Welcome

Welcome to the Great American Songbook Foundation Library and Archives! If you are looking for information on our galleries, recent activities, or upcoming events, or to contact us, please visit our main page.

To browse our collections, click "Archival Descriptions" in the column on the left.

To search for a specific collection: type the name or reference number into the search bar at the top of the page and press Enter on your keyboard. To search by a person or subject, type the name or term into the search bar at the top of the page and press Enter on your keyboard. As collections are processed, more information will become available.

To search our published materials, please visit our LibraryWorld catalog.

The Great American Songbook Archives and Library exists to preserve the physical artifacts of the Songbook so that current and future generations can experience them. It is the only facility dedicated to preserving the Great American Songbook and much of the processing is done by a core of faithful volunteers. The archives and library houses hundreds of books, thousands of sound recordings, and tens of thousands of arrangements and pieces of sheet music.


The Great American Songbook Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.