| Keffer Collection of Sheet Music,
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| Item No. | Title | Imprint | Plate No. | Illustration |
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| Box 39a no. 6 | The Bird Waltz : for the piano forte or harp / composed by Francis Panormo | Philadelphia : G. E. Blake, ca. 1820 | None | Small picture of a bird set within the caption |
| Box 29 no. 6 | The Carrier Dove : Oh! Fly Away to My Native Land : ballad / composed and arranged for the piano forte by Daniel Johnson. 12th ed. | New York : Atwill, 1841 | None | Woman standing at a window with a dove flying in; below there is a man in chains with a dove leaving a cell |
| Box 38 no. 6 | Eagle Gallopade / composed and arranged for the piano forte and respectfully dedicated to his friend Frederic Lauer of Reading Pa. by John Endlich | Philadelphia : G. Willig, 1840 | None | An eagle |
| Box 23 no. 30 | Listen to the Mocking Bird : as sung by Rose Merrifield / written and arranged by Alice Hawthorne [Septimus Winner] | Philadelphia : Lee & Walker, 1856 | None | A Mocking bird |
| Box 12 no. 40 | Lucy : no. 2 of songs, duetts & trios, with a harp accompaniment / the poetry by Peter Pindar, Mr. Rannie &c. ; the music by Mozart & others | London : Broderip & Wilkinson, ca. 1800 | None | Above the title: an angel flying on the back of a bird; below the title: a dove, a bow, and a quiver of arrows / R. Williamson, sc. |
| Box 23 no. 35 | The Mocking-Bird Quickstep / arranged by Augustus Schaeffer | Philadelphia : Lee & Walker, 1866 | 8682 | A mocking bird / Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan, Electrotypers |
| Box 14 no. 45 | Old Abe, the Battle Eagle : song & chorus / poetry by L. J. Bates ; music by T. Martin Towne | Milwaukee : H. N. Hempsted, 1865 | 225-5 | Color: Portrait of Old Abe, mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regt. / L. Kurz ; Lith. Chas. Shober |
| Box 11a no. 35 | The Robin : ballad / by Eliza Cook and Stephen Glover | Philadelphia : Lee & Walker, between 1849 and 1851 | 762 6 | Color: Six birds in a natural setting / J. Watson ; T. Sinclair's Lith. |
| Box 40 no. 20 | Robin Red Breast : song / sung by Madam Anna Bishop ; composed by J. M. Hubbard. 5th ed. | New York : Firth, Son & Co., 1859 | 4295 | Color: Robin perched in a tree in country setting |
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| Box 38 no. 4 | La Chasse au Lion : grand galop brillant : op. 55 / by Ch. Kölling | Brooklyn : George von Kameke, 185- | G.V.K.77 | Face of a lion / C. Koenig ; Thos. Russell Lith. |
| Box 36a no. 22 | The Hippopotamus Polka / by L. St. Mars | New York : W. Hall & Son, between 1848 and 1858 | 948 | Young woman dancing with a hippopotamus dressed in a suit / lith. of Sarony |
| Box 35 no. 27 | Learning to Dance : a set of quadrilles / composed by C. Redler | Boston : Oliver Ditson, between 1844 and 1857 | 1512 | A man with a violin teaching a bear to dance / J. H. Bufford's Lith. |
| Box 32 no. 58 | Opussum Dance : the Fur Set, no. 11 / by E. Mack | Boston : Oliver Ditson & Co., 1868 | 10186 3 | Animals depicting the 12 individual titles in the collection / T. Sinclair & Son, Lith. |
| Box 36a no. 32 | The Polar Bear Polka / composed by Albert W. Berg | New York : Firth, Pond & Co., 1856 | 4010 | Two polar bears dancing (or fighting), with a portrait of Elisha Kane above / lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp |
| Box 13 no. 36 | Rangers' Trip to Westborough, or Lion Quick Step : respectfully dedicated to Capt. Chas. C. Paine and the officers and members of the Rifle Rangers, Boston / composed by James Hooton | Boston : C. Bradlee, 1834 | None | A Lion on a knoll overlooking a column of soldiers standing at attention on a street in Westborough, Mass., with a hotel and railroad in the background / J. H. Bufford delt. ; Pendleton's Lithogs. |
| Box 15 no. 76 | Tiger Leap Polka-redowa / composed and respectfully dedicated to the New York Light Guard by C. Koppitz | New York : H. B. Dodworth, 1862 | None | Tiger leaping over a ball / Stackpole, sc. |
| Box 15 no. 77 | Tiger Polka / composed & dedictaed to the Buffalo Tigers by C. C. Smith | Chicago : Root & Cady, 1861 | 123 4 | A tiger's head beneath a banner |
| Box 13 no. 44 | The Tiger Quick Step : respectfully dedicated to Capt. E. Weston and the officers and members of the Boston Light Infantry : performed for the first time at their anniversary 1834 by the Boston Brigade Band / composed by T. Comer | Boston : C. Bradlee, 1834 | None | A leaping tiger in the foreground; placed beneath the tiger, in the background, are troops marching in formation / Pendleton's Lithography |
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