Woody Guthrie papers
bulk 1940-1951
Original song text, music, drawings, correspondence, and other writings by Woody Guthrie; news clippings, articles, correspondence, and business records related to Woody Guthrie. Date span: 1927-1985. Bulk dates: Guthrie song text, writings, and drawings, 1940-1948; correspondence by and to Woody Guthrie, 1944-1951; correspondence regarding Woody Guthrie, 1956-1977.
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 25: Vocal
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 25 contains materials documenting the business of and popular attitudes towards space (aliens, man in the moon, moon, Halley's Comet, stars) in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records
bulk 1948-1986
This collection, which dates from 1926-1986, documents the output of Moses Asch through the various record labels he founded and co-founded, and includes some of his personal papers. The Asch collection includes published recordings, master tapes, outtakes, business records, correspondence, photographs, and film.
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 3: African American Music
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 3: African-American Music, contains circa 7,800 pieces of sheet music and folios dating from the 1820s to the 1980s; most of the material dates from after 1890. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
Nick Reynolds Kingston Trio Papers
Reynolds, Nick, 1933-2008
The collection documents Nick Reynolds, a member of the vocal music group, the Kingston Trio.
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 7: Sports
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 7: Sports contains 1,254 pieces of sheet music and song folios. Most of the sheet music is either piano or piano/ vocal arrangements. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 34: Indiana Publishers
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 34 contains sheet music and other materials documenting the State of Indiana. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 31: Dialects and Foreign Songs
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 31 contains materials documenting dialects and foreign songs. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 32: Christopher Columbus
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 32 contains materials documenting Christopher Columbus in popular culture. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 33: Reveries
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 33 contains songs related to Reveries. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
