Composed by

Williams, Bert, American, 1874 - 1922

George Walker, American, 1873 - 1911

Produced by

Hurtig & Seamon, American

Printed by

San Francisco Examiner, American, founded 1863

Owned by

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 14 × 10 5/8 in. (35.6 × 27 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Date

1899

Description

Sheet music for The VoodDoo Man with red, green, brown, and black ink on paper. The front cover features two black and white photographs. Each photograph features an unidentified man, mouth agape, wearing a boater hat. The cover text reads: [The VooDoo Man / WILLIAMS & WALKER'S / GREAT SUCCESS / Published by Permission / of Hurtig & Seamon / owners of the Copyright / MUSIC SUPPLEMENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER.]. The initials: [K.E.R.R.] are at the bottom center of the drawing. There is tearing around the edges of the front cover. The inside has two pages of musical bars and notes in black ink for the song The VooDoo Man. The song credits read: [Words & Music by Williams & Walker]. The music for The VooDoo Man continues on the back cover in black in. Music for two additional songs are beneath the end of The Voodoo Man. The text for the two additional songs reads: [Gladys / Written and Composed / by Theo. H. Northrup] and [I Certn’ly Was A Very Busy Man / (A Coon Rhapsody.) / Words by / Sam Bennett / Music by / Theo. H. Northrup].

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Vaudeville

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.13

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Composed by

Hill, William Joseph

Written by

Yoell, Larry

Subject of

Elliott, Billy

Published by

Sherman, Clay & Co., American, founded 1870

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Date

1923

Description

Sheet music for the song Rock-A-Bye My Baby Blues. The front cover of the sheet music features an image of Billy Elliott in blackface makeup. A caption under the image in blue type reads: [Successfully Introduced By / BILLY ELLIOTT]. A green and blue silhouette of the moon behind a house appears in the background of the front cover. Blue and green type the top of the front cover reads: [ROCK-A-BYE MY BABY BLUES]. A text box, next to the image of Elliot, has blue type that reads: [WALTZ / BALLAD / by / BILLY HILL / AND / LARRY YOELL / Writers of / The West, A Nest and You]. A logo for the publisher in a white box with blue type reads: [Sherman, Clay & Co. / SAN FRANCISCO]. White type at the bottom of the front cover reads [P O M/ GRIFFITH]. The inside of the front cover contains sheet music for a song titled [The West, A Nest, And You]. The interior of the sheet music contains three pages of music bars and notes in black ink for Rock A Bye My Baby Blues. The back cover features sheet music in blue ink for the songs titled: [I DON'T KNOW WHY] and [ORIENTAL LOVE DREAMS].

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.4

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Composed by

Maywood, Geo.

Written by

Bodine, Lester

Published by

S Brainard's Sons Co., American, founded 1837

Printed by

San Francisco Examiner, American, founded 1863

Owned by

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 7/8 × 10 11/16 in. (35.2 × 27.1 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place printed

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Place collected

Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date

1897

Description

Sheet music for song Ambolena Snow. The front cover of sheet music features an image of a caricatured African American woman in a green dress with a salmon jacket and hat. The woman is holding an umbrella in her proper left hand. Red and black type surrounds her and reads: [AN / AFRO-AMERICAN / MILITARY / BALLAD / BY / BODINE AND MAYWOOD / AUTHORS / OF / "MOLLY ON / THE / TROLLY" / PUBLISHED BY / PERMISSION OF / THE S BRAINARD'S SONS CO / CHICAGO. / COPYRIGHT / SECURED / IN / ENGLAND / SUP- / PLE- / MENT. / TO THE / SAN FRANCISCO / EXAMINER / SUNDAY / DEC. / 5 / 1897. / ALL / RIGHTS / RESERVED]. Underneath the woman a signature in black in reads: [KEANE]. The inside has two pages of musical bars and notes in black ink for the song Ambolena Snow. The credits under the title in black in read: [Words by Lester Bodine / Music by GEO. Maywood]. The song’s musical bars continue on the back cover.

Topic

African American

Band (Music)

Caricature and cartoons

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.6

Restrictions & Rights

Public Domain

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Composed by

Johnson, Lee

Published by

Lee, Johnson & Co., American

Owned by

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 14 1/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.7 × 27.6 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 1900

Description

Sheet music for the song Your Money's No Good. The cover is black and white with black type set against a white background. There is a black and white photograph of a man in blackface in proper left of the cover. Next to the photograph, in the center of the cover, there is an illustration of a caricatured African American in clothing adorned with dollar symbols, who is standing next to a woman in a dress saying "No No!" several times. The black type at the top of the cover reads: [YOUR MONEY'S / NO GOOD ]. Below the photograph, black type reads: [WORDS AND MUSIC / BY / LEE JOHNSON / COMPOSER OF / "MA ANGELINE" "MY HONOLULU LADY" / "THE BELLE OF HONOLULU" "MA CAROLINE" ETC / AND / J. Dewey]. Underneath the illustrations, black type reads: [A / COONTOWN / DISAGREEMENT]. There is a publisher’s logo at the bottom of the cover that reads: [Published / By / Lee, Johnson & Co. / 41 Geary St. / San Francisco CA.]. The number 5 is next to the logo. There are dollar signs around the edges of the cover. The back side of the cover has sheet music on it in black ink.

Topic

African American

Caricature and cartoons

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.7

Restrictions & Rights

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Composed by

O'Brien, Charles Sydney

Written by

Johnson, Lee

Published by

The Zeno Mauvais Music Company, American, 1877 - 1906

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 14 × 10 5/8 in. (35.6 × 27 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Date

1895

Description

Sheet music for the song Ma Angeline. The front cover of the sheet music features a black and white photograph of a man in blackface. An image of the man not in makeup appears in bottom left corner. Red type on top portion of front cover reads: [Respectfully Dedicated to Mr. Carroll Johnson. / Ma / ANGELINE]. Type along proper left edge of front cover reads: [GREATEST / COON SONG / Of the Age / BY / Charles / Sydney / O'Brien / Authur [sic] of / "De Ole Black Coon" / "De Happy Virginny Darkey" / Arranged By / Lee Johnson / Authur [sic] of / THE POPULAR / "NEW / BULLY."]. Type directly below photograph of man in blackface reads: [Published by / THE ZENO MAUVAIS MUSIC COMPANY, / 769 Market Street, San Francisco. / Copyright, 1896, by THE ZENO MAUVAIS MUSIC COMPANY.]. Type along proper right side of the cover reads: [Sung / with / Electric Success / by / Carroll Johnson / KING OF / Singing Comedians].The bottom corners of the cover have text that reads: [4 / Schottische / 4 / Song]. There is handwriting, in pencil, on the top of the cover that reads: [Mr. Earnest Sugg / Comp. of D.W.M. / March. 22. 96.]. Handwriting on the bottom of the cover, in black ink, reads: [Yours in Color / Carroll Johnson]. The interior of the sheet music contains four pages of music bars and notes in black ink. The back cover has several other short songs.

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.9

Restrictions & Rights

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Composed by

Williams, Bert, American, 1874 - 1922

Subject of

George Walker, American, 1873 - 1911

Written by

Furber, Edward

Published by

Jos. W. Stern & Co., American

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

1898

Description

Sheet music for the song He's Up Against The Real Thing Now. The front cover features three photographs. The photograph on left side of cover depicts an African American man in a suit with white type at bottom of the photograph that reads: [Williams]. The photograph on right side depicts an African American man in a suit with white type at bottom of photograph that reads: [Walker]. The photograph in the center features the two men in the other photographs dressed in costume, Walker is in blackface and Williams has an exaggerated collar. A plant-like design, in green ink, surrounds the photographs. Red type on front cover reads: [WILLIAMS AND WALKER'S Latest Comic Coon Craze / HE'S UP AGAINST / THE REAL THING NOW / WORDS BY / Edward Furber / MUSIC BY BERT A. WILLIAMS]. Underneath the photographs a text block contains a logo for Jos. W. Stern & Co. On the bottom of the cover there is an ink stamp that reads: [The Model, / Music Store / Washington St. Sonora, Cal.]. The interior of the sheet music contains five pages of music bars and notes in black ink. The music is for several songs. The back cover contains additional songs in red ink.

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Vaudeville

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.15

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Composed by

Jones, Irving

Subject of

Wilson, George R.

Published by

Jos. W. Stern & Co., American

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

1897

Description

Sheet music for the song Take Your Clothes and Go. The front cover features a black and white image of a woman pointing at a suitcase full of clothes while a man looks at her. The black and blue type on the front cover is set against a white and blue background and reads: [A GENUINE RAG TIME COON ODDITY / TAKE YOUR / CLOTHES AND GO / SUNG WITH / UNBOUNDED / SUCCESS BY / GEO. WILSON OF / PRIMROSE AND WEST'S / MINSTRELS / LEW / DOCHSTADER / IRVING JONES / BILLY FARREL / JOHNSON AND DEAN / AND / OTHER WELLKNOWN / VOCALISTS / WORDS AND MUSIC BY / IRVING / JONES / 5 / LEAVE THIS HOUSE WHEN YOU GET YOUR TRUNK PACKED. / PUBLISHED BY JOS. W. STERN & CO / 45 EAST 20th ST / NEW YORK / FRANK DEAN & CO., 31 Castle St. Oxford St., W., London.]. The interior of the front cover has sheet music for several short songs. The interior of the sheet music contains five pages of musical bars and notes in black ink for the song Take Your Clothes and Go. The back cover has additional sheet music for several more short songs.

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.10

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Subject of

Hall, Artie

Composed by

Gumble, Albert, 1883 - 1946

Published by

Jerome H. Remick & Company, American

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 3/8 × 10 5/8 in. (34 × 27 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

1905

Description

Sheet music for the song Jessamine. The front cover of the sheet music features an illustration of a woman at center, surrounded by a flower border. A black and white photograph of a woman in blackface appears in bottom right corner with a caption in black type that reads: [Artie Hall]. Black type on front cover reads: [JESSAMINE / SONG / WORDS & MUSIC / by / ALBERT GUMBLE]. The publisher’s information is at the bottom of the cover and reads: [JEROME H REMICK & CO. Successors to WHITNEY WARNER PUB. CO. NEW YORK - DETROIT]. The back side of the front cover in black ink has an advertisement and music for a shorter song titled: [“My Irish Molly O”]. The interior of the sheet music contains three pages of music bars and notes for the song Jessamine in black ink. The back cover has an advertisement for other songs the publisher has printed.

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.18

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Subject of

Williams, Bert, American, 1874 - 1922

Composed by

Muir, Lewis F., American, 1884 - 1915

Written by

Tracey, William G., American, 1893 - 1957

Published by

J. Fred Helf Company, American

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 1/2 × 10 3/16 in. (34.3 × 25.9 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

1910

Description

Sheet music for the song Play That Barber Shop Chord. The front cover of the sheet music features an image of a man in blackface wearing a tuxedo and top hat. The man is set against a background of music bars and notes. On the top of the front cover, red and black type reads: [PLAY THAT / BARBER SHOP CHORD]. Above and below the image of the man, black type reads: [PROMINENTLY FEATURED BY / BERT WILLIAMS / Words by / WM. TRACEY / Music by / LEWIS F. MUIR]. At the bottom of the front cover there is a logo for the publisher that reads: [J. Fred Helf Company / 136 West 37th St. N.Y. City / Successor to Helf & Hager Company]. Underneath the logo the number 6 appears in black ink. The inside cover of the sheet music contains music bars and notes printed in black in for a song titled: [Betsy Ross]. The interior of the sheet music contains three pages printed in black ink for the song Play That Barber Shop Chord. The back cover features sheet music in blue ink for a song titled: [My Love Is Greater Than The World].

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Vaudeville

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.5

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Published by

Harold Rossiter Music Company, American

Subject of

Rusco & Hockwald's Famous Georgia Minstrels, American

Produced by

Hockwald, Arthur

Rusco, W. A.

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (34.9 × 26 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date

1920

Description

Sheet music for songs from Rusco & Hockwald’s Famous Georgia Minstrels’. The front cover features blue and white images of W. A. Rusco [top left] and Arthur Hockwald [bottom right]. There are also two caricatured illustrations of African American men, one positioned behind the “G” in the word Georgia, and one playing the banjo next to Hockwald’s image. Red and black type on front cover reads: [NEARLY HALF A CENTURY OF SUCCESS / FORTY PEOPLE / BAND AND ORCHESTRA / RUSCO & HOCKWALD'S / FAMOUS / GEORGIA / MINSTRELS' /SONG / ALBUM / PRICE 50¢]. A text box at the bottom reads: [HAROLD ROSSITER MUSIC COMPANY / Chicago - 323-325 W. Madison St. - Illinois]. The inside of the front cover has red ink and is titled: [New Jokes by Old Jokers]. The sheet music interior has sixteen pages in black ink. The pages include music bars and notes, lists of songs, jokes, and cartoons. The back inside cover is also in red ink and is titled: [Komikal Konundrums]. The back cover in black ink reads: [WITCHES' DICTIONARY OF DREAMS].

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.1

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Subject of

Irwin, Flora

Composed by

Hausley, Walter

Published by

Will Rossiter Publisher, American

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 5/8 × 10 3/4 in. (34.6 × 27.3 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date

1898

Description

Sheet music for the song "That Nigger Treated Me All Right." The front cover of the sheet music features an image of a white woman in a dress. The image has a blue hue. A colorful design borders the image. Blue type on the front cover reads: [That Nigger / Treated Me All Right / AS SUNG BY / FLO IRWIN / WORDS AND MUSIC BY / Walter Hausley / AUTHOR OF / FLO I LOVE YOU SO / I'll Carve That Nigger When / We Meet ]. Underneath the image is another text box that reads: [FLO-IRWIN / MUSICAL SUPPLEMENT / TO THE / SUNDAY EXAMINER / PUBLISHED BY WILL ROSSITER CHICAGO ILL N.Y.]. The interior of the sheet music has two pages of music bars and notes, in black ink, for the song. The music bars and notes for the song continue on the back cover in blue ink. At the bottom of the music bars, the lyrics are written out.

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.17

Restrictions & Rights

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Composed by

Breuer, Ernest, 1886 - 1981

Written by

Walsh, J. Brandon, American, 1882 - 1955

Subject of

Tucker, Sophie

Published by

Will Rossiter Publisher, American

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 7/8 × 10 7/16 in. (35.2 × 26.5 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date

1914

Description

Sheet music for the song When The War Breaks Out In Mexico I'm Going To Go To Montreal. The front cover features an illustration of a caricatured African American man running and following a sign for Montreal. To the left of the illustration there is a black and white photograph of Sophie Tucker. Blue type on top portion of front cover reads: [Written for laughing purposes only! / WHEN THE WAR BREAKS OUT IN MEXICO / I'M GOING TO GO TO MONTREAL / WORDS BY / J. BRANDON WALSH / MUSIC BY / ERNEST BREUER / WRITERS OF / "MOTHER GOOSE'S TANGO BALL" / "THE IRISH TANGO." ETC / Published for / BAND and ORCHESTRA]. The publisher’s logo in the bottom right of the cover reads: [Will Rossiter / The Chicago Publisher / 136 W. Lake St. Chicago, Ill. / Copyright MCMXIV By Will Rossiter]. There is a signature in the bottom left hidden in the illustration that reads [STARMER]. The interior of the sheet music consist of four pages of music bars and notes, in black print, for the song. The back cover features advertisements for additional songs in blue print.

Topic

African American

Caricature and cartoons

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.20

Restrictions & Rights

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Composed by

Brymn, James T.

Written by

McPherson, R. C.

Published by

Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., founded 1900

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 14 × 11 1/16 in. (35.6 × 28.1 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date

1901

Description

Sheet music for the song Josephine, My Jo. The front cover features an illustration of an African American woman drawn in profile, wearing a ruffled dress and a large hat. A red and white photograph of a white female identified as Anna Wilks appears in bottom proper right corner. Red and black type on the front cover reads: [JOSEPHINE, / MY JO. / WORDS BY / R. C. McPHERSON / MUSIC BY / JAS. T. BRYMN ]. Underneath the photograph there is a publisher’s logo which reads: [PULISHED BY / SHAPIRO, BERNSTEIN / AND / COMPANY / CHICAGO / 53 DEARBORN ST. / NEW YORK / 45 WEST 28th ST. / SAN FRANCISCO CAL PHELAN BLDG]. The interior of the front cover has black ink and an advertisement. The interior of the sheet music has three pages of music bars and notes, in black ink, for the song Josephine, My Jo. One of the pages has a purple stamp for The Emporium. The back cover has sheet music in green ink for several additional shorter songs.

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.11

Restrictions & Rights

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Composed by

Anthony, Bert R., American

Published by

G. H. Munroe & Co.

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

Fall River, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date

1900

Description

Sheet music for the song Dancing With Ma Baby. The front cover features an illustration of a caricatured African American man and woman dancing. The man is wearing a tuxedo and the woman is wearing a yellow dress. The front cover has a yellow background. White and black type on the front cover reads: [BERT R. ANTHONY'S COMPOSITIONS. / DANCING WITH MA BABY / SCHOTTISCHE. / 5 / by BERT R. ANTHONY. / COMPOSER OF "A WARM RECEPTION." / TWO STEP & CAKE WALK / BAND. / ORCHESTRA. / TWO MANDOLINS. / GUITAR / TWO BANJOS. / PIANO ACCOMP.] There is a publisher’s logo on the bottom of the cover that reads: [Published by / G H. / MUNROE / & CO. / CHAS. SHEARD & CO. LONDON. ENG. / WHALEY, ROYCE & CO., TORONTO, CAN.]. There is a purple stamp below the logo that reads: [MUSIC DEPT. / HALES.].The interior of the sheet music contains four pages of music bars and notes in black ink. The back cover has sheet music in black ink for several additional shorter songs.

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.12

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Composed by

Roberts, Robt. S.

Liné, Hans S.

Published by

Kussel, Philip

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 1/2 × 10 11/16 in. (34.3 × 27.1 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

Date

1898

Description

Sheet music for the song A Bundle of Rags. The front cover features a black, red, and white illustration of a caricatured African American man and woman doing laundry in a large wooden tub. Type above illustration reads: [A / BUNDLE / of RAGS]. Type along left side reads: [A / Series / of / Negro / MELODIES / BY]. Type along right side of illustration reads: [IN / The / Popular / RAGTIME]. Type beneath illustration reads: [ROB'T S. ROBERTS. / Author of / "THE PRIDE OF BUCKTOWN." / PUBLISHED BY / PHILIP KUSSEL / CINCINNATI.O.]. The inside of sheet music contains four pages of music bars and notes in black ink for the song A Bundle of Rags. The title credits read: [Arr by Hans S. Liné. / By Robt. S. Roberts.] The back cover features additional sheet music, ink black ink, for the songs [THE PRIDE OF BUCKTOWN] and [THE CRESCENT WALTZ].

Topic

African American

Caricature and cartoons

Minstrel (Music)

Ragtime (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.14

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Sheet music

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Subject of

Irwin, May, Canadian, 1862 - 1938

Composed by

Trevathan, Charles E.

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 12 5/16 × 9 in. (31.3 × 22.9 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date

1896

Description

Sheet music for the song Bully Song. The front cover of sheet music features a caricatured illustration of an African American man in a blue checkered jacket, blue and white striped pants, and a small white and black hat. The man is depicted holding a razor in his proper right hand. The black ink type on front cover reads: [May Irwin's / Bully Song / AS SUNG WITH / GREAT SUCCESS / IN THE / "WIDOW JONES" / WORDS AND MUSIC / BY /Charles E. Trevathan]. Type referring to the copyright is in the bottom left corner, but it has been torn off. In the top left corner of the cover there is handwriting in blue ink that reads: [This is the only / correct publication / of the "Bully Song" / as sung by me / in "The Widow Jones." / May Irwin]. The back of the cover has the beginning of the “Bully Song” in black print.

Topic

African American

Caricature and cartoons

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.19

Restrictions & Rights

Public Domain

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Classification

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Data Source

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Subject of

Williams, Bert, American, 1874 - 1922

George Walker, American, 1873 - 1911

Written by

Rogers, Alex

Composed by

Vaughan, James D., American, 1864 - 1941

Published by

The Attucks Music Publishing Company, American, founded 1904

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (34.9 × 27.3 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

1255 - 57 BROADWAY N.Y, New York City, New York, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

1904

Description

Sheet music for the song When The Moon Shines. The front cover for features an illustration of a country road running along a wood fence. Text box with black and white photographs appears in the bottom right corner. Inside the text box, there are two small circular black and white photographs of two African American men. Black type in box reads: [WHEN / THE MOON / SHINES / Introduced with pleasing effect in /WILLIAMS & WALKER'S / BIG PRODUCTION / WORDS BY / ALEX ROGERS / MUSIC BY / JAMES VAUGHAN / The ATTUCKS / MUSIC / PUBLISHING COMPANY / 1255 - 57 BROADWAY N.Y.]. Handwritten in ink, in the top left corner, is [Mrs. D.W. McDonald]. The interior of the sheet music has three pages of music bars and notes in black ink. The back cover of sheet music features sheet music for [“WHY ADAM SINNED”].

Topic

African American

Minstrel (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.2

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Composed by

Wilson, Hi

Written by

Byers, Hale N.

Published by

Johnson, Charles Leslie

Chas. L. Johnson Music Company, American

Owned by

McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 3/4 × 10 5/16 in. (34.9 × 26.2 cm)

Type

sheet music

Place collected

Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

Date

1916

Description

Sheet music for the song Down in Memphis. The front cover for the sheet music features an illustration of an African American man dancing while several other people look on and play instruments. The scene takes place on a dock at night and a boat can be seen in the water. Red and white type on the front cover above the image reads: [DOWN IN MEMPHIS / -THEY'RE WEARING OUT THEIR SHOES, DANCING TO "THE BLUES"]. Below the image, red type reads: [The / great "levee" / song of the South / by / HI WILSON / HALE BYERS]. A text box logo in blue ink on the bottom of the front cover reads: [CHAS. L. JOHNSON / MUSIC COMPANY / GORDON-KOPPEL BLDG. / LIVE-WIRE / MUSIC / MUSIC COMPANY / KANSAS CITY, MO.]. The front inside cover has sheet music in black ink for additional songs. The interior of the sheet music consists of three pages of sheet music in black ink for Down in Memphis. The top of the back cover has a drawing in black ink of a man playing a trombone. There is also sheet music for a song titled: [Doodle De-Dum].

Topic

African American

Ragtime (Music)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

Object number

2014.275.3

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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