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Stephen Foster PUBLIC LIBRARY OF CINCINNATI Stephen Foster search link: Holdings (print and digital) relevant to Stephen Foster Books Search: Books Music Scores CDs, DVDs, LP records Articles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 My Old Kentucky Home 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 Stephen Foster Memorial 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
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