Performance and Entertainment

Digital collections that fall within the John Hay Library’s Performance and Entertainment STRATEGIC COLLECTING DIRECTION. Here you will find digitized materials that document the history and creative process of performing arts and provides a window into public life and popular entertainment in the Americas through plays, dance, film, music, photography, and pornography.
This collection is part of Brown University Library, hosted by Brown University.

Items in this collection

The old canoe

The old canoe

Brown University

by George T. Marsh. Printed on translucent paper. Poem in five eight-line stanzas. At end of text: Scribner's Magazine, October 1908.

The old camp kettle

The old camp kettle

Brown University

Humorous reminiscences of camp life in the Civil War. Humorous reminiscences of camp life in the Civil War. Poem in five four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: The old black cook with his little dipper. Patent medicine advertisement at end of text: The poor man's friend, a wonderful preserver of health ... I.W. Boatman, formerly of the 83 O.V.I. Seven Mile, Ohio. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and because the poem refers to the Civil War as in the past.

The old cabin home:: for the piano

composed & arranged by T. Paine For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB) Cover title Dedicated to: W.H. Elder Additional verses: p. 5 Advertisement for music books: p. [2] Advertisement for other songs: p. [6]

The old Bastile

The old Bastile

Brown University

Printed in two columns within ornamental border. Tune: The old churchyard.

The old Bastile

The old Bastile

Brown University

Printed in two columns within ornamental border. Tune: The old churchyard.

The old Bastile

The old Bastile

Brown University

Printed in two columns within ornamental border. Tune: The old churchyard.

The old banjo:: favorite Ethiopian melody

words by Bob Lively; music composed expressly for J.P. Ordway Esq. by I. Louis Brackett For voice, piano, and chorus (tenor, tenor, air, bass) Cover title "As sung by Ordway's Aeolians."

The oil merchant

The oil merchant

Brown University

Humorous song about striking oil in Pennsylvania. Humorous song about striking oil in Pennsylvania. By John C. Cross. Within border of type ornament sections. To be sung to the tune: Happy land of Canaan. Text of song in five four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: Oh! oh! oh! I am bound to go. At end of text below rule: Published by Mitchell & Hawkins, Providence, R.I. Entered under title rather than author. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. This edition not in Wolf.

The Official Printing Press

1 broadsheet. Printed in red and black on orange paper. Within ornamental red border, bearing legend. Contains advertising. In upper border: Highest Award International Exh. '76.

The officer who paid for his commission

At head of title hand-colored wood-engraving of officer hiding behind tree while soldiers charge. Four-line poem. A similar poem at Brown University entitled Soldier (HB37951) was published by the N.Y. Union Valentine Co.

The ocean burial

The ocean burial

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments. Poem in six eight-line stanzas. In lower margin below border: R.R. Treadway, Printer, Warren. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The oath

The oath

Brown University

Within single line border.

The notorious not burglar, William M'Coy is in town: look out for him!

Printed in three columns divided by single lines within border of type ornament sections. Below title wood-engraving of bearded man holding cards of buttons, signed: N. Orr sc. and captioned: Likeness of William M'Coy. Includes poem in six four-line stanzas beginning: I have the red--I have the blue. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The Norway spruce

The Norway spruce

Brown University

Stephen Sandy. Illustration of trees on page [4] Cover title. "A free broadside."

The Norway spruce

The Norway spruce

Brown University

Stephen Sandy. Illustration of trees on page [4] Cover title. "A free broadside."

The non-alternative nightmare

Broadsheet Poem printed over entire recto; title and colophon on verso. Cover title Deep yellow paper printed in black

The non-alternative nightmare

Broadsheet Poem printed over entire recto; title and colophon on verso. Cover title Deep yellow paper printed in black

The Nineteen Fifteen fair

Page [4] blank. Cover title. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with eight-line chorus beginning: We'll meet at the Exposition.