Description
The Wilma Ferrel
Collection consists of popular Hawaiian style music that is arranged for steel guitar.
Ferrel acquired and used the sheet music to take notes for introductory steel guitar
courses.
Background
Wilma Ferrel lived in Columbus, Ohio where she acquired this sheet music. Ferrel used both
the tablature and standard sheet music to learn the popular music of the time. At the
beginning of the 20th century Hawaiian style music grew in popularity in America. Around
this time Harry G. Stanley founded the Oahu Publishing Company. The Oahu Publishing Company
published popular Hawaiian style music. The company survived until a short time after
Stanley's passing in 1965. The Oahu Publishing Company was headquarted in Cleveland, Ohio
and distributed many of the sheet music pieces collected by Ferrel. Ferrel acquired and used
the sheet music to take notes for introductory steel guitar courses.
Restrictions
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Availability
This collection is open for research use.