Music - Confederate songs.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Daniel Decatur Emmett, Composer, Facsimile of Manuscript of "Dixie's Land"
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4257
Scope and Contents
Actual-size facsimile of Daniel Decatur Emmett's original manuscript of the music and lyrics for the song "Dixie's Land". Emmett composed the song in 1859. The facsimile was created by George Bird Evans, the owner of the original manuscript, circa 1960-1961. The facsimile also includes historical notes by Evans.
Dates:
1859; 1960-1961
Gladys Link Hartzell, Collector, Account Books
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2326
Overview
Account books of John Sheetz (1842-1882) with some pages used to record the words to Confederate songs; Doctor's (N.D. Pairan's) account book, 1836-1838; William Martin's account book for a general store, 1777-1783; and two ledger books used as scrapbooks, containing mainly notices of deaths and marriages.
Dates:
1777-1885