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Foreman M. Lebold Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022.0089

Scope and Contents

Four of the booklets date before the Civil War. Of the earliest, 1836, one is predominantly hymnals and religious songs, while the other is popular songs. The Ones from 1846 and 1859 are popular and minstrel songs. The bulk of the collection is a variety of song written during the Civil War and are from Union sources. One , however, is a Democratic Party booklet (1864) designed to denigrate the Republican stand on the War and emancipation.

Dates

  • 1836-1902
  • Majority of material found within 1861-1865

Extent

.88 Cubic Feet (17 booklets)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection consists of 17 song books dating from 1836 through 1902. The majority are war song books published during the Civil War and are predominantly Union.

Content Index

2022.0089.1 The United States songster: a choice selection of about one hundred and seventy of the most popular songs. 1836. Cincinnati, OH: U. P. James.

2022.0089.2 The camp-fire songster: a collection of popular, patriotic, national, pathetic, and jolly songs, suited for the camp or march, containing a number of songs never before printed. 1862. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald.

2022.0089.3 Beadle's Dime Song Book, No. 12: Popular, Comic and Sentimental Songs. 1863. New York: Beadle & Co.

2022.0089.4 Lookout Mountain no. one songster. 1890. Chattanooga, Tenn.: The Chattanooga Medicine Co.

2022.0089.5 Tony Pastor's 444 Combination Songster. 1864. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald.

2022.0089.6 Christy’s Panorama Songster; containing songs as sung by the Christy, Campbell, Pierce’s Minstrels, and Sable Brothers. 1846. New York: William H. Murphy

2022.0089.7 Beadle’s Dime Song Book: comic and sentimental songs. 1859. New York: I.P. Beadle.

2022.0089.8 Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Patriotic Songs. 1864. New York: Loyal Publication Society.

2022.0089.9 The good old songs we used to sing, '61 to '65. 1902. Washington, D.C.: O. H. Oldroyd.

2022.0089.10 The patriotic glee book. 1863. Chicago, IL: H. M. Higgins

2022.0089.11 Tony Pastor's Union songster. 1862. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald.

2022.0089.12 The Missouri harmony, or, A collection of psalm and hymn tunes, and anthems : an introduction to the grounds and rudiments of music. 1836. Cincinnati, OH: Morgan and Sanxay.

2022.0089.13 Lyrics of the War. 1863. Philadelphia: David Scattergood.

2022.0089.14 Democratic Songs. 1864. n.d.

2022.0089.15 Songs of the War, Part 1. 1863. Albany, NY: J. Munsell

2022.0089.16 Grand Army War Songs. 1886. S. Brainard’s Sons

2022.0089.17 The Bugle Call. 1863. Chicago, IL: Root & Cady
Title
Foreman M. Lebold Collection
Author
Lawrence V. Mott
Date
2022
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum Repository

Contact:
Lincoln Memorial Univesity
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway
Harrogate Tennessee 37752 United States