Old folks at home ; Way down upon de Swanee Riber [printed sheet music]
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 93-2261 (OPPS Neg. for cover)
label: General
content: In Series 4.11, Box 36, Folder S.
name: label: Composer
content: Foster, Stephen C.
label: Publisher
content: National Music Company
label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
topic: label: Topic
content: Songs
creator: label: Composer
content: Foster, Stephen C.
label: Publisher
content: National Music Company
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 4: Songwriters Volumes I and II
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 4: Songwriters Volumes I and II / 4.11: Stephen Collins Foster / African American Songs, 1847-1945, are referred to on the song sheet covers as "Darky Songs," "Ethiopian Melody," or "Plantation Melody."
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 24 Items (Ink on paper.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item
container: label: Container
content: Box 36, Folder S
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sheet music
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content: Sheet music
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes cover portraits of soprano Mlle. Nilsson, several Christy's Minstrels editions, and the modern "Swanee Boogie" as arranged by E. Buck. Also: Feb. 10, 1897, and Sept. 6, 1899. editions of The Boston Weekly Journal of Sheet Music. A few editions attribute the song to E.P. Christy.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Cover art includes inset illustration of rustic house.