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Official Illinois state song sung to the tune of "Baby Mine." Lyrics depict pride in Illinois and highlight the state's contributions to the United States during the Civil War. Front cover depicts Illinois state seal with "Illinois" stamped over it…

Official Illinois state songsung to the tune of "Baby Mine." Lyrics depict pride in Illinois and highlight the state's contributions to the United States during the Civil War. Quotations from "Hawley" and Dr. Charles W. Eliot at the bottom of the…

Campaign song for Ulysses S. Grant. Presidential election 1868. U. S. Grant was president from 1869-1877. Cover has ornamental border.

Lyrics depict American flag and its role in patriotism. "Suitable for all Patriotic Occasions" Lyrics on cover.

Lyrics depict support for troops fighting for the United States. Cover includes a lengthy description of how the song was commissioned and conceptualized.

A patriotic song in support of soldiers in World War 2. No cover.

The Keeley Institute was founded in Dwight in 1879 by Leslie Keeley, and, until it closed its doors in 1965, offered treatment to cure alcoholism. At the peak of the institute's popularity, there were more than 200 locations across the U.S. and in…

Lyrics depict Illinois geography, natural resources, and cities.

Song about fisherman. Plain border.

Instrumental music. Dedication: "Dedicated to Capt. Levi P. Holden, 88th Ill. Vols." Handwritten "ABB" in upper right corner of cover page.

William Jennings Bryan campaign song for 1900 election. Cover depicts portrait of William Jennings Bryan and a drawing of justice.

Lyrics depict soldier leaving his lover to serve as a soldier and dying on the battlefield. Cover depicts man in uniform and woman standing in a garden setting holding hands. Dedication: "To the Unknown Dead of the War."

Instrumental music. Cover depicts fairy in the middle of a lily pad

Ballad, could be interpreted with religious aspects. - Handwritten note-cannot read

Lyrics depict singer's happy memories of home at a younger age. Cover image depicts children picking flowers in front of two homes and a portrait of the lyricist/publisher in the lower left corner.

Lyrics depict singer fondly remembering a lover. Front cover signed by Marjorie Elliott.

Lyrics describe worry for loved one

Cover has index of other songs, this particular sheet music presents "Rock A Bye: The Cradle Song."

Lyrics depict comfort and support singer receives from Jesus. Cover image depicts church and home in rural setting.

Lyrics depict nostalgia for and pride in growing up in Illinois. Cover image depicts "Illinois" in title written with cornstalks. Back page is the first page of the "Tingley Two Step"

No cover. Song about Sangamon County, IL. Included is a letter from Russell Garmong to The Abraham Lincoln Club, Springfield, Illinois. Garmone is asking the club to buy his song for 1,500 dollars.

Patriotic song about the State of Illinois. Cover presents picture of Illinois state flag, with stars and Illinois state silhouetted near right. There also a handwritten note on cover "For the Historical Library-Ruth S. Gaudlitz-1956." On inside page…

Song sheet contains "The Sugar Dolly," a song about a doll left out in the rain. According to cover "The Discontented Duckling" (not included) was produced with this song. Cover has illustrations of a duck with her duckling and an illustration of a…

No Cover. Song about soldiers singing in camp, they sing to remember their loved ones. Dedicated to "Our friend Sargent Albert H. West, 1st U. S. Volunteers, Chicago, Ill."

Instrumental music. Cover image depicts border of oak leaves surrounding title. Note on p. 2 taken from "La France Musicale" details how the composer came to write and name the song for a friend who passed away while mourning the death of her son.