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

Souvenir: Leaves from "A Garden of Remembrance"

1 broadsheet; folded into thirds, creating six pages. Poetry and prose. Single line border surrounding poems; rubricated title. At head of title: Many are responsive to a poem, who would never listen to a sermon. At end of text: The little work shop around the corner.

Souvenir song sheet U.S. Army WAAC Caravan

Tune: Marching along together. At head of text: Columbia Network broadcast - every Monday through Friday - 5:45 p.m. At end of text: "Together"--serve with our fighting army--join the WAAC. Typed distribution statement at end of text.

Souvenir song sheet U.S. Army WAAC Caravan

Tune: Marching along together. At head of text: Columbia Network broadcast - every Monday through Friday - 5:45 p.m. At end of text: "Together"--serve with our fighting army--join the WAAC. Typed distribution statement at end of text.

Souvenir at close of school

Issued sewn with green cord into illustrated lettered wrapper with pasted-on photograph of women, probably teacher Florence S. Brewer. Cover title. Includes list of teacher, school superintendent, school board and pupils at Perryville School, Lycoming, Pa. on May 6, 1920.

Souvenir at close of school

Issued sewn with green cord into illustrated lettered wrapper with pasted-on photograph of women, probably teacher Florence S. Brewer. Cover title. Includes list of teacher, school superintendent, school board and pupils at Perryville School, Lycoming, Pa. on May 6, 1920.

Souvenir 1867 1903: reunion Jillson's Cornet Band, Hope Valley, October 20

Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed on heavy embossed paper with scalloped edges; first word of title embossed. At left on page [1] embossed owl standing on open book; at right pasted-on photograph of head and shoulders of man. On page [3] text of song in two eight-line stanzas with two-line chorus beginning: Then hail to the Band, all lively and jolly; song is entitled: Mechanics' Brass Band, composed by William A. Boss for festival Jan. 1-3, 1868.

Southern song of liberty

Within double-line border. Text of song in seven numbered four-line stanzas. Original dimensions not known.

Southern prisoner. Gives his thanks to the Baltimore ladies

Departing Confederate prisoner of war thanks women of Baltimore for their nursing and gifts of food. Departing Confederate prisoner of war thanks women of Baltimore for their nursing and gifts of food. Within border of type ornament sections. To be sung to the tune: American boy. Text of song in ten four-line stanzas. Publication date suggested because of mention of prisoner's capture at Winchester in May, probably the Battle of Winchester in May, 1862.

Southern battle song

Southern battle song

Brown University

Within double line border. Text of song in six eight-line stanzas. At end of text: C. In lower left corner: Balt., Md., Oct., 1862. First line: Come gallant sons of noble sires.

South Fifth Avenue

South Fifth Avenue

Brown University

words by Edward Harrigan; music by Dave Braham Waltz for voice and piano Cover title At head of title: As sung in Edward Harrigan's comic play, "Mulligan's silver wedding" Advertisement for other songs: p. [6]

South Carolina: a patriotic ode

Printed on blue paper. Bust of Washington within text within double line border. Poem in four seven-line stanzas imitating Smith's America.

South Carolina: a patriotic ode

Printed on blue paper. Bust of Washington within text within double line border. Poem in four seven-line stanzas imitating Smith's America.

Sour krout: as sung by James Howard

Song in four stanzas Transcribed imprint from head of title. At foot: A.W. Auner's card and job printing rooms Tenth and Race Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Written by Silvio Pratel and copyright 1870. See the Library of Congress American memory online archive, Music for the nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885. Printed area measures 15.9 x 9.7 cm.

Sound! Trumpet!: (Squillino le trombe!)

poem by Giovanni Bertacchi ; music by Stanislao Gallo ; English text by Stephen Fay. March for voice and piano. Italian and English words. Cover title. "Ai Soldati Italiani"--Caption. Reprint. Originally published: Boston : S. Gallo, 1915. Lyrics from poem: Il risveglio d'Italia / Giovanni Bertacchi. Cover illustration: Italian man playing a bugle.

Souls of genius

Souls of genius

Brown University

Sixteen-line poem. At end of text: Dedicated to Dr. Patrick M. Moriarty of the Old Bay State by William Kimberley Palmer. Chicopee, Massachusetts U.S.A. Sept. 19th, 1935, A.D.