Country, Western, and Folk Music
Series 16 contains approximately 11,500 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards country, western, and folk music in the United States. The dates always refer to copyright of the music and not to the subject on the cover, songwriter's life, or other events. There are 78 boxes of sheet music and 16 boxes of ephemera. The ephemera section is arranged in the same subseries order as the music listing, described following the container list, with two additional subseries.
Subseries 1, Individual Male Entertainers, 1911-1983. Many entertainers were parts of groups from time to time, or had a spouse who was part of the team. With this in mind, it is important to search under subseries 2 and 3 if a name is not found in this subseries. Real names are used in place of stage names; i.e., "Uncle Ezra" is under Pat Barrett and "The Arkansas Woodchopper" is under Luther Ossenbrink.
Subseries 2, Individual Female Entertainers, 1902-1986, undated. If an individual's more significant work was with others, she would be in subseries 3, Groups. Example: Dale Evans and Roy Rogers are in subseries 3.
Subseries 3, Duos and Groups, 1910-1981, undated. The names in this section are listed in alphabetical order by the group name; i.e., "Lulu Belle and Scotty" is under "Lulu." Also see subseries 1 and 2 or individual names.
Subseries 4, The West, 1839-1984. The earliest copyright of this Series is "A Western Refrain (Westward Ho!)" in this subseries. Categories are: Covered Wagon and Wagon Train, "Home on the Range," Movie Cowboys and Showmen, Rodeo and Round-up, General Songs, and Folios. Note that folios specific to a category will be in that category.
Subseries 5, Barn Dance, Fiddle Tunes, and "Turkey in the Straw," 1878-1975. Sheets in the two Barn Dance folders have either "barn dance" in the title or cover illustrations of barn dances. The earliest music dates from 1878; the well-known WLS radio show National Barn Dance first aired in 1924. Researchers looking for more fiddle tunes than in this series will find them in the (future) series, Musical Instruments. In addition to the traditional "Turkey in the Straw," there are allied or companion pieces in this folder. Also see Series 20, Musicians and Musical Instruments and Series 18, Dance, Subseries 7, Jigs & Reels.
Subseries 6, Blues, Feuding, Hillbilly, Honky Tonk, and Yodeling, 1885-1975, undated. The Blues are country style dating 1929-1957. The items referring only to "hillbilly" are in this folder; see other subseries, especially Folios, for items with "hillbilly" included in the title. For more yodeling items, see Series 8, Geography, Switzerland.
Subseries 7, Miscellaneous Songs, 1913-1983. This is organized by publisher. By far the largest part is the Acuff-Rose/Milene output. The other named publisher is Combine Music Corp. Miscellaneous Publishers includes all other songs not particular to previous subseries. Subseries 8, Folios, 1914-1969, undated. Most of the folios are in this subseries but they are included in other sections where appropriate. Most of the folios have performers pictured on the covers. Also see Series 18, Dance and Series 20, Musicians and Musical Instruments.
Ephemera --Subseries 1-6 follow the same headings as for the sheet music. Subseries 7 contains materials concerning publishers. There is no subseries 8. Subseries 9 contains materials concerning the Grand Ole Opry. Subseries 10 is the largest section of ephemera and contains publications such as trade magazines and radio company newsletters.
Material related to this series within the DeVincent Collection may be found in Series 6, Movies; Series 10, Sacred Music and Religious Themes; Series 11, Entertainment; Series 18, Dance; and Series 20, Musicians and Musical Instruments.
Arranged in 9 subseries.
This collection was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution in 1988 from Sam and Nancy Lee DeVincent.
The Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Collection is open for research.
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.
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.
Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Musical Theater and Motion Picture Sheet Music and Reference Material, 1843-2010 (AC1211)
Series 16: Country, Western and Folk Music forms part of the
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Subseries 1, Individual Male Entertainers, 1911-1983. Many entertainers were parts of groups from time to time, or had a spouse who was part of the team. With this in mind, it is important to search under subseries 2 and 3 if a name is not found in this subseries. Real names are used in place of stage names; i.e., "Uncle Ezra" is under Pat Barrett and "The Arkansas Woodchopper" is under Luther Ossenbrink.
The following individuals wrote the song and/or have their pictures on the covers. Also see subseries 3, Groups and subseries 4, The West/Movie Cowboys and Showmen.
Includes: "Don't Make Me Cry Over You," "Who Shot the Hole in My Sombrero," and two folios.
Includes: "Any Time," "Bouquet of Roses," "Mama, Come Get Your Baby Boy."
Includes: "That Ain't in Any Catalog" and "That's How Much I Love You."
Includes: "Down with the Feminine Gender" and "I'm Lending You to Uncle Sammy."
Includes: "Midnight Train," "Slipping Around," and four folios.
Also see Fred Rose in this subseries and subseries 4, The West.
Includes: "Back in the Saddle Again" and "A Hundred and Sixty Acres" from The Last Roundup.
Includes: "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine," "Johnny Red and Billy Yank," and "Oh Dem Golden Slippers."
Includes: "Tears on My Pillow," "Under Fiesta Stars," and "You're the Only Star."
Includes: "Do It Quietly" and one folio.
Includes: "Cimarron (Roll On)," "She Was a Washout in the Blackout," and two folios: "Johnny Bond's Songs of the Red River Valley."
Includes: "Every Night Is Saturday Night" and two folios.
Includes: "Before the Ring on Your Finger Turns Green," "Frankie You're a Rat Fink," and "I'm Little But I'm Loud." (149 items)
Includes: "Mommie's Real Peculiar" and "Wake Up Little Suzie." (167 items)
Includes: "Eeny Meeny Dixie Deeny" and four folios.
Includes: three songs from Norwood, "The Wichita Lineman," and two folios.
Includes: "A Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore," "Is Zat You, Myrtle," and "Wouldn't That Cock Your Pistol," and two folios.
Includes: "Smoke on the Water."
Includes: "Big Chief Boogie," "Geronimo," "You Never Miss the Water Till the Well Runs Dry," and one folio.
Includes: "Hangman's Boogie" from Square Dance Jubilee and two folios.
Includes: "Shut That Gate" and one folio, "Ted Daffan's Coin Machine Hits."
Includes: "The Miner's Prayer" and two folios "Vernon Dalhart's New Song Album" and "Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison's Album of Songs" with Adelyne Hood's photo included on the cover. Also see Carson Robison in this subseries.
box Includes: "I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine" and "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine."
Includes: "White Lace, Red Clay, a Black Coffin," "Worried Mind," and "You Are My Sunshine."
Includes: "Born to Lose" and "Sunny San Juan."
Includes: "Barrel House Boogie," "New Broom Boogie," "Wine, Women and Song," and one folio.
Includes: "I'm in Love Up to My Ears," "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose," and one folio.
Includes: "Nine Pound Hammer," "A Root'n Toot'n Santa Claus," "Sixteen Tons," and one folio.
Includes: "If You Can Spare the Time (I Won't Miss the Money)," "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time," and one folio.
Includes: "I Believed in You," "I Better Stop Dreaming," and "I Know the Score." (132 items)
Includes: "Country Girl Polka," "Polish Wedding Polka," and one folio.
Contains: "I'm Gonna Put My Love in the Want Ads," "The Power of Positive Drinkin'," and "You Don't Know Me."
Includes: " Hard, Ain't It Hard" and one folio that includes songs from Bound for Glory.
Includes: "Little Old Rag Doll," "This Ole House," and one folio. Also see Series 10, Sacred Music and Religious Themes.
Includes: "Don't Tell Me Goodbye" and "You're No Longer Mine."
Includes "We're Gonna Play Yankee Doodle in Tokyo" and five folios.
Includes: "Bar Room Polka," "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie," "Roll on Silver Dollar," and "Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)."
Includes: "Holy Life Insurance," "Since We Put the Radio Out in the Henhouse," and "When Nango Does the Yango."
Includes: "Eight More Miles to Louisville" and three folios.
Also see Redd Stewart, Folder EEEEE.
"Take Me Back to Renfro Valley," Renfro Valley Hymn Book, and one folio with no covers.
Includes: "He's Just a Scientist," "Interstate Forty," "Thanks to Rumors," and "Th' Wife." (151 items)
Includes: "I'm Sitting on Top of a Haystack" and five editions of three songs each.
Includes: "Choo Choo Polka," "What Ever happened to the Piano Players?" and two folios.
Includes: "Kentucky Waltz," "Wicked Path of Sin," and two folios.
Includes "Crazy" and "Hello Walls."
Includes: "The Future's Not What It Used to Be," "I Sure Feel More (Like I Did Than When I Got Here)," and "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye."
Includes: "Almost Eighteen" and "You'll Never Be Sixteen Again." All items are professional or artist copies. (125 items)
Contains one song, "There'll Never Be Another You" and nine folios.
Includes: "Too Old to Cut the Mustard" and "Whatcha Gonna Do with a Dog Like That?"
Includes: "Empty Dreams," "I Miss That Gal," and "Lost Highway."
Includes "The Writing's on the Wall" and one folio.
Also see subseries 4, The West, for more cover images.
Rollin' Plains [sheet music], 1938.
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Cover Illustration: Photograph of actor Tex Ritter dressed as a cowboy with a second picture of him on a horse playing a guitar, both from the motion picture "Rollin' Plains" starring Tex Ritter. Printed in black and red.
Includes: "It's a Pity What Money Can Do," "Mean Mama Blues," and "A White Sport Coat."
Includes: "Jaw, Jaw, Yap, Yap, Yap!" "Life Gits [sic] Tee-jus, Don't It?" and one folio.
Includes: "1942 Turkey in the Straw" and "1945 Nursery Rhymes" (both Have lyrics relating to World War II); "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" from Dames Ahoy, "The Charms of the City Ain't for Me," and "The Death of Floyd Bennett.
Includes: "Mussolini's Letter to Hitler," "Oh! Why Did I Get Married," and "The Return of Barnacle Bill."
Includes: "The Story of Jitterbug Joe" and "Will Someone Please Tell Me Who to Vote For."
Jesse, on the cover and Jimmie Rodgers Album of Songs No. 3 with "Blue Yodel #9 (Standin' on the Corner)."
Includes: "Blues in My Mind, "Blues in the Moonlight," and "Smoke Town."
Includes: "Henpecked Sam," "I Never Let You Cross My Mind," and "The Minstrel Strut."
Includes: "Roly Poly," "Rootie Tootie," and "There's Two Sides to Every Story."
Contains "Honest and Truly" and "Red Hot Henry Brown."
Includes: "Drink Your Beer and Let's Waltz," "Floyd Thompson, You're the Man," and "He's a Darn Good Man to Have Hanging Around."
Includes: "I'll Meet You in Chicago (at the Fair)," "Jimtown Blues," and "Mobile Blues."
Includes: "No One's Fool" and "Say Mister, Have You Met Rosie's Sister," and "Shuffle Boogie Bellhop."
Includes: "Twiddlin' My Thumbs" and "You Can Take Me Away from Dixie."
Contains: "'Deed I Do," "Don't Bring Me Posies (It's Shoesies That I Need)," from Tip-Top, "Red Hot Mamma," and "Sweet Mamma" from Tick-Tack-Toe.
Includes: five songs published by Freddie Rose's Song Shop and a band arrangement of "I'm Nuts about Screwy Music."
Includes: "Music Makin' Mama from Memphis," "The Night I Stole Old Sammy Morgan's Gin," and 5 folios.
Also see Pee Wee King, Folders GGG-HHH. Includes: "The American Serviceman" and "The Story of the Draft Dodger."
Includes: "Humpty Dumpty Boogie" and "Humpty Dumpty Heart."
Includes: "I'll Never Slip Around on You," "I've Learned My Lesson Now," and one folio.
Includes: "Mom Understands" and one folio.
Includes: "It Musta Bin Sumpin' I Et!" and "Oima from Boima."
Also see: The Westerners, subseries 2, Folders LL-NN. Includes: "Bobby Sox Polka" and "Dude Cowboy."
Includes: "Cold, Cold Heart," "Honky Tonkin," and "Jambalaya (on the Bayou)."
Includes: "There's a Tear in My Beer," "Your Cheatin' Heart," and one Folio.
Includes several songs written by Hank Williams, Jr.
Includes "The Death of Hank Williams."
Includes: "Cool Water" and three folios.
Alphabetized by performer's last name. Note that some cover photos are of bandleaders and are included because of the song.
Includes: Blue Grass Roy, Henry Burr, Denver Darling, Mac Davis ("It's Hard to Be Humble"), John Denver ("Thank God I'm a Country Boy"), and Jack Guthrie.
Includes: George Hamilton IV, Bud Hobbs, Paul Howard, Ferlin Husky, and Waylon Jennings.
Includes: Mac McClintock, Leon Merritt, Roger Miller, Guy Mitchell, George Morgan, Sam Nichols, Carl Lee Perkins, Webb Pierce, and Charlie Pride ("A Whole Lot of Things to Sing About").
Includes: Smokey Rogers, Boz Scaggs, Ray Stevens ("Young Love"), Mel Tillis, Pinky Tomlin ("I'm Just a Country Boy at Heart" from the Sing While You're Able), Texas Tyler, Porter Wagoner, Jimmie Widener, Slim Willet, and Sheb Wooley.
Subseries 2, Individual Female Entertainers, 1902-1986, undated. If an individual's more significant work was with others, she would be in subseries 3, Groups. Example: Dale Evans and Roy Rogers are in subseries 3.
Also see subseries 3, Duos and Groups
Includes: "The Cowgirl and the Daddy" and "Fool #1."
Includes "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool."
Also see The Prairie Ramblers, subseries 3, Folder Y.
Includes: "The Bargain Store" and "9 to 5."
Includes: "Christian Cowboy," "Vin Rose," and two folios.
Includes: "When Crazy Joe Did the Alligator Slide" and a folio.
Includes: Rosalie Allen, Sally Foster, and Ann Jones.
Includes: Georgia Marshall, Evelyn Overstake, and Audrey Williams.
Contains: Miss Christine, Sally Foster, and Marjorie Lynn.
Subseries 3, Duos and Groups, 1910-1981, undated. The names in this section are listed in alphabetical order by the group name; i.e., "Lulu Belle and Scotty" is under "Lulu." Also see subseries 1 and 2 or individual names.
Also see individuals in subseries 1 and 2
Contains two songs and four folios.
Contains folios.
Includes: "Don't Turn Me Down, Little Darlin'" from I'm from Arkansas and two folios, including Scatterbrain - Judy Canova Song Folio.
Contains Log Cabin Songs by Johnny Crockett.
Also see Linda Parker, subseries 2, Female Entertainers. Includes: "Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good," "Don't Monkey 'round My Widder When I'm Gone," and six folios.
Includes: "Blues Stay Away from Me" and five folios.
"Angels Never Leave Heaven" from National Barn Dance and "Keep Your Promise, Willie Thomas."
Includes: "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bye Bye, Love."
Includes: "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and "I'm Gonna Sleep with One Eye Open."
Gene Carroll and Glenn Rowell also performed as Jake and Lena; Ford Rush and Jack Grady were also members of the group.
Includes: "Daddy's Lullaby" and "How Do You Do."
Includes: "I'll Be Faithful" and "Let That Be a Lesson to You."
Includes: "Old Ohio Moon," Old Virginia Moon," and "Under the Moon."
Includes: Jake and Lena - "Almanack."
Includes: "I'm Afraid of Bees," "Noah's Wife Lived a Wonderful Life," and "When There's Tears in the Eyes of a Potato."
Includes: "Keep a Light in Your Window Tonight" and four folios.
Folios - includes: Mac and Bob, Mountain Songs, Western Songs, Cowboy Songs. ()
"After My Laughter Came the Tears" and "You Like, I've Cried."
Includes: "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight," "I'm Gonna Run for Sheriff Just to Keep Out of Jail," and "Wyoming in the Spring."
Contains folios. ()
Note that Patsy Montana is in subseries 1, Folders TTT-UUU; the Crockett Family is in subseries 2, Folder F; and Carolyn de Zurik is included in this grouping. Songs include: "I'm a Well Adjusted Cowboy" and "When the Lightnin' Struck the Coon Creek Party Line."
Note that the Sons of the Pioneers are pictured on several covers.
Includes: "The Bible Tells Me So" and "The Girl with the High Buttoned Shoes" from Hands Across the Border.
Includes: "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey" from In Old Oklahoma and "What a Dirty Shame!" from Son of Paleface.
Also see Roy Rogers, this subseries.
Includes: "Cool Water" and "Love Song of the Waterfall" from North of the Yukon and The Old Wyoming Trail.
Includes: "Song of the Bandit" from Under Western Skies and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" from Hollywood Canteen.
Includes: "Walkin' and Talkin'" and a folio, Wiley and Gene, Folio of Their Original Modern Folk Songs.
Includes: "Little Mother of the Hills," "When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in the Valley," and four folios.
Also see Larry Wellington, subseries 1, Folder VVVVV.
Contains: "Bury Me Out on the Prairie," "The Honey Song," and "My Adobe Hacienda."
Includes: "Bubbles in My Beer," "Smoke on the Water," and "Stars and Stripes of Iwo Jima."
Texas Playboys: Ed Burt, Tommy Duncan, Leon McAuliffe, Johnny Lee Wills, and Luke Wills. A photo of The Light Crust Doughboys is on the back cover of "Beautiful Texas."
Includes: Al Clauser and His Oklahomans, Blue Sky Boys, Charlie Daniels Band ("In America"), Dave and Sugar, Georgia Crackers, Homer and Jethro, Hoosier Sod Busters, Rex Cole, Eddie Younger and the Mountaineers ("I Laughed So Hard I Nearly Died").
Includes: Kingston Trio, Log Cabin Boys, Lonzo and Oscar ("If Texas Told What Arkan-saw"), Maple City Four, McGhee and Welling ("Down the Lane to Home Sweet Home"), Pickard Family, Rex Cole Mountaineers, Short Brothers, Stubby and His Buccaneers, Tobacco Tags, and The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins ("Tom Dooley"), Ed Younger and His Mountaineers (see Rex Cole, folder RR). Also: songs from Country Music Holiday and Slaughter Trail with cast members pictured.
Includes: Beaver Valley Sweethearts, Cambridge Sisters, DeZurik Sisters, Judie and Julie, and Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty.
Subseries 4, The West, 1839-1984. The earliest copyright of this Series is "A Western Refrain (Westward Ho!)" in this subseries. Categories are: Covered Wagon and Wagon Train, "Home on the Range," Movie Cowboys and Showmen, Rodeo and Round-up, General Songs, and Folios. Note that folios specific to a category will be in that category.
All items have the lyrics of the well-known song. The earliest sheet is titled "A Home Where the Buffalo Roam" and a later sheet is titled "Colorado Home - Prospectors' Song - The Origin of 'Home on the Range'."
Includes cover images of Bill Cody, Hoot Gibson, Tom Mix ("Tom Mix Fox Trot").
Either the title or the cover illustration has these themes.
Includes "Broncho Charlie," "Hi, Bo! Rodeo," and "Meet Me at the Round Up."
Includes: "Song of the Rodeo" from Trouble in Texas, "When the Bloom Is on the Sage (Round Up Time in Texas)," and two folios.
Folios are in Folders R - I I
Includes: "At That Bully Wooly Wild West Show," "The Bar-None Ranch," and "Broncho Billy."
Includes: "Cowboy" (1910) and "Cowboys Who Sing on the Radio."
Includes: "Darling, I'm So Happy" ("Quel Bonheur Nous Attend"), "The Funny Old Hills" from Paris Honeymoon, and "The Gun of Billy the Kid."
Includes: "He Treated Me White" from The Cowboy Girl, "The Hold Up Rag," and "I'll Be Seein' You in Dallas, Alice."
Includes: "I'm a Yiddish Cowboy (Tough Guy Levi)," "In the Land of the Buffalo Nickel," and "Jerk McGurk from Albuquerque."
Includes: "Leanin' on the Ole Top Rail" and "Love Knot in the Lariat."
Includes: "Mule Train" from Singing Guns, "My Golden West," and "My Little Lassoo" [sic].
Includes: "Nevada" from What's Buzzin' Cousin?, "Old Cayuse" with suggested action for a short film, and "Ole Faithful."
Includes: "Pretty Boy Floyd" and numerous "Prairie" titles
Includes: "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" from Hello Frisco Hello and Incendiary Blonde, and "Ride Tender Foot, Ride" from Cowboy from Montana.
Includes: "So Long, Sarah Jane" from I Dood It and "Sunset Hour" from The Beloved Bandit.
Includes: "Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle," "There's a Gold Mine in the Sky," and "Twilight on the Trail" from The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.
Includes: "Wagon Wheels" from Ziegfeld Follies and "A Western Refrain (Westward Ho!)" (1839).
Includes: "When You Come Back My Soldier Boy," "Who Shot the Hole in My Sombrero," and "Yonkle, The Cowboy Jew."
Includes: Andy Parker's Songs of the Plainsmen.
Includes: Bad Men Songs of the Wild and Wooly West, Billy Binn's Ranch, Range and Home Songs, and Bronson's Song Folio for Hawaiian and Spanish Guitars.
Includes: Children's Cowboy Songs for Piano and Cowboy Tom's Round-up Book.
Includes: Denver Darling's Western Album and Estel Lee's Arizona Wildcats.
Includes: George B. German - Hamlins Cowboy Balladeer, Books No. 2-5.
Includes: two Jake and Carl folios and three Jerry Smith folios.
Includes: Lola and Her Circle Star Ranch Boys - Smith's Tennesseans.
Includes: My Folio No. 1 (The 101 Ranch Boys), On the Trail, and Powder River Jack and Kitty Lee's Songs of the Range.
Includes: The Ranch Boys' Songs of the Plains and Riley Shepard's Hitching Post.
Includes: two Sleepy Hollow folios and Songs from Texas - Western Cartoons and Songs Featuring Texas Jim Lewis.
Includes: three Songs of the Saddle and Songs of the West - 101 Ranch Boys.
Includes: The Texas Rangers.
Includes: Wayne Singleton, America's No. 1 Singing Cowboy and Yellowstone Chip, Montana's Singing Cowboy.
Includes: Buckaroo Ballads and Charles Starrett's Favorite Western Songs.
Includes: Jim Babcock's Buckaroo Book which includes rope whirls, lasso tricks and cattle brands.
Includes: Western Heart Throbs.
Subseries 5, Barn Dance, Fiddle Tunes, and "Turkey in the Straw," 1878-1975. Sheets in the two Barn Dance folders have either "barn dance" in the title or cover illustrations of barn dances. The earliest music dates from 1878; the well-known WLS radio show National Barn Dance first aired in 1924. Researchers looking for more fiddle tunes than in this series will find them in the (future) series, Musical Instruments. In addition to the traditional "Turkey in the Straw," there are allied or companion pieces in this folder. Also see Series 20, Musicians and Musical Instruments and Series 18, Dance, Subseries 7, Jigs & Reels.
The items have either "barn dance" in the title or cover illustrations of barn dancing. Also see Series 18, Dance/Jigs & Reels.
Includes: "Come Down Nellie to the Old Red Barn" and "The Country Dance."
Includes: "Happy Cy, Country Dance," "Howdy Hiram, Barn Dance," "Society Barn Dance," and "The Village Barn Dance."
Contains: Arling Schaeffer's Barn Dance, World's Greatest Collection of Quadrilles, Jigs, Reels, and Hornpipes with All Calls and Hayride Jamboree Barn Dance Album.
Also see future series, Musical Instruments Includes: "The Diabolic Fiddler," "Uncle Biddle with His Fiddle," "Uncle Zeb and His Fiddle," and two folios.
Includes several "Turkey in the Straw" items, "I'm Crazy about the Turkey Trot," and "When Old Silas Does the Turkey-Trot to Turkey in the Straw."
Subseries 6, Blues, Feuding, Hillbilly, Honky Tonk, and Yodeling, 1885-1975, undated. The Blues are country style dating 1929-1957. The items referring only to "hillbilly" are in this folder; see other subseries, especially Folios, for items with "hillbilly" included in the title. For more yodeling items, see Series 8, Geography, Switzerland.
Includes: "The 'Berrys' and the 'Nutts'," "Feudin' and Fightin'," and "Love of Rosanna McCoy."
Note alternative spellings: hillbilly and hill billy.
Includes: "A Hill Billy Wedding in June," "Hill Billy from Tenth Avenue," and "My Hill Billy Lillie's a Dillie."
Contains: Hillbilly Hit Parade, 1940-1957.
Includes: All Star Hillbilly Jamboree and Hillbilly Prisoner and Mountaineer Song Folio No. 1.
Includes: Pappy Cheshire and His Hill Billy Champions.
Includes: "Honky Tonk Queen" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels."
Also see Series 8, Geography/Switzerland. Includes: "The Dwarf's Yodel Song" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, "Merry Go Round" from Merry Go Round, and "A Yodelin' Dude Hombre."
Subseries 7, Miscellaneous Songs, 1913-1983. This is organized by publisher. By far the largest part is the Acuff-Rose/Milene output. The other named publisher is Combine Music Corp. Miscellaneous Publishers includes all other songs not particular to previous subseries.
The majority of these items are professional or artist copies. There are no performers pictured.
Includes: "Another Old Dog in the Race," and "Bless Your Little Thumping Gizzard." (176 items)
Includes: "Cash on Delivery Smith" and "Cowboy's Ain't Supposed to Cry." (102 items)
Includes: "Diddle, Diddle Dumpling," "Diggy Liggy Lo," and "Don't Anyone Make Love at Home Anymore."
Includes: "The End of My Stairway," "The End of the Line," "The End of the Road," and "Find 'em, Fool 'em and Leave 'em Alone." (119 items)
Includes: "The Girl Who Loved Jack Daniels," "The Guy Who Played the Bass So Well in Harlan Martin's Band," "Ha-ha and Moonface," and "Has Anybody Seen Me Lately?" (189 items)
Includes: "I Can Tell the Way You Say Hello That You Mean Goodbye," "I Feel Better Than I Meant To," "I Haven't Seen Me in Years," "I Fought the Law," and "I Spent a Week There Last Night." (155 items)
Includes: "Idle Gossip, Idle Words," "I'm Allergic to Your Kisses," and "I'm Mighty Hard to Beat." (136 items)
Includes: "Incompatibility (Along with Mental Cruelty)," "It's Better to Be a Has Been (Than to Be a Never Was)."
Includes: "Killer of the Class of '53," and "The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian." (125 items)
Includes: "Look What Followed Me Home Tonight," "Lot's Wife Looked Back," and "Love at Last Sight."
Includes: "The Man in the Moon Is a Lady," "My $1.98 Genuine Cowhide Billfold," and "My Get Up and Go Just Got Up and Went." (131 items)
Includes: "Nothin' New in Oklahoma," "The Odd Folks of Ocracoke," "Oh! That's Bad; No That's Good," "Pull My String and Wind Me Up." (157 items)
"Roses, Moonlight, and One Little Bottle of Wine," "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye," and "She's Just a Goodtime Going Somewhere to Happen." (109 items)
Includes: "So Young" from Zabriskie Point, "Succotash," and "Sugar Booger." (115 items)
Includes: "T Total Tommy" and "Them Soft Shoulders and Dangerous Curves." (167 items)
Includes: "Walkin', Plowin', Talkin', Cryin'," "What Put the Pep in Grandma?" and "Who Am I to Give Myself Advice." (173 items)
Includes: "Yes Dear, There Is a Virginia," "You Sit Around All Day on Your Afternoon Off," and "You're Never Dressed Up Until You Wear a Smile."
Includes: "The Ballad of Jim Berry," "The Mixed Up Family," and "What Is the Color of the Soul Man."
Includes: "Bats in Your Belfry," "Bright Lights and Blond-haired Women," and "Cha Ra Checker Ro Chew Der Chew."
Includes: "Don't Fall in Love with a Married Man," "Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good," "Don't Tell a Lie about Me Dear, and I Won't Tell the Truth about You," "Drop Daid, Little Darlin', Drop Daid," and "Furnish Up the Cowshed, Ma (I'm Bringin' Home a Bride)."
Includes: "Gun Smoke Sure Gets in Your Eyes," "Hey! Hey! Farmer Gray," and "The Hick with the Hiccups."
Includes: "I Hate You," "I Love You," "I Still Love You."
Includes: "I'm Going Back to My Mother and Dad" and "It's Later Than You Think." (109 items)
Includes: "Jack, Ain't You Ever Coming Back" and "Liz Is a Whiz at a Quiz Show."
Includes: "Missus Mose Has a Million Beaus," "My Corny Country Cousin," and "One Heart's Beating, One Heart's Cheating." (104 items)
Includes: "Paddle Your Own Canoe," "Poor Little China Doll" ('6¢ per copy to Chinese War Relief'), and "Ridin' Old Paint in the Sky."
Includes: "Safe, Sane and Single," "She's Way Up Thar" from Stand Up and Cheer, and "Slap Her Down Agin, Paw."
Includes: "Too Many Sweethearts," "Treat Folks as You find Them," and "Two Whoops and a Holler from Love."
Includes: "The Wages of Sin," "The Wayward Wind," "When It's Hog Calling Time in Tennessee," and "Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me."
Includes: "You Can't Take It with You When You Go," "You Show Up Missing," and "You're Clouding My Blue Heaven."
Subseries 8, Folios, 1914-1969, undated. Most of the folios are in this subseries but they are included in other sections where appropriate. Most of the folios have performers pictured on the covers. Also see Series 18, Dance and Series 20, Musicians and Musical Instruments.
Note that some folios are also in other subseries. Performers are pictured on most covers.
Includes: Songs of the Mountains and Prairies, Books #1-6 (Devoted to the American Tradition of Folk Music).
Includes: Wally Fowler's Song Folio and Picture Album - Grand Ole Opry Edition.
Includes: The New Hank Keene Book of Laughter, Sorrow and Romance.
Includes: Comedy Songs, No. 1 and Salt and Peanuts (also see Folder DD).
Contains multiple editions of the same title.
[Note: these are divided between the two folders]
Contains: Blue Grass Roy - Sensational Collection of Mountain Ballads and Old Time Songs and The Hamlins Korn Kracker, Books 3-6.
Includes: Elmore Vincent's Lumber Jack Songs.
Includes: Songs of Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers.
Includes: Bill Nettles Homespun Songs of the Hills and The BMI Number 18 Folio.
Includes: Claude Casey's Caravan of Songs and Claude Sharpe's Old Hickory Quartet Song Book.
Includes: Favorite Songs of Pappy Howard and His Connecticut Kernels and Grady and Hazel Cole's Blue Ridge Mountain Songs.
Includes: Frank Dudgeon's Songs of the Hills and Plains and Lonzo and Oscar's Folio of Mountain Ballads and Comedy Songs.
Includes: Pickard Family Album and The Radio Rubes Song Book.
Includes: Short Brothers, Radio Song Folio No. 1 and Songs from Kentucky.
Includes: Sweeter Roses from the Gardens of Song and Whitey and Hogan's Mountain Memories.
Includes: Ballads of By-Gone Days and Butter Ball and the Red River Boys.
Includes: Folk Songs and Art Songs, Book II.
Includes: Log Cabin Songs and Old Fashioned Songs.
Includes: Salt and Peanuts - Our Favorite Comedy Songs, Hymns and Ballads and Slim Jim and the Vagabond Kid Song Collection.
Includes: WLS Book of Hymns.
Ephemera --Subseries 1-6 follow the same headings as for the sheet music. Subseries 7 contains materials concerning publishers. There is no subseries 8. Subseries 9 contains materials concerning the Grand Ole Opry. Subseries 10 is the largest section of ephemera and contains publications such as trade magazines and radio company newsletters.
Note: Ephemera boxes are numbered separately from the sheet music. Ephemera boxes for all series are shelved at the end of the Collection, processed and unprocessed.
Includes: 1967 Billboard in the over-size box and several articles and promotional items.
Includes: numerous articles and Rhymes of the Range.
Includes: Glen Campbell Fan Club items.
Includes: Roy Acuff, Rex Allen, Pat Barrett (Uncle Ezra), Johnny Bond, and Lew Childre.
Includes: Benjamin F. Ford ("The Duke of Paducah's Joke Book), Jimmie Davis, Lester Flatt, Red Foley, and Tennessee Ernie Ford (see poster in Map Case drawer).
from the musical composition by Dallas Frazier and A. L. 'Doodle' Owens.
Includes: the 1982 and 1983 Gilley's Calendars.
Includes: Tom T. Hall, Vaughn Horton, Louis Marshall (Grandpa) Jones, and Pee Wee (Frank) King.
Includes: John Lair (also see subseries 10 Ephemera), Johnny Lee, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Includes: Bill Monroe (also see map case drawer), Willie Nelson (also see oversize box), Charlie Pride, Marty Robbins, Carson Robison, and Fred Rose.
Includes: several promotional items, All American, and two items in the over- size box.
Includes: promotional folder for The Jim Reeves Museum.
Includes: 1968 Billboard salute in the over-size box and Tophand, September 1946.
Includes: several promotional items and tributes.
Includes: poster in the over-size box and several articles and promotional items.
Includes: Earl Scruggs, Mel Tillis, Conway Twitty, Jimmy Wakeley, Hank Williams, and Tex Williams.
Includes: Tophand, July 1946.
Includes: several articles and notes regarding "Texas Playboys" and two items in the over-size box.
Includes: several articles, a photo with Mick Jagger, and a poster in the Map Case Drawer.
Includes: Judy Canova, Jenny Lou Carson, Rosanne Cash (in over-size box), Carolyn deZurik, and Kitty Wells.
Includes: play money with Johnny Cash's image, articles, and three items in the over-size box.
Includes: Skivsamlaren (The Record Collector), articles, photos, and promotional items.
Includes: numerous articles and the story behind "On the Old Spanish Trail."
Includes: The Sons of the Pioneers' Symphonies of the Sage and several articles.
Includes: Crockett Family, Dinning Family, Homer and Jethro, Lulu Belle and Scotty, Prairie Ramblers and Patsy Montana, Nancy Lee and the Hilltoppers, and Singing Sizemores.
Collection location to be supplied. Possibly a portion of a photograph showing DeVincent playing with "Nancy Lee and the Hilltoppers".
Includes: several press releases from the Association of Professional Rodeo Cowboys and The Prairie Farmer, June 1979.
Includes: 'see' notes, Tom Mix comic book, two Grit magazines, several articles and other publications. Two Hundred Popular Cowboy Songs, Mountain Ballads is in the oversize box.
Includes: Barn Dance Magazine.
Includes: Hatfield-McCoy item and National Hillbilly News.
Contains items pertaining to Acuff-Rose, Southern Music, M. M. Cole, Hill and Range, and Russ Hull (Country Music, Bell BMI).
Includes: songs lists and promotional items.
Includes: Pickin' and Singin' News (over-size box) and Purina's Grand Ole Opry and Checkerboad Fun-fest Souvenir Album. ()
Includes: articles about Vito Pelleteri and the May 1948 Grand Ole Opry Program.
Contains February and March 1935 issues and a subscription form.
Includes: American Folk Music, Country Songs and Stars, and Cowboy Songs.
Includes: Folk and Country Songs, International Musician (one issue in over-size box), and The Oregon Outlaw.
Includes: Radio and Records (in over-size box), April 1936 Radio Guide, and Tophand (in over-size box).