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Massachusetts: Boston - Musical organizations (Germania Musical Society, Handel & Haydn Society); Newspapers (Boston American, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Pearl & Literary Gazette, Boston Post, Boston Press Club, and Boston Traveler); Organizations (includes: Ancient Order of Hibernians, Bay State Commandery, Boston & Roxbury Whig Association, Boston Assemblies, Boston Athletic Club, Boston Benedict Club, Boston Burns Club, Boston Charitable Irish Society, Boston Clay Club, Colony Club, Gaudeamus Society, Lowell Baseball Club of Boston, Malibran Society, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, Massachusetts Female Emancipation Society, Musical Frog Club, St. Botolph Club, Union Boat Club, and Washington Inebriates Reform Association; Portraits (includes Phillips Brooks, Mayors Curley and Fitzgerald, Cardinal O'Connell); Schools and colleges; and South Boston

 File — Box: 174

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

This section comprises music about and imprints from the various regions of the United States. There is a folder for each of the fifty states, and for Bermuda, New England (as a region), the Panama Canal Zone, Washington D.C., and a miscellaneous folder. The only states not represented by at least one song are the two Dakotas. The largest collections are for Massachusetts (2,100) and New York (1,550). Other well-represented states are California (100), Connecticut (100), Maine (150) Pennsylvania (350) and Rhode Island (200). These larger categories are in turn broken down by community. Within these communities, the larger cities such as New York, Philadelphia and Boston are further broken down on a topical basis, For instance, Boston is divided into Boston Common, Bunker Hill, Charlestown, churches, Faneuil Hall, Boston Harbor, hotels, Jamaica Pond, mayors, military, miscellaneous, music houses and dealers, etc., making a total of 1,150 for Boston alone. In addition, Massachusetts is rounded out by 275 Military pieces, and 100 miscellaneous pieces, including 35 governors; New York, by 150 military and 100 miscellaneous, with 17 governors. Some pieces from this section were removed and cataloged individually: see the Newberry's Online Catalog.

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The James Francis Driscoll collection of American sheet music is open for research in the General Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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