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

My mother raised her boy to be a soldier

words and music by Jack Crawford ; arranged by E.W. Garrett. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for poems by the composer: p. [6] Extract from "The Brooklyn Eagle", May 16, 1915 article on Capt. Crawford: p. 2. "This song is a rebuke to the author of 'I did not raise my boy to be a soldier' [lyricist Alfred Bryan]"--P. 2. Cover illustration: photograph of the composer; drawing of the composer in buckskins, a mother and soldier son / R.M. Baligant.

My mother

My mother

Brown University

by Armorel [sic] E. O'Kelly-Cooke. Cover title. Date noted in copy. Issued in lettered, illustrated wrapper. Text within double line border. Caption title with photo reproduction of woman on page [1]

My mother

My mother

Brown University

Within ornamental border. At head of text: The following lines were picked up by a cherished friend while crossing the Isthmus, on his way home from California ..

My misfortune

My misfortune

Brown University

Poet claims to have been "born with the mark of a drunkard" and sells flavoring extracts and perfumes "at your door." Poet claims to have been "born with the mark of a drunkard" and sells flavoring extracts and perfumes "at your door." Poem in six four-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: F.A. Parker, Auburn, N.Y. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

My little service flag has seven stars: song

lyric by Stanley Murphy ; music by Harry Tierney. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other music: p. [4] War slogans: p. 2-[4] Cover illustration: woman with seven-star service flag and seven soldiers / Starmer.

My little Belgian maid

My little Belgian maid

Brown University

words by Gene Buck ; music by Dave Stamper. For voice and piano. Caption title. From revue: Ziegfeld's new 11:30 midnight frolic. Advertisement for "Hello! I've been looking for you": p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of woman dancing.

My little Belgian maid

My little Belgian maid

Brown University

words by Gene Buck ; music by Dave Stamper. For voice and piano. Caption title. From revue: Ziegfeld's new 11:30 midnight frolic. Advertisement for "Hello! I've been looking for you": p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of woman dancing.

My life belongs to Uncle Sam: (but my heart belongs to you)

words by Schuyler Greene ; music by Otto Motzan. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Would you take me back again?": p. [2] Advertisement for "If I could live to love you": p. [6] Cover illustration: battleship flying U.S. flag at helm / De Takacs.

My life belongs to Uncle Sam: (but my heart belongs to you)

words by Schuyler Greene ; music by Otto Motzan. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Would you take me back again?": p. [2] Advertisement for "If I could live to love you": p. [6] Cover illustration: battleship flying U.S. flag at helm / De Takacs.

My life belongs to Uncle Sam: (but my heart belongs to you)

words by Schuyler Greene ; music by Otto Motzan. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Would you take me back again?": p. [2] Advertisement for "If I could live to love you": p. [6] Cover illustration: battleship flying U.S. flag at helm / De Takacs.

My legacy

My legacy

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Poem in nine six-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: H.H. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

My legacy

My legacy

Brown University

by Helen Hunt Jackson. Poem in nine six-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

My legacy

My legacy

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Poem in nine six-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: H.H. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

My last night in Fredericksburg

At head of text: The following is a poem read at the last 4th Maine reunion by the author, Col. Elijah Walker. Poem in 14 four-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: Elijah Walker, Col. 4th Me. Regt. Suggested publication date from statement that the battle of Fredericksburg was "seven and twenty years ago."

My Kiwanis

My Kiwanis

Brown University

Within double line border with corner ornaments. Dedicated to the Kiwanis club of Columbus, Ohio.

My islands

My islands

Brown University

Within double line border. A.M. Parke, illustrator.

My islands

My islands

Brown University

Within double line border. A.M. Parke, illustrator.