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.
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Items in this collection

If I had a son for each star in Old Glory: Uncle Sam, I'd give them all to you!

words by J.E. Dempsey ; music by Jos. A. Burke. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Keep your eye on the girlie you love" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: a mother looking at a portrait of her son; photograph of Brice & King. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If I had a son for each star in Old Glory: Uncle Sam, I'd give them all to you!

words by J.E. Dempsey ; music by Jos. A. Burke. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Keep your eye on the girlie you love" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: a mother looking at a portrait of her son; photograph of Brice & King. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If I had a son for each star in Old Glory: Uncle Sam, I'd give them all to you!

words by J.E. Dempsey ; music by Jos. A. Burke. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Keep your eye on the girlie you love" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: a mother looking at a portrait of her son; photograph of Brice & King. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If I had a son for each star in Old Glory: Uncle Sam, I'd give them all to you!

words by J.E. Dempsey ; music by Jos. A. Burke. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Keep your eye on the girlie you love" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: a mother looking at a portrait of her son; photograph of Brice & King. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If I could play the violin

Grace Sherwood. Pages [2] and [4] blank. French-fold; printed in red on double page. On page [1] uncaptioned drawing of woman wearing pointed hat and playing a violin. Caption title from first line of poem. Type-signed at end of poem: Grace Sherwood. One Two Three Waterman Street. Christmas - Nineteen thirty-six. Place of publication from Providence street name at end of poem.

If I but had a little coat

French-fold; printed on double page. Printed in blue and black on heavy cream paper. On page [1] uncaptioned illustration of child carrying bundle. Title from first line of poem on page [3] "The picture is by Hans Herzog .... The poem is from "Adoration," ... appearing in the collection Bow down in Jericho ...." Poem in three six-line stanzas. Suggested publication date from date of book.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for this and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Ray Samuels. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Artie Mehlinger and George Meyer. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If he can fight like he can love, good night Germany!

words by Grant Clarke and Howard E. Rogers ; music by George W. Meyer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for this and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of roses / [rose symbol]; photograph of Ray Samuels. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

If cookies could talk

If cookies could talk

Brown University

At head of text: Written to accompany a box of cookies sent to a Camp Lewis Liberty Boy.

If any little word of ours

Printed on heavy paper in postcard format. At left of text drawing of woman's head, signed: Chas. Luce. Title from first line. Poem in three eight-line stanzas.

If a girl like you loved a boy like me

Printed in red and green on heavy white paper in postcard format; text on recto in green, on verso in black. At head of text illustration of boy and girl. Words and music of song chorus. Name of author of lyrics not on item; music by Gus Edwards. "By permission of Gus Edwards Music Pub. Co. Copyright MCMVI"--Colophon. "No. 4600 Music Series"--Verso.