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

Marching through Georgia

Printed in red and blue within blue border of type ornament sections. Text of song in five numbered four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: "Hurrah! hurrah! we bring the Jubilee!" Author's name not on item. Entered under title rather than author. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Marching through Georgia

Printed in red and blue within blue border of type ornament sections. Text of song in five numbered four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: "Hurrah! hurrah! we bring the Jubilee!" Author's name not on item. Entered under title rather than author. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Marching through Berlin

Marching through Berlin

Brown University

words and music by William Warren. March for voice and piano. Advertisements for other songs: p. 2-[4] War slogan: p. 2-3. Cover illustration: soldiers marching in Berlin.

Marching through Berlin

Marching through Berlin

Brown University

words and music by William Warren. March for voice and piano. Advertisements for other songs: p. 2-[4] War slogan: p. 2-3. Cover illustration: soldiers marching in Berlin.

Marching song of freedom

text by Louise Ayres Garnett ; music by Henry Clay Work ; arranged by N. Clifford Page. March for mixed voices (SATB) and piano. Cover title. Advertisements for other songs: p. [6-8] Cover illustration: drawing of battle scene. Also published for: medium voice and chorus, men's voices with piano, and women's voices (three-part) with piano.

Marching song

Marching song

Brown University

words and music by David Donald. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Cover illustration: an eagle, a United States flag.

Marching along

Marching along

Brown University

written and composed by Florence M. Benjamin ; arranged by Jules Brazil. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: Jules Brazil. "Dedicated to the soldiers of the first contingent who fell at St. Julien"--Cover.

March on! Over there: marching song

words by Arlo Bates ; music by Florence Atherton Spalding. March for voice and piano. Cover title. "To my son and the other sons over there"--Caption.

March of freedom

March of freedom

Brown University

At head of title: (Not printed at Government expense). Congressional Record: Proceedings and debates of the 79th Congress, First Session. At end of text: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945.

March of freedom

March of freedom

Brown University

At head of title: (Not printed at Government expense). Congressional Record: Proceedings and debates of the 79th Congress, First Session At end of text: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945

Map on temperance

Map on temperance

Brown University

Allegorical hand-colored manuscript map of the Ocean of Life, with Gin Island, Drunkards Channel, etc. with handwritten poetic "Explanation." Allegorical hand-colored manuscript map of the Ocean of Life, with Gin Island, Drunkards Channel, etc. with handwritten poetic "Explanation." In upper half bordered hand-colored manuscript map, below handwritten text of poem "Explanation." Author's name not on item.

Map on temperance

Map on temperance

Brown University

Allegorical map of Ocean of Life, with Gin Island, Drunkards Channel, etc. with poem "Explanation." Allegorical map of Ocean of Life, with Gin Island, Drunkards Channel, etc. with poem "Explanation." Bordered map in upper part; below, within separate border of type ornaments, text of poem printed in three columns divided by single lines. Legend at upper right: Map on Temperance designed by W.M. Murrell, the reformed Cruiser, author of the Cruise of the Columbia &c. Directly below map: Lith. of E.W. Bouvé, Boston. In lower margin: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by W.M. Murrell, ... Howe's Sheet Anchor Press, Boston.