Guide to the Sam Devincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8: Geography
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Guide to the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8: Geography NMAH.AC.0300.S08 NMAH Staff Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Scope and Contents note................................................................................................ 2 Arrangement note............................................................................................................ 2 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 4 Subseries 8.1-8.49: United States, 1830-1987........................................................ 4 Subseries 8.50-8.51: United States (U. S. Regions), 1830-1987........................... 39 Subseries 8.53-8.89: Foreign Countries(Afghanistan - Italy), 1794-1982............... 42 Subseries 8.90-8.131: Foreign Countries (Japan - Vietnam) & (Foreign Regions), 1794-1982............................................................................................................... 60 Subseries 8.132-8.133: Natural Features, 1834-1980........................................... 77 Subseries 8.129: Ephemera................................................................................... 79 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8: Geography NMAH.AC.0300.S08 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8: Geography Identifier: NMAH.AC.0300.S08 Date: 1794-1987 Creator: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997 Extent: 100 Boxes Language: English . Summary: Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 8: Geography is divided into three sections: the United States, Foreign Countries, and Natural Features. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music . Digital Image(s): Geography 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) Forms Part Of Series 8: Geography 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 . Page 1 of 90 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8: Geography NMAH.AC.0300.S08 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 The Geography Series is divided into three sections: the United States, Foreign Countries, and Natural Features. The more than 13,000 sheets date from 1830-1987 and include undated sheets that are probably earlier. The series comprises 33 cu. ft. Song sheets about individual states of the United States are arranged alphabetically by State and the District of Columbia, and also by Area and are located in Subseries 8.1-8.52. North and South Carolina are listed together under "The Carolinas;" North and South Dakota are together under "The Dakotas." The Subseries 8.50-8.52 includes the Geographical Areas: New England, The South, and The West. All songs about the Mississippi and Suwannee (Swanee) Rivers are in 8.51: The South. Songs about the Missouri River, the Pacific Ocean, and the Rocky Mountains are in 8.52: The West. Songs about other rivers that cross political boundaries (both US and foreign) are in 8.128: Water Features. Foreign Countries listed alphabetically by country are covered in Subseries 8.53-8.126 which also includes several Geographical Areas such as Latin America, Scandinavia, and South Pacific. Because boundaries and names have changed over the course of time, some countries and regions are under their earlier political names. Examples: Bohemia (not the Czech Republic), Burma (not Myanmar), and Macedonia (not Albania, Greece, or old Yugoslavia). In some cases, it was difficult to place the song. Our understanding of other cultures led to some very mixed images, both visual and verbal. Thus the Area category "Araby/Orient/Desert." Music with Spanish lyrics may be found under a country name or under the Area, "Latin America." The final section Natural Features includes Subseries 8.127: Land Features and Subseries 8.128: Water Features. Note that "desert" songs have been place in subseries 8.121: Araby/Orient/Desert. Rivers that are primarily in one state or country are located in that specific state's Subseries. For example, the Hudson River is in Subseries 8.35: New York.. Mississipi and Swanee (Swanee) River songs are located in Subseries 8.51: The South. Other U.S. and foreign rivers, such as the Ohio and The Danube, that cross several boundaries are located in Subseries 8.128: Water Features. The Ephemera file, arranged in the same subseries as the music, is described following the Container List. The Geography Ephemera file constitutes six (6) document boxes (2 cu. ft.). Arrangement Arranged in 6 subseries. • 8.1: United States • 8.2: United States (U. S. Regions) • 8.3: Foreign Countries(Afghanistan - Italy) Page 2 of 90 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8: Geography NMAH.AC.0300.S08 • 8.4: Foreign Countries (Japan - Vietnam) & (Foreign Regions) • 8.5: Natural Features • 8.6: Ephemera Page 3 of 90 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8: Geography NMAH.AC.0300.S08 Container Listing Subseries 8.1-8.49: United States, 1830-1987 Subseries 8.1: Alabama, 1859-1963 Box 1, Folder A A -- C Titles, 1859-1963 32 Items Language: English. Notes: Includes: "Alabama Ball,""Alabama Lullaby," "Alabama Stomp," "Birmingham Bertha," from On with the Show, and "Birmin'ham," from The Girl Rush Box 1, Folder B D -- R Titles, 1859-1963 24 Items Notes: Includes: "Lovin' Sam (The Sheik of Alabam)," "Oh! Promise Me That You'll Come Back to Alabam'," and "On Mobile Bay." Box 1, Folder C S -- W Titles, 1859-1963 10 Items Notes: Includes: "Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield," "When a Peach in Georgia Weds a Rose from Alabam," and "When the Bees Make Honey Down in Sunny Alabam'." Box 1, Folder D Professional/Artist Copies, 1929-1955 9 Items Subseries 8.2: Alaska, 1898-1956 Box 1, Folder A Songs about Alaska, 1898-1940 17 Items Notes: Includes: "Along the Yukon Trail," "Daytime in the Night Time," "Klondike Waltzes," and "Veasy Drew" from The Alaskan Box 1, Folder B Eskimos Includes: "Hot Eskimo," "My Gal's an Esquimau," "Nanook," and "Oogie Oogie Wa Wa.", 1904-1956 20 Items Box 1, Folder C Professional/Artist Copies, 1936-1955 4 Items Subseries 8.3: Arizona, 1906-1979 Box 2, Folder A Songs about Arizona Includes: "Arizona Mary," "Come Back to Arizona," and "In Dear Old Arizona.", 1906-1979 Page 4 of 90 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8: Geography NMAH.AC.0300.S08 27 Items Subseries 8.4: Arkansas, 1847-1964 Box 2, Folder A Songs about Arkansas, 1847-1957 34 Items Notes: Includes: "The Arkansas Traveler," "Down in Arkansaw," "Joan of Arkansaw" from PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, and "Private Arkansaw Bill." Arkansas Blues (A Down-Home Chant) [sheet music], copyright 1921 1 Item Composer: Lada, Anton Williams, Spencer, 1889-1965 Language: English. Notes: AC0300-0000742.tif (AC Scan No.) Subseries, Geography 8, box 2, folder 8.4A. Cover illustration: tree in foreground, cabin and mountains in background, with circular inset of "Lada's Louisiana Five" sextet playing. "By Anton Lada and Spencer Williams / Writers of Tishomingo Blues." Published by Frances Clifford Music Co., Kimball Hall, Chicago. Place: Arkansas Genre/Form: Sheet music -- 1920-1930 Box 2, Folder B Professional/Artist Copies, 1924-1964 15 Items Subseries 8.5: California, 1834-1964 Box 2, Folder A General Songs:, 1915-1978 18 Items Notes: Includes: "California" from IF I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN, CALIFORNIA, THE MARCUS SHOW OF 1921, and from THE FLOWER OF THE RANCH. Box 2, Folder B Multiple editions of "California," by Cliff Friend and Con Conrad, 1922 14 Items Box 2, Folder C A -- "California H..." Includes "California and You," "California