Pre-World War I Vocal, A - F
name: label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 2: Armed Forces
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 2: Armed Forces / 2.3: Pre-World War I
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1874-1915
container: label: Container
content: Box 38, Folder A
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: These folders contain songs with a military theme dating after the Civil War and before World War I. Some material dates from the time of the Spanish American War, however, songs that specifically mention the war are in folders J-L. Many of the songs use the theme of courtship and separation of the couple as the man enters the armed forces. Some of the songs are about death on the battlefield or serve as a memorial to war dead. The largest number of sheets date from the 1900s. (circa 155 items)