Fielder collection of American sheet music, 1799-1950
- Physical description
- 48 linear ft. (68 boxes ; circa 2,500 pieces)
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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 |
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M0701 BOX 63 | 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.
Subjects
- Subjects
- Champney, Benjamin.
- Currier, N.
- Hayes, Will.
- Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864.
- Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869.
- Paull, E. T., 1858-1924.
- Wallace, William Vincent, 1812-1865.
- African Americans in popular culture > Songs and music.
- Art.
- Caricatures and cartoons.
- Music title pages > Illustrations.
- Piano music.
- Popular music.
- Social history > 19th century.
- Social history > 20th century.
- Songs with piano.
- Wit and humor, Pictorial.
- Chicago (Ill.) > History.
- California > History > Illustrations.
- Hawaii > History > Illustrations.
- United States > Social life and customs.
- Genre
- Lithographs.
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.