Context of Use: Minstrelsy

36 volumes

Works intended for performance in minstrel shows. Minstrel shows were comedic theatrical acts (professional or amateur) performed primarily by white people in black face that stereotyped Black culture, including that of the enslaved, for white audiences.

First page of American Negro Folk-Songs

American Negro Folk-Songs (1928)

Newman I. White

First page of Angels, Meet Me at the Cross Roads

Angels, Meet Me at the Cross Roads (1875)

Will S. Hays

First page of Carolina Harmony

Carolina Harmony (1895)

J. S. Leonard

First page of Coleman's New Quartet Book

Coleman's New Quartet Book (1925)

Robert H. Coleman

First page of De Gospel Cars

De Gospel Cars (1880)

Sam Lucas

First page of De Gospel Fair

De Gospel Fair (1895)

J. P. MacSweeny | J. E. Nicol

First page of Don't You Grieve After Me

Don't You Grieve After Me (1880)

Len. Fairfield

First page of Fillmores' Women's Choir Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Combined

Fillmores' Women's Choir Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Combined (1901)

Chas. H. Gabriel

First page of Heart Hymns

Heart Hymns (1912)

W. B. Judefind | A. L. Judefind

First page of Keep in de Middle ob de Road

Keep in de Middle ob de Road (1878)

Will S. Hays

First page of Living Songs

Living Songs (1924)

James D. Vaughan

First page of Male Quartettes

Male Quartettes (1901)

J. H. Hall | W. H. Ruebush | J. H. Ruebush

First page of Navy Song Book

Navy Song Book (1919)

Navy Department Commission on Training Camp Activities | National Committee on Army and Navy Camp Music

First page of Quartet Choir and Chorus

Quartet Choir and Chorus (1911)

J. E. Thomas | Thos. S. Cobb | N. W. Allphin | Alvis O. Thomas

First page of Quartets and Choruses

Quartets and Choruses (1913)

J. H. Fillmore | Henry Fillmore | Palmer Hartsough

First page of Revival Selections

Revival Selections (1919)

Charlie D. Tillman

First page of Rise, My Brothers, Rise!

Rise, My Brothers, Rise! (1880)

Fred. Lyons

First page of Rodeheaver's Plantation Melodies

Rodeheaver's Plantation Melodies (1918)

Homer Rodeheaver

First page of Select Songs of Praise

Select Songs of Praise (1924)

Samuel W. Beazley | John H. Jones | Harvey E. Cressman | Charles L. Major | Wiley J. Smith

First page of Songs and Solos

Songs and Solos

Milton K. Light

First page of Songs for the Soul Winner

Songs for the Soul Winner (1902)

Edwin L. Hyde

First page of Songs of Might

Songs of Might (1912)

Charles M. Fillmore | J. H. Fillmore

First page of Soul-Winning Songs

Soul-Winning Songs (1915)

James D. Vaughan

First page of The Big Quartet Book

The Big Quartet Book (1918)

J. D. Patton | T. B. Mosley | H. M. Eagle | B. B. Beall

First page of The Chapel Book

The Chapel Book (1923)

John L. Hill

First page of The Finest of the Wheat

The Finest of the Wheat (1890)

Geo. D. Elderkin

First page of The Modern Singer

The Modern Singer (1917)

James D. Vaughan | B. C. Unseld

First page of The Royal Proclamation

The Royal Proclamation (1886)

Aldine S. Kieffer | William B. Blake

First page of The Service Song Book

The Service Song Book (1917)

Clarence A. Barbour

First page of The Temperance Songster

The Temperance Songster (1904)

Anna A. Gordon

First page of The Temple of Song

The Temple of Song (1884)

A. J. Showalter

First page of The True Singing School Text Book

The True Singing School Text Book (1871)

A. N. Johnson

First page of Triumphant Deaths of Pious Children

Triumphant Deaths of Pious Children (1835)

Missionaries of the the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

First page of Twelfth International Sunday School Convention

Twelfth International Sunday School Convention (1908)

W. I. McNair

First page of University Singers of New Orleans

University Singers of New Orleans (1878)

University Singers of New Orleans

First page of Wait, my Children, Wait!

Wait, my Children, Wait! (1880)

C. R. Dekress