Center for Popular Music

The Center for Popular Music maintains an extensive research archive
of materials relating to popular music. The collection includes approximately
250,000 sound recordings, 120,000 pieces of sheet music, 23,000 books,
30,000 photographs, and nearly 200 current periodical subscriptions, as well as
manuscripts and various other rare research materials dating from colonial times
to the present. These resources are available for students doing coursework or
individual research projects. Materials do not circulate. A photocopy machine
is available for researchers’ use; provisions of federal copyright law and center
policy may exclude some materials from being copied.
In addition, the center offers various programs throughout the year,
including speakers, workshops, film screenings, and musical performances, and
operates a Grammy-winning record label, Spring Fed Records.
The center’s reading room is in the Bragg Media and Entertainment
Building, Room 140, and is open 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Monday–Friday.
For more information: Bragg 140, 615-898-2449,
mtsu.edu/popmusic