American broadsides collection

id
308
origination
N/A
date statement
ca. 1850-ca. 1900
key date
1850
identifier (local_mss)
20429
org unit
Music Division
call number
B-Amer.
b-number
b17066233
total components
2605
total series
2
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Berg Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:52 UTC
updated
2026-08-14 02:21:53 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"20429", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"B-Amer.", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b17066233", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"ca. 1850-ca. 1900", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1850/1900", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"American broadsides collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"49 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"15 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Music Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Broadsides were a format consisting of a single sheet of lyrics meant for mass publication. This collection consists of approximately 2600 broadsides published in the United States between 1850 and the early 1900s on a variety of topics."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Broadsides were an inexpensive format consisting of a single sheet of lyrics meant for mass publication. This collection consists of approximately 2600 broadsides published in the United States between 1850 and the early 1900s on a variety of topics. The broadside texts were intended to be sung to existing, widely-known melodies and do not contain musical notation. <p><em>Content warning: Folder titles were transcribed from the items themselves, many of which contain racist language and attitudes common in the United States in the nineteenth century</em>.</p></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The American broadsides collection is arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20429#c1614920'>Broadsides with anonymous authors</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20429#c1614925'>Broadsides with known authors</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>The collection is arranged into two series: Broadsides with anonymous authors, and Broadsides with known authors. The Broadsides with anonymous authors series is arranged alphabetically by title. The Broadsides with known authors series is arranged alphabetically by author, and then by title.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p> The American Broadsides Collection was assembled from a variety of sources and acquisitions.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Music Division staff.</p>"}
bibliography
{"id"=>"aspace_d087cf76d7b0fbd39d3c8a4386528949", "value"=>"<p>Edwin Wolf 2nd, <span class=\"title\">American sheets, slip ballads and poetical broadcasts 1850-1870</span> (Philadelphia: The Library Company, 1963).</p>"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"Items were added and extent was updated. Content warning regarding racist language was added.", "date"=>"January 5, 2020"}
date_start
1850
keydate
1850
date_end
1900
date_inclusive_start
1850
date_inclusive_end
1900
extent_statement
15 linear feet (49 boxes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"American broadsides collection, B-Amer.. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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