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Scope and Contents note
There are three categories in this section: Firms, Miscellaneous, and Portraits. The largest grouping of illustrated imprints is from the firms Bufford (250), Endicott (150), Pendleton (104), and Thayer (115). Miscellaneous includes engraved title pages (150, some of which were removed to be cataloged separately), 19th century black and white lithographed covers (400), 19th century colored covers (85), mixed illustrated covers (100), and music covers that have been matted (100, on miscellaneous subjects; oversized and housed at the end of the entire Driscoll collection). Portraits include not only those of composers and poets, but also many famous historical figures, theatrical people, military men and other luminaries. Included among them are nearly fifty of the rare “paste-ons”, covers having early photographs glued onto the title page. There are approximately 3,250 pieces in this category, arranged alphabetically by the person pictured.
Creator
- From the Collection: Driscoll, J. Francis (James Francis), 1875-1959 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The James Francis Driscoll collection of American sheet music is open for research in the General Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
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