wednesday: 9:00-19:15
Thursday: 9:00-19:15
Friday: 9:00-19:15
Saturday: 9:00-13:00

Written application required.

Media:
Programmes.
Special Collections:
Theatre (Cambridge) [theatre programmes]


Clare College Archives
      Date founded: 1326
 
 
Clare College Memorial Courts
Queens Road
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 9AJ
 

Telephone: +44 (1223) 333 228
Telefax: +44 (1223) 357 264
E-mail: scjii@cam.ac.uk
Monday: 9:00-17:00
Tuesday: 9:00-17:00
Wednesday: 9:00-17:00
Thursday: 9:00-17:00
Friday: 9:00-17:00

Written application required. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By user. By company.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Scores/libretti/music. Memorabilia.
Special Collections:
Clare College Music Society (1987-1992)

William Charles Denis-Brown [musical manuscripts, 1909-1913]
Frank Percy Haines [musical Manuscripts, 1905-1914]
Hardy Lee [musical memorabilia, 1929-1932]
Cecil Sharp [collection]


Fitzwilliam Museum
Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books
 
 
+44 (1223) 332 944
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
 

Telefax: +44 (1223) 332 923
Tuesday: 10:00-12:30, 13:30-16:30
Wednesday: 10:00-12:30, 13:30-16:30
Thursday: 10:00-12:30, 13:30-16:30
Friday: 10:00-12:30, 13:30-16:15

Catalogs: Card
Reproductions: By user.

Subjects:
Music/Music performance.


University of Cambridge
King's College
Modern Archive Centre
 
 
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 1ST
 

Telephone: +44 (1223) 331 444
Telefax: +44 (1223) 331 891
E-mail: jc10021@cus.cam.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/
Monday: 9:30-12:30, 13:30-17:15
Tuesday: 9:30-12:30, 13:30-17:15
Wednesday: 9:30-12:30, 13:30-17:15
Thursday: 9:30-12:30, 13:30-17:15
Friday: 9:30-12:30, 13:30-17:15

Written application required.

Special Collections:
Cambridge Arts Theatre (1934-1946)

William Archer (1856-1924), author, critic
J.M. Keynes
Gertrude Kingston, actress
Lydia Lopokova (1892-1981), ballerina


University of Cambridge
Magdalene College
Samuel Pepys Library

      Date founded: 1703
 
 
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 0AG
 

Telephone: +44 (1223) 332 115
Telefax: +44 (1223) 332 187
Monday: 14:30-15:30
Tuesday: 14:30-15:30
Wednesday: 14:30-15:30
Thursday: 14:30-15:30
Friday: 14:30-15:30
Saturday: 14:30-15:30

Written application required. Holdings closed.
Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: In house.

Special Collections:
Plays (English)

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703)


University of Cambridge
Trinity College
Library

      Date founded: 1546
 
 
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 1TQ
 

Telephone: +44 (1223) 338 488
Telefax: +44 (1223) 338 564
E-mail: trin-lib@lists.cam.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/

Databases with information on collections:
Backstage
Monday: 9:00-17:00
Tuesday: 9:00-17:00
Wednesday: 9:00-17:00
Thursday: 9:00-17:00
Friday: 9:00-17:00

Written application required.
Catalogs: Card
Reproductions: By user.
Special Collections:
Capell Collection [early Shakespeare editions]
A.J. Munby
Sir D. H. Robertson (1909-1930) [amateur dramatics in Cambridge]


University of Cambridge
University Music School
Pendlebury Library of Music

      Date founded: 1880
 
 
West Road
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 9DP
 

Telephone: +44 (1223) 335 182, 335 183
E-mail: ab164@cam.ac.uk
Monday: 9:30-17:30 (semester); 9:30-13:15 (vacations)
Tuesday: 9:30-17:30 (semester); 9:30-13:15 (vacations)
Wednesday: 9:30-17:30 (semester); 9:30-13:15 (vacations)
Thursday: 9:30-17:30 (semester); 9:30-13:15 (vacations)
Friday: 9:30-17:30 (semester); 9:30-13:15 (vacations)
Saturday: 9:30-12:45

Special Collections:
Cambridge Universeity Musical Society

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), composer
Walter Emery [Bach manuscript collection]
Howard Ferguson (1908-1999), composer [early keyboard music collection, Schubert's piano music]
Picken Collection [early Bach editions]
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), composer


Peter Wood  
 
20 Stonehill Road
Great Shelford
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 5JL
 

Telephone: +44 (1223) 842 419
Written application required. Fees for using facility. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Card. Printed
On-site use only. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user. By company.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Operetta/Musical. Other.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Promptbooks. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Graphics. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Stephen Sondheim


Index:

Institution names followed by SIBMAS Member  are members of SIBMAS


 

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