Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 11: Entertainment
DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
NMAH.AC.0300.S11
Archival Resource Key
98 Boxes
1841-1986, undated
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age.
Series 11: Entertainment contains more than 12,500 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards entertainers and entertainment in the United States.
An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
English
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Entertainment
Scope and Contents note
Series 11, Entertainment, 1841-1986, undated, contains more than 12,500 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards entertainers and entertainment in the United States. Note that movies and some musical entertainment are also covered in Series 6, Moving Pictures and Movie Stars, and in Series 16, Country, Western, and Folk Music. Blind musicians and performers are in Series 17. The materials are arranged by subject, with ephemera arranged in the same subseries as the sheet music and described following the container list. The ephemera has been placed in eighteen document boxes. News articles about Elvis Presley form a large part of this section.
Material related to this series within the DeVincent Collection may be found in Series 4, Songwriters; Series 6, Moving Pictures and Movie Stars; Series 16, Country, Western, and Folk Music; and in the as yet unprocessed Musical Instruments section.
Arrangement note
Arranged in 18 subseries.
- 11.1: Early Troupes & Bandmasters
- 11.2: Dance Bands and Orchestras
- 11.3: Novelty Bands
- 11.4: Male Singers (Individual)
- 11.5: Female Singers (Individual)
- 11.6: Duos and Groups (Male and Mixed)
- 11.7: Female Duos and Groups
- 11.8: Child Entertainers
- 11.9: Male and Female Impersonators
- 11.10: Actors and Comedians
- 11.11: Theater
- 11.12: Jukebox, Nickelodeon
- 11.13: Phonographs and Sound Recordings
- 11.14: Radio, Transistor, Wireless
- 11.15: Television
- 11.16: Circus, Fair, Zoo
- 11.17: Rock and Roll
- 11.18: Ephemera
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
This collection was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution in 1988 from Sam and Nancy Lee DeVincent.
Preferred Citation note
The Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use note
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Materials in Other Organizations
Sam DeVincent Collection of American Sheet Music, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
This collection contains duplicates of materials in the Smithsonian collection, as well as materials acquired by Mr. DeVincent after the donation to the Smithsonian. The phonograph records described above were transferred to the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Musical Theater and Motion Picture Sheet Music and Reference Material, 1843-2010 (AC1211)
Forms Part Of
Series 11: Entertainment forms part of the
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music
.
An ongoing, updated list of DeVincent topical series is available via the Smithsonian finding aid portal.
Early Troupes & Bandmasters
11.1
Archival Resource Key
1841-1944, undated
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 1, Early Troupes and Bandmasters, 1841-1944, undated. Most of the covers have images of troupe members. Nine different troupes, most notably the Hutchisons, are in separate folders and twelve others are in a folder together. Arthur Pryor is the only bandmaster with a separate folder; there are others in another folder. Minstrel items are in Series 3.1. Note that Merle Evans is in subseries 16, Circus, Fair, Zoo.
Early Troupes
Archival Resource Key
1841-1880
Alleghanians [sic], The
Archival Resource Key
11 Items
1847-1867
undated
1
A
Amphions, The
Archival Resource Key
16 Items
1852-1880
1
B
Baker Family
Archival Resource Key
14 Items
undated
1845-1866
1
C
Barker Family
Archival Resource Key
5 Items
1848-1863
1
D
Harmoneons, The
Archival Resource Key
19 Items
1846-1851
1
E
O! Lady, Sweetest Lady. Serenade [illustrated sheet music]
Archival Resource Key
Litch & Wipple (daguerreotypists)
1 Item
6 pp.
13-1/2 x 10-1/2"
1846
English.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Ink on paper.
General
Folder contains other items with lithographic illustrations derived from daguerreotypes, including the cover of "Songs and Glees," also from the Gibson Troupe, showing three men with harp, violin, and cello, and a woman with a guitar.
General
From temporary box 54C, "Early Families/Troupes", "Harmoneon Family" folder. Moved to Series 11
Scope and Contents
Cover illustration (lithograph) shows four standing male musicians (singers). Lithograph by W. Sharp & Co. "From a Daguerreotype by Litch & Wipple [sic]." Music by L.V.H. Crosby, words by J.S. Davis. From series, "Melodies of the Harmoneons."
Publication
Boston., C. Bradlee & Co., 1846
Singers
Musicians -- 1830-1880
Daguerreotypes
Sheet music -- 19th century
Lithographs -- 19th century
Harmoneons (vocal group).
Hutchinson Family
Archival Resource Key
1843-1867
2
F-G
A - H, includes "Cape Ann."
Archival Resource Key
16 Items
2
F
J - T, includes "The Old Granite State."
Archival Resource Key
18 Items
2
G
Orphean Family
Archival Resource Key
8 Items
1845-1850
2
H
Ossian's Bards
Archival Resource Key
7 Items
1854-1856
2
I
Rainer Family
Archival Resource Key
12 Items
1841-1847
2
J
Scope and Contents note
Includes "The Mountain Maid's Invitation."
Miscellaneous Early Troupes
Archival Resource Key
21 Items
1848-1860
3
K
Scope and Contents note
Includes the Moravian Singers' "The Song of Blanche Alpen," the Gibson Troupe's "Merry Sleigh Bells," and 10 other groups. For Wood's Minstrels, see Ordway's Aeolians in this folder.
Merry Sleigh Bells [illustrated sheet music]
Archival Resource Key
Lovering & Davis (daguerreotypists)
Ditson, Oliver
1 Item
6 pp.
13-1/2 x 10-1/2"
1843
English.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Ink on paper.
General
From temporary box 54A, "Early Families/Troupes", "Gibson Troupe" folder.
Scope and Contents
Cover illustration (lithograph) shows four musicians: three men with violin, cello, and harp, and a woman with a guitar. Lithograph is signed but difficult to read ("Smith--" [?]). Imprint under illustration: "From Daguerreotypes by Lovering & Davis" (probably a separate daguerreotype for each figure). The song is part of a series of 16 items, "Songs & Glees."
Publication
Boston., Oliver Ditson., 1843
Musicians -- 1830-1880
Daguerreotypes
Sheet music -- 19th century
Lithographs -- 19th century
Gibson Troupe (musicians).
Bandmasters
Archival Resource Key
undated
1890-1915
Pryor, Arthur
Archival Resource Key
14 Items
1894-1944
3
L
Scope and Contents note
Includes the Chicago American edition of "A Coon Band Contest," ("The American Song King Edward Asked For"), "The March of the White Rats," and "Travel, Travel Little Star" from THE OLD TOWN.
Miscellaneous Bandmasters
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
undated
1890-1915
3
M
Scope and Contents note
Note that Merle Evans, with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, is in Subseries 11.16, Circus, Fair, Zoo.
Dance Bands and Orchestras
11.2
Archival Resource Key
1905-1964, undated
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 2, Dance Bands and Orchestras, 1905-1964, undated. The covers of these sheets feature photos of bandleaders and, in many cases, the band members. Female bandleaders are in a separate folder. The end of this subseries consists of big band theme songs. Note that in Folders CCCC-NNNN, Miscellaneous Male Bandleaders, the sheets are arranged alphabetically by last name of the band leader and not by song title.
Barron, Blue
Archival Resource Key
18 Items
1937-1949
3
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Whose Girl Are You" and "You Call Everybody Darling."
Beneke, Tex
Archival Resource Key
5 Items
1914-1946
3
B
Scope and Contents note
Contains "Five Minutes More" and "St. Louis Blues."
Benson Orchestra
Archival Resource Key
15 Items
1922-1934
3
C
Scope and Contents note
Directors Don Bestor and Ferdinand Steindel are pictured on covers. Includes: "Down by the Winegar Woiks."
Bestor, Don, see Benson Orchestra
Archival Resource Key
Breese, Lou
Archival Resource Key
13 Items
1922-1941
4
D
Scope and Contents note
Aka: Lou Calabrese, with the Paul Specht Orchestra. Both Breese and Specht covers are in this folder.
Brown, Les
Archival Resource Key
8 Items
1940-1946
4
E
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "You Won't Be Satisfied."
Busse, Henry
Archival Resource Key
20 Items
1921-1939
4
F
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "These Foolish Things" from the London production of Spread It Abroad and "Wang Wang Blues."
Calabrese, Lou - see Lou Breese
Archival Resource Key
Carle, Frankie
Archival Resource Key
1930-1949
Scope and Contents note
Also see some Horace Heidt covers.
Songs and Instrumentals
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
1930-1949
4
G
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'll Hate Myself in the Morning."
Folios
Archival Resource Key
8 Items
1941-1943
undated
4
H
Chester, Bob
Archival Resource Key
5 Items
1935-1941
5
I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Pushin' the Conversation Along."
Crosby, Bob
Archival Resource Key
34 Items
1931-1950
5
J
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Big Noise from Winnetka" from Let's Make Music and "A Fellow on a Furlough" from Meet Miss Bobby Socks.
Cugat, Xavier - see Series 4.83
Archival Resource Key
Cummins, Bernie
Archival Resource Key
11 Items
1925-1937
5
K
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "What Do We Do on a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day."
Dorsey, Jimmy and Tommy
Archival Resource Key
1915-1952
5
L-Q
Dorsey, Jimmy
Archival Resource Key
1924-1952
Scope and Contents note
Includes Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell on covers.
A - L
Archival Resource Key
34 Items
5
L
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Amapola" and "I Got It Bad."
M - Y
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
5
M
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga" and "Tangerine."
Dorsey, Tommy
Archival Resource Key
1915-1949
A - H
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
6
N
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Amor" from Broadway Rhythm and "Enjoy Yourself."
I - M
Archival Resource Key
35 Items
6
O
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'm Getting Sentimental over You" from A Song Is Born and Ship Ahoy and "The Morning After."
O - Y
Archival Resource Key
40 Items
6
P
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Take Your Pack on Your Back and Go Back to Your Shack."
Dorsey Brothers, together on covers
Archival Resource Key
10 Items
1927-1946
6
Q
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Can't Get Stuff on Your Cuff."
Fields, Shep
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
1935-1942
6
R
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Breathless."
Fisher, Mark
Archival Resource Key
21 Items
1924-1937
6
S
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen."
Goodman, Benny
Archival Resource Key
1923-1956
A - J
Archival Resource Key
36 Items
7
T
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "5'll Get You 10" and "Gotta Be This or That."
L - Y
Archival Resource Key
33 Items
7
U
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Pity the Poor Lobster" and "Why Don't You Do Right?"
Gray, Glen
Archival Resource Key
12 Items
1923-1944
7
V
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Lazybones" and "Sentimental Journey."
Hart, Bob - see Al Trace
Archival Resource Key
Heidt, Horace
Archival Resource Key
41 Items
1917-1952
7
W
Scope and Contents note
Includes: the Chicago Sunday Tribune edition of "Love's Old Sweet Song" (in the over-size Box), and "Shabby Old Cabby."
Herman, Woody
Archival Resource Key
38 Items
1909-1946
7
X
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "How Many Hearts Have You Broken" and "Hey Doc!"
Hill, Tiny
Archival Resource Key
11 Items
1935-1945
7
Y
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Abdul the Bulbul Ameer" and the folio, Tiny Hill's All-Time Old-Times.
Howard, Eddy - see 11.4, Male Singers, Folders RR and SS, Box 38
Archival Resource Key
Ipana Troubadors
Archival Resource Key
7 Items
1925-1927
8
Z
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Horses" and "I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep." Sam Lanin is pictured on the covers.
James, Harry
Archival Resource Key
57 Items
1913-1946
8
AA
Scope and Contents note
Includes Helen Forrest on one cover; and "As If I Didn't Have Enough on My Mind" and "I'm Beginning to See the Light."
Jurgens, Dick
Archival Resource Key
15 Items
1925-1948
8
BB
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "A - You're Adorable."
Kaye, Sammy
Archival Resource Key
undated
1926-1954
9
CC-EE
A - I
Archival Resource Key
50 Items
9
CC
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'll Close My Eyes" and "It Isn't Fair."
J - Y
Archival Resource Key
43 Items
9
DD
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Oh! What I Know About You" and "The Old Lamplighter."
Folios
Archival Resource Key
5 Items
undated
1942-1946
9
EE
King, Wayne
Archival Resource Key
undated
1909-1949
9
FF-I I
A - M
Archival Resource Key
42 Items
9
FF
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Goofus" and "Josephine."
O - W
Archival Resource Key
38 Items
10
GG
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "That Little Boy of Mine" and "The Waltz You Saved for Me."
Folios
Archival Resource Key
5 Items
1935-1937
10
HH
Folios
Archival Resource Key
4 Items
undated
1939
10
I I
King's Jesters
Archival Resource Key
21 Items
1926-1943
10
JJ
Scope and Contents note
Also see Paul Whiteman. Singer Marjorie Whitney is pictured on some covers. Includes: "A Cornstalk Fiddle and a Shoestring Bow" and "Spring Cleaning."
Kyser, Kay
Archival Resource Key
1913-1949
10
KK-LL
A - J
Archival Resource Key
45 Items
11
KK
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Alexander the Swoose - Half Swan, Half Goose" and "Horses Don't Bet on People."
L - Y and folio
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
11
LL
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Romance Runs in the Family" and "When Paw Was Courtin' Maw."
Lewis, Ted
Archival Resource Key
1914-1940
A - I
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
11
MM
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Can't Get Over a Girl Like You" from Rufus Lemaire's Affairs and "I'm Coming Back to You, Maybe."
J - W
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
11
NN
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Roll Along Prairie Moon" and "Show Me the Way."
Lombardo, Guy
Archival Resource Key
1908-1956
Scope and Contents note
Also see Carmen Lombardo, Series 4.150.
A - D
Archival Resource Key
44 Items
12
OO
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and "Does the Spearmint Lose It's Flavor."
E - H
Archival Resource Key
38 Items
12
PP
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Gotta Go to Work Again" and "Here It Is Monday and I've Still Got a Dollar."
I
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
12
QQ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'm My Own Grandpaw" and "It's the Darndest Thing."
J - M
Archival Resource Key
52 Items
12
RR
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Lazybones," "Love on a Greyhound Bus," and "My Mom."
N - R
Archival Resource Key
52 Items
13
SS
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "A Nickel Ain't Worth a Dime Today" and "Penny Serenade."
S - T
Archival Resource Key
46 Items
13
TT
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Scalawag" and "Show That Fellow the Door."
U - Y
Archival Resource Key
44 Items
13
UU
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Water Tumbler Tune" and "Where There's Smoke There's Fire."
Folio
Archival Resource Key
1 Item
1934
13
VV
Lopez, Vincent
Archival Resource Key
50 Items
1911-1952
14
WW
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Laughing on the Outside," "You're Just a Flower from an Old Bouquet," and "You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night."
Lyman, Abe
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
1923-1944
14
XX
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Miller's Daughter Marianne."
Martin, Freddy
Archival Resource Key
1914-1952
Scope and Contents note
Cover photos include: Jack Fine, Barclay Allen and Elmer Feldkamp.
A - H
Archival Resource Key
34 Items
14
YY
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Bumble Boogie" and "Caramba! It's the Samba!"
I - O
Archival Resource Key
41 Items
14
ZZ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "It Happens Every Time" and "My Hat's on the Side of My Head."
P - Y and 2 folios
Archival Resource Key
33 Items
15
AAA
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Take Your Pack on Your Back and Go Back to Your Shack" and "You Can't See the Sun When You're Crying."
Miller, Glenn
Archival Resource Key
1916-1944
A - M
Archival Resource Key
43 Items
15
BBB
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "In the Mood" and "Moonlight Cocktail."
O - Y and folio
Archival Resource Key
24 Items
15
CCC
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Serenade in Blue" and "Wham."
Miller, Ray
Archival Resource Key
12 Items
1920-1928
15
DDD
Scope and Contents note
Covers also feature Bob Nolan. Includes: "Can You Tell" from Ed Wynn Carnival and "She Ain't What She Used to Be."
Nelson, Ozzie
Archival Resource Key
1930-1944
Scope and Contents note
Covers also feature Harriet Hilliard (also see subseries 11.5, Box 55, Folder O) and Ricky Nelson (also see subseries 11.4, Box 45, Folder SSS), and Lee Morse.
A - L
Archival Resource Key
45 Items
15
EEE
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'm Looking for a Guy Who Plays Alto and Baritone and Doubles on a Clarinet and Wears a Size 37 Suit."
M - Y
Archival Resource Key
42 Items
16
FFF
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Mrs. Astor's Horse" and "Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes."
Olsen, George
Archival Resource Key
52 Items
1918-1949
16
GGG
Scope and Contents note
Several covers also feature Ethel Shutta, Joe Morrison, and Gracie and Charlie Herbert. Includes: "The Hottest Man in Town" from Kid Boots and "The Varsity Drag" from Good News.
Prima, Louis - see subseries 11.4: Male Singers, Folder WWW, Box 46
Archival Resource Key
Savitt, Jan
Archival Resource Key
31 Items
1916-1943
16
HHH
Scope and Contents note
Two covers also picture Carlotta Dole. Includes: "Sierra Sue" and "Umbrella Man."
Specht, Paul, see Folder D, Lou Breese
Archival Resource Key
Spitalny, Phil
Archival Resource Key
20 Items
1921-1942
16
I I I
Scope and Contents note
Includes two covers picturing the all-girl orchestra, Hour of Charm.
Steindel, Ferdinand - see Benson Orchestra
Archival Resource Key
Trace, Al
Archival Resource Key
1935-1955
Scope and Contents note
Aka: Bob Hart and Clem Watts. Several sheets are inscribed by Trace to Sam DeVincent.
A - L
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
17
JJJ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Fair, Fat and Forty" and "Fuzzy Wuzzy."
M - Y and Folios
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
17
KKK
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Where Is the Chicken in the Chicken Chow Mein?" and "You Call Everybody Darling."
Tucker, Orrin
Archival Resource Key
24 Items
1911-1942
17
LLL
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" and "Pinch Me." Also see Over-size box for songs in Chicago Sunday Tribune.
Waring, Fred
Archival Resource Key
1905-1954
Scope and Contents note
Includes two Profressional/Artist copies with music by Tom Waring.
A - H
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
17
MMM
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Bagdad," "Cross-Eyed Kelly," and "Gid-ap Garibaldi."
I - M
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
18
NNN
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Love College Girls" and "I Need Some Pettin'."
O - T
Archival Resource Key
41 Items
18
OOO
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away" and "Steak and Potatoes."
V - Y
Archival Resource Key
21 Items
18
PPP
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Voom Voom" and "The Whoopee Hat Brigade."
Folios
Archival Resource Key
3 Items
1935-1978
18
QQQ`
Weems, Ted
Archival Resource Key
1915-1941
A - L
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
19
RRR
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Egyptian-Ella," "Havana Heaven," and "Honolulu Moon."
M - W
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
19
SSS
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Piccolo Pete," "Red Nose Pete," and "There Ought to Be a Law Against That."
Welk, Lawrence
Archival Resource Key
1919-1964
undated
A - M
Archival Resource Key
49 Items
19
TTT
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Bubbles in the Wine" and "I'm a Lonely Little Petunia."
N - Y
Archival Resource Key
43 Items
19
UUU
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette" and "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed."
Band Arrangement, "Heaven Is Mine Again."
Archival Resource Key
1 Item
20
VVV
Folios
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
20
WWW
Folios
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
20
XXX
Whiteman, Paul
Archival Resource Key
1920-1937
Scope and Contents note
Some covers also picture: Mildred Bailey, Jack Fulton, Jane Green, King's Men, King's Jesters, and Loyce [sic] Whiteman.
A - I
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
20
YYY
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Doo Wacka Doo" and "It Happened in Monterey" from KING OF JAZZ.
K - S
Archival Resource Key
34 Items
21
ZZZ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Kitchen Stove" and "Sittish on a Rubbish Can."
T - Y and Folios
Archival Resource Key
20 Items
21
AAAA
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "That Wonderful Night" and "Tony's Wife."
Wiedoft, Herb
Archival Resource Key
7 Items
1922-1926
21
BBBB
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "String Beans."
Miscellaneous Male Bandleaders
Archival Resource Key
1908-1954
Scope and Contents note
Note that a few bandleaders are in Series 4: Songwriters, such as Paul Ash, Ted Fiorito, Gordon Jenkins, and Art Kassel. Phil Harris is in Subseries 11:4, Folder PP. A few others, such as Lionel Hampton, appear in Ephemera and not in this section.
A - B names
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
21
CCCC
C names
Archival Resource Key
30 Items
21
DDDD
D - E names
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
22
EEEE
F - G names
Archival Resource Key
56 Items
22
FFFF
H - J names
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
22
GGGG
K names
Archival Resource Key
33 Items
23
HHHH
L names
Archival Resource Key
43 Items
23
I I I I
M names
Archival Resource Key
56 Items
23
JJJJ
N - P names
Archival Resource Key
46 Items
24
KKKK
R names
Archival Resource Key
22 Items
24
LLLL
S names
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
24
MMMM
T - Z names
Archival Resource Key
40 Items
24
NNNN
Female Band Leaders
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
1920-1947
25
OOOO
Scope and Contents note
Contains eighteen different groups, including: Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears, the Persian Red Heads, and Harry Waiman and His Debutantes. Also see Spitalny, Box 16, Folder I I I.
Big Band Theme Songs
Archival Resource Key
1915-1956
undated
A - G
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
25
PPPP
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Bye Bye Blues," "Cherokee," and "Dark Eyes."
H - M
Archival Resource Key
46 Items
25
QQQQ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Hot Lips" and "I'm Getting' Sentimental Over You."
N - S
Archival Resource Key
44 Items
25
RRRR
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "One O'Clock Jump," "Sentimental Journey," and "Sugar Blues."
T - Y
Archival Resource Key
25 Items
26
SSSS
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Waltz You Saved for Me" and "You're the Only Star."
Folio, undated, Robbins All-Star Radio Theme Songs.
Archival Resource Key
1 Item
26
TTTT
Songs with band in the title
Archival Resource Key
1887 - 1934
26
UUUU
Scope and Contents
Includes "You Can't Play Every Instrument in the Band."
Foios with methods for bands
Archival Resource Key
26
VVVV
Novelty Bands
11.3
Archival Resource Key
1901-1952
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 3, Novelty Bands, 1901-1952, consists of folders for four bands: Spike Jones, Kidoodlers, Korn Kobblers, and Fisher's (Fischer) Schnickelfritz Band.
Jones, Spike
Archival Resource Key
19 Items
1901-1952
26
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Pass the Biscuits Mirandy" and "A Serenade to a Jerk."
Kidoodlers
Archival Resource Key
13 Items
1935-1940
26
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Dan, the Elevator Man" and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze."
Korn Kobblers
Archival Resource Key
14 Items
1932-1947
26
C
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Keep Your Hands Up Stranger!" and folio, The Korn Kobblers.
Fisher's (Fischer) Schnickelfritz Band
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
1937-1946
26
D
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "What She Ain't Got She Don't Need" and folio, Colonel Corn.
Multiple editions of the Band Played on
Archival Resource Key
1895 - 1942
27
E
Male Singers (Individual)
11.4
Archival Resource Key
1846-1986
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 4, Male Singers (Individual), 1846-1986, covers a long and varied period of American popular song, from early entertainers like Dan Bryant, to Enrico Caruso, to Eddie Cantor, to Elvis Presley. Some singers are in subseries 13, Phonographs and Sound Recordings; in Series 6, Moving Pictures and Movie Stars; in Series 16, Country, Western, and Folk Music; or with other singers in this series. These notes are in the container list. Also note: the items in folders PPPP-TTTT, Miscellaneous Singers, are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the singer and not by song title. Also see Series 17.1, The Human Condition/Blind Musicians and Performers.
Scope and Contents note
Also see: subseries 13, Folder C, Phonograph Artists; and Series 17.1, the Human Condition/Blind Musicians and Performers
Astaire, Fred
Archival Resource Key
1914-1955
Scope and Contents note
The largest part of Astaire music is songs from movies. Sheets are in alphabetical order by song title, not movie title.
A - M
Archival Resource Key
45 Items
27
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Blue without You" and "Just Like Taking Candy from a Baby," both with music by Astaire, and "I'm Building Up for an Awful Letdown" from the London musical Rise and Shine. The cover photo for "My Croony Melody" shows Astaire at about age fourteen, with his older sister Adele.
N - Y
Archival Resource Key
27 Items
27
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Oops" and "Something's Gotta Give."
Bennett, Tony
Archival Resource Key
34 Items
1921-1968
27
C
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Have a Good Time" and "Solitaire."
Benton, Brook - see Dinah Washington, subseries 5.
Archival Resource Key
27
Boone, Pat
Archival Resource Key
53 Items
1930-1967
27
D
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "A Fiddle, a Rifle, and Axe and a Bible" and "What If They Gave a War and Nobody Came?" and one folio.
Cantor, Eddie
Archival Resource Key
1911-1947
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured on some covers are: Mary Eaton; Dinah Shore and Olive Major; Miss True York; Al Jolson, Willie Howard, Jay Flippen, and Jack Rose; Lillian FitzGerald; Ray Anthony, Charlie Spivak, and Harry Cool.
A - F
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
28
E
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "But - After the Ball Was Over!," "The Dumber They Come the Better I Like 'Em," and "Don't."
G - K
Archival Resource Key
46 Items
28
F
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Girl I Left Behind Me Is Way Ahead of Me Now" and "He Knows His Groceries."
L - N
Archival Resource Key
43 Items
28
G
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Let's Do and Say We Didn't" and "The Modern Maiden's Prayer" from Ziegfeld Follies of 1917.
O - S
Archival Resource Key
42 Items
29
H
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Polly Put the Kettle On" and "Since Ma Is Playing Mah Jong."
T - Y and Folio
Archival Resource Key
36 Items
29
I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" and "Who Told You That Lie?" and a folio.
Caruso, Enrico 1902-1952
Archival Resource Key
Songs made famous by, written by, or about Caruso
Archival Resource Key
27 Items
29
J
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Dreams of Long Ago" from The Million and "When Caruso Comes to Town."
Songs about other "Carusos" and Folio
Archival Resource Key
7 Items
29
K
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "My Irish Caruso" and "Rollin' Hills" sung by Enrico Caruso, Jr.
Como, Perry
Archival Resource Key
1905-1980
A - F
Archival Resource Key
52 Items
30
L
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "A - You're Adorable," "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba," and "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes."
G - "I'll…"
Archival Resource Key
50 Items
30
M
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Hoop-Dee-Doo" and "Hot Diggity."
"It…" - O
Archival Resource Key
49 Items
30
N
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Lili Marlene" and "The Old Lamplighter."
P - T
Archival Resource Key
57 Items
30
O
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Papa Loves Mambo" and "Prisoner of Love."
U - Z and 3 Folios
Archival Resource Key
29 Items
31
P
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" and "Zing Zing - Zoom Zoom."
Crosby, Bing
Archival Resource Key
1914-1964
Movie Songs, 1900-1964 (arranged by song title, not movie title)
Archival Resource Key
31
Q-V
A - B
Archival Resource Key
42 Items
31
Q
C - H
Archival Resource Key
49 Items
31
R
I - J
Archival Resource Key
61 Items
31
S
M - P
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
32
T
R - S, includes "Sing a Song of Sunbeams" from East Side of Heaven.
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
32
U
T - Z
Archival Resource Key
55 Items
32
V
Country/Western Songs
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
1916-1949
33
W
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'm an Old Cowhand," "There's a Gold Mine in the Sky," and "Sierra Sue."
General Songs
Archival Resource Key
1914-1955
33
X-BB
Scope and Contents note
Also pictured on some covers are Connie Boswell, the Andrews Sister, Joe Venuti, and John Scott Trotter.
A - H
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
33
X
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street" and "How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies!"
I - J
Archival Resource Key
43 Items
33
Y
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Wonder What's Become of Sally" and "It's the Talk of the Town."
L - P
Archival Resource Key
54 Items
34
Z
Scope and Contents note
Includes: " Missouri Waltz" and "Paper Doll."
Q - V
Archival Resource Key
55 Items
34
AA
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Quicksilver," "Skylark," and "Some Night in Alaska."
W - Z
Archival Resource Key
27 Items
34
BB
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Where the Blue of the Night," "Yodelin' Joe," and "A Zoot Suit."
Songs by and about Crosby and the Rhythm Boys
Archival Resource Key
50 Items
1926-1954
34
CC
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Crosby, Columbo and Vallee," "Little Dutch Mill," and "Ready, Willing, and Able."
Crosby Family Covers
Archival Resource Key
11 Items
1922-1961
35
DD
Scope and Contents note
Includes songs by and/or cover photos of Crosby with his children, and wife, Cathy, and Larry Crosby. For Dixie Lee, see Subseries 5, Folder V, Box 56.
Folios
Archival Resource Key
undated
1933-1954
35
EE-HH
A - C
Archival Resource Key
7 Items
35
EE
D - F
Archival Resource Key
5 Items
35
FF
H - M
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
36
GG
P - W
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
36
HH
Damone, Vic
Archival Resource Key
36 Items
1929-1967
36
I I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "In the Market Place of Old Monterey" and "On the South Side of Chicago."
Downey, Morton, Sr.
Archival Resource Key
1923-1952
A-L
Archival Resource Key
42 Items
36
JJ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'll Always Be in Love with You" and "In Love Again."
M-Y
Archival Resource Key
49 Items
37
KK
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Now You're in my Arms" and "Wabash Moon."
Folios
Archival Resource Key
3 Items
37
LL
Scope and Contents note
Contains: Morton Downey's Favorite Irish Songs, 1943.
Durante, Jimmy
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
1920-1966
37
MM
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Inka Dinka Doo" and "Umbriago."
Eberly, Bob - see Jimmy Dorsey, subseries 2, and Miscellaneous Male Singers, this subseries.
Archival Resource Key
37
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Fisher, Eddie
Archival Resource Key
72 Items
1921-1967
37
NN
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Want Eddie Fisher for Christmas" and "Then I'll Be Happy."
Frankel, Harry ("Singing Sam")
Archival Resource Key
7 Items
undated
1931-1938
37
OO
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "River, Stay away from My Door" and Singin' with the Old Singing Master.
Harris, Phil
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
1908-1964
38
PP
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Brazen Little Raisin," "Possum Song," and "That's What I Like 'bout the South."
Haymes, Dick
Archival Resource Key
18 Items
1930-1950
undated
38
QQ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Count Every Star," "Little White Lies," and folio, Sing with Dick Haymes.
Howard, Eddie
Archival Resource Key
1913-1955
A-I
Archival Resource Key
55 Items
38
RR
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Careless," "For Sentimental Reasons," and "Heartaches."
J-Y
Archival Resource Key
45 Items
39
SS
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Now Is the Hour," "The Rickety Rickshaw Man," and "You Need Some Basic Training, Soldier Boy."
Ives, Burl
Archival Resource Key
1922-1971
Songs and Folios
Archival Resource Key
24 Items
39
TT
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Blue Tail Fly," "The Little White Duck," and 4 folios.
The Burl Ives Song Book
Archival Resource Key
1953
39
UU
Jolson, Al
Archival Resource Key
1911-1948
Scope and Contents note
Also see Series 4: Berlin, Donaldson, Gershwin, Kahn, Rose, Von Tilzer, Wendling, Whiting, and Yellen.
A - B
Archival Resource Key
50 Items
40
VV
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Alabamy Bound," "Avalon," and "Bagdad."
C - E
Archival Resource Key
49 Items
40
WW
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "California Here I Come" and "Everybody Rag with Me."
F - "I'll…"
Archival Resource Key
38 Items
40
XX
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Goin' to Heaven on a Mule," "Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land," and "I'll Say She Does."
"I'm…" - L
Archival Resource Key
34 Items
40
YY
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'm a Fugitive from a Chain Letter Gang" and "I'm Glad My Wife's in Europe."
M
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
41
ZZ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose" and "My Mammy."
N - R
Archival Resource Key
35 Items
41
AAA
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."
S
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
41
BBB
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "She's a Latin from Manhattan" and "Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers."
T - "When…"
Archival Resource Key
43 Items
41
CCC
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "There's a Rainbow 'round My Shoulder" and "When the Grown Up Ladies Act Like Babies."
"Where…" - Y
Archival Resource Key
53 Items
42
DDD
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go on Friday Night," "Yoo- Hoo," and "You're a Dangerous Girl."
Folios
Archival Resource Key
3 Items
1947-1952
42
EEE
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Al Jolson's Old Time Minstrel Show."
Kaye, Danny
Archival Resource Key
27 Items
1913-1959
42
FFF
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Ballin' the Jack," "Wonderful Copenhagen," and 2 folios.
Laine, Frankie
Archival Resource Key
45 Items
1924-1967
42
GGG
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Moonlight Gambler" and "Rose, Rose I Love You."
Lauder, Harry
Archival Resource Key
B - I
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
43
HHH
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Boss of the Hoos," "Calligan, Call Again!" "I Love a Lassie," and "I'm Going to Marry-Arry." Also: in the over-size box, "Doris," instrumental.
J - T
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
43
I I I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Roamin' in the Gloamin" and "That's the Reason Noo I Wear a Kilt."
W and Folios
Archival Resource Key
21 Items
43
JJJ
Scope and Contents note
"The Waggle of the Kilt" and Albums 1-5 of Francis and Day's Album of Harry Lauder's Popular Songs.
Lucas, Nick
Archival Resource Key
1924-1944
B - P
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
44
KKK
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Everyone in Town Loves Little Mary Brown" and "I'm Looking for a Girl Named Mary."
S - W and Folios
Archival Resource Key
22 Items
44
LLL
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Sleepy Time Gal," "Tip Toe Through the Tulips with Me," and several guitar instructional folios.
Martin, Tony
Archival Resource Key
1929-1958
Songs
Archival Resource Key
65 Items
44
MMM
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Fools Rush In," "I Said My Pajamas," and "When Did You Leave Heaven?"
Folios
Archival Resource Key
2 Items
44
NNN
Scope and Contents note
Tony Martin Song Collection and Tony Martin Song Folio.
McCormack, John
Archival Resource Key
1904-1934
B - J
Archival Resource Key
44 Items
45
OOO
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Barefoot Trail" and "I Hear You Calling Me."
L - W
Archival Resource Key
21 Items
45
PPP
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Love, Here Is My Heart" and "Macushla."
Monroe, Vaughn
Archival Resource Key
1925-1954
A - S
Archival Resource Key
61 Items
45
QQQ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell" and "Pretty Little Girl with the Red Dress On."
T - Y and Folios
Archival Resource Key
25 Items
45
RRR
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "There, I've Said It Again," "You Can't See the Sun When You're Cryin'," and 3 folios.
Morton, Ed (Includes Don't Bite the hand That's Feeding you and She Got Even with Stephen.
Archival Resource Key
45
SSS-1
Nelson, Ricky
Archival Resource Key
8 Items
1957-1962
46
SSS-2
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Teenage Idol" and "A Teenager's Romance."
Paul, Les and Ford, Mary
Archival Resource Key
Scope and Contents note
Note that early in his career, Les Paul performed as "Rhubarb Red."
A - M
Archival Resource Key
43 Items
46
TTT
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "How High the Moon," "I'm Sitting on Top of the World," and "Mockin' Bird Hill."
N - W and Folios
Archival Resource Key
20 Items
46
UUU
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Vaya Con Dios," "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise," and 2 folios.
Presley, Elvis
Archival Resource Key
57 Items
1948-1977
46
VVV
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "All Shook Up," "Follow That Dream," "Love Me Tender," and "Teddy Bear." Also: 5 songs written in tribute to Elvis.
Prima, Louis and Smith, Keely
Archival Resource Key
52 Items
1920-1959
46
WWW
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Baciagaloop," "Ooh-Dadily-Dah," and "When Rosie Ricoola Do the Hoola Ma Boola," and 1 folio.
Ray, Johnny
Archival Resource Key
24 Items
1927-1959
47
XXX
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Cry" and "Just Walking in the Rain."
Richman, Harry
Archival Resource Key
1923-1939
Scope and Contents note
Also see Series 4, subseries 50, Gene Austin.
A - M
Archival Resource Key
31 Items
47
YYY
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Burgundy," "C'est Vous," and "Moonlight Saving Time."
N - Y
Archival Resource Key
31 Items
47
ZZZ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Rolling Along" and "Ro-Ro-Rollin' Along."
Sinatra, Frank
Archival Resource Key
1915-1984
A - F
Archival Resource Key
52 Items
47
AAAA
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Close to You" and "Full Moon and Empty Arms."
G - I
Archival Resource Key
50 Items
47
BBBB
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" and "I'm from New Jersey."
J - P
Archival Resource Key
46 Items
48
CCCC
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Love's Been Good to Me" and "Night and Day."
R - T
Archival Resource Key
57 Items
48
DDDD
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Saturday Night," "Something Stupid" with Nancy Sinatra, and "There's a Small Hotel."
W - Y and Folios
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
48
EEEE
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Wee Small Hours," "Witchcraft," and "Young at Heart." Also 3 folios.
Singing Sam - see Harry Frankel, this subseries, Folder OO
Archival Resource Key
48
Trace, Al - see subseries 2, Folders JJJ-KKK
Archival Resource Key
48
Tracy, Arthur, "The Street Singer," 1931-1933
Archival Resource Key
18 Items
48
FFFF
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Play, Fiddle, Play," "Sugar," and folio, The Street Singer.
Vallee, Rudy
Archival Resource Key
1883-1961
A - D
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
49
GGGG
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Betty Coed," "Crosby, Columbo and Vallee," and "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes."
E - "I'll…"
Archival Resource Key
41 Items
49
HHHH
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Heigh Ho! Everybody, Heigh Ho!" and "If I Had a Girl Like You."
"I'm…" - L
Archival Resource Key
52 Items
49
I I I I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover" and "Little White Lies."
M - O
Archival Resource Key
38 Items
50
JJJJ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Miller's Daughter Marianne" and "Old New England Moon."
P - T
Archival Resource Key
48 Items
50
KKKK
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Stein Song" and "Then We Cano-dle-oodle Along."
V - Y
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
50
LLLL
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "When It's Springtime in the Rockies," "The Whiffenpoof Song," and a folio, 12 Old Time Tavern Tunes.
Musicals and Movies
Archival Resource Key
46 Items
1929-1961
50
MMMM
Scope and Contents note
Contains songs from George White's Scandals, How to Succeed in Business…, and Sweet Music.
Contains songs from Earl Carroll Vanities (11th Edition), Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, Gold Diggers in Paris, Happy Go Lucky, International House, Knowmore College, and Vagabond Lover.
Archival Resource Key
35 Items
51
NNNN
Williams, Andy
Archival Resource Key
31 Items
undated
1926-1970
51
OOOO
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Hawaiian Wedding Song," "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars," and "Wonderlove" with Claudine Longet on the cover, and 1 folio.
Miscellaneous Male Singers
Archival Resource Key
undated
1836-1981
Scope and Contents note
Note that music in these folders is alphabetized by name of the performer and not by song title.
Early Lithograph
Archival Resource Key
25 Items
undated
1836-1898
51
PPPP
Scope and Contents note
Contains images of twenty early performers, including Billy Barlow, Dan Bryant, Bartley Campbell, Pete Morris, George Grossmith, Gus Phillips (Oofty Gooft), Horace Lingard, Howard Powers, George C. Staley, and Lloyd Wilson.
A - G
Archival Resource Key
53 Items
51
QQQQ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Charles Aznavour, Shaun Cassidy, and Jim Croce.
H - K
Archival Resource Key
50 Items
52
RRRR
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Bobby Hebb, Engelbert Humperdinck, Elton John, and Harry Jolson.
L - O
Archival Resource Key
57 Items
52
SSSS
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Steve Lawrence, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ted Nugent, and Chancey Olcott.
P - S
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
52
TTTT
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Tommy Roe, Bobby Sherman, and Rod Stewart.
T - Y
Archival Resource Key
41 Items
52
UUUU
Scope and Contents note
Includes: John Charles Thomas, Lawrence Tibbett, Frankie Valli, and Bobby Vinton.
Female Singers (Individual)
11.5
Archival Resource Key
1845-1971
Scope and Contents note
Also see subseries 13, Folder C, Phonograph Artists
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 5, Female Singers (Individual), 1845-1971, spans over one hundred years beginning with early entertainers such as Miss Lyllian Poole and Jenny Lind, and continuing through vaudeville, musical theater, and band singers. Some female singers can be found in subseries 13, Phonographs and Sound Recordings; in Series 6, Moving Pictures and Movie Stars; and in Series 16, Country, Western, and Folk Music. Note that the singers in folders NNN-UUU, Miscellaneous Singers, are arranged alphabetically by last name of the singer and not by song title.
Bailey, Mildred
Archival Resource Key
15 Items
1922-1945
53
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Blue" and "When It's Sleepy Time Down South."
Bonita
Archival Resource Key
12 Items
1903-1916
53
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Bonita Waltz" and "Oh Miss Malinda."
Brewer, Teresa
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
1921-1957
53
C
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Baby, Baby, Baby," "Music! Music! Music!" and a folio, Jilted, the Hit Kit.
Brice, Fanny
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
1911-1930
53
D
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "My Man" and eight other titles from Ziegfeld Follies.
Burke, Billie
Archival Resource Key
11 Items
1902-1922
53
E
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Bars Are Down in Lovers Lane" and "Mind the Paint."
Clooney, Rosemary
Archival Resource Key
27 Items
1941-1955
53
F
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Lovely Weather for Ducks," "Sailor Boys Have to Talk to Me in English" and folio: Rosemary Clooney in Songs and Pictures.
Day, Doris
Archival Resource Key
1908-1967
A - H
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
53
G
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "A Guy Is a Guy" and "How Lovely Cooks the Meat."
I - M
Archival Resource Key
36 Items
54
H
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "It's Magic" and "Love Somebody."
O - Y and folio
Archival Resource Key
27 Items
54
I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone," "This Too Shall Pass Away" and folio: The Pajama Game.
Etting, Ruth
Archival Resource Key
1918-1936
B - I
Archival Resource Key
38 Items
54
J
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Guilty" and "I'll See You in My Dreams."
J - S
Archival Resource Key
33 Items
54
K
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Maybe! Who Knows?" and "Mother's Crazy Quilt."
T - Y
Archival Resource Key
27 Items
54
L
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Thrilled" and "You'll Never Get up to Heaven That Way."
Hildegarde
Archival Resource Key
16 Items
1935-1967
55
M
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" and "Lili Marlene."
Hayes, Catherine
Archival Resource Key
9 Items
1851
undated
55
N
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls" and "Home of My Heart."
Hilliard, Harriet
Archival Resource Key
18 Items
1932-1944
55
O
Scope and Contents note
Also see Ozzie Nelson, subseries 11.4, Boxes 15-16, Folders EEE- FFF. Includes: "It Goes to Your Feet" from New Faces of 1937 and "Three Foot Skipper Jones."
Hutton, Betty
Archival Resource Key
23 Items
1916-1952
55
P
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "My Fickle Eye" and "Stuff Like That There."
Hutton, Marion
Archival Resource Key
9 Items
1929-1945
55
Q
Scope and Contents note
Contains: "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling," seven editions of "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time," and "You Won't Be Satisfied."
Irwin, May and Flo
Archival Resource Key
42 Items
1894-1916
55
R
Scope and Contents note
Also see May Irwin, Series 3, subseries 4, Folder DDD. Note that the majority of songs have May Irwin on the covers; Flo appears on only two. Includes: "His Legs Are Assorted Sizes," "She Borrowed My Only Husband," and "When You Ain't Got No Money, Well You Needn't Come Around."
Janus, Elsie
Archival Resource Key
19 Items
1906-1925
56
S1
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'd Rather Love What I Cannot Have Than Have What I Cannot Love," "You're Just a Flower from an Old Bouquet," and folio: The Slim Princess.
Kellogg, Clara Louise. Includes "L'Amour" and 'Beware."
Archival Resource Key
56
S2
Langford, Frances
Archival Resource Key
1932-1944
Songs
Archival Resource Key
31 Items
56
T
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Music, Maestro, Please" and "You Hit the Spot."
Folios
Archival Resource Key
4 Items
56
U
Scope and Contents note
Includes: two Song Hits.
Lee, Dixie
Archival Resource Key
9 Items
1929-1935
56
V
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Look What You've Done to Me" from Why Leave Home?
Lee, Peggy
Archival Resource Key
33 Items
1933-1967
56
W
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Don't Know Enough About You" and "Mañana."
Lind, Jenny
Archival Resource Key
1845-1949
A - D
Archival Resource Key
16 Items
56
X
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "By the Sad Sea Waves" from The Brides of Venice.
F - H
Archival Resource Key
14 Items
57
Y
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Gently Sighs the Breeze."
I - L
Archival Resource Key
16 Items
57
Z
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I've Left the Snow Clad Hills" (or: "My Snow Clad Hills").
M - W
Archival Resource Key
14 Items
57
AA
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "My Home, My Happy Home" and "Ossian's Serenade."
Child of the Regiment
Archival Resource Key
10 Items
undated
1851-1860
57
BB
Dedications to and songs about Jenny Lind
Archival Resource Key
33 Items
1847-1949
58
CC
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Jenny Lind Mania," "Jenny Lind's Favorite Polka," and "Jenny Lind's Triumphant March."
Marsh, Peggy - see Aalbu Sisters, Subseries 11.7, Folder S
Archival Resource Key
Martin, Mary
Archival Resource Key
25 Items
1938-1966
58
DD
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Sand in My Shoes," "Speak Low," and folio: 400 Songs to Remember.
Merman, Ethel
Archival Resource Key
17 Items
1913-1956
58
EE
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Got the Sun in the Morning" from Annie Get Your Gun and "Mutual Admiration Society" from Happy Hunting.
Nesbitt, Evelyn
Archival Resource Key
11 Items
1913-1919
58
FF
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "For the Sake of Wife and Home" with Harry Thaw on the cover and "When You're in Love with Someone Who Is Not in Love with You."
Nilsson, Christine
Archival Resource Key
20 Items
undated
1853-1883
58
GG
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Angels Ever Bright and Fair" and "Please Give Me a Penny, Sir!"
O'Connell, Helen, see Dorsey, Jimmy, subseries 11.2
Archival Resource Key
Page, Patti
Archival Resource Key
1937-1971
A - I
Archival Resource Key
36 Items
59
HH
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Cross Over the Bridge" and "I Went to Your Wedding."
L - Y and folios
Archival Resource Key
31 Items
59
I I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Tennessee Waltz" and "That Doggie in the Window."
Parepa, Mlle (Mme Parepa Rosa)
Archival Resource Key
9 Items
1867-1869
59
JJ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "As I'd Nothing Else to Do" and "When We Went a Gleaning."
Patti, Adelina
Archival Resource Key
1855-1903
undated
Songs and folio
Archival Resource Key
21 Items
59
KK
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Laughing Song" from Manon Lescaut, "Patti Waltz Song," and folio: Musical Treasures.
Sweetest Songs folios, May 3-31
Archival Resource Key
5 Items
1894
60
LL
Sweetest Songs folios, undated-August 2
Archival Resource Key
7 Items
1894
60
MM
Sweetest Songs folios, undated-November 1
Archival Resource Key
5 Items
1894
60
NN
The Song Folio
Archival Resource Key
1 Item
1880
60
OO
Patti, Amalia and Carlotta
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
1853-1969
undated
61
PP
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Good Night and Pleasant Dreams" and "In the Gloaming."
Raye, Martha
Archival Resource Key
14 Items
1937-1944
61
QQ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "College Swing," "You'll Have to Swing It," and a folio, Song Hits.
Rose Marie (Baby Rose Marie)
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
1926-1955
61
RR
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Don't Want to Go to Bed," "Is I Gotta Go to School, Ma?" and "Who Walks in When I Walk Out."
Russell, Lillian
Archival Resource Key
19 Items
1883-1919
61
SS
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Want to Look Like Lillian Russell" from The Beauty Shop and "Pretty Penelope Plover."
Sanderson, Julia
Archival Resource Key
10 Items
1905-1921
61
TT
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'm on My Way to Dublin Bay" and "Love May Be a Mystery."
Seeley, Blossom
Archival Resource Key
14 Items
1911-1927
61
UU
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Chicago (That Todd'ling Town)" and "On the Bay of Old Bombay."
Shore, Dinah
Archival Resource Key
1921-1958
A - K
Archival Resource Key
44 Items
62
VV
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Dear Hearts and Gentle People," Double Shuffle," and "It's So Nice to Have a Man around the House."
L - Y
Archival Resource Key
46 Items
62
WW
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Mama, Do I Gotta?" "Yes, My Darling Daughter," and two folios.
Shutta, Ethel
Archival Resource Key
26 Items
1932-1935
62
XX
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Angel Cake Lady and the Gingerbread Man."
Simms, Ginny
Archival Resource Key
14 Items
1930-1947
62
YY
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet" from Broadway Rhythm and two folios.
Sinatra, Nancy
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
1944-1967
63
ZZ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" and "Sand."
Smith, Kate
Archival Resource Key
1927-1951
undated
A - I
Archival Resource Key
45 Items
63
AAA
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind," "It's a Sin" and "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie."
J - P
Archival Resource Key
44 Items
63
BBB
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Marching Along Together" and "The One Rose."
S - Y
Archival Resource Key
51 Items
63
CCC
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Seems Like Old Times," "Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread," and "When the Moon Comes over the Mountain."
Folios
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
64
DDD
Scope and Contents note
All have Kate Smith's name in the title.
Stafford, Jo
Archival Resource Key
40 Items
1932-1954
64
EEE
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Didn't Know about You," "Make Love to Me," and "Wind in the Willow."
Stanley, Eileen
Archival Resource Key
1919-1932
Scope and Contents note
Also see subseries 13, Folder C, Phonograph Artists
A - I
Archival Resource Key
26 Items
64
FFF
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Down by the Gas House," "I'm a Jazz Vampire," and "I'm a Pickaninny Rose."
J - Y
Archival Resource Key
26 Items
64
GGG
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Just a Girl That Men Forget" and "You Can't Get Lovin' Where There Ain't Any Love."
Tanguay, Eva
Archival Resource Key
25 Items
1903-1938
65
HHH
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Banjo Serenade" from The Sambo Girl, "Egotistical Eva," "I Don't Care," and "I'd Like to Be an Animal in the Zoo."
Taylor, Laurette
Archival Resource Key
18 Items
1913-1922
65
I I I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Little Good for Nothing's Good for Something After All."
Tucker, Sophie
Archival Resource Key
1903-1948
A - G
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
65
JJJ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: " The Angle Worm Wiggle," "Come Along," "Daddy," and "Give Me Back My Husband, You've Had Him Long E'nuff."
H - I
Archival Resource Key
43 Items
65
KKK
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "He's a Good Man to Have Around" from Honky Tonk and "I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mammas."
J - R
Archival Resource Key
41 Items
66
LLL
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Leader of Vanity Fair" from Twirly Whirly and "Positively, Absolutely."
S - Y
Archival Resource Key
52 Items
66
MMM
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Some of These Days," "When War Breaks Out in Mexico, I'm Going to Montreal," and "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down."
Wilson, Grace - see Series 16, Country, Western, and Folk
Archival Resource Key
Miscellaneous Female Singers, Early Litho, pre-1910
Archival Resource Key
A - F names
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
66
NNN
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Miss Ada Alexander; Polly Chase, as Pajama Polly in Hoyt's Comedies; and Mrs. W. J. Florence, who performed with her husband.
G - P names
Archival Resource Key
25 Items
67
OOO
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Mrs. Morley ("I'm Queen of the Fairy Band") and Miss Poole ("Oh Say You Love Me Truly").
R - Y names
Archival Resource Key
27 Items
67
PPP
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Fay Templeton ("Gobble Song" from The Mascotte) and Miss Lydia Yeamans ("Who's Dat Calling So Sweet?")
Miscellaneous Female Singers, after 1909
Archival Resource Key
Scope and Contents note
Also see subseries 13, Folder C, Phonograph Artists
A - C names
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
67
QQQ
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Eileen Barton, Joan Brooks, Vicki Carr, and Natalie Cole.
D - G names
Archival Resource Key
53 Items
67
RRR
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Dolly Dawn, Gracie Fields, Connie Francis, Georgia Gibbs, and Gilda Gray.
H - K names
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
68
SSS
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Irmanette, Joni James, Kitty Kallen, and Evelyn Knight.
L - P names
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
68
TTT
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Loretta Lee, Vera Lynn, Joni Mitchell, and Patricola.
R - Y names
Archival Resource Key
52 Items
68
UUU
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Doris Rhodes, Linda Ronstadt, Stella Stevens, Kay Starr, Gale Storm, Norma Talmadge, Dinah Washington, and Margaret Young.
Duos and Groups (Male and Mixed)
11.6
Archival Resource Key
1870-1981, undated
Scope and Contents note
Note that female-only duos and groups are in subseries 7. Also see subseries 13, Folder C, Phonograph Artists.
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 6, Male and Mixed Duos and Groups, 1903-1981, comprises male-only and male/female duos and groups. See Series 16, Country, Western, and Folk Music for more singers. Also see subseries 11, Theater; subseries 13, Phonographs and Sound Recordings; and subseries 14, Radio, Transistor, and Wireless. Note that the music in Folders N-Q is arranged alphabetically by group name and not by song title. Female-only groups are in subseries 7.
Beach Boys
Archival Resource Key
undated
1944-1979
Songs
Archival Resource Key
10 Items
69
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Beach Boys Medley" and "Help Me, Rhonda."
Folios
Archival Resource Key
1975-1977
undated
69
C
Ames Brothers
Archival Resource Key
41 Items
1921-1970
69
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Saw Esau," "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane," and "No Moon at All."
Beatles
Archival Resource Key
1952-1981
Songs
Archival Resource Key
69 Items
69
D
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Am the Walrus," "Kansas City," and "Rocky Raccoon."
Folios
Archival Resource Key
7 Items
70
E
Scope and Contents note
Includes: John Lennon - in Memoriam, 1981.
Four Aces
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
1903-1958
70
F
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Heart of My Heart," "No, Not Much," and "Tell My Why."
Four Lads
Archival Resource Key
16 Items
1949-1958
70
G
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea" and "The Girl on Page 44."
Bill Haley and the Comets
Archival Resource Key
36 Items
1942-1965
70
H
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Hook, Line and Sinker" from Don't Knock the Rock, "See You Later, Alligator," "Shake, Rattle, and Roll," and 1 folio.
Kaufman Brothers - see 11.13: Phonograph
Archival Resource Key
Merry Macs
Archival Resource Key
17 Items
1938-1947
70
I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Hut-Sut Song," "Laughing on the Outside," and one folio.
Pied Pipers
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
1944-1947
70
J
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "When Am I Gonna Kiss You Good Morning."
Van and Schenck
Archival Resource Key
1906-1936
A - G
Archival Resource Key
33 Items
71
K
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Ain't She Sweet?" and "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley!"
H - M
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
71
L
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "He Likes Her Jukulele" [sic] from The Century Girl, "Let Him Miss You a Little Bit," and "Momsy."
N - Y
Archival Resource Key
36 Items
71
M
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "On the Shores of Italy" from The Ding Bats, "Pastafalooza," "Strut, Miss Lizzie," "When Tony Goes Over the Top," and "You Can Have Him I Don't Want Him Didn't Love Him Anyhow Blues."
Miscellaneous Duos and Groups
Archival Resource Key
Scope and Contents note
Also see Series 3, African American
A - C
Archival Resource Key
46 Items
71
N
Scope and Contents note
Includes: The Association, The Bee Gees, The Brothers Four, and Credence Clearwater.
D - K
Archival Resource Key
48 Items
72
O
Scope and Contents note
Includes: The Dave Clark Five, The Doobie Brothers, Herman's Hermits, Jefferson Starship, and The Kingston Trio.
L - R
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
72
P
Scope and Contents note
Includes: The Mamas and Papas, The Monkees, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and Peter, Paul and Mary.
S - Y
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
72
Q
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, Sonny and Cher ("Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer"), Spanky and Our Gang, Three Dog Night, The Tijuana Brass, The Trogs, and The Who.
Folio, Alan Freed's Rock and Roll Party
Archival Resource Key
undated
72
R
Female Duos and Groups
11.7
Archival Resource Key
1896-1966
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 7, Female Duos and Groups, 1896-1966, are primarily sister groups, with the Andrews Sisters having the largest portion. See Series 16, Country, Western, and Folk Music for more singers. Note that the music in folders S-V, Miscellaneous Groups, is arranged alphabetically by group name and not by song title.
Andrews Sisters
Archival Resource Key
1917-1966
A - H
Archival Resource Key
51 Items
73
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Amen (Yea Man)" from What's Cookin', "Charley My Boy," and "Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet."
I - O
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
73
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded," "Is You Is, or Is You Ain't" from Follow the Boys, and "Money Is the Root of All Evil."
P - S
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
73
C
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Rhumboogie" from Argentine Nights, "Shoo Shoo Baby" from Three Cheers for the Boys, and "Straighten Up and Fly Right."
T - Z
Archival Resource Key
23 Items
73
D
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Well All Right!" and "You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith" from Buck Privates.
Folios
Archival Resource Key
2 Items
74
E
Boswell Sisters
Archival Resource Key
40 Items
1928-1954
74
F
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Never Took a Lesson in My Life," "Swingy Little Thingy" and 400 Songs to Remember (folio) with Connie Boswell on the cover and a biography inside.
Chordettes
Archival Resource Key
14 Items
19151-1959
74
G
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Dance Me Loose," "Mister Sandman," and a folio.
Courtney Sisters
Archival Resource Key
9 Items
1918-1925
74
H
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Baby Blue Eyes" from Troubles of 1922 (George Jessel also on the cover) and "The Pickaninny's Paradise."
Dennis Sisters (also known as The Three Dennis Sisters)
Archival Resource Key
19 Items
1922-1954
74
I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Dreamy Melody" and "Sighing Sands."
Dolly Sisters
Archival Resource Key
22 Items
1909-1945
74
J
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Beware of Pink Pajamas" from His Bridal Night, "Bumble Bee" from Ziegfeld Follies of 1911, and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" from Oh Look! Also see: Series 6, Moving Pictures and Movie Stars.
Doring Sisters
Archival Resource Key
8 Items
1935-1936
75
K
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Old Oaken Bucket" and "Sweet and Low."
Duncan Sisters
Archival Resource Key
51 Items
1918-1940
75
L
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Cross Word Puzzle Blues," "Do Re Mi" from Topsy and Eva, "I'm So Glad My Mamma Don't Know Where I'm At," and Sorry."
Fontaine (Fontane) Sisters (also known as The Three Sisters)
Archival Resource Key
13 Items
1914-1956
75
M
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Hearts of Stone" and "You Won't Be Satisfied."
Garvin Twins
Archival Resource Key
5 Items
1924-1926
75
N
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Pal of My Cradle Days."
King Sisters, (also known as The Four King Sisters)
Archival Resource Key
14 Items
1926-1956
75
O
Scope and Contents note
Note that this was also the name of a pre-WWI duo (see Folder T). Includes: "Gobs of Love," "I Came here to Talk for Joe," and "Mom Says Not to Worry."
McGuire Sisters
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
1953-1961
75
P
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "May You Always," "Sincerely," and one folio.
Pickens Sisters
Archival Resource Key
17 Items
1932-1952
75
Q
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Lost in a Fog," "A Moment in the Dark," and "Saddle Your Blues to a Wild Mustang."
Three Brox Sisters and The Three X Sisters
Archival Resource Key
9 Items
1923-1937
75
R
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Mindin' My Business" and "Throwin' Stones at the Sun."
Miscellaneous Groups
Archival Resource Key
1896-1963
undated
A - D names
Archival Resource Key
45 Items
76
S
Scope and Contents note
Includes: The Bennett Twins, two groups named Carroll Sisters, and The Drisdall Sisters.
F - L names
Archival Resource Key
48 Items
76
T
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Farber Girls/Sisters, San Antonio's Siamese Twins (Violet and Daisy Hilton), and the LeBrun Sisters. Also: for the Foy Sisters see Eddie Foy, subseries 10, Folder E.
M - R names
Archival Resource Key
42 Items
76
U
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Morin Sisters, Three Ormond Sisters, Patience and Prudence, Petticoats, and Poni-Tails.
S - Y names
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
76
V
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Two Ton Twins (Gale and Vanita), Three Wainwright Sisters, Welder Sisters, White Sisters, and Wynken-Blynken and Nod.
Child Entertainers
11.8
Archival Resource Key
1852-1927, undated
Scope and Contents note
Also see: Series 6.2, Child Movie Stars
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 8, Child Entertainers, 1852-1927, undated, includes Master Adams with Kunkel's Nightingale Opera Troupe, Blind Tom (Bethune), and Josef Hofmann. Also see child movie stars in Series 6, Moving Pictures and Movie Stars.
A - M names
Archival Resource Key
27 Items
77
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Master Adams with Kunkel's Nightingale Opera Troupe, Baby Athlone, Joey Shields Harris ("Back in Your Own Back Yard"), Josef Hofmann, Little Ethel Lindley, and Marie Eline (The Tanhauser Kid).
N - Y names
Archival Resource Key
16 Items
77
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: The Payne Children, Rutan's Song Birds, and Baby Violet Stroud. Baby Rose Marie is in subseries 5, Female Singers, under Rose Marie.
Male and Female Impersonators
11.9
Archival Resource Key
1904-1982
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 9, Male and Female Impersonators, 1904-1982, contains three folders, two dedicated to Julian Eltinge and Karyl Norman, and a third with eight performers including Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie.
Eltinge, Julian
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
1905-1919
77
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Friends" and songs from Cousin Lucy, The Crinoline, and The Fascinating Widow.
Norman, Karyl (The Creole Fashion Plate)
Archival Resource Key
36 Items
1921-1925
77
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'm Through Shedding Tears over You" and "Sweet Indiana Home."
Miscellaneous Impersonators
Archival Resource Key
11 Items
1904-1982
77
C
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, Tom Martell in The Gay Young Bride, Claire Romaine (London's Pet Boy), and Stuart (The Male Patti).
Actors and Comedians
11.10
Archival Resource Key
1853-1982
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 10, Actors and Comedians, 1853-1982, includes performers who are/were better known for their roles as actors/comedians than as singers. Some of the covers have images of early performers such as Laura Keene, Edwin Booth, and the Barrymores. Also see subseries 11, Theater; subseries 14, Radio, Transistor, Wireless; subseries 15, Television; and Series 6, Moving Pictures and Movie Stars. Note that folders Q-T are arranged alphabetically by performers' names and not by song titles.
Amsterdam, Morey
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
1925-1947
78
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Cain't [sic] Get off My Horse" and "Thanks for the Buggy Ride."
Barrymore, Ethel and John, and Lionel
Archival Resource Key
13 Items
undated
1901-1941
78
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Barrymore Waltzes" (Ethel), "Don Juan" from Don Juan (John), and "Eternal City of Dreams" from The Eternal City (Lionel).
Benny, Jack
Archival Resource Key
29 Items
1922-1946
78
C
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "If I Had a Million Dollars," "Sing Before Breakfast," and "That Sentimental Sandwich."
Colonna, Jerry
Archival Resource Key
7 Items
1932-1948
78
D
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Hector the Garbage Collector" and "Who's Yehoodi."
Foy, Eddie, and The Foy Sisters
Archival Resource Key
15 Items
1873-1957
78
E
Scope and Contents note
"The Ghost That Never Walked" from Piff! Paff! Poof! and "That's What the Wild Waves Are Saying" from Sinbad.
Gleason, Jackie
Archival Resource Key
16 Items
1921-1982
78
F
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Call Me Irresponsible" from Papa's Delicate Condition, "You're Perf" from Follow the Girls, and one folio.
Godfrey, Arthur, and Friends
Archival Resource Key
1910-1953
Godfrey, Arthur
Archival Resource Key
33 Items
78
G
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "All Right, Louie, Drop the Gun" and "Slap 'er Down Agin, Paw."
Godfrey's Friends
Archival Resource Key
15 Items
78
H
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Julius La Rosa, The Mariners, Janette Davis, and Frank Palmer on covers.
Jessell, George
Archival Resource Key
24 Items
1916-1951
79
I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "And He'd Say 'Oo-la-la-wee-wee" and "Oh How I Laughed When I Think How I Cried about You."
Liberace
Archival Resource Key
11 Items
1938-1956
79
J
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Rhapsody by Candlelight" and 2 folios.
Olsen and Johnson
Archival Resource Key
17 Items
undated
1922-1949
79
K
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "G'Bye Now" from Hellzapoppin and "Nutsey Fagan."
G'Bye Now [sheet music]
Archival Resource Key
Olsen, John
Johnson, Harold
Levison, Jay
Ray Evans
Broadcast Music, Inc.
1 Item
Ink paper.
1941
English.
G'Bye Now [sheet music], 1941.
Local Numbers
AC0300-0000019.tif (AC Scan: cover)
Scope and Contents
Song from Olsen and Johnson's "HellzaPoppin'". Illustration: cartoon faces of Olsen and Johnson with designs resembling popping corn. Printed in black and red.
HellzaPoppin'
Popcorn
Caricatures
Sheet music -- 1940-1950
Rogers, Will
Archival Resource Key
24 Items
1919-1954
79
L
Scope and Contents note
Includes: songs associated with Rogers; "The Cute Little Things You Do" from Young As You Feel and "I'm on a Diet of Love" from Happy Days.
Skelton, Red
Archival Resource Key
18 Items
1927-1967
79
M
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Dood It!" "So Long, Sarah Jane," and one folio.
Wheeler and Woolsey
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
1933-1934
79
N
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "And the Big Bad Wolf Was Dead" from Cockeyed Cavaliers.
Wilde, Oscar
Archival Resource Key
4 Items
undated
79
O
Scope and Contents note
Contains: "Oscar Wilde Galop."
Wynn, Ed
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
1920-1930
79
P
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Flame of Love" from The Grab Bag and "Send for Me" from Simple Simon.
Miscellaneous Actors and Comedians
Archival Resource Key
1853-1970
79
Q-T
Early Editions
Archival Resource Key
1853-1923
A - K names
Archival Resource Key
30 Items
80
Q
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, Emma Carus, Louise Dresser, Raymond Hitchcock ("Wal, I Swan!"), Willy and Eugene Howard, and "The Laura Keene Schottisch."
Edwin Booth Schottische [sheet music with photoprint]
Archival Resource Key
Bradley and Rulofson
Far West
McCurrie, Weber & Co. (213 Kearny St., San Francisco)
1 Item
5-5/8" x 4".
1876
English.
Local Numbers
1988.3086 (NMAH Acc.)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Ink? on paper.
General
Tape repairs on verso of last page.
Scope and Contents
Portrait of actor mounted on "Edwin Booth Schottische," 6 pp. Possibly a Woodburytype print. Cover statements: "Dedicated to the Eminent Tragedian, Edwin Booth. / IN POPULAR STYLE, COMPOSED BY 'FAR WEST.'"
Actors -- Portraits -- 1870-1880
Schottisches -- 1870-1880
Dance music -- 1870-1880
Sheet music -- 1870-1880
Photographs -- 1870-1880 -- Black-and-white photoprints
Woodburytypes
Sheet music
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
Wal, I Swan! (Ebenezer Frye) [sheet music]
Archival Resource Key
Burt, Benj. Hapgood
Hitchcock, Raymond
Savage, Henry (individual producer)
M. Witmark & Sons
1 Item
1907
English.
80
Q
Wal, I Swan! (Ebenezer Frye) [sheet music], 1907.
Local Numbers
AC300-0000053.tif (AC Scan : cover)
Scope and Contents
The song is featured in Henry W. Savage's production of "The Yankee Tourist" and is sung by Raymond Hitchcock. The cover portrays a cartoon man in formal dress with a word bubble that has the title of the song and a photograph bust of a man. Printed in yellow and black.
Condition
Cover ragged, torn, and brittle, with losses, esp. on right side.
Musical theater
Sheet music -- 1900-1910
Cartoons (humorous images) -- 1900-1910.
Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Reproductions
L - W names
Archival Resource Key
29 Items
80
R
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Tony Pastor, Ethel Gray Terry, and Oscar Wilde.
Later Editions
Archival Resource Key
1919-1970
A - G names
Archival Resource Key
40 Items
80
S
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Abbott and Costello, Avon Comedy Four, Joe E. Brown, W. C. Fields, and Gallagher and Shean.
H - T names
Archival Resource Key
43 Items
80
T
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Buddy Hackett, Buster Keaton, Bert Lahr and Bea Lillie, Jack Okie, Rowan and Martin, and Danny Thomas.
Theater
11.11
Archival Resource Key
1873-1973, undated
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 11, Theater, 1873-1973, undated, is arranged as follows: songs about the theater, villains, vaudeville, musical theater, and Ziegfeld. Note that some vaudeville entertainers are in subseries 10, Actors and Comedians.
Songs about the Theater
Archival Resource Key
22 Items
1873-1935
81
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Go Back," "I Took the Heavy Part," "Mrs. Worthington, Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage," "Since I Married That Actor Man," and several Trilby items.
Villains
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
1936-1943
81
B
Scope and Contents note
Contains: "And the Great Big Saw Came Nearer and Nearer," "No! No! A Thousand Times No!!" and "The Villain Was Willin'."
Vaudeville
Archival Resource Key
undated
1888-1923
81
C-E
Scope and Contents note
Also see subseries 4, Male Singers (Individual), subseries 6, Duos and Groups; subseries 10, Actors and Comedians; and Series 3, African American, subseries 1, Minstrel Shows and Blackface Entertainers.
Songs
Archival Resource Key
12 Items
1897-1923
81
C
Scope and Contents note
All cover photos refer to appearances in vaudeville. Includes: "Maggie! (Yes Ma'am!) Come Right Up Stairs" and "Vaudeville King." Also see subseries 10, Actors and Comedians.
Vaudeville Shows/Revues
Archival Resource Key
1811-1914
undated
A - I
Archival Resource Key
8 Items
81
D
Scope and Contents note
Includes: George Sidney in Busy Izzy, Dave Lewis in Don't Lie to Your Wife, and Murray and Mack in Finnigan's Courtship.
M - U
Archival Resource Key
11 Items
81
E
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Isham's Octoroons, with photos of cast members on the back cover; "Will You Always Love Me, Darling?" with J. C. Lewis and Si Plunkard; and Rose Melville in Sis Hopkins.
Musical Theater
Archival Resource Key
1882-1973
Scope and Contents note
Sheets are alphabetized by show title, not song title.
A - B
Archival Resource Key
45 Items
82
F
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Allez Oop!, "Tommy" from The Better 'Ole, and Buddies.
C - E
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
82
G
Scope and Contents note
Includes: The Circus Princess, Cotton Club Parade, and Dear Me.
F
Archival Resource Key
20 Items
82
H
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Fiddlers Three, The Fig Leaves Are Falling, and Finian's Rainbow.
G
Archival Resource Key
23 Items
82
I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Go Easy, Mabel and three separate editions of The Greenwich Village Follies.
H
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
83
J
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Hello Dolly, Hitchy Koo 1918, and How Now Dow Jones.
I - K
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
83
K
Scope and Contents note
Includes: I Do! I Do!, John Murray Anderson's Almanac, and Just Fancy.
L
Archival Resource Key
44 Items
83
L
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Linger Longer Lettie, Listen Lester, and Lost in the Stars.
Madame - Mexicana
Archival Resource Key
30 Items
83
M
Scope and Contents note
Includes: The Magic Ring, Baum's Maid of Arran, and Marjolaine.
Mid - My
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
84
N
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Monsieur Beaucaire, and My Fair Lady.
N - O
Archival Resource Key
19 Items
84
O
Scope and Contents note
Includes: The New Yorkers, and Oh, My Dear!
P
Archival Resource Key
30 Items
84
P
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Paint Your Wagon, Pitter Patter, and Purlie.
R
Archival Resource Key
15 Items
84
Q
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Ragged Robin and The Roar of the Greasepaint.
S
Archival Resource Key
36 Items
84
R
Scope and Contents note
Includes: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Spice of 1922, and Symphony in Two Flats.
T
Archival Resource Key
26 Items
85
S
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Take It From Me, The Threepenny Opera, and Tip Top.
U - Y
Archival Resource Key
30 Items
85
T
Scope and Contents note
Includes: West Side Story, Wildcat, and The Yankee Tourist.
Ziegfeld, Flo
Archival Resource Key
1865(?)-1934
Ziegfeld Follies
Archival Resource Key
30 Items
1909-1924
85
U
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Longer Longer Lettie" and "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean."
Ziegfeld Family - Miscellaneous Shows and Songs
Archival Resource Key
9 Items
85
V
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Do You Believe in Flirting?" from The Girl in the Kimona, "I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave" from A Parisian Model, and "Rose of Washington Square" from Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic.
Jukebox, Nickelodeon
11.12
Archival Resource Key
1923-1981
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 12, Jukebox, Nickelodeon, 1923-1981, has songs about or covers that feature jukeboxes and nickelodeons.
B - J
Archival Resource Key
40 Items
85
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Duffy's Tavern" with Harry Harden on the cover; "Irene, the Queen of the Juke Box Machine," "Juke Box Joe."
L - W and folios
Archival Resource Key
25 Items
86
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Love by Juke Box Light," "The Nickel Serenade," and "There's a Spook in That Juke Box."
Phonographs and Sound Recordings
11.13
Archival Resource Key
1878-1971
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 13, Phonographs and Sound Recordings, 1878-1971, consists primarily of songs about the phonograph, records, or tapes. One folder features cover pictures of phonograph artists.
A - O
Archival Resource Key
29 Items
86
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "And When She Turned the Phonograph," "Eight Track Player Boy," "Get Out Those Old Records," "Gilhooley's Gramophone," and "The Gosh Durn Thing Is on the Phonygraff."
P - W
Archival Resource Key
20 Items
86
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Phonograph," "The Song of Mister Phonograph," "They Start the Victrola," and "When Grandpa Danced the Polka."
Phonograph Artists
Archival Resource Key
17 Items
86
C
Scope and Contents note
The following appear on covers: Al Campbell, The Duco Disc Duo (Billy and Eddie Gorman), Peggy English, Irving and Jack Kaufman, Lee Morse, Ralph F. Sibery, and Aileen Stanley.
Radio, Transistor, Wireless
11.14
Archival Resource Key
1898-1984
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 14, Radio, Transistor, Wireless, 1898-1984. The first section consists of songs about these inventions and includes one folder with songs about disc jockeys. Songs with cover photos of specific DJs are in folders V-BB. The second section, folders I-BB, contains music with covers depicting radio personalities, announcers, and entertainers. The final section contains miscellaneous radio stations and shows.
Songs about Radio, Transistor, Wireless
Archival Resource Key
1903-1984
A - H
Archival Resource Key
34 Items
86
A
A - H
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "A Bungalow, a Radio and You," "Cowboys Who Sing on the Radio," "The Girl with Radio Eyes," and "Hail, Inventors and Scientists."
I - K
Archival Resource Key
35 Items
87
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'm in Love with the Sound Effects Man," "Just Couldn't Resist Her Pocket Transistor," and "Kiss Me by Wireless."
L - M
Archival Resource Key
44 Items
87
C
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)," "Listening In," "Marconigram," "Murder on the Radio," and "My Radio Queen."
N - "Radio Fingers"
Archival Resource Key
41 Items
87
D
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Nettie, the Nitwit of the Networks," "Oh! How She Radiates on the Radio," and "Please Get Heaven on the Air."
"Radio Ga Ga" - "Roll Up…"
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
87
E
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Radio Lady O'Mine," "Radio Station S-A-V-E-D," and "Roll Up the Carpet and Push Back the Chairs."
S
Archival Resource Key
34 Items
88
F
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Since We Put a Radio in the Henhouse," "The Song of the Short Wave Ham," and "Static Strut."
T - Y
Archival Resource Key
45 Items
88
G
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Thank God for the Radio," "They All Recorded to Beat the Ban," "Transistor Sister," and "Video Killed the Radio Star."
General Songs about DJs
Archival Resource Key
15 Items
1941-1980
88
H
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Disc Jockey's Daughter," "Pilot of the Airwaves," and "Requestfully Yours." Also see below, Folders I - AA.
Radio Personalities, Announcers, Entertainers
Archival Resource Key
1898-1873
undated
88
I - AA
Happiness Boys
Archival Resource Key
30 Items
1903-1931
88
I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "All Nuts Don't Grow on Trees," "As a Porcupine Pines for Its Pork," "You Never Get Nowhere Holding Hands," and one folio.
Radio Aces
Archival Resource Key
17 Items
1921-1929
88
J
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Vulgar Boatman" and "When Banana Skins Are Falling."
Radio Franks
Archival Resource Key
12 Items
1923-1926
88
K
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Follow the Swallow" and "Pretty As a Picture."
Tom, Dick and Harry
Archival Resource Key
12 Items
1930-1936
89
L
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I Miss a Little Miss" and "Somewhere in Old Wyoming."
Uncle Don and Uncle Wip
Archival Resource Key
7 Items
1926-1947
89
M
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Parade of the Goops" (Uncle Don) and "Uncle Wip's Lullaby."
Folios
Archival Resource Key
9 Items
undated
1932-1948
89
N
Scope and Contents note
Includes: three Down Homers' folios and Scrubboard - Roy Wallace's Folio of Radio Jamboree Songs.
CBS
Archival Resource Key
24 Items
1930-1951
89
O
Scope and Contents note
All covers have photos of CBS personalities and/or mention of CBS.
NBC
Archival Resource Key
1908-1951
A - P Personalities on covers, but no particular show.
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
89
P
R - W Personalities on covers but no particular show.
Archival Resource Key
22 Items
89
Q
Shows and Advertisers
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
90
R
Scope and Contents note
Includes: covers advertising Flit, Florsheim Shoes, Studebaker Pianos, and others.
WOWO
Archival Resource Key
1925-1950
undated
These covers feature The Blackhawk Valley Boys, Kenny Roberts, Jeane [sic] Brown, and Jay Gould.
Archival Resource Key
20 Items
90
S
Includes: The WOWO Hymnbook, three Hoosier Hop folios, and WOWO personalities.
Archival Resource Key
10 Items
90
T
WDKA, KYW, and WLW
Archival Resource Key
31 Items
undated
1924-1957
90
U
Scope and Contents note
These covers feature personalities associated with these stations.
Miscellaneous Personalities, Announcers, and Entertainers
Archival Resource Key
1898-1973
A - B names; "Underneath the Arches" cover features twelve different disc jockeys.
Archival Resource Key
22 Items
91
V
C names
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
91
W
D - G names
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
91
X
H - L names
Archival Resource Key
33 Items
91
Y
M - R names, including "Oh! Ya! Ya!"
Archival Resource Key
52 Items
92
Z
S names, including Gordon Sinclair's "The Americans."
Archival Resource Key
33 Items
92
AA
T - Y names
Archival Resource Key
25 Items
92
BB
Miscellaneous Radio Stations and Shows (except CBS and NBC)
Archival Resource Key
1915-1969
A - F
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
92
CC
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Amos and Andy" ("The Pepsodent Hour"), "Chicago Theatre of the Air," and "Folgeria" (Folger Coffee Co. comic opera).
G - M
Archival Resource Key
49 Items
93
DD
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Gibson Family" (Ivory Soap), "The Halls of Ivy" (Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.) and "Jolly Time Pop Corn Revue."
N - R
Archival Resource Key
34 Items
93
EE
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "National Farm and Home Hour," "Prudential Family Hour," and "Quiz Kids."
S - Y
Archival Resource Key
39 Items
93
FF
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Sentimental Selma," "Thought for Tomorrow," and Today's Children" (Pillsbury).
Television
11.15
Archival Resource Key
1931-1987
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 15, Television, 1931-1987. Folder A contains songs about television. Folders B-H contain TV show theme songs and/or TV show advertisers; note that these folders are organized by the name of the show and not by the song title.
Songs about Television
Archival Resource Key
29 Items
1931-1979
93
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Between Lust and Watching TV", "I Can Television When I See One," "O. K. for TV." and "Television's Tough on Love."
Shows and Advertising Songs
Archival Resource Key
1937-1987
Scope and Contents note
Titles are by show, not song, and are alphabetized according to the first word, i.e., "The Bob Newhart Show" is under the Bs.
A - C
Archival Resource Key
57 Items
94
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: All in the Family, The Asphalt Jungle (theme by Duke Ellington), Bewitched, and two Coca Cola commercials.
D - G
Archival Resource Key
48 Items
94
C
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Dallas, Dark Shadows, Doctor Kildare, and The Fall Guy.
H - L
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
94
D
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Happy Days, How the West Was Won, and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.
M - O
Archival Resource Key
47 Items
94
E
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Mannix, Maverick, Monday Night Football, The Muppet Show, and My Three Sons.
P - S
Archival Resource Key
57 Items
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Peter Gun, Remington Steele, Roots, and Star Trek
The Real McCoys [sheet music]
Archival Resource Key
Ruby, Harry
1 Item
Ink on paper,
12-1/16" x 9-1/8".
English.
95
F
The Real McCoys [sheet music]
Local Numbers
AC0300-0000014 (AC Scan No., Front)
General
Original number 301.252384.
Scope and Contents
Cover illustration, in red ink, shows the stars of the television program: Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, and Kathleen Nolan. In Series 11, subseries 15 (entertainment: television).
The Real McCoys (Television program)
Television programs
Sheet music -- 1950-1960
Photographs -- Reproductions
Nolan, Kathleen
T - Z
Archival Resource Key
25 Items
95
G
Scope and Contents note
Includes: The Thorn Birds, The Waltons, and The Young and the Restless.
Folios
Archival Resource Key
4 Items
95
H
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Hit TV Themes in Revue and 1986-87 TV Songbook - The Musical Guide to Prime Time."
Circus, Fair, Zoo
11.16
Archival Resource Key
1850-1982
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 16, Circus, Fair, Zoo, 1850-1982, is organized as follows: General Songs about the Circus; Barnum & Bailey and Ringling; Clowns, Harlequins, Jester, and Jugglers; The Flying Trapeze; Elephants; Zoo/Menagerie; Fairs; and Merry-go-round, Ferris Wheel, and Calliope.
General Songs
Archival Resource Key
1863-1969
Scope and Contents note
For W. W. Cole, see Folder I.
A - F
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
95
A
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Bearded Lady," "The Circus Parade" (three different compositions, one with E. T. Paull cover), "Don't Go in the Lion's Cage Tonight," and "Fairy Wedding."
H - W and folio
Archival Resource Key
28 Items
96
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "I'm a Crazy Jay on Circus Day," "The Queen of the Sideshow," and four separate compositions of "When the Circus Comes to Town."
Multiple editions of "Oh! You Circus Day," 1912
Archival Resource Key
12 Items
96
C
Barnum & Bailey and Ringling
Archival Resource Key
8 Items
1850-1980
96
D
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Barnum's Polka" with a lithograph cover of Barnum's house, Iranistan; "There's a Sucker Born Every Minute;" and two covers with bandleaders Ned Brill and Merle Evans.
Clowns, Harlequins, Jesters, and Jugglers
Archival Resource Key
undated
1898-1982
A - J
Archival Resource Key
35 Items
96
E
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "The Clowndyke," "Dance of the Harlequins," and "The Juggler."
K - T
Archival Resource Key
32 Items
96
F
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Laugh, Clown, Laugh," "Marceline" (Dance of the Clowns) from Ziegfeld Follies of 1908, and "Poor Punchinello."
The Flying Trapeze
Archival Resource Key
22 Items
1868-1949
97
G
Scope and Contents note
Includes: 19 versions of "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" and "I'm the Girl Who Married the Man on the Flying Trapeze."
Elephants
Archival Resource Key
26 Items
1880-1980
97
H
Scope and Contents note
A few songs are included because a circus elephant is on the cover. Includes: "Adam and Eve Had a Wonderful Time," "Go Wash an Elephant," and "Man with an Elephant on His Hands."
Zoo, Menagerie
Archival Resource Key
19 Items
1865-1979
97
I
Scope and Contents note
Includes: three of Wozencraft's A Trip to the Zoo compositions, "Monkey Shines at the Zoo," and "Whooz at the Zoo."
Fairs
Archival Resource Key
46 Items
1894-1969
97
J
Scope and Contents note
Includes: four different compositions titled "At the County Fair" and "At the Fair;" "I Just Had the Fare to Go to the Fair," and Scarborough Fair."
Merry-go-round, Ferris Wheel, and Calliope
Archival Resource Key
25 Items
1894-1955
97
K
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Calliope Blues," "Little Painted Horse," and "The Merry-go-round Broke Down."
Rock and Roll
11.17
Archival Resource Key
1954-1961
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 17, Rock and Roll, 1954-1961, contains a few items with no pictures of entertainers. Many more items may be found in subseries 4-7.
Includes: "Bo Diddley," "The Twist," and "Sh-boom."
Archival Resource Key
8 Items
97
A
Scope and Contents note
There are no entertainers pictured. See subseries 4-7 for additional Rock and Roll items.
Band Arrangements
11.18
Archival Resource Key
Ephemera
11.18
Archival Resource Key
Scope and Contents note
Note that 'see' notes refer to DeVincent's notes to see other parts of the Collection.
Scope and Contents note
Ephemera, 1897-1988, undated, contains primarily promotional and publicity materials and advertisements arranged in the same subseries as the sheet music. A detailed description follows this container list. Ephemera boxes are shelved at the end of the Series boxes.
Early Troupes and Bandmasters
11.1
Archival Resource Key
97
Early Troupes and Bandmasters
Archival Resource Key
Five 'see' notes; and one article, undated, re: the Hutchinson Family.
Archival Resource Key
6 Items
29 (Ephemera)
A
Dance Bands and Orchestras
11.2
Archival Resource Key
Dance Bands and Orchestras
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
A-S
Dorsey, Jimmy and Tommy
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
A
One 'see' note referencing another part of the Collection
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
A
Two articles
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
A
Two songsters
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
A
Heidt, Horace
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
B
Three 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
B
Two obits
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
B
WOWO script and record cards
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
B
Presenting Horace Heidt
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
B
Herman, Woody
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
C
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
C
Eleven articles
Archival Resource Key
1975-1987
29 (Ephemera)
C
AP wire
Archival Resource Key
1987
29 (Ephemera)
C
ASCAP Jazz Notes
Archival Resource Key
1963
29 (Ephemera)
C
Instructions for playing the sweetwind
Archival Resource Key
1946
29 (Ephemera)
C
James, Harry
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
D
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
D
Obituary, biography, and two other articles in over-size box
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
D
Two songsters
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
D
Kaye, Sammy
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
E
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
E
Two obituariess and one biography
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
E
Four PR notices
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
E
Radio copy
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
E
Billboard photo
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
E
Kenton, Stan
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
F
Obituary
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
F
The Capitol News, March, 1946-January, 1948, six articles
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
F
Two articles, no source
Archival Resource Key
undated
29 (Ephemera)
F
Two photographs
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
F
Article reprint, May 1972
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
F
ASCAP Jazz Notes, January 1965
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
F
Kyser, Kay
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
G
Three 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
G
Four articles
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
G
Songster
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
G
Advertisement for a Christian Science Lecture
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
G
Two obituaries and one biography
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
G
Lewis, Ted
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
H
Two 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
H
Five obituaries
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
H
Lombardo, Guy
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
I
Two 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
I
Songster
Archival Resource Key
undated
29 (Ephemera)
I
Three obituaries and several articles about Guy and other family members
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
I
One item in over-size box
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
I
Martin, Freddy
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
J
Three 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
J
Six record cards
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
J
Biography and five articles
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
J
The New Baton, July 1945
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
J
Nelson, Ozzie and Family
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
K
One 'see' note; ten articles; photo (undated)
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
K
Popular Songs and Song Lyrics with Harriet Hilliard on covers
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
K
Two pages of Ricky Nelson titles; sleeve for a Ricky Nelson 45 rpm record
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
K
Hit Parader with Ricky on cover
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29 (Ephemera)
K
Phonograph Record
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
K
Three items in Oversize Box
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
K
One large poster of Ricky in Oversize Drawer
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
K
Trace, Al
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
L
Biography
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
L
Four letters/notes to DeVincent
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
L
Welk, Lawrence
Archival Resource Key
29 (Ephemera)
M-N
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
M
Twenty-six articles
Archival Resource Key
1970-1987
30 (Ephemera)
M
Ticket stubs to 1971 Welk concert
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
M
Promo card with bubble bath
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
M
1971 letter re collecting Welk music
Archival Resource Key
1971
30 (Ephemera)
M
UPI wire
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
M
WOWO prompt sheet
Archival Resource Key
1976
30 (Ephemera)
M
Photocopy of advertisement for Welk
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
M
"Sweet Notes of Friendship," July 1951-March 1959
Archival Resource Key
41 Items
30 (Ephemera)
N
Whiteman, Paul
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
O
Three 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
O
Photocopy of 1928 payroll sheet
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
O
Two obits
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
O
Souvenir Program, 1924 Transcontinental Concert Tour
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
O
Hammond Times
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1924 and 1964
30 (Ephemera)
O
Etude, June 1949 article
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
O
Miscellaneous Bandleaders
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Barron, Blue
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Carle, Frankie
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Cummins, Bernie
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Dee, Eddie
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Goodman, Bennie (also in over-size box)
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Himber, Richard
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
King, Wayne
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
King's Jesters
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Lopez, Vincent
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Miller, Glenn (also in over-size box)
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Olsen, George
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Savitt, Jan
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Spitalny, Phil
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Tucker, Orrin (also in over-size box)
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Weems, Ted
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
P
Bands/Dance Orchestras, General
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
Q
Letter re: The Big Bands magazine, 1979; Elks Magazine, 1971; All- American Band Leaders, 1942; photocopy of song titles and artists who recorded them.
Archival Resource Key
4 Items
30 (Ephemera)
Q
Female Bands
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
R
Three 'see' notes; Ina Ray Hutton article
Archival Resource Key
3 Items
30 (Ephemera)
R
Big Band Theme Songs
Archival Resource Key
30 (Ephemera)
S
Six 'see' notes; seven pages of DeVincent's notes regarding theme songs; Song Lyrics, 1938; Spotlights of Fame
Archival Resource Key
15 Items
1953
30 (Ephemera)
S
Novelty Bands
11.3
Archival Resource Key
Novelty Bands
Archival Resource Key
Jones, Spike
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
A
One 'see' note; two articles; file cards regarding Helen Grayco and Mickey Katz; songster, undated; Spike Jones and His City Slickers (book).
Archival Resource Key
7 Items
31 (Ephemera)
A
Miscellaneous Novelty Bands
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
B
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
B
Two items regarding the Korn Kobblers
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
B
Male Singers - Individuals
11.4
Archival Resource Key
Astaire, Fred
Archival Resource Key
Two 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
A
Eighteen articles
Archival Resource Key
1960-1987
31 (Ephemera)
A
Radio script, "Fred Astaire Remembrance"
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
A
Two songsters
Archival Resource Key
undated
1935
31 (Ephemera)
A
Typed list of Astaire recordings
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
A
Reference to "My Croony Melody" cover photo
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
A
Bennett, Tony
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
B
Three articles
Archival Resource Key
1962-1976
31 (Ephemera)
B
Billboard tribute, 1968 November 30
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
B
Boone, Pat
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
C
Two ticket stubs, 1971 April 4, Teen Crusade
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
C
Photocopy of recordings by Boone
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
C
Three articles
Archival Resource Key
1976-1984
31 (Ephemera)
C
Cantor, Eddie
Archival Resource Key
Two 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
D
File cards referencing recordings
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
D
Typed lyrics using "Ma" tune
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
D
"When I'm the President," 1932
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
D
Radio Stars and Stations
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
D
Eddie Cantor Songs and Joke Book
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
D
Caruso, Enrico
Archival Resource Key
Two 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
E
Six articles
Archival Resource Key
1921-1985
31 (Ephemera)
E
Photocopy of advertisement for Caruso recording
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
E
RCA Picture Record Review, January 1952
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
E
Como, Perry
Archival Resource Key
Fifteen articles
Archival Resource Key
1970-1986
31 (Ephemera)
F
Song promo
Archival Resource Key
1973
31 (Ephemera)
F
Hit Parader, September 1956
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
F
Crosby, Bing
Archival Resource Key
Four 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
G
Fifty-five articles
Archival Resource Key
1948-1983
31 (Ephemera)
G
McCall's, July 1975, regarding Cathy and their children
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
G
Billboard, 1975, article regarding old records; and October 1977, memoriam page
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
G
AP Wire tribute, October 1977
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
G
Promotional mailer, 1977, "The Crosby Years"
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
G
Promotional letter regarding "Yesterday When I Was Young"
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
G
Two Crosby song requests, letters
Archival Resource Key
1972
1975
31 (Ephemera)
G
List of Crosby songs (Beverly Hamer, collector)
Archival Resource Key
31 (Ephemera)
G
Circular (Warner/Reprise)
Archival Resource Key
1973
31 (Ephemera)
G
Fan letter to WOWO
Archival Resource Key
1977
31 (Ephemera)
G
Ten songsters
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
H
Four Souvenir Collectors publications
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
I
Souvenir booklet
Archival Resource Key
undated
32 (Ephemera)
I
Damone, Vic
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
J
Four songsters
Archival Resource Key
1951-1954
undated
32 (Ephemera)
J
Durante, Jimmy
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
K
Four note cards regarding Durante recordings
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
K
Seventeen articles and obits
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
K
Also see: Oversize box, 2 pages of UPI obituary
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
K
Two obituaries regarding Eddie Jackson, part of Durante's early act
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
K
Two Warner Bros. promotional items and photo
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
K
Popular Song Hits, 1934, Vol. I, No. 1
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
K
Charley Jones' Laugh Book
Archival Resource Key
1953
32 (Ephemera)
K
The Candidate
Archival Resource Key
1952
32 (Ephemera)
K
Tear sheet with Durante's photo, undated, no source
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
K
Fisher, Eddie
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
L
AP and UPI wires
Archival Resource Key
1973
32 (Ephemera)
L
Five articles
Archival Resource Key
1971-1982
32 (Ephemera)
L
Songs That Will Live Forever, December 1954
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
L
Hit Parader, November 1953
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
L
Harris, Phil
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
M
List of Phil Harris songs
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
M
Three articles
Archival Resource Key
1972-1979
32 (Ephemera)
M
Haymes, Dick
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
N
Two articles
Archival Resource Key
1971-1980
32 (Ephemera)
N
Best Songs, Vol. XI, No. 11
Archival Resource Key
undated
32 (Ephemera)
N
Popular Songs, September 1950
Archival Resource Key
32 (Ephemera)
N
Jolson, Al
Archival Resource Key
Two 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
O
Clearance list
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
O
Photocopy of Jolson biography
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
O
Four articles
Archival Resource Key
1950-1984
33 (Ephemera)
O
Back page of "Hollywood Rose"
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
O
Circular, 1974 February 25
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
O
Brunswick Topics, undated, Vol II, No. 4
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
O
Etude, August
Archival Resource Key
1924
33 (Ephemera)
O
Kaye, Danny
Archival Resource Key
Three notecards regarding Kaye songs
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
P
Four obituaries
Archival Resource Key
1987
33 (Ephemera)
P
Radio tribute script
Archival Resource Key
undated
33 (Ephemera)
P
Photocopies of two Decca record labels, and promo for The Five Pennies.
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
P
Laine, Frankie
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
Q
UPI wire
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
Q
Popular Songs, May 1953
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
Q
Cash Box, 1972 January 1
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
Q
Monroe, Vaughn
Archival Resource Key
Three obituaries
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
R
Promotional biography
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
R
Four songsters
Archival Resource Key
1950
undated
33 (Ephemera)
R
Nelson, Ricky - see Subseries 2, Ephemera, Ozzie Nelson and Family, Folder K.
Archival Resource Key
Paul, Les and Ford, Mary
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
S
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
S
AP wire
Archival Resource Key
1977
33 (Ephemera)
S
Twelve articles
Archival Resource Key
1940-1978
undated
33 (Ephemera)
S
8x10 photograph
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
S
Promotional flyer
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
S
DeVincent's lists of recordings
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
S
Hit Parader, October 1951
Archival Resource Key
33 (Ephemera)
S
Presley, Elvis
Archival Resource Key
169 articles from various sources
Archival Resource Key
1967-1987
33 (Ephemera)
T
Twenty-eight AP and UPI wire reports
Archival Resource Key
1958-1960
33 (Ephemera)
U
Promotional and memorial materials
Archival Resource Key
30 Items
33 (Ephemera)
V
Two souvenir menus, Las Vegas International Hilton
Archival Resource Key
1971
34 (Ephemera)
W
Five songsters
Archival Resource Key
1956-1960
34 (Ephemera)
X
Six collectors' editions
Archival Resource Key
34 (Ephemera)
Y
Five collector's editions
Archival Resource Key
34 (Ephemera)
Z
Midnight Globe
Archival Resource Key
11 Items
1977
35 (Ephemera)
AA
Midnight Globe
Archival Resource Key
10 Items
1978
35 (Ephemera)
BB
Midnight Globe
Archival Resource Key
5 Items
1979-1981
35 (Ephemera)
CC
The Star
Archival Resource Key
10 Items
1976-1977
36 (Ephemera)
DD
The Star
Archival Resource Key
11 Items
1978-1979
36 (Ephemera)
EE
Modern People
Archival Resource Key
10 Items
1977-1980
36 (Ephemera)
FF
Prima, Louis
Archival Resource Key
Three 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
36 (Ephemera)
GG
Five articles and obituaries
Archival Resource Key
36 (Ephemera)
GG
DeVincent's notes re: Prima/Smith recordings
Archival Resource Key
36 (Ephemera)
GG
International Musician, November 1959
Archival Resource Key
36 (Ephemera)
GG
Sinatra, Frank
Archival Resource Key
Also see oversize drawer for 1974 poster and other items in the Over-size Box.
Archival Resource Key
36 (Ephemera)
HH-JJ
Forty-five articles, advertisements, and photocopies
Archival Resource Key
1972-1986
37 (Ephemera)
HH
Six magazine articles from Billboard, Cash Box, Life, and People
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
I I
Two 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
J J
Two AP and UPI items
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
J J
Circular
Archival Resource Key
1973 and 1974
37 (Ephemera)
J J
Photocopy of advertisement for "The Compleat Sinatra"
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
J J
TV Guide, November 1977
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
J J
Six songsters and magazines
Archival Resource Key
1945-1965
37 (Ephemera)
J J
Vallee, Rudy
Archival Resource Key
Twelve articles
Archival Resource Key
1967-1986
37 (Ephemera)
KK
WOWO's "Rudy Vallee Remembrance"
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
KK
'See' notes and a DeVincent list
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
KK
UPI wire, July
Archival Resource Key
1980
37 (Ephemera)
KK
Advertisement for "After All That I've Been to You"
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
KK
RV's Collection of Vagabond Songs, cover only
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
KK
Song Hit Folio
Archival Resource Key
1934
37 (Ephemera)
KK
Popular Songs, March 1935
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
KK
Williams, Andy
Archival Resource Key
Also see: Oversize box, Promotional Poster
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
LL
Five articles
Archival Resource Key
1976-1981
37 (Ephemera)
LL
UPI wire, September 1977
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
LL
DeVincent's list of Williams's songs
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
LL
DeVincent note regarding hit records
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
LL
Miscellaneous Individual Male Singers
Archival Resource Key
Anka, Paul
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Croce, Jim
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Darin, Bobby
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Eberly, Bob
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Frey, Fran
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Howard, Eddy
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Ives, Burl
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Jones, Tom
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Lucas, Nick
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
McCormack, John
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
McKuen, Rod
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Ray, Johnny
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Torme, Mel
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Vinton, Bobby
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Subseries 11.5, Female Singers (Individual)
Archival Resource Key
37 (Ephemera)
MM
Brewer, Teresa
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
A
Hit Parader, April 1943
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
A
Songs That Will Live Forever, January 1956
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
A
Day, Doris
Archival Resource Key
Six articles
Archival Resource Key
undated
1975-1980
38 (Ephemera)
B
Billboard - full page advertisement
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
B
Circular, 1974 April 1 regarding Terry Melcher
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
B
Parade, 1986 August 3
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
B
Etting, Ruth
Archival Resource Key
Two 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
C
Billboard, obit (photocopy), 1978 October 7
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
C
Popular Song Hits, 1934, Vol. I, No. 1
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
C
Song Hit Folio
Archival Resource Key
1934
38 (Ephemera)
C
Ford, Mary
Archival Resource Key
See Paul, Les, subseries 4, Folder S
Archival Resource Key
Hutton, Betty
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
D
Photocopy of file cards regarding recordings
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
D
Three articles
Archival Resource Key
undated
1977-1980
38 (Ephemera)
D
Broadcast Songs, March 1944
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
D
Lind, Jenny
Archival Resource Key
Etude, nine articles/covers
Archival Resource Key
1912-1945
38 (Ephemera)
E
Article
Archival Resource Key
1975
38 (Ephemera)
E
The Message Bird, 1851 (continuing page is missing)
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
E
National Sheet Music Society, newsletter, September 1980
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
E
Parepa, Mlle
Archival Resource Key
See Adelina Patti (Folder F), Etude, July 1934
Archival Resource Key
Patti, Adelina
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
F
Biographical sketch
Archival Resource Key
undated
38 (Ephemera)
F
Publisher's ad
Archival Resource Key
undated
38 (Ephemera)
F
Five Etude articles
Archival Resource Key
1912-1951
38 (Ephemera)
F
The Musical Herald, December 1897
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
F
Shore, Dinah
Archival Resource Key
Two 'see' notes
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
G
Article, August
Archival Resource Key
1978
38 (Ephemera)
G
UPI wire, 1972 October 2
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
G
Four editions of Song Hits Magazine
Archival Resource Key
1945-1959
38 (Ephemera)
G
Best Songs, March 1958
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
G
Simms, Ginny
Archival Resource Key
Three editions of Song Hits
Archival Resource Key
1940-1946
38 (Ephemera)
H
Song Parade, March 1942
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
H
Smith, Kate
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
I
Sixteen articles
Archival Resource Key
1938-1987
38 (Ephemera)
I
AP and UPI wires
Archival Resource Key
1980-1986
38 (Ephemera)
I
Ft. Wayne Rescue Mission News, July 1986 (memoriam to Kate Smith)
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
I
Stafford, Jo
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
J
Article, November 1980
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
J
Best Songs, October 1952
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
J
Miscellaneous Female Singers (Individual)
Archival Resource Key
38 (Ephemera)
K
Scope and Contents note
Also see Over-size box and Over-size drawer
Male Duos and Groups
11.6
Archival Resource Key
The Beach Boys
Archival Resource Key
Ticket stub and press pass, 1980 February 22
Archival Resource Key
39 (Ephemera)
A
Five promotional items
Archival Resource Key
39 (Ephemera)
A
The Beach Boys, a Short History, undated, souvenir booklet
Archival Resource Key
39 (Ephemera)
A
Circular
Archival Resource Key
1971
39 (Ephemera)
A
Twelve articles
Archival Resource Key
39 (Ephemera)
A
Poster for Endless Summer is in Oversize Drawer
Archival Resource Key
39 (Ephemera)
A
The Beatles
Archival Resource Key
39 (Ephemera)
B-D
Also see over-size box and over-size drawer
Archival Resource Key
Twelve AP and UPI wires, 1971-197
Archival Resource Key
39 (Ephemera)
B
Three People magazines
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
39 (Ephemera)
B
Nineteen articles
Archival Resource Key
1972-1988
39 (Ephemera)
B
Ten magazines
Archival Resource Key
39 (Ephemera)
C
Four 8 x 10 photographs
Archival Resource Key
39 (Ephemera)
C
Cashbox, two promotional items
Archival Resource Key
39 (Ephemera)
C
1980 desk calendar, Matey for Eighty
Archival Resource Key
1980
39 (Ephemera)
D
Bill Haley (and Joey Welz)
Archival Resource Key
One 'see' note
Archival Resource Key
40 (Ephemera)
E
DeVincent's want list for Haley sheet music (3 pages)
Archival Resource Key
40 (Ephemera)
E
File card regarding a Haley recording
Archival Resource Key
40 (Ephemera)
E
Three photocopies of titles and record locator cards
Archival Resource Key
40 (Ephemera)
E
Photocopy of album, "Haley's Juke Box," and other non-Haley albums
Archival Resource Key
40 (Ephemera)
E
Rock and Roll Revival, circa 1964
Archival Resource Key
40 (Ephemera)
E
Letter regarding "In the Note That I Wrote Home Last Night"
Archival Resource Key
40 (Ephemera)
E
UPI wire, obituary, 1981 February 9
Archival Resource Key
40 (Ephemera)
E
Five articles and obituaries
Archival Resource Key
1974-1983
40 (Ephemera)
E
Over-size box: Billboard, 1976 December 11, two pages of advertisements
Archival Resource Key
40 (Ephemera)
E
Miscellaneous Male Duos and Groups
Archival Resource Key
Scope and Contents
See Oversize Box and Map Case 3, Drawer 15
Various promotional materials and articles
Archival Resource Key
37 Items
1 (Ephemera)
Scope and Contents
Includes large poster for the Grateful Dead album, "Blues for Allah"
Female Duos and Groups
11.7
Archival Resource Key
McGuire Sisters
Archival Resource Key
DeVincent note regarding collecting
Archival Resource Key
40 (Ephemera)
A
List of music for auction
Archival Resource Key
40 (Ephemera)
A
Three articles
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1984-1986
40 (Ephemera)
A
Hit Parader, July 1955
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40 (Ephemera)
A
Miscellaneous Groups and general articles regarding female performers
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Andrews Sisters -'see' note and three articles
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40 (Ephemera)
B
Boswell Sisters - two obituaries
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40 (Ephemera)
B
Duncan Sisters - 'see' note
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40 (Ephemera)
B
King Sisters - Big Song Magazine, March 1942, Alice King on the cover
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40 (Ephemera)
B
Pickens Sisters - one article, April 1976
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40 (Ephemera)
B
Three Brox Sisters - one article, May 1935, regarding The Three X Sisters
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40 (Ephemera)
B
Child Entertainers
11.8
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Contains: several 'see' notes and four Etude articles regarding Josef Hofmann
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10 Items
40 (Ephemera)
A
Male and Female Impersonators
11.9
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Contains: two 'see' notes and two articles, 1974-1985.
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41 (Ephemera)
A
Actors and Comedians
Series 11.19
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Benny, Jack
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One 'see' note
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41 (Ephemera)
A
Seven AP and UPI wires and thirteen articles
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1972-1977
41 (Ephemera)
A
Carson, Johnny
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Two People covers and stories
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1979
1981
41 (Ephemera)
B
Journal-Gazette TV Times, (1985?) September 29-October 5
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41 (Ephemera)
B
Two articles
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1985
1979
41 (Ephemera)
B
Colonna, Jerry
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Three 'see' notes
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41 (Ephemera)
C
Two articles
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1979
1975
41 (Ephemera)
C
List of recordings (photocopy)
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41 (Ephemera)
C
Gleason, Jackie
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One 'see' note
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41 (Ephemera)
D
List of recordings
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41 (Ephemera)
D
Articles, 1986-1987 (two are in over-size box)
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41 (Ephemera)
D
Godfrey, Arthur
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One 'see' note
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41 (Ephemera)
E
Three file cards regarding sound recordings
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41 (Ephemera)
E
Twelve articles
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1964-1984
41 (Ephemera)
E
Clothing advertisement, June 1951
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41 (Ephemera)
E
Veterans' group insurance promotional letter
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1982
41 (Ephemera)
E
Letter regarding sheet music
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1963
41 (Ephemera)
E
Volunteer, April 1979 (newsletter)
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41 (Ephemera)
E
Song Book for Arthur Godfrey Uke Player
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1950
41 (Ephemera)
E
Charley Jones' Laugh Book, June 1953
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41 (Ephemera)
E
Griffin, Merv
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One 'see' note
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41 (Ephemera)
F
Three file cards regarding sound recordings
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41 (Ephemera)
F
Promotional postcard regarding The Casablanca Gang
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1979
41 (Ephemera)
F
Three articles
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1974-1980
41 (Ephemera)
F
Jessell, George
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Two 'see' notes
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41 (Ephemera)
G
Five articles
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1934-1981
41 (Ephemera)
G
Liberace
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Six articles and a WOWO tribute
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6 Items
41 (Ephemera)
H
Rogers, Will
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Six 'see' notes
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41 (Ephemera)
I
Two photographs
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41 (Ephemera)
I
National Sheet Music Society Newsletter, April 1987
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41 (Ephemera)
I
Flyer regarding Jimmie Rodgers with photo of Will Rogers
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undated
41 (Ephemera)
I
Placemat from Hotel Will Rogers
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41 (Ephemera)
I
Will Rogers Institute booklet
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41 (Ephemera)
I
TV Prevue, April 1987
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41 (Ephemera)
I
Poem in tribute to Rogers, 1936 (photocopy)
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41 (Ephemera)
I
Eight articles
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1976-1987
41 (Ephemera)
I
Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel, tear sheet, Friday, 1935 August 16, in over-size box
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41 (Ephemera)
I
Shriner, Herb
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One 'see' note
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41 (Ephemera)
J
Radio script regarding Shriner's death (1970)
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41 (Ephemera)
J
Two photos of Shriner with WOWO personnel (including DeVincent)
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41 (Ephemera)
J
Article
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1982
41 (Ephemera)
J
Skelton, Red
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One 'see' note
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41 (Ephemera)
K
Twenty-four articles
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undated
1967-1982
41 (Ephemera)
K
Miscellaneous Actors and Comedians
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A - O
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42 (Ephemera)
L
Also see Eddie Anderson obituary, Folder A, Jack Benny;
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42 (Ephemera)
L
Also see Frank Fontaine obituaries, Folder D, Jackie Gleason;
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42 (Ephemera)
L
Includes: Morey Amsterdam, Eddie Foy, Liberace, Olsen and Johnson
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42 (Ephemera)
L
P - Y
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42 (Ephemera)
M
Includes: Danny Thomas, Ed Wynn
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42 (Ephemera)
M
Theater
Series 11.11
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Vaudeville
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One 'see' note
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42 (Ephemera)
A
Ruth Budd article, May 4
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1985
42 (Ephemera)
A
Choice Vaudeville Jokes, No. 1
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1907
42 (Ephemera)
A
How to Become a Vaudeville Artist
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1927
42 (Ephemera)
A
Chicago Sunday Examiner, Dec. 6, 1908, in oversize box
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42 (Ephemera)
A
Theater
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Seven 'see' notes
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42 (Ephemera)
B
Koster and Bial's Music Hall, May 1901 program
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42 (Ephemera)
B
Program for The Mummy and the Humming Bird, circa 1912, Martinsburg, West Virginia
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42 (Ephemera)
B
Dennison's Plays, 1939 (catalog)
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42 (Ephemera)
B
Program for The Light Eternal (opened 1906 December 10)
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42 (Ephemera)
B
Players Magazine
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1935
42 (Ephemera)
B
Three articles
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1951-1977
42 (Ephemera)
B
Musical Theater
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Dames at Sea program, 1969 revival
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43 (Ephemera)
C
Zorba program
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43 (Ephemera)
C
"40 Years of Show Tunes," ASCAP listing of recordings
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43 (Ephemera)
C
Ziegfeld
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One 'see' note
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43 (Ephemera)
D
Rio Rita program, 1927, and a postcard
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43 (Ephemera)
D
Jukebox, Nickelodeon
Series 11.12
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Four 'see' notes
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43 (Ephemera)
Two file cards regarding jukebox songs
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43 (Ephemera)
One promotional item for "Jukebox Cannonball"
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43 (Ephemera)
Two articles regarding David C. Rockola and one advertisement for Rockola brand jukeboxes.
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43 (Ephemera)
Six articles from newspapers and a magazine
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43 (Ephemera)
Full page advertisement for Rowe AMI Music Master
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43 (Ephemera)
Sale listing for "Drop a Jitney in the Juke Box"
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43 (Ephemera)
Phonographs and Sound Recordings
11.13
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Advertisements for Brunswick, Etude
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1916-1927
43 (Ephemera)
A
Advertisements for Magnavox, Etude, 1945 (8 issues)
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43 (Ephemera)
B
Advertisements for Victor, Etude
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1912-1918
undated
43 (Ephemera)
C
Advertisements for other phonographs such as Philco, The Cheney, and The New Edison. Also see oversize box for Columbia Grafonola advertisement.
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43 (Ephemera)
D
Four 'see' notes
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44 (Ephemera)
E
Five articles
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1961-1981
44 (Ephemera)
E
Six Billboard issues
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44 (Ephemera)
E
Several promotional items
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44 (Ephemera)
E
Three items in the oversize box
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44 (Ephemera)
E
Radio
Series 11.14
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Disc Jockeys
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Includes Jokes for Jocks and DJ News
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11 Items
44 (Ephemera)
A
ABC, CBS and NBC
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Includes list of theme songs for shows, The Down Homers' photo album, and Etude photo of Franklin Delano Roosevelt at NBC microphone.
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11 Items
44 (Ephemera)
B
WOWO
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Includes Radio Personalities, 1939, Nancy Lee and the Hilltoppers Family
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44 (Ephemera)
C
Album and Scrapbook, and DeVincent correspondence
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33 Items
44 (Ephemera)
C
Radio Scripts
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12 Items
1933-1944
44 (Ephemera)
D
Miscellaneous Radio
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Includes photo of Ma Perkins, obituary for Chester Lauck (Lum), and various articles about radio stations and personalities
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33 Items
45 (Ephemera)
E
Newsletters, Logs, Radio Guide
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Includes six issues of Radio Guide and New 1930 International Radio Atlas
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12 Items
45 (Ephemera)
F
Magazines
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Contains National Music Report, Fred, Broadcast Programming and Production, and Broadcasting (three issues)
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7 Items
45 (Ephemera)
G
Hobbies - the Magazine for Collectors, March 1949-February
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10 Items
1950
45 (Ephemera)
H
Advertisements for radios (tear sheets), six manufacturers
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14 Items
45 (Ephemera)
I
Television
Series 11.15
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Includes articles regarding Star Trek, Philo T. Farnsworth (inventor), and Robin Williams;
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46 (Ephemera)
A
John Denver & the Muppets - A Christmas Together, in oversize box
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46 (Ephemera)
A
TV Guide, 1980 March 1-7
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19 Items
46 (Ephemera)
A
Circus, Fair
11.16
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46 (Ephemera)