Herbert Inch Papers, 1860-1982

This series is made up of Herbert Inch's compositions. They include keyboard, orchestral, strings, voice, winds and other miscellaneous compositions. Many were completed in London, Rome and New York. Materials that were part of the original donation were arranged alphabetically by sub-series of Keyboard, Orchestral, Other, Strings, Voice, and Winds. Materials from the 2007 donation have been placed together in a subseries and listed chronologically by creation date as indicated by the list of compositions in Series III.

This series includes the works of other composers, including Inch's daughter Margaret. Others are Walter Kimmel, Julia Brand Niseon and musical examples by Thomas Morley, which Inch transcribed.

This series includes an autobiographical sketch that Inch wrote and his Walter Damrosch Fellowship Acceptance Letter. While in Rome for the fellowship, Inch took an astronomy course and his books and maps are included in the series. The series also contains a list of compositions that Inch finished in during his career and numerous copyright documents and contracts. Inch's records of his contributions are also included. There is a copy of a master's thesis written on Inch and two of Inch's report cards.

This series contains newsletters, commencement programs and a program from the 1953 dedication of the Music Building at the University of Montana (Montana State University) from Hunter College, University of Rochester and University of Montana. The collection also includes a list of the U of M School of Music holdings of Inch's compositions.

This series contains programs from performances of Inch's music, in New York as well as Montana. The collection also includes reviews from newspapers of various performances. Various programs from the government sponsored Federal Music Project of New York City between 1935 and 1939 are included, for Inch's music was featured in the performances.

This series consists of Inch correspondences from his homes in California and New York. They also include foreign correspondences as well as from the University of Montana. The series contains many personal letters, birthday cards (including on from his grandchildren), and Christmas cards. The professional letters sent to Inch are mainly requests for his music or referral information.

This series consists of sixteen photographs of Inch's family and friends. In 1998, the processor inserted notes (in brackets) providing relational identifications wherever possible.

This series contains three audiotapes of performances of Inch's works. Performers and dates are not identified.