Among the many categories in this section are American flags (90), Labor and Trades, Lafayette (30), Lincoln (120), Washington (133), the Mexican War (75), and the Military in general, including many lithographs of officers and men in uniform, views of parade grounds, drill scenes, and the like (550). It also includes the Spanish-American War (100), the “Suffragette” Movement, Daniel Webster (50), Whigs (100), World War I (ca. 1,600 songs) and the Presidential Series of some 425 pieces, including a representative selection of songs about every president, with the sole exception of Harry Truman. To these has been added a folder of related items, containing 50 songs of different campaigns, unsuccessful candidates, and vice-presidents. Fairs such as the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, and the Boston Peace Jubilees of 1869 and 1872 are all represented.

One of the most important categories is that devoted to the Civil War, which consists of 1,250 pieces. Included among these are 150 pieces of Confederate music: the song “Dixie” is represented by nearly 50 different printings.

Boxes 147, 149, 155, and 159 are missing.

Topics originally in this section entitled, "Adams and Liberty, songs", "Battles," and "Civil War, general," were individually cataloged: see the Newberry Online Catalog.