Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 24: Education
DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
NMAH.AC.0300.S24
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10 Boxes
1834 - 1964
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 24 contains materials documenting the business of and popular attitudes towards Education 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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Education
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution in 1988 from Sam and Nancy Lee DeVincent.
Preferred Citation
The Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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 24: American Indian 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.
Named Schools
24.1
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1844 - 1961
High Schools, ; includes "Boston Normal School
March" and "Fort Wayne Central High School Song."
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1894 - 1964
1
1
Colleges and Universities, A-C titles, includes Adelphai and Albion Colleges
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1
2
Colleges and Universities, D-Michigan schools includes Drake and Fordham Universities
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1
3
Colleges and Universities, Harvard
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1
4
Colleges and Universities, University of Michigan, C-M titles
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2
1
Colleges and Universities, University of Michigan, O-Y titles
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2
2
Colleges and Universities, Notre Dame, University of
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2
3
Colleges and Universities, N-St. Joseph; includes Ohio State and Purdue
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2
4
Colleges and Universities, Princeton
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2
5
Colleges and Universities, St. Mary's
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2
6
Colleges and Universities, State Normal-W; includes "Vassar Girl Waltzes" and "Old Wabash."
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3
1
Colleges and Universities, Yale University
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1856 - 1936
3
2
Colleges and Universities, Carneige Institute of Technology
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3
3
Colleges and Universities, University of Chicago (folio)
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3
4
Colleges and Universities, University of illinois (song book)
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3
5
Song Book, Indiana University
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4
1
Folios, Manchester, University of Ohio, Ohio State
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4
2
Song Book, Ohio State University
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4
3
Folio, Princeton University
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4
4
Schools, General
24.2
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1834 - 1929
Kindergarten-High School, includes "The Assembly March" and "The High School-Step."
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1899 - 1929
5
1
Kindergarten-High School (folios), – contains "In the Little Red School House" and "Kindergarten
Songs."
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5
2
Lithograph, A-O titles; includes "Kindergarten March" and "My School Boy Days."
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1894 - 1896
5
3
Lithograph, S-V titles; includes ""The Schoolmaster" and "The Teacher and the Boy.
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1834 - 1896
5
4
General, A-B titles, includes three "Alma Mater" songs and "Betty Co-ed."
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6
1
"Campus…" - "College…" titles; includes "Charlie My Boy" and "Chickery Chick."
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6
2
"Collegiate" – G titles; includes ""Constantinople" and "Graduation Grand March."
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6
3
General, H-K titles, includes "The Halls of Ivy" and "In the Old Red School.
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6
4
General, L-O titles, includes "Oh How I Love My Teacher" and "Our Boys and Girls."
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7
1
General, P-School March; "School March" titles; includes ""The P. T. A. Song" and "The Scamp
of the Campus."
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7
2
Multiple editions of "School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids"
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7
3
"School Mates" – U titles; includes "So's Your Old Man" and two "Teacher, Teacher" songs.
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7
4
General, V-Y titles includes "The Varsity Drag" and three "When I Went to
School with You" songs.
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8
1
Professional/Artist copies; includes "Teacher's Pet" and "You Don't Learn That in School."
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8
2
Fraternities, General
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8
3
Sororities, general
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8
4
Fraternities and Sororities named, Beta-Psi
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8
5
Fraternities and Sororities, named, Sigma-XI
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8
6
Fraternities and Sororities, Delta Chi Songbook
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9
1
Folios
24.3
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undated
Folios, College Songs, Volumes 1-3
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9
2
Folios, College Songs, published by Oliver Ditson
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9
3
Folios, Collegiate Songbook
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9
4
Folios, Officially Approved Songs of American Colleges
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10
1
Folios, miscellaneous
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10
2
Those Dear Old College Days [sheet music]
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Williams, W. R.
1 Item
1905
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Those Dear Old College Days [sheet music], 1905.
Local Numbers
91-1063 (OPPS Neg.)
AC0300-0000709.tif (AC scan no.)
Scope and Contents
Cover illustration: a smoking student sitting on his bed and reading a letter; "Z" on his pullover and on the wall.
Conditions Governing Use
Public domain; copyright expired. Order from SI neg. 91-1063.
Smoking -- 1890-1920
College students -- 1900-1910
Sheet music -- 1900-1910
Love's Young Dream [sheet music]
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Dore, Daniel
Melendy, Edward
1 Item
1906
English.
Love's Young Dream [sheet music], 1906.
Local Numbers
AC0300-0000621.tif (AC scan no.)
91-1060 (OPPS Neg.)
Scope and Contents
Illustration: two girls waving Yale flags; an image of Paul Gilmore as "Dick Seeley" from the performance "At Yale".
Conditions Governing Use
Public domain; copyright expired. Order from neg. no. 91-1060.
College students -- 1900-1910
Sheet music -- 1900-1910
Yale University -- 1900-1910
Yale Boola [sheet music]
Archival Resource Key
Hirsch, A. M.
Loomis, Chas. H.
1 Item
1901
English.
Yale Boola [sheet music], 1901.
Local Numbers
AC0300-0000738.tif (AC scan no.)
Scope and Contents
Cover illustration: a coed with a Yale flag.
College students -- 1900-1910
Sheet music -- 1900-1910
Yale University -- 1900-1910