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

Series 7: SPORTS, 1834-1983

by: Robert S Harding and Yaraslav Senyk, 1997

Subseries 7.1: Baseball, 1860-1976

Box 1

Folder

A-E -- General Songs, 1867-1970, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

A -- 1867-1908:

Includes: "The Base Ball Fever," "Steal! Slide! Anyway!" and
"Take Your Girl to the Ball Game." (20 items)

B -- 1908:

Multiple editions of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." (12 items)

C -- 1909:

Multiple editions of "I Want to Go to the Ball Game." (6 items)

D -- 1909-1915:

Includes: "Back to the Bleachers for Mine," "The Baseball Man
for Me," and "Let's Get the Umpire's Goat." (23 items)

E -- 1924-1973:

Includes: "I Can't Get to First Base with You," "I'm Baseball
Crazy," and "Slide, Kelly, Slide!" (24 items)

F -- Ethnic Songs, 1907-1913

Contains: "Brother Noah Gave Out Checks for Rain" and "Jake,
Jake (The Yiddisher Ball Player)." (3 items)

G -- Armed Conflict, 1918

Contains: "Batter Up," and "Uncle Sammy's at the Bat." (2 items)

H -- Music for Children, 1894-1971

Contains simple melodies for teaching; titles and covers have baseball themes. (25 items)

I -- League Songs, 1908-1961

Includes: "Goodnight, Little Leaguer," "Legion Ball," and "Stars of the National Game." (6 items)

J-L -- Team Songs, 1895-1970

J -- 1895-1912:

Includes: "The Game the Phillies Play," "The Illinois Loyalty Song," and "Out to See the Cubs Play Ball." (9 items)

K -- 1902:

Contains multiple editions of "Tessie." (5 items)

Box 2

Folder

L -- 1926-1970:

Includes: "Brooklyn Baseball Cantata," "Home of the Braves," and "Tigers on Parade." (28 items)

M-P -- Players

M-N -- Songs about Players, 1912-1973

M -- 1912-1973:

Contains: "Move Over Babe, Here Comes Henry," "Say Hey, Willie Mays," "I Love Mickey," and "Joltin' Joe Di Maggio."  (4 items)

N -- 1920-1948:

Contains songs about Babe Ruth, including "Along Came Ruth," "The Home Run King," and "Our Bambino." (11 items)

O-P -- Players as Songwriters or Performers, 1908-1939

O -- 1908-1939:

Includes: "Little Puff of Smoke, Good Night," "Oh Mr. Dream Man," and "Remember Me to My Old Gal." (14 items)

P -- 1912:

Multiple editions of "These Ragtime Melodies." (7 items)

Q -- Miscellaneous References to Baseball, 1892-1969

Includes: "Games We Used to Play," "Just One," and "'Spacially (sic) Jim." (8 items)

R -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1895-1955

"Heart," 1955, DAMN YANKEES
"He's a Fan, Fan, Fan," 1909, LEAN AND HOLBROOK 
     VAUDEVILLE ACT
"I'd Rather Be a Friend of Yours," 1910, MY CINDERELLA GIRL
"The Marquard Glide," 1912, BREAKING THE RECORD
"The National Game," 1909, COMMENCEMENT DAYS
"Over the Fence Is Out," 1896, THE GLOVES
"Put the Ball Over the Pan, McCann," 1910, MY CINDERELLA GIRL
"The Umpire Is a Most Unhappy Man," 1905, THE UMPIRE
"Whatever Lola Wants," 1955, DAMN YANKEES
"Who Would Doubt That I'm a Man," 1895, THE MORMONS
"Will All My Dreams Come True," 1910, MY CINDERELLA GIRL
"Won't You Let Me Creep Into Your Heart?" 1910, MY 
   CINDERELLA GIRL
(14 items)

S -- Motion Picture Productions, Miscellaneous, 1905-1976


"Always," 1925, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
"The Bingo Long Song," 1976, THE BINGO LONG TRAVELING
    ALL-STARS AND MOTOR KINGS
"Casey," 1945, MAKE MINE MUSIC
"A Cowboy's Life," 1938, RAWHIDE
"Drifting," 1938, RAWHIDE
"O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg," 1948; 1949, TAKE ME OUT 
    TO THE BALL GAME
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game," 1936, TAKE ME OUT 
    TO THE BALL GAME
"The Umpire Is a Most Unhappy Man," 1905; 1933, I WONDER 
    WHO'S KISSING HER NOW
"Shoeless Joe from Hannibal Mo," 1955, DAMN YANKEES
"Whatever Lola Wants," 1955, DAMN YANKEES (14 items)


T-U -- Instrumental Compositions, 1860-1925 

Box 3

Folder

T -- 1860-1897:

Includes: "The Boston Tigers," "The Home Run Galop," "The Live Oak Polka," and "The Red Stockings Polka." "Three Strikes" (no date, but presumed to be pre-1900) is represented only by back cover advertisement of a non-baseball song. 
(23 items)

U -- 1900-1925:

Includes: "King of Clubs," "Cubs on Parade," and "The White Sox March." (24 items)

V -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1928-1955

Includes: "Boggle to Boogle to Boone," "Leave Us Go Root for the Dodgers," "Night Game in Brooklyn", and eight songs from DAMN YANKEES. (17 items)

W -- Folios, 1945; n.d. (c. 1945)

Bobby Gregory's Jumbo Song Folio No.10, includes "The Baseball Umpire," and reduced-size reproductions of fourteen old baseballs song, "Baseball in Music and Song." (2 items)

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