Section 15: Sports and Athletics, undated
Scope and Contents note
This section is alphabetized by sport topic: categories include archery, baseball, bicycling, billiards, boating, boxing, cricket and croquet, fishing, football, golf, roller skating, rowing, running, swings and hammocks, and tennis. Baseball and football are the largest categories, having more than sixty items each. The tremendous popularity of bicycling during the last quarter of the 19th century is well reflected in more than fifty pieces.
There is a list of all sheet music available in the "Baseball" folder. See printout in the Library.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- From the Collection: Driscoll, J. Francis (James Francis), 1875-1959 (Person)
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).
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by topic.
General Physical Description note
Approximately 300 pieces
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org