Guide to the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 7: Sports NMAH.AC.0300.S07 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 7.1: Baseball, 1860 1976........................................................................ 4 Subseries 7.2: Boxing, 1893-1982......................................................................... 11 Subseries 7.3: Fishing, 1847-1962........................................................................ 12 Subseries 7.4: Football, 1894-1978; undated........................................................ 14 Subseries 7.5: Gambling and Games of Chance, 1891-1980................................ 24 Subseries 7.6: Golf, 1893-1953............................................................................. 26 Subseries 7.7: Horse Racing, 1899-1968.............................................................. 27 Subseries 7.8: Hunting, 1834-1951........................................................................ 28 Subseries 7.9: Ice Skating, 1861-1978; undated................................................... 30 Subseries 7.10: Olympics, 1932-1983................................................................... 31 Subseries 7.11: Ping Pong, 1901-1902................................................................. 31 Subseries 7.12: Roller Skating, 1871-1980; undated............................................. 31 Subseries 7.13: Skiing, 1908-1971........................................................................ 32 Subseries 7.14: Sleighs and Sledding, 1846-1967; undated................................. 32 Subseries 7.15: Sports, Miscellaneous, 1866-1977............................................... 34 Subseries 7.16: Tennis, 1893-1914, 1951............................................................. 36 Subseries 7.17: Ephemera..................................................................................... 36 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 7: Sports NMAH.AC.0300.S07 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 7: Sports Identifier: NMAH.AC.0300.S07 Date: 1834-1983 Creator: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997 Extent: 11 Boxes Language: English . Summary: Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 7: Sports contains 1,254 pieces of sheet music and song folios. Most of the sheet music is either piano or piano/ vocal arrangements. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music . Digital Image(s): Sports 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 7: Sports 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 38 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 7: Sports NMAH.AC.0300.S07 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 Some of the subseries in Series 7: SPORTS are identified utilizing DeVincent's original subject terms. In addition, the archivist has introduced other subseries titles Gambling and Games of Chance; Olympics, Sleighs and Sledding. This series contains 1,254 pieces of sheet music and song folios. Most of the sheet music is either piano or piano/ vocal arrangements. The material dates from 1834 to 1983. Some nineteenth- century imprints are not dated. The song sheets in this series are arranged into sixteen subseries and alphabetically there under. The largest subseries are Baseball (7.1) with 301 items and Football (7.4) with 239 items . The Football subseries contains mainly University and College football songs. The items in the folders are arranged by the name of the University and/or College and there under alphabetically. These institutions of higher learning are listed in the finding aid at the beginning of each folder. A small number of football and sports songs may be found in the University and College song Folios, which are located in unprocessed boxes under DeVincent's topical title "University and College." Nineteenth-century lithographic illustrations may be found on song sheets in several subseries including Fishing (7.3), Football (7.4), Hunting (7.8), Ice Skating (7.9), and Sleighs and Sledding (7.14). Pieces of music from operas "Der Freischutz" by Weber and "Cinderella" by Rossini may be found in the Hunting subseries. The Motion Picture Production folder in the Ice Skating subseries (7.9) contains mainly songs from Ice Review movies with Sonja Henie. Arrangement Arranged in 17 subseries. • 7.1: Baseball • 7.2: Boxing • 7.3: Fishing • 7.4: Football • 7.5: Gambling and Games of Chance • 7.6: Golf • 7.7: Horse Racing • 7.8: Hunting • 7.9: Ice Skating • 7.10: Olympics • 7.11: Ping Pong • 7.12: Roller Skating • 7.13: Skiing • 7.14: Sleighs and Sledding Page 2 of 38 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 7: Sports NMAH.AC.0300.S07 • 7.15: Sports, Miscellaneous • 7.16: Tennis • 7.17: Ephemera Page 3 of 38 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 7: Sports NMAH.AC.0300.S07 Container Listing Subseries 7.1: Baseball, 1860 1976 Box 1, Folder A-E General Songs, 1867 1970, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories. Box 1, Folder A General Songs, 1867 1908 20 Items Notes: Includes: "The Base Ball Fever," "Steal! Slide! Anyway!" and "Take Your Girl to the Ball Game." Tally One For Me [sheet music], 1877 1 Item Composer: Rutledge, John T. Publisher: Helmick, F. W. Language: English. Notes: AC0300-0000072.tif (AC scan no.) Subseries 7.1, box 1, folder A. Cover illustration: baseball diamond with players and stadium. Topic: Baseball -- Songs and music -- 1870-1880 Sports -- Songs and music -- 1870-1880 Genre/Form: Sheet music -- 19th century Steal! Slide! Anyway! [sheet music], copyright 1889 1 Item Composer: Mascotte, James Lyricist: Duncan, Virginia Publisher: Weinstein, N. Language: English. Notes: AC0300-0000740.tif (AC scan no.) Subseries 7.1, box 1, folder A. Cover illustration: baseball equipment (ball, bat, gloves, etc). Topic: Baseball -- Songs and music -- 1880-1890 Sports -- Songs and music -- 1880-1890 Genre/Form: Sheet music -- 19th century The Baseball Song [sheet music], copyright 1888 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 14" x 10-5/8".) Composer: Mullen, M. Publisher: Wills, Woodward & Co. Language: English. Notes: 88-15781 (OPPS Slide) 97-9619 (OPPS Neg.) In Sports 7.1, box 1, folder A. Page 4 of 38 Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 7: Sports NMAH.AC.0300.S07 Cover illustration: home plate with batter, catcher, and umpire: lithograph? Reproduction fees for commercial use. Public domain due to expired copyright. Order from neg. no. 97-9619 or from slide no. 88-15781. Topic: Sports -- Songs and music -- 1880-1890 Popular music -- 1880-1890 Baseball -- Songs and music -- 1880-1890 Genre/Form: Sheet music -- 19th century Box 1, Folder B General Songs, 1908 12 Items Notes: Multiple editions of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." Box 1, Folder C General Songs, 1909 6 Items Notes: Multiple editions of "I Want to Go to the Ball Game." Box 1, Folder D General Songs, 1909 1915 23 Items Notes: Includes: "Back to the Bleachers for Mine," "The Baseball Man for Me," and "Let's Get the Umpire's Goat." Box 1, Folder E General Songs, 1924 1973 24 Items Notes: Includes: "I Can't Get to First Base with You," "I'm Baseball