The Edna Mae Sandborn Rare Book Room

The Sandborn Room was established in 1991 in memory of Edna Mae Sandborn, Assistant Music Librarian from 1963 to 1973, by members of her family. It houses the Music Library's core collection of rare scores and books about music. Included are first editions of Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Don Giovanni, Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals, the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and other important musical works. The collection was greatly enriched by the acquisition of the personal music rare book collection of the late Dr. Lloyd Hibberd, Professor of Musicology. One of Dr. Hibberd's special interests was opera of the French Baroque, in which he collected extensively.