Keffer Collection of Sheet Music, ca. 1790-1895 Content and design by John Bewley

John H. Bufford operated lithography firms in New York (1835-1840) and Boston (1841-1871). He received his training by working for William S. Pendleton in Boston and later for George Endicott and Nathaniel Currier in New York.

There are approximately fifty-four items in the collection for which the Bufford firms provided the illustrations.

Illustrations by Bufford in the Collection

Item No.	Title	Imprint	Plate No.	Illustration	Thumbnail Image
Box 29 no. 3	The Blue Juniata / words and melody by M. D. Sullivan ; arranged for the piano forte by E. L. White	Boston : Oliver Ditson, 1841	1135	Native American woman standing on a river bank / Bufford & Co. Lith.
Box 13 no. 21	Howard's Quick Step : performed by the Boston Brass Band and respectfully dedicated to E. Flagg Esq. / by Frank Howard (of Dumbolton's Ethiopian Serenaders) ; & arranged from their most favourite melodies	Boston : Stephen W. Marsh, 1848	32	Bandsman in uniform holding a keyed bugle / from a daguerreotype by Chase ; J. H. Bufford's Lith.
Box 41 no. 29	Inman Line March / composed by A. E. Warren	Boston : White & Goullaud, 1872	188	Three-masted steamship City of Brussels / J. H. Bufford's Lith.
Box 14 no. 38	Major General McClellan's Grand March : arranged for the piano forte	Boston : Oliver Ditson & Co., 1861	8309	Color: Portrait of General George B. McClellan on horseback with battlefield and foot soldiers in background / J. H. Bufford's Lith.
Box 24 no. 34	The Prima Donna Waltzes / by Jullien	Boston : Oliver Ditson, 1853?	7002	Color: Young woman on balcony / Bufford's Lith.
Box 29 no. 32	Row, Row, Homeward We Go : song / words by J. E. Carpenter ; music by N. J. Sporle	Boston : Oliver Ditson, between 1858 and 1876	18264	People in boats on a moonlit river, with village in background / J. H. Bufford's Lith.