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This collection includes books and over 5,000 pieces of sheet music. The books have been cataloged in the Library's online catalog, and the sheet music has been inventoried (on an Excel spreadsheet). Sample images from the sheet music are available online. A journal article was published in the Virginia Libraries in 2004.
In the Spring of 2015, students in Music 305 began to research the back stories and history behind some of the music in the Josephine L. Hughes Collection. Continuing in the Fall semester, more research was conducted and this work culminated in a Spring 2016 performance, called "Parlor Songs: A Musical Soiree ..." where the students described their findings and then performed the piece of music.