Fielder collection of American sheet music, 1799-1950

Physical description
48 linear ft. (68 boxes ; circa 2,500 pieces)

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Online Archive of California

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Items in Manuscript Collection
Call number Status
M0701 In-library use
M0701 ACCN 2004-097 BOX 1 In-library use
M0701 ACCN 2004-097 BOX 2 In-library use
M0701 ACCN 2004-097 BOX 3 In-library use
M0701 ACCN 2004-097 BOX 4 In-library use
M0701 ACCN 2004-097 FLAT BOX 5 In-library use
M0701 BOX 59 In-library use
M0701 BOX 60 In-library use
M0701 BOX 61 In-library use
M0701 BOX 62 In-library use
M0701 BOX 63 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 1 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 2 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 3 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 4 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 5 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 6 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 9 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 10 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 11 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 12 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 13 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 14 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 15 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 16 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 17 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 18 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 19 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 20 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 21 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 22 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 23 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 24 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 25 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 26 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 28 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 29 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 30 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 31 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 32 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 33 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 34 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 35 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 36 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 37 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 38 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 39 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 40 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 41 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 42 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 43 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 44 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 45 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 46 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 47 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 48 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 49 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 50 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 51 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 52 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 53 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 54 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 55 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 56 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 57 In-library use
M0701 FLAT BOX 58 In-library use

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Description

Creators/Contributors

Contributor
Fiedler, Bill, collector.
Fiedler, Louise, collector.

Contents/Summary

Finding aid
Finding aid available online
Summary
Collection of 19th and 20th century American sheet music and song books, much of which is organized by subject. Illustrated sheet music provides unique access to the interests, cultural and social concerns, and decorative taste and technique of the period; indeed, sheet music covers have been called "virtual picture galleries of life in America." The items in this collection were individually selected for their visual and topical interest, aesthetic quality, and rarity. A selection of topics include pre-fire Chicago, early California, early Hawaii, 19th century military, 19th century political, "Coon songs," family groups, comic, Blacks and minstrels, love, childhood, home, dancing, flowers, ships, transportation, women, sports, Confederate imprints, fashion, drinking, fires, animals, Irish, North American Indians, special lithographers and artists, Stephen Collins Foster, L.M. Gottshalk, William Vincent Wallace, E.T. Paull, N. Currier, Benjamin Champney, and Will Hayes.

Bibliographic information

Earliest date
1799
Latest date
1950
Note
William R. and Louise Fielder created the collection.
Provenance
Purchased, 1994; accession 1994-093. Additional material received 2004, accession 2004-097.

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