Due to a need for increased space, most objects were moved to the National Shrine in 1940. Since their return in early 1950, many items have been stored on campus and others are exhibited throughout the many buildings. Dr. Shawqi Talia, Project Director of the University Museum Collection, is preparing a descriptive catalog of the entire collection. This catalog contains an iconography for each object, including a photo and an archival file detailing the provenance. Cataloging is complete for three hundred objects.
Plans are to conclude the project by the end of next year.
The cataloged collection eventually will be reunited in an exhibit area in Keane Hall, which also will house the special collections of the CUA Libraries. Dr. Emma Garmendia is Director of the Center, which is a part of The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music. The CUA Music Library administers the research materials that support these programs. All books and periodicals relating to Latin American music are in the Music Library, and the staff makes an effort to purchase any new books in this area. The Music Library also has a growing collection of Latin American music in both print and sound formats, for which it is acquiring all the available published music of such major composers as Carlos Chavez, Alberto Ginastera, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Silvestre Revueltas.