Facilities

Libraries
The Yale University Library consists of the central libraries—Sterling Memorial Library, the Cross Campus Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Seeley G. Mudd Library—and thirty school and department libraries, as well as small collections within each of the twelve residential colleges. Second largest among the university libraries in the United States, the Yale University Library contains more than ten million volumes, half of which are in the central libraries. Students have access to the collections in all the libraries at Yale.

The Irving S. Gilmore Music Library contains approximately 70,000 scores and parts for musical performance and study; 50,000 books about music; 25,000 LP recordings and compact discs; 7,500 microfilms of music manuscripts and scores; 45,000 pieces of sheet music; 50,000 photographs; 4,000 linear feet of archival materials; 500 individual music manuscripts not forming a portion of a larger collection; and 375 active subscriptions to music periodicals. The collection has been designed for scholarly study and reference, as well as to meet the needs of performing musicians. Fundamental to both purposes are the great historical sets and collected editions of composers' works, of which the library possesses all significant publications. Special areas of collecting include theoretical literature of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries; chamber works of all periods for various instrumental combinations; an extensive collection of musical iconography, including 35,000 photos in the Fred Plaut Archives; the Galeazzi collection of Italian manuscripts; the manuscripts and papers of Leroy Anderson, Paul Bekker, Lehman Engel, Henry Gilbert, Benny Goodman, John Hammond, Thomas de Hartmann, Vladimir Horowitz, J. Rosamond Johnson, John Kirkpatrick, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Goddard Lieberson, Ted Lewis, Red Norvo, Harold Rome, Carl Ruggles, E. Robert Schmitz, Franz Schreker, Deems Taylor, Alec Templeton, Virgil Thomson, and Kurt Weill; the manuscripts of Leo Ornstein and Hershy Kay; and the works of noted composers formerly associated with Yale University as teachers or students. The last-named area includes the complete manuscript collection of Charles E. Ives, B.A. 1898; the collection of documents concerning Paul Hindemith's career in the United States; and the complete papers and manuscripts of David Stanley Smith, Horatio Parker, Richard Donovan, and Quincy Porter. The library also houses the extensive Lowell Mason Library of Church Music, noted for its collection of early American hymn and tune books. Individual manuscript holdings include autograph manuscripts of J. S. Bach, Frederic Chopin, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, and Franz Liszt.

Access to the Music Library's holdings is available through Orbis, the Yale library's online catalogue. All of the Music Library's published scores, books, and compact discs have been entered into the Orbis database. Access to some recordings, microforms, and manuscript materials is only available in the specialized card catalogues in the Music Library lobby.

The holdings of the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library are complemented by other collections in the Yale library. Chief among these is the Historical Sound Recordings collection. Historical Sound Recordings currently holds more than 150,000 rarities that date back to the very beginning of sound recording and continue up to the present day. Collections in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale, particularly the Speck Collection of Goethiana, the Yale Collection of American Literature, and the Osborn Collection, also hold valuable music materials. Students in the School of Music may also use the facilities of any of the other University libraries, whose total number of volumes is over 10 million; annual accessions are approximately 157,000 volumes.

Another resource for Institute students is the Divinity Library, containing more than 430,000 volumes. Its primary strengths are in missions, Christian doctrine, biblical literature, church history, archival materials, and papers and collections, including the Lowell Mason Collection of Hymnology. The Mason Collection was recently catalogued and made accessible to students and scholars through a grant from the Institute of Sacred Music.

The Institute of Sacred Music maintains several small collections. These include a choral lending library of more than 1,000 holdings, the Clarence Dickinson Organ Library, the Couturier Collection, and a slide collection pertinent to the curriculum of the Institute.

Yale School of Music
The main buildings of the School of Music are 435 College Street, Stoeckel Hall at 96 Wall Street, Hendrie Hall at 165 Elm Street, and Sprague Memorial Hall, which also houses Morse Recital Hall. The Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments, containing over 1,000 instruments, is located at 15 Hillhouse Avenue. Woolsey Hall, which contains the Newberry Memorial Organ, is used throughout the year for numerous concerts and recitals.

Yale Divinity School
The Sterling Divinity Quadrangle at 409 Prospect Street is the home of the Divinity School. The complex includes Marquand Chapel, classrooms, an administration building, library buildings, dining hall, common room, the Institute of Sacred Music pavilions, and two guest lodges.

Berkeley Divinity School, an Episcopal seminary that has been affiliated with Yale Divinity School since 1971, is located adjacent to the Divinity School at 363 St. Ronan Street. Although Episcopal students come under the care of the dean of Berkeley Divinity School in matters of spiritual formation and counseling, there is one integrated student body and faculty at Yale Divinity School.

Housing
Students in the Institute of Sacred Music are eligible to use housing and dining hall facilities at the Divinity School. Information and application blanks for both single and married student housing at the Divinity School are sent after admission to the Institute has been confirmed.

The Graduate Housing Office has dormitory and apartment units for a small number of graduate and professional students. Approximate rates for 2002–2003 are: dormitory (single) housing, $4,144–4,926 per academic year; apartments (single and family housing), $610–860 per month. The Institute of Sacred Music will send the Graduate Housing brochure and application after acceptance of the admission offer is received. The application and your letter of acceptance may then be faxed to the appropriate department noted below. The assignment process generally starts in mid- to late April after current returning residents are offered renewals.

The Graduate Housing Office consists of two separate offices: the Graduate Dormitory Office and the Graduate Apartment Office, both located within Helen Hadley Hall, a graduate dormitory, at 420 Temple Street. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. For facility descriptions, floor plans, and rates, visit the Graduate Housing Web site at http://www.yale.edu/graduatehousing/. For further information on graduate dormitories, contact Beverly Whitney at 203.432.2167, fax 203.432.4578, or beverly.whitney@yale.edu. For graduate apartment information, contact Detsy Rosenthal at 203.432.8270, fax 203.432.0177, or betsy.rosenthal@yale.edu.

The University's Off-Campus Housing service, limited to current or incoming members of the Yale community, is located at 155 Whitney Avenue, 3d floor, and is open from 8.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The listings may also be accessed from any computer at Yale through the intranet at http://www.yale.edu/offcampushousing/. Call 203.432.9756 to obtain the necessary passwords to access the system from other areas.

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