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Descriptive Summary
Scope and Contents Note
Restrictions
Container List
Descriptive Summary
PURL:
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00409/
Creator:
University of Mississippi (collector)
Title:
Sheet Music (Miscellaneous) Collection.
Inclusive Dates:
1846-1974
Materials in:
English
Abstract:
Collection contain sheet music related mostly to Mississippi. Items were created 1846-1974.
Quantity:
1 box.
Number:
MUM00409
Location:
G-12.
Repository :
The University of Mississippi
J.D. Williams Library
Department of Archives and Special Collections
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848, USA
Phone: 662.915.7408
Fax: 662.915.5734
E-Mail: archive@olemiss.edu
URL: https://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/
Cite as:
Sheet Music (Miscellaneous) Collection (MUM00409). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
Scope and Contents Note
Collection contain sheet music related mostly to Mississippi. Items were created 1846-1974.
Restrictions
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Use Restriction
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Container List

Title: '63 is the Jubilee
Item #:
Librettist: J.L. Greene
Composer: D.A. French
Publisher: Root & Cady
Publisher city/state: Chicago, IL
Date: 1863
Cover:

Title: Alabama Lullaby
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist: Cal De Voll
Composer: Cal De Voll
Publisher: Leo. Feist, Inc.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1919
Cover: top reads "A Unique Dreamy Southern Song"

Title: Away Out On The Mountain
Item #: M 1630.18 .H28 .A9 1928
Librettist: Kely Harrell
Composer: Kely Harrell
Publisher: United Publishing Company
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1928
Cover: Jimmie Rodgers

Title: The Band Played "Nearer My God to Thee" As the Ship Went Down
Item #:
Librettist: Mark Beam
Composer: Harold Jones
Publisher: Joe Morris Music Company
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1912
Cover:

Title: Birmingham Jail
Item #: Not catalogued
Arranged by: Nick Manoloff
Librettist:
Composer:
Publisher: Calumet Music Company
Publisher city/state: Chicago, IL
Date: 1935
Cover: Dick Teela and Gwyneth Neil

Title: Blue Beat Boogie
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist:
Composer: Arthur Smith
Publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein, & Company, Inc.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1947
Cover: Arthur Smith

Title: Blueberry Hill
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist: Al Lewis, Larry Stock, and Vincent Rose
Composer: Al Lewis, Larry Stock, and Vincent Rose
Publisher: Chappell & Co. Inc.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: No date
Cover: woman and man w/ crescent moon

Title: Calhoun Polka
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist:
Composer: Wm. G. Dietrich
Publisher: William H. Shuster
Publisher city/state: Philadelphia, PA
Date: 1857
Cover

Title: Casey Jones (The Brave Engineer)
Item #: M 1622 .N4 C3
Librettist: T. Lawrence Seibert
Composer: Eddie Newton
Publisher: Southern California Music Co.
Publisher city/state: Los Angeles, CA
Date: 1909
Cover:

Title: Casey Jones (The Brave Engineer)
Item #: M 1622 .N4 C3 1937
Librettist: T. Lawrence Seibert
Composer: Eddie Newton
Publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1909/1936/1937
Cover: Souvenir Edition, cover of 1st edition, 1909

Title: Dixie
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist:
Composer: Frederic Lorin
Publisher: McKinley Music Company
Publisher city/state: Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Date: 1904
Cover:

Title: Dixie's Land
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist:
Composer: Ch. Grobe
Publisher: Firth, Pond & Co.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1860
Cover:

Title: General Quitman's Grand March
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist:
Composer: Edward O. Eaton
Publisher: Beck & Lawton
Publisher city/state: Philadelphia, PA
Date:1858
Cover: portrait of General John A. Quitman of Mississippi

Title: General Scott's Grand Entree Quick Step
Accession #: 2006-7
Librettist
Composer: H.B. Underhill
Publisher: Firth, Pond & Co.
Publisher city/state: New York
Date: 1847
Cover

Title: General Taylor's Grand March
Accession #: 2006-7
Librettist:
Composer: A. Kurs
Publisher: Firth Pond & Co.
Publisher city/state: New York
Date: 1846
Cover

Title: Go, Mis-sis-sip-pi
Item #: M 1658 .M7 D3 1962
Librettist: Houston Davis
Composer: Houston Davis
Publisher: Jackson, MS Board of Realtors
Publisher city/state: Jackson, MS
Date: 1962
Cover:

Title: Heavyweights for Three Tubas
Item #: M 97 .S84 H4
Librettist:
Composer: Frank G. Stewart
Publisher: Seesaw Music Corporation
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1974
Cover:

Title: He's A Rag Picker
Item #:
Librettist: Irving Berlin
Composer: Irving Berlin
Publisher: Waterson Berlin & Snyder Co.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1914
Cover: illustrated by Joan Frew

Title: Hound Dog
Item #: M 1630.2 .L45 .H6 1956
Librettist: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Composer: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Publisher: Elvis Presley Music, Inc. and Lion Publishing Company, Inc.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1956
Cover

Title: How Little We Know (From Warner Bros. Picture "To Have and Have Not"
Item #: M 1630.2 .C37 T6 1944
Librettist: Johnny Mercer
Composer: Hoagy Carmichael
Publisher: M. Witmark & Sons
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1944
Cover: Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

Title: I Can't Forget
Item #: Not Catalogued
Librettist: Carl Wells
Composer: Carl Wells
Arranged by: Clarke Tate
Publisher: The Tate-International Co.
Publisher city/state: Memphis, TN
Date:1931
Cover: photo of Carl Wells?

Title: If You Please (From Paramount Picture "Dixie")
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist: Johnny Burke
Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen
Publisher: Famous Music Corporation
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1943
Cover: Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour

Title: I'm Going Back to Mississippi
Item # M 1658 .M6 .R87 1918
Librettist: Jack H. Russell
Composer: Jack H. Russell
Publisher: S.K. Turek
Publisher city/state: Chicago, IL
Date: 1918
Cover

Title: I Miss That Mississippi Miss That Misses Me
Item #:
Librettist: Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis
Composer: Pete Wendling
Publisher: Waterson-Berlin & Snyder Co.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1918
Cover:

Title: I Want To Be In Dixie
Item #:
Librettist: Berlin & Snyder
Composer: Berlin & Snyder
Publisher: Ted Snyder Co./Waterson Berlin & Snyder Co.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1912
Cover: picture of W.E. Browning

Title: I Wish I Was In Dixie
Item #:
Librettist:
Composer: Ch. Grobe
Publisher: Eclipse Publishing Co.
Publisher city/state: Philadelphia, PA
Date:
Cover:

Title: I Wish I Was In Dixie's Land
Item #:
Librettist:
Composer: Dan. D. Emmett
Arranged by: W.L. Hobbs
Publisher: Firth, Pond & Co.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date:1860
Cover:

Title: Jordan Is A Hard Road To Travel
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist:
Composer: Old Dan Emmet
Publisher: Oliver Ditson
Publisher city/state: Boston, MA
Date: 1853
Cover:

Title: Lancers Quick Step
Item #:
Librettist:
Composer: F.L. Raymond
Publisher: Keith's Music Publishing House
Publisher city/state: Boston, MA
Date:
Cover:

Title: Little Eva: Uncle Tom's Guardian Angel
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist: John G. Whittier
Composer: Manuel Emilio
Publisher: John P. Sewett & Company
Publisher city/state: Cleveland, OH
Date: 1852
Cover: Little Eva and Uncle Tom in the Arbor

Title: Lost, or Saved?
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist: J.C. Macy
Composer: J.C. Macy
Publisher: Whittemore & Stephens
Publisher city/state:
Date: 1873
Cover:

Title: Lucilla, The Maid of Shiloh!
Item #: M 1638 .B4 .L8 1864
Librettist: C.D. Benson
Composer: C.D. Benson
Publisher: C.D. Benson
Publisher city/state: Nashville, TN
Date: 1864
Cover

Title: Magnolia (Souvenir de Macon, Deux Valses par Estelle De Lisle)
Item #: M 32 .D4 M3
Librettist
Composer: Estelle De Lisle
Publisher: Beck & Lawton
Publisher city/state: Philadelphia, PA
Date: 1859
Cover: antebellum plantation home

Title: Mary Ann McCue
Item #:
Librettist: Jay Mack
Composer: Jay Mack
Publisher: Chas. K. Harris
Publisher city/state: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Date: 1898
Cover: bottom: "Sung with Great Success by Lizzie B. Raymond"

Title: Metamorph (for Bassoon and Piano)
Item #: M 254 .S84 M4
Librettist:
Composer: Frank G. Stewart
Publisher: Seesaw Music Corporation
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1974
Cover:

Title: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist: Bert Hanlon and Benny Ryan
Composer: Harry Tierney
Publisher: William Jerome Publishing Corporation
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1916
Cover: Top reads "Frances White's Spelling Song"

Title: Mississippi
Item #: M 1658 .M7 A5
Librettist: Mrs. (Eron O.) Dunbar Rowland
Composer: Walter H. Aiken
Publisher:
Publisher city/state:
Date:
Cover:

Title: The Mississippi Flood Song
Item #: M 1630.2 .W4 .M5
Librettist: Jed Hopkins
Composer: Sarah A. Westcott
Publisher: Ager. Yellen & Bornstein Inc.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1927
Cover

Title: A Mississippi Folic
Item #: M 31 S7 M5
Librettist:
Composer: Eugene A. Stein
Publisher: Stein & Moll
Publisher city/state: Peoria, IL
Date: 1899
Cover:

Title: Mississippi Legionnaires
Item #: M 1676 A5 L49 1933
Librettist: Frances Eagle Levine
Composer: Frances Eagle Levine
Publisher: Newton County Post No. 89 The American Legion
Publisher city/state: Newton, MS
Date: 1933
Cover: WWI soldier

Title: Mississippi That Grand Old State of Mine
Item #: M 1621 .C66 M5 c.3
Librettist: R. Roy Coats
Composer: R. Roy Coats
Publisher: R. Roy Coats
Publisher city/state: University, MS
Date: 1930
Cover: MS Governor Dennis Murphree

Title: Mosquito
Item #: PS 3545 .E537 .M68 1926
Librettist: Flo Field Hampton
Composer: Flo Field Hampton
Publisher: Flo Field Hampton Publishing Co.
Publisher city/state: Crystal Springs, MS
Date: 1926
Cover: illustrated by Eudora Welty

Title: My Husband Casey Jones
Item #: M 1659.5 .J65 J6 1928
Librettist: Mrs. Casey Jones in collaboration w/ Lysle Tomerlin
Composer: Mrs. Casey Jones in collaboration w/ Lysle Tomerlin
Publisher: Laycook Music & Printing Co.
Publisher city/state: Jackson, TN
Date: 1928
Cover: Mrs. Casey Jones and Lysle Tomerlin, top reads "The Song Hit of a Century"

Title: My Southern Rose
Item #:
Librettist: Earl Taylor
Composer: Earl Taylor
Publisher: Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1909
Cover:

Title: Now We Take This Feeble Body
Item #: M 1671 D4 N6 1943
Librettist: R. Nathaniel Dett
Composer: R. Nathaniel Dett
Publisher: Mills Music, Inc.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date:1943
Cover:

Title: Old Black Joe
Item #:
Librettist:
Composer: Charles Gimbel, Jr.
Publisher: Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Publisher city/state: Chicago, IL
Date: 1877
Cover:

Title: Old Black Joe
Item #:
Librettist:
Composer: Fred Lewis
Publisher: McKinley Music Co.
Publisher city/state: Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Date:1903
Cover:

Title: "Ole Miss"
Item #: M 1959 M7 U5
Librettist: Aileen H. Tye
Composer: Aileen H. Tye
Publisher: Gamble Hinged Music Co.
Publisher city/state: Chicago, IL
Date: 1931
Cover:

Title: Old Folks At Home (Swanee River.) Variations
Item #:
Arranged by J. Albert Snow
Librettist:
Composer:
Publisher: P.R. McCargo
Publisher city/state: Boston, MA
Date: 1889
Cover:

Title: Our Flag and Its Origin
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist: Harry Macarthy
Composer: Harry Macarthy
Publisher: A.E. Blackmar & Bro.
Publisher city/state: New Orleans, LA
Date: 1862
Cover:

Title: Protect The Freedman
Item #: M 1640 .W4 1866
Librettist: Luke Collin
Composer: J.P. Webster
Publisher: Oliver Ditson & Co.
Publisher city/state: Boston, MA
Date: 1866
Cover

Title: Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist: Eugene West, James McCaffrey, and Dave Ringle
Composer: Eugene West, James McCaffrey, and Dave Ringle
Publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Music Publishers
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1931
Cover: Wayne King

Title: September Rains Came
Item #: M 1630.2 S43 S46 1949
Librettist: Charles Nelson
Composer: David Slate
Publisher: D.S. Goforth
Publisher city/state: Oxford, MS
Date: 1949
Cover:

Title: Silver Threads Among the Gold . Reverie
Item #: See Folder of fragment scores in box
Librettist:
Composer: H.P. Danks
Arranged by: P.F. del Campiglin
Publisher: Hamilton S. Gordon
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1911
Cover:

Title: Southern Cross Drill
Item #:
Librettist:
Composer: T.J. Firth
Publisher: T.J. Firth
Publisher city/state:
Date: 1907
Cover: Capt. W.L. McLean, The only Survivor of the Southern Cross Drill, composed by Lieut. Dugan, of South Carolina, while a Prisoner of War in the U.S. Military Prison, Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, Ontario, 1864. Top: Dedicated to "Southern Cross Drill Club" Memphis, TN.


Title: The Southern Marseillaise
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist:
Composer: A. E. Blackmar
Publisher: Blackmar & Bro
Publisher city/state: Augusta, GA
Date: 1861
Cover

Title: The Southern Marseillaise
Item #:
Librettist:
Composer: A.E. Blackmar
Publisher: A.E. Blackmar & Bro.
Publisher city/state: New Orleans, LA
Date: 1861
Cover:

Title: Summerland
Item #: M 25 .S86 .S8
Librettist:
Composer: William Grant Still
Publisher: J. Fischer & Bro.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1936
Cover: Field w/ trees.

Title: Sweet Mississippi
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist:
Composer: J.H. Kavanagh
Publisher: Sep. Winner
Publisher city/state: Philadelphia, PA
Date: 1853
Cover:

Title: There Is'nt Any North and South
Item #: not catalogued/G-14
Librettist: L.Z. Phillips
Composer: L.Z. Phillips
Publisher: Southern Music Co. (Copyright by Bluff City Engraving Co., Memphis, TN, 1909)
Publisher city/state: Memphis, TN
Date: 1909
Cover: Meeting of Generals Clement A. Evans and Fred D. Grant at the Confederate Reunion, Memphis, Tenn., June 10, 1909. Top reads "The North and South Clasp Hands."

Title: Uncle Tom's Lament for Eva
Item #:
Librettist: I. B. Woodbury
Composer: I. B. Woodbury
Publisher: Oliver Ditson
Publisher city/state: Boston, MA
Date: 1852
Cover:

Title: Victory Tide
Item #: M 1533 S86 V5 1942
Librettist: Albert Stillman
Composer: William Grant Still
Publisher: J. Fischer & Bro.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date:1942
Cover:

Title: Walk Right In
Item #: Not Catalogued
Librettist: Gus Cannon and H. Woods
Composer: Gus Cannon and H. Woods
Publisher: Peer International Corporation
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1930/1963
Cover:

Title: Waltzing in the Moonlight on Old Biloxi Bay
Item #: M 1658 .B54 .D5 1926
Librettist: Thomas F. Dillabough
Composer: Thomas F. Dillabough
Publisher: Thomas F. Dillabough
Publisher city/state: Gulfport, MS
Date: 1926
Cover

Title: What Dixie Means To Me
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist: George B. McConnell and Billy Smythe
Composer: George B. McConnell and Billy Smythe
Publisher: Billy Smythe Music Co.
Publisher city/state: Louisville, KY
Date: 1917
Cover

Title: When I Dream of Old Erin
Item #:
Librettist: Marvin Lee
Composer: Leo Friedman
Publisher: Frank Clark Music Company
Publisher city/state: Chicago, IL
Date:1912
Cover:

Title: The Yellow Rose of Texas
Item #: Not catalogued
Arranged by: Nick Manoloff
Librettist:
Composer:
Publisher: Calumet Music Co.
Publisher city/state: Chicago, IL
Date: 1936
Cover: Bonnie Blue Eyes and Randall Atcher

Title: You Are My Sunshine
Item #: Not catalogued
Librettist: Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell
Composer: Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell
Publisher: Southern Music Publishing Company, Inc.
Publisher city/state: New York, NY
Date: 1940
Cover: Jimmie Davis

Title: You Will Know How I Love You
Item #:
Librettist: Harry Brunswick Lo뢍
Composer: R. Emmet Kennedy
Publisher: The Cable Company
Publisher city/state: New Orleans, LA
Date: 1907
Cover: autographed w/ message from R. Emmet Kennedy