The bulk of this material is from the 1890s to the 1910s. All of the pieces are for solo piano. Covers feature drawings or photographs of ships or sailboats. Also included are several warships. Q - R, Shipwrecks, ca.
All pieces are about shipwrecks, maritime disasters, and rescues.
Most pieces are about actual shipwrecks and relate the story of the disaster, if a vocal work, and often have a photograph of the ship or an artist's rendition of the disaster on the cover. Many of the early imprints have detailed lithographic illustrations. S - U, The Titanic, ca. The latest piece dates from 1982, but most of the material dates from the year of the shipwreck, 1912. There are imprints from many small firms from around the country and one Yiddish imprint.