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DEFINITION
Original document entirely in the hand of its author
RELATED TERM
autograph
NOTES & EXAMPLES
The Music Division holds a variety of materials written the hands of creators. These include:
Holograph materials are a specific category within "manuscripts." Because holographs are handwritten by their content creators, they are unique and useful primary sources.
The phrase "holograph score" is found throughout Music Division finding aids for special collections and online catalog records for individual items.
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DEFINITION
Pictorial materials.
RELATED TERM
visual materials: Items of a pictorial nature, such as prints, paintings, photographs, motion pictures, and video.
NOTES & EXAMPLES
Iconography is a category within pictorial and visual materials. In Music Division collections, you will find many formats of iconography:
Many Music Division finding aids contain categories of documents like "iconography," "photographs," "artwork," etc. One example is the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection on Nicolò Paganini; the first series is Iconography.
Some special collections consist entirely of iconography in one or a variety of formats. The Laszlo Krausz Portraits of Musicians contains pen and charcoal portraits, whereas the Eric Johnson collection of Ernest Bloch Photographs exclusively contains iconography in the black and white photographic print format.
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DEFINITION
Item with a written dedication.
NOTES & EXAMPLES
In Music Division collections, inscribed items include books, musical scores, photographs, drawings, and designs.
Inscriptions make items that are not primary sources, such as books, unique because inscriptions commemorate an event, moment, or relationship between two individuals.
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