All collections are available for examination and study in the library.
The collections have been featured in local and regional newspapers and magazines, as well as on the local television news. Wayne Sanders, a native of Haynesville, Louisiana, worked on Broadway as a pianist and vocal coach from the 1940s to the 1970s. The Sanders Collection has sheet music and scores dating from the early 1900s and also includes selections from London musical theater productions, film musicals, and television shows. Sanders was a frequent musical collaborator with Ethel Merman, Lena Horne, Judy Garland, Liza Minelli, Lucille Ball, and Bea Arthur. Several of the items in the collection are inscribed with personal tributes to Sanders, including a piano-vocal score of Cole Porter's Red, Hot and Blue signed by both the composer and Ethel Merman, the star of the original production.