American Song Sheets collection, circa 1830s-1920s

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American Song Sheets collection, circa 1830s-1920s

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/297114192

Duke's collection of American song sheets includes 1,981 of these ephemeral productions, from "The Star Spangled Banner" to "Pop Goes the Weasel," forming a rich source for research on American society and culture. The American South and the Civil War era are especially well documented, including well over one hundred Confederate broadsides. The collection also includes carrier's addresses, non-musical poetry, and other ephemeral verse. Publishers represented in the collection include: J. Andrews, A. W. Auner, Bell and Company, James D. Gray, Johnson and Company, Charles Magnus, H. de Marsan, T. M. Scroggy, St. Clair Smith, H. J. Wehman, J. Wrigley, and others.

1,981 items (3.0 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7273830

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Johnson, J.H.

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De Marsan, H. (Henry)

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Charles Magnus & Co.

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A.W. Auner (Firm : Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Duke University. Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library

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The Middlesworth Awards have been established to encourage and recognize excellence of research, analysis, and writing by Duke University students in the use of primary sources and rare materials held by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library of Duke University. The awards are granted annually to the authors of the best undergraduate and graduate student papers based largely on materials from the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Funding for the awards h...

Wehman, Henry J.

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