Kirk CollectionPopular Song Index |
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:
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Part 1: Before 1900 and n.d. PDFs available for all dated & select undated records |
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Part 2: 1900-1907 PDFs available for all records |
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Part 3: 1908-1910 PDFs available for all records |
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Part 4: 1911-1917 PDFs available for all records |
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Part 5: 1918-1922 PDFs available for all records |
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Part 6: 1923-1929 PDFs available through 1923 |
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Part 7: 1930-1935 PDFs unavailable online |
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Part 8: 1936-1939 PDFs unavailable online |
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Part 9: 1940-1944 PDFs unavailable online |
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Part 10: 1945-1949 PDFs unavailable online |
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Part 11: 1950-1968 | PDFs unavailable online
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Titles Only: 1865-1968 PDFs available selectively |
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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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