The Special Collections of the Marvin Duchow Music Library are organized according to format. Holdings in the Music Library’s Special Collections Room on the 3rd floor include rare books, scores, and textual materials. Highlights include the David Edelberg/Handel Collection; manuscript scores and correspondence of 20th-century composers Julius Schloss, Marvin Duchow, and Kelsey Jones; the opera vocal scores of Pauline Donalda; the papers of music critic Eric McLean; and numerous 18th- and 19th-century performing and study editions of German and French repertoire. Holdings in the Music Library’s Audiovisual Archives contain an extensive collection of music in a variety of audio formats such as 78s, 45s and LPs, transcription discs, reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes, as well as various video formats. Highlights from the Audiovisual Archives include the 78 rpm 10” jazz collection, former personal collections of David Edelberg (Handel), Noël Vallerand (Mahler/Wagner), and Eric McLean as well as Schulich School of Music concert and studio recordings.
- 19th Century French Sheet Music Collection
- Dale Bartlett Collection
- Richard Coulter Collection
- Edith and Luciano Della Pergola and the Opera McGill Collection
- Pauline Donalda Collection
- Roger Doucet Collection
- Marvin Duchow Collection
- David Edelberg/Handel Collection
- McGill Electronic Music Studio Archive
- Bernard Gagnon Fonds
- Paul Helmer's Growing with Canada Collection
- Kelsey Jones Collection
- Ladies Morning Musical Club Collection
- Gian Lyman Collection
- Donald Mackey Collection
- Eric McLean Collection
- Montreal Mendelssohn Choir and Joseph Gould Collection
- Collection Noël-Vallerand
- Paul Pedersen Collection
- Phonothèque Québécoise Collection
- Charles Reiner Collection
- Julius Schloss Collection
- McGill Sheet Music Collection
- Sonde Collection
- Hellmuth Wolff Organ Collection