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West Virginia and Regional History Center
1549 University Ave.P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Sheet Music, A&M 0723, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Collection of sheet music of mostly songs about West Virginia or written by West Virginians. Also includes Civil War era editions of songs by George F. Root, including "The Battle Cry of Freedom," "Just before the Battle, Mother," "On, On, On, The Boys Came Marching!," "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," and "The Vacant Chair."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Civil War -- Music and musicians
- Wheeling (W. Va.)
Container List
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Star Dance Folio No. 31; solo piano; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: Remick Music
Corp.; New York, NY; notes: x
1928
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Latest Popular Music Folio; solo piano; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: Movie Songs
Inc.; New York, NY; notes: Includes the song "I Wanna Go Back To West Virginia, arranged for the piano, uke, guitar, and banjo"
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Across the Footlights; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
A Faded Love Letter; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Bryn Mawr, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer
1949
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Ah! Che La Morte; solo piano; music by: unidentified; lyrics by: unidentified; publisher: unidentified; notes: Music revised
by Max Rolle and arranged by Michael Watson; "Compliments of" F.W. Baumer Co., Wheeling, WV)
1899
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Alleghany Waltzes; solo piano; music by: F. Dollinger; lyrics by: unidentified; publisher: Miller and Beachan; Baltimore,
MD; notes: "Composed and Respectfully Dedicated to Mrs. Harrison of Salt Sulpher Springs, VA"
1854
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Alpine Waltz; solo piano; music by: Morgan West; lyrics by: none; publisher: Oliver Ditson Co. and Theodore Presser Co. Distributors;
Philadelphia, PA; notes: x
1943
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
America, Home of the True; solo piano; music by: Mary V. Harris; lyrics by: Mary V. Harris; publisher: Mary V. Harris; Hinton,
WV; notes: Three copies
1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Americans, Together; song; music by: Jessie Baker; lyrics by: Jessie Baker; publisher: Jessie Baker; Kermit, WV; notes: "In
Commemoration of the Bicentennial Anniversary of the founding of the United States of America 1776-1979"
1970
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
A Memory of Springtime; solo piano; music by: Morgan West; lyrics by: none; publisher: Oliver Ditson Co. and Theodore Presser
Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes: x
1943
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
An Old Romance; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
Two copies
1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
An Old Valentine; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: Two copies
1948
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
April Fantasy; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Are You?; solo piano; music by: Jan Krupa; lyrics by: Jan Krupa; publisher: Jan-Grey Music Publication Co.; Wheeling, WV;
notes: x
1930
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
At the Firemen's Carnival; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
A Time to Every Purpose; chorus and tape; music by: Gilbert Trythall; lyrics by: text freely adapted from Ecclesiastes; publisher:
Belwin Mills Publishing Corp.; Melville, NY; notes: x
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Autumn Song; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1943
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Autumn Twilight; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: G. Schirmer Inc.; New York, NY; notes: West
Virginia composer
1938
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
A Winter Frolic; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer; two copies
1940
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Back to West Virginia; solo piano; music by: P. B. Story; lyrics by: D. Archell Pigott; publisher: D. Archell Pigott; Farmington,
WV; notes: West Virginia composer
1915
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Battle Cry of Freedom; song; music by: Geo. F. Root; lyrics by: Geo. F. Root; publisher: Root & Cady; Chicago, IL; notes:
Includes catalog of other music published by Root & Cady on back page.
1862
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Battle of Port Royal; solo piano; music by: Ch. Grobe; lyrics by: none; publisher: unidentified; notes: Entered according
to Act of Congress AD 1861 by Oliver Ditson & Co. in the clerks office of the District Court of Mass.
1861
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Birds in the Meadow; solo piano; music by: Morgan West; lyrics by: none; publisher: Oliver Ditson Co. and Theodore Presser
Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes: x
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Black Hawk Waltz; solo piano; music by: Mary E. Walsh; lyrics by: none; publisher: D.W. Crist; Moultrie, OH; notes: Right
top corner is torn
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Bluebird Melodie; solo piano; music by: Franz Schiller; lyrics by: none; publisher: Century Music Publishing Co.; Toronto,
Canada; notes: x
1906
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Blue over You; song; music by: Lois Mae Nolte; lyrics by: Lois Mae Nolte; publisher: Schubert Music Lith.; Cleveland, OH;
notes: Words and music by Lois Mae Nolte of the Steele sisters; introducted at the Wheeling, WV Steel-Mutual Broadcast from
the New York World's Fair June 25, 1939
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Blue Veils; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Brave Boys Are They!; song; music by: Henry C. Work; lyrics by: Henry C. Work; publisher: H.M. Higgins; Chicago, IL; notes:
x
1861
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
By the Blue Monongahela; solo piano; music by: Lucie Beltzhoover-Dille; lyrics by: Elizabeth Davis Richards; publisher: Lucie
Beltzhoover-Dille; Morgantown, WV; notes: Two copies
1925
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
By the Guyandotte, The Morris Harvey College Song; song; music by: Edward E. Hipshire; lyrics by: Edward E. Hipshire; publisher:
Paris Bell Jr. and Eugene Foeglesong; notes: x
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Cabaletta; solo piano; music by: Theodore Lack; lyrics by: none; publisher: Century Music Publishing Co.; New York, NY; notes:
x
1905
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Camellias; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: G. Schirmer Inc.; New York, NY; notes: West Virginia
composer
1943
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Canoeing on the Kanawha; song; music by: Ed. Eikland; lyrics by: Suzan McCollum; publisher: unidentified; notes: Suzan McCollum
formerly of West Virginia
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Capt. Linch March or Two Step; solo piano; music by: J. O. Brockenshire; lyrics by: none; publisher: The John Church Company;
notes: "To my friend, Capt. Newton Lynch, Co. E.N.G. W.VA"
1895
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Carry On; song; music by: Jack Gerard; lyrics by: Jack Gerard; publisher: Jack Gerard Co.; Martinsburg, WV; notes: "Sponsored
by American Legion Post #14"
1953
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Cascade Waltz; solo piano or cabinet organ; music by: E. A. Nixon; lyrics by: none; publisher: A.W. Perry & Son; Sedalia,
MO; notes: "Dedicated to my pupils of Nevada"
1882
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Cherry; solo piano; music by: L. Albert; lyrics by: none; publisher: Jerome H. Remick & Co.; notes: x
1905
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Christy's Plantation Melodies, No. 3; songs; music by: unidentified; lyrics by: unidentified; publisher: multiple publishers;
notes: Book of songs; lyrics only; some publishers listed for individual songs
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
CIO Songbook; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: CIO Department of Education and
Research; Washington, D.C.; notes: Stamped on top of cover page: "A.F.L. Department of Education, P.O. Box 6008, Station A,
Charleston 2, West Virginia"
1954
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Cotton Field Dance; solo piano; music by: Al. W. Brown; lyrics by: none; publisher: McKinley Music Co.; Chicago, IL; notes:
Characteric Marc Two Step; stamped on front: "D.A. Snyder, Richwood, Nicholas Co., W.VA."
1904
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Cresent Moon; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Cute as Cotton; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Dancing Debutante; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Doll Baby; solo piano; music by: Morgan West; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes: x
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Down in the Lonely Dell; song; music by: P. B. Story; lyrics by: D. Archell Pigott; publisher: D. Archell Pigott; Farmington,
WV; notes: Words by D. Archell Pigott, writer of "Back to West Virginia
1915
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Drawing Room Favorites, 2 e Valse Lente; solo piano; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: none; publisher: Century Music
Publishing Co.; New York, NY; notes: x
1905
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Dynamite Twist; song; music by: Gene Brooks; lyrics by: John G. Kalleel; publisher: unidentified; notes: x
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Elegance; solo piano; music by: Cloyd H. Duncan; lyrics by: none; publisher: Cloyd H. Duncan; Fairmont, WV; notes: Cloyd H.
Duncan composer of Zig Zag, Gilt Edge, W.V.U.: Two Steps, Rushes and Whirls and Other Sucesses
1914
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Fair West Virginia; solo piano; music by: John E.P. Rockey; lyrics by: John E.P. Rockey; publisher: unidentified; notes: John
E.P. Rockey, University of West Virginia; two copies
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Farewell, W.V.U., Farewell; solo piano; music by: Elizabeth Davis Richards; lyrics by: Elizabeth Davis Richards; publisher:
Elizabeth Davis Richards; Morgantown, WV; notes: Senior class song of West Virginia University; three copies; one signed by
Elizabeth Davis Richards
1930
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Father of the Land We Love; song; music by: George M. Cohan; lyrics by: George M. Cohan; publisher: U.S. George Washington
Bicentennial Commission; Washington, D.C.; notes: "Written for the American people to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary
of the birth of George Washington"
1931
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Fire Fly Polka; piano forte; music by: J. A. Fowler; lyrics by: none; publisher: W.M. Hall & Son; New York, NY; notes: x
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Flag of Our Country; song; music by: A. Mathoit; lyrics by: A. Mathiot; publisher: F. Trifet; Boston, MA; notes: Quartet for
mixed voices
1898
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
For Goodness Sake, Don't Say I Told You!; song; music by: Arthur Lloyd; lyrics by: Arthur Lloyd; publisher: R.A. Saalfield;
notes: Arranged by: H. Milford; includes other songs
1883
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Forest Festival Time; song; music by: Dale Evans and Bob McCoy; lyrics by: Dwight H. Teter; publisher: Standard; Huntington,
WV; notes: Arranged by: Louis Morace; written exclusively for the Mountain State Forest Festival held annually at Elkins,
WV on the first weekend of October; "not copyrighted - may be used freely at any time"
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Forgotten Melody; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: Two copies
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Fragrant Blossoms; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Full Moon; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Gardenias; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1949
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Garfield & Arthur Campaign Songbook 1880; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: Republican
Congressional Committee; notes: Printed by J.M. Armstrong & Co., Music Typographers, Philadelphia, PA; drawings of James Garfield
and Chester Arthur on cover
1880
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Gems from the Latest Operas - Boccaccio March; solo piano; music by: Franz von Suppe; lyrics by: none; publisher: unidentified;
notes: Arranged by: C.F. Konradin
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Gems from the Latest Operas - Blue Wings; solo piano; music by: Ed. H. Frey; lyrics by: Geo. W. Frey; publisher: unidentified;
notes: Sequel to White Wings
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
General Lee's on to Cuba Galop; solo piano; music by: C. W. Durkee; lyrics by: none; publisher: F. Trifet; Boston, MA; notes:
x
1898
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Gilt Edge; solo piano; music by: Dr. C. H. Duncan; lyrics by: none; publisher: unidentified; notes: "March & Two Step, Fairmont,
W. VA., Chas. Sheard, London European Agent English Rights Secured;" for band, orchestra, mandolin & guitar on cover; West
Virginia composer; two copies
1903
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Glory Hallelujah, The Popular Army Hymn; song; music by: [traditional]; lyrics by: [unknown]; publisher: Firth & Pond; New
York, NY; notes: x
1862
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Going Back to West Virginia; song; music by: Mary V. Harris; lyrics by: Mary E. Madden; publisher: Mary E. Madden; Pittsburgh,
PA; notes: x
1957
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Gold and Blue; song; music by: Charles D. Giague; lyrics by: Charles D. Giague; publisher: Charles D. Giague; notes: Appears
to be self-published
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Golden Sunset; solo piano; music by: Morgan West; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
x
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Good Old G. Washington; song; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: Ralph Federer; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1948
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Got a Feeling, I'll Be Stealing Back to Wheeling, WV; song; music by: Bob Ellsworth; lyrics by: Bob Ellsworth; publisher:
Leo Feist Inc.; New York, NY; notes: Theme song of the Musical Steelworkers Program; two copies
1943
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Grand Army Songs (Book of Songs); song; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: unidentified;
notes: Compliments of Weber Piano Co., Wm. E. Wheelock & Co., Lindeman & Sons Piano Co., Stuyvesant Piano Co., New York; handwritten
on cover: "GARU Encampment Pittsburg August 1894"
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Hail, Washington Irving; piano solo; music by: E. W. James Jr.; lyrics by: Maud Yoak and E. W. James Jr.; publisher: E.W.
James Jr.; notes: Appears to be self-published; "Copyright applied for;" two copies; one copy signed by Maud York and does
not list E.W. James Jr.
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Hail West Virginia; song; music by: Earl Miller and Ed McWhorter; lyrics by: Fred B. Deem; publisher: West Virginia University;
Morgantown, WV; notes: Copyright 1915 by WVU; on cover: "for sale by West Virginia University Y.M.C.A., Morgantown, WV;" five
copies, one signed by Earl Miller, 2015/12/17
1915
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Happiness in Song; solo piano; music by: Phyllis J. Talbot; lyrics by: Phyllis J. Talbot; publisher: unidentified; notes:
Copyright 1975 by Phyllis J. Talbot, Morgantown, WV
1975
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Happy-Go-Lucky; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Harrison and Morton Songster; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: The W.F. Shaw
Co.; notes: Drawings of Benjamin Harrison and Levi Morton, 1888 Repulican candidates for president and vice-president; "sketch
of their lives, full text of the Republican Platform, Tippecanoe and Morton too, this is the team to pull us through"
1888
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Heads Up; songs; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: Robery Wayne Clark and D. Willard Zahn; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.;
Philadelphia, PA; notes: West Virginia composer; "an operetta on safety in one act, eleven musical number;" book by Robert
Wayne Clark and D. Willard Zahn
1948
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Home Alone in West Virginia; song; music by: John Luchok and Jeanette Moriak; lyrics by: William Money Aston and John Luchok;
publisher: John Luchok; notes: Copyright 1977 by William Money Aston and John Luchok
1977
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
How Can I Tell You I Love You; song; music by: Henry E. Mobley; lyrics by: Henry E. Mobley; publisher: Henry E. Mobley; Morgantown,
WV; notes: Autographed by Henry E. Mobley
1954
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
I Have Something Sweet to Tell You or I'm Talking in My Sleep; song; music by: James E. Magruder; lyrics by: Mrs. Frances
Osgood; publisher: W.C. Peters; notes: x
1850
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
I Like Mountain Music; song; music by: Frank Weldon; lyrics by: James Cavanaugh; publisher: M. Witmark & Sons; New York, NY;
notes: x
1933
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
I Live Just to Dream; song; music by: Joe V. McCleary; lyrics by: Joe V. McCleary; publisher: McCleary Publishing Co.; Davis,
WV; notes: Signed by Joe V. McCleary
1953
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
I Love You; song; music by: F. Oliver Edwards; lyrics by: F. Oliver Edwards; publisher: Wheeling High School; Wheeling, WV;
notes: "As produced at the Wheeling High School"
1925
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Imagine Me; song; music by: Sue Ann DiBacco; lyrics by: Sue Ann DiBacco; publisher: Intermezzo Music Publishers; Adams, MA;
notes: Signed by Sue Ann DiBacco
1958
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
I'm Headed Back to West Virginia; song; music by: Clark Montgomery & H.W. Perry; lyrics by: Clark Montgomery & H.W. Perry;
publisher: unidentified; notes: Recorded on The Centennial Label by Claire Lilly and The Bumps Stark Orchestra; copyright,
Ray Montgomery, 1953
1953
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
I'm Thinking, Thinking of You; song; music by: Joe V. McCleary; lyrics by: Joe V. McCleary; publisher: McCleary Publishing
Co.; Davis, WV; notes: Copyright 1953 by Joe V. McCleary; Davis, WV
1953
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
In a Starlit Garden; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Oliver Ditson Co. and Theodore Presser
Co. Distributors; Philadelphia, PA; notes: "Bernard Wagness Piano Series;" West Virginia composer
1938
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
In Flanders' Fields; song; music by: Frank E. Tours; lyrics by: Lt. Col. John McCrae; publisher: M. Witmark & Sons; notes:
Sung by Mr. John McCormack
1918
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
In the Gay Nineties; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: A novelty for piano; West Virginia composer
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
It's Blossom Time; song; music by: Leo J. Bonenberger; lyrics by: Leo J. Bonenberger; publisher: Bonnie Musical Productions;
Wheeling, WV; notes: "Introduced featured musical theme of Wheeling Lodge No. 28, B.P.O. Elks, Charity Show 1955"
1954
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
It's Spring Again!; song; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: Ralph Federer; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: Three part song for treble voices; West Virginia composer
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
It's West Virginia, U.S.A.; song; music by: Jack Gerard; lyrics by: Robert S. Goldblume; publisher: unidentified; notes: Mimeograph;
"No sheet music available yet" handwritten on first page; "Robert S. Goldblume, Welch, West Virginia, Jack Gerard, Baker Center,
Veterans Hospital, Martinsburg, West Virginia"
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia; song; music by: Grace Shannon; lyrics by: Bill Crago; publisher: Vanguard Songs Inc.; Hollywood,
CA; notes: Photo of Ozzie and Harriet on cover w/the following" - "Featured by Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard on NBC Raleigh
Cigarette Program;" two copies; one copy labeled "Galperin Music Co., 17 Capitol St., Charleston, W. Va."
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
I Want to Go Back to Michigan Down on the Farm; song; music by: Irving Berlin; lyrics by: Irving Berlin; publisher: Waterson,
Berlin, & Snyder Co. Music Publishers; New York, NY; notes: Bottom of folder torn
1914
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
J'aime Mon Amour (I Love My Love); song; music by: Musique de Ivan Caryll; lyrics by: paroles de Lucien Boyer et William Burtey
version anglaises de Adrian Ross; publisher: Chappel & Co.; notes: French
1908
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
John & Lucy Bava Singing Songs of Hope and Praise; song; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher:
John Bava's Music; Davis, WV; notes: Book of songs; "John & Lucy Bava singing songs of hope and praise"
1967
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Just Before the Battle, Mother; song; music by: Geo. F. Root; lyrics by: Geo. F. Root; publisher: Root & Cady; Chicago, IL;
notes: x
1863
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Keep Smiling; song; music by: A.W. Schwietert, D.C.; lyrics by: A. W. Schwietert, D.C.; publisher: A.W. Schwietert, D.C.;
notes: Handwritten inside cover - "1918 Compliments of C.J. Ruley, D.C. 320 Monroe St phone 1305 City"
1917
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Kingdom Coming; song; music by: Henry C. Work; lyrics by: Henry C. Work; publisher: Root & Cady; Chicago, IL; notes: x
1862
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Lady of Seville Tango; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: West Virginia composer; two copies
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
La Violette de Carafa; solo piano; music by: Henri Herz; lyrics by: none; publisher: David P. Faulds; Louisville, KY; notes:
"Eliza Hayden" handwritten on cover
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Loin Du Bal (Sounds from the Ball); solo piano; music by: Ernest Gillet; lyrics by: none; publisher: Century Music Publishing
Co.; New York, NY; notes: x
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Lonely Dancer; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
Two copies; one copy signed: "To Helen Rankin best wishes from Ralph Federer;" West Virginia composer
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Long Ago in Old Vienna; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: West Virginia composer; two copies
1948
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Louisiana Waltzes; solo piano; music by: Fred L. Ryder; lyrics by: none; publisher: McKinley Music Co.; notes: "St. Louis
Exposition" on cover
1904
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Love and Devotion; solo piano; music by: Louis A. Drumhelle; lyrics by: none; publisher: Joe Morris; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
Copyright by Joe Morris; Philadelphia, PA
1907
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Lullaby and Nymphs' Waltz; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Arthur P. Schmidt Co.; notes:
West Virginia composer
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
March R.M.B.; solo piano; music by: Ralph Jarrentt; lyrics by: none; publisher: R.C. Jarrett & Co.; Shinnston, WV; notes:
"Respectfully dedicated to the Royal Military Band of Shinnston;" appears to be missing pages
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Marching through Georgia; solo piano; music by: H.C. Work; lyrics by: H.C. Work; publisher: unidentified; notes: Appears to
be the cover and second page of book; cover reads - "The Old Glory Song Book, Our Best National Patriotic Songs, compliments
of The Dollar Savings and Trust Co., 1315 Market Street, Wheeling, WV"
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Matrimony; song; music by: Chas. L. Lewis; lyrics by: Wade H. Dunn; publisher: Wade H. Dunn; Cashmere, WV; notes: West Virginia
composer
1926
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Memories of Vienna; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer
1948
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Memory's Dream; solo piano; music by: Julius E. Muller; lyrics by: none; publisher: Oliver Ditson & Co.; Boston, MA; notes:
"Memory's Dream, a son Ami cheri Franz Abt, Reverie En Form De Valse, composee par Julius E. Muller author of Falling Leaves"
on cover
1860
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Men of West Augusta; song; music by: Jesse Baker; lyrics by: Jessie Baker; publisher: Jessie Baker; Kermit, WV; notes: West
Virginia composer; "historical note" on inside cover regarding George Washington; two copies
1962
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Montani, Semper, Liberi; solo piano; music by: Collie Jackson Smith; lyrics by: Collie Jackson Smith; publisher: unidentified;
notes: "Affectionately dedicated to the Daughters of the American Revolution by Their State Regent - 1913;" Collie Jackson
Smith on cover
1913
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Moonlight on the Mountain Top; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Moon over Madrid; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Bryn Mawr, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1950
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Moon over Oglebay; song; music by: Joe Fallon; lyrics by: Joe Fallon; publisher: Joe Fallon; Wheeling, WV; notes: Arranged
by Osborne Rafferty; cover signed "Best Wishes, Joe Fallon" in pencil; "Martha Lash Conaway" in ink; "Successfully Introduced
by Janie Evans" on cover)
1951
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Mountain Land West Virginia; song; music by: Jessie Baker; lyrics by: Jessie Baker; publisher: Jessie Baker; Kermit, WV; notes:
"To my father, Lindsey Baker, who loved Mountain Land in all its rugged strength and beauty on cover;" three copies
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Mountain Laurel March; solo piano; music by: C.E. Obenchein; lyrics by: none; publisher: A.W. Perry & Son; Sedalia, MO; notes:
For piano or parlor organ
1881
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Mountain Moon; song; music by: Lyle W. Morgan, Jr.; lyrics by: Lyle W. Morgan Jr.; publisher: Lyle W. Morgan Jr.; Chicago,
IL; notes: x
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
My Country; song; music by: R. O'Malley; lyrics by: R. O'Malley; publisher: R.E. O'Malley; Morgantown, WV; notes: x
1951
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
My Heart's in West Virginia; solo piano; music by: Elizabeth Davis Richards; lyrics by: Elizabeth Davis Richards; publisher:
Elizabeth Davis Richards; Morgantown, WV; notes: Five copies
1926
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
My Home among the Hills; song; music by: E.W. James, Jr.; lyrics by: E.W. James, Jr.; publisher: James & Law Co.; Clarksburg,
WV; notes: Four part chorus arrangement
1962
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
My Home among the West Virginia Hills; song; music by: David Gwilym Davies; lyrics by: David Fwilym Davies; publisher: Golden
Rule Music Co.; Morgantown, WV; notes: West Virginia composer
1928
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
My Home Is West Virginia; solo piano; music by: Millard F. Snider; lyrics by: Millard F. Snider; publisher: Millard F. Snider;
notes: Copyright by Millard F. Snider; arranged by A. J. Smith, "souvenir, WVU Alumni Banquet, 1914;" two copies
1914
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
My Little Fuzzy Hussy; song; music by: Joe V. McCleary; lyrics by: Joe V. McCleary; publisher: McCleary Publishing Co.; Davis,
WV; notes: West Virginia composer
1953
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Night in Vienna; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer; two copies
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
N&W, Norfolk & Western Coal Train, Circa 1963-1964; song; music by: Jessie Baker; lyrics by: Jessie Baker; publisher: Jessie
Baker; Kermit, WV; notes: Two copies
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
Ode to West Virginia; solo piano; music by: D.W. Turner; lyrics by: D.W. Turner; publisher: D.W. Turner; notes: Two copies
1949
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
Oh! The West Virginia Hills; solo piano; music by: N.D. Adams; lyrics by: N.D. Adams; publisher: unidentified; notes: Two
copies; one original ink and pencil, other photocopy; "compliments of N.D. Adams" at bottom
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
Old Fashioned Hymns and Mountain Ballads; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: unidentified;
notes: "As sung by Asher Sizemore and Little Jimmie", inserted in book is photo signed "Greetings Asher & Little Jimmie 'The
Singing Sizemores"
1933
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
O, Mother O' Mountaineers!; song; music by: Angeline M. Donner; lyrics by: P.I. Reed; publisher: West Virginia University;
Morgantown, WV; notes: "For sale by University Y.M.C.A;" copyright by WVU Young Men's Christian Association; two copies
1923
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
On A Summer Night; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes: West
Virginia composer
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
One Little Hour; song; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: Ralph Federer; publisher: Volkwein Bros. Inc.; Pittsburgh, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer
1932
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
Only A Dream; song; music by: Albert W. Berg; lyrics by: George Cooper; publisher: Columbia Publishing Co.; Chicago, IL; notes:
Sung by Lillian Russell (w/photo); "Souvenir presented with the compliments of Alexander Shoe Seller, 1049 Main St., Wheeling,
WV;" several ads of Wheeling businesses in folder
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
On, On, On, The Boys Came Marching!; song; music by: Geo. F. Root; lyrics by: Geo. F. Root; publisher: Root & Cady; Chicago,
IL; notes: x
1865
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
On Silver Skates; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Oliver Ditson Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
Our Country, Right or Wrong!; song; music by: Fulton B. Karr; lyrics by: Karl D. Vass; publisher: Karl D. Vass and Fulton
B. Karr; notes: Copyright 1941 by Karl D. Vass and Fulton B. Karr; Washington, D.C.; two copies
1941
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Our Country's Songs; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: Mellor & Hoene; Pittsburgh,
PA; notes: A collection of American national airs; compliments of Mellor & Hoene, 77 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg" (Pittsburgh);
Hoene was a music store in Pittsburgh, PA
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Our Governor March; solo piano; music by: Edwin H. Peters; lyrics by: none; publisher: Edwin H. Peters; Montgomery, WV; notes:
"Dedicated to his excellency H.G. Kump, governor of the state of West Virginia", by Edwin H. Peters, Director of Bands and
Orchestras, New River State College, Montgomery, WV; photo of Governor Kump on cover; copyright by Edwin H. Peters; Montgomery,
WV; three copies
1933
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Our Grateful Hearts Are Singing; song; music by: J. Henry Francis; lyrics by: J. Henry Francis; publisher: G. Schirmer Inc.;
New York, NY; notes: x
1951
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Patriotic Songs; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: unidentified; notes: Booklet
missing front cover; provides a brief "history of our national songs, history of the flag, Lincoln's Gettsburg address, extracts
fron other addresses by Lincoln, and extracts from President Wilson's Great War message"
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Peace on Earth; solo piano; music by: Mary V. Harris; lyrics by: Mary V. Harris; publisher: Mary V. Harris; Hinton, WV; notes:
Cover signed by Mary V. Harris
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
Piano Compositions, two compositions, "Sundown" and "A Waltz in the Moonlight"; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics
by: none; publisher: Oliver Ditson Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes: West Virginia composer; two copies
1938
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
Pittsburgh Arena Ice Skating Glide; song; music by: Henry Voltz; lyrics by: Robert Goldsmith; publisher: Manuscript Publications;
Pittsburgh, PA; notes: Photo of Pittsburgh Arena on cover says "Largest Ice Rink in the World"
1962
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
Polka in the Parlor; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
Proclaim Liberty; song; music by: Jessie Baker; lyrics by: Jessie Baker; publisher: Jessie Baker; Kermit, WV; notes: West
Virginia composer
1970
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
Puritani; solo piano; music by: J. Leybach; lyrics by: none; publisher: Century Music Publishing Co.; New York, NY; notes:
x
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
Purple Dusk; song; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes: West
Virginia composer
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
Rain; solo piano; music by: Al Langdon; lyrics by: Al Langdon; publisher: Langdon Music; Huntington, WV; notes: The John F.
Kennedy Oscar Award Memorial Song; "In memory of John F. Kennedy;" West Virginia composer; two copies
1964
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
Reminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay; song; music by: Ramona Ann Bailey; lyrics by: Ramona Ann Bailey; publisher: unidentified;
notes: Original composition sheet written in pencil
1971 June 10
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
Repentance; solo piano; music by: J.L. Nicode; lyrics by: none; publisher: Century Music Publishing Co.; New York, NY; notes:
x
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
Re-Union of the Army of West Virginia; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: unidentified;
notes: Four page pamphlet; "Re-Union of the Army of West Virginia, Portsmouth, Ohio, September 16, 17, and 18, 1885"
1885
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Rhapsody in D Minor; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: "For solo piano and orchestra (second piano in score)", three copies, one copy signed "to Doc and Carla Hamilton
--the best friends anyone could ask for--Affectionately, Ralph Federer"
1943
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
R.H. Randall's Premium Collection; songs; music by: R.H. Randall; lyrics by: R.H. Randall; publisher: R.H. Randall; Chicago,
IL; notes: Includes "The Little Gipsy Girl;" music and lyrics by Chas. H. Gabriel; copyright R.H. Randall, 1893
1893
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Roses at Twilight; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer
1943
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Rushes and Whirls; solo piano; music by: Cloyd H. Duncan; lyrics by: none; publisher: C.H. Duncan; Fairmont, WV; notes: West
Virginia composer
1907
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Sacred Compositions for Piano "Evening Hymn"; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser
Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Sacred Compositions for the Piano "Prayer"; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser
Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1941
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Salt Pork, West Virginia; song; music by: William Tennyson, Jr.; lyrics by: William Tennyson Jr.; publisher: Pic Music Corp.;
Chicago, IL; notes: Recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, Decca 18762; Featured in the Astor movie "Beware"
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Salt Sulphur Spring Polka; song; music by: F. Dollinger; lyrics by: none; publisher: unidentified; notes: West Virginia song
1853
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Schaumperlen; solo piano; music by: Gustav Lange; lyrics by: none; publisher: Century Music Publishing Co.; Toronto, Canada;
notes: x
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Serenade to a Blonde; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
She Came Rollin' Down the Mountain; song; music by: Arthur Lippman, Manning Sherwin, and Harry Richman; lyrics by: Arthur
Lippman, Manning Sherwin, and Harry Richman; publisher: Crawford Music Corp.; New York, NY; notes: Featured by Eddie Davis'
cover autographed "Sincerely Eddie Davis"
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Silver Threads; song; music by: H.P. Danks; lyrics by: Eben E. Rexford; publisher: Hamilton S. Gordon; New York, NY; notes:
x
1873, 1901
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Sing a Song; songs; music by: unidentified; lyrics by: unidentified; publisher: International Ladies Garment Workers Union;
Baltimore, MD; notes: "Anthem of the ILGWU", music by - L. Paarello, lyrics by - Emily Brown Fine
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Smoke Dreams; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
Two copies
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Smokey the Bear; song; music by: Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins; lyrics by: Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins; publisher: unidentified;
notes: "This song written under license of the U.S. Dept of Agriculture to Hill and Range Songs, Inc. and recorded under license
by several companies including RCA-Victor, Columbia, DECCA, and Golden Records;" on back of sheet the West Virginia Forest
Fire Laws are listed by Conservation Commision of West Virginia
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Snuggle Pups; song; music by: Eddie Cantor; lyrics by: Eddie Cantor; publisher: Eddie Cantor Music Co.; Chicago, IL; notes:
Newspaper clipping from The Parkersburg News (WV), March 16, 1924, headline reads "Here it at the Hippodrome all next week",
music copyright by Eddie Cantor Music Co., 81 West Randolph St, Chicago, Il
1923
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Something Tells Me You're the Girl; song; music by: J.R. Shannon; lyrics by: George J. Moriarty; publisher: Jerome H. Remick
& Co.; notes: x
1912
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Song at Dusk; solo piano; music by: Morgan West; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
x
1974
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Song at Midnight; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Songbook of the Chesapeake & Ohio; songs; music by: none; lyrics by: unidentified; publisher: The Chesapeake & Ohio Public
Relations Conference; notes: Lyrics to several songs, including "America", "America the Beautiful", "Hail! West Virginia",
"Carry me back to old Virginny", and "Workin' on the Railroad"
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Song of a Woman; song; music by: none; lyrics by: Walter W. Price; publisher: Walter W. Price; Terra Alta, WV; notes: West
Virginia Composer; cover signed "Walter Willard Price"
1953
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Songs for Labor; songs; music by: unidentified; lyrics by: unidentified; publisher: American Federation of Labor Workers Education
Bureau; Washington, D.C.; notes: x
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Songs of the People; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: unidentified; notes: "Donated
to the Public Schools of Martinsburg, W. Va., by the Tuebush Kieffer Co., Dayton, VA., and the Business Men of Martinsburg,
Patronize the men who make this book possible" on the cover
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Songs of West Virginia University; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: Mountain;
Morgantown, WV; notes: Edited by George Harris Healey '31
1931
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Songs That Live; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: New York State College of
Agriculture at Cornell University; notes: The Cornel Reading-Courses, course for the farm home; Rural Life Series #10, by
Rose Morgan, "Please return to Agr'l Extension Division, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Va." stamped on cover
1914
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Sophisticated Sophie; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Oliver Ditson Co. and Theodore Presser
Co. Distributors; Philadelphia, PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Southern Folklore Quarterly; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: The University
of Florida in cooperation with The Southeastern Folklore Society; notes: Cover signed, "Compliments of John H. Cox"
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Starlight Serenade; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Starry Night; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: G. Schirmer Inc.; New York, NY; notes: West
Virginia composer; two copies
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
State Song of West Virginia; song; music by: unidentified; lyrics by: unidentified; publisher: unidentified; notes: Compliments
of Dollar Savings and Trust, Co, No 1315 Market Street, Wheeling, WV
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
Steelworker's Song Book; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: United Steelworkers
of America; Pittsburgh, PA; notes: "To all steelworkers who enjoy singing, this small song book is dedicated" on inside cover
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
Stonewall Jackson's Way; song; music by: B. Duncan; lyrics by: B. Duncan; publisher: J.W. Randolph; Richmond, VA; notes: Found
on a Confederate sergeant of the old Stonewall Brigade taken at Winchester, VA
1863
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
Stonewall Jackson's Way Grand March (illustrative of "Stonewall Jackson's Way"); solo piano; music by: Chas. Young; lyrics
by: Chas. Young; publisher: A.E. Blackmar; New Orleans, LA; notes: Photocopy
1864
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
Stonewall Jackson's Way; song; music by: Jules Desrivux; lyrics by: Jules Desrivux; publisher: Tripp and Cragg; Louisville,
KY; notes: Photocopy
1862
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
Struttin' Along; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
Sweet Kitty Wells; solo piano; music by: Russ Fluharty; lyrics by: Russ Fluharty; publisher: unidentified; notes: Photocopy
of handwritten piece
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
Ted and Wanda's Book of Hillbilly Hits for 1946; songs; music by: none; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: unidentified;
notes: Book mailed "from Ted & Wanda, Station WLAC, Nashville, TN", handwritten on cover "she (Wanda) is from Hundred, WVA"
and "sister of Radio Dot"
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
The Allegheny Rose; song; music by: J.C. Hall; lyrics by: T. J. Honaker; publisher: unidentified; notes: "Complimentary to
the teachers of West Virginia;" T.J. Honaker, copyright owner, Charleston, WV; two copies
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
The Ballad of Oakland; song; music by: none; lyrics by: Felix Robinson; publisher: Felix G. Robinson; Oakland, MD; notes:
"Written in commemoration of the centennial celebration," August 1949 by Rev. Felix G. Robinson (born 1898/07/24, Oakland,
Maryland); first edition copyright 1949 by Felix G. Robinson; signed by Robinson inside cover
1949
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
The Band Played Nearer My God to Thee as the Ship Went Down; song; music by: Harold Jones; lyrics by: Mark Beam; publisher:
Joe Morris Music Co.; notes: "In memory of the heroes of the ill-fated Titanic"
1912
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
The Chancellor Waltzes; solo piano; music by: John C. Arnold; lyrics by: none; publisher: Lloyd-Baxter Music Co.; Parkersburg,
WV; notes: x
1905
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
The Dark Hollow Bird, The Wood Thrush; song; music by: Jessie Baker; lyrics by: Jessie Baker; publisher: Jessie Baker; Kermit,
WV; notes: West Virginia composer; four copies
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
The Devil's Night Out; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Mills Music Inc.; New York, NY; notes:
West Virginia composer
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
The Dying Poet; solo piano; music by: L Gottschalk; lyrics by: none; publisher: Century Music Publishing Co.; New York, NY;
notes: Salon Compositions for the Pianoforte
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
The Favorite Album of Songs and Ballads; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: unidentified;
notes: "The Favorite Album of Songs and Ballads, published for the Trade" on the front cover; consists of 32 songs
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
The Georgian Newport; solo piano; music by: Cory Richards; lyrics by: none; publisher: National Music Company; Chicago, IL;
notes: x
1889
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
The Girl in the Picture Hat; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Mills Music Inc.; New York,
NY; notes: West Virginia composer
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
The Golden Book of Favorite Songs; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: Hall & McCreary
Company; Chicago, IL; notes: A Treasury of the Best Songs of Our People; 202 songs, 192 of which are with music; "Twentieth
Edition-Revised" on first page
1915 (handwritten on first page)
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
The Hymn of the West Virginians "Montani Semper Liberi"; song; music by: W.S. Mason; lyrics by: William Seymour; publisher:
S.S. Moore & Co.; Charleston, WV; notes: "Orchestration and Band arrangements may be obtained of W.S. Mason, Charleston-Kanawha,
W.VA, published by William Seymour Edwards and for sale by S.S. Moore & Company, Charleston-Kanawha, West Virginia;" West
Virginia composers; five copies
1912
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
The Last Hope; solo piano; music by: L.M. Gottschalk; lyrics by: none; publisher: Eclipse Publishing Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: Piece incomplete; consists of cover and first page of composition; cover signed "Ovlyn Gladys Swisher, Washington,
D.C., June 6, 1908"
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
The Lord Is My Shepherd; song; music by: Ethel Virginia Howard; lyrics by: Ethel Virginia Howard; publisher: Ethel Virginia
Howard; notes: Lyrics from Psalm 23; self published by composer, "for sale - address Ethel V. Howard, 1029 S. 9th St., Camden,
NJ;" piece is signed "Ethel V. Howard - 4/29/35" in pencil; includes a typewritten letter dated 1935/06/17 from composer to
"Prof. McDonald;" letter is stamped "Roger Williams Library, Storer College"
1935
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
The Lord's Prayer; solo piano; music by: E.W. James, Jr.; lyrics by: unidentified; publisher: unidentified; notes: Lyrics
are the Lord's Prayer; unpublished undated piece; two copies
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
The Loyal Miner; song; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: Charles E. Jenkins; publisher: Charles E. Jenkins; Morgantown,
WV; notes: West Virginia composers; sheet music photocopy; two copies
1943
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
The Parting Hour; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Bryn Mawr, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1949
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
The Pet Show, No.1 The Little Kitten, No. 2 Bunnies; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: Ralph Federer; publisher:
Arthur P. Schmidt Co.; notes: One of three pieces making up "The Pet Show, six little sketches for Pianoforte;" West Virginia
composer
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
The Pet Show, No. 3 Pony, No. 4 Pigs; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: Ralph Federer; publisher: Arthur P.
Schmidt Co.; notes: One of three pieces making up "The Pet Show, six little sketches for Pianoforte;" West Virginia composer
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
The Pet Show, No. 5 Goldfish, No. 6 Poodle; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: Ralph Federer; publisher: Arthur
P. Schmidt Co.; notes: One of three pieces making up "The Pet Show, six little sketches for Pianoforte;" West Virginia composer
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
The Scarlet Cape; piano duet; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Bryn Mawr, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1949
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
The Seasons; solo piano; music by: E.W. James; lyrics by: E.W. James; publisher: unidentified; notes: Unpublished, undated
piece
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
The Self Service Chain Store; song; music by: Bright McWhorter; lyrics by: Bright McWhorter; publisher: Bright McWhorter;
notes: Self published by West Virginia composer Bright McWhorter, Walkersville, WV
1971
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
1913
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
The Spanish Shawl; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Oliver Ditson Co. and Theodore Presser
Co. Distributors; Philadelphia, PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
The Star on the Christmas Tree; vocal duet with piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: Ralph Federer; publisher: Theodore
Presser Co.; notes: West Virginia composer
1943
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
The Sunny Hours of Childhood; song; music by: J. Harroway; lyrics by: LS. Carpenter; publisher: George Willig; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: "For the piano forte;" appears to be pages removed from a book
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
The Toe Dancer; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: G. Schirmer Inc.; New York, NY; notes: West
Virginia composer
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
The Vacant Chair; song; music by: Geo. F. Root; lyrics by: H.S.W.; publisher: Root & Cady; Chicago, IL; notes: x
1862
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
The West Virginia Hills; solo piano; music by: H.E. Engle; lyrics by: Ellen King; publisher: unidentified; notes: West Virginia
composers
1886
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
The West Virginia Hills; solo piano; music by: H.E. Engle; lyrics by: Ellen King; publisher: Bandmaster's Associates Inc.;
Logan, WV; notes: West Virginia composers
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
The West Virginia Hills; solo piano; music by: H.E. Engle; lyrics by: Ellen King; publisher: The Buckhannon Record; Buckhannon,
WV; notes: West Virginia composers; edited by C. Buell Agey; two copies
1961
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
The West Virginia Singer; songs; music by: H.E. Engle; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: H.E. Engle; Lloydsville,
WV; notes: West Virginia composer; two copies
1913
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
The W.V.U. March and Two-Step; solo piano; music by: Dr. Cloyd H. Duncan; lyrics by: none; publisher: C.H. Duncan; Fairmont,
WV; notes: West Virginia composer; three copies
1898
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning; song; music by: Fred Fischer; lyrics by: Joe McCarthy; publisher: Leo Feist
Inc.; New York, NY; notes: x
1914
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They Are Calling from the Mountains; song; music by: Dan J. Wall; lyrics by: A West Virginian; publisher: Walter R. Snyder;
Chicago, IL; notes: As sung at the National Republican Convention, Chicago, 1912; The Slogan of the West Virginians "Hey!
Hey! Hey! Come to stay! Fight em! Fight em! Fight em! West Vir-gini-a!" on the cover
1912
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Time and Time Again; song; music by: Lyle W. Morgan; lyrics by: Lyle W. Morgan Jr.; publisher: Lyle W. Morgan Jr.; Chicago,
IL; notes: x
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
To See My Saviour's Face; solo piano; music by: Dave Hendricks; lyrics by: Dave Hendricks; publisher: John Bava Box; Davis,
WV; notes: "As recorded by Blue Ridge Quartet on Canaan Records" on cover; two copies
1959
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
To Thee, Our Alma Mater; song; music by: J. Forest Knight; lyrics by: David A. Christopher; publisher: David A. Christopher;
Morgantown, WV; notes: Arrangement and harmony by Loisbelle Baker-Gibson; six copies
1927
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Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope; song; music by: Geo. F. Root; lyrics by: Geo. F. Root; publisher: Root & Cady; Chicago,
IL; notes: x
1864
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
Twas Early Spring; song; music by: Alfred Little; lyrics by: Alfred Little; publisher: Giles & Gould; notes: Arranged by Alfred
Little; photocopy; "This quaint old love song was picked up by a music teacher in West Virginia. A little girl was singing
it to the accompaniment of her swift turning wheel while spinning flax"
1870
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
Twenty-Eight Favorite Songs as Featured on the Grand Ole Opry; songs; music by: Walter and John J. Bailes; lyrics by: Walter
and John J. Bailes; publisher: unidentified; notes: West Virginia composers and entertainers, "The Bailes Brothers, Walter
and Johnnie Bailes;" booklet includes photographs of musicians; includes other songs
1943-1945
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Twilight in the Valley; solo piano; music by: Morgan West; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: x
1944
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Two Viennese Waltzes - Vienna by Moonlight; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser
Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
Two Viennese Waltzes - Spring in Old Vienna; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser
Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1945
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Untitled; song; music by: Billy James; lyrics by: Millay; publisher: unidentified; notes: photocopy of untitled, unpublished
piece
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Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
Untitled; solo piano; music by: unknown; lyrics by: none; publisher: unidentified; notes: "West Virginia composer and/or published
in W.VA." written on folder
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Valse; solo piano; music by: Aug. Durand; lyrics by: none; publisher: Eclipse Publishing Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes: x
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
Valse Romantique; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer
1940
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
Valse Sentimentale; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer; two copies
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
Velvet Night; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
Washington Monument; song; music by: Karl Vass; lyrics by: Karl Vass; publisher: District Publishing Co.; Washington, D.C.;
notes: Arranged by Fulton B. Karr; two copies
1948
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
Waving Willows Valse Lente; solo piano; music by: Morgan West; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: x
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
We Are Mountaineers; solo piano; music by: George Kapnicky; lyrics by: George Kapnicky; publisher: K Music Co.; Sistersville,
WV; notes: West Virginia composer
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
Weary Hobo; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA; notes:
West Virginia composer
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
Wellsburg, A Hometown Song; song; music by: Charles C. Simpson; lyrics by: Charles C. Simpson; publisher: unidentified; notes:
West Virginia composer; two copies
1920
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
West Virginia; solo piano; music by: C.E. Haworth; lyrics by: C.E. Haworth; publisher: unidentified; notes: Copyright 1916
by Lloyd Adams Noble; appears to be a page removed from a book
1916
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
West Virginia; song; music by: Harry Jay; lyrics by: T.J. Honaker; publisher: T.J. Honaker; Charleston, WV; notes: West Virginia
composer; three copies
1925
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
West Virginia; solo piano; music by: James McGranahan; lyrics by: James McGranahan; publisher: unidentified; notes: Words
copyright 1912 by Pocahontas Times Co.
1908
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
West Virginia; song; music by: Thelma Juergensmeyer; lyrics by: Thelma Juergensmeyer; publisher: Thelma Juergensmeyer; Logan,
WV; notes: West Virginia composer
1962
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
West Virginia! And My Home; song; music by: J. Henry Francis; lyrics by: J. Henry Francis; publisher: Galperin Music Co.;
Charleston, WV; notes: "Respectfully dedicated to the West Virginia Federation of Music Clubs, first introduced by Miss Claren
Peoples and the Cabell 
County High School Chorus at their Spring Festival, 1946"
1946
County High School Chorus at their Spring Festival, 1946"
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
West Virginia for Me; song; music by: Mary V. Harris; lyrics by: Mary V. Harris; publisher: Mary V. Harris; Hinton, WV; notes:
West Virginia composer; two copies; one signed by composer
1941
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
West Virginia Hills; solo piano; music by: D.B. Purinton; lyrics by: D.B. Purinton; publisher: West Virginia University; Morgantown,
WV; notes: Mountain Minstrelsy Program, Farm and Home Week, West Virginia University, February 2, 1932, directed by Sara Buchanan
Huff. Composer D.B. Purinton was a teacher and President Emeritus of WVU
1877
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
West Virginia Moon; solo piano; music by: Al Langdon; lyrics by: Al Langdon; publisher: Langdon Music; Huntington, WV; notes:
West Virginia composer; six copies
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
West Virginia My Home Sweet Home; song; music by: Col. Julian G. Hearne, Jr.; lyrics by: Col. Julian G. Hearne, Jr.; publisher:
United Music Inc.; Pittsburgh, PA; notes: Official state song on cover; West Virginia composer
1948
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
West Virginia Sings; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: Stonewall Craft Shop;
Weston, WV; notes: West Virginia 4-H Club Song Book
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Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
West Virginia Song Book for Institutes and Schools; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher:
Department of Free Schools; Charleston, WV; notes: Containing songs and scripture readings suitable for opening exercises
and special occasions
1915
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
West Virginia State Song; solo piano; music by: W.H. Schulz; lyrics by: R.L. Pemberton; publisher: W.H. Schulz; Wheeling,
WV; notes: West Virginia composer
1930
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
West Virginia University Songs - Hail West Virginia; Fight! Mountaineers; Alma, Our Alma Mater; songs; music by: multiple
composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: Galperin Music Co.; Charleston, WV; notes: "Hail West Virginia" music
by Earl Miller and Ed. McWhorter; lyrics by Fred B. Deem; "Fight Mountaineers" music and lyrics by Fuzzy Knight '23; "Alma,
Our Alma Mater" music and lyrics by Louis D. Corson '37
undated
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What a Lovely Day!; song; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: Ralph Federer; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia,
PA; notes: West Virginia composer
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
When Lights Are Low; solo piano; music by: Morgan West; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: x
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
Where the Monongahela Flows; song; music by: Irvin J. Rossell; lyrics by: Irvin J. Rossell; publisher: Irvin J. Rossell; notes:
x
1928
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
Where the Rhododendrons Grow; song; music by: L. D. Pack; lyrics by: A.J. Ritchie; publisher: unidentified; notes: Photo of
Cowboy Loye, L.D. Pack, on cover
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
White Butterflies; solo piano; music by: Ralph Federer; lyrics by: none; publisher: Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: West Virginia composer
1940
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
Who Will Care for Mother Now?; song; music by: Charles Carroll Sawyer; lyrics by: Charles Carroll Sawyer; publisher: Sawyer
& Thompson; New York, NY; notes: Arranged by C.F. Thompson
1863
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
Wild and Wonderful West Virginia; song; music by: Marsh Kennedy; lyrics by: Marsh Kennedy; publisher: unidentified; notes:
Photocopy of handwritten composition
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
William Tell Overture; solo piano; music by: Rossini; lyrics by: none; publisher: Eclipse Publishing Co.; Philadelphia, PA;
notes: x
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Willie My Brave; song; music by: Stephen C. Foster; lyrics by: Stephen C. Foster; publisher: Firth & Pond; New York, NY; notes:
"To Mrs. A.L. Robinson"
1851
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
WWVA Radio Jamboree Famous Songs; songs; music by: multiple composers; lyrics by: multiple lyricists; publisher: M.M. Cole
Publishing Co.; Chicago, IL; notes: From Wheeling, WV radio station WWVA
1941