Guide to the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 12: Plants and Animals
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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Scope and Contents note...... 2 Arrangement note...... 2 Container Listing ...... 3 Subseries 12.1: Trees, 1833-1969, undated...... 3 Subseries 12.2: Plants and Flowers, 1840-1979, undated...... 4 Subseries 12.3: Animals, 1831-1984, undated...... 12 Subseries 12.4: Fish, Mermaids, and Aquatic Animals, 1832-1978, undated...... 20 Subseries 12.5: Birds, 1834-1976, undated...... 20 Subseries 12.6: Insects and Spiders, 1834-1980, undated...... 25 Subseries 12.7: Ephemera, 1901-1987, undated...... 27 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 12: Plants and Animals NMAH.AC.0300.S12
Collection Overview
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Title: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 12: Plants and Animals
Identifier: NMAH.AC.0300.S12
Date: 1831-1984, undated
Extent: 40 Boxes
Creator: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
Language: English
Summary: Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 12: Plants and Animals contains approximately 4,000 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards plants and animals in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
Digital Image(s): Plants and Animals Content:
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information This collection was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution in 1988 from Sam and Nancy Lee DeVincent.
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)
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Forms Part Of Series 12: Plants and Animals 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.
Preferred Citation The Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions 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.
Scope and Contents
Series 12, Plants and Animals, 1831-1984, undated, contains approximately 4,000 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards plants and animals in the United States. The materials are grouped by subject and arranged alphabetically by title within each folder unless otherwise noted in the container list. The dates of the sheet music refer to the copyright of the music and not to the subject on the cover, songwriter's life, or other events. In addition, there is one box of ephemera arranged in the same subseries order as the music listing, which is described following the container list.
Material related to this series within the DeVincent Collection may be found in Series 8, Geography; Series 13, Business, Commerce, and Law; and Series 14, Calendar, Time and Weather.
Arrangement
Arranged in 7 subseries.
• 12.1: Trees • 12.2: Plants and Flowers • 12.3: Animals • 12.4: Fish, Mermaids, and Aquatic Animals • 12.5: Birds • 12.6: Insects and Spiders • 12.7: Ephemera
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Container Listing
Subseries 12.1: Trees, 1833-1969, undated Subseries 1, Trees, 1833-1969, undated, includes all titles with the words: Arbor, Branches, Forest, Leaves, Timber, Twigs, Trees and Woods. There are also two Wood Nymph songs in Folders A and B. Magnolias, Oaks, Pines, and Willows have their own folders. The two folders with miscellaneous tree titles, for example, Beech, Birch, Chestnut, are arranged alphabetically by type of tree and not by the first word of the title.
Box 1, Folder A-C Arbor, Forest, and Woods titles, 1841-1947, undated
Box 1, Folder A A - V 25 Items Includes: "Blacksmith in the Woods," "Dance of the Wood Nymphs," and "Timber Auction Polka."
Box 1, Folder B W 22 Items Includes: "Woodland Beauty," "Woodland Charms," and "Woodland Echoes."
Box 1, Folder C Folio: "Woodland Sketches." 3 Items
Box 1, Folder D Tree, Branches, and Twig titles, 1881-1965, undated 41 Items Includes: "Sweet Mama Tree Top Tall," "Trees," "Under the Woo-woo
Box 2, Folder E Leaf and Leaves titles, 1878-1946, undated 30 Items Includes: "I'm Tying the Leaves So They Won't Come Down" and "When the Green Leaves Turn to Gold."
Box 2, Folder F Magnolia Trees, 1839-1936 9 Items Includes: "Magnolias in the Moonlight" from Follow Your Heart.
Box 2, Folder G Oak Trees, 1905-1956, undated 16 Items Includes: "Cinco Robles" ("Five Oaks") and "'Neath the Old Acorn Tree, Sweet Estelle."
Box 2, Folder H Pine Trees, 1894-1969, undated 26 Items Includes: "The Pine: A Slight Mistake," "Pine Tree, Pine Over Me," and "Whispering Pines" from Echoes of Broadway.
Box 2, Folder I Willow Trees, 1833-1964, undated
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29 Items Includes: "Willow Weep for Me," "Wind in the Willow," and "The Wind in the Willows" from Charles B. Cochran's 1930 Review.
Box 2, Folder J-K Specific Trees, Miscellaneous, 1852-1961, undated Note: titles are alphabetized by type of tree, not by first word. Also: see 12.2 for additional apple titles.
Box 3, Folder J A - E 23 Items Includes: "When It's Apple Blossom Time in Normandy," "A-round [sic] the Corner (Beneath the Berry Tree)," and "When the Cherry Blossoms Fall" from The Royal Vagabond.
Box 3, Folder K H-Y 32 Items Includes: "Old Hickory March," "Stop Beatin' 'Round the Mulberry Tree," and "By the Sycamore Tree" from In London.
Return to Table of Contents Subseries 12.2: Plants and Flowers, 1840-1979, undated Subseries 2, Plants and Flowers, 1840-1979, undated, includes all titles with the words: Blossom, Bouquet, Flower, Garden, and Petal. The following have their own folders: Apples, Buttercups, Clover, Daisy/Marguerite, Edelweiss, Lilacs, Lily, Pansies, Primroses, Roses, Tulips, and Violets. The five folders with miscellaneous flower/plant titles, for example, Amaranthus, Amaryllis, Arbutus, are arranged alphabetically by species and not by the first word of the title.
Box 3, Folder A-E Garden titles, 1858-1979, undated
Box 3, Folder A-D Songs
Box 3, Folder A A - G 25 Items Includes: "At the Flower Garden Shimmy Ball," "Come into the Garden, Maud," and "The Flower Garden Ball" from When Claudia Smiles.
Box 3, Folder B I 21 Items Includes: "In an Old Dutch Garden," "In the Garden of Romance" from Miss Springtime, and "In the Garden of Your Heart."
Box 3, Folder C J-W 29 Items Includes: "The Little Garden in Our Back Yard" about World War II Victory Gardens, "One More Walk Around the Garden" from Carmelina, "The Palace Garden Polka," and "There Are Fairies in Our Garden."
Box 4, Folder D Multiple Editions and Folio
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19 Items Contains: "In the Garden of Tomorrow," "The Little Old Garden," and Garden Songs.
Box 4, Folder E Instrumental Compositions 27 Items Includes: "Country Gardens," "In a Monastery Garden," and "In the Luxembourg Gardens."
Box 4, Folder F-K Flower, Blossom, Bouquet titles, 1847-1928, undated
Box 4, Folder F A - "Flower…" 36 Items Includes: "Buds and "Blossoms," "Cancel the Flowers," "Fleurs d'Amour," and "The Flower of the Field."
Box 4, Folder G Contains: multiple editions of "Flower Song" by Gustave Lange. 23 Items
Box 5, Folder H "Flowerland" - L 34 Items Includes: "Flowers for Madame," "Hearts and Flowers," and "Just a Faded Flower."
Box 5, Folder I M - S 26 Items Includes: "Only a Dear Little Flower," "Only a Little Flower," and "Only a Withered Bouquet."
Box 5, Folder J T - Y 17 Items Includes: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," and "You're Just a Flower from an Old Bouquet."
Box 5, Folder K Folio, Little Flower Pieces 2 Items
Box 5, Folder L-O Apples, 1883-1975, undated Also see 12.1, Folder J for additional "apple" titles.
Box 6, Folder L A 34 Items Includes: "An Apple a Day" from This Mad Whirl, five "Apple Blossom" titles, "The Apple Don't Fall Far from the Tree," and "Apple Sauce."
Box 6, Folder M B - M
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34 Items Includes: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," "Eve Wasn't Modest Till She Ate That Apple," "The Green Apple," and "Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pie."
Box 6, Folder N O - Y 42 Items Includes: "Oh Such Apple Sauce," "Shoo-fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy," and "You're Not the Only Apple on the Apple Tree."
Box 6, Folder O Johnny Appleseed 15 Items Includes: "Apple Song" from Melody Time, six "Johnny Appleseed" titles, and folio, Johnny Appleseed Comes to Town.
Box 7, Folder P Buttercups, 1879-1923 10 Items Includes: "Broken Buttercups" from The Garden Comedy and "Sweet Little Buttercup."
Box 7, Folder Q Clover, 1896-1932 35 Items Includes: "Clover Blossoms" (cover photo of Snooks, of the Memphis Ramblers), "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover," and "Sweet Clover."
Box 7, Folder R Cornflowers, undated, multiple editions of "Corn Flower Waltzes." 9 Items
Box 7, Folder S-T Daisies and Marguerites, 1858-1933, undated
Box 7, Folder S A-Y 37 Items Includes: "Dear Little Daisy" from Princess Beggar, "My Shasta Daisy," and "Tell Me Pretty Daisy" from Hamlet II.
Box 7, Folder T Contains: multiple editions of "I'm Knee Deep in Daisies." 5 Items
Box 8, Folder U Edelweiss, 1888-1936, undated 30 Items Includes: "Edelweiss (Glide)" by Vanderbeck and "Where the Edelweiss Is Blooming" from Hanky-Panky. Also see Series 8: Geography/Austria.
Box 8, Folder V Lilacs, 1892-1945 17 Items Includes: "Lilac Domino" from Lilac Domino and "We'll Gather Lilacs."
Box 8, Folder W Lilies, Lily of the Valley, and Water Lilies, 1865-1949, undated
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27 Items Note: "lily" is sometimes spelled "lilly.' Includes: "Somewhere in France Is the Lily," "The Story of the Lily and the Dew" from The Show Girl.
Box 8, Folder X Pansies, 1883-1919 18 Items Includes: "Only a Pansy Blossom," "Pansy" from Hans and Nix, and "Pansy Faces" from Mother Goose.
Box 8, Folder Y Primroses, 1878-1905, undated 11 Items Includes: Beethoven's "Primrose Waltz."
Box 8, Folder Z-JJJ Roses, 1847-1977, undated
Box 8, Folder Z-XX Roses, Songs Note: sometimes "rose" refers to the name and not the flower.
Box 9, Folder Z A - B 44 Items Includes: "Ashes of Roses," "Baby Rose," "Buy My Rose," and "By the River of Roses."
Box 9, Folder AA C - G 36 Items Includes: "Drooping Rose," "Everythinng's Coming Up Roses" from Gypsy, two "Faded Rose" titles, "Fallen Roses," and "Garden of Roses."
Box 9, Folder BB Contains: multiple editions of "The Garden of Roses." 20 Items
Box 9, Folder CC Contains: multiple editions of "Garland of Old Fashioned Roses." 21 Items
Box 10, Folder DD H - "If…" 38 Items Includes: "I Found a Rose in the Devil's Garden," "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden," and "If All the Girls Were Roses."
Box 10, Folder EE "I'll…" - "It…" 35 Items Includes: "I'll Change the Thorns to Roses," "The Island of Roses and Love," two titles each of "In a Garden of Roses" and "In a Rose Garden," and "In the Beautiful Garden of Dreamland."
Box 10, Folder FF Contains: multiple editions of "In the Heart of a Rose," "In the Valley of Roses with You," and "June Brought the Roses."
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22 Items
Box 10, Folder GG J - "Lingering…" 32 Items Includes: "Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland," "Just Like a Rose," "Let's Make Love Among the Roses" from The Yankee Girl and "Life Isn't All Roses, Rosie."
Box 11, Folder HH Contains: multiple editions of "The Last Rose of Summer," "Looking at the World (Through Rose-Colored Glasses)," and "Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses." 29 Items
Box 11, Folder I I "Little…" - "Mexicali…" 31 Items Includes: "Love Among Roses" and "Love Is Like a Red Red Rose" from He Came from Milwaukee.
Box 11, Folder J J Contains: multiple editions of "The Mission and the Rose," "Moonlight and Roses," "The Moonlight, the Rose, and You," and "My Beautiful Rose." 28 Items
Box 11, Folder KK "Midnight…" - "My Southern…" 41 Items Includes: "Mighty Lak' a Rose," "My American Beauty Rose" (compliments of the Kalamazoo Corset Co.), and "My Blushing Rose" from Seeing New York.
Box 12, Folder LL N - Q 35 Items Includes: "O My Love's Like a Red Rose" from Rob Roy Macgregor, "Only a Rose" from The Vagabond King, "Only a Rosebud," and "The Queen Rose."
Box 12, Folder MM "Rainbow…" - "Rose Dreams" 44 Items Includes: "Rambling Rose," "Red Roses for a Blue Lady," and "The Rose" from The Kiss Burgler.
Box 12, Folder NN "Rose Fable" - "Rose of the Lane" 33 Items Includes: "Rose, Just Suppose," and three "Rose of My Heart" titles.
Box 12, Folder OO Contains: multiple editions of "Rose in the Bud" and "Roses Bloom for Lovers" from The Rose Maid. 19 Items
Box 13, Folder PP "Rose of the Moonlight" - "A Roseleaf…"
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23 Items Includes: "Rose of the Mountain," "Rose of the Mountain Trail," and "Rose of the Rio Grande."
Box 13, Folder QQ "Roses" - "Roses, Tulips, Pansies" 35 Items Includes: five "Roses" titles, two "Roses and Memories" titles, and two "Roses of Love" titles. "Roses Remind Me of You" is in the over-size box.
Box 13, Folder RR Contains: multiple editions of "Roses of Picardy." 15 Items
Box 13, Folder SS "Rosetime Rose" - "The Star…" 33 Items Includes: two "Rosy Cheeks" titles, "Scanlan's Rose Song" from The Irish Minstrel, and "Second Hand Rose" from Ziegfeld Follies of 1921. .
Box 14, Folder TT "Story…" - "Tell…" 36 Items Includes: "The Story of the Rose" from The Last of the Rohans, "Sugar Rose," and "Tell the Rose" from Follies of the Day.
Box 14, Folder UU "That Beautiful…" - "Two Roses" 38 Items Includes: "There's Something About a Rose" from The Merry Malones, "The Thorn, the Rose, and You," and "Throw Me a Rose" from Little Miss Springtime.
Box 14, Folder VV "Vamping Rose" - "When the Sweet…" 40 Items Includes: "La Vie en Rose," "When the Dew Is on the Rose," and "When the Frost Is on the Flower."
Box 15, Folder WW "When the Twilight…" - "Wrapped…" 35 Items Includes: "Where the Red, Red Roses Grow" from The Hamtree and "The Wind and the Beam Lov'd the Rose" from Last Days of Pompeii
Box 15, Folder XX Y and Folios 17 Items Includes: "You're Just Like a Rose" from Good Times, "You're Just a Wilted Rose," and a folio, The Story of the Pink Rose."
Box 15, Folder YY- Roses, Instrumental Compositions JJJ
Box 15, Folder YY A
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9 Items Includes: "American Beauty Waltz" and "American Beauty Waltzes."
Box 15, Folder ZZ B 21 Items Includes: "The Bridal Rose," "Bridal Roses," and "Brides and Roses."
Box 15, Folder AAA C-F 25 Items Includes: "Cinnamon Rose Polka" and "Dance of the Rosebuds."
Box 16, Folder BBB Contains: multiple editions of "Garland of Roses" and "Heather Rose" by Gustave Lange. 24 Items
Box 16, Folder CCC G - L 26 Items Includes: "Heather Rose" by Losey and "Love and Roses."
Box 16, Folder DDD Contains: multiple editions of "The Last Rose of Summer." 13 Items
Box 16, Folder EEE M - "Romance…" 26 Items Includes: "Moss Rose," "Queen of Roses" (mazurka and waltz editions), and "Red Rose."
Box 17, Folder FFF "Rose" - "Rose in…" 17 Items Includes: four "La Rose" titles and two "Rose Dreams" titles.
Box 17, Folder GGG "Rose-land…" - "Rose Queen" 25 Items Includes: four "Rose Leaves" titles and two "Rose Petals" titles.
Box 17, Folder HHH "Rose Schottisch" - "Roses and…" 26 Items Includes: two "Rose Tints" titles, and several "Rosebud(s)" titles.
Box 17, Folder I I I "Roses Desire" - "Sweeter..." 31 Items Includes: "Roses in the Rain" and two "Rosetime" titles.
Box 18, Folder J J J "Talon Rouge" - W 31 Items Includes: "To a Wild Rose," "Wayside Rose," and "Whispering Roses."
Box 18, Folder KKK Tulips, 1905-1958, undated
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33 Items Includes: "Ask Her in Tulip Time" from The Girl on the Magazine [sic], "Take a Tip from the Tulip" from Radio City Revels, and "Tip-toe Thro' the Tulips with Me" from Gold Diggers of Broadway.
In the Heart of a Rose / of a Red Red Rose [sheet music ], 1912 1 Item Walsh, J.W., Composer De Carme, George, Composer Cover illus: portrait of Lady Tsen Mei.
Ink on paper.
Local Numbers 1988.3086 (NMAH Acc.)
Bibliography Cover reproduced in Krystyn R. Moon, Yellowface: Creating the Chinese in American Popular Music and Performance, 1850s-1920s, Rutgers University Press, 2005, p. 156, commentary pp. 155-157.
Names: Mei, Tsen Genre/ Sheet music Form: Culture: Chinese Americans
Box 18, Folder LLL- Violets, 1840-1951, undated MMM
Box 18, Folder LLL B - S 30 Items Includes: "I'd Rather Be a Violet," "The Message of the Violet" from The Prince of Pilsen, and "Shy Little Violet" from The Queen of the Moulin Rouge.
Box 18, Folder MMM V - W 23 Items Includes: four "The Violet" titles and four "Violets" titles, one from The Little Duchess.
Specific Plants and Flowers, Miscellaneous, 1843-1955, undated Note: titles are alphabetized by flower, not by title. Also, there are variations in the spellings.
Box 19, Folder NNN A - D 27 Items Includes: songs about amaranthus, arbutus, cowslips, and dahlias.
Box 19, Folder OOO F - G
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26 Items Includes: songs about forget-me-nots, gladioli and goldenrod.
Box 19, Folder PPP H - J 30 Items Includes: songs about hollyhocks, hyacinths, and irises.
Box 19, Folder QQQ L - O 22 Items Includes: songs about lavender, lotus, myrtle, and orchids.
Box 20, Folder RRR P - W 29 Items Includes: "The Thorn" and songs about petunias, poppies, sloe, vines, and wallflowers.
Return to Table of Contents Subseries 12.3: Animals, 1831-1984, undated Subseries 3, Animals, 1831-1984, undated, includes all titles with Animals and related words such as Ark, Jungle, and Safari. Circus and Zoo items are in Series 11, Entertainment. The following have their own folders: Bears, Cats, Cattle/Oxen, Dogs, Donkey/Burro/Jackass, Frogs/Toads, Goats, Horses, Kangaroos, Lions/Tigers, Mouse/Rat, Mules, Pigs, Primates, Sheep, and Squirrels. The one folder with miscellaneous species, for example, Buffalo, Chipmunk, Crocodile, is arranged alphabetically by species, not by the first word of the title. Cattle, sheep, and pigs are also found in Series 13, Business, Commerce, and Law, subseries 2, Farm, Food, and Tobacco.
Box 20, Folder A-B Animal titles, 1908-1967 Note: for Circus and Zoo items, see Series 11: Entertainment.
Box 20, Folder A Songs and Instrumental Compositions 21 Items Includes: "Animals Are Better off Than Humans Today" from Adele, "I'm Just Wild about Animal Crackers," and "Rita" from Jungle Menace.
Box 20, Folder B Folios 2 Items Contains: Animals in Picture Story and Song and Songs 'bout Animals 'n Things for Children.
Box 20, Folder C Bears, 1856-1956 19 Items Includes: "Fuzzy Wuzzy," "The Polar Bear Polka," and "Rootie Tootie Tootie." Also see Teddy Bears in Series 9, Domestic and Community Life.
Box 20, Folder D-G Cats, 1871-1982, undated
Box 20, Folder D A - D
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34 Items Includes: "The Black Cat Dance," "The Cat Came Back," "The Cat's Parade," "Dance of Hoo-hoo," and "Dingbat, the Singing Cat."
Box 20, Folder D Black Cat Dance [sheet music], 1916 1 Item Image(s): Black Cat Dance [sheet music], 1916. DeLancey, J., Composer McKinley Music Co., Publisher Albert & Son, Publisher The song is part of the Grand Galop De Concert. Cover illustration: five black cats dancing in a circle around a fire during a full moonlit night. A tree is nearby with a witch sitting on a limb watching the cats. Printed in blue.
Local Numbers AC300-0000267.tif (AC Scan : cover)
Topic: Cats Witches Genre/ Sheet music -- 1910-1920 Form:
Box 21, Folder E E - L 32 Items Includes: four "Fraidy Cat" titles, "He's the Cat's Meow," "The Lodging House Cat," and "It Looks Like Something the Cat Brought In."
Box 21, Folder E The Lodging-House Cat [sheet music] 1 Item Image(s): The Lodging-House Cat [sheet music]. Banks, G. Linnaeus, Composer Howard, H.H., Composer Byars, W. Randall, Lyricist Wilkinson, Marcus, Lyricist The Music Publishing Company, Publisher Cover illustration depicts a woman with cat-like whiskers. She is wearing a hoop skirt and is standing in a hotel room with either a frightened or aggressive expression. A man wearing a suit is attempting to get into the room. Caption : "When a shriek rent the air 'Is that you Mr. Pratt?' 'Oh, yes Marm, and you are the Lodging-House Cat!'"
Local Numbers AC300-0000266.tif (AC Scan: cover)
Topic: Boardinghouses Cats
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Box 21, Folder F M - S 36 Items Includes: "My Cat Fell in the Well," "On the Backyard Fence," and "The Owl and the Pussy Cat."
Box 21, Folder G T - Y 17 Items Includes: "The Tortured Thomas Cat" from The Tenderfoot, and "Where the Good Cats Go."
Box 21, Folder H-I Cattle and Oxen, 1858-1969, undated Note: Dairy and Milkmaid items in Series 12.2, Folder J.
Box 21, Folder H A - I 31 Items Includes: "Aw Moo (Cow's Torch Song)," "A Cow, a Plough, and a Frau!" and "Cows May Come and Cows May Go but the Bull Goes on Forever."
Box 21, Folder I J - Y 28 Items Includes: "Maggie, the Cows Are in the Clover," "Mary Took the Calves to the Dairy Show," and "Molly, Come Drive the Cows Home." Also see "Dairy" and "Milkmaid" in Series 13, subseries 2, Farming, Food and Tobacco.
Box 21, Folder J-N Dogs, 1843-1982, undated
Box 22, Folder J A - E 41 Items Includes: "Another Old Dog in the Race," four "Bow-wow" titles, and "Every Little Dog Must Have Its Day" from Old Limerick Town.
Box 22, Folder K F - L 40 Items Includes: "Gotta See a Man about a Dog," "If You Love Me, Love My Dog," and "I'm Nuts about Mutts."
Box 22, Folder L M - P 43 Items Includes: "Multiplicity" from Benji, "Old Faithful," and "Old Shep," and "Old Yeller."
Box 22, Folder M R - T 36 Items Includes: "Salty Dog Blues" and "Two Little Boys and a Dog."
Box 23, Folder N W
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36 Items Includes: "Walkin' the Dog," "What D'ye Mean You Lost Yer Dog," "The Whistler and His Dog," and "Who Speaks First."
Two Little Boys and a Dog [sheet music], 1895 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 14" x 10.5".) Image(s): Two Little Boys and a Dog [sheet music]. Bowers, Thomas M., Composer Inness, Charles, Vocalist On cover: Two line drawings of boys playing and two reproduced photographs of the composer and tenor vocalist Chas. Inness; photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers AC0300-0000263.tif (AC Scan)
In Series 12, Box 23, Folder N.
Topic: Children playing Play Singers Genre/ Sheet music -- 1890-1900 Form:
Box 23, Folder N Two Little Boys and a Dog [sheet music], 1895 1 Item Image(s): Two Little Boys and a Dog [sheet music]. Bowers, Thomas M., Composer Thos. Goggan & Bro., Publisher The song is dedicated to Mr. Chas. Inness, the Tenor Vocalist. The sheet music cover has a picture bust of Chas. Inness and a photograph bust of Thos. M. Bowers. The cover also has two cartoon pictures of two boys playing with a dog at the beach.
Local Numbers AC0300-0000263.tif (AC Scan : cover)
Names: Inness, Charles Topic: Dogs -- 1890-1900 Singers Tenors Genre/ Photographs -- 1890-1900 -- Reproductions Form: Sheet music -- 1890-1900
Box 23, Folder N Who Speaks first Gallop [sheet music]
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1 Item Image(s): Who Speaks first Gallop [sheet music]. Mack, E., Composer Lee & Walker, Publisher W.H. Boner & Co., Publisher Oliver Ditson & Co., Publisher Song is dedicated to miss Helen M. Wilson. Cover illustration: little girl giving two dogs a treat in an outdoor setting.
Local Numbers AC0300-0000262.tif (AC Scan: cover)
Topic: Dogs Genre/ Sheet music -- 19th century Form:
Box 23, Folder O Donkey, Burro, Jackass, 1895-1970, undated 40 Items Includes: "The Donkey Serenade" from Firefly, two "Jackass Blues" titles, "Ma Says I Can't Go for a Ride," and "Mickey Meehan's Donkey."
Box 23, Folder P-R Frogs and Toads, 1871-1979, undated
Box 23, Folder P A - F 38 Items Includes: three "Bullfrog Serenade" titles, "Five and Twenty Frogs," "Frog Kissin'," and "Frog on a Log."
Box 23, Folder Q Contains: multiple editions of "Frolic of the Frogs." 16 Items
Box 24, Folder R G - W 40 Items Includes: two "Leap Frog" titles, "Pollywogs," "The Scientific Frog," and "Where the Horny Toads Play."
Box 24, Folder R The Scientific Frog [sheet music] 1 Item Image(s): The Scientific Frog [sheet music]. Ambuhl, Edward, Composer Ambuhl, Edward, Arranger Hart, Austin (composer?) Tremaine, Master Alonzo, Singer Waters, Horace, Publisher Cover illustration: a frog in a pond with tall grasses on the side. Two people are near a tree, one fishing. "Sung by Master Alonzo Tremaine, with enthusiastic applause."
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Local Numbers AC0300-0000260.tif (AC Scan: cover)
Topic: Frogs Genre/ Sheet music -- 19th century Form:
Box 24, Folder S Goats, 1866-1950, undated 10 Items Includes: "Esmeralda," "Mary Had a William Goat" and "Somebody's Got My Goat."
Box 24, Folder T-X Horses, 1831-1970, undated Note: includes titles with "buggy," "filly," "mare," and "pony." Also see Series 16, Country, Western, and Folk.
Box 24, Folder T A - F 32 Items Includes: "Better Get off Your High Horse," "Boots and Saddles," "Danny and His Hobby Horse," and "Don't Change Horses."
Box 24, Folder U G-H 39 Items Includes: "Get Yourself a Horse," "Hold Your Horses!" and "The Horsetrader's Song."
Box 25, Folder V I - N 34 Items Includes: "I Walked Back from the Buggy Ride," "The Knight of the Raven Black Plume," "Mairzy Doats," and "Mrs. Astor's Horse."
Box 25, Folder W O - R 29 Items Includes: "Oh Mount Thy Bright and Gallant Steed," "The Old Grey Mare (the Whiffle Tree)," and "The Rough Riders."
The Old Grey Mare / (The Whiffle-Tree) / One Step / Two Step / March [sheet music], 1915 1 Item Image(s): The Old Grey Mare / (The Whiffle-Tree) / One Step / Two Step / March [sheet music], 1915. Panella, Frank, Arranger Frew, J., Artist Panella Music Co. (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Publisher Arranged by Frank Panella Cover illustration by J. Frew: caricature of old horse pulling wagon; the horse has one wooden leg.
Subseries 12.3, Box 5, folder W.
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Local Numbers AC0300-0000254.tif (AC Scan: cover)
Topic: Horses -- 1910-1920 Genre/ Cartoons (humorous images) -- 1910-1920 Form: Sheet music -- 1910-1920
Box 25, Folder X S - Y 39 Items Includes: "Sardanapalus," "Shabby Old Cabby," "Silver Sleigh Bells," "Thanks for the Buggy Ride," and "Whoa! Josephine!"
Box 25, Folder X Sardanapalus / Galop [sheet music] 1 Item Image(s): Sardanapalus / Galop [sheet music]. Hertel, P., Composer Blatchley, W.D., Lithographer Hammond (A.) & Co. (Jullien's), Publisher Sardanapalus (also spelled Sardanapallus) was, according to the Greek writer Ctesias of Cnidus, the last king of Assyria. The death of Sardanapalus was the subject of a Romantic Period painting by the 19th century French painter Eugè ne Delacroix, The Death of Sardanapalus, which was itself based on the 1821 play Sardanapalus by Byron, which in turn was based on Diodorus. (From Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Sardanapalus, 10 March 2010.)
The sheet music cover depicts two warriors in a charriot driven by three horses.
Local Numbers AC0300-0000253.tif (AC Scan: cover)
Names: Sardanapalus
Box 25, Folder Y Kangaroos, 1900-1960 12 Items Includes: "A Kangaroo Hop" and "Who Kicked the Kangaroo Down in Kankatee?"
Box 25, Folder Z Lions and Tigers, 1889-1972 14 Items Includes: "Bell Song" from The Ladies Lion, "Don't Go in the Lion's Cage Tonight," and "Tiger Rag."
Box 26, Folder AA Mouse and Rat, 1881-1962 11 Items Includes: "My Little White Rat" and "Poor as a Church Mouse."
Box 26, Folder BB Mules, 1881-1970
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33 Items Includes: "Dat Ole Bay Mule of Mine!" "Don't Be a Mule, Frances," "I'm Try'na Go Straight on a Crossed Eyed Mule," and "My Little Mule Wagon" from Under Your Spell.
Box 26, Folder CC Pigs, 1886-1979, undated 41 Items Includes: "Cincinnat'ti Dancing Pig," "I'm the Best Hog Caller in the Country," "Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away."
Box 26, Folder DD- Primates, 1842-1973, undated GG Also see Series 11, Entertainment/Circus, and Series 10, Sacred Music and Religious Themes/Evolution.
Box 26, Folder DD A - L 25 Items Includes: "Come Down from That Big Fig Tree" from The Girl and the Bandit, "The Jingle of Jungle Joe," "Keep Me Away from the Monkey House," and "Listen to That Jungle Band."
Box 26, Folder EE Contains: multiple editions of "The Aba Daba Honeymoon" and "Down in Jungle Town." 21 Items
Box 27, Folder FF M 28 Items Includes: "The Monkey That Became President" and "Mr. Monkey" from The Parisian Model.
Box 27, Folder GG O - Y 24 Items Includes: "See the Monkey" from Lute Song, "That Baboon Baby Dance," and "The Waltzing Chimpanzee."
Box 27, Folder HH Rabbits, 1931-1977 22 Items Includes: "Has Anybody Seen My Pooka?" and "Run, Rabbit, Run!" From The Little Dog Laughed. Several items refer to the Easter Bunny.
Box 27, Folder I I Sheep, 1887-1969 45 Items Also see shepherds in Farming in Series 13. Includes: "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," "Driving Home the Sheep with Mary," "Mary Had a Little Lamb," "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" from The Black Sheep, and "You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes."
Box 27, Folder JJ Squirrels, 1894-1984
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15 Items Includes: "Hey Shirley (This Is Squirrelly)" and "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival."
Box 27, Folder KK Specific Animals, Miscellaneous, 1854-1981, undated 40 Items Note: music is alphabetized by species, not by title. Includes: "The Angle Worm Wiggle," "The Preposterous Rhinoceros," and "Gee! It's Tough to Be a Skunk."
Return to Table of Contents Subseries 12.4: Fish, Mermaids, and Aquatic Animals, 1832-1978, undated Subseries 4, Fish, Mermaids, and Aquatic Species, 1832-1978, undated, includes lobsters, oysters, and whales.
Box 28, Folder A Fish, 1854-1978, undated 27 Items Includes "Just As Good As Fish in the Sea, Said He," "The Sawfish Song," and "A Trout No Doubt."
Box 28, Folder B Mermaids and Mermen, 1832-1923, undated 17 Items Includes: "Caught in the Net," "Down in the Depths of the Sea (The Merman's Song)," and "The Mermaid and the Whale" from The Wedding Day.
Box 28, Folder C Other Aquatic Animals, 1902-1946, undated 7 Items Includes "I'd Rather Be a Lobster Than a Wise Guy" from Playing the Ponies.
Return to Table of Contents Subseries 12.5: Birds, 1834-1976, undated Subseries 5, Birds, 1834-1976, undated, includes all titles with the word Bird, and related words such as Feather and Nest. The following have their own folders: Bluebird, Bobolink, Canary, Chicken, Cuckoo, Dove, Lark, Mocking Bird, Nightingale, Owl, Robin, Sparrow, Swallow, Water Birds (Duck, Goose, Swan), and Whippoorwill. The two folders with miscellaneous birds, for example, Dodo, Eagle, Hummingbird, are arranged alphabetically by species and not by the first word of the title.
Box 28, Folder A-I Songs and Instrumental Compositions with "Bird" in the title 1836-1963, undated
Box 28, Folder A A - "Bird…" 19 Items Includes: "Bird As a Prophet," "The Bird at Sea," "A Bird in a Gilded Cage," and two "The Bird with a Broken Wing" titles.
A Bird in a Gilded Cage [sheet music], 1900
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1 Item (14" x 11".) Image(s): A Bird in a Gilded Cage [sheet music]. Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946, Composer Lamb, Arthur, Lyricist Shapiro, Bernstein, and Von Tilzer, Publisher Cover of sheet with a colorized reproduced photograph of Pauline Billepp, who sang the song "with great success"; photographer unidentified.
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
Ink on paper.
Local Numbers AC0300-0000245.tif (AC Scan: cover)
In Series 12, Box 28, Folder A.
Names: Billepp, Pauline Topic: Ballads Entertainers Singers Genre/ Sheet music -- 1900-1910 Form:
Box 28, Folder B Contains: multiple editions of "The Bird Waltz." 10 Items
Box 28, Folder C "Birdie…" - "Brown…" 21 Items Includes: two "Birds of a Feather" titles and "Boogeldy Bird."
Box 29, Folder D C - F 34 Items Includes: "The Captive to His Bird," "The Convict and the Bird," "Don't Wait Till Your Bird Has Gone," and "Flee As a Bird."
Box 29, Folder E G - L 31 Items Includes: "John James Audubon," "Like a Bird on the Wing," "The Love Bird," and two "Little Yellow Bird" titles, one from Easy Dawson.
Box 29, Folder F M - P 20 Items Includes: "The Messenger Bird," two "Nesting Time" titles, and "Plume Polka."
Box 29, Folder G S - T
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23 Items Includes: "Shady Lady Bird" from Best Foot Forward and two "Twittering Birds" titles.
Box 30, Folder H W - Y 20 Items Includes: "Warblings at Dawn," "Warblings at Twilight," and two "Ye Merry Birds" titles.
Box 30, Folder I Contains: multiple editions of "Warblings at Eve." 9 Items
Box 30, Folder J-K Bluebirds, 1854-1957 Note: two spellings: "blue bird" and "bluebird."
Box 30, Folder J B 31 Items Includes: "Blue Bird Bring Back My Happiness," "Blue Bird of Happiness."
Box 30, Folder K G - W 22 Items Includes: "Paging Mr. Bluebird" and "What's the Good Word, Mister Bluebird?"
Box 30, Folder L Bobolinks, 1856-1955 12 Items Includes: "Bobolink Blues" and "The Merry Bobolink."
Box 30, Folder M Canaries, 1849-1952, undated 11 Items Includes: "The Dancing Canary," "The Hot Canary," and "Red Canary."
Box 30, Folder N-P Chickens, 1853-1967, undated Also see Series 3: African American - Coon Songs & Blackface songs.
Box 31, Folder N A - "Chickens…" 39 Items Includes: "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens," "Chick-a-Biddy Boogie," and "Chicken" from In Hayti [sic].
Box 31, Folder O "Chickery…- K 36 Items Includes: three "Cock-doodle-do" titles, "Early Dawn Polka," "If a Rooster Can Love So Many Little Chickens Can't a Man Love More Than One," and "I'm a Hen-pecked Papa."
Box 31, Folder P L - Y
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41 Items Includes: "A Lemon in the Garden of Love" from Spring Chicken and "Retribution (the Rooshter I Wore on Me Hat)," and "Who Dat Say Chicken in Dis Crowd" from Summer Nights.
Box 31, Folder Q Cuckoos, 1859-1948, undated 9 Items Includes: "Cuckoo in the Clock" and "Emmet's Cuckoo Song."
Box 32, Folder R Doves, 1857-1936, undated 14 Items Includes "Honey Won't You Let Me Be Your Turtle Dove."
Box 32, Folder S Larks, 1848-1952, undated 21 Items Includes: "Skylark," three "Sky Lark" titles, and three "The Meadow Lark" titles. See Series 4: Songwriters, for Hoagy Carmichael's "Skylark."
Box 32, Folder T Mockingbirds, 1864-1956, undated 24 Items Includes: "Listen to the Mocking Bird" and four "Mocking Bird" titles.
Box 32, Folder U Nightingales, 1846-1954, undated 26 Items Includes: "Ah, Could I Teach the Nightingale" and "Nightingale Schottisch."
Box 33, Folder V Owls, 1884-1958, undated 32 Items Includes: "The Alcoholic Blues," "The Cynical Owl" from The Midnight Sons, "I'm Wise," and two "The Wise Old Owl" titles, one from Nancy Brown.
Box 33, Folder W-Y Robins, 1853-1942, undated
Box 33, Folder W D - "Robin's Departure" 23 Items Includes: "Fifty Million Robins Can't Be Wrong," "Red Robin," and "Robin Red Breast."
Box 33, Folder X "Robin's Farewell" - W 20 Items Includes: "What Robin Saw," and two "When the Robins Nest Again" titles.
Box 33, Folder Y Contains: multiple editions of "The Robin's Return" and "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along." 25 Items
Box 33, Folder Z Sparrows, 1848-1954, undated
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9 Items Includes: "Sparrow in the Treetop."
Box 34, Folder AA Swallows, 1867-1941, undated 26 Items Includes: "Follow the Swallow" and "When the Swallows Homeward Fly, Agatha."
Box 34, Folder BB- Water Birds - Ducks, Geese, and Swans, 1890-1976 CC Also see Series 7: Movies for Disney titles.
Box 34, Folder BB A - I 26 Items Includes: "Alexander the Swoose," "Doin' the Ducky Wuck," and "I've Been a Goose on a Wild Wild Goose Chase."
Box 34, Folder CC L - Y 23 Items Includes: "The Old Grey Goose Is Dead," "The Swan," and "What's Good for the Goose (Is Good for the Gander)."
Box 34, Folder DD Whippoorwills, 1854-1958 9 Items Includes: "The Whippoorwill" from Thunder Road and "Whippoorwill" from Mlle Juliette. Note variations in spellings.
Box 34, Folder EE-FF Specific Birds, Miscellaneous, 1834-1972, undated Note: music is alphabetized by species, not by title.
Box 35, Folder EE B - H 29 Items Includes: "Hummingbird" and songs about Birds of Paradise, dodos, and eagles.
Box 35, Folder FF O - W 35 Items Includes: "The Partridge Polka," "Pride Polka," "The Wood Pecker," and songs about parakeets, penguins, and pigeons. Also see Series 13.5, Folder S for Homing Pigeons.
The Owl and the Pussycat [sheet music] 1 Item Image(s): The Owl and the Pussycat [sheet music]. Ingraham, Geo., Composer Rees, William, Transcriber Schirmer, G., Inc., Publisher The song is from Lear's Nonsense Songs. The cover illustration depicts an owl and a pussycat getting married. A bird is performing the ceremony.
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Subseries 12.3, Box 211, folder F.
Local Numbers AC0300-0000265.tif (AC Scan: cover)
Topic: Cats Owls
Return to Table of Contents Subseries 12.6: Insects and Spiders, 1834-1980, undated Subseries 6, Insects and Spiders, 1853-1968, undated. The following have their own folders: Bees/ Hornets, Butterflies, Crickets, Fireflies, Flies, Glowworms, Grasshoppers, June Bugs, and Mosquitoes. The two folders with miscellaneous insects and spiders, for example, Lady Bug, Lightning Bug, and Water Bug, are arranged alphabetically by critter, not by the first word of the title.
Box 35, Folder A-E Bees and Hornets, 1874-1980, undated
Box 35, Folder A A - "Bees…" 31 Items Includes: "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" from A Winsome Widow, "The Bee Proffers Honey" and "The Bee That Gets the Honey Doesn't Hang Around the Hive."
Box 35, Folder B "Bennie…" - "Honey…" 50 Items Includes: "Dizzy Little Busy Bee" and "Honey Man."
Box 35, Folder C Contains: "Dance of the Honeybees" and "Flight of the Bumble Bee." 17 Items
Box 36, Folder D Contains: "The Honeysuckle and the Bee" and "Two Little Love Bees." 16 Items
Box 36, Folder E "Honeybees…" - Y 40 Items Includes: "The Meanest Bumble Bee" and "The Sting of the Bumble Bee."
Box 36, Folder F-I Butterflies, 1834-1962, undated
Box 36, Folder F A - "Butterflies…" 18 Items Includes: "Butterflies" from The Berlin Review and "Butterflies When Winging" from The Merry Widow Re-married.
Box 36, Folder G "Butterfly" - "Butterfly's…"
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28 Items Includes: "Butterfly Schottisch," "The Butterfly Waltz," and numerous "Butterfly" titles, mostly instrumental.
Box 37, Folder H C - I 27 Items Includes: "If I Catch the Guy Who Wrote Poor Butterfly" and "I'm Coming Back to You Poor Butterfly" from The Big Show.
Box 37, Folder I J - W 38 Items Includes: "Little Bar-butterfly" from Klondike Annie, "Little Lottie Chasing Butterflies," and "Swanee Butterfly."
Box 37, Folder J Crickets, 1856-1957, undated 16 Items Includes: "The Cricket Song," "The Cricket's Dance," and "Two Little Crickets."
Box 37, Folder K Fireflies, 1850-191943, undated 23 Items Includes: several "Fireflies" titles and "Love Is Like a Firefly" from The Firefly.
Box 38, Folder L Flies, 1897-1949, undated 11 Items Includes: "Never Swat a Fly" from Just Imagine and "There Ain't No Flies on Auntie."
Box 38, Folder M Glowworm, 1902-1910 33 Items Includes: "Nix on the Glow-worm Lena" from Jardin de Paris Ziegfeld Follies of 1910.
Box 38, Folder N Grasshoppers, 1839-1956, undated 11 Items Includes: "Jubelfeier (Jubilation)."
Box 38, Folder O June Bugs, 1888-1952 8 Items Includes: "June-bugs Dance."
Box 38, Folder P Mosquitoes, 1875-1951 12 Items Includes: "Mosquito and the Midge" from Yankee Consul and "Zizz Zizz Zizz Zizz."
Box 38, Folder Q-R Specific Insects & Spiders, Miscellaneous, 1853-1968, undated Note: music is alphabetized by species, not title.
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Box 39, Folder Q Ants - Katydids 33 Items Includes: Beetles, Bugs, and Gnats.
Box 39, Folder R Lady Bug - Water Bug 38 Items Includes: Lightning Bugs, Moths, and Spiders.
Return to Table of Contents Subseries 12.7: Ephemera, 1901-1987, undated Ephemera, 1901-1987, undated, is in Ephemera Box 47. The materials are arranged in the same subseries as the sheet music and are described following the container list.
Note that 'see' notes refer to DeVincent's notes referencing other parts of the Collection. Also, the ephemera boxes are numbered separately from the music section.
Subseries 1, Trees
Box 47, Folder A Trees Four pages of 'see' notes. Kilmer poem and New Yorker cartoon. Arbor Day Program, March 1911, State of Ohio. DeVincent placard about "Musical Trees". Three Maxwell Tree Expert items.
Subseries 2, Plants and Flowers
Box 47, Folder B Plants and Flowers, Miscellaneous Eleven pages of 'see' notes.
Box 47, Folder B Apples Six pages of 'see' notes. DeVincent's 'want list' of Johnny Appleseed music. Two flyers, 1978, 1984 regarding the Johnny Appleseed Anniversary . Festival. Seven newspaper articles, 1978-1987. Old Fort News, 1978. Tinted photo of female with yellow rose, oversize box. Two articles, 1984 and 1987, in oversize box.
Box 47, Folder B Roses Lists of songs about roses. Hand painted photograph of young lady with a yellow rose. Story behind the writing of "Lay My Head Beneath a Rose," . "With Roses," Woman's Home Companion, February 1907 (oversize box). "Roses Remind Me of You," Detroit News Tribune, November 1910 (oversize box).
Subseries 3, Animals
Box 47, Folder C Animals, Miscellaneous Twelve 'see' notes. Animal Kingdom, October/November 1979. Poem regarding mules. National Wildlife Week, two posters, 1982 (oversize box).
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Box 47, Folder D Cats One 'see' note. "Classical Cats" record/tape release promo, with photo, undated. Display for 9 Lives Dry. Two editions of The Etude, March 1942 and October 1931. Country Gentlewoman, inside page only, March 1944. People, November 1982. Time, 1981 December 7. Parade, 1987 November 8. Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel, 1982 October 16.
Box 47, Folder E Dogs Four 'see' notes. Two copies of "Rags" by Edmund Vance Cooke. Spotlite on Fort Wayne, (sic), October 1978. Picture of dog and children. Calendar picture of three puppies. Parade, 1985 January 13. Ft. Wayne News- Sentinel, 1987 April 18. Ev'ry Month, March 1901, photocopy of child and dog at piano. Fold-out article about dog varieties, undated, no source. "The Old Dog Symphony" (oversize box).
Box 47, Folder F Frogs and Toads Five 'see' notes. Cash Box, 1976 July 10. Michigan Natural Resources Magazine, May-June, 1979. The Etude, August, 1932.
Box 47, Folder G Goats and Sheep Six 'see' notes. The Etude, March 1944. Article regarding author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," undated. Photocopies: American Sheep Industry envelope and Ram, Farm and . Home.
Subseries 4, Fish, Mermaids, and Aquatic Animals
Box 47, Folder A One 'see' note regarding mermaids
Subseries 5, Birds
Box 47, Folder H Birds, Miscellaneous Nine 'see' notes. The Liberty Record, Christmas 1962 regarding chipmunks. Readers Digest, May 1984, regarding ducks . Review of film, Howard the Duck, no source, undated. DeVincent's 'want list' regarding ducks. Lyrics to "Cuckoo Bird Waltz". Ranger Rick promo flyer. 1985 wallet calendar from Owl Bank. Ad for collectible plate picturing a snowy owl. Parade, 1979 November 25. The Etude, September 1923.
Subseries 6, Insects and Spiders
Box 47, Folder I Insects and Spiders, Miscellaneous Five 'see' notes. Two issues of The Etude, August 1929 and August 1945, regarding grasshoppers. Decca Records display poster for Osibisa, 1971, in Map Case .
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