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Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2007.57
Scope and Contents
The collection contains bound volumes and sheet music of the 19th century and early to mid 20th century. Appomattox Manor, near Hopewell, Virginia, has belonged to the Eppes family since 1635, when Captain Francis Eppes was granted a patent to the land. The Manor served as the headquarters of General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War. The home was restored and is open to the public. The collection contains both popular and classical music. Boxes 1 - 18 are bound volumes and sheet music. ...
Dates:
1800-1940; Majority of material found in 1850-1910
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 1.12
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a large variety of bound volumes of sheet music, spanning the 18th to the 20th century. The PDF versions of the inventory for volumes 1-83b must be viewed in sections. For description of volumes 84 onward see finding aid link further below. Music Volume Index A: Music Volume Index B: ...
Dates:
circa 1800-1970
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2014.003
Scope and Contents
Book and individual sheet music of musical scores, probably collected by Frances Breeze. Scrapbooks created by Josephone Carey Stanton and possibly others. Roland Halstead's collection of ephemera from trips abroad and musical production programs and guides. Undetermined parts of the collection were given by Dianne Webb (via Frances Breeze) in memory of Manny and Harold Chapman. Includes a handwritten score by Harold Chapman.
Dates:
1890-1980
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2015.145
Scope and Contents
Contains notebooks, sheet music, correspondence, manuscripts and other material pertaining to Mary Thedieck Ewald, class of 1942 at the College of William and Mary. The bulk of the papers relates to Ewald's writing career, mainly poetry. The collection also contains notebooks from her undergraduate days at William & Mary as well as graduate notebooks from Harvard University.
Dates:
circa 1934-1990
Collection
Identifier: MS 00308
Scope and Contents
Although this collection spans 1890 to 1997, most of the sheet music was copyrighted before the 1940s. Also included is a photograph of a piece of music and a small music book with no copyright. Roughly half of the songs are related to the moon in some way. There is a variety of different types of dances, such as fox trots, two steps, or waltzes, but not much variety in theme. Most pieces are love songs, with a few comic ones interspersed. Series 1: Romantic songs – separated by...
Dates:
1890 - 1997
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1.05
Scope and Contents
The racial and ethnic ephemera collection contains various materials regarding race, ethnicity, and racism in the United States. The collection includes papers and items that promote racial prejudice and propaganda. The collection also contains items and papers that exemplify the fight for civil and equal rights. African Americans are the most broadly represented group in the collection. Other ethnic groups include Native Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, Muslim Americans, and...
Dates:
1778-2005
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.127
Scope and Contents
This collection contains clippings, correspondence, a photograph, and other material related to the William and Mary Theatre collected by Jere Rapp, class of 1967. The bulk of the material includes clippings and planning documents about William and Mary Theatre director Howard Scammon and a Common Glory reunion in 1999, but there are also Christmas Cards, correspondence between Rapp and fellow William and Mary alumnus Linda Lavin, and sheet music entitled "Music of The Founders" by the...
Dates:
1966-1999; Majority of material found in 1980-1999
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2007.48
Scope and Contents
Two bound volumes of sheet music, 1828-1860, which belonged to Addie Rogers, Atlanta Female College. Volumes have contemporary tooled leather patch on front cover, "Addie M. Rogers/Atlantic Female College" "Vol. I and II" "1860."
Inaccessible due to mold. Please see staff member for assistance.
Dates:
1827-1860
Collection
Identifier: MS 00172
Scope and Contents
One bound music book with the following names penciled in the front and within the book: Eliza Dandridge Pollard, Mary Ellen Wills and Jam. Edw. Ruffin. Over 100 pieces of sheet music, including: Rail Road March (1828, second edition); The Harrison Song, Illustrated, Boston (1840); Baltimore Convention, Old Tippecanoe, A Patriotic Song, Illustrated, Philadelphia (1840); Florida Polka by Albert Holland, Independent Blues Band, Baltimore (1849); Bllomer Or New Costime Polka, New...
Dates:
1828-1860
Collection
Identifier: SC 01547
Scope and Contents
Daily pocket diary with majority of pages missing or blank. Contains a recipe for gingerbread, musical notation of key signatures, and a card for Linnie Conant.
Dates:
1869
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 1.07
Scope and Contents
The Sheet Music Collection includes sheet music collected by the Special Collections Research Center.
Dates:
1827-1974
Collection
Identifier: UA 7.051
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, fliers, musical arrangements, application/information sheets, and other material from the College of William and Mary student all-male a capella group The Stairwells.
Dates:
1990-2012, undated