Major Microform Collections by location and holding library

Belgium

Brussels
Bibliothèque Royale Albert I er (B Br)
•  Tutors and Methods from the Fetis Collection, Microfilm 133, pt. 1-2 (26 reels)

France

Paris
Bibliothèque nationale de France (F Pn)
•  Départment de la Musique, catalogue, Microfiche

Germany

Leipzig
Musikbibliohtek der Stadt Leipzig (D LEm)
•  Autograph music manuscripts, Microfilm 1469 (14 reels)

Wolfenbüttel
Herzog August Bibliothek, Musikabteilung (D W)
•  Opera libretti, Microfiche

Great Britain

Birmingham, England
Birmingham University Library (GB Bu)
•  Elgar diaries, letters and manuscripts, Microfilm 1460 (17 reels)

Cambridge , England
Cambridge University Library (GB Cu) & Ely Cathedral (in: GB Cu)
•  Arthur Bliss music manuscripts (compositions arranged chronologically; contains materials from other libraries), Microfilm 1459, reels 8-13
•  Music manuscripts before 1850, Microfilm 143, pt. 1 (11 reels)
•  Madden Ballads (broadside ballads), Microfilm 1471 (12 reels)

Fitzwilliam Museum (GB Cfm)
•  Handel manuscripts, Microfilm 143, pt. 3 (18 reels)
•  English music manuscripts, Microfilm 143, pt. 4 (21 reels)
•  Continental music manuscripts, Microfilm 143, pt. 5-6 (55 reels)

King's College, Rowe Music Library (GB Ckc)
•  Rare manuscripts, Microfilm 143, pt. 2 (37 reels)

Pembroke College (GB Cpc)
•  Medieval manuscript library, Microfilm 1467 (114 reels)

London, England
British Library (GB Lbl)
•  Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Microfilm 39 (53 reels)
•  European music manuscripts ca. 1640-1820, Microfilm 370 (64 reels)
•  Italian music manuscripts, Microfilm 142 (285 reels)
•  Music manuscript of the Commonwealth, Restoration and late Stuart periods, Microfilm 137 (264 reels)
•  Printed music before 1800, Microfilm 445 (262 reels)
•  W.S. Gilbert correspondence, diaries, literary manuscripts and prompt copies, Microfilm 1468 (19 reels)
•  Michael Tippett music manuscripts (includes one reel of items from other libraries), Microfilm 1459, reels 1-7 (7 reels)

Royal Academy of Music (GB Lam)
•  British and Continental music manuscripts, Microfilm 140 (66 reels)

Royal College of Music (GB Lcm)
•  Music manuscripts, Microfilm 141 (158 reels)

Oxford, England
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments (in the University of Oxford Faculty of Music buildings)
•  Instrumental tutors, Microfilm 133, pt. 1-2 (10 reels)

Bodleian Library (GB Ob)
•  16th and 17th century music manuscripts (from the Oxford Music School ), Microfilm 136 (113 reels)
•  Gerald Finzi music manuscripts (contains two items from the British Library), Microfilm 1459, reels 14-18 (5 reels)

Christ Church (GB Och)
•  16th and 17th century music manuscripts, Microfilm 138 (60 reels)

Tenbury Wells (Worchestershire), England
St. Michael's College Tenbury (GB T; in Oxford , Bodleian Library)
•  Sir Frederick Ouseley collection, Microfilm 139 (87 reels)

Windsor (Berkshire), England
St. George's Chapel, Charter Library (GB WRch)
•  Music manuscripts, Microfilm 1463 (23 reels)

Italy

Venice
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (I Vnm)
•  Contarini Collection, Microfilm 1470 (112 reels)

Portugal

Lisbon
Biblioteca da Ajuda (P La)
•  European music manuscripts before 1820, Microfilm 371 (273 reels)
Biblioteca Da Paço Ducal de Vila Viçosa
European music manuscripts, Series three : From The Biblioteca Da Paço Ducal de Vila Viçosa
•  Microfilm 1476 (125 reels)

United States

Ann Arbor , Michigan
University of Michigan (US AAu)
•  Thomas A. Edison Collection of American Sheet Music, Microfilm 1458 (119 reels)
•  Women Composers Collection, Microfilm 150 (28 reels)

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Library, Houghton Library (US CAh) & Loeb Music Library (US CAe)
•  Early printed music and books on music, Microfilm 1551 (107 reels)

Washington , DC
Library of Congress (US Wc)
•  Albert Schatz Collection of Opera Libretti, Microfilm 1067 (245 reels)
•  Music catalog (continuation of National Union Catalog: Music, books on music and sound recordings ), Microfiche