The reference collection includes published materials that support core subject areas in Special Collections, the Museum’s exhibitions, and existing major holdings such as sheet music and musical theater. Highlights include:

MUSICAL THEATER RECORDING COLLECTION
More than 5,000 musical theater recordings, including studio recordings, original cast recordings from Broadway and London, film soundtracks, and compilations. The collection includes both vinyl and CDs from the collections of Maurice Bassan, Joseph J. Marchi, and Bruce Walker.

BOB JOHNSON SHEET MUSIC COLLECTION
60,000-piece sheet music collection of songs from film, stage and more than twenty other categories ranging from rock and pop to wars and world’s fairs.

JOSEPH J. MARCHI MUSICAL THEATER COLLECTION
10,000 musical theater related LPs, CDs, books, scripts, scores, magazines, videos, and posters.