SAM DeVINCENT COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC, ca. 1790 - 1987
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Container List

Series 4: Songwriters, 1847-1975

by: Robert S. Harding & Cooby Greenway, 1994

Subseries 4.66: Irving Caesar, 1914-1944

Box 125

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, 1919-1944, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

      Includes: "If I Forget You," "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" "Just a Gigolo," and "Was It Love?" (cover missing). (24 items)

    B -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1914-1935

      "Annabel Lee," 1923, 5th Annual GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES
      "Crazy Rhythm," 1928, HERE'S HOWE (one cover missing)
      "Do You Love As I Love?" 1924, IN DUTCH
      "I Want to Be Happy," 1924, NO NO NANETTE
      "I'm a Little Bit Fonder of You," 1926, RIPPLES
      "Mary," 1923, POPPY
      "Moonlight Kisses," 1923, 5th Annual GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES
      "Play Me That Tune," 1919, THE LADY IN RED
      "Sixty Seconds Every Minute, I Think of You," 1922, 4th ANNUAL   
         GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES
      "Soldier of Love," 1935, THUMBS UP
      "Someone Will Make You Smile," 1914 , POPPY
      "Swanee," 1919, SINBAD
      "Tea for Two," 1924, NO NO NANETTE
      "The Waltz of Love," 1921, WHITE HORSE INN
      "What Do You Do Sundays, Mary?" 1923, POPPY
      "You Are My Rain-Beau," 1922, 4th Annual GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES
      (24 items)

    C -- Motion Picture Productions, Miscellaneous, 1932-1933

      "Count Your Blessings," 1933, JOE PALOOKA
      "Sweethearts Forever," 1932, CROONER
      (2 items)

    D -- Radio Production, 1937, "Remember Your Name and Your Address," 
           A SONG OF SAFETY. (1 item)

    E -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1931-1944

      Includes: "If I forget You," "That's What I Want for Christmas," and "Umbriago." (17 items)

Subseries 4.4 : Sammy Cahn, 1936-1967

Box 18

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, 1936-53; 1950-54, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

      Contains: "I Get a Warm Feeling," "Please Be Kind," "Teach Me Tonight," and "Until The Real Thing Comes Along." (9 items)

    B-C -- Musical Theater Productions, 1938-1966

    B -- WALKING HAPPY, 1964-1966:

      Contains: "I Don't Think I'm in Love," "If I Be Your Best Chance," "I'll Make a Man of the Man," and "Use Your Noggin'." (4 items)

    C -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1938-1965:

      "Ev'rybody Has the Right to Be Wrong!" 1965, SKYSCRAPER
      "I'll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her," 1965, SKYSCRAPER
      "Saving Myself for You," 1938, GRAND TERRACE REVUE, 5th Edition.
      "Shoe Shine Boy," 1936, HOT CHOCOLATES OF 1936
      (6 items)

    D -- Motion Picture Productions, Miscellaneous, 1944-1968

      "I Should Care," 1944, THRILL OF ROMANCE
      "Sweet Mouth," 1967; 1968, BEDAZZLED
      "Thoroughly Modern Millie," 1967, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
      (3 items)

    E -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1936-1967

      Includes: "Day by Day," "The Girl with the Pigtails in Her Hair," "Nutty Nursery Rhymes," and "Sold to the Man with the Broken Heart." (24 items)

Subseries 4.67: J. Will Callahan, 1911-1941

Box 125

    Folder

    A-G -- General Songs, 1912-1941, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.


    A-C -- Collaboration with Others, 1912-1919

    A -- 1912-1917:

      Includes: "The Bull Moose Glide," "It's the Wrong, Wrong Way to
      Tickle Mary," and "Senorita Rag." (25 items)

    B -- 1919:

      Multiple editions of "Tell Me." (8 items)

    C -- 1919-1938:

      Includes: "All Through the Night" and "`Round My Indiana Home." (11 items)

    D -- Collaboration with F. Henri Klickmann, 1913-1915

      Includes: "Diane of the Green Van," "I Long to Hear the Old Church
      Choir Again," and "What Would You Take for the Baby?" (23 items)

Box 126

    Folder

    E -- Collaboration with Blanche M. Tice, 1915-1935

      Includes: "My Violet," "The Night, the Stars, and You," and 
      "Only a Memory of You."

      (17 items)

    F-G -- Collaboration with Lee S. Roberts, 1915-1941

    F -- 1915-1941:

      Includes: "Broken Moon" and "Patches." (23 items)

    G -- 1918-1919:

      Multiple editions of "After All" and "A Little Birch Canoe and You." (15 items)

    H -- African American Songs, 1912-1918

      Contains: "Dusty Rag Song" and "Mammy's Lullaby." (6 items)

    I -- Irish Songs, 1914-1919

      Includes: "There's a Mother Back in Ireland Waits for Me." (8 items)

    J -- Ethnic Songs, Miscellaneous, 1915-1919

      Includes: "Aloha Oe," "Ching Chong," and "Montezuma." (12 items)

    K -- Armed Conflict Songs, 1914-1918

      Includes: "I'm Off for Mexico," "They All Sang Annie Laurie," and "They Are Tenting Tonight in Far Off France." (11 items)

    L -- Patriotic Song, 1916, "America First." (1 item)

    M -- Christmas Song, 1916, Choice Vocal Selections for Christmas and Easter,
            includes "O Verdant Pine!
            (O Tannebaum!)," with English lyrics by Callahan. (1 item)

    N -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1918-1937

      Includes: "Bye and Bye" and "Everybody Sing" printed as an advertisement for Sperry Flour Co.; "Give Me a Rose to Remember," and "In a Porch Swing" (including dance band arrangements). (10 items)

    O -- Folios, 1911-1917

      Contains: three songs appearing in Etude issues, and one song in A Collection of Beautiful Ballads. (4 items)

Subseries 4.5: Hoagy Carmichael, 1928-1963

Box 18

    Folder

    A-E -- General Songs, 1928-1946, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.  

    A -- Carmichael Songs, 1930-1943, written exclusively by Carmichael.

      Includes: "Blue Orchids," "Daybreak," "Rockin' Chair," and "Snowball." 
      (16 items)

    B-E -- Collaborations with others, 1928-1946, including Johnny Mercer, 
               Mitchell Parrish, Ned Washington, and Paul Francis Webster.

    B -- 1928-1933:

      Includes: "Lazy Bones" and "One Morning in May."  Also two copies of the Stuart Gorrell and Carmichael collaboration, "Georgia on My Mind," but only one credits Gorrell. (23 items)

    C -- 1929:

      Multiple editions of vocal arrangements of "Star Dust." (27 items)

    D -- 1929:

      Multiple editions of instrumental arrangements of "Star Dust," including one by James Matte. (6 items)

Box 19

    Folder

    E -- 1934-1946:

      Includes: "Lamplighter's Serenade," "The Nearness of You," and "Skylark."  One copy of "Judy" is from Popular Songs, n.d. (19 items)

    F -- Topical Songs, 1942-1963

      Contains: "The Cranky Old Yank (in a Clanky Old Tank)," dedicated to the United States Armored Forces of World War II; "It's a Grand Old Day (Out at the Speedway)," celebrates the 1963 Indianapolis 500; and "My Christmas Song for You." (3 items)

    G -- Songs Performed By Carmichael, 1927, 1946

      Contains songs not written by Carmichael, but performed by him. Includes: "Among My Souvenirs," (Horatio Nicholls and Edgar Leslie) from the movie, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, and "Huggin' and Chalkin'" (Clancy Hayes and Kermit Goell). (4 items)

    H -- Musical Theater Production, 1936, "Little Old Lady," THE SHOW IS ON. 
           (5 items)

    I-J -- Motion Picture Productions, 1938-1951

    I -- ROAD SHOW, 1940:

      Contains: "Caliope Jane" and "Slav-Annie."   (2 items)

    J -- Motion Picture Productions, Miscellaneous, 1938-1951:

      "April in My Heart," 1938, SAY IT IN FRENCH
      "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief," 1945, THE STORK CLUB
      "Heart and Soul," 1938, A SONG IS BORN
      "Hong Kong Blues," 1939, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
      "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," 1951, HERE COMES THE GROOM
      "Ivy," 1947, IVY
      "Kind'a Lonesome," 1938, ST. LOUIS BLUES
      "Memphis in June," 1945, JOHNNY ANGEL
      "Men with Wings," 1938, MEN WITH WINGS
      "The Old Music Master," 1943, TRUE TO LIFE
      "Ole Buttermilk Sky," 1946, CANYON PASSAGE
      "Small Fry," 1938, SING YOU SINNERS
      "Two Sleepy People," 1938, THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
      "We're the Couple in the Castle," 1941, MR. BUG GOES TO TOWN
      (21 items)

    K -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1929-1947

      Includes: "Georgia on My Mind," "Heart and Soul," "Lamplighter's Serenade," "Lazy River," and "Ole Buttermilk Sky." (67 items)

    L -- Folios, 1933-1946

      Includes one dance folio arranged for piano with ukulele, guitar, and banjo accompaniments. (3 items)

Subseries4.68 : Earl Carroll, 1912-1946

Box 127

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, 1913-1915, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

      Includes: "Do You Remember," "I Love Them All," and "Neath the
      Shadows of the Pyramids." (8 items)

    B -- Armed Conflict, 1918, "When I'm Thru with the Arms of the Army." (1 item)

    C-F -- Musical Theater Productions, 1912-1935

    C -- FLORA BELLA, 1916; 1917:

      Contains: "Creep, Creep, the World's Asleep," "Florabella," and "Give
      Me All of You." (8 items)

    D -- EARL CARROLL VANITIES, Miscellaneous Productions, 1923-1932:

      "Adorable," 1926, Fifth Edition
      "Blue Shadows," 1928, Seventh Edition
      "Climbing the Ladder of Love," 1926, Fifth Edition
      "Dorothy," 1926, VANITIES
      "Hugs and Kisses," 1926, Fifth Edition
      "My Darling," 1932, Tenth Edition
      "Once in a Lifetime," 1928, Seventh Edition
      "Pretty Peggy," 1923, VANITIES OF 1923
      "Raquel," 1928, Seventh Edition
      "Ring Out the Blues," 1930, Eighth Edition
      "Twilight," 1926, Fifth Edition
      (22 items)

    E-F -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1912-1935

    E -- 1912-1935:

      "Don't Hang Your Dreams on a Rainbow," 1929, EARL 
          CARROLL'S SKETCHBOOK
      "Dreaming," 1914, PRETTY MRS. SMITH
      "Drucilla," 1914, PRETTY MRS. SMITH
      "Here Come the Married Men," 1915, SO LONG LETTY
      "Honey, You Were Made for Me," 1913, ALL ABOARD
      "I Never Knew," 1916, CANARY COTTAGE
      "I've Only One Idea About the Boys," 1914, THE BELLE OF BOND STREET
      "Moonlight and Violins," 1935, EARL CARROLL SKETCHBOOK
      "Oh, You Dream," 1912, PASSING SHOW OF 1912
      "Savage Serenade," 1933, MURDER AT THE VANITIES
      "Selection, Instrumental," 1916, SO LONG LETTY
      "Sweet Madness," 1933, MURDER AT THE VANITIES

      "A Thousand Years Ago," 1914, A THOUSAND YEARS AGO
      "When You Feel a Little Longing in Your Heart," 1917, THE LOVE MILL
      (18 items)

    F -- 1913-1915

      Multiple editions of "Isle D'Amour" (one edition incomplete), ZIEGFELD'S FOLLIES and "So Long Letty," SO LONG LETTY. (15 items)

    G -- Motion Picture Productions, Miscellaneous, 1940-1946

      "I've Never Forgotten," 1946, EARL CARROLL VANITES - A MECCA OF
         BEAUTY
      "L'il Boy Love," 1940, A NIGHT AT EARL CARROLL'S
      (2 items)

    H -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1917-1940

      Contains: "Give Me All of You" and "One Look at You." (2 items)

Subseries 4.69: Harry Carroll and Ballard MacDonald, 1904-1934

Box 127

    Folder

    A-F -- General Songs, 1904-1934, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

    A-B MacDonald with Others, 1904-1923

    A -- 1904-1918:

      Includes: "Amina, Queen of the Night," "I Can Start a Little Nation of My Own," "I've Got the Time" (one edition missing cover sheet), and "Swing Me High, Swing Me Low." (25 items)

    B -- 1909-1913:

      Multiple editions of "I Wish I Had My Old Girl Back Again" (one edition missing back cover) and "Nights of Gladness." (10 items)

    C-D -- Carroll/MacDonald Collaborations, 1910-1921

Box 128

    Folder

    C -- 1910-1921:

      Includes: "Down in the Bom-Bombay" and "Tip Top Tiperrary Mary." (19 items)

    D -- 1912-1916; 1940:

      Multiple editions of "It Takes a Little Rain with the Sunshine," "On the Mississippi," "She Is the Sunshine of Virginia," "There's a Girl in the Heart of Mary Maryland," and "Trail of the Lonesome Pine." (46 items)

    E-F -- Carroll with Others, 1912-1934

    E -- 1912-1934:

      Includes: "Smother Me with Kisses," and "What Do I Care." (18 items)

    F -- 1914; 1942:

      Multiple editions of "By the Beautiful Sea" (one edition has cover only). 
      (8 items)

    G -- African American Song, 1918, "They'll Be Mighty Proud in Dixie of 
            Their Old Black Joe." (1 item)

    H -- Armed Conflict Songs, 1914-1918

      Contains: "The Land of My Best Girl" and "They'll Be Mighty Proud in Dixie of Their Old Black Joe." (3 items)

    I-J -- Musical Theater Productions, 1912-1928

    I -- OH LOOK!, 1918:

      Contains five titles including "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows." (7 items)

    J -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1912-1918:

      "Georgia Land," 1912, THE WALL STREET GIRL
      "The Little Church Around the Corner," 1913, A NIGHT IN THE JARDIN 
         DE DANSE
      "Prunella," 1914, THE BELLE OF BOND STREET
      "Rose of Washington Square," 1920, ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT FROLIC
      "What a Night for Spooning," 1928, GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS
      "You're Just a Little Bit Better," 1914, THE PASSING SHOW OF 1914.
      (8 items)

    K -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1910-1923

      Includes: "Follow the Car Tracks," "Let Them Alone They're Married," and "Smother Me with Kisses." (11 items)

Subseries 4.70: Cecile Chaminade, 1889-1836; n.d.

Box 129

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, n.d.; 1893-1895, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

      Includes: "Lullaby" and "Rosamonde." (9 items)

    B-E -- Instrumental Compositions, n.d.; 1889-1936

    B -- 1889-1913; n.d.:

      Contains: "Air de Ballet" (No. 1 in G), "Callirhoe," and "Pas des Amphores." 
      (11 items)

    C -- 1891-1936:

      Multiple editions of "The Scarf Dance." (24 items)

    D -- 1893-1936:

      Multiple editions of "The Flatterer." (18 items)

    E -- 1893-1908:

      Includes: "Pierette" and "Autumn." (12 items)

Subseries 4.71: Claribel (Mrs. Charles Barnard), 1868-1925; n.d.

Box 130

    Folder

    A-C -- General Songs, 1868-1925, n.d., not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

    A -- 1868, n.d.:

    Includes: "Blue Alsatian Mountains," "Strangers Yet," and "Take Back the Heart." (15 items)

    B -- 1909; 1925; n.d.:

      Multiple editions of "Come Back to Erin" and "I Cannot Sing the Old Songs" (cover missing from one edition). (17 items)

    C -- n.d.:

      Multiple editions of "Janet's Choice" (two editions missing covers) and "Maggie's Secret." (10 items)

    D -- Instrumental Composition and Arrangement, 1935-1941

      Contains: "Come Back to Erin" and "You and I Waltz." (3 items)

    E -- Professional/Artist Copy, n.d., "Strangers Yet." (1 item)

    F -- Folio, n.d. (no cover page)

      Contains songs by many writers. A photocopy of Claribel's "Oh, Mother Take the Wheel Away" is in Folder A.  (1 item)

Subseries 4.72: George L. Cobb, 1911-1936

Box 131

    Folder

    A-C -- General Songs,1911-1926, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

    A --Collaboration with Jack Yellen, 1911-1926

      Includes: "Bring Me Back My Lovin' Honey Boy" and "Listen to That Dixie Band." (23 items)

    B-C -- Songs Alone or with Others, 1912-1918

    B -- 1912-1918:

      Includes: "Dance That Dengozo with Me" and "Virginia Sue." (18 items)

    C -- 1913; 1914:

      Multiple editions of "Just for Tonight." (12 items)

    D -- Instrumental Compositions, 1915-1926

      Contains: "Dreamland," "Patrol of the Pelicans," and "Torrid Dora." (3 items)

    E -- Musical Theater Production, 1913; 1914,"All Aboard for Dixieland," HIGH
           JINKS and THE GIRL BEHIND THE COUNTER. (6 items)

    F -- Professional/Artist copy, 1936, "Just for Tonight." (1 item)

Subseries 4.6: George M. Cohan, 1895-1968

Box 20

    Folder

    A-D -- General Songs, 1895-1938, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

    A-B -- Songs, 1895-1938, written exclusively by Cohan:

    A -- 1895-1916:

      Includes: "Have a Heart," "I Love Every Girl in the Wide, Wide World," music supplement to the February 26, 1905, Chicago Sunday American, "I Told Them That I Saw You" (a response to Paul Dresser's "Just Tell Them That You Saw Me"), "My Little Polly's a Peach," and "That Haunting Melody." (7 items)

    B -- 1919-1938:

      Includes: "Father of the Land We Love," written to commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington, "I'd Rather Write a Song," "Indians and Trees," "'Tisn't Easy to Say Good Bye, Broadway," and "Where Is the Girl I Left Behind." (7 items)

    C -- Collaboration with Others, 1895-1899

      Contains: "The Debutante," "My Little Lady (Or Just Say 'OK')," and "When the Girl You Love Is Far Away."
      (3 items)

    D -- Instrumental Compositions, 1906-1910

      Includes: "George Cohan's Rag," "The New York" from THE TALK OF NEW YORK, "Popularity" from POPULARITY, and "The Yankee Prince Waltzes" from THE YANKEE PRINCE. (8 items)

    E -- African American Songs, 1896-1911

      Includes: "Hot Tamale Alley," "Oh, You Beautiful Coon," "Oh, You Coon," and "The Warmest Baby in the Bunch." (7 items)

    F -- World War I Songs, 1917-1918

      Includes: "Over There," "Stand Up and Fight Like H---," and "When You Come Back." Some editions of "Over There" have cover art by Norman Rockwell. 
      (19 items)

    G-Y -- Musical Theater Productions, 1901-1968

    G -- THE GOVERNOR'S SON, 1901-1906; 1968

      Includes: "Never Breathe a Word of This to Mother," "Night Time," and "Then I'd Be Satisfied with My Life" including performer Tiny Tim's version. (7 items)

    H -- RUNNING FOR OFFICE, 1903:

      Includes: "I'll Be There, in the Public Square" and "I Want to Go to Paree, Papa," published as a music supplement of Hearst Chicago American on June 7, 1903, and featuring Josephine Cohan on the cover. (2 items)

    I -- LITTLE JOHNNY JONES, 1903-1905; 1931:

      Song sheets feature Cohan and an illustration of the 'Yankee Doodle Comedian' on the cover. Includes: "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "Yankee Doodle Boy." (14 items)

    J -- FORTY-FIVE MINUTES FROM BROADWAY, 1905; 1963:

      Includes: "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway," "Mary's a Grand Old Name," "So Long Mary," and "Stand Up and Fight Like Hell." (15 items)

Box 21

    Folder

    K -- GEORGE WASHINGTON, JR., 1906:

      Includes: "If Washington Should Come to Life," "You're a Grand Old Flag," "You're a Grand Old Rag," and instrumental music for the piano. (15 items)

    L -- FIFTY MILES FROM BOSTON, 1907:

      Includes: "Ain't It Awful," "Harrigan," "Jack and Jill," and "The Small Town Gal." (7 items)

    M -- THE TALK OF NEW YORK, 1907-1908:

      Includes: "Busy Little Broadway," "Drink with Me," "I Want You," and "That's Some Love." (19 items)

    N -- THE AMERICAN IDEA, 1908:

      Includes: "The American Ragtime" and "They Always Follow Me" (by William Jerome and Jean Schwartz, published in the Chicago Examiner, December 13, 1908). (6 items)

    O -- THE YANKEE PRINCE, 1908:

      Includes: "Come On Down Town" and "I Say Flo." (10 items)

    P -- THE MAN WHO OWNS BROADWAY, 1909:

      Includes: "I'm in Love With One of the Stars" and "Love Will Make or Break a Man." (9 items)

    Q -- THE LITTLE MILLIONAIRE, 1911:

      Includes: "The Musical Moon," "Oh, You Wonderful Girl," and a piano arrangement of "The Little Millionaire Waltzes." (5 items)

    R -- THE COHAN REVIEW OF 1916 and COHAN REVIEW OF 1918:

      Contains: "The Eyes of Youth See the Truth," "The Frisco Melody," "Spanish," and "You Can Tell That I'm Irish." (4 items)

    S -- THE ROYAL VAGABOND, 1919:

      Contains: "Good Bye, Bargravia," "In a Kingdom of Our Own," "A Wee Bit of Lace," and a selection of piano arrangements. (4 items)

    T -- LITTLE NELLIE KELLY, 1922:

      Includes: "Nellie Kelly I Love You," "The Voice in My Heart," and "You Remind Me of My Mother."  (8 items)

    U -- THE RISE OF ROSIE O'REILLY, 1923:

      Contains: "Born and Bred in Brooklyn," "The Marathon Step," "Poor Old World," and "When June Comes Along with a Song." (4 items)

    V -- THE MERRY MALONES, 1927:

      Includes: "You Remind Me of My Mother," "The Easter Sunday Parade," and a piano arrangement of several songs. (5 items)

Box 22

    Folder

    W -- BILLIE, 1928:

      Contains: "Billie," "The Two of Us," and "Where Were You--Where Was I? (Exactly Where We Are)." (3 items)

    X -- GEORGE M, 1968:

      A biographical musical using almost two dozen Cohan songs. Contains: "Give My Regards To Broadway," "Harrigan," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," and "You're A Grand Old Flag." (4 items)

    Y -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1908-1918:

      "The Belle of the Barber's Ball," 1908, MINSTRELS
      "Down By the Erie Canal," 1915, HELLO BROADWAY
      "I'm True to Them All," 1918, THE GIRL BEHIND THE GUN
      (4 items)

    Z -- Motion Picture Productions, 1915-1932

      "Mary's a Grand Old Name," 1932, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
      "Over There," 1917, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
      "So Long Mary," 1915, 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY
      "The Yankee Doodle Boy," 1931, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
      (4 items)

    AA-BB Special Editions, 1930-1942

    AA -- Cohan's Popular Songs Cover Series, 1930-1938:

      Song sheets feature a portrait of Cohan and five sketches symbolic of the times illustrating five popular songs: "I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby," "So Long Mary," "You're a Grand Old Flag," "Give My Regards to Broadway," and "Yankee Doodle Boy." Includes: "Give My Regards To Broadway," "Harrigan," "Mary's A Grand Old Name," and "Life's A Funny Proposition After All." 
      (21 items)

    BB -- Red, White Blue (Flag) Cover Series, 1931-1942:

      Song sheets feature a portrait of Cohan surrounded by segments of the American Flag (Stars and Stripes). Includes hits from Cohan musicals: "Barnum Had the Right Idea," "Down by the Erie Canal," "Forty Five Minutes from Broadway," "Give My Regards to Broadway," "The Man Who Owns Broadway," "Oh You Wonderful Girl," "Washington ... A Wonderful Man," "The Yankee Doodle Boy," and "You're a Grand Old Flag." (16 items)

    CC -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1903-1940

      Includes: "Forty Five Minutes from Broadway," "Give My Regards to Broadway," "Harrigan," "Mary's a Grand Old Name," "So Long Mary," "Yankee Doodle Boy," and "You're a Grand Old Flag." (46 items)

    DD -- Folio, n.d., 21 most popular song hits from seven of Cohan's musical
               productions. (1 item)

Subseries 4.73: Russ Columbo, 1930-1951

Box 131

    Folder

    A -- General Songs,1931-1951, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

      Includes: "Prisoner of Love" and "You Call It Madness But I Call It Love." 
      (10 items)

    B -- Motion Picture Production, 1934,

      "Too Beautiful for Words." WAKE UP AND DREAM. (2 items)

    C -- Songs by Others, 1930-1933

      Includes: "As You Desire Me," "Lies," and "Love Letter in the Sand." (11 items)

    D -- Songs by Others, Motion Picture Productions, 1933:

      Includes two songs each from MOULIN ROUGE and BROADWAY THROUGH A KEYHOLE. (5 items)

    E -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1931-1951

      Includes: "I'm Yours to Command." (5 items)

Subseries 4.74: Edward Elzear (Zez) Confrey, 1920-1969

Box 132

    Folder

    A -- General Songs,1920-1933, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

      Includes: "Dumbell," "Kitten on the Keys," and "Stumbling." (11 items)

    B-C -- Instrumental Compositions, 1921-1969

    B -- 1921-1923; 1943

      Multiple editions of "Dizzy Fingers" and "Kitten on the Keys." (12 items)

    C -- 1921-1969:

      Includes: "Coaxing the Piano," "Greenwich Witch," and "Poor Buttermilk." 
      (15 items)

    D -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1923-1933

      Contains: "Jumpin' Up and Down" and "Nickel in the Slot." (4 items)

    E -- Folios, 1923-1963; n.d.

      Includes: African Suite, Moods of a New Yorker, and Zez Confrey's Modern Course in Novelty Piano Playing. (6 items)

Subseries 4.75: Chester Conn (Cohn) & Ned Miller, 1922-1953

Box 132

    Folder

    A-D -- General Songs,1922-1952, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

    A-B -- Songs by Conn, with Ned Miller and Others, 1922-1952

    A -- 1922-1924:

      Multiple editions of "Don't Mind the Rain" and "Why Should I Cry Over You." (18 items)

    B -- 1923-1952:

      Includes: "Crying for You," "Sunday," and "You Don't Like It, Not Much." 
      (17 items)

    C -- Song by Conn Alone, 1933, "Living in Doubt." (1 item)

    D -- Songs by Ned Miller, with Others, 1927-1931

      Contains "I Don't Blame You" and "Kiss and Make Up." (4 items)

    E -- Motion Picture Production, 1928, "My Suppressed Desire," GANG WAR. 
           (2 items)

    F -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1922-1953

      Includes: "Heart-Breaker" and "Outside of Heaven." (8 items)

Subseries 4.76: Con Conrad, 1912-1936

Box 133

    Folder

    A-C General Songs, 1912-1934, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

    A -- 1912-1934:

      Includes: "Mandy 'n Me," "Ma!" and "She's Everybody's Sweetheart (But Nobody's Gal)." "Bend Down Sister" is missing its cover and one edition of "Down in Dear Old New Orleans" is missing inner pages.  (33 items)

    B -- 1920-21:

      Multiple editions of "Margie," "Mimi," and "Moonlight." (17 items)

    C -- 1924-1926:

      Multiple editions of "Hi Ho the Merrio," "Lonesome and Sorry" (one back cover missing), and "Memory Lane." (23 items)

    D -- African American Song, 1934, "Get Goin'." (1 item)

    E -- Armed Conflict, 1918-1919

      Contains: "Frenchy Come Back to Yankee Land," "Oh! Frenchy," and "There's Nobody Home But Me." (3 items)

    F --Musical Theater Production, 1923, MOONLIGHT

      Contains: "Forever" and "Say It Again." (4 items)

    G -- Motion Picture Productions, Miscellaneous, 1929-1933

      "Good-Bye, Love," 1933, GOOD-BYE, LOVE
      "Ma!" 1921, MIDNIGHT ROUNDERS and THE ROSE GIRL
      "Sing a Little Love Song," 1929, BROADWAY
      "That's You, Baby," 1929, FOX MOVIETONE FOLLIES
      "Walking with Susie," 1921, FOX MOVIETONE FOLLIES
      (7 items)

    H -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1918-1936

      Includes: "The Champagne Waltz," "The Continental," "Here's to Romance," and "A Needle in a Haystack."
      (27 items)

Subseries 4.77: Charlie Crozat Converse, 1835-1866; n.d.

Box 133

    Folder

    A --General Songs, 1853-1857, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

      Includes: "The Rock Beside the Sea" and "We Miss Thee at Home." (13 items)

    B -- Instrumental Compositions, 1835-1855; n.d.

      Includes: "American World's Fair Polka" and "Turkish Battle Polka." (10 items)

    C -- Answer/Companion Songs, 1844-1866

      Includes: "Do They Miss Me at Home" and "Lone Rock by the Sea." (4 items)

Subseries 4.78: J. Fred Coots, 1916-1956

Box 134

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, 1916-1956, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

    A-B -- Collaboration with Others, 1916-1956

    A -- 1916-1930:

      Includes: "A Beautiful Lady in Blue," "Doin' the Raccoon," and "For All We Know." (25 items)

    B -- 1931-1956:

      Includes: "Gosh Darn," "I Wouldn't Trade The Silver in My Mother's Hair," "Love Letters in the Sand," "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (one edition missing inner page), and "You Go to My Head." Cover is missing from one edition of "Goodbye Mama (I'm off to Yokohama)."
      (35 items)

    C -- Collaboration with Benny Davis, 1929-1936

      Includes: "I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You)," and "You Started Me Dreaming." (20 items)

    D --Sacred Song, 1951, "God Is My Friend." (1 item)

    E -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1922-1929

      "After the Clouds Roll By," 1922, SALLY, IRENE AND MARY
      "Innocent Eyes," 1923, INNOCENT EYES
      "The Promenade Walk," 1925, ARTISTS AND MODELS
      "Why (Is There a Rainbow in the Sky)," SONS O'GUNS
      "Why Should We Be Wasting Time," 1927, THE MERRY WORLD
      (5 items)

    F -- Radio Program, 1950, "The Girl of My Heart," OKAY, MOTHER. (1 item)

    G-H -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1924-1953

    G -- Collaboration with Others, 1924-1953:

      Includes: "A Beautiful Lady in Blue," "For All We Know," "Little Johnny Chickadee," "One Minute to One," "Summer Souvenirs," and "Two Tickets to Georgia." (45 items)

    H -- Collaboration with Benny Davis, 1929-1936:

      Includes: "Doin' the Suzi-Q," "I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking Of You)," "Miss Hallelujah Brown," and "She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific." (19 items)

Subseries 4.79: Sam Coslow, 1919-1953

Box 135

    Folder

    A-C -- General Songs, 1919-1953, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

    A -- 1919-1926:

      Includes: "Dumb Dora," "I Never Knew What the Moon Could Do," "I'm Just Wild about Animal Crackers," and "Kitten on the Keys." (35 items)

    B -- 1923-1928:

      Multiple editions of "Bebe" and "Was It a Dream?" (12 items)

    C -- 1927-1953

      Includes: "Blue Mirage," "Have You Forgotten So Soon," "You Didn't Know the Music," and who "Who's to Blame" (a double-sided edition with "My Window of Dreams" by Al Bryan and John Klenner on the reverse).  (18 items)

    D -- Musical Theater Production, 1923, "Wanita," PASSING SHOW OF 1922. 
           (1 item)

    E-F Motion Picture Productions, 1929-1946

    E -- HONEY, 1930:

      Contains: "In My Little Hope Chest," "Let's Be Domestic," and "Sing You Sinners." (6 items)

      MURDER AT THE VANITIES, 1934

      Contains: "Cocktails for Two" (one edition has large notes and words), "Ebony Rhapsody," "Live and Love Tonight," and "Lovely One." (7 items)

      CORONADO, 1935:

      Contains: "Down on the Isle of Oomph," "How Do I Rate with You," and "Keep Your Fingers Crossed." (3 items)

    F --Motion Picture Productions, Miscellaneous, 1929-1946:

      "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home," 1929, THUNDERBOLT
      "A Day Without You," 1932; 1933, EIGHT GIRLS IN A BOAT
      "Heavenly Music," 1943, HEAVENLY MUSIC
      "If I Were King," 1930, THE VAGABOND KING
      "I'm a Seeker of Beauty," 1933, THE SEARCH FOR BEAUTY
      "In The Middle of a Kiss," 1935, COLLEGE SCANDAL
      "It's Love Again," 1936, IT'S LOVE AGAIN
      "Jammin'," 1937, TURN OFF THE MOON
      "A Little Angel Told Me So," ONE HOUR LATE
      "A Little White Gardenia," 1935, ALL THE KING'S HORSES
      "Moon Song," 1932, HELLO EVERYBODY
      "Paradise in Waltz Time," 1936, CHAMPAGNE WALTZ
      "Pickaninnies' Heaven," 1932, HELLO EVERYBODY
      "Song of the South," 1946, SONG OF THE SOUTH
      "Sweepin' the Clouds Away," 1930, PARAMOUNT ON PARADE
      "This Little Piggie Went to Market," 1933, EIGHT GIRLS IN A BOAT
      "True Blue Lou," 1929, THE DANCE OF LIFE
      (23 items)

    G-H -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1927-1953

    G --Professional/Artist Copies, General Songs, 1927-1953:

      Includes: "An Old Curiousity Shop, "Hello, Swanee, Hello," and "You Didn't Know the Music." (18 items)

    H --Professional/Artist Copies, Motion Picture Songs, 1929-1946:

      Includes: "The Honorable Mr. So and So," "I Guess It Had to Be That Way," "In the Middle of a Kiss," and "Thanks." (50 items)

Subseries 4.80: Lynn, Rubey, and Stanley Cowan, 1911-1941

Box 136

    Folder

    A-B -- General Songs, 1911-1941, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

    A -- General Songs, by Rubey Cowan, 1911-1924

      Includes: "It Was Just a Song at Twilight," "There's Just a Little Touch of Dixie in Your Eyes," and "You Can't Expect Kisses from Me." (20 items)

    B -- General Songs, by Lynn and Stanley Cowan, 1918-1941

      Contains: "Dream House" and "Kisses." (7 items)

    C -- Armed Conflict Song, 1913, "The Yanks Are at It Again." (1 item)

    D -- Musical Theater Production, 1924, "Nuthin's Gonna Stop Me Now," 
            GEORGE WHITE' SCANDALS  OF 1924-1925. (1 item)

    E -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1911-1926; 1939

      Includes: "You Can't Expect Kisses from Me." (7 items)

    F -- Folio, n.d., arrangements for piano (covers are missing). (1 item)

Subseries 4.81: Noel Coward, 1925-1944

Box 136

    Folder

    A-B -- Musical Theater Productions, 1925-1934;1944

    A --THIS YEAR OF GRACE, 1928:

      Contains: "Dance Little Lady," "A Room with a View," and "Teach Me to 
      Dance Like Grandma." (3 items)

      BITTER SWEET, 1929; 1944:

      Contains: "If Love Were All," "I'll See You Again," "Kiss Me," and "Zigeuner." (6 items)

    B --Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1928-1934:

      "Half Caste Woman," 1931, ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1931
      "I'll Follow My Secret Heart," 1934, CONVERSATION PIECE
      "Poor Little Rich Girl," 1925, CHARLOT'S REVUE OF 1926
      "Someday I'll Find You," 1931, PRIVATE LIVES
      (18 items)

    C -- Motion Picture Song, 1933, "Cavalcade," CALVACADE 
            (film by Coward, music and lyrics by others).  (1 item)

    D -- Professional/Artist Copy," 1938, "Never Again," SET TO MUSIC. (1 item)

Subseries 4.82: Frank Crumit, 1920-1943

Box 136

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, 1925-1937, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

      Includes: "Abdul Abulbul Amir," "The Prune Song," and "She Can't." "Pretty Little Dear" includes saxophone arrangements. "Where Is My Wondering Boy Tonight" is Crumit's adaptation of Robert Lowry's song. (21 items)

    B --Songs by Others, 1920-1943, covers feature photos of Crumit.

      Includes: "I'm a Lonesome Little Raindrop" and "Madeline" from THE GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES.  (9 items)

    C -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1927-1935

      Includes: "The Dashing Marine" and "Get Away, Old Man, Get, Away." 
      (14 items)

    D --Folios, 1932, Frank Crumit's Book of Favorite Songs. (3 items)

Subseries 4.83: Xavier Cugat, 1923-1950; n.d.

Box 137

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, 1939-1948, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

      Includes: "Cui Cui" and "Thanks for the Dream." (8 items)

    B --Songs by Others, 1923-1950, covers feature photos of Cugat

      Includes: "Isle of Capri," "Let Me Love You Tonight," and "Mexicali Rose." 
      (24 items)

    C -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1937-1948

      Includes: "Nightingale" and "Play the Playera." (7 items)

    D --Folios, 1936, n.d. (3 items)

      Contains: Xavier Cugat's Favorite Collection of Tangos and Rhumbas and Xavier Cugat's Best Compositions and Other Latin-American Favorites. (3 items)

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