The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 30,000 sheets of American music, and provides a unique window on the social life of America. The collection spans the years 1780 to 1960, but its strength is its thorough documentation of 19th-century America through popular music. The music is arranged by 38 topics, and access is supplemented with a catalog indexing each song title, composer, author, publisher, lithographer, and first line. The collection is especially strong in music spawned by military conflicts from the War of 1812 through World War I, and minstrel music is also well represented. Other topics include music about the circus; dance; drinking, temperence, and smoking; fraternal orders; presidents; romantic and sentimental songs; schools and colleges; and transportation. The Levy Collection is available for research through through the Special Collections Department, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, (410) 516-8348. Levy Sheet Music Index Box 0 (1) Star Spangled Banner (Various eds.) Box 1 A,B (2) Patriotic Songs Box 2 (1) Patriotic Songs Box 3 A,B (2) U.S. Presidents & Presidential Candidates Box 4 A,B (2) U.S. Presidents & Presidential Candidates Box 5 A,B (2) U.S. Presidents & Presidential Candidates Box 6 A,B (2) U.S. Presidents & Presidential Candidates Box 7 A,B (2) U.S. Presidents & Presidential Candidates Box 8 A,B (2) U.S. Presidents & Presidential Candidates Box 9 A,B (2) U.S. Presidents & Presidential Candidates Box 10 (1) Untitled Box 11 A,B (2) Patriotic Songs Box 12 A,B (2) Patriotic Songs Box 13 A,B (2) Patriotic Songs Box 14 A,B (2) Patriotic Songs Box 15 A,B (2) Patriotic Songs Box 16 A,B (2) Patriotic Songs Box 17 (1) Minstrels Box 18 & 19 (3) Minstrels Box 20 & 21 (3) Minstrels Box 22 (2) Minstrels Box 23 (2) Minstrels Box 24 (2) Minstrels Box 25 (2) Minstrels Box 26 (2) Sports Box 27 (2) Sports Box 28 (2) Sports Box 29 (1) 18th century Box 30 (2) 18th century Box 31 (2) 18th century Box 32 (2) High Spots Box 33 (2) High Spots Box 34 (2) High Spots Box 35 (2) Baltimore Publishers: Misc., Vocal Box 36 (2) Baltimore Publishers: Carr Box 37 (1) Baltimore Publishers: Carr Box 38 (2) Baltimore Publishers: Carr Box 39 (2) Baltimore Publishers: Ilustrated Covers Box 40 (2) Baltimore Publishers: Instrumental Box 41 (2) Baltimore Publishers: Instrumental Box 42 (2) Baltimore Publishers: Vocal Box 43 (2) Baltimore Publishers: Cole, Clifton Dobbin, Murphy Box 44 (2) Schools Box 45 (1) Schools Box 46 (1) Comic Songs, Undated Box 47 (2) Comic Songs, Undated Box 48 (2) Comic Songs, Undated Box 49 (2) Comic Songs, 1830's & 1840's Box 50 (1) Comic Songs, 1840's & 1850's Box 51 (1) Comic Songs, 1850's & 1860's Box 52 (1) Comic Songs, 1860's Box 53 (2) Comic Songs, 1860's Box 54 (2) Comic Songs, 1870's - 1890's Box 55 (1) Artists: Whistler, Homer, Lane, Miller, Modern French Box 56 (1) Artists: Currier Box 57 A,B (2) Transportation Box 58 A,B (2) Transportation Box 59 A,B (2) Transportation Box 60 A,B (2) Transportation Box 61 A,B (2) Transportation Box 62 (1) Transportation Box 63 A,B (2) Authors Box 64 A,B (2) Authors Box 65 A,B (2) Authors Box 66 A,B (2) Authors Box 67 (2) Composers: Stephen Foster Box 68 (3) Composers: Stephen Foster Box 69 (1) Stephen Foster Reproductions Box 70 (1) Stephen Foster Reproductions Box 71 (1) Foster-Hall Reproductions Box 72 (2) Composers: Harrigan & Hart Box 73 (1) Composers: John Phillip Sousa Box 73-A (1) Composers: John Phillip Sousa Box 74 (2) Victor Herbert, 1888-1909 Box 75 (2) Victor Herbert, 1910-1925 Box 76 (2) George M. Cohan Box 77 (1) Irving Berlin Box 78 (2) Irving Berlin Box 79 (2) Irving Berlin Box 80 (2) Coward, Dietz & Schwartz, Duke, Hammerstein, Stothart Box 81 (2) Bernstein, Loesser, Weill Box 82 (2) Military Box 83 (2) Military Box 84 (1) Military Box 85 (1) War of 1812; Lafayette Box 86 (2) Mexican War; Spanish-American War Box 87 (2) Civil War (Union) Box 88 (2) Civil War (Union) Box 89 (2) Civil War (Union) Box 90 (2) Civil War (Union) Box 91 (2) Civil War (Union) Box 92 (2) Civil War (Union) Box 93 (2) Civil War (Confederate) Box 94 (2) Civil War (Confederate) Box 95 (1) Civil War (Confederate) Box 96 (2) World War I Box 97 (1) World War I Box 97 (1) World War I & Bromo Seltzer Box 98 (2) Drinking, Temperance & Smoking Box 99 (1) Drinking, Temperance & Smoking Box 100 (2) Costume Box 101 (2) Costume Box 103 (1) Postal Box 103 (1) Circus Box 104 (2) Juvenile Box 105 (2) Juvenile Box 106,107 (3) Juvenile Box 108 (2) 1801-1825 Box 109 (2) 1801-1825 Box 110 (2) 1801-1825 Box 111 (2) 1801-1825 Box 112 (1) 1801-1825 Box 113 (1) 1801-1825 Box 114 (2) Vocal: 1826-1840 Box 115 (2) Vocal: 1826-1840 Box 116 (2) Vocal: 1826-1840, Illustrated Covers Box 117 (2) Vocal: 1826-1840, Illustrated Covers Box 118 (2) Vocal: 1845-1880, Illustrated Covers Box 119 (1) Vocal: 1845-1880, Illustrated Covers Box 120 (2) Vocal: 1845-1880, Illustrated Covers Box 121 (2) Vocal: 1814-1839 Box 122 (2) Vocal: 1814-1839 Box 123 (2) Vocal: 1840-1849 Box 124 (2) Vocal: 1840-1849 Box 125 (2) Vocal: 1840-1849 Box 126 (2) Vocal: 1850-1859 Box 127 (2) Vocal: 1850-1859 Box 128 (2) Vocal: 1850-1859 Box 129 (2) Vocal: 1860-1869 Box 130 (2) Vocal: 1860-1869 Box 131 (2) Vocal: 1860-1869 Box 132 (2) Vocal: 1870-1879 Box 133 (2) Vocal: 1870-1879 Box 134 (2) Vocal: 1870-1879 Box 135 (2) Vocal: 1870-1879 Box 136 (2) Vocal: 1880-1889 Box 137 (2) Vocal: 1880-1889 Box 138 (2) Vocal: 1880-1889 Box 139 (1) Vocal: 1880-1889 Box 140 (2) Vocal: 1890-1899 Box 141 (2) Vocal: 1890-1899 Box 142 (1) Vocal: 1890-1899 Box 143 (2) Vocal: 1890-1899 Box 144 (2) Vocal: 1890-1899 Box 145 (2) Vocal: 1900-1909 Box 146 (2) Vocal: 1900-1909 Box 147 (2) Vocal: 1900-1909 Box 148 (2) Vocal: 1900-1909 Box 149 (1) Vocal: 1900-1909 Box 150 (1) Vocal: 1900-1909 Box 150-A (1) Vocal: 1900-1909 Box 151 (2) Vocal: 1910-1919 Box 152 (2) Vocal: 1910-1919 Box 153 (2) Vocal: 1910-1919 Box 154 (2) Vocal: 1910-1919 Box 154-A (2) Vocal: 1910-1919 Box 155 (2) Vocal: 1920's Box 156 (2) Vocal: 1920's Box 157 (2) Vocal: 1920's Box 158 (2) Vocal: 1930's Box 159 (2) Vocal: 1930's-1960's Box 159-A (1) Vocal: 1950's Box 159-B (2) Vocal: 1960's Box 160 (2) Instrumental, Plain Covers: 1826-1889 Box 161 (2) Instrumental, Plain Covers: 1826-1889 Box 162 (2) Instrumental, Illustrated Covers: 1826-1889 Box 163 (2) Instrumental, Illustrated Covers: 1826-1889 Box 164 (2) Instrumental, Illustrated Covers: 1826-1889 Box 165 (2) Instrumental, Illustrated Covers: 1826-1889 Box 166 (2) Instrumental, Illustrated Covers: 1826-1889 Box 167 (2) Instrumental, Illustrated Covers: 1826-1889 Box 168 (2) Instrumental, Illustrated Covers: 1826-1889 Box 169 (2) Instrumental, Illustrated Covers: 1826-1889 Box 170 (1) Modern Instrumental Box 171 (1) Modern Instrumental Box 172 (1) Instrumental: 1890- Box 173 (1) Instrumental: 1890- Box 174 (2) Vocal, Plain Covers: 19th century Box 175 (2) Vocal, Plain Covers: 19th centrury Box 176 (2) Vocal, Plain Covers: 19th century Box 177 (1) Money Box 178 (1) Fraternal Box 179 (2) Fire Box 180 (2) Music Stores Box 181 (2) Maritime Box 182 (2) Maritime Box 183 (2) Maritime Box 184 (2) Dance Box 185 (2) Dance Box 186 (1) Dance Box 187 (2) Jenny Lind Box 188 (1) Jenny Lind Box 189 (2) Stage & Screen Personalities Box 190 (2) Stage & Screen Personalities Box 191-A (2) Stage & Screen Personalities Box 191-B (1) Stage & Screen Personalities Box 192 (1) Civil War Broadsides Box 193 (1) Civil War Broadsides Box 194 (1) Cover Portraits Box 401 (1) Musical Comedies & Operettas. Librettos Box 403 (1) Musical Comedies & Operettas. Librettos Box 404 (1) Musical Comedies & Operettas. Librettos Box 405 (1) Musical Comedies & Operettas. Librettos 6 boxes uncataloged Vertical file: 3 boxes - (1) Bands, Composers, Music A-J. (2) Music L-W, Music Collections. (3) Sheet Music Covers, Publishers, Musicologists, Songs. Levy Sheet Music Index Subjects Artists: Whistler, Homer, Lane, Miller, Modern French Box 55 Currier Box 56 Authors Boxes 63, 64, 65, 66 Baltimore Publishers: Illustrated Covers Box 39 Instrumental Boxes 40, 41 Vocal Box 42 Cole, Clifton, Dobbin, Murphy Box 43 Misc. Vocal Box 35 Carr Boxes 36, 37, 38 Circus Box 103 Civil War: Confederate Boxes 93, 94, 95 Union Boxes 81-92, incl. Civil War Broadsides Boxes 192, 193 Comic Songs: Undated Boxes 46, 47, 48 1830's & 1840's Box 50 1850's & 1860's Box 51 1860's Boxes 52, 53 1870's-1890's Box 54 Composers: Stephen Foster Boxes 67, 68 Stephen Foster Reproductions Boxes 69, 70 Foster-Hall Reproductions Box 71 Harrigan & Hart Box 72 Victor Herbert Boxes 73, 74 John Phillip Sousa Boxes 73, 73-A George M. Cohan Box 76 Irving Berlin Boxes 78, 79 Coward, Dietz & Schwartz, Duke, Hammerstein, Stothart Box 80 Bernstein, Loesser, Weill Box 81 -1- Costume Boxes 100, 101 Cover Portraits Box 194 Dance Boxes 184, 185, 186 Drinking, Temperance & Smoking Boxes 98, 99 Fraternal Box 178 High Spots Boxes 32, 33, 34 Instrumental: Plain Covers, 1826-1889 Boxes 160, 161 Illustrated Covers, 1826-1889 Boxes 162-169, incl. 1890- Boxes 172, 173 Modern Instrumental Box 171 Jenny Lind Boxes 187, 188 Juvenile Boxes 104, 105 Maritime Boxes 104, 105 Mexican War Spanish-American War Box 86 Military Boxes 82, 83, 84 Minstrels Boxes 17-25, incl. Modern Instrumental Box 171 Money Box 177 Music Stores Box 180 Musical Comedies & Operettas. Librettos Boxes 401-405, incl. Patriotic Songs Boxes 1, 2, 11-16, incl. Postal Box 103 Presidents & Presidential Candidates Boxes 3-9, incl. Schools Boxes 44, 45 -2- Spanish-American War Mexican War Box 86 Sports Box 26, 27, 28 Stage & Screen Personalities Boxes 189-191, incl. Star Spangled Banner (various eds.) Box O Vocal: 1801-1825 Boxes 108-113 1826-1840 Boxes 114, 115 1826-1840, Illustrated covers. Boxes 116, 117 1845-1880, Illustrated covers. Boxes 118, 119, 1814-1839 Boxes 121, 122 1840-1849 Boxes 123, 124, 125 1850-1859 Boxes 126, 127, 128 1860-1869 Boxes 129, 130, 131 1870-1879 Boxes 132-136 1880-1889 Boxes 137, 138, 139 1890-1899 Boxes 140-144 1900-1909 Boxes 145-150 1910-1919 Boxes 151-154 1920's Boxes 155, 156, 157 1930's Box 158 1930's-1960's Box 159 1950's Box 159-A 1960's Box 159-B World War I Box 97 World War I & Bromo Seltzer Box 97 -3- Levy Sheet Music 18th, 19th, 20th Centuries 18th Century: Boxes 29-31 19th Century: 1801-1825 Boxes 108-113 1814-1839, Vocal Boxes 121,122 1826-1840, Vocal Boxes 114,115 Vocal, Illustrated Covers Boxes 116,117 1826-1889, Instrumental Plain Covers Boxes 160,161 1826-1889, Instrumental Illus. Covers Boxes 162-169 1830's & 1840's, Comic Songs Box 49 1840's & 1850's, Comic Songs Box 50 1840-1849, Vocal Boxes 121-125 1845-1880, Vocal, Illustrated Covers Boxes 118-120 1850's & 1860's, Comic Songs Box 51 1850-1859, Vocal Boxes 126-127 1860's, Comic Songs Boxes 52,53 1860-1869, Vocal Boxes 129-131 1870's - 1890's. Comic Songs Box 54 1880-1889, Vocal Boxes 137-139 1888-1909, Victor Herbert Box 74 1890-1899, Vocal Boxes 140-144 1890- Instrumental Boxes 172,173 19th c. Vocal Plain Covers Boxes 174-176 -1- 20th Century: 1900-1909, Vocal Boxes 145-150 1910-1919, Vocal Boxes 151-154 1920's, Vocal Boxes 155-157 1930's-1960's Box 159 1950's Box 159-A 1960's Box 159-B Modern Instrumental Box 171 See also: Subject Index will list events which occurred at a particular time - ex., Civil War. -2- .