Carrie Jacobs-Bond collection, circa 1896-circa 1944

Collection Summary

Title	Carrie Jacobs-Bond collection, circa 1896-circa 1944
Span Dates	circa 1896-circa 1944
Call No.	ML31.J3
Creator	Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946
Extent	circa 1,050 items
Extent	11 boxes
Extent	7 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu004006
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2010563511
Summary	The Carrie Jacobs-Bond Collection consists of music manuscripts, papers, photographs, and other materials relating to the personal and professional life of American sentimental song composer Carrie Jacobs-Bond. The collection contains 37 music manuscripts (18 holographs), poetic and prose sketches, and typescripts of children's books and scripts. It includes correspondence, principally in the form of greeting cards, including one from the publisher Gustave Schirmer, a letter from Shirley Temple, and correspondence from President and Mrs. Warren G. Harding. There are also business papers relating to Jacobs-Bond's printing business, as well as photographs and clippings; the former are of Douglas Fairbanks, Gracie Fields, John Philip Sousa, and President Harding.