These items were given to the School of Theology Library by Barbara Owen, is a distinguished organist, lecturer, and organ scholar,. Owen has served both the American Guild of Organists and the Organ Historical Society, and is the Director of the American Guild of Organists Library, housed on the lower level of the Boston University School of Theology building.
The collection consists primarily of 19th-century imprints, most from New England, and is especially strong in oblong tunebooks.