Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music
Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
OVERVIEW OF SERIES 16, Country, Western, and Folk, 1839-1986, undated
Series Title: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 16,
Country, Western, and Folk
Series Dates: circa 1839-1986, undated
Extent and Forms of Material: 31 cubic feet (94 boxes)
Creator: Forms part of the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music
Abstract: Materials consist primarily of sheet music containing images and lyrics on subjects
relating to country, western, and folk music in America. There are also articles, programs,
clippings, promotional materials and other music-related ephemera included among these
materials.
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C. archivescenter@si.edu 202-633-3270www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives
Collection Number: AC0300
Processing Note: Processed by Cooby Greenway (volunteer), December, 2009; supervised by
Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist.
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Preferred Citation: Title and date of item, Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated Sheet
Music, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, series number X, box number
X, folder number XX, digital file number XXXXXXXX
IN-DEPTH INFORMATION
Administrative/Biographical History: Sam DeVincent was born on January 8, 1918 and lived
in Fort Wayne, Indiana, most of his life. DeVincent collected sheet music and related materials
during most of his lifetime. His interest included both the music and the cover art. Because he
had little money to support his collecting, DeVincent gathered most of his material through
careful searches and travel.
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
DeVincent and his wife used the music he collected in their musical group, Nancy Lee and the
Hilltoppers. The group performed regularly on radio station WOWO in Fort Wayne, Indiana,
from 1945 to 1955. After 1955 (and the emergence of rock and roll), Nancy Lee and the
Hilltoppers played weekly on the radio station. At this time, Mr. DeVincent worked as an allnight disc jockey at WOWO. In 1960 he became music director and music librarian at the
station. His position as music librarian helped him to add to his collection.
DeVincent retired from WOWO in 1983. He and his wife continued to perform publicly,
including their weekly radio show on WOWO. The National Museum of American History
acquired the DeVincent collection in the spring of 1988. Sam DeVincent passed away on
November 29, 1997.
A more complete introduction to the DeVincent collection, written by John Edward Hasse,
Curator of American Music, National Museum of American History, is found in the introduction
to this document.
Scope and Content: Series 16 contains approximately 11,500 pieces of sheet music and other
materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards country, western, and
folk music in the United States. The dates always refer to copyright of the music and not to the
subject on the cover, songwriter‟s life, or other events. There are 78 boxes of sheet music and 16
boxes of ephemera. The ephemera section is arranged in the same subseries order as the music
listing, described following the container list, with two additional subseries.
Subseries 1, Individual Male Entertainers, 1911-1983. Many entertainers were parts of
groups from time to time, or had a spouse who was part of the team. With this in mind, it is
important to search under subseries 2 and 3 if a name is not found in this subseries. Real names
are used in place of stage names; i.e., “Uncle Ezra” is under Pat Barrett and “The Arkansas
Woodchopper” is under Luther Ossenbrink.
Subseries 2, Individual Female Entertainers, 1902-1986, undated. If an individual‟s more
significant work was with others, she would be in subseries 3, Groups. Example: Dale Evans
and Roy Rogers are in subseries 3.
Subseries 3, Duos and Groups, 1910-1981, undated. The names in this section are listed in
alphabetical order by the group name; i.e., “Lulu Belle and Scotty” is under “Lulu.” Also see
subseries 1 and 2 or individual names.
Subseries 4, The West, 1839-1984. The earliest copyright of this Series is “A Western Refrain
(Westward Ho!)” in this subseries. Categories are: Covered Wagon and Wagon Train, “Home
on the Range,” Movie Cowboys and Showmen, Rodeo and Round-up, General Songs, and
Folios. Note that folios specific to a category will be in that category.
Subseries 5, Barn Dance, Fiddle Tunes, and “Turkey in the Straw,” 1878-1975. Sheets in the
two Barn Dance folders have either “barn dance” in the title or cover illustrations of barn dances.
The earliest music dates from 1878; the well-known WLS radio show National Barn Dance first
aired in 1924. Researchers looking for more fiddle tunes than in this series will find them in the
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(future) series, Musical Instruments. In addition to the traditional “Turkey in the Straw,” there
are allied or companion pieces in this folder. Also see Series 20, Musicians and Musical
Instruments and Series 18, Dance, Subseries 7, Jigs & Reels.
Subseries 6, Blues, Feuding, Hillbilly, Honky Tonk, and Yodeling, 1885-1975, undated. The
Blues are country style dating 1929-1957. The items referring only to “hillbilly” are in this
folder; see other subseries, especially Folios, for items with “hillbilly” included in the title. For
more yodeling items, see Series 8, Geography, Switzerland.
Subseries 7, Miscellaneous Songs, 1913-1983. This is organized by publisher. By far the
largest part is the Acuff-Rose/Milene output. The other named publisher is Combine Music
Corp. Miscellaneous Publishers includes all other songs not particular to previous subseries.
Subseries 8, Folios, 1914-1969, undated. Most of the folios are in this subseries but they are
included in other sections where appropriate. Most of the folios have performers pictured on the
covers. Also see Series 18, Dance and Series 20, Musicians and Musical Instruments.
Ephemera – Subseries 1-6 follow the same headings as for the sheet music. Subseries 7 contains
materials concerning publishers. There is no subseries 8. Subseries 9 contains materials
concerning the Grand Ole Opry. Subseries 10 is the largest section of ephemera and contains
publications such as trade magazines and radio company newsletters.
System of Arrangement: The music is arranged in eight subseries. All ephemera is housed at
the end of the collection.
Subseries 1, Individual Male Entertainers, 1911-1983, undated
Subseries 2, Individual Female Entertainers, 1902-1986, undated
Subseries 3, Duos and Groups, 1910-1981, undated
Subseries 4, The West, 1939-1984
Subseries 5, Barn Dance, Fiddle Tunes, and “Turkey in the Straw,” 1878-1975
Subseries 6, Blues, Feuding, Hillbilly, Honky Tonk, and Yodeling, 1885-1975, undated
Subseries 7, Miscellaneous Songs, 1913-1983
Subseries 8, Folios, 1914-1969
Ephemera – subseries 1-7 and subseries 9-10
Index
Acquisition Information: This collection was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution, 1988,
from Sam and Nancy Lee DeVincent.
Related Archival Materials: Material related to this series within the DeVincent Collection
may be found in Series 6, Movies; Series 10, Sacred Music and Religious Themes; Series 11,
Entertainment; Series 18, Dance; and Series 20, Musicians and Musical Instruments.
Access Points:
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Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music
Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Subject/Names:
Barn Dance
Country Music
Folk Music
Grand Ole Opry
Hillbilly
Honky Tonk
Western Music
Subject/Topical:
Musicians
Music -- United States
Music -- Performance
Music -- 18th century
Music -- 19th century
Music -- 20th century
Form/Genre:
Illustrations
Sheet music
CONTAINER LISTING
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Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music
Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
SERIES 16, COUNTRY, WESTERN, AND FOLK, 1839-1986, undated
Subseries 1, Individual Male Entertainers, 1911-1983, undated
The following individuals wrote the song and/or have their pictures on the covers.
Also see subseries 3, Groups and subseries 4, The West/Movie Cowboys and Showmen.
Box Folder
A-B
1
2
Acuff, Roy, 1942-1975
A
Includes: “Jole Blon” and “Night Train to Memphis.” (50 items)
B
Folios (4 items)
C
Allen, Rex, 1941-1952 – The Arizona Cowboy
Includes: “Don‟t Make Me Cry Over You,” “Who Shot the Hole in My
Sombrero,” and two folios. (27 items)
D-F
Arnold, Eddy, 1921-1967, undated
D
A–M
Includes: “Any Time,” “Bouquet of Roses,” “Mama, Come Get Your Baby
Boy.” (76 items)
E
O–Y
Includes: “That Ain‟t in Any Catalog” and “That‟s How Much I Love
You.” (33 items)
F
Folios (5 items)
G
Atcher, Bob and Randall, 1935-1957
Includes: “Down with the Feminine Gender” and “I‟m Lending You to
Uncle Sammy.” (28 items)
H
Atkins, Chet, 1949-1965
Includes: “Midnight Train,” “Slipping Around,” and four folios. (26 items)
I-N
Autry, Gene, 1911-1975, undated
Also see Fred Rose in this subseries and subseries 4, The West.
I
A–H
Includes: “Back in the Saddle Again” and “A Hundred and Sixty Acres”
from The Last Roundup. (65 items)
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Box Folder
J
3
K
4
5
L
Folios, including “Gene Autry‟s Famous Cowboy Songs and Mountain
Ballads.” (7 items)
M
Folios, contains “Sgt. Gene Autry Presents His Favorite Patriotic and
Hillbilly Songs.” (12 items)
N
Folios, including “Gene Autry – Songs and Scenes from Republic Pictures.”
(10 items)
O
Barrett, Pat, 1937, Uncle Ezra
Includes: “Do It Quietly” and one folio. (5 items)
p
Bond, Johnny, 1941-1950, undated
Includes: “Cimarron (Roll On),” “She Was a Washout in the Blackout,” and
two folios: “Johnny Bond‟s Songs of the Red River Valley.” (35 items)
Q
Boyd, Bill, 1939-1948
Includes: “Every Night Is Saturday Night” and two folios. (25 items)
R-S
Britt, Elton, 1935-1953
R
Includes: “Five Glasses on a Texas Bar” and “Someday You‟ll Want Me to
Want You.” (40 items)
S
Folios (4 items)
T-U
6
I–R
Includes: “I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine,” “Johnny Red and Billy
Yank,” and “Oh Dem Golden Slippers.” (67 items)
S–Y
Includes: “Tears on My Pillow,” “Under Fiesta Stars,” and “You‟re the Only
Star.” (57 items)
Bryant, Boudleaux and Felice, 1950-1967
T
A–J
Includes: “Before the Ring on Your Finger Turns Green,” “Frankie You‟re a
Rat Fink,” and “I‟m Little But I‟m Loud.” (149 items)
U
K–Y
Includes: “Mommie‟s Real Peculiar” and “Wake Up Little Suzie.”
(167 items)
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Box Folder
6
V
W-X
7
8
Bryant, Hoyt “Slim,” 1934-1952
Includes: “Eeny Meeny Dixie Deeny” and four folios. (7 items)
Burnette, Smiley, 1932-1950, undated
W
Includes: “Big Rock Candy Mountain,” “Just Come on Back” and “Uncle
Henry‟s Vacation” both from The Phantom Empire. (52 items)
X
Folios (2 items)
Y
Cambell, Glen, 1958-1980, undated
Includes: three songs from Norwood, “The Wichita Lineman,” and two
folios. (20 items)
Z
Carlisle, Cliff, 1932-1966
Includes: “A Dollar Ain‟t a Dollar Anymore,” “Is Zat You, Myrtle,” and
“Wouldn‟t That Cock Your Pistol,” and two folios. (67 items)
AA-BB
Carter, Wilf (“Montana Slim”), 1936-1952, undated
AA
Includes: “There‟s a Love Knot in My Lariat.” (12 items)
BB
Folios: including “Montana Slim and the Big Hole Bronco Busters.”
(7 items)
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Cash, Johnny, see subseries 3, Groups, Carter Family and Johnny Cash
CC
Clements, Zeke, (“The Dixie Yodeler”), 1942-1948, undated
Includes: “Smoke on the Water.” (7 items)
DD
Cooley, Spade, 1921-1949
Includes: “Big Chief Boogie,” “Geronimo,” “You Never Miss the Water Till
the Well Runs Dry,” and one folio. (25 items)
EE
Copas, “Cowboy” (Lloyd Estel Copas), 1947-1954, undated
Includes: “Hangman‟s Boogie” from Square Dance Jubilee and two folios.
(14 items)
FF
Daffan, Ted, 1941-1952
Includes: “Shut That Gate” and one folio, “Ted Daffan‟s Coin Machine
Hits.” (31 items)
Box Folder
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
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9
10
11
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Dalhart, Vernon, 1921-1937
Includes: “The Miner‟s Prayer” and two folios “Vernon Dalhart‟s New Song
Album” and “Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison‟s Album of Songs” with
Adelyne Hood‟s photo included on the cover. Also see Carson Robison in
this subseries. (9 items)
HH-JJ
Davis, Jimmie, 1936-1963
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A–P
Includes: “I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine” and “Nobody‟s Darlin‟ But
Mine.” (73 items)
II
S–Y
Includes: “White Lace, Red Clay, a Black Coffin,” “Worried Mind,” and
“You Are My Sunshine.” (69 items)
JJ
Folios (5 items)
KK
Dean, Eddie, 1943-1956
Includes: “Born to Lose” and “Sunny San Juan.” (18 items)
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Dexter, Al, 1941-1948
Includes: “Barrel House Boogie,” “New Broom Boogie,” “Wine, Women
and Song,” and one folio. (35 items)
MM
Dickens, “Little” Jimmy, 1948-1972, undated
Includes: “I‟m in Love Up to My Ears,” “May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up
Your Nose,” and one folio. (25 items)
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Foley, Clyde “Red”, 1935-1957
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Includes: “Chattanoogie [sic] Shoe Shine Boy,” “Cincinat-ti Dancing Pig,”
[sic] and “Night Train to Memphis.” (63 items)
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Folios (5 items)
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Folios (7 items)
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Ford, “Tennessee” Ernie, 1947-1972
Includes: “Nine Pound Hammer,” “A Root‟n Toot‟n Santa Claus,” “Sixteen
Tons,” and one folio. (28 items)
RR
Frizzell, “Lefty” (Stephen Thomas Erlewine), 1950-1952
Includes: “If You Can Spare the Time (I Won‟t Miss the Money),” “If
You‟ve Got the Money I‟ve Got the Time,” and one folio. (19 items)
Box Folder
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11
SS
Gibson, Don, 1955-1977
Includes: “I Believed in You,” “I Better Stop Dreaming,” and “I Know the
Score.” (132 items)
12
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Gill, Rusty, 1935-1960
Includes: “Country Girl Polka,” “Polish Wedding Polka,” and one folio.
(19 items)
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Gilley, Mickey, 1955-1976
Contains: “I‟m Gonna Put My Love in the Want Ads,” “The Power of
Positive Drinkin‟,” and “You Don‟t Know Me.” (3 items)
VV-XX
Gregory, Bobby, 1926-1965, undated
13
14
VV
Includes: “Cross-eyed Dan, the Old Cowhand,” “Cross-eyed Susie from
Buffalo Gap,” and “He Wanted to Go to Ireland.” (35 items)
WW
Folios (11 items)
XX
Folios (26 items)
YY
Guthrie, Woody, 1950-1977, undated
Includes: “ Hard, Ain‟t It Hard” and one folio that includes songs from
Bound for Glory. (7 items)
ZZ
Hamblen, Stuart, 1930-1955
Includes: “Little Old Rag Doll,” “This Ole House,” and one folio. Also see
Series 10, Sacred Music and Religious Themes. (35 items)
AAA
Hewitt, Dolph, 1941-1971
Includes: “Don‟t Tell Me Goodbye” and “You‟re No Longer Mine.”
(16 items)
BBB
Hopkins, Doc, 1936-1949
Includes “We‟re Gonna Play Yankee Doodle in Tokyo” and five folios.
(13 items)
CCC
Horton, Vaughn, 1940-1970
Includes: “Bar Room Polka,” “Choo Choo Ch‟ Boogie,” “Roll on Silver
Dollar,” and “Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka).” (66 items)
DDD
Hull, Russ, 1938-1983, undated
Includes: “Holy Life Insurance,” “Since We Put the Radio Out in the
Henhouse,” and “When Nango Does the Yango.” (79 items)
Box Folder
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15
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Jones, Louis Marshall “Grandpa,” 1936-1955, undated
Includes: “Eight More Miles to Louisville” and three folios. (8 items)
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Kincaid, Bradley, 1928-1946
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17
Includes: “The Yellow Rose of Texas” and seven small folios. (12 items)
Folios (6 items)
King, Peewee, and Stewart, Redd, 1939-1956, undated
Also see Redd Stewart, Folder EEEEE.
HHH
Includes: “Bimbo,” “Slow Polk,” and “The Newtons Are Feudin‟ Again.”
(50 items)
III
Folios (7 items)
JJJ
Lair, John, 1935-1947, undated
“Take Me Back to Renfro Valley,” Renfro Valley Hymn Book, and one folio
with no covers. (9 items)
KKK
Loudermilk, John D., 1960-1972
Includes: “He‟s Just a Scientist,” “Interstate Forty,” “Thanks to Rumors,”
and “Th‟ Wife.” (151 items)
LLL
Mank, Chaw, 1944-1951
Includes: “I‟m Sitting on Top of a Haystack” and five editions of three songs
each. (23 items)
MMM
Manners, Zeke, 1939-1952, undated
Includes: “Choo Choo Polka,” “What Ever happened to the Piano Players?”
and two folios. (17 items)
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Miller, Bob, 1933-1951
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Box Folder
QQQ
Includes: “I Kicked My Wife out of Bed,” “I Married a Mouse of a Man,”
and “I Want a Good Man Bad.” (86 items)
Folios (5 items)
Monroe, Bill, 1946-1966
Includes: “Kentucky Waltz,” “Wicked Path of Sin,” and two folios.
(29 items)
Nelson, Willie, 1945-1977
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Includes “Crazy” and “Hello Walls.” (6 items)
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Newbury, Mickey, 1964-1976
Includes: “The Future‟s Not What It Used to Be,” “I Sure Feel More (Like I
Did Than When I Got Here),” and “She Even Woke Me Up to Say
Goodbye.” (67 items)
SSS
Orbison, Roy, 1958-1972
Includes: “Almost Eighteen” and “You‟ll Never Be Sixteen Again.” All
items are professional or artist copies. (125 items)
TTT
Ossenbrink, Luther, “The Arkansas Woodchopper,” 1940-1943, undated
Contains one song, “There‟ll Never Be Another You” and nine folios.
(10 items)
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Owens, Buck, 1946-1974
Includes: “Too Old to Cut the Mustard” and “Whatcha Gonna Do with a
Dog Like That?” (16 items)
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Payne, Leon, 1949-1967
Includes: “Empty Dreams,” “I Miss That Gal,” and “Lost Highway.”
(20 items)
WWW
Reeves, Jim, 1953-1967, undated
Includes “The Writing‟s on the Wall” and one folio. (11 items)
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Ritter, Tex, 1936-1954, undated
Also see subseries 4, The West, for more cover images.
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Includes: “High Noon” (“Do Not Forsake Me”) from High Noon, and
“Rollin‟ Plains” from Rollin’ Plains. (47 items)
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Folios (7 items)
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Box Folder
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Robbins, Marty, 1949-1959
Includes: “It‟s a Pity What Money Can Do,” “Mean Mama Blues,” and “A
White Sport Coat.” (51 items)
Robertson, Don, see subseries 2, Dinning Sisters.
Robertson, “Texas” Jim, 1940-1950
Includes: “Jaw, Jaw, Yap, Yap, Yap!” “Life Gits [sic] Tee-jus, Don‟t It?”
and one folio. (15 items)
Robison, Carson J., 1922-1955, undated
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I–R
Includes: “Mussolini‟s Letter to Hitler,” “Oh! Why Did I Get Married,”
and “The Return of Barnacle Bill.” (34 items)
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S–Y
Includes: “The Story of Jitterbug Joe” and “Will Someone Please Tell Me
Who to Vote For.” (23 items)
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Folios, including: Ten Truck Tunes. (5 items)
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Folios, including: Carson Robison, Songs of the 1940s. (5 items)
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Folios, including: Carson Robison, Square Dances. (8 items)
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Rodgers, Jimmie, 1928-1968
Includes: “Blue Yodel” titles except for No. 3, all with alternative titles.
(93 items)
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Folios, including Country Song Roundup. (5 items)
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Folios, including Cowboy Ballads with photo of Rodgers‟s first cousin,
Jesse, on the cover and Jimmie Rodgers Album of Songs No. 3 with
“Blue Yodel #9 (Standin‟ on the Corner).” (6 items)
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“1942…” – H
Includes: “1942 Turkey in the Straw” and “1945 Nursery Rhymes” (both
Have lyrics relating to World War II); “Barnacle Bill the Sailor” from
Dames Ahoy, “The Charms of the City Ain‟t for Me,” and “The Death of
Floyd Bennett. (38 items)
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Box Folder
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23
Rogers, Kenny, 1963-1981, undated
Includes: “Love the World Away” from Urban Cowboy and one folio.
(20 items)
Folios (3 items)
Rose, Fred, 1923-1970
A – F (Rose as sole composer/lyricist)
Includes: “Blues in My Mind, “Blues in the Moonlight,” and “Smoke
Town.” (70 items)
G – O (Rose as sole composer/lyricist)
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Includes: “Henpecked Sam,” “I Never Let You Cross My Mind,” and
“The Minstrel Strut.” (65 items)
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P – Y (Rose as sole composer/lyricist)
Includes: “Roly Poly,” “Rootie Tootie,” and “There‟s Two Sides to Every
Story.” (63 items)
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Multiple Editions (Rose as sole composer/lyricist)
Contains “Honest and Truly” and “Red Hot Henry Brown.” (22 items)
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Songs using the names Floyd or Leroy Jenkins, including “Pins and
Needles.” (17 items)
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Songs with Gene Autry, including: “At Mail Call Today.” (27 items)
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Songs with Hy Heath, including: “I‟m a Problem Child” and several Santa
Claus and Christmas songs. (48 items)
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Songs with Hank Williams, including: “I‟ll Never Get out of This World
Alive.” (8 items)
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Songs with Others – A – H
Includes: “Drink Your Beer and Let‟s Waltz,” “Floyd Thompson, You‟re
the Man,” and “He‟s a Darn Good Man to Have Hanging Around.”
(58 items)
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Songs with Others – I – M
Includes: “I‟ll Meet You in Chicago (at the Fair),” “Jimtown Blues,” and
“Mobile Blues.” (50 items)
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Songs with Others – N – S
Includes: “No One‟s Fool” and “Say Mister, Have You Met Rosie‟s
Sister,” and “Shuffle Boogie Bellhop.” (39 items)
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Songs with others – T – Y
Includes: “Twiddlin‟ My Thumbs” and “You Can Take Me Away from
Dixie.” (32 items)
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Songs with Others – Multiple Editions
Contains: “‟Deed I Do,” “Don‟t Bring Me Posies (It‟s Shoesies That I
Need),” from Tip-Top, “Red Hot Mamma,” and “Sweet Mamma” from
Tick-Tack-Toe. (27 items)
Box Folder
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Miscellaneous
Includes: five songs published by Freddie Rose’s Song Shop and a band
arrangement of “I‟m Nuts about Screwy Music.” (13 items)
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Snow, Hank, 1942-1954, undated
Includes: “Music Makin‟ Mama from Memphis,” “The Night I Stole Old
Sammy Morgan‟s Gin,” and 5 folios. (21 items)
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Stewart, Redd, 1967-1974
Also see Pee Wee King, Folders GGG-HHH.
Includes: “The American Serviceman” and “The Story of the Draft
Dodger.” (17 items)
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Thompson, Hank, 1947-1952
Includes: “Humpty Dumpty Boogie” and “Humpty Dumpty Heart.”
(14 items)
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Tillman, Floyd, 1932-1956
Includes: “I‟ll Never Slip Around on You,” “I‟ve Learned My Lesson
Now,” and one folio. (52 items)
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Travis, Merle, 1939-1953, undated
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Includes: “Catalog Cowboy,” “A Fool at the Steering Wheel,” and
“Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette).” (38 items)
Folios (4 items)
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Includes: “Soldier‟s Last Letter,” “Walking the Floor Over You,” and two
songs with nephew Glenn Douglas Tubb. (49 items)
27
HHHHH
Folios: contains Ernest Tubb Song Folio of Sensational Successes,
Nos. 1-4. (9 items)
IIIII
Folios: contains Ernest Tubb Folio of Recorded Hits, Nos. 1-4.
(8 items)
Folios: includes Justin Tubb (son of Ernest) Folio of Recorded Hits, No. 1.
(7 items)
JJJJJ
28
KKKKK Tuttle, Wesley, 1942-1951
Includes: “Mom Understands” and one folio. (13 items)
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Box Folder
LLLLLMMM
MM
LLLLL
28
MMM
MM
NNNNN
29
Wakely, Jimmy, 1941-1952
Includes: “If You Can‟t Go Right, Don‟t Go Wrong” from I’m from
Arkansas. (62 items)
Folios (7 items)
Waverly, Jack, 1936-1950
Includes: “It Musta Bin Sumpin‟ I Et!” and “Oima from Boima.”
(35 items)
OOOOO
Wellington, Larry, 1940-1946
Also see: The Westerners, subseries 2, Folders LL-NN. Includes: “Bobby
Sox Polka” and “Dude Cowboy.” (11 items)
PPPPPSSSSS
PPPPP
Williams, Hank, 1922-1974
A – J (Williams as sole composer/lyricist)
Includes: “Cold, Cold Heart,” “Honky Tonkin,” and “Jambalaya (on the
Bayou).” (57 items)
QQQQQ
L – Y (Williams as sole composer/lyricist)
Includes: “There‟s a Tear in My Beer,” “Your Cheatin‟ Heart,” and one
Folio. (45 items)
RRRRR
Songs with others (also see Fred Rose, folder WWWW)
Includes several songs written by Hank Williams, Jr. (43 items)
SSSSS
TTTTT
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Songs about Hank Williams
Includes “The Death of Hank Williams.” (4 items)
Williams, Tex, 1936-1959
Includes: “Cool Water” and three folios. (14 items)
Wills, Bob - see Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, subseries 3
UUUUU Miscellaneous Male Performers on Covers, 1925-1981
Alphabetized by performer‟s last name. Note that some cover photos are of
-XXXXX
bandleaders and are included because of the song.
UUUUU
A – G names
Includes: Blue Grass Roy, Henry Burr, Denver Darling, Mac Davis (“It‟s
Hard to Be Humble”), John Denver (“Thank God I‟m a Country Boy”),
and Jack Guthrie. (46 items)
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Box Folder
VVVVV
30
H – L names
Includes: George Hamilton IV, Bud Hobbs, Paul Howard, Ferlin Husky,
and Waylon Jennings. (39 items)
WWW
WW
M – P names
Includes: Mac McClintock, Leon Merritt, Roger Miller, Guy Mitchell,
George Morgan, Sam Nichols, Carl Lee Perkins, Webb Pierce, and Charlie
Pride (“A Whole Lot of Things to Sing About”). (66 items)
XXX
XX
R – Y names
Includes: Smokey Rogers, Boz Scaggs, Ray Stevens (“Young Love”),
Mel Tillis, Pinky Tomlin (“I‟m Just a Country Boy at Heart” from the Sing
While You’re Able), Texas Tyler, Porter Wagoner, Jimmie Widener, Slim
Willet, and Sheb Wooley. (65 items)
Subseries 2, Individual Female Entertainers, 1902-1986, undated
Also see subseries 3, Duos and Groups
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Bryant, Felice, see subseries 1, Boudleaux Bryant
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Canova, Judy, see subseries 3, Groups, Canova Family
A–B
31
Carson, Jenny Lou, 1935-1955, undated
A
Includes: “The Eastbound Train” and “Jealous Heart.” (64 items)
B
Folios (5 items)
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Carter, Linda, see subseries 3, Groups, Carter Family and Johnny Cash
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Evans, Dale, see subseries 3, Groups, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
C
Lee, Brenda, 1961-1977
Includes: “The Cowgirl and the Daddy” and “Fool #1.” (9 items)
D
Mandrell, Barbara, 1972-1980
Includes “I Was Country When Country Wasn‟t Cool.” (8 items)
E–F
Montana, Patsy, 1935-1949, undated
Also see The Prairie Ramblers, subseries 3, Folder Y.
E
Includes: “Arkansas Traveler,” “I Want to Be a Cowboy‟s Sweetheart,”
and “Sunny San Antone.” (21 items)
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Box
32
Folder
F
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33
Folios (7 items)
Parker, Linda – see subseries 3, Cumberland Ridge Runners
G
Parton, Dolly, 1970-1982
Includes: “The Bargain Store” and “9 to 5.” (12 items)
H
Walker, Cindy, 1940-1967
Includes: “Christian Cowboy,” “Vin Rose,” and two folios. (48 items)
I
Wilson, Grace, 1905-1945
Includes: “When Crazy Joe Did the Alligator Slide” and a folio. (32 items)
J-L
Miscellaneous Female Entertainers, 1902-1986
J
Individuals, A – J
Includes: Rosalie Allen, Sally Foster, and Ann Jones. (39 items)
K
Individuals, K – W
Includes: Georgia Marshall, Evelyn Overstake, and Audrey Williams.
(42 items)
L
Individuals, Folios
Contains: Miss Christine, Sally Foster, and Marjorie Lynn. (3 items)
Subseries 3, Duos and Groups, 1910-1981, undated
Also see individuals in subseries 1 and 2
34
A
Bailes Brothers, 1946-1947, undated
Contains two songs and four folios. (6 items)
B
Blackhawk Valley Boys, 1941, undated
Contains folios. (3 items)
C
Canova Family, 1926-1950, undated
Includes: “Don‟t Turn Me Down, Little Darlin‟” from I’m from Arkansas and
two folios, including Scatterbrain – Judy Canova Song Folio. (17 items)
D-E
Carter Family and Johnny Cash, 1929-1981
D
Includes: “Hello, I‟m Not Johnny Cash,” “The Man in Black,” and
“Ragtime Doughboy Joe.” (87 items)
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Box Folder
E
34
35
36
Folios (4 items)
F
Crockett Family, 1932
Contains Log Cabin Songs by Johnny Crockett. (2 items)
G
Cumberland Ridge Runners, 1935-1949
Also see Linda Parker, subseries 2, Female Entertainers.
Includes: “Don‟t Make Me Go to Bed and I‟ll Be Good,” “Don‟t Monkey
„round My Widder When I‟m Gone,” and six folios. (33 items)
H
Delmore Brothers, 1936-1952, undated
Includes: “Blues Stay Away from Me” and five folios. (14 items)
I
Dinning Sisters, 1935-1964
“Angels Never Leave Heaven” from National Barn Dance and “Keep Your
Promise, Willie Thomas.” (20 items)
J
Everly Brothers 1937-1976
Includes: “All I Have to Do Is Dream” and “Bye Bye, Love.” (44 items)
K
Flatt and Scruggs, 1949-1962, undated
Includes: “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” and “I‟m Gonna Sleep with One
Eye Open.” (25 items)
L–O
Gene and Glenn, 1919-1942, undated
Gene Carroll and Glenn Rowell also performed as Jake and Lena; Ford
Rush and Jack Grady were also members of the group.
L
A–H
Includes: “Daddy‟s Lullaby” and “How Do You Do.” (29 items)
M
I–N
Includes: “I‟ll Be Faithful” and “Let That Be a Lesson to You.” (31 items)
N
O–Y
Includes: “Old Ohio Moon,” Old Virginia Moon,” and “Under the Moon.”
(45 items)
O
Folios
Includes: Jake and Lena – “Almanack.” (7 items)
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Box Folder
36
P
Hoosier Hot Shots, 1915-1944, undated
Includes: “I‟m Afraid of Bees,” “Noah‟s Wife Lived a Wonderful Life,”
and “When There‟s Tears in the Eyes of a Potato.” (23 items)
Q–R
37
Q
Includes: “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?” “When
Grandpa Got His Whiskers Caught in the Zipper of His Shirt,” and “Why
in the Dickens Don‟t You Milk That Cow?” (32 items)
R
Folios (8 items)
S–T
38
39
Lulu Belle and Scotty, 1926-1953, undated
Mac and Bob, 1931-1942
S
Includes: “Keep a Light in Your Window Tonight” and four folios.
(12 items)
T
Folios - includes: Mac and Bob, Mountain Songs, Western Songs, Cowboy
Songs. (4 items)
U
Marvin, Frankie and Johnny, 1924-1944
“After My Laughter Came the Tears” and “You Like, I‟ve Cried.”
(36 items)
V–W
McEnery, Dave and Alberta, 1939-1956
V
Includes: “Amelia Earhart‟s Last Flight,” “I‟m Gonna Run for Sheriff Just
to Keep Out of Jail,” and “Wyoming in the Spring.” (42 items)
W
Folios (3 items)
X
Pie Plant Pete and Bashful Harmonica Joe, 1937-1945
Contains folios. (3 items)
Y
Prairie Ramblers, 1932-1954
Note that Patsy Montana is in subseries 1, Folders TTT-UUU; the Crockett
Family is in subseries 2, Folder F; and Carolyn de Zurik is included in this
grouping. Songs include: “I‟m a Well Adjusted Cowboy” and “When the
Lightnin‟ Struck the Coon Creek Party Line.” (38 items)
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Box Folder
Z–BB Rogers, Roy and Evans, Dale, 1910-1981
Note that the Sons of the Pioneers are pictured on several covers.
39
Z
A–K
Includes: “The Bible Tells Me So” and “The Girl with the High Buttoned
Shoes” from Hands Across the Border. (39 items)
40
AA
L–W
Includes: “Put Your Arms Around Me Honey” from In Old Oklahoma and
“What a Dirty Shame!” from Son of Paleface. (39 items)
BB
Folios (9 items)
CC –
DD
CC
DD
EE –
II
41
42
Sizemore, Asher and Little Jimmie, 1933-1947
Folios: includes Asher Sizemore and Little Jimmie’s Songs of the Soil.
(6 items)
Folios: includes Old Fashioned Hymns and Mountain Ballads. (6 items)
Sons of the Pioneers, 1928-1955
Also see Roy Rogers, this subseries.
EE
B–N
Includes: “Cool Water” and “Love Song of the Waterfall” from North of
the Yukon and The Old Wyoming Trail. (43 items)
FF
O–Y
Includes: “Song of the Bandit” from Under Western Skies and “Tumbling
Tumbleweeds” from Hollywood Canteen. (54 items)
GG
Folios: Sons of the Pioneers Song Folio No. 1 and No. 2. (9 items)
HH
Folios: includes Tim Spencer’s Sagebrush Symphonies, No. 1 and No. 2.
(5 items)
II
Folios: includes Bob Nolan’s Folio of Original Cowboy Classics No. 1 and
No. 2. (8 items)
JJ
Sullivan, Gene and Walker, Wiley, 1941-1952
Includes: “Walkin‟ and Talkin‟” and a folio, Wiley and Gene, Folio of
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Their Original Modern Folk Songs. (24 items)
Box Folder
42
KK
Vagabonds, 1929-1940, undated
Includes: “Little Mother of the Hills,” “When It‟s Lamp Lightin‟ Time in
the Valley,” and four folios. (31 items)
LL –
NN
43
LL
Includes: “Blues Don‟t Mean a Thing” also titled “Gals Don‟t Mean a
Thing.” (45 items)
MM
Multiple Editions
Contains: “Bury Me Out on the Prairie,” “The Honey Song,” and “My
Adobe Hacienda.” (30 items)
NN
Folios: Louise Massey and the Westerners. (2 items)
OO –
QQ
OO
44
Westerners, 1926-1948
Also see Larry Wellington, subseries 1, Folder VVVVV.
Wills, Bob and The Texas Playboys, 1926-1954
These items all have songs by and/or cover photos of Bob Wills.
Includes: “Bubbles in My Beer,” “Smoke on the Water,” and “Stars and
Stripes of Iwo Jima.” (44 items)
PP
These items have songs by and/or cover photos of other members of the
Texas Playboys: Ed Burt, Tommy Duncan, Leon McAuliffe, Johnny Lee
Wills, and Luke Wills. A photo of The Light Crust Doughboys is on the
back cover of “Beautiful Texas.” (32 items)
QQ
Folios: includes Bob Wills Song Book. (6 items)
RR-SS Miscellaneous Duos and Groups, 1913-1980
RR
Mostly Males, B – J
Includes: Al Clauser and His Oklahomans, Blue Sky Boys, Charlie Daniels
Band (“In America”), Dave and Sugar, Georgia Crackers, Homer and Jethro,
Hoosier Sod Busters, Rex Cole, Eddie Younger and the Mountaineers
(“I Laughed So Hard I Nearly Died”). (31 items)
SS
Mostly Males, K – Y
Includes: Kingston Trio, Log Cabin Boys, Lonzo and Oscar (“If Texas Told
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
What Arkan-saw”), Maple City Four, McGhee and Welling (“Down the Lane
to Home Sweet Home”), Pickard Family, Rex Cole Mountaineers, Short
Brothers, Stubby and His Buccaneers, Tobacco Tags, and The Weavers and
Gordon Jenkins (“Tom Dooley”), Ed Younger and His Mountaineers (see Rex
Cole, folder RR). Also: songs from Country Music Holiday and Slaughter
Trail with cast members pictured. (46 items)
Box Folder
TT
45
Mostly Females
Includes: Beaver Valley Sweethearts, Cambridge Sisters, DeZurik Sisters,
Judie and Julie, and Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty. (31 items)
Subseries 4, The West, 1839-1984
46
A
Covered Wagon and Wagon Train, 1922-1956
Either the title or the cover illustration has these themes. Includes: “Covered
Wagon Days,” “The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along,” and “The
Somewhere Voice” from the TV show Frontier. (28 items)
B
“Home on the Range,” 1913-1942
All items have the lyrics of the well-known song. The earliest sheet is titled
“A
Home Where the Buffalo Roam” and a later sheet is titled “Colorado Home –
Prospectors‟ Song – The Origin of „Home on the Range‟.” (41 items)
C
Movie Cowboys and Showmen, 1904-1950
Includes cover images of Bill Cody, Hoot Gibson, Tom Mix (“Tom Mix Fox
Trot”). (17 items)
D-E
Rodeo and Round-up, 1912-1975
Either the title or the cover illustration has these themes.
D
A–R
Includes “Broncho Charlie,” “Hi, Bo! Rodeo,” and “Meet Me at the Round
Up.” (35 items)
E
S–Y
Includes: “Song of the Rodeo” from Trouble in Texas, “When the Bloom Is on
the Sage (Round Up Time in Texas),” and two folios. (21 items)
F-Q
47
F
The West – General Songs, 1839-1984
Folios are in Folders R – I I
A–B
Includes: “At That Bully Wooly Wild West Show,” “The Bar-None Ranch,”
and “Broncho Billy.” (76 items)
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G
C
Includes: “Cowboy” (1910) and “Cowboys Who Sing on the Radio.”
(76 items)
Box
47
Folder
H
48
I
H – I‟LL…
Includes: “He Treated Me White” from The Cowboy Girl, “The Hold Up
Rag,” and “I‟ll Be Seein‟ You in Dallas, Alice.” (73 items)
J
I‟M… - K
Includes: “I‟m a Yiddish Cowboy (Tough Guy Levi),” “In the Land of the
Buffalo Nickel,” and “Jerk McGurk from Albuquerque.” (28 items)
K
L
Includes: “Leanin‟ on the Ole Top Rail” and “Love Knot in the Lariat.”
(52 items)
L
M
Includes: “Mule Train” from Singing Guns, “My Golden West,” and “My
Little Lassoo” [sic]. (48 items)
M
N–O
Includes: “Nevada” from What’s Buzzin’ Cousin?, “Old Cayuse” with
suggested action for a short film, and “Ole Faithful.” (57 items)
N
P
Includes: “Pretty Boy Floyd” and numerous “Prairie” titles (45 items)
O
R
Includes: “Ragtime Cowboy Joe” from Hello Frisco Hello and Incendiary
Blonde, and “Ride Tender Foot, Ride” from Cowboy from Montana.
(79 items)
P
S
Includes: “So Long, Sarah Jane” from I Dood It and “Sunset Hour” from The
Beloved Bandit. (65 items)
Q
T
Includes: “Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle,” “There‟s a Gold Mine in
the Sky,” and “Twilight on the Trail” from The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.
49
50
D–G
Includes: “Darling, I‟m So Happy” (“Quel Bonheur Nous Attend”), “The
Funny Old Hills” from Paris Honeymoon, and “The Gun of Billy the Kid.”
(56 items)
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(65 items)
51
R
Box
51
Folder
S
T-HH
52
53
54
55
U – “Westward…”
Includes: “Wagon Wheels” from Ziegfeld Follies and “A Western Refrain
(Westward Ho!)” (1839). (45 items)
“When…” - Y
Includes: “When You Come Back My Soldier Boy,” “Who Shot the Hole in
My Sombrero,” and “Yonkle, The Cowboy Jew.” (72 items)
Large Folios
T
Contains: Cowboy Ballads, Folios No. 2-10. (9 items)
U
Contains: Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaw folios. (6 items)
V
Alberta Slim… - Art Dickson’s…
Includes: Andy Parker’s Songs of the Plainsmen. (10 items)
W
B
Includes: Bad Men Songs of the Wild and Wooly West, Billy Binn’s Ranch,
Range and Home Songs, and Bronson’s Song Folio for Hawaiian and Spanish
Guitars. (6 items)
X
C
Includes: Children’s Cowboy Songs for Piano and Cowboy Tom’s Round-up
Book. (9 items)
Y
D–E
Includes: Denver Darling’s Western Album and Estel Lee’s Arizona Wildcats.
(7 items)
Z
F–G
Includes: George B. German – Hamlins Cowboy Balladeer, Books No. 2-5.
(7 items)
AA
H–J
Includes: two Jake and Carl folios and three Jerry Smith folios. (9 items)
BB
K–L
Includes: Lola and Her Circle Star Ranch Boys – Smith’s Tennesseans.
(7 items)
CC
M–P
Includes: My Folio No. 1 (The 101 Ranch Boys), On the Trail, and Powder
River Jack and Kitty Lee’s Songs of the Range. (10 items)
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DD
Box
56
57
Folder
EE
R
Includes: The Ranch Boys’ Songs of the Plains and Riley Shepard’s Hitching
Post. (8 items)
“Santa Fe…” – “Songs from…”
Includes: two Sleepy Hollow folios and Songs from Texas – Western Cartoons
and Songs Featuring Texas Jim Lewis. (7 items)
FF
“Songs of…” – “Sunset…”
Includes: three Songs of the Saddle and Songs of the West – 101 Ranch Boys.
(8 items)
GG
T
Includes: The Texas Rangers. (5 items)
HH
W–Y
Includes: Wayne Singleton, America’s No. 1 Singing Cowboy and Yellowstone
Chip, Montana’s Singing Cowboy. (5 items)
I IKK
II
Small Folios
A–C
Includes: Buckaroo Ballads and Charles Starrett’s Favorite Western Songs.
(8 items)
JJ
D – “Songs…”
Includes: Jim Babcock’s Buckaroo Book which includes rope whirls, lasso
tricks and cattle brands. (13 items)
KK
“Souvenir…” – Y
Includes: Western Heart Throbs. (10 Items)
Subseries 5, Barn Dance, Fiddle Tunes, and Turkey in the Straw
1878-1975
58
A–C
A
Barn Dance, 1878-1964
The items have either “barn dance” in the title or cover illustrations of barn
dancing. Also see Series 18, Dance/Jigs & Reels.
A–G
Includes: “Come Down Nellie to the Old Red Barn” and “The Country
Dance.” (36 items)
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59
B
H–Y
Includes: “Happy Cy, Country Dance,” “Howdy Hiram, Barn Dance,” “Society
Barn Dance,” and “The Village Barn Dance.” (47 items)
C
Folios, 1948, undated
Contains: Arling Schaeffer’s Barn Dance, World’s Greatest Collection of
Quadrilles, Jigs, Reels, and Hornpipes with All Calls and Hayride Jamboree
Barn Dance Album. (7 items)
D
Fiddle Tunes, 1905-1975
Also see future series, Musical Instruments
Includes: “The Diabolic Fiddler,” “Uncle Biddle with His Fiddle,” “Uncle Zeb
and His Fiddle,” and two folios. (13 items)
E
“Turkey in the Straw,” 1911-1945
Includes several “Turkey in the Straw” items, “I‟m Crazy about the Turkey
Trot,” and “When Old Silas Does the Turkey-Trot to Turkey in the Straw.”
(13 items)
Subseries 6, Blues, Feuding, Hillbilly, Honky Tonk and Yodeling
1885-1975, undated
60
A
Blues, Country Style, 1929-1957
Includes: “Blues Stay Away from Me,” “Salty Dog Blues,” and “Triflin‟
Woman Blues.” (39 items)
B
Feuding Songs, 1940-1949
Includes: “The „Berrys‟ and the „Nutts‟,” “Feudin‟ and Fightin‟,” and “Love of
Rosanna McCoy.” (7 items)
C–F
Hillbilly Songs, 1930-1957, undated
Note alternative spellings: hillbilly and hill billy.
C
Songs
Includes: “A Hill Billy Wedding in June,” “Hill Billy from Tenth Avenue,”
and “My Hill Billy Lillie‟s a Dillie.” (28 items)
D
Folios
Contains: Hillbilly Hit Parade, 1940-1957. (9 items)
E
Folios – A-H
Includes: All Star Hillbilly Jamboree and Hillbilly Prisoner and Mountaineer
Song Folio No. 1. (11 items)
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F
60
Folios – P-Z
Includes: Pappy Cheshire and His Hill Billy Champions. (7 items)
G
Honky Tonk, 1916-1975
Includes: “Honky Tonk Queen” and “It Wasn‟t God Who Made Honky Tonk
Angels.” (23 items)
H
Yodeling, 1885-1952
Also see Series 8, Geography/Switzerland.
Includes: “The Dwarf‟s Yodel Song” from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
“Merry Go Round” from Merry Go Round, and “A Yodelin‟ Dude Hombre.”
(38 items)
Subseries 7, Miscellaneous Songs, 1913-1983
The majority of these items are professional or artist copies.
There are no performers pictured.
A-Q
61
62
Acuff-Rose/ Milene Publishers, 1942-1978
A
A – B Titles
Includes: “Another Old Dog in the Race,” and “Bless Your Little Thumping
Gizzard.” (176 items)
B
C Titles
Includes: “Cash on Delivery Smith” and “Cowboy‟s Ain‟t Supposed to Cry.”
(102 items)
C
D Titles
Includes: “Diddle, Diddle Dumpling,” “Diggy Liggy Lo,” and “Don‟t Anyone
Make Love at Home Anymore.” (95 items)
D
E – F Titles
Includes: “The End of My Stairway,” “The End of the Line,” “The End of the
Road,” and “Find „em, Fool „em and Leave „em Alone.” (119 items)
E
G – H Titles
Includes: “The Girl Who Loved Jack Daniels,” “The Guy Who Played the Bass
So Well in Harlan Martin‟s Band,” “Ha-ha and Moonface,” and “Has Anybody
Seen Me Lately?” (189 items)
F
“I Ain‟t…” – “I Wouldn‟t…” Titles
Includes: “I Can Tell the Way You Say Hello That You Mean Goodbye,” “I
Feel Better Than I Meant To,” “I Haven‟t Seen Me in Years,” “I Fought the
Law,” and “I Spent a Week There Last Night.” (155 items)
G
“Ice…” – “I‟m Wound Up…” Titles
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H
63
64
65
Includes: “Idle Gossip, Idle Words,” “I‟m Allergic to Your Kisses,” and “I‟m
Mighty Hard to Beat.” (136 items)
“In…” - “It‟s…” Titles
Includes: “Incompatibility (Along with Mental Cruelty),” “It‟s Better to Be a
Has Been (Than to Be a Never Was).” (84 items)
I
J – “Longin‟…” Titles
Includes: “Killer of the Class of ‟53,” and “The Lament of the Cherokee
Reservation Indian.” (125 items)
J
“Look…” – “Lula…” Titles
Includes: “Look What Followed Me Home Tonight,” “Lot‟s Wife Looked
Back,” and “Love at Last Sight.” (92 items)
K
M Titles
Includes: “The Man in the Moon Is a Lady,” “My $1.98 Genuine Cowhide
Billfold,” and “My Get Up and Go Just Got Up and Went.” (131 items)
L
“N –Q Titles
Includes: “Nothin‟ New in Oklahoma,” “The Odd Folks of Ocracoke,” “Oh!
That‟s Bad; No That‟s Good,” “Pull My String and Wind Me Up.” (157 items)
M
R – “Shyness…” Titles
“Roses, Moonlight, and One Little Bottle of Wine,” “She Even Woke Me Up
to Say Goodbye,” and “She‟s Just a Goodtime Going Somewhere to Happen.”
(109 items)
N
“Sign…” – “Sweethearts…” Titles
Includes: “So Young” from Zabriskie Point, “Succotash,” and “Sugar Booger.”
(115 items)
O
T Titles
Includes: “T Total Tommy” and “Them Soft Shoulders and Dangerous
Curves.” (167 items)
P
U – W Titles
Includes: “Walkin‟, Plowin‟, Talkin‟, Cryin‟,” “What Put the Pep in
Grandma?” and “Who Am I to Give Myself Advice.” (173 items)
Q
X – Y Titles
Includes: “Yes Dear, There Is a Virginia,” “You Sit Around All Day on Your
Afternoon Off,” and “You‟re Never Dressed Up Until You Wear a Smile.”
(97 items)
R
Combine Music Corp. Publishers, 1962-1964
Includes: “The Ballad of Jim Berry,” “The Mixed Up Family,” and “What Is
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
the Color of the Soul Man.” (46 items)
S - DD Miscellaneous Publishers, 1913-1983, undated
66
67
68
68
S
A – C Titles
Includes: “Bats in Your Belfry,” “Bright Lights and Blond-haired Women,”
and “Cha Ra Checker Ro Chew Der Chew.” (95 items)
T
D - F Titles
Includes: “Don‟t Fall in Love with a Married Man,” “Don‟t Make Me Go to
Bed and I‟ll Be Good,” “Don‟t Tell a Lie about Me Dear, and I Won‟t Tell the
Truth about You,” “Drop Daid, Little Darlin‟, Drop Daid,” and “Furnish
Up the Cowshed, Ma (I‟m Bringin‟ Home a Bride).” (90 items)
U
G – H Titles
Includes: “Gun Smoke Sure Gets in Your Eyes,” “Hey! Hey! Farmer Gray,”
and “The Hick with the Hiccups.” (55 items)
V
“I…” Titles
Includes: “I Hate You,” “I Love You,” “I Still Love You.” (88 items)
W
“I‟d…” – “I‟ve…” Titles
Includes: “I‟m Going Back to My Mother and Dad” and “It‟s Later Than You
Think.” (109 items)
X
J – L Titles
Includes: “Jack, Ain‟t You Ever Coming Back” and “Liz Is a Whiz at a Quiz
Show.” (88 items)
Y
M – O Titles
Includes: “Missus Mose Has a Million Beaus,” “My Corny Country Cousin,”
and “One Heart‟s Beating, One Heart‟s Cheating.” (104 items)
Z
P – R Titles
Includes: “Paddle Your Own Canoe,” “Poor Little China Doll” („6¢ per copy
to Chinese War Relief‟), and “Ridin‟ Old Paint in the Sky.” (57 items)
AA
S Titles
Includes: “Safe, Sane and Single,” “She‟s Way Up Thar” from Stand Up and
Cheer, and “Slap Her Down Agin, Paw.” (84 items)
BB
T Titles
Includes: “Too Many Sweethearts,” “Treat Folks as You find Them,” and
“Two Whoops and a Holler from Love.” (90 items)
U – W Titles
Includes: “The Wages of Sin,” “The Wayward Wind,” “When It‟s Hog Calling
CC
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Time in Tennessee,” and “Why Don‟t You Haul Off and Love Me.”
(91 items)
69
DD
Y Titles
Includes: “You Can‟t Take It with You When You Go,” “You Show Up
Missing,” and “You‟re Clouding My Blue Heaven.” (59 items)
Subseries 8, Folios, 1914-1969, undated
Note that some folios are also in other subseries.
Performers are pictured on most covers.
A-B
A
Includes: Delmore Brothers Folio of Native American Melodies, No. 2.
(9 items)
B
Contains: Home and Hill Country Ballads. (7 items)
C-D
70
72
Country Music, Inc., 1937-1948, undated
C
Includes: Clyde and Slim (The Roving Hillbillies) Farm and Fireside Songs,
Book No. 2. (6 items)
D
Includes: Joe Morris and the Silver Dew Boys, Folio No. 1. (4 items)
E-F
71
American Music, Inc., 1939-1949
Dixie Music Publishers, 1942-1949, undated
E
Contains: Roundup of Song Hits for Radio and Recording, Books 1-12.
(14 items)
F
Includes: Big Value Song Book. (9 items)
G
Mountain Broadcast Publishers, 1944-1947
Includes: Songs of the Mountains and Prairies, Books #1-6 (Devoted to the
American Tradition of Folk Music). (9 items)
H
Grand Ole Opry, various folios, 1942-1968, undated
Includes: Wally Fowler’s Song Folio and Picture Album – Grand Ole Opry
Edition. (4 items)
I
Hank Keene Folios, 1935-1943
Includes: The New Hank Keene Book of Laughter, Sorrow and Romance.
(6 items)
J
The Lucky Dozen, Nos. 1-6, undated (1940s)
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
72
73
74
K
Comedy, 1931-1937, undated
Includes: Comedy Songs, No. 1 and Salt and Peanuts (also see Folder DD).
(6 items)
L–R
M. M. Cole Publishers, 1930-1957
L–
M
100 WLS Barn Dance Favorites, 1935
Contains multiple editions of the same title. (10 items)
[Note: these are divided between the two folders]
N
Blue Grass Roy, 1931-1937
Contains: Blue Grass Roy – Sensational Collection of Mountain Ballads and
Old Time Songs and The Hamlins Korn Kracker, Books 3-6. (5 items)
O-P
Radio Call Letters
O
Includes: KITE, American Folk Song Folio, and KSTP and KWTO stations.
(5 items)
P
Includes: WLW and WWVA. (4 items)
Q–R
Q
D–M
Includes: Elmore Vincent’s Lumber Jack Songs. (6 items)
R
P–W
Includes: Songs of Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers. (6 items)
S - FF
75
M. M. Cole, Miscellaneous Folios
Miscellaneous Folios, Various Publishers, 1914-1969, undated
S
50… – B
Includes: Bill Nettles Homespun Songs of the Hills and The BMI Number 18
Folio. (8 items)
T
C–D
Includes: Claude Casey’s Caravan of Songs and Claude Sharpe’s Old Hickory
Quartet Song Book. (7 items)
Box
75
Folder
U
76
V
F–G
Includes: Favorite Songs of Pappy Howard and His Connecticut Kernels and
Grady and Hazel Cole’s Blue Ridge Mountain Songs. (8 items)
H–M
Includes: Frank Dudgeon’s Songs of the Hills and Plains and Lonzo and
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Oscar’s Folio of Mountain Ballads and Comedy Songs. (12 items)
77
W
P–R
Includes: Pickard Family Album and The Radio Rubes Song Book. (8 items)
X
Shady… – Songs of the Mountains…
Includes: Short Brothers, Radio Song Folio No. 1 and Songs from Kentucky.
(9 items)
Y
Songs of the Open Country – W
Includes: Sweeter Roses from the Gardens of Song and Whitey and Hogan’s
Mountain Memories. (6 items)
Z-FF
78
Small Folios
Z
Schirmer’s American Folk Song Series, Sets 14-20. (7 items)
AA
30… – E
Includes: Ballads of By-Gone Days and Butter Ball and the Red River Boys.
(10 items)
BB
F-J
Includes: Folk Songs and Art Songs, Book II. (6 items)
CC
L–O
Includes: Log Cabin Songs and Old Fashioned Songs. (10 items)
DD
P – Songs for America
Includes: Salt and Peanuts – Our Favorite Comedy Songs, Hymns and Ballads
and Slim Jim and the Vagabond Kid Song Collection. (7 items)
EE
Songs of the Home and Hills – W
Includes: WLS Book of Hymns. (9 items)
EPHEMERA
Note: Ephemera boxes are numbered separately from the sheet music.
Ephemera boxes for all series are shelved at the end of the Collection,
processed and unprocessed.
Subseries 1, Individual Male Entertainers, 1935-1987, undated
Box
50
Folder
A
Atkins, Chet, 1955-1983
Includes: 1967 Billboard in the over-size box and several articles and
promotional items. (21 items)
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51
52
Box
53
B
Autry, Gene, 1933-1987, undated
Includes: numerous articles and Rhymes of the Range. (44 items)
C
Campbell, Glen, 1970-1981
Includes: Glen Campbell Fan Club items. (21 items)
D
A–C Names, 1935-1983, undated
Includes: Roy Acuff, Rex Allen, Pat Barrett (Uncle Ezra), Johnny Bond, and
Lew Childre. (59 items)
E
D–G Names, 1947-1985, undated
Includes: Benjamin F. Ford (“The Duke of Paducah‟s Joke Book), Jimmie
Davis, Lester Flatt, Red Foley, and Tennessee Ernie Ford (see poster in Map
Case drawer). (43 items)
F
“The Conspiracy of Homer Jones,” 1968, book version with photographs,
from the musical composition by Dallas Frazier and A. L. „Doodle‟ Owens.
(1 item)
G–K
Gilley, Mickey, 1980-1985
G
Miscellaneous Ephemera
Includes: the 1982 and 1983 Gilley’s Calendars. (10 items)
H
Fan Club Newsletter, June 1981-October 1982. (9 items)
I
Gilley’s Magazine, Vo. 1, No. 1,1981- Vol. 2, No. 2, 1982 (6 items)
J
Gilley’s Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1984- Vol. 5, No. 3, 1985 (8 items)
K
Gilley’s Country Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 6, 1984 – Vol. 5, No. 3, 1985
(9 items)
Folder
L
H – K Names, 1967-1987, undated
Includes: Tom T. Hall, Vaughn Horton, Louis Marshall (Grandpa) Jones, and
Pee Wee (Frank) King. (29 items)
M
L Names, 1971-1986, undated
Includes: John Lair (also see subseries 10 Ephemera), Johnny Lee, and Jerry
Lee Lewis. (23 items)
N
M – R Names, 1935-1986, undated
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Includes: Bill Monroe (also see map case drawer), Willie Nelson (also see
oversize box), Charlie Pride, Marty Robbins, Carson Robison, and Fred Rose.
(64 items)
54
O
Owens, Buck, 1970-1979, undated
Includes: several promotional items, All American, and two items in the oversize box. (13 items)
P
Reeves, Jim, 1965-1977, undated
Includes: promotional folder for The Jim Reeves Museum. (18 items)
Q
Ritter, Tex, 1946-1976, undated
Includes: 1968 Billboard salute in the over-size box and Tophand, September
1946. (23 items)
R
Rodgers, Jimmie, 1954-1978, undated
Includes: several promotional items and tributes. (50 items)
S
Rogers, Kenny, 1973-1982, undated
Includes: poster in the over-size box and several articles and promotional
items. (15 items)
T
S – Y Names, 1946-1985, undated
Includes: Earl Scruggs, Mel Tillis, Conway Twitty, Jimmy Wakeley, Hank
Williams, and Tex Williams. (31 items)
U
Tubb, Ernest, 1946-1984
Includes: Tophand, July 1946. (12 items)
V
Wills, Bob, 1947-1981
Includes: several articles and notes regarding “Texas Playboys” and two items
in the over-size box. (26 items)
Subseries 2, Individual Female Entertainers, 1946-1987, undated
Box Folder
54
A
55
B
Parton, Dolly, 1974-1984, undated
Includes: several articles, a photo with Mick Jagger, and a poster in the Map
Case Drawer. (22 items)
Women, Miscellaneous, 1946-1987, undated
Includes: Judy Canova, Jenny Lou Carson, Rosanne Cash (in over-size box),
Carolyn deZurik, and Kitty Wells. (60 items)
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Subseries 3, Duos and Groups, 1925-1986, undated
56
A
Carter Family and Johnny Cash, 1965-1986, undated
Includes: play money with Johnny Cash‟s image, articles, and three items in
the over-size box. (28 items)
B
Hoosier Hot Shots, 1925-1987, undated
Includes: Skivsamlaren (The Record Collector), articles, photos, and
promotional items. (16 items)
C
Rogers, Roy and Dale Evans, 1946-1986
Includes: numerous articles and the story behind “On the Old Spanish Trail.”
(37 items)
D
Sons of the Pioneers, 1941-1980, undated
Includes: The Sons of the Pioneers’ Symphonies of the Sage and several
articles. (11 items)
E
Groups, Miscellaneous, 1936-1981, undated
Includes: Crockett Family, Dinning Family, Homer and Jethro, Lulu Belle and
Scotty, Prairie Ramblers and Patsy Montana, Nancy Lee and the Hilltoppers,
and Singing Sizemores. (65 items)
Subseries 4, The West
A
Rodeo, 1977-1980, undated
Includes: several press releases from the Association of Professional Rodeo
Cowboys and The Prairie Farmer, June 1979. (24 items)
B&
The West, Miscellaneous, 1931-1979, undated
Includes: „see‟ notes, Tom Mix comic book, two Grit magazines, several
articles and other publications. Two Hundred Popular Cowboy Songs,
Mountain Ballads is in the oversize box. (17 items)
oversize
Subseries 5, Barn Dance, Turkey in the Straw, 1948, undated
Box Folder
57
A
Barn Dance and “Turkey in the Straw,” 1948, undated
Includes: Barn Dance Magazine. (8 items)
Subseries 6, Feuding, Hillbilly, and Honky Tonk, 1889-1950, undated
A
Feuding, Hillbilly, and Honky Tonk, 1889-1950, undated
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Includes: Hatfield-McCoy item and National Hillbilly News. (10 items)
Subseries 7, Publishers, 1950-1982, undated
A-B
Publishers, 1950-1982, undated
A
Contains items pertaining to Acuff-Rose, Southern Music, M. M. Cole, Hill
and Range, and Russ Hull (Country Music, Bell BMI). (38 items)
B
Includes: songs lists and promotional items. (13 items)
Subseries 9, Grand Ole Opry, 1945-1985, undated
58
A-B
Grand Ole Opry, 1945-1985, undated
A
Includes: Pickin’ and Singin’ News (over-size box) and Purina’s Grand Ole
Opry and Checkerboad Fun-fest Souvenir Album. (8 items)
B
Includes: articles about Vito Pelleteri and the May 1948 Grand Ole Opry
Program. (13 items)
Subseries 10, Publications
59
A
Billboard – The World of Country Music, 1966-1979 (7 items)
B
BMI, 1944-1981 (20 items)
C–E
Country Music, 1976-1980
C
Contains issues August 1976-August 1978. (6 items)
D
Contains issues September 1978-May 1979. (5 items)
Box Folder
E
59
60
F–G
Contains issues June 1980-December 1980. (4 items)
Country Song Roundup, 1951-1974
F
Contains October 1951-February 1956 issues. (11 items)
G
Contains October 1957-December 1974 issues. (7 items)
H
Mountain Broadcast, Prairie Recorder, contains issues June 1945-January
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
1947. (10 items)
OverSize
Music City News, contains March 1974-December 1980 issues. (7 items)
I–K
61
62
63
64
Box
65
WLS (Prairie Farmer) Family Album, 1932-1957
I
Contains issues 1932-1941, including the 1937 issue with centerfold photo of
the National Barn Dance cast and crew. (9 items)
J
Contains issues 1942-1949. (9 items)
K
Contains issues 1950-1957. (8 items)
L
Prairie Farmer News WLS Weekly, 1935
Contains February and March 1935 issues and a subscription form. (7 items)
M
1965 Country Music Who’s Who, 1965. (1 item)
N
National Jamboree, contains issues June 1949-March 1955. (5 items)
O–T
Stand By! 1935-1949
O
Contains 1935 issues. (38 items)
P
Contains January-June 1936 issues. (25 items)
Q
Contains July-December 1936 issues. (27 items)
R
Contains January-May 1937 issues. (18 items)
S
Contains June-December 1937 issues. (19 items)
T
Contains January-June 1938 issues and the April 12, 1949 Silver Anniversary
Issue. (18 items)
Folder
U - W Miscellaneous Publications, 1935-1981
U
A–C
Includes: American Folk Music, Country Songs and Stars, and Cowboy Songs.
(11 items)
V
F–P
Includes: Folk and Country Songs, International Musician (one issue in
over-size box), and The Oregon Outlaw. (14 items)
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
W
R–T
Includes: Radio and Records (in over-size box), April 1936 Radio Guide, and
Tophand (in over-size box). (14 items)
Series 16, Country, Western, and Folk
INDEX
1965 Country Music Who’s Who,
Ephemera, 16.10, M
Acuff, Roy, 16.1, A-B; Ephemera, D
Acuff-Rose, 16.7, A-Q
Allen, Rex, 16.1, C; Ephemera, D
Allen, Rosalie, 16.2, J
American Folk Music, Ephemera, 16.10, U
American Music, Folios, 16.8, A-B
Arkansas Woodchopper, 16.1, TTT
Arnold, Eddy, 16.1, D-F
Atcher, Bob, 16.1, G
Atcher, Randall, 16.1, G
Atkins, Chet, 16.1, H; Ephemera A
Autry, Gene, 16.1, I-N; Ephemera B
BMI, Ephemera, 16.10, B
Bailes Brothers, 16.3, A
Barn Dance, 16.5, A-C; Ephemera, A
Barrett, Pat, 16.1, O; Ephemera, D
Bashful Harmonia Joe, 16.3, X
Beaver Valley Sweethearts, 16.3, TT
Billboard, Ephemera, 16.10, A
Biller, Bob, 16.1, NNN-OOO
Blackhawk Valley Boys, 16.3, B
Blue Grass Roy, 16.1, UUUUU
Blue Sky Boys, 16.3, RR
Blues, Country Style, 16.6, A
Bond, Johnny, 16.1, P; Ephemera, D
Boyd, Bill, 16.1, Q
Britt, Elton, 16.1, R-S
Bryant, Boudleaux, 16.1, T-U
Bryant, Felice, 16.1, T-U
Bryant, Hoyt (“Slim”), 16.1, V
Burnette, Smiley, 16.1, W-X
Burr, Henry, 16.1, UUUUU
Cambridge Sisters, 16.3, TT
Campbell, Glen, 16.1, Y, Ephemera, C
Canova Family, 16.3, C
Canova, Judy, 16.3, C; Ephemera, B
Carlisle, Cliff, 16.1, Z
Carroll, Gene, 16.3, L-O
Carson, Jenny Lou, 16.2, A-B;
Ephemera, B
Carter Family, 16.3, D-E; Ephemera, A
Carter, Linda, 16.3, D-E
Carter, Wilf, 16.1, AA-BB
Cash, Johnny, 16.3, D-E
Cash, Roseanne, Ephemera, B
Charlie Daniels Band, 16.3, RR
Childre, Lew, Ephemera, 16.1, D
Christine, Miss, 16.2, L
Clauser, Al, 16.3, RR
Clements, Zeke, 16.1, CC
Combine Music, 16.7, R
Comedy, Folios, 16.8, K
Conspiracy of Homer Jones,
Ephemera, 16.1, F
Cooley, Spade, 16.1, DD
Copas, Cowboy, 16.1, EE
Country Music, Ephemera, 16.10, C-E
Country Music, Inc., Folios, 16.8, C-D
Country Song Roundup, Ephemera,
16.10, F-G
Country Songs and Starts, Ephemera,
16.10, U
Covered Wagon, 16.4, A
Cowboy Songs, Ephemera, 16.10, U
Crockett Family, 16.3, F; Ephemera, E
Cumberland Ridge Runner, 16.3, G
Daffan, Ted, 16.1, FF
Dalhart, Vernon, 16.1, GG
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Darling, “Denver,” 16.1, UUUUU
Dave and Sugar, 16.3, RR
Davis, Jimmie, 16.1, HH-JJ; Ephemera, E
Davis, Mac, 16.1, UUUUU
Dean, Eddie, 16.1, KK
Delmore Brothers, 16.3, H
Denver, John, 16.1, UUUUU
Dexter, Al, 16.1, LL
DeZurik Sisters, 16.3, TT; Ephemera, B
Dickens, “Little” Jimmy, 16.1, MM
Dinning Sisters, 16.3, I; Ephemera, E
Dixie Music, Folios, 16.8, E-F
Dixie Yodeler, 16.1, CC
Duos, Miscellaneous, 16.3, RR-SS
Duke of Paducah, Ephemera, 16.1, E
Entertainers, Female, Miscellaneous,
Entertainers, Male, Miscellaneous, 16.1,
UUUUU-XXXXX; Ephemera, D-G
Erlewine, Stephen Thomas, 16.1, RR
Evans, Dale, 16.3, Z-BB; Ephemera, C
Everly Brothers, 16.3, J
Female Performers, Miscellaneous, 16.2, J-L
Feuding Songs, 16.6, B; Ephemera, A
Fiddle Tunes, 16.5, D
Flatt, Lester, 16.3, K; Ephemera, D
Foley, Clyde (“Red”), 16.1, NN-PP;
Ephemera, E
Folk and Country Songs, Ephemera,
16.10 V
Folios, 16.8, A-FF
Folios, Miscellaneous, 16.8, S-FF
Ford, Benjamin, Ephemera, 16.1, E
Ford, “Tennessee” Ernie, 16.1, QQ
Foster, Sally, 16.2, J, L
Frizzell, “Lefty,” 16.1, RR
Gene and Glen, 16.3, L-O
Georgia Crackers, 16.3, RR
Gibson, Don, 16.1, SS
Gill, Rusty, 16.1, TT
Gilley, Mickey, 16.1, UU; Ephemera, G-K
Grady, Jack, 16.3, L-O
Grand Ole Opry, Folios, 16.8, H;
Ephemera, 16.9, A-B
Gregory, Bobby, 16.1, VV-XX
Groups, Miscellaneous, 16.3, RR-SS
Guthrie, Jack, 16.1, UUUUU
Guthrie, Woody, 16.1, YY
Hall, Tom T., Ephemera, 16.1, L
Hamblen, Stuart, 16.1, ZZ
Hamilton, George, 16.1, VVVVV
Hewitt, Dolph, 16.1, AAA
Hillbilly, 16.6, C-F; Ephemera, A
Hilltoppers, Ephemera, 16.3, E
Hobbs, Bud, 16.1, VVVVV
Home on the Range,” 16.4, B
Homer and Jethro, 16.3, RR; Ephemera, E
Honky Tonk, 16.6, G; Ephemera, A
Hoosier Hot Shots, 16.3, P; Ephemera, B
Hoosier Sod Busters, 16.3, RR
Hopkins, Doc, 16.1, BBB
Horton, Vaughn, 16.1, CCC;
Ephemera, L
Howard, 16.1, VVVVV
Hull, Russ, 16.1, DDD
Husky, Ferlin, 16.1, VVVVV
International Musician, Ephemera, 16.10, V
And Oversize Box Series 16 Folder
Jake and Lena, 16.3, L-O
Jenkins, Gordon, 16.3, SS
Jennings, Waylon, 16.1, VVVVV
Jones, Ann, 16.2, J
Jones, Louis Marshall (“Grandpa”),
16.1, EEE; Ephemera, L
Kincaid, Bradley, 16.1, FFF-GGG
Judie and Julie, 16.3, TT
Keene, Hank, Folios, 16.8, I
King, Peewee, 16.1, HHH-III;
Ephemera, L
Kingston Trio, 16.3, SS
Lair, John, 16.1, JJJ; Ephemera, M
Lee, Johnny, Ephemera, 16.1, M
Lee, Brenda, 16.2, C
Lee, Nancy, Ephemera, 16.3, E
Lewis, Jerry Lee, Ephemera, 16.1, M
Little Jimmie, 16.3, CC-DD
Log Cabin Boys, 16.3, SS
Lonzo and Oscar, 16.3, SS
Loudermilk, John D., 16.1, KKK
Lucky Dozen, The, 16.8, J
Lulu Belle and Scotty, 16.3, Q-R;
Ephemera, E
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Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Lynn, Loretta, 16.3, TT
Lynn, Marjorie, 16.2, L
M. M. Cole, Folios, 16.8, L-R
Mac and Bob, 16.3, S-T
Male Performers, Miscellaneous,
16.1, UUUUU-XXXXX
Mandrell, Barbara, 16.2, D
Mank, Chaw, 16.1, LLL
Manners, Zeke, 16.1, MMM
Maple City Four, 16.3, SS
Marshall, Georgia, 16.2, K
Marvin, Frankie, 16.3, U
Marvin, Johnny, 16.3, U
McClintock, Mac, 16.1, WWWWW
McEnery, Alberta, 16.3, V-W
McEnery, Dave, 16.3, V-W
McGhee and Welling, 16.3, SS
Merritt, 16.1, WWWWW
Milene, 16.7, A-Q
Miller, Roger, 16.1, WWWWW
Mitchell, Guy, 16.1, WWWWW
Monroe, Bill, 16.1, PPP; Ephemera, N
Montana Slim, 16.1, AA-BB
Montana, Patsy, 16.2, E-F; Ephemera, E
Morgan, George, 16.1, WWWWW
Payne, Leon, 16.1, VVV
Pelleteri, Vito, Ephemera, 16.9, B
Perkins, Carl Lee, 16.1, WWWWW
Pickard Family, 16.3, SS
Pie Plant Pete, 16.3, X
Pickin’ and Singin’ News, Ephemera,
16.9, A
Pierce, Webb, 16.1, WWWWW
Prairie Farmer News, WLS Weekly
Ephemera, 16.10, L
Prairie Ramblers, 16.3, Y; Ephemera, E
Pride, Charlie, 16.1, WWWWW;
Ephemera, N
Publications, Miscellaneous, Ephemera,
16.10, U-W
Publishers, 16.7, A-DD; 16.8, A-R;
Ephemera, 16.7, A-B
Publishers, Miscellaneous, 16.7, S-DD
Radio and Records, Ephemera,
16.10, W (oversize box)
Radio Guide, Ephemera, 16.10, W
Reeves, Jim, 16.1, WWW; Ephemera, P
Rex Cole Mountaineers, 16.3, SS
Ritter, Tex, 16.1, XXX-YYY;
Ephemera, Q
Mountain Broadcast, Folios, 16.8, G
Mountain Broadcast & Prairie Recorder,
Ephemera, 16.10, H
Movie Cowboys, 16.4, C
Music City News, Ephemera, Oversize Box,
Series 16 Folder
National Hillbilly News, Ephemera, 16.6, A
National Jamboree, Ephemera, 16.10, N
Nelson, Willie, 16.1, QQQ; Ephemera, N
Newbury, Mickey, 16.1, RRR
Nichols, Sam, 16.1, WWWWW
Oklahomans, 16.3, RR
Orbison, Roy, 16.1, SSS
Oregon Outlaw, Ephemera, 16.10, V
Ossenbrink, Luther, 16.1, TTT
Overstake, Evelyn, 16.2, K
Owens, Buck 16.1, UUU; Ephemera, N
Parker, Linda, 16.3, G
Parton, Dolly, 16.2, G; Ephemera, A;
Poster in Map Case Drawer
Robbins, Marty, 16.1, ZZZ;
Ephemera, N
Robertson, “Texas” Jim, 16.1, AAAA
Robertson, Don, 16.2, I
Robison, Carson J., 16.1, BBBB-GGGG;
Ephemera, N
Rodeo, 16.4, D-E; Ephemera, A
Rodgers, Jimmie, 16.1, HHHH-JJJJ;
Ephemera, R
Rogers, Kenny, 16.1, KKKK-LLLL;
Ephemera S and Oversize Box
Rogers, Roy, 16.3, Z-BB; Ephemera, C
Rogers, Smokey, 16.1, XXXXX
Rose, Fred, 16.1, MMMM-ZZZZ;
Ephemera, N
Round-up, 16.4, D-E
Rowell, Glen, 16.3, L-O
Roy, “Blue Grass,” 16.1, UUUUU
Rush, Ford, 16.3, L-O
Scaggs, Boz, 16.1, XXXXX
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Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music
Series 16, Country, Western and Folk
Scruggs, Earl, 16.3, K; Ephemera, T
Short Brothers, 16.3, SS
Singing Sizemores, Ephemera, 16.3, E
Sizemore, Asher, 16.3, CC-DD
Snow, Hank, 16.1, AAAAA
Sons of the Pioneers, 16.3, EE-II;
Ephemera, D
Stand By!, Ephemera, 16.10, O-T
Stevens, Ray, 16.1, XXXXX
Stewart, Redd, 16.1, HHH-III, EEEEE
Stubby and His Buccaneers, 16.3, SS
Sullivan, Gene, 16.3, JJ
Texas Playboys, 16.3, OO-QQ;
Ephemera, V
Thompson, Hank, 16.1, CCCCC
Tillis, Mel, 16.1, XXXXX;
Ephemera, T
Tillman, Floyd, 16.1, DDDDD
Tobacco Tags, 16.3, SS
Tomlin, Pinky, 16.1, XXXXX
Tophand, Ephemera, 16.10, W
Travis, Merle, 16.1, EEEE-FFFF
Tubb, Ernest, 16.1, GGGGG-JJJJJ;
Ephemera, U
“Turkey in the Straw,” 16.5, E;
Ephemera, A
Tuttle, Wesley, 16.1, KKKKK
Twitty, Conway (Loretta Lynn), 16.3, TT;
Ephemera, T
Tyler, Texas, 16.1, XXXXX
Uncle Ezra, 16.1, O
Vagabonds, 16.3, KK
WLS (Prairie Farmer) Family Album,
Ephemera, 16.10, I-K
Wagon Train, 16.4, A
Wagoner, Porter, 16.1, XXXXX
Wakely, Jimmy, 16.1, LLLLL-MMMMM;
Ephemera, T
Walker, Cindy, 16.2, H
Walker, Wiley, 16.3, JJ
Waverly, Jack, 16.1, NNNNN
Weavers, The, 16.3, SS
Wellington, Larry, 16.1, OOOOO
Wells, Kitty, Ephemera, B
West, The, 16.4, A-KK; Ephemera, B
Westerners, 16.3, LL-NN
Widener, Porter, 16.1, XXXXX
Willet, Slim, 16.1, XXXXX
Williams, Audrey, 16.2, K
Williams, Hank, 16.1, PPPPP-SSSSS;
Ephemera, T
Williams, Tex, 16.1, TTTTT; Ephemera, T
Wills, Bob, 16.3, OO-QQ; Ephemera, V
Wilson, Grace, 16.2, I
Wooley, 16.1, XXXXX
Yodeling, 16.6, H
Younger, Ed, 16.3, SS
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