Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 29: Piano
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 29: Piano
abstract: label: Summary
content: Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 29 contains materials documenting piano 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: 8 Boxes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1841-1962, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0300.S29
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Eva Buchanan, Katie DeFonzo, and Stephanie Haeg, interns, summer 2017; Amanda Scott; Monisha Bernard; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Consists of material documenting the cultural values and popular attitudes toward the piano in the United States. Includes sheet music created specifically for piano players as well as organ accompaniment. The bulk of the material dates from 1860 to 1930. The material is arranged alphabetically by title in eight boxes. Most of the material includes songs for dances such as the waltz, foxtrot, two-step, polka, and marches. A portion of the material also contains educational compositions for learning the piano including basic melodies and fingering practices. Many of these lessons are directed towards children with subjects such as fairy dances, flowers, parades, and schools. Other compositions include major themes of love, romance, and beauty.
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 29: Piano 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.