Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 12: Plants and Animals
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 12: Plants and Animals
abstract: label: Summary
content: Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. 

Series 12: Plants and Animals contains approximately 4,000 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards plants and animals 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: 40 Boxes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1831-1984, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0300.S12
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Arranged in 7 subseries.

12.1: Trees

12.2: Plants and Flowers

12.3: Animals

12.4: Fish, Mermaids, and Aquatic Animals

12.5: Birds

12.6: Insects and Spiders

12.7: Ephemera
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Series 12, Plants and Animals, 1831-1984, undated, contains approximately 4,000 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards plants and animals in the United States. The materials are grouped by subject and arranged alphabetically by title within each folder unless otherwise noted in the container list. The dates of the sheet music refer to the copyright of the music and not to the subject on the cover, songwriter's life, or other events. In addition, there is one box of ephemera arranged in the same subseries order as the music listing, which is described following the container list.

Material related to this series within the DeVincent Collection may be found in Series 8, Geography; Series 13, Business, Commerce, and Law; and Series 14, Calendar, Time and Weather.
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 12: Plants and Animals forms part of the 
               
                    Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music
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An ongoing, updated list of DeVincent topical series is available via the Smithsonian finding aid portal.