International Trombone Association
(ITA) Archive-Library

Select an item for more information. The Archive-Library of the ITA, established in 1980, is housed at UNCG and holds a number of well-known music, recording, and historical collections. Considered to be one of the most complete compilations of brass, woodwind, and band sources in the world, the Glenn D. Bridges Collections contains some 6,000 titles of music recordings dated from 1890 through 1940, including a complete set of the recordings of John Philip Sousa. The Archive also holds a 16th- and 17th-century instrumental facsimile manuscript and early printed edition collection, the Keig Garvin collection of band manuscripts of early 20th-century bands (including those used by the Arthur Pryor Band and the bands of the armed services), a number of manuscripts of 20th-century works for brass, and historical documents that relate to trombone and brass performance.