Melrose Brothers
name: label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 3: African American Music
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 3: African American Music / 3.8: Composers and Performers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1953
container: label: Container
content: Box 130, Folder VV
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Publishers of early jazz; Walter Melrose wrote the lyrics for many of the songs. For more of the work of Walter Melrose, see folder 3.8 YY. Most of the items date from the 1920s. Many sheets feature photographs of early jazz bands on the cover. Also included is one folio from 1927. (35 items)