Collection Information
Collection
Thomas A. Radcliffe American sheet music
Location
Music and Performing Arts Library Special Collections
Provenance
Purchase from Radcliffe, a private collector
When acquired
1967-1968
Description
Total of 5,861 American sheet music editions received, mainly from the era 1890-1920. Categories included “mother” songs, telephone, railroad, movie stars, rags, stage and film songs, “coon” songs, Irish, World War I, etc. Some duplicate items were not added to sheet music holdings. A copy of the “Illinois Loyalty Song” was donated by Radcliffe to the Music Library in 1973.
Arrangement
Interfiled within general American sheet music holdings, arranged by medium of performance/date/accession number. See Online U.S. Sheet Music Database
Access/Finding Aids/Bibliography
Unfortunately, no lists exist of individual titles.
Index
Radcliffe, Thomas A.; Sheet music, American