Small Manuscript Collections, Harold W. Lang Papers, Sheet Music and Graphics

This is a sheet music collection that relates to Delaware by title, composer, publisher, distributor, and/or retailer. The music covers a range of genres and subjects – from High School Polka to Blue Hen’s Chickens, and a two-step march. Two sheets include advertisements, one for upcoming music and the other for Bromo Seltzer – a 10-cent cure for headaches, neuralgia, and nervousness. This collection also includes pages of a Wilmington newspaper from 1982, the Local Graphic. Local Graphic began publication in 1891 under the name Chimes.