Special Collections
American Dance Band Music Collection

The American Dance Band Music collection contains over 6,500 titles dating from 1800 to 1965 and includes works by prominent and obscure composers. Many of these dance band arrangements were acquired from the Kansas City, MO. Public Library. Researchers can compare various arrangements of popular scores in this collection.

Special Collections is a non-circulating and non-browsing resource center. The Special Collections Reading Room is open to researchers Monday through Friday during the academic year. Public service hours for the current semester are listed at http://library.umkc.edu/spec-col/index.html#hours but researchers are encouraged to call ahead for verification of hours due to University intersessions and other events. Special Collections is located on the fourth floor of the Miller Nichols Library at 5100 Rockhill Road in Kansas City, Missouri. All inquiries concerning access to the collections should be addressed to Special Collections Library Information Specialists Teresa Gipson or Kelly McEniry.