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Science

Description: The Science subseries holds sheet music dating from 1819 to 1899 and is dedicated to various land animals, marine animals, and insects. This includes amphibians, birds, butterflies, domestic animals, farm animals, and forest dwellers. The subseries also consists of five issues of "Pop Goes the Weasel," printed between 1853 and 1864 by various publishers. Additionally, a small section of scores is dedicated to the rise of technological innovations and other areas of scientific study. This encompasses the use of electricity, the invention of telegraphy, the study of astronomy, and Darwinism.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1819-1899
Call number: priJLC_SMUS
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.; Gift of Jay T. Last, 2010-2019.

Science and technology

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The Science subseries holds sheet music dating from 1900 to 1990 and is dedicated to various land animals, marine animals, and insects. This includes birds, bees, butterflies, domestic animals, farm animals, forest dwellers, and mythical creatures. A small section of scores is dedicated to weather and other elements of the natural environment, as well as the rise of innovations encompassing the invention and use of radio, telephone, and wireless technology.

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Travel

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The Travel subseries comprises sheet music dating from 1900 to 1962 and is dedicated to travel within the United States (U.S.) with a small number of scores dedicated to travel abroad. The scores focus on destinations, including California, New York, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America, England, Europe, Mexico, and Polynesia. This subseries also includes a folder of travel-related scores with inconspicuous destinations.

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Industry and professions

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The Industry and professions subseries comprises sheet music published between 1900 and 1992. Materials cover a broad range of topics, including education, fashion, finance, firefighting, food and beverage, horticulture, household, maritime, film, printing and publishing, and industry. Topics to note include odes to Berkeley, Stanford, Princeton, the University of Washington, Yale, as well as aspects of academic life. There are also scores dedicated to fashion, highlighting a variety of trendy clothing styles worn during the 20th century. The scores devoted to finance and firefighting focus on currency, firefighters, and the Iroquois Theatre fire of 1903 (Chicago, Illinois). Scores devoted to horticulture and the household focus on flowers, plants, and household items. Other scores cover popular food choices and beverages, including Budweiser beer, as well as grocery stores and eateries. The maritime scores featured in this subseries place emphasis on seafaring life and steamships. Included topics are the Panama Canal, the steamers Island Queen, Virginia, Lusitania, Titanic, and Whippoorwill. The scores centering on other industries highlight the New York Press and the Pittsburgh Gazette. Lastly, the subseries incorporates a number of scores dedicated to titans of industry, including Miracle Man dedicated to American inventor and businessman Thomas Edison, The Copper King dedicated to American businessman and author Thomas W. Lawson, and The Steel King dedicated to American steel magnate Charles M. Schwab.

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Sports and leisure

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The Sports and leisure subseries comprises sheet music published between 1829 and 1899 and is specifically dedicated to sporting and leisurely activities popular in nineteenth century America. Among the scores are pieces dedicated to archery, baseball, boating, billiards, gambling, croquet, equestrianism, fireworks, fishing, hunting, rowing, shooting, skating, and trapping. Notable scores within this subseries include "Minnesota Boat Club March," published in 1893 and composed by Emile Oberhoffer; seven copies of "Light may the Boat row," published between 1836 and 1841 and arranged by John Watson; and six copies of "The Mellow Horn," published between 1830 and 1855 and composed and performed by Mr. Jones.

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Travel

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The Travel subseries is comprised of sheet music dating from 1824 to 1899 and is dedicated to travel within the United States (U.S.) and abroad. Numerous scores focus on U.S. travel destinations like California, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Additionally, there are scores dedicated to foreign travel destinations such as Canada, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Switzerland. The collection also includes multiple scores dedicated to New York State and City, featuring a first edition copy of "New York, or Oh! What a Charming City!" published in 1831 by G.M. Bourne in New York. The cover of this edition showcases one of the earliest American lithographs of the city. Lastly, there is a small section of scores dedicated to historic hotels, primarily in Massachusetts, Missouri, and New York (The Astor House), along with a small representation of hotels in Canada.

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Politics

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The Politics subseries holds sheet music dating from 1825 to 1893, and mainly contains sheet music dedicated to the legal, political, and social landscapes of 19th-century America with some focus on foreign legal, political, and social landscapes as well. Many of the scores focus on the Democratic, Republican, and Whig parties, U.S. Congress, governors, and presidents such as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, James A. Garfield, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and William McKinley. Other notable figures include Henry Clay, Governor Silas Wright of New York, and Daniel Webster. The subseries also includes scores dedicated to foreign affairs and dignitaries from Canada, Europe, Great Britain, the Middle East, and South America, including Napoleon Bonaparte, Henry VIII, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Prince Edward II, King Charles I, and Abdul Assiz the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Lastly, there is a small section of scores dedicated to the Reconstruction era, the temperance movement, and poverty, along with a small representation of police forces and postal workers throughout the U.S. Key scores to note are "Get Off The Track!" an emancipation song performed by the Hutchinson Family Singers, and "The Prize Banner Quick Step," a Whig Party campaign score composed and arranged by D.H. Haskell.

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