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

America prepare: song

America prepare: song

Brown University

lyric by Elizabeth Hebert Childs ; music by Ribé Danmark. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other music: p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier with a bugle / LPN.

America he's for you

America he's for you

Brown University

words and music by Andrew B. Sterling. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Dedicated to: Privates James and Raymond Sterling. Advertisement for "Before the world began": p. [4] Cover illustration: photographs of a baby, child, and soldier; drawing of Uncle Sam / E.H. Pfeiffer.

America he's for you

America he's for you

Brown University

words and music by Andrew B. Sterling. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Dedicated to: Privates James and Raymond Sterling. Advertisement for "Before the world began": p. [4] Cover illustration: photographs of a baby, child, and soldier; drawing of Uncle Sam / E.H. Pfeiffer.

America he's for you

America he's for you

Brown University

words and music by Andrew B. Sterling. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Dedicated to: Privates James and Raymond Sterling. Advertisement for "Before the world began": p. [4] Cover illustration: photographs of a baby, child, and soldier; drawing of Uncle Sam / E.H. Pfeiffer.

America dear America

America dear America

Brown University

words and music by W.V. Hyde. March for voice and piano. Cover title. "Dedicated to America's Adopted Sons." Cover illustration: two U.S. soldiers and allegorical figure of America.

America

America

Brown University

Page [4] blank. At head of text: Tune, Lauriger Horatius, now generally known as Maryland, My Maryland.

America

America

Brown University

Page [4] blank. At head of text: Tune, Lauriger Horatius, now generally known as Maryland, My Maryland.

America

America

Brown University

Printed in blue on blue paper. At end of text: Eighth anniversary, Gen. A.E. Burnside Camp Sons of Veterans, U.S.A. Providence. Poem in three seven-line stanzas of mixed authorship. First stanza, beginning: "Our father's God! to Thee by S.F. Smith; stanzas two and three, beginning "" by S.A. Mahlman.

America

America

Brown University

Within colored flag border having three red stripes along sides and bottom and starry blue band on top and upper part of sides. Text of song in four seven-line stanzas. Author's name not on item. In lower margin below border: J. Wrigley, Publisher, of songs, ballads, toy books, conversation, age, and small playing cards, alphabets, wood blocks, valentines, motto verses, and cut motto paper &c. No. 27 Chatham Street (opposite City Hall Park) New York. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. Wolf, E. Amer. song sheets, 34i.

America

America

Brown University

At end of text: Composed by Rev. J. Elbert Powell, Representative of the Benefit Board of the National Baptist Convention ..

Amen corner

Amen corner

Brown University

Broadsheet printed on wheat-colored paper. Poem in eight eight-line stanzas. Suggested publication date from acquisition date of Brown University copy.

Amen

Amen

Brown University

Border of type ornaments at head and end of text

Ameliorate-Oil & Chemical Co., Boston, Mass.

Printed in red and blue in two columns divided by single line within border of type ornaments on heavy paper that is white on recto and blue blotting paper on verso. Advertises cleaning and polishing oils and polishing cloths for automobiles and furniture. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.