Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 27: Gypsies
name: label: Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution in 1988 from Sam and Nancy Lee DeVincent.
creator: label: Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 27: Gypsies
abstract: label: Summary
content: Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Boxes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1900-1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0300.S27
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Eva Buchanan, Katie DeFonzo, and Stephanie Haeg, interns, summer 2017; Amanda Scott; Monisha Bernard; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Contains material documenting the cultural values and popular attitudes toward gypsies in the United States. The bulk of the material dates from 1900 to 1950. The material is arranged alphabetically by title in three boxes. The compositions are mostly arranged for piano and piano/vocal, with a few pieces made for violin and guitar. Subjects include stories and tales of gypsies, types of dances such as polka, gypsy carnivals, romance, and warnings against gypsies. Most of the songs discuss the day to day lives of gypsies traveling on caravans, wandering, camping, and walking along trails. They also focus on the role of the gypsy as a countess, a young woman, and a romantic. The illustrations in the series depict women in stereotypical gypsy attire, full of color and different patterns.
relatedmaterial: label: Materials in Other Organizations
content: Sam DeVincent Collection of American Sheet Music, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

This collection contains duplicates of materials in the Smithsonian collection, as well as materials acquired by Mr. DeVincent after the donation to the Smithsonian. The phonograph records described above were transferred to the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
label: Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History
content: Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Musical Theater and Motion Picture Sheet Music and Reference Material, 1843-2010 (AC1211)
label: Forms Part Of
content: Series 27: Gypsies forms part of the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.

An ongoing, updated list of DeVincent topical series is available via the Smithsonian finding aid portal.