Monmouth University in New Jersey will house The Bruce Springsteen Collection, a gathering of 14,900 documents about Springsteen from 44 countries.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Bruce Springsteen Collection will have its home in the University’s Asbury Park Public Library.
The placement at Asbury Park Library comes after a 4-year search for a suitable location in Springsteen’s home state of New Jersey that combined the right of public access with proper environmental controls, security and opportunity to expand.
“Monmouth University is the perfect location for this outstanding collection,” stated President Paul G. Gaffney II. “Students and faculty from Monmouth University, especially our music industry students, will benefit greatly from having access to these documents. I hope it will also serve as a valuable resource for members of the academic community from around the world.”
“We are very happy to see this important collection housed at this campus facility so it can be accessible to anyone interested in it. The Asbury Park Library has been honored to be its temporary custodian for the past several years,” said Frank D’Alessandro, president of the Library Board of Trustees.
“The collection not only offers Springsteen fans the chance to explore various aspects of his career, but students, scholars, and journalists will also benefit from the access that Monmouth University will now provide,” said Robert Santelli, executive director of the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles and Monmouth alumnus who helped secure the collection for the University. “The additional space at Monmouth allows for the collection to grow and in the future include recordings, oral histories, film footage, and other documents.”
The Bruce Springsteen Collection is open for viewing Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.
