Sheet Music Collection

Collection

Identifier: MsC0873

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Scope and Contents

This collection was created by amalgamating two small sheet music collections. As these materials were received and processed at different times, under different conditions, they have been maintained as two separate series, each with its own organizational scheme.

Dates

Creation: 1840-1968

Creator

Sheet Music Collection (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

3.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Eighteen of the approximately 150 pieces of sheet music in this collection are about the American South with the balance of the collection being about America's involvement in World War I. Ranging in date from 1899 to 1917, the majority were published in 1917 and 1918. This collection is now Series I in the Sheet Music Collection

Physical Access Requirements

The University of Iowa Libraries supports access to the materials, published and unpublished, in its collections. Nonetheless, access to some items may be restricted by their fragile condition or by contractual agreement with donors, and it may not be possible at all times to provide appropriate machinery for reading, viewing or accessing non-paper-based materials. Please read our Please read The University of Iowa Libraries' statement on Property Rights, usecoll Law, and Permissions to Use Unpublished Materials

Method of Acquisition

The Kenneth J. Oberembt Sheet Music Collection was given to the University of Iowa Libraries by Kenneth J. Oberembt in memory of his brother Patrick. The Sylvia Maibaum Sheet Music Collection came to the University of Iowa Libraries via Matthew and Paul Maibaum as a bequest from their mother Sylvia Maibaum, following her death in the fall of 2006.

Related Materials

In addition to the Sheet Music Collection, the University of Iowa Libraries is also home to the Ada Holding Miller Sheet Music Collection (MsC510), which contains nearly 200 pieces of American sheet music and the Dessa Manion Music Collection (MsC218) , which includes transcripts of popular songs and folksongs as well as some examples of popular sheet music. More information about American music can be found at Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century (MsC150); the Irving Berlin and Related Sheet Music Collection (msc1111); and the Wheeler-Cattron Family Papers (msc1103) has a series of sheet music.