Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 20: Newspapers
DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
NMAH.AC.0300.S20
Archival Resource Key
10 Boxes
1844-1968
undated
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age.
Series 20, Newspapers contains sheet music and other materials documenting the business of and popular attitudes towards newspapers 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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Newspapers
Scope and Contents note
Series 20, Newspapers, 18xx-19xx, contains approximately X pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the business of and popular attitudes towards newspapers 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. In addition, there is one folder of ephemera. Sheet music and ephemera regarding Advertising is also in Series 13, Business, Commerce, and Law.
Arrangement note
Arranged in 6 subseries.
- 20.1: Songs about Advertising, the News, and the Press
- 20.2: Music Published by Newspapers and Songs about Serialized Stories
- 20.3: Newsboys and Newsgirls
- 20.4: Cartoons, Cartoonists, and Comics
- 20.5: Newspaper and Magazine Supplements
- 20.6: 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 20: Newspapers 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.
Songs about Advertising, the News, and the Press
20.1
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undated
1863-1963
Includes "Advertise," "The Home Town Thistledown News," "The Press Club March," and "Why Girls Leave Home."
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34 Items
1
A
Contains songs with newspapers named in the title
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32 Items
1
B
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Chicago Post March," "Evening Press March," and "The Times."
Music Published by Newspapers and Songs about Serialized Stories
20.2
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1854-1940
undated
Scope and Contents note
Note that stories, apart from those serialized in newspapers or magazines, are in Series 19, Art and Literature.
Includes: "The Aquatennial Swing" from the Minneapolis Tribune and "The Cleveland Exposition" from the Cleveland Press.
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18 Items
1
A
Newsboys and Newsgirls
20.3
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1869-1968
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A -- L Titles
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32 Items
1
A
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Includes: "His Sacrifice," "Jimmy, the Newsboy," and "The Little Newspaperboy's Death."
N Titles
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23 Items
2
B
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Includes: "The News Boy" and "The Newsboy's Christmas Dinner."
O -- W Titles
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30 Items
2
C
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Only a Newsboy," "Out in the Storm," and "Please Buy My Last Paper (I Want to Go Home)." The American Newsboys Quartette is pictured on "Dolly Dear" and "In Sunny Africa."
Cartoons, Cartoonists, and Comics
20.4
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1896-1968
General note
Also Series 7, Movies, for animated cartoons
General songs regarding cartoons and comics published by newspapers.
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35 Items
2
A
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Includes:"Andy Gump," "At the Funny Page Ball," "A Bird in a Gilded Cage," "Foxy Grandpa," and "Long Boy."
Cartoonists
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1901-1941
undated
2
B-F
DeBeck, Billy
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14 Items
1918-1941
2
B
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Includes: "Barney Google," "La De Doody Doo," and "O-K-M-N-X."
Fisher, Bud
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11 Items
1912-1923
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2
C
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Contains: "Mutt and Jeff" titles including one with an image of Drane and Alexander, the original Mutt and Jeff of the Nestor Co.
Goldberg, Rube
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7 Items
1912-1934
3
D
Scope and Contents note
Includes: "Boob McNutt" and "One Pair of Pants at a Time" from Soup to Nuts.
McManus, Geo. P
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15 Items
undated
1906-1923
3
E
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Bringing Up Father, songster and "They'll Never Bring Up Father 'Till They Tear Down Dinty Moore's."
Opper, Frederick
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8 Items
1901-1912
3
F
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Gloomy Gus," several "Happy Hooligan" items, and "Hee Haw" from The Maid and the Mule.
Newspaper and Magazine Supplements
20.5
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1893-1941
undated
Scope and Contents note
Note that the dates refer only to the music copyright and not the publication date of the newspaper. Images of the performers are on many of these items. Also see Series 3, subseries 4, Folder TT for newspaper supplements with African American context.
Chicago Newspapers
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undated
1893-1908
Scope and Contents note
The Inter Ocean is in Folder W, separate from the eight newspapers: Sunday Examiner, Examiner, Examiner and American, American and Examiner, Tribune, Sunday Tribune, and Sunday Chronicle.
A Titles
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10 Items
3
A
B Titles
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13 Items
3
B
C Titles
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11 Items
4
C
D -- E Titles
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13 Items
4
D
F Titles
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8 Items
4
E
G -- H Titles
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11 Items
4
F
"I Can't,,," - "I Trust…" Titles
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11 Items
4
G
"I Want…" -- "I'm…" Titles
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11 Items
5
H
"In…" -- "It…" Titles
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13 Items
5
I
J -- "Lights…" Titles
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11 Items
5
J
"Lily…" -- "Love's…" Titles
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10 Items
6
K
"Ma…" -- "Mister…" Titles
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12 Items
6
L
"Molly…" -- "My Jane…" Titles
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11 Items
6
M
"My Little…" -- "My Sweetheart…"
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12 Items
6
N
N -- O Titles
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14 Items
7
O
P -- R Titles
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10 Items
7
P
"Sadie…" -- "Southern…" Titles
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11 Items
7
Q
"Spanish…" -- "Sylvia…" Titles
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12 Items
7
R
T Titles
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13 Items
8
S
U -- "We…" Titles
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8 Items
8
T
"When…" Titles
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10 Items
8
U
"Where…" -- Y Titles
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12 Items
8
V
Inter Ocean items
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17 Items
9
W
New York Newspapers
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1897-1911
Scope and Contents note
The Syracuse Herald is the only non-New York City newspaper. The city's five papers are: American and Journal, Journal and Advertiser, Journal and American, Sunday American, and World.
A -- L Titles
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11 Items
9
X
M Titles
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10 Items
9
Y
P -- W Titles
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12 Items
9
Z
Newspaper and Magazine Supplements, Miscellaneous
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20 Items
1894-1941
10
AA
Scope and Contents note
Includes newspaper and magazines from Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Several items are in Oversize Box #3.
Ephemera
20.6
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67
Scope and Contents note
One folder with four items is in Ephemera Box 67
20.3, Newsboys and Newsgirls
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2 Items
67
A
"Jimmy Brown the News Boy," poem/lyrics from folio
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67
A
Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel, 1981, full page, thanking news carriers (over-size box)
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67
A
21.4, Comics and Cartoonists
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2 Items
67
A
Promotional materials for Casper the Friendly Ghost, "Whatcha Doin' on the Moon"
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67
A
1 "see" note
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67
A