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Alfred Harding Yopp Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-030
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies of music scores and sheet music primarly composed by Alfred Harding Yopp, Wilmington musician and businessman, as well as correspondence, newspaper clippings, and programs.
Dates:
1896-1976 (photocopies)
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Elli Klein Sheet Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-369
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of undated piano and choral sheet music consisting of music from play productions and operas, official United States military songs, and other songs of the era. Well-known pieces such as People Will Say We Are In Love from the musical Oklahoma and the musical score from Gone With The Wind are contained within this sheet music collection. The only dated source, The Marine's Hymn, is from 1942 and is the oldest and official song of the United State Marine Corps.
Dates:
1942, Undated
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Fanny B. deRosset Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-097
Scope and Contents
Original sheet music, mostly of the the late nineteenth century, for voice and piano.
Dates:
1882-1952
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Janet McGee Sheet Music Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-MS-370
Scope and Contents
Collection of sheet music, both vocal and instrumental, from the early to mid 20th century.
Dates:
circa 1918-1950
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Laura Harriss Howell Music Collection
Collection — Box: 1-24
Identifier: SC-MS-098
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the personal music library of Laura Harriss Howell and includes opera librettos, music books, and sheet music meant to be sung and played on piano, organ or guitar by musicians in the home. Published primarily in the first half of the nineteenth century but including some Confederate imprints, the music reflects the parlor music tastes of the period and contains popular part-singing classics of the day.
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Scheetz Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-056
Scope and Contents
This collection includes sheet music and songbooks of popular music during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most of the selections are written for piano, however there are several arrangments for the ukelele and guitar.
Dates:
1888-1959
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Thursday Morning Music Club Records
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-036
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities Wilmington's Thursday Morning Music Club from its origin in 1892 to 2014, including the club's affiliation with the North Carolina and National Federations of Music Clubs. Represented in the records are minutes, bylaws, banking records, reports, correspondence, member directories, programs, and yearbooks. Of historical significance are the minutes of the club's first meetings documenting its founding members, meeting locations and songs practiced. This...
Dates:
1892-2014
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
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