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Title: | Song Sheet and Broadside Poem. Collection |
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Dates: | 1700-1899 |
Size: | 3.75 linear feet (6 boxes) |
Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
Abstract: | Contains song sheets, poems in broadside format, and lyric books. Predominantly British, but also includes a limited number of Scottish, Irish, Italian, and American items. Subjects range from the evils and benefits of drink, romance and marriage, to satirical commentary on political and social events. Many items are illustrated with vignettes or small panels representation a variety of printing techniques, such as woodcut, engraving, and lithography. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Song Sheet and Broadside Poem. Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
This collection consists of song sheets (song lyrics without music), poems in broadside format, and lyric books which date from the late 1600s to the early 1800s. These materials are predominantly British, but also include a limited assortment of Scottish, Irish, Italian, and American items. In subject matter, they range from the evils (or benefits) of drink, to romance and marriage and star-crossed loves, to satirical commentary on political and social events. One unusual item is a jingle advertising A. Davis's China and Glass Shop, which begins: "Ladies!!! Why Don't You Marry?" (Box 4: 4). Many items are illustrated with vignettes or small panels representing a variety of printing techniques, such as woodcut, engraving, and lithography. The collection is grouped into seven series.
Series I: English Printers is organized alphabetically according to the name of the printer. Each name is followed by a list of the folder's contents by title. Brackets " " around a series of titles indicates that the verses are printed on the same sheet. Items by English printers may also be found in Series VI: Oversize.
Series II consists of lyric books, some of which identify a printer. These are organized alphabetically by country and title. Printer and date of publication are listed when available.
Series III consists of printed sheets which do not identify a printer. These are organized in alphabetical order according to title. Brackets " " around a series of titles indicates that these verses are printed on the same sheet. Items from this group may also be found in Series VII: Oversize.
Series IV represents items from the Harvard Class of 1915's gift in 1922 to Child Memorial Library, Harvard University, in memory of Lionel de Jersey. This group consists of 17th-century printed materials which are mostly satirical verses related to political events. These items are organized alphabetically by title; printer and date of publication are listed when available.
Series V consists of photographs and contact prints of 17th-18th century printed materials from the collection of the Pepysian Library, Cambridge.
Series VI consists of material printed in Scotland, Ireland, and Italy. This material is organized by country, and by printer. When no printer information is available for an item, it is placed alphabetically by title.
Series VII is a collection of 61 broadside ballads, 1765-1890 (bulk dates 1790-1890). Most of the pieces were printed in London, but the series also includes broadsides from Preston and other northern towns, Dublin, and Philadelphia. Genres include social protest, sentimental themes, bawdy and humorous subjects, and minstrel and music hall songs.
Series VII contains oversized items. Box 6 includes material transferred from Series I-VI. Box 7 contains a collection of a variety of broadsides and songsheets dating from the early eighteenth to late nineteenth century; most of the pieces are English and date from the early to mid-nineteenth century. Items in Box 7 are arranged alphabetically by title, subject or author, with the exception of a small number of items in Folder 17.
In all instances, the original orthography has been retained.
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Series I: English Printers |
Box 1 Folder 1 | Angus, G.
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Box 1 Folder 2 | Atkinson
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Box 1 Folder 3 | Applegath, A., and E. Cowper
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Box 1 Folder 4 | Augus, M., and Son
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Box 1 Folder 4a | Baldwin, A.
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Box 1 Folder 4b | Banks, Allen
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Box 1 Folder 5 | Barlow
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Box 1 Folder 6 | Batchelar
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Box 1 Folder 7 | Bebbington
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Box 1 Folder 8 | Billing, E.
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Box 1 Folder 9 | Birt, T.
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Box 1 Folder 10 | Caddel and Son
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Box 1 Folder 11 | Cadman, J.
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Box 1 Folder 12 | Catnach, J.
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Box 1 Folder 13 | Cheap Song Mart
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Box 1 Folder 14 | Crowder
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Box 1 Folder 15 | Dash
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Box 1 Folder 15a | Davis
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Box 1 Folder 16 | Diggens
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Box 1 Folder 17 | Disley
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Box 1 Folder 18 | Edgar
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Box 1 Folder 19 | Edwards
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Box 1 Folder 20 | Ellerton and Henderson
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Box 1 Folder 21 | Evans (formerly Howard and Evans)
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Box 1 Folder 22 | Fair, P
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Box 1 Folder 23 | Foden
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Box 1 Folder 24 | Ford, W.
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Box 1 Folder 25 | Fordyce
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Box 1 Folder 26 | Fortey, W. S.
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Box 1 Folder 27 | Goode, T.
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Box 1 Folder 28 | Green
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Box 1 Folder 29 | Hall, William
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Box 1 Folder 30 | Hardcastle
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Box 1 Folder 31 | Harkness, John
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Box 1 Folder 32 | Harris, W.
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Box 1 Folder 33 | Henson
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Box 1 Folder 34 | Hewison, H.
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Box 1 Folder 35 | Hill, J.
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Box 1 Folder 36 | Hirst
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Box 1 Folder 37 | Hobson, E., and Son
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Box 1 Folder 38 | Hodges
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Box 1 Folder 39 | Ireland, A., and Co.
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Box 1 Folder 40 | Jackson and Son
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Box 1 Folder 41 | Jacques, G.
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Box 1 Folder 42 | Jennings, J.
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Box 1 Folder 43 | Johnson
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Box 1 Folder 44 | Jones, J.
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Box 1 Folder 45 | Jones (Drury-Lane)
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Box 1 Folder 46 | Kendrew, J.
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Box 1 Folder 47 | Keys
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Box 1 Folder 48 | Kidd, P
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Box 1 Folder 49 | King, T.
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Box 2 Folder 1 | Livsey, J.
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Box 2 Folder 2 | Lowndes
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Box 2 Folder 3 | Lucksway
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Box 2 Folder 4 | Macdonald, R.
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Box 2 Folder 5 | Macnie, W.
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Box 2 Folder 6 | Maiden, T.
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Box 2 Folder 7 | Mann, Charles
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Box 2 Folder 8 | Marks
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Box 2 Folder 9 | Marshall, J.
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Box 2 Folder 10 | Marshall, W.
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Box 2 Folder 11 | McCall, William
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Box 2 Folder 12 | Mitchelson, W.
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Box 2 Folder 13 | Neesom's Song Mart
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Box 2 Folder 14 | Norris
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Box 2 Folder 15 | Orton
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Box 2 Folder 16 | Oxlade
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Box 2 Folder 17 | Pannell, J.
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Box 2 Folder 18 | Paul (23 Fashion Street, Spitalfields)
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Box 2 Folder 19 | Paul, C. (18 Great Street, 7 Dials)
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Box 2 Folder 20 | Paul, James, and Co. (Monmouth Court, 7 Dials)
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Box 2 Folder 21 | Pearson
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Box 2 Folder 22 | Pearson, T.
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Box 2 Folder 23 | Peel
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Box 2 Folder 24 | Piggot, Charles
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Box 2 Folder 25 | Piggot, G.
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Box 2 Folder 26 | Pitts
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Box 2 Folder 27 | Pitts
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Box 2 Folder 28 | Pollock
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Box 2 Folder 29 | Powell
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Box 2 Folder 30 | Pratt, William
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Box 2 Folder 31 | Quick
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Box 2 Folder 32 | Richardson, H
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Box 2 Folder 33 | Robinson
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Box 2 Folder 34 | Robson, W.
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Box 2 Folder 35 | Russell, Samuel W.
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Box 2 Folder 36 | (Ryal) Ryle and Co.
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Box 2 Folder 37 | Shard's
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Box 2 Folder 38 | Sharp, J.,
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Box 2 Folder 39 | Smeeton, G.
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Box 2 Folder 40 | Smith
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Box 2 Folder 41 | Snell
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Box 2 Folder 42 | Song Mart
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Box 2 Folder 43 | Spilsbury, C.
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Box 3 Folder 1 | Stephenson, W.
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Box 3 Folder 2 | Such, H.
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Box 3 Folder 3 | Sutton
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Box 3 Folder 4 | Swindells
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Box 3 Folder 5 | Taylor (92 Brick Lane)
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Box 3 Folder 6 | Taylor (14 Waterloo Road)
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Box 3 Folder 7 | Thompson (Peter Street)
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Box 3 Folder 8 | Thompson (Ranelagh Street)
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Box 3 Folder 9 | Todd
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Box 3 Folder 10 | Turner
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Box 3 Folder 10a | Valesco, Don Pedro et. al.
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Box 3 Folder 11 | Walker, E.
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Box 3 Folder 12 | Walker, J.
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Box 3 Folder 13 | Walker, R.
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Box 3 Folder 14 | Watts
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Box 3 Folder 15 | Watts, T.
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Box 3 Folder 16 | Wheeler
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Box 3 Folder 17 | Wheeler, J.
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Box 3 Folder 18 | Whiting
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Box 3 Folder 19 | Wilkinson and Co.
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Box 3 Folder 20 | Wise, T.
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Box 3 Folder 21 | Wood, T.
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Box 3 Folder 22 | Wright, W.
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Box 3 Folder 23 | Wrighton, D.
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Box 3 Folder 24 | Wrigley, J.
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Box 3 Folder 25 | Young and Summer
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Series II: Lyric Books |
Box 4 Folder 1 | British Songbooks (lyrics only)
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Box 4 Folder 2 | British Song sheets (quarto)
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Box 4 Folder 3 | American Songbook
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Series III: Songsheets, Printer Unknown |
Box 4 Folder 4 | Songsheets
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Box 4 Folder 5 | Songsheets
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Box 4 Folder 6 | Songsheets
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Box 4 Folder 7 | Songsheets
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Series IV: British Poems, Songs, and Short Stories from the Harvard Library Collection |
Box 4 Folder 8 | British Poems, Songs, and Short Stories from the Harvard Library Collection
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Series V: Photographs and Contact Prints, Pepysian Library |
Box 4 Folder 9 | Photographs
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Series VI: Scottish, Irish and Italian Printings |
Subseries 1: Scotland |
Box 4 Folder 10 | Kay, James (Glasgow)
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Box 4 Folder 11 | Sanderson (Edinburgh)
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Box 4 Folder 12 | Scottish Printers
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Subseries 2: Ireland |
Box 4 Folder 13 | Brereton, P (Dublin)
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Box 4 Folder 14 | Brereton
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Box 4 Folder 15 | Irish Printers (probably Brereton)
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Subseries 3: Italy |
Box 4 Folder 16 | Italian printers
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Series VII: Broadside Ballads, 1765-1890 |
Box 5 Folder 1 | Broadside ballads, 1765-1890
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Series VIII: Oversize |
Box 6 Folder 1 | B., W.
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Box 6 Folder 2 | Banks, Al.
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Box 6 Folder 3 | Bassam, R., "The Newsman's Address," "Ode for the New Year" |
Box 6 Folder 4 | Catnach, J.
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Box 6 Folder 5 | Dodds, T., "...Hearken to a Tale of Sorrow..." |
Box 6 Folder 6 | Evans, T.
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Box 6 Folder 7 | Hazard, S.
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Box 6 Folder 8 | Howard and Evans
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Box 6 Folder 9 | Lion Steam Printing Works
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Box 6 Folder 10 | McGlennon, Felix, Ltd.
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Box 6 Folder 11 | Pitts
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Box 6 Folder 12 | Printer unknown, by title
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Box 6 Folder 13 | Printer unknown, by title
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Box 7 Folder 1 | Verse broadsides A-C
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Box 7 Folder 2 | Verse broadsides D-P
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Box 7 Folder 3 | Verse broadsides R-Y
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Box 7 Folder 4 | Slipsongs A-L
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Box 7 Folder 5 | Slipsongs M-Z
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Box 7 Folder 6 | Quarter Sheet Ballads A-C
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Box 7 Folder 7 | Quarter Sheet Ballads D-
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Box 7 Folder 9 | Quarter Sheet Ballads I-
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Box 7 Folder 10 | Quarter Sheet Ballads L-M
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Box 7 Folder 11 | Quarter Sheet Ballads N
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Box 7 Folder 12 | Quarter Sheet Ballads N-Q
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Box 7 Folder 13 | Quarter Sheet Ballads R-S
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Box 7 Folder 14 | Quarter Sheet Ballads T-W
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Box 7 Folder 15 | Quarter Sheet Ballads W-Y
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Box 7 Folder 16 | Additional Items
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