Native Peoples Musicians and Music Collection
name: label: Donor
content: Troutman, John William
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- Hawaii
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection was donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution by John W. Troutman, 2021.
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content: Native Peoples Musicians and Music Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collected archival materials documenting the instruction, performance, and promotion of American Indian and Native Hawaiian music.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.2 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1892-2004, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1512
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Sheet music
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into seven series:


Series 1: Musicians and Bands, 1904-2004, undated

Series 2: Music, 1892-1953, undated

Subseries 2.1: Sheet Music, 1900-1958, undated 

Subseries 2.2: Folios, 1892-1948

Series 3: Schools, 1906-1908, undated

Series 4: Hawaiian Instrument Instructional Materials, 1914-1948, undated

Series 5: Publications, 1920-1945, undated

Series 6: Heartbeats Research Files, 1910-1998, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection was processed by Elsa Tolman, intern, April 2023; Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, April 2023; Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., archivist, April 2023, August 2025.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Sheet music
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection documents the instruction, performance, and promotion of American Indian and Native Hawaiian music.  Materials include photographs, correspondence, sheet music, magazines, instructional materials, advertisements, programs, promotional material, record albums, and ephemera. Materials continue to be added to this collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 4: Songwriters, NMAH.AC0300 


Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music,Series 5: Politics and Political Movements, NMAH.AC0300


Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8: Geography, NMAH.AC0300


Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 9: Domestic and Community Life, NMAH.AC0300


Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 11: Entertainment, NMAH.AC0300

Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 16: Country, Western, and Folk Music NMAH.AC0300 

Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 21: Musical Instruments, NMAH.AC0300


Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 22: Native American, NMAH.AC0300


Duke Ellington Collection, NMAH.AC.0301


History of the Royal Hawaiian Band Collection, 1836-1980, NMAH.AC.0361


Program in African American Culture Collection, NMAH.AC.0408


Ruth Ellington Collection, NMAH.AC.0415


Lonesome Pine Specials, NMAH.AC.0487


Benny Carter Collection, NMAH.AC.0757


Richard Becker Collection of Alex Bradford Gospel Music Materials, NMAH.AC.0761


Ben and Ruth Liman Jazz Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0775


Fletcher and Horace Henderson Music and Photographs, NMAH.A.C0797


Shirley Leonard Papers, NMAH.AC0919


Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Musical Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera, NMAH.AC1211


International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection, NMAH.AC1218


McIntire Family Hawaiian Entertainers Collection, NMAH.AC1511