MsC
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Manuscript Register
THE
DESSA MANION MUSIC COLLECTION
13.5 linear ft.
This document describes a collection of materials held
by the
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
Phone: 319-335-5921
Fax: 319-335-5900
e-mail: lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Posted to Internet: June 2002
Acquisition
Note:This collection
was purchased from A.T. Phillips of Delta, Iowa, March 13, 1968.
Access
and Restrictions: This
collection is open for research.
Digital Surrogates: Except where indicated, this document describes but
does not reproduce the actual text, images and objects which make up this
collection. Materials are available only in the Special Collections
Department.
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Scope
and Contents
The
Dessa Manion Music Collection is an accumulation of the lyrics of country
and folk songs collected and transcribed by Dessa Manion from the early 1900's into the 1950's.
These are typed on newsprint or handwritten. See the card catalog at the end of the collection for titles.
Box
List
Box
1: Numbered series 1 -- 50
Box
2: Numbered series 51 -- 85
Box 3: Numbered
series 86 -- 115
Box 4: Numbered
series 116 -- 180
Box 5: Numbered
series 181 -- 217
Box 6: Collection
of songs: Folk and Country Songs, Country and Western Music Stars, Songs That
Will Live Forever, Yesterdays Favorites, Hit Parader, Latest Popular Songs,
Barn Dance, Jamboree
Box 7: Cowboy
Songs
Box 8: Musical
scores (list inside)
Box 9: Gospel
songbooks, scrapbook
Box 10:
Notebooks #1 -- 6 of lyrics and notes of songs
Box 12:
Lettered series: A -- AA -- AAA
Box 13:
Lettered series: B -- BB -- BBB -- C
Box 14:
Lettered series: CC -- CCC -- D -- DD
Box 15:
Lettered series: DDD -- E -- EE -- EEE -- F
Box 16:
Lettered series: FF -- FFF -- G -- GG
Box 17:
Lettered series: GGG -- H -- HH -- I
Box 18: Lettered series: II -- III -- J -- JJ
Box 19:
Lettered series: JJJ -- K -- KK -- KKK
Box 20: Lettered series: L -- LL -- LLL -- M
Box 21: Lettered series: MM -- N -- NN -- O
Box 22: Lettered series: OO -- P -- PP -- Q
Box 23: Lettered series: QQ -- R -- RR -- S
Box 24: Lettered series: SS -- T -- TT -- U
Box 25: Lettered series: UU -- V -- VV -- W
Box 26: Lettered series: WW -- X -- XX -- Y
Box 27: Lettered series: YY -- Z -- ZZ
Box 28:
Index of titles A - I
Box 29:
Index of titles I - S
Box 30:
Index of titles S - Z
