Papers : of Daniel Decatur Emmett and the Ankeney family, 1850-1881.

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Papers : of Daniel Decatur Emmett and the Ankeney family, 1850-1881.

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The papers contain a 63 page book of "walk-rounds" composed by Emmett, 1859-1868, most of which were staged by Bryant's minstrels. "Dixie's land," "Turkey in the straw" and "Cross over Jordan" are included. The songs are fair copies in an unknown hand. A page of handwritten "remarks" by Emmett prefaces the volume. The collection also contains a play "Hard times, " 1859, with directions for staging and casting. Inserted in the "Hard Times" manuscript were several items pertaining to the Ankeney or Ankeny family including a school essay on a Catholic church in Washington [Ohio?], a telegram re a visit to a grave of Emmit in Portsmouth, a leaf from a recipe book, a Confederate dollar bill, a chronological list of 39 titles by Emmett, a lock of hair, an eyeglass prescription and a commission in the 60th regiment Ohio volunteers.

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United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 60th.

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Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904

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Songwriter and mistrel from Mount Vernon, Ohio. From the description of Daniel Decatur Emmet papers, 1830-1900. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 45803324 Daniel D. Emmett wrote the popular song "Dixie." From the description of Broadside, ca. 1859. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49342458 American composer and minstrel performer. From the description of I wish I was in Dixie's land, 1859. (Cornell University...

Ankeney family.

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Bryant's Minstrels

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