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 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

This collection contains sheet music collected by Annie McDonald Hale, a Blacksburg, Virginia resident. Additions seem to have been made by Hale's friend, Willie M. Gates, to whom the collection was bequeathed. The collection includes the sheet music for many of the most popular songs of the first half of the twentieth century, though a few items date from the late nineteenth century, and scattered selections dating from the 1960s and 1970s are included as well. Among the selections are patriotic songs, novelty songs, show tunes, instrumentals, and a few pieces that, by later standards, would be considered racially offensive. Many of the pieces feature illustrated covers, some including photographs of the vocalists who made the songs famous.

Dates

  • 1892 - 1987

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.6 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository

Contact:
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308