Barn Dance, Fiddle Tunes, and Turkey in the Straw
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 16: Country, Western, and Folk Music
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1878-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0300.S16, Subseries 16.5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Subseries 5, Barn Dance, Fiddle Tunes, and "Turkey in the Straw," 1878-1975. Sheets in the two Barn Dance folders have either "barn dance" in the title or cover illustrations of barn dances. The earliest music dates from 1878; the well-known WLS radio show National Barn Dance first aired in 1924. Researchers looking for more fiddle tunes than in this series will find them in the (future) series, Musical Instruments. In addition to the traditional "Turkey in the Straw," there are allied or companion pieces in this folder. Also see Series 20, Musicians and Musical Instruments and Series 18, Dance, Subseries 7, Jigs & Reels.