 From 1983, the archive has collected newly published viola music and made a special effort to make its repository of viola music exhaustive.Notable donors include Jan Albrecht, Paul Doktor, Ulrich Druner, Walter Lebermann, Rudolf Tretzsch, Ernst Wallfisch, and Franz Zeyringer, founder of the International Viola Society.In 2005, Brigham Young University hosted the American Viola Society's Primrose International Viola Competition and Festival.