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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2006568179
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
No further accruals are expected.
Thomas Barrick processed the Inter-American Music Festival Foundation Records and coded the finding aid in January 2010. Jane Cross added the 1980 and 1983 programs in January 2022.
The Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division holds recordings for many of the Inter-American Music Festival concerts. Many of the concerts have been cataloged and are searchable in the Library's online catalog.
Some festival programs, including those for 1958, 1961, and 1971, have been cataloged individually in ML36.I53 and can be requested in the Performing Arts Reading Room.
The status of copyright on the Inter-American Music Festival Foundation Records is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The Inter-American Music Festival Foundation Records are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Performing Arts Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: container number, Inter-American Music Festival Foundation Records, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Inter-American Music Festival Foundation was organized in 1958 by the Inter-American Music Council under the auspices of the Pan American Union "to promote closer relations and understanding among the American republics by recognizing and stimulating the development of music of the Americas." The foundation's concerts introduced the finest composers and performers from Latin America, the Caribbean, United States and Canada.
This collection contains concert programs, publicity materials, clippings, and correspondence from the nearly 25-year history of the Inter-American Music Festival Foundation. Harold Boxer, chief of the Music Branch of Voice of America, Guillermo Espinosa, chief of the Music Division of the Organization of American States, and Harold Spivacke, chief of the Music Division of the Library of Congress were responsible for incorporating the foundation in 1965. The collection contains correspondence from Espinosa and Boxer, among others. Though this collection lacks materials for festivals one and thirteen, the programs may be cataloged in ML36.I53.
The collection items are arranged chronologically.