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• Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War
  A collection of sheet music representing Lincoln and the war as reflected in popular music.

• African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
  Music reflecting African-American culture and key social issues.

• America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets
  Printed lyrics of some of America's most beloved songs.

• American Musical Theater Collection
  Scores and/or parts from several, mostly Broadway, musicals.

• Basil Fomeen Collection
  Accordian and dance band arrangements.

• Bob Hope and American Variety
  Material and memorabilia from one of America’s most popular entertainers.

• Bob Hope Collection
  Arrangements for songs performed by Bob Hope.

• Burl Ives Collection
  Working library of the popular balladeer and radio and television personality.

• Carrie Jacobs Bond Collection
  Papers of an early 20th-century American songwriter.

• Charlie Barnet Collection
  Music library of the noted swing band leader and saxophonist.

• Civil War Sheet Music
  Music reflecting America during the Civil War.

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• Cole Porter Collection
  Papers of the composer/lyricist for Broadway musicals and musical films.

• Edison Sheet Music Collection
  Late 19th-century & early 20th-century American sheet music.

• Edison's Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings
  Motion pictures and sound recordings from the Edison companies.

• Edward Claypoole Collection
  Popular piano works of the early 20th-century composer.

• Ella Fitzgerald Collection
  Arrangements for the legendary jazz vocalist.

• Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry
  The invention of the gramophone and sound recordings, featuring recordings of popular performers of the time.

• Harry and Sara Lepman Collection
  Patriotic American songs collected by an amateur music enthusiast.

• Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
  American culture as reflected in popular music of the times.

• Home Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-century Ohio
  Music reflecting 19th-century middle-American culture.

• John Bull and Uncle Sam
  Sheet music and related items from Great Britain and the United States.

• Joint Army/Navy Sub-Committee on Music
  Working papers and correspondence of the World War II-era government sub-committee.

• Jonathan Larson Collection
  Papers of the composer/lyricist of rock musicals.

• Lauro Ayestarán Collection
  Extensive collection of music of Uruguayan composers of all genres.

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• Leo Feist Collection
  Sheet music for American popular songs.

• Leon Brusiloff Collection
  Popular dance and theater orchestra music.

• Leonard Bernstein Collection
  Papers of the prominent composer, conductor, author, and teacher.

• Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collecton
  Scrapbooks of the much-loved entertainers, along with scores and parts for the Desi Arnaz Orchestra.

• Milton Ager Collection
  Sheet music by the noted popular songwriter.

• Norman Luboff Collection
  Choral arrangements for songs of many genres.

• Patriotic Melodies
  Music reflecting patriotism in America.

• Richard Adler Collection
  The papers and music of the American lyricist, composer and producer.

• Serge Diaghilev/Serge Lifar Collection
  Materials relating to the Ballets Russes in the late 1920s.

• Sigmund Romberg Collection
  Manuscripts, scores, and librettos of the Hungarian-born American composer.

• Tommy Newsom Collection
  Arrangements of the noted band leader.

• Vernon Duke Collection
  The papers of a highly eclectic Russian-born American composer.

• Victor Herbert Collection
  Music of the celebrated composer of light operas.

• Volcano of Delight: Historic Sheet Music, 1800-1922
  A collection of almost 9,000 items published from 1800 to 1922.

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