Kirk CollectionPopular Song Index |
This material has been digitized.
Material published after 1923 is subject to copyright restrictions,
so copies must be formally requested under fair-use guidelines.
Last upload noted at bottom of page.
Of the approximately 14,000 items in the Kirk Collection, 7,500 are popular songs published for the most part from ca. 1900-1970. This grouping of commercial sheet music, which is on the average 22 x 28 cm. (8 1/2 x 11 in.), contains 2,089 songs ranging in the date of publication from 1865 to 1968. Pagination varies, and many of the sheets, particularly older ones, are fragile. The commercial sheet music is housed separately from the artist, or performance, copies and arranged in boxes by multiples of years. Select the group in which you wish to browse from the list below:
 Popular Sheet Music
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Part 1: Before 1900 and n.d. PDFs available for all dated & select undated records |
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Popular Sheet Music
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Part 2: 1900-1907 PDFs available for all records |
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Popular Sheet Music
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Part 3: 1908-1910 PDFs available for all records |
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Popular Sheet Music
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Part 4: 1911-1917 PDFs available for all records |
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Popular Sheet Music
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Part 5: 1918-1922 PDFs available for all records |
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Popular Sheet Music
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Part 6: 1923-1929 PDFs available through 1923 |
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Popular Sheet Music
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Part 7: 1930-1935 PDFs unavailable online |
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Popular Sheet Music
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Part 8: 1936-1939 PDFs unavailable online |
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Popular Sheet Music
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Part 9: 1940-1944 PDFs unavailable online |
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Popular Sheet Music
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Part 10: 1945-1949 PDFs unavailable online |
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Popular Sheet Music
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Part 11: 1950-1968 | PDFs unavailable online
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Popular Sheet Music
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Titles Only: 1865-1968 PDFs available selectively |
| Popular Sheet Music |
Complete Records: 1865-1968 (830K file; some PDFs available) |
Contact Special Collections or use the provided form with photocopy requests and for other information. Fair use guidelines apply to these items, many of which are still under copyright protection. Photocopying and reproduction decisions are made on a case-by-case basis and based on the nature of the request and the condition of the materials.
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