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

Series 5: POLITICS AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, ca. 1817-1982

by: Karen Linn, 1991

EPHEMERA 

Subseries 5.1:  Patriotic Music

    See also references:

            Notes written by Sam DeVincent. (21 items)

    Music-related ephemera, ca. 1935-1980:

    Correspondence from collector and a recording company, notes
    on song history, sheet music list, news clippings, one poster. (13 items)

    Non-music patriotic ephemera, ca. 1935-1975:

    Booklets on the U.S. flag, place mat, news clippings, color
    print of the signing of the declaration of independence. (11items)

    Bicentennial, ca. 1976:

    County fair 4-H ribbon, bicentennial news release, church worship bulletin, a certificate of
    appreciation (to DeVincent from local bicentennial commission). (5 items)

    Uncle Sam, 1888-1976:

    An Uncle Sam practice poster, see also references, correspondence, 1888 issue of Texas Siftings. (5 items)

Subseries 5.2:  Politics and Political Figures

    "See also" references:

    Other references are in folders by name. (16 items)

    Sheet music lists    (4 items)

    Correspondence, ca. 1939-1981:

    With publishing companies and collectors. (6 items)

    Carter, Jimmy, ca. 1977-1978:

    Correspondence and promotional material from musicians.,
    publishers and recording companies, wire service printouts,
    news clippings, press release, one "see also" reference. (16 items)

    Kennedy, John F., ca. 1961-1969:

    Correspondence from composers and publishers, a Western Union
    telegram portrait of Kennedy, sheet music list, a "see also"
    reference, radio play cards, programs, lyrics, one photograph
    (of a JFK song composer). (17 items)

    Lincoln, Abraham, ca. 1934-1986:

    Correspondence, sheet music lists, articles on Lincoln music,
    "see also" references, photographs of sheet music covers,
    advertising matter, one poster, souvenir facsimile of the
    Gettysburg Address, program from 1957 Lincoln Day Seminar
    (guest speaker--Joseph R. McCarthy), many booklets on life of
    Lincoln, color portrait. (21 items)

    Nixon, Richard and Watergate, ca. 1969-1974:

    "See also" references, promotional material from recording
    companies, a play dollar, photocopies of 45 rpm recordings of
    Watergate songs, advertising matter, news clippings, a vinyl
    Watergate confidential file holder. (21 items)

    Reagan, Ronald, ca. 1966-1981:

    "See also" references, National Sheet Music Society Newsletter on
    Reagan sheet music, news clippings, correspondence from Apex
    Music, wire service printout, bumper sticker, promotional
    material, Re-Run with Ronnie (1966). (12 items)

    Roosevelt, Theodore, ca. 1904:

    Color portrait of Roosevelt, one 'see also' reference. (2 items)

    Washington, George, ca. 1931-1980:

    Correspondence, magazine clippings, list of Washington
    recordings, 'see also' reference, booklet, map. (6 items)

    Presidents and other politicians, ca. 1923-1981:

    News and magazine clippings, 'see also' references, two National Sheet Music Society
    newsletters, a program/booklet on show How to Steal an Election (1968), promotional
    and advertising matter, color portrait of Eisenhower, memorial program for Harding, place
    mats depicting the presidents, advertisement with endorsement from Mayor Jimmy Walker of
    NYC, Hoover campaigncard. (22 items)

Subseries 5.3:  Politics and Political Parties, ca. 1965-1968:

    "See also" reference, promotional material from publishers and
    record companies, photocopy of a sheet music cover,
    booklet--Banners, Buttons and Songs: A Pictorial Review and
    Capsule Almanac of America's Presidential Campaigns (1968). (7 items)

Subseries 5.4:  Klu Klux Klan, ca. 1942-1987:

    "See also"' reference, sheet music lists, news and magazine
    clippings, The Cross and the Flag--Nov. 1961 issue. (8 items)

Subseries 5.5:  Prohibition and Temperance, ca. 1866:

    A Family Temperance Pledge, signed by four people. (1 item)

Subseries 5.6:  Trade Unions, 1961-1984:

    One "see also reference.  Material on American Federation of
    Musicians: booklet, news clippings from the union paper.
    (6 items)

Subseries 5.7: Women's Rights, ca. 1929-1980:

    "See also" reference, program for the Women's Benefit Association
    (1929), booklet on women by Pope Pius XII (1945), news clipping.
    (4 items)

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