Sheet music honoring the 1901 meeting of the United Confederate Veterans in Memphis. Pictured on the color title page are Robert E. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Sheet music covers; Music title pages; Songs; Ballads; Minstrel shows
Sheet music, consisting of six pages, with an etching of an "African-American" representing the "Old Contraband." The composers are listed on the front cover.
Sheet music covers; Music title pages; Music publishing industry; Songs; Patriotism
Six-page sheet music entitled "Grafted into the Army." On the front cover is a mother holding a pair of torn trousers. Below is a young soldier walking picket duty.
Subtitle: "Comprehending Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Territory Sth of the Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee Government, South Carolina & Georgia." This map shows the southern states of the United States, and includes rivers, mountains, towns, bays,...
The title pages of a series of sketches dealing with Andrew Jackson. Drawing is entitled "Following Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845," and shows the image of the famous equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson. The artist's name and date are also given.
These two pages each have a heading - "Same Monotony Until" and "Exodus Once More" but nothing has been drawn. It appears that Mitchener did not have the time to draw what he wanted under each title heading.
Sheet music covers; Music title pages; Music publishing industry; Songs; Ballads
This is a folio-sized song, original Civil War period ballad by J. W. Turner about Jefferson Davis. The cover features a cartoon depicting Davis wearing a dress.
This page includes a drawing of a newsroom. Mitchener has drawn a world map that is posted on a blackboard. Underneath the title, "News Room," he has listed three categories: "Latest News," "From the Front," and "Kriege Rules." The "Latest News"...
This printed page reads,"A Wartime log for British Prisoners." The diaries were distributed to prisoners during World War II by the War Prisoners Aid of the Y.M.C.A. The item was published in Geneva, Switzerland. Mitchener has added a question mark...