Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 20: Newspapers
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
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 20: Newspapers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. 

Series 20, Newspapers contains sheet music and other materials documenting the business of and popular attitudes towards newspapers in the United States. 

An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Boxes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1844-1968
label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0300.S20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Arranged in 6 subseries.

20.1: Songs about Advertising, the News, and the Press

20.2: Music Published by Newspapers and Songs about Serialized Stories

20.3: Newsboys and Newsgirls

20.4: Cartoons, Cartoonists, and Comics

20.5: Newspaper and Magazine Supplements

20.6: Ephemera
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Series 20, Newspapers, 18xx-19xx, contains approximately X pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the business of and popular attitudes towards newspapers in the United States. The dates always refer to copyright of the music and not to the subject on the cover, songwriter's life, or other events. In addition, there is one folder of ephemera. Sheet music and ephemera regarding Advertising is also in Series 13, Business, Commerce, and Law.
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 20: Newspapers 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.