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Music--19th century.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Frances Breeze Music Collection

 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

John Church Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2012.405
Scope and Contents

Papers, circa 1880s-1890s, of John Church, a music publisher from Cincinnati, Ohio. Includes legal documents, financial documents, letters, photographs, a book relating to music theory, and material relating to the settlement of Church's estate after his death. Also includes records from the John Church Company, 1924-1929.

Dates: 1864-1894, 1924-1929

Anthony Reiff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00633
Scope and Contents

Two incomplete speeches of Anthony Reiff, President of the Musical Mutual Protective Union, New York and an incomplete diary (journal), written as if a book with chapters and page numbers, of a trip beginning in 1856 where he traveled in the United States and Europe. He talks of music venues, performers, composers and his personal experiences.

Dates: 1856 and undated

Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection

 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

Ruffin-Pollard Bound Music Volume

 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

Sheet Music Collection

 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

Vernon Gertrude Wilson Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01048
Scope and Contents

Diary, circa 1870s, of Vernon Gertrude Wilson. Includes poems and songs, presumably written by Vernon Gertrude Wilson. Many of the songs have religious themes, while others are about love and fidelity.

Dates: 1870