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

Whiskey, you're a villyan

Written and sung by Mr. Frank Drew. Within border of type ornament sections (Wolf calls Auner-Johnson border) At head of text: Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1865, by J. Marsh, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pa. Text of song in four four-line stanzas with chorus beginning: Whiskey, you're a villyan. Colophon below curvilinear line within lower border: J. Marsh, Music Publisher, No. 1029 Chestnut Street, Philada. Entered under title rather than author.

Whip the Kaiser

Whip the Kaiser

Brown University

Printed in blue within red double line border. At head of title colored illustration of American flag. To be sung to the tune: Tipperary. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with eight-line chorus beginning: It takes a long time to whip the Kaiser. Type-signed at end: A.J. Shaffer.

While you're away: "pack up your cares in a bundle of joy"

by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Anatole Friedland. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "Chimes of Normandy", printed in black ink: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier saying good-bye to his mother, printed in yellow and grey ink / De Takacs.

While you're away: "pack up your cares in a bundle of joy"

by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Anatole Friedland. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "Chimes of Normandy", printed in black ink: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier saying good-bye to his mother, printed in yellow and grey ink / De Takacs.

While we slept, America

While we slept, America

Brown University

by Mary Norbert Korte. Printed on tan paper in two columns divided by double line; title and imprint in first column, poem in second.

While midnight oil's been burning

Pages [2,4] blank. Printed in red and black. At end of text: The season's greetings herewith goes to family, friends, and former beaux. Dot and Ned Naumburg.

While midnight oil's been burning

Pages [2,4] blank. Printed in red and black. At end of text: The season's greetings herewith goes to family, friends, and former beaux. Dot and Ned Naumburg.

While midnight oil's been burning

Pages [2,4] blank. Printed in red and black. At end of text: The season's greetings herewith goes to family, friends, and former beaux. Dot and Ned Naumburg.

While I was over there

While I was over there

Brown University

At head of text: The story of a privateer, who "did his bit", and did it here, while "our boys" were "over there." At end of text: "Dr. Smiles" said, as he finished writing the above lines ..

Which?

Which?

Brown University

Poetry; quotation from Macbeth and fourteen lines of poetry typesigned: Francisco de Vasconcellos-Coutinno.

Where's Rosanna gone?, or, The kiss behind the door

Text of song in five eight-line stanzas with varied four-line chorus beginning: I shall never kiss my love again behind the kitchen door. At end of text below curvilinear line: A.W. Auner, Song Printer, Tenth and Race Sts. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.