Guide to the Sam Devincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 11: Entertainment
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Guide to the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 11: Entertainment NMAH.AC.0300.S11 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 11.1: Early Troupes & Bandmasters, 1841-1944, undated...................... 4 Subseries 11.2: Dance Bands and Orchestras, 1905-1964, undated...................... 6 Subseries 11.3: Novelty Bands, 1901-1952........................................................... 16 Subseries 11.4: Male Singers (Individual), 1846-1986.......................................... 17 Subseries 11.5: Female Singers (Individual), 1845-1971...................................... 28 Subseries 11.6: Duos and Groups (Male and Mixed), 1870-1981, undated........... 36 Subseries 11.7: Female Duos and Groups, 1896-1966......................................... 38 Subseries 11.8: Child Entertainers, 1852-1927, undated....................................... 41 Subseries 11.9: Male and Female Impersonators, 1904-1982.............................. 41 Subseries 11.10: Actors and Comedians, 1853-1982............................................ 41 Subseries 11.11: Theater, 1873-1973, undated..................................................... 45 Subseries 11.12: Jukebox, Nickelodeon, 1923-1981............................................. 48 Subseries 11.13: Phonographs and Sound Recordings, 1878-1971..................... 48 Subseries 11.14: Radio, Transistor, Wireless, 1898-1984..................................... 49 Subseries 11.15: Television, 1931-1987................................................................ 52 Subseries 11.16: Circus, Fair, Zoo, 1850-1982..................................................... 53 Subseries 11.17: Rock and Roll, 1954-1961......................................................... 55 Subseries 11.18: Band Arrangements................................................................... 55 Subseries 11.18: Ephemera................................................................................... 55 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 11: Entertainment NMAH.AC.0300.S11 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 11: Entertainment Identifier: NMAH.AC.0300.S11 Date: 1841-1986, undated Extent: 98 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 11: Entertainment contains more than 12,500 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards entertainers and entertainment 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): Entertainment 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) Page 1 of 80 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 11: Entertainment NMAH.AC.0300.S11 Forms Part Of Series 11: Entertainment 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 11, Entertainment, 1841-1986, undated, contains more than 12,500 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards entertainers and entertainment in the United States. Note that movies and some musical entertainment are also covered in Series 6, Moving Pictures and Movie Stars, and in Series 16, Country, Western, and Folk Music. Blind musicians and performers are in Series 17. The materials are arranged by subject, with ephemera arranged in the same subseries as the sheet music and described following the container list. The ephemera has been placed in eighteen document boxes. News articles about Elvis Presley form a large part of this section. Material related to this series within the DeVincent Collection may be found in Series 4, Songwriters; Series 6, Moving Pictures and Movie Stars; Series 16, Country, Western, and Folk Music; and in the as yet unprocessed Musical Instruments section. Arrangement Arranged in 18 subseries. • 11.1: Early Troupes & Bandmasters • 11.2: Dance Bands and Orchestras • 11.3: Novelty Bands • 11.4: Male Singers (Individual) • 11.5: Female Singers (Individual) • 11.6: Duos and Groups (Male and Mixed) • 11.7: Female Duos and Groups • 11.8: Child Entertainers Page 2 of 80 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 11: Entertainment NMAH.AC.0300.S11 • 11.9: Male and Female Impersonators • 11.10: Actors and Comedians • 11.11: Theater • 11.12: Jukebox, Nickelodeon • 11.13: Phonographs and Sound Recordings • 11.14: Radio, Transistor, Wireless • 11.15: Television • 11.16: Circus, Fair, Zoo • 11.17: Rock and Roll • 11.18: Ephemera Page 3 of 80 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 11: Entertainment NMAH.AC.0300.S11 Container Listing Subseries 11.1: Early Troupes & Bandmasters, 1841-1944, undated Subseries 1, Early Troupes and Bandmasters, 1841-1944, undated. Most of the covers have images of troupe members. Nine different troupes, most notably the Hutchisons, are in separate folders and twelve others are in a folder together. Arthur Pryor is the only bandmaster with a separate folder; there are others in another folder. Minstrel items are in Series 3.1. Note that Merle Evans is in subseries 16, Circus, Fair, Zoo. Box 1, Folder A-K Early Troupes, 1841-1880 Box 1, Folder A Alleghanians [sic], The, 1847-1867, undated 11 Items Box 1, Folder B Amphions, The, 1852-1880 16 Items Box 1, Folder C Baker Family, 1845-1866, undated 14 Items Box 1, Folder D Barker Family, 1848-1863 5 Items Box 1, Folder E Harmoneons, The, 1846-1851 19 Items O! Lady, Sweetest Lady. Serenade [illustrated sheet music], 1846 1 Item (6 pp.; 13-1/2 x 10-1/2") Litch & Wipple (daguerreotypists) English. Cover illustration (lithograph) shows four standing male musicians (singers). Lithograph by W. Sharp & Co. "From a Daguerreotype by Litch & Wipple [sic]." Music by L.V.H. Crosby, words by J.S. Davis. From series, "Melodies of the Harmoneons." Ink on paper. Folder contains other items with lithographic illustrations derived from daguerreotypes, including the cover of "Songs and Glees," also from the Gibson Troupe, showing three men with harp, violin, and cello, and a woman with a guitar. From temporary box 54C, "Early Families/Troupes", "Harmoneon Family" folder. Moved to Series 11 Publication Boston., C. Bradlee & Co., 1846 Page 4 of 80 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 11: Entertainment NMAH.AC.0300.S11 Names: Harmoneons (vocal group). Topic: Musicians -- 1830-1880 Singers Genre/ Daguerreotypes Form: Lithographs -- 19th century Sheet music -- 19th century Box 2, Folder F-G Hutchinson Family, 1843-1867 Box 2, Folder F A - H, includes "Cape Ann." 16 Items Box 2, Folder G J - T, includes "The Old Granite State." 18 Items Box 2, Folder H Orphean Family, 1845-1850 8 Items Box 2, Folder I Ossian's Bards, 1854-1856 7 Items Box 2, Folder J Rainer Family, 1841-1847 12 Items Includes "The Mountain Maid's Invitation." Box 3, Folder K Miscellaneous Early Troupes, 1848-1860 21 Items Includes the Moravian Singers' "The Song of Blanche Alpen," the Gibson Troupe's "Merry Sleigh Bells," and 10 other groups. For Wood's Minstrels, see Ordway's Aeolians in this folder. Merry Sleigh Bells [illustrated sheet music], 1843