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Searching on tab: catalog facet: BOOK search term: “Stephen Foster” OR “Stephen Collins Foster”

RESULTS SUMMARY Total results 39 entries Located in Main Library – Cincinnati Room Main Library – Genealogy and Local History Main Library – Art Stacks Main Library – Literature Stacks Date range 1847–2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top results — BOOKS

Author Allison, Young Ewing, 1853-1932 Title The Old Kentucky home immortalized by Stephen Foster: its song and the story [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Bardstown, Ky: Published under the auspices of Commission, 1923. Call number 784.71 fA439 Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Library Use Only) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

Author Allison, Young Ewing, 1853-1932 Title Stephen Collins Foster: a guide to research [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Pittsburgh: Stephen Foster Dedication Committee, [1937]. Call number 780.92 S829Zs Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Circulating and Library Use Only) Notes Contents explains difference between the Committee and the Stephen Collins Foster Memorial Committee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Elliker, Calvin, 1949- Title The Stephen Collins Foster Memorial of the University of Pittsburgh: a tribute to the composer whose melodies have become the heart songs of the American people : dedicated June 2, 1937 [link to catalog record] Publisher: date New York : Garland Pub., 1988. Call number R016.784 F757e Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Library Use Only) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Edited by Ken Emerson Title The Stephen Foster story [link to catalog record]/ a symphonic drama based on the life and music of the composer Publisher: date New York: French, [1960]. Call number 812 G797st Available at Main Library – 3rd floor Information & Reference (Circulating) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

Author Green, Paul, 1894-1981 Title Stephen Foster & Co.: lyrics of America's first great popular songs [link to catalog record] Publisher: date New York: Library of America, c2010. Call number 782.42164 F757Ze2 Available at Main Library – Literature Stacks (Circulating) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Hodges, Fletcher Title Stephen Foster [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Cincinnati: Printed and bound by the C. J. Krehbiel Company, 1950. Call number 780.92 F75hs Available at Main Library – Cincinnati Room (Local Use Only) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Hodges, Fletcher Title Stephen Foster, Democrat. [His participation in political affairs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the Nation in the 1850's and 1860's] [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1946. Call number 780.92 F75hd Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Circulating and Library Use Only) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Hodges, Fletcher, 1906-2006 Title Swanee Ribber and a biographical sketch of Stephen Collins Foster [link to catalog record] Publisher: date White Springs, Fla.: Stephen Foster Memorial Association, c1958. Call number 780.92 F75hr Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

Available at Main Library – Cincinnati Room (Library Use Only) Main Library – Art Stacks (Library Use Only) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Howard, John Tasker Title Stephen Foster, America’s troubadour [link to catalog record] Publisher: date New York: Thomas Y. Crowell company, [c1934]. Call number 780.92 F75h Available at Main Library – Cincinnati Room (Library Use Only) Main Library – Art Stacks (Circulating and Local Use Only) Notes 4th printing (1939): The "Preface to fourth printing" includes new evidence relative to Foster's birthplace. Available at: Cincinnati Masonic Library (780.92 F757Zh 1939). Access to materials owned by the Masonic Library is limited and available by appointment only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Kruckemeyer, Erna Title Stephen Foster: an American folk play with music [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Cincinnati: Hughes High School Press, [1935]. Call number 812 K94sp Available at Main Library – Cincinnati Room (Local Use Only) Notes Program for the play, listing cast, acts and scenes, musical numbers, faculty, students, orchestra, chorus, patrons, and ushers. Presented at Wilson Memorial Auditorium, Dec. 13-14, 1935. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Library of Congress. Music Division Whittlesey, Walter Rose, and O. G. Sonneck Title Catalogue of first editions of Stephen C. Foster (1826-1864) [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. Call number 781.9735 qF75w Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Library Use Only) Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

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Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

Author MacGowan, Robert Title The significance of Stephen Collins Foster [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Indianapolis: Privately printed, 1932. Call number 780.92 F75ma Available at Main Library – Cincinnati Room (Library Use Only) Main Library – Art Stacks (Circulating and Library Use Only) Notes "From the Pittsburgh record, University of Pittsburgh, 1931 December-January 1932."--verso t.p. "Two thousand copies printed for [Josiah Kirby Lilly's] ... Foster hall collection of Fosteriana by the Hollenbeck press, Indianapolis, March, 1932." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Morneweck, Evelyn Foster Title Chronicles of Stephen Foster's family [link to catalog record] Publisher: date [Pittsburgh] : Pub. for the Foster Hall Collection by the University of Pittsburgh Press, 1944. (2 vol.) Call number 780.92 F75mc v. 1 780.92 F75mc v. 2 Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Circulating and Library Use Only) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Milligan, Harold Vincent, 1888-1951 Title Stephen Collins Foster; a biography of America's folk-song composer [link to catalog record] Publisher: date New York, Boston: G. Schirmer [c1920]. Call number 780.92 F75m Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Library Use Only) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

Author Smith, Earl Hobson Title Stephen Foster; or, Weep no more my lady [link to catalog record]; a biographical play on the life of Stephen Collins Foster, father of American folk songs Publisher: date Knoxville, Tenn.: The Foster Players, c1935. Call number 812 S646s Available at Main Library – Literature Stacks (Circulating) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Smith, Sarah B. (Sarah Borders), 1907- Title A tribute to Stephen Collins Foster [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Bardstown, Ky: Smith, [c1976]. Call number 784 F757Zs Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Library Use Only) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Walters, Raymond Title Stephen Foster: Youth's golden gleam; a sketch of his life and background in Cincinnati, 1846–1850 [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1936. Call number 780.92 F75w Available at Main Library – Genealogy and Local History (Circulating and Local Use Only) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

Author Wohlgemuth, E. Jay Title Within three chords: the place of Cincinnati in the life of Stephen Collins Foster [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Indianapolis: The Rough Notes Press, 1928. Call number 780.92 F75wh Available at Main Library – Cincinnati Room (Library Use Only) Main Library – Genealogy & Local History Stacks (Circulating and Library Use Only) Notes "Paper read before the Literary Club of Cincinnati." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DOWNLOADABLE BOOK

Author Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 Title An address delivered before the free people of color in Philadelphia, New-York, and other cities during the month of June, 1831 [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Boston: Printed by Stephen Foster, 1831. 2nd ed. Electronic resource An address delivered before the free people of color in Philadelphia, New-York, and other cities during the month of June, 1831 [link to online resource] [link to electronic resource] [request for Public Library of Cincinnati login] Notes "Published by request." Reproduction of the original from the University of Kentucky Library. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications. Digital collection: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive

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Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

Searching on tab: catalog facet: MUSIC SCORE search term: “Stephen Foster” OR “Stephen Collins Foster”

RESULTS SUMMARY Total results 35 entries Located in Main Library – Art Stacks Main Library – 3rd floor Information and Reference Date range 1970–2014 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top results — MUSIC SCORES

Author Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Title A treasury of Stephen Foster [link to catalog record] Publisher: date New York : Random House, c1946. Call number M3.242 qF757t Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Circulating and Library Use Only) Main Library – 3rd floor Information & Reference (Circulating) Contents Open thy lattice love -- Oh! Boys, carry me 'long -- Hard times come again no more -- Ellen Bayne -- Oh! Susanna -- Away down souf -- Lou'siana belle -- Old Uncle Ned -- My brudder Gum -- Nelly was a lady -- Oh! Lemuel! -- -- -- Nelly Bly -- Ring de -- Laura Lee -- My hopes have departed forever -- -- Willie my brave -- My old Kentucky home, good night -- Massa's in de cold ground -- Old dog Tray -- Jeanie with the light brown hair -- Little Jenny Dow -- Willie we have missed you -- Come where my love lies dreaming -- Comrades, fill no glass for me -- Gentle Annie -- The glendy burk -- Old Joe Black -- Down among the cane breaks -- That's what's the matter -- We are coming Father Abraam, 300,000 more -- Willie has gone to war -- Our bright summer days are gone -- -- Dearer than life! -- Ah! May the red rose live alway -- Once I loved thee, Mary dear -- The village maiden -- Under the willow tree she's sleeping -- Why have my loved ones gone? -- I will be true to thee -- Why, no one to love --Some folks -- Sweetly she sleeps, my Alice fair -- I would not die in springtime -- If you've only got a moustache -- Mr. & Mrs. Brown -- Wilt thou be gone, love? Notes Foreword by Deems Taylor ; historical notes by John Tasker Howard ; arrangements by Ray Lev and Dorothy Berliner Commins ; illustrated by William Sharp. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

Author Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Title The songs of Stephen Foster [link to catalog record] Publisher: date New York, Harcourt, Brace and company, c1935. Call number M4.81 fF75w Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Circulating) Notes Selected and edited by Albert E. Wier. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Title Stephen Foster song book: original sheet music of 40 songs [link to catalog record] Publisher: date New York, Harcourt, Brace and company, c1935. Call number M3.242 qF757sg 1974 Available at Main Library – 3rd floor Information & Reference (Circulating) Contents Ah! May the red rose live alway! -- Beautiful dreamer -- Better times are coming -- Camptown races (gwine to run all night) -- Come where my love lies dreaming -- Don't bet your money on de Shanghai -- Down among the cane- brakes -- Gentle Annie -- Gentle Lena Clare -- The glendy burk -- Hard times come again no more -- If you've only got a moustache -- Jeanie with the light brown hair -- Maggie by my side -- Massa's in de cold ground -- My old Kentucky home, good night -- My wife is a most knowing woman -- Nelly Bly -- Nelly was a lady -- Nothing but a plain old soldier -- Oh! Susanna -- -- Old dog Tray -- Old folks at home -- Old Uncle Ned -- Open thy lattice love -- Ring de banjo -- Some folks -- The song of all songs -- That's what's the matter -- There are plenty of fish in the sea -- There's a good time coming -- Thou art the queen of my song -- The village maiden -- The voices that are gone -- Way down in Ca-i-ro -- We are coming Father Abraam, 300,000 more -- When this dreadful war is ended -- Willie has gone to the war --Wilt thou be gone, love. Notes Selected, with introduction and notes, by Richard Jackson. Principally for voice and piano or voice, mixed chorus and piano. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

Author Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Title Souvenir book of songs: from The Stephen Foster story, of Bardstown, Kentucky [link to catalog record] Publisher: date [Bardstown, Ky: s.n., 1975?]. Call number M3.242 fF757s Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Library Use Only) Main Library – 3rd floor Information & Reference (Circulating) Contents My old Kentucky home, good night -- Gwine to run all night, or, De Camptown races -- Beautiful dreamer -- Katy Bell -- Oh! Susanna -- Some folks -- Jeanie with the light brown hair -- Ah! may the red rose live alway -- Old folks at home -- Ring, ring de banjo -- Old dog Tray -- Open thy lattice love. Notes Paul Green, author ; Isaac Van Grove, musical arranger. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Title Old folks at home [link to catalog record] Publisher: date [S.l.: s.n., 198-?]. Call number M4.3061 fF757 Available at Main Library – Art Stacks (Circulating and Library Use Only) Contents My old Kentucky home, good night -- Gwine to run all night, or, De Camptown races -- Beautiful dreamer -- Katy Bell -- Oh! Susanna -- Some folks -- Jeanie with the light brown hair -- Ah! may the red rose live alway -- Old folks at home -- Ring, ring de banjo -- Old dog Tray -- Open thy lattice love. Notes Arranged by John Haussermann For voice and piano. "Opus 27 #1"--1st page of music; "Opus 27, #2"--Cover. Reproduced from ms. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

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Author Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Title My old Kentucky home, good night: Foster's plantation melodies, no. 20 [link to catalog record] / as sung by Christy's minstrels ... piano ... guitar Publisher: date New York : Fifth, Pond, [n.d.]. Call number M4.3061 fF757 Electronic resource My old Kentucky home, good night: Foster's plantation melodies, no. 20 [link to catalog record] [request for Public Library of Cincinnati login] Notes First edition. Reproduction of the original from the Library of Lawrence S. Thompson. Digital collection: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery

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Searching on tab: catalog facet: MUSIC CD search term: “Stephen Foster” OR “Stephen Collins Foster”

RESULTS SUMMARY Total results 39 entries Located in Main Library – Popular Library Stacks Date range 1986–2018

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Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

Searching on tab: catalog facet: DVD search term: “Stephen Foster” OR “Stephen Collins Foster”

RESULTS SUMMARY Total results 1 entry Located in Main Library – Popular Library Stacks Date range 2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Result — DVD

Author Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Title Stephen Foster [videorecording] [link to catalog record] Publisher: date [Boston, Mass.]: PBS Home Video, c2006. Call number DVD 782.42164 S828 2006 Available at Main Library – Popular Library Stacks (Circulating) Documentary summary Despite virtually inventing popular music, Foster's personal life was riddled with contradiction and tragedy - an unhappy marriage and early death, a nearly penniless alcoholic on New York's Bowery. Notes A Wite Harrisburg production for American Experience ; writers, Ken Emerson, Randall MacLowry ; producer, Beth Hager, Randall MacLowry ; director, Randall MacLowry. American experience (documentary television program). Originally produced for television in 2001.

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Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

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RESULTS SUMMARY Total results 3 entries Located in Main Library – Popular Library Stacks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Results include — LP

Title Steamboat's a-comin' [LP sound recording] [link to catalog record] Publisher: date Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, p1976. Call number S 03275 Available at Main Library – Popular Library Stacks (Circulating) Contents Oh, them golden slippers.--The Glendy Burk.--Wish I was in Mobile Bay.--Georgia camp meeting.--.-- Sounding calls.--Dance, boatman, dance.--Workin' on the levee.--Angelina Baker.--Tombigbee.--Camptown races.-- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.--Blue-tail fly.--Rock about, my Saro Jane.--Alberta, let your hair stream down.--Old Blue.--Field holler.--Ring, ring the banjo.--Race of the Natchez and the Lee.--Polly wolly doodle. Notes Songs, by Stephen Foster and others, associated with the steamboat era; various performers. 07787 National Geographic Society.

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Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Stephen Foster

Searching on tab: articles search term: “Stephen Foster” OR “Stephen Collins Foster” subject: FOSTER, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864

RESULTS SUMMARY Total results 48 entries Located in Main Library – Popular Library Stacks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top results — ARTICLES

Author Butterfield, Roger Title The Legend of Stephen Foster [link to catalog record] Publication information Saturday Evening Post (Feb 06, 1954); Vol. 226, No. 32, p. 30-33. 4p. Electronic resource The Legend of Stephen Foster [link to electronic resource (pdf full text)] Summary The article offers information about the U.S. tribute to the death of the famous song writer Stephen Foster. It describes how Foster had died pathetically in Bellevue Hospital, and how the purse found in his pocket has been preserved at his home town in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It also accounts on how Foster's compositions became famous in the country. Details regarding different memorials built in the country for Foster are discoursed in the paper. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~