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Title: Clara Jane Nixon Sheet Music Collection
Dates: 1891-1953
Collection number: MS105
Collector:
Clara Jane Nixon
Collection Size:
4 oversize flat boxes (4.75 linear feet)
Repository:
Loyola Marymount University. Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90045-2659
Abstract: This collection consists of sheet music dating chiefly from the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first three
decades of the twentieth century.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount
University.
Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise,
Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher
must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility
for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or
executors.
[Identification of item], Box number, Clara Jane Nixon Sheet Music Collection, MS105, Department of Archives and Special
Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
Gift of Pam and Mike Moreland. Accession number: 2011.18
This collection consists of sheet music dating chiefly from the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first three
decades of the twentieth century. Most of the sheet music was produced at "Tin Pan Alley," the New York street (West 28th
Street) that was the center of American music and songwriting. Types of music include ragtime and songs for Broadway musicals.
The collection contains a hall of fame of songwriters and songs. Composers and lyricists include Irving Berlin, Al Jolson,
Clare Kummer, Ray Henderson, and George M. Cohan. A small sampling of the titles includes "You're in Style When You Are Wearing
a Smile," "Over There," "That Old Irish Mother of Mine," "Tres Moutarde (Too Much Mustard)," and "Uncle Sammy, Take Care Of
My Girl."
This sheet music collection was originally the personal collection of Clara Jane Nixon (1919-2013), sister-in-law of President
Richard M. Nixon.
There are no series in this collection. The sheet music is arranged, alphabetically, by title, in four boxes:
- Box 1: A-H
- Box 2: I-R
- Box 3: S-Y
- Box 4: Miscellaneous materials
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Nixon Clara Jane (1919-2013)
Sheet Music
Popular Music
Tin Pan Alley