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1. A.P. Schmidt Company archives, 1869-1958

   34,775 items. 514 containers. 280 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Arthur Paul Schmidt (1846-1921) was a German-born music publisher who pioneered the development and dissemination of American music. The A.P. Schmidt Company Archives documents his firm's publishing activites in Boston, Leipzig and New York, beginning with his tenure, through his successors, and until the firm was absorbed by Summy-Birchard in 1960. The Archives consists of the original manuscripts from which the music was printed, printed music, personal and corporate correspondence, photographs (primarily composers/arrangers), business records, plate books, publication books, stock and cash books.

2. Sheet music cover collection (Library of Congress)

   ca. 1,700 prints : chiefly lithographs, b&w and color, 36 x 28 cm. or smaller.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   These illustrated sheet music covers reflect varied aspects of American history, culture, and politics in the nineteenth century.

3. Cartoons about the Franco-Prussian War in French, German, and Italian

   662 prints : lithographs, some hand-colored and wood engravings ; sheets 65 x 50 cm and smaller.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of printed caricatures and political cartoons in French, German, and Italian primarily about the Franco-Prussian War and the Siege of Paris in 1870-1871. Most are removed from periodicals such as, L'Eclipse and La Charge. Some later material satirizes the political situation in France following the conclusion of the war. These include sheet music for a song denouncing Napoleon III and a lithographed board game about the Dreyfus Affair in French politics.

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