Initially the gift of the St. Louis Public Library it has increased in size and importance through purchases and gifts to the present time. Its 21 volumes have been indexed by Alan Rosenkoetter and are available on microfilm and print-out. The library also has a small collection of materials from the Guitar Foundation of America . The Belleville-Garnett Purchase of 1976 added numerous early editions and facsimiles of late 17th, through early 20th century composers. This material was purchased from St. Louis antiquarian dealer Anthony Garnett who had acquired it from a collector in Belleville, Illinois.
All items are in the Online catalog .